PDF Merging, Formating in Google Docs, Google Expeditions

PDF Mergy

Have you ever found yourself needing to print a large number of documents that were all separate files? Did the thought of opening each one, clicking print, adjusting the settings and then clicking print again make you want to scream?

If so, PDF Mergy has you covered! Use PDF Mergy to combine many PDF files into one large document. Files can be selected from your computer or from Google Drive. PDF Mergy will then turn all of the files that you selected into one PDF document. This service is web-based and completely free to use.

Become the master of those registration forms, student award certificates or research papers with PDF Mergy!

Power tip: The Google Sheets Add-on, AutoCrat, has the option to merge to PDF. An efficient workflow for creating personalized documents that need to be printed would be to collect information with a Google Form, use AutoCrat in the responses spreadsheet to generate a formatted PDF for each response and then aggregate all of the documents with PDF Mergy before printing.

For help with these tools or any others, contact your digital learning specialists.

Change Capitalization Formatting in Google Docs

In case you missed it, you now have the opportunity to quickly change the capitalization of text in Google Docs.

• lowercase, to make all the letters in your selection lowercase.

• UPPERCASE, to capitalize all the letters in your selection.

• Title Case, to capitalize the first letter of each word in your selection.

You will find these options in the format menu.

Bring your class on a virtual field trip with Google Expeditions

We have exciting news! Our district owns a classroom set of Google Expeditions that is now available to check out. This kit includes 36 viewers, 36 mobile devices, a router, and an Android tablet for the teacher to lead the Expedition.

What is a Google Expedition? It is a virtual reality teaching tool that lets you lead immersive virtual trips all over the world — get up close with historical landmarks, dive underwater with sharks, even visit outer space! Click here to see the list of over 600 expeditions available.

A Google calendar has been shared with you to reserve the kit. Contact your digital learning specialist if you need assistance leading your first expedition.