Tech Tuesday – March 19: Education Collaboration and Reading Mode for Chrome
TechTuesday
A weekly tip email from your neighborhood Instructional Technology and eHR team.
Tip #1 – Because I think it’s really important, I am including this again…
We really want to host sessions where all of you faculty get to meet and share any ideas or techniques or resources related to dental education. Until this can actually happen in-person, I wanted to provide at least a virtual space in which you can still do such. Padlet is a virtual bulletin board tool. I set up one that all of you can use to share what is working (or not working) in your individual educational experiences. You can post text, links, embed, and attach resources.
Click here to access our VCU SoD Padlet.
To post something new, click the circle icon with the + symbol. A small box will appear in which you can type, link, or attach something. You can also comment or like other posts. By default, your posts will be Anonymous, so you may want to leave your name, or alternatively, if you sign in with Google, your name will automatically get attached to a post. That is probably a good thing, so someone can follow-up if they want more information on something you posted.
Tip #2 – “I just want to read my content!” Something I shout frequently when reading on websites. Why?! Because there are sooooo many images, gifs, videos, pop ups, extra links, and advertisements! (This site says we see around 10,000 ads a day, wow!)
Chrome has a feature that I have come to really appreciate called Reader Mode, which debuted officially in 2023. It strips all of the text based content for easier reading.
To enable Reading mode and see the magic, go to the sidebar icon in the top right of Chrome>Click the dropdown menu>select Reading mode
Chrome will filter out all the other “stuff” leaving you a cleaner screen. You can adjust the sizing of the site versus the Reading mode by dragging the two-lined middle bar to the desired size. While you’re there, notice the other things you can populate with the sidebar open (Bookmarks, History, Reading List, and more).
Categories Classroom Technology, Education Philosophy, Google Chrome