Chrome Extensions
Installing Chrome Extensions |
Managing Chrome Extensions |
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Efficiency Extensions (and Bookmarks)
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goo.gl URL Shortener | Shorten URLs and create QR codes with goo.gl URL shortener |
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Google Mail Checker | Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox. |
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Tab Scissors | This extension splits a window into two at the selected tab. |
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Tab Resize | Split Screen made easy. Resize the CURRENT tab and tabs to the RIGHT into layouts on separate windows. |
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Alice Keeler Gradebook Split | When grading digital work, use this extension to bring up your web-based gradebook side by side with the students work. (You can program any URL page to come up.) |
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Black Menu for Google | The easiest access to the Google universe |
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Save to Drive | Save images of entire webpages to your Google Drive |
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Stay Focusd | StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites. |
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Google Tone | Broadcast any URL to computers within earshot. |
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Chirp | Send text, pictures or links from Chrome to Chirp app! |
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Simple Extension Manager | A simple menu to enable, disable and access options of extensions. |
Security Extensions
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LastPass | A simple menu to enable, disable and access options of extensions. |
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AdBlock | The #1 ad blocker with over 200 million downloads. Blocks YouTube, Facebook and ALL ads by default (unlike Adblock Plus). |
Writing & Research Extensions
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Grammarly | Spell check and grammar check your writing when communicating online. Boost your productivity and credibility everywhere you write! |
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Clearly | Clearly makes blog posts, articles and webpages clean and easy to read. Save them to Evernote to read anywhere. |
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Read & Write for Google | Boost reading and writing confidence. Offer support for Google Docs/web to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL. (Read aloud is free; more features, such as highlighting, for $$) |
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Diigolet | A social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page. (Bookmark) |
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ImagineEasy Scholar Annotation | The companion annotation tool to the Imagine Easy Scholar platform ($4/student). It’s an investment, but I recommend all they have to offer. |
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EasyBib Tools | Cite web sites with one click using the EasyBib Toolbar and receive advice on the credibility of the web site you’re citing. |
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Blendspace | Curate your digital content into one place with a bookmark and drag & drop format (Bookmark) |
Multimedia Extensions
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Awesome Screenshot | Screen capture for all or part of any web page. Add annotations, comments, blur sensitive info, and share with one-click uploads. |
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Screencastify | Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software for Chrome. |
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Turn Off the Lights | The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema. |
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Quietube | Video without the distractions. Drag the bookmark to your toolbar. That easy. |
Fun Extensions
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Noisli | Improve your focus and boost your productivity. Block out annoying noises and create the right environment for working or relaxing. |
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Google Art Project | Art Project masterpieces from Google Cultural Institute in your browser tabs |
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