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Random Student and Group Choosers (11/12/12)
     -  Random Chooser Text Tutorial (PDF)
Setting Program/Application Default
Acuity Creating A Custom Test
Setting Program/Application Defaults (10/15/12)

Adding Screen Shade to Screen (10/08/12)
Removing Answers from a PDF (9/12/12)
Wireless Presentation System (9/10/12)
Infinite Campus Messenger (9/10/12)

Google Drive/Docs

Downloading Google Docs from Old Account

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Video tutorial courtesy of Jeff Lofting.

If you make use of Google Docs, you can easily download selected or all documents at once. If you want only certain documents, pick the ones you want.

Once ready, under the Actions menu, select Download.

You will have some options with the format you want to download certain documents types in. For the most part the default settings will do but you can customize to fit your needs. Click the Download button once you are ready.

Save the resulting zip file to your hard drive.

When you open the zip file, the documents are in the format and folder structure used in Google Docs.

Google Forms Backup and Restore

Tutorial courtesy of Rick Freeborn. To print this document, click here.

Retaining Collaborators on Google Docs

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Video tutorial courtesy of Jeff Lofting.

To print this document, click here.
Adapted from Rick Freeborn's Google Forms Backup and Restore Tutorial.

Importing Google Documents to New Account

To add items to your docs list, you have a few options.

Drag and Drop

You can drag-and-drop your files directly from your computer into your Documents List, and even straight into a collection. This feature is available only in the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. If you aren’t working in the latest version of one of those browsers, you can click the Upload button and select Files from the drop-down menu.

File upload

To manually select files from your computer to upload to Google Docs, follow these steps:

1. In your Documents List, click the Upload button (up arrow beside the Create button) and select Files from the drop-down menu.

2. Select the file you’d like to upload to Google Docs. (To select multiple files, press Shift or Ctrl and click all the files to upload.)

3. Your file will appear in your Documents List.

When you upload a file, a box that indicates the progress of the upload appears in the bottom right of your screen. You can minimize the box or move it to the left or right of the screen. When you’re done, you can click the document title to open the uploaded file or close the box by clicking the x in the upper right of the box.

Google Calendars

Downloading/Exporting Google Calendars from Old Account

If you utilize Google Calendars, you can easily export this information into ICAL format.

Once in your Google Calendar, click the gear icon in the upper right corner and select Calendar settings.

Under the Calendars tab, click the Export calendars link.

Save the resulting file to your hard drive.

When you open the downloaded zip file, you will have an ICAL file for each Google Calendar.

Importing Google Calendars to New Account

To import events from your previously exported calendar files (see above), just follow these steps:

1. Login to your new Joplin Schools Google Apps account and visit Calendar


2. Click the gear icon in the upper right corner and select Settings


3. Click on the Calendars 'tab'


4. Click on Create New Calendar
   - You will need to create new calendars titled the same as the calendars you are importing from your old account


5. For now, just title your calendar - you can add shared settings later; click the Create Calendar button
   - Repeat this step for each calendar you will import
   - You will need to return to the Calendars tab again by clicking the gear in the upper right corner and clicking on the Calendars tab


6. When finished creating your calendars, click Import Calendars


7. Hit Browse to add (one at a time) the calendar files that you previously downloaded (you may need to unzip the previously exported file first)


8. Select the corresponding calendar from the drop-down menu to import the events to that calendar and select Import; you should be given a confirmation screen that indicates how many events were added


9. Repeat the steps above for each calendar

To share your calendars with others again, return to the main calendar screen first, and follow these steps:

1. In the My Calendars list, click the down arrow to the right for the calendar you want to share


2. Click Share This Calendar


3. Check Make This Calendar Public and begin entering the names of the people with whom you would like to share the calendar (if they are Jopin staff or faculty, they should appear automatically)
   - Make sure to select their Permission Settings, according to what access you would like them to have to your calendar!


4. Click Save, and you should be done! Repeat these steps for each calendar you would like to share.