Posted on May 26th, 2009 by mnichol1
5 MORE Quick Tips to Enhance Your Google Searches!
1. Google Cached Pages - Google takes a snapshot of each page it examines and caches (stores) that version as a back-up. Use the cached internet pages when the original link is unavailable due to internet congestion, a down website, moving of web pages by the owner, etc. If Google returns [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2009 by mnichol1
5 Quick Tips to Enhance Your Google Searches!
1. Site Specific Searches - Use the Google “site:somesite.com” modifier when you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase (even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature)
Example: “assistive technology” site:www.loudoun.k12.va.us
2. Similar Words or Synonyms – Use the “~” in front [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2009 by mnichol1
(word cloud of the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines published by CAST)
Have you heard the buzz about word clouds? A word/tag cloud (or weighted list in visual design) is a visual depiction of user-generated text (single words) that is typically listed alphabetically, with the importance of the tag shown through font size or color. This makes finding a tag alphabetically or by popularity quick and simple. Word [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by mnichol1
Ever needed the recipient of your email to reply by a certain date? The reply request feature in Groupwise can be a helpful tool in ensuring timely information dissemination! Follow the two simple steps below to use ”reply request” within the Groupwise client.
Step 1: Open a new mail message and click on the Send Options tab
Step 2: Within [...]
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