Library and Information Technology Services (LITS)

Last week’s Tech Tip provided info on taking and editing screenshots in Windows using Snip & Sketch. But what about people using Macs and Chromebooks?

Apple Support offers clear instructions on how to take screenshots in macOS. Macworld also gives you a rundown on how to edit your screenshots on a Mac.

Chromebook users can check out Google’s own guide to screenshots in ChromeOS. Once you’ve taken your screenshot, ChromeOS offers a basic photo editor to make simple edits.

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Today’s tech tip comes courtesy of TechGumbo. Here’s a quick tutorial about using the Snip & Sketch feature to take and edit screenshots in Windows 10.

Next week we’ll cover taking and editing screenshots in macOS and ChromeOS.

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Have you ever been certain you received an email (or sent one), but you aren’t sure how to find it so you can view it again?

Fortunately, your Allegheny account with Gmail offers you a rich variety of ways to search for those, using the search bar at the top of your Gmail inbox page. Here are just a few:

• You can search by date if you know when the email was likely to have been sent. This can be especially useful if you want to delete messages older than a specific date.
• If you use labels in Gmail to organize your messages, you can filter by specific labels.
• You can use the Advanced Search to find email messages that have attachments.
• You can check your spam folder for messages that might have been mislabeled as spam.
• You can use search operators to conduct sharply focused searches.

There are many more ways to conduct a search in Gmail. Visit the Gmail Help Center to learn more about searching in Gmail.

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If your organization or department is still using the classic Google Sites service for a web page, please remember to transition to the new Google Sites interface before the end of the year. Google will phase out classic Sites with new Sites, with updated features and a new interface.

Here are the steps to convert a classic Google Site to use new Google Sites:

1. Open your Google Site.
2. Click on the Settings icon (the little gear in the upper right corner.)
   
3. Choose Manage site.
4. In the side menu, choose Convert to new Sites.
   
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the conversion.
6. Note that you will need to do this for each individual Google Site you maintain.

Phishing attempts are on the rise, as people with malicious intent find ever more clever means of trying to steal your personal information.

Can you spot when you’re being phished? Check out this quiz to find out.

Be sure to check out the LITS Phishing page to learn more about phishing and how to stay alert.

Many find Google Slides useful for putting together presentations to share with faculty, coworkers, or fellow students.

Today’s tech tip comes from the tutorial website SlidesGo. It gives step-by-step instructions for inserting a video into a Google Slide, whether from YouTube or from a video file saved to your own Google Drive.

Learn more about Google Slides.

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Now you can create a document for your meeting notes right when you schedule an event in Google Calendar, in addition to adding other attachments.

Here’s how:

Learn more about adding attachments to Google Calendar events.

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Many departments on campus use YouTube to host their video content. Here’s a quick tutorial about how to upload a video to YouTube:

LITS Public Services has also prepared a print version of the tutorial. (You must have an active Allegheny College email account to access the tutorial.)

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