Tech Tips
Google Drive
- Too many notifications
- e.g. Every time I comment you get an email.
- You can turn off all comments OR turn them off for this document
- Instructions to turn them off: https://www.solveyourtech.com/how-to-turn-off-google-drive-email-notifications/
- Do not “request access”
- You’re probably not logged in to the right account
- Log in to your university account
- How do I remove the header and footer when printing? Under “File” - “Print”, choose “Minimum” under “Margins”
- How do I turn on spellcheck for English? Under “File”, select “Language” and choose an English
- How do I get outline numbering for RR outlines? Under “Format”, “Numbered List” choose the one that has I, II, III, IV.
- How to I fix Burasage? Format = Align and Indent - Indentation Options - Hanging - 1.27cm (0.5 inches)
- Problems using Google Docs for Quickwrites / Essays / Presentations?
- Download the template as pptx/docx
- use Microsoft Office instead.
- Then upload that for grading.
- You can maybe install Office 365 on University license - check IT page.
- Hate Microsoft? Try Libre Office: https://www.libreoffice.org/
- Slow laptop? Try AbiWord (lightweight): https://www.abisource.com/
- What do you mean “Check your Originality report”
- Run one
- https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/9335819?hl=en
- https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/9335819?hl=jp
- Read one:
- https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/9392759?hl=en
- https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/9392759?hl=en
- Don’t forget to turn on the citation switch.
- [引用した文章が <数値> 件あります] の横にあるスイッチをオン にします
- The instructions say this is “適切に引用した文が含まれているテキスト”
- but it is NOT “適切” the way most of you are doing it.
- It’s only OK to use it IN QUOTES “ “
- and only A LITTLE of each paragraph can be in quotes.
- Copy paste without quotes is always wrong, even with a citation.
- OK: King said that he had a dream (King, 1963).
- OK, occasionally: “I have a dream,” (King, 1963)
- NOT OK, ever, anywhere: I have a dream (King, 1963)
- For more detail, see Avoid Plagiarism
- Run one