Monday, August 20, 2018

Kia ora whanau,


This is just an update on the apps and extensions that your Senior School child has
installed on their St Mary’s Google suite account. We push these out to the students to
use when learning.




This app is used to get the text on a web page read aloud by the device. There is also a
nice tool where the user can select some text and record themselves reading it - very
handy for hearing our own learning.


Currently the Totara students have the full version for a free 30 day trial. After 30 days
they will drop back to the free version which offers all the tools we need. Please do not
pay for the full version if prompted after the 30 day free trial.




This app records all of the edits on a Google doc and then plays it like a video.
Very handy for checking if students have been re-reading and editing their learning.




This is a screen and audio recorder which creates a file in the user’s Google Drive.

The apps just sit on the toolbar of your child’s Google Chrome browser. If they are
not installing because your child is not the admin on the Chromebook then whoever i
s the admin will need to allow these apps. This may be different depending on the
device and set permissions.

In Totara we only use the free version of these apps so there is no added cost.
Please check that these are the only apps and extensions your child has installed,  
often the cause of problems on student chromebooks are extensions and apps
interfering with the operating system.

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