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Mobile File Management Made Easy, Part Two

by Miguel Guhlin July 11, 2022

written by Miguel Guhlin

Wish you had a file viewer for that video or digital document on your smartphone? Or do you have to work on different devices but hate having to remember a dozen passwords? Let’s take a look at some answers to these and more questions.

In part one of this series on Mobile File Management Made Easy, I shared some quick solutions you can use. In part two, you will learn the following:

My Best Picks for File Viewers on iOS and Android
Tracking Your Usernames and Passwords across devices

Collection #1: File Viewers

Let’s take a moment to provide some context for each of these tools. We’ll dive into some short, real-life scenarios with my recommended solutions.

Tool #1: Cross-Platform PDF Viewer and Editor

Standing at the luggage pickup carousel at the airport, I received a critical email. The email itself wasn’t so important, but the attached file was. It was a PDF that required my signature. I needed to send the signed PDF back to the insurance company. I was on vacation here, and I had to sign a document with only my smartphone.

To solve that problem, I reached for the Xodo app. I’ve featured Xodo in other blog entries. Whether you are an iOS or Android user, Xodo works great. Xodo’s website now boasts even more features due to a recent acquisition. On a Chromebook or laptop, try their website. It offers thirty different distinct functions or tools.

Get it: Xodo for Android or iOS

Tool #2: Video/Audio Viewer and Player

Work with video much, and you will find yourself working with the MP4 format. There are many video file formats. Wouldn’t it be neat to have a tool that could view them all when you are on the go? Let’s look at a few tools based on device.

Android

While you can find a host of video players on Android, many have ads and/or in-app purchases. These can be a bit of a let-down because who wants to wade through advertisements or pay for more features? The question is, “What offers the most features at no cost?” There are several great recommendations for your consideration.

The first is mpv-android. This minimalist video player, which has a desktop counterpart, provides comprehensive support. That is, it plays everything, including MKV video formats. Keep it in your device for those weird, unfamiliar or regular formats.

The second is an old-time favorite, VLC for Android (you must be logged out of Google for Education or logged in to your personal gmail account to access this link). You can’t go wrong with Videolabs video and audio player. Although they have a cone for their icon, it should really be a multi-tool. It lets you play videos, audio files, and stream content (such as from radio stations). It also has a desktop option for your Mac or Windows device.

Get it: mpv-android | VLC for Android

iOS – iPhone, iPad, and M1

While iOS users have great support built into their device, consider getting Readdle’s Documents. It offers a wealth of support for various file formats, including videos. What’s more, you can watch videos with subtitles. That can be a game-changer for some folks. Also, Documents works on Macbooks with the M1 chip.

Video formats: .avi, .mkv, .flv, .ogg, .mpg, .mpeg, .ts.
Subtitle formats: .srt, .sub, .ssa, .ass, .pjs, .rt, .smi, .stl subtitle formats.
Audio formats: mp3, .aac, .m4a, .m4b, .m4p, .m4r, .amr, .ac3 formats.

Learn more online here about the support Documents offers and get step-by-step instructions.

Get it: Readdle Documents for iOS/M1

Tool #3: Office Documents

Work in the Google cloud? You may want to rely on Google Drive’s built-in ability to interact and view documents. Or, if you have Microsoft 365, you can use that instead. Each comes with an army of helper apps you have to install. I have problems with both ecosystems, helper apps aside.

They can intrude on your privacy, track your information, and report it to the cloud. Or course, they can also work in the background to slow your device down. This might happen as they phone in to their respective motherships. That said, they can also be quite useful.

Get one of these apps if you are on a personal device and want to open a document and then throw it away. They are low-impact, and you don’t have to worry that you’re committing to joining an ecosystem.

OnlyOffice Documents, like Readdle’s Documents, offers many features. While Readdle’s Documents works on iOS devices, OnlyOffice Documents offers a slimmer alternative. Only Office Documents works on Android and iOS and offers a free “pocket” office suite. You can open all MS Office formats and export them to various formats (e.g., PDF, POTX, OTP).

Here are formats it’s compatible with:

DOCX, XLSX, PPTX
DOC, XLS, PPT
ODT, ODS, ODP, DOTX

You can also view PDF files, TXT, CSV, and HTML and save documents to the cloud. You can open documents there, too. It works well with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and other cloud storage. This makes this tool a swiss army knife for various ecosystems, but it’s only one app, not an army of helper apps.

Get it: OnlyOffice Documents for Android or iOS

Collection #2: Track Passwords Across Devices

Work on many devices? Have lots of usernames and passwords to remember? A second-grade teacher colleague aspires to keep track of fewer usernames and passwords. It is impossible to keep track of everything with a paper notebook, much less one’s memory.

I asked her to inventory her logins to help her appreciate the need for a password manager. She came up with a formidable list. here it is in no particular order:

Gmail Personal and Work
Microsoft 365 Email
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Words with Friends
Teacher Retirement System
Bank
Cable television
Mobile Service Provider
Uber
Fandango
Amazon
Hulu
Netflix
Paramount Plus
Amazon Prime
HBO Max
Social Security Administration
TxT
CashApp
LabCorp Patient
Car Insurance

And there are still many more. Trying to keep track of this many logins and passwords is frightening. You need a single sign-on (SSO) solution. When I switched my smartphone from Android to iPhone (I switch every few years), I was in for a surprise. The iPhone has a built-in password manager. Google announced their browser would also come with a password manager. Don’t trust these password managers. Replace them with something else. You can do that in your Settings->Passwords->Autofill Passwords.

You need something secure. I recommend Keepass for the most paranoid, or if you prefer, use Bitwarden. It’s a free password manager, and it allows you to add notes to each entry. It tracks websites, usernames, and passwords. Moreover, it works on all devices like Android, iOS, Chromebook, and anything with a web browser.

Bitwarden fully encrypts all of your data before it ever leaves your device, and only you have access to it. Even the Bitwarden team cannot unlock your protected data. Bitwarden seals your sensitive information with end-to-end AES-256 bit encryption. Also, salted hashing, and PBKDF2 SHA-256. (source)

This makes it a powerful memory aid that guards your back. And while it’s free, you can pay a whopping $10 if you want more security. Free, you get unlimited passwords and all its core features on unlimited devices. It works on any device, including computers.

Get it: Bitwarden for your Android or iOS device

Want to try Keepass? T y KyPass ($6.99) on iOS or MacOS. For Android, use theKeePassDroid app.

July 11, 2022 0 comment

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Mobile File Management Made Easy, Part One

by Miguel Guhlin June 28, 2022

written by Miguel Guhlin

Working with a new device this summer? Whether it’s a phone or tablet, or a Chromebook tablet, you may be looking for some easy ways to manage content. For many, managing content on these devices is a nightmare. Allow me to dis-spell those file and folder management nightmares.

What’s the Problem?

It’s not a single problem that vexes users new to these devices, but a multitude of problems, such as:

Moving files/folders around on your iPhone or Android device
Removing files/folders on iOS and/or Chrome/Android tablets
Viewing a variety of files on Android/Chrome or iOS devices
Tracking your usernames and passwords across devices
Getting bookmarks to sync across devices

If you’ve thrown up your hands in despair about one of these problems, then you’re not alone. It’s one of the reasons I avoid recommending tablets to low-tech users. Even experienced users may find themselves wondering about a simple question: “How do I get these tasks done on a device so unlike my computer?”

Let’s take a stab a responding. Of course, your success may vary depending on how much you know about file management on any device.

Note: Many file transfer solutions you find online (e.g. PushBullet, AirDroid) cost money. The solutions I’ll feature here are available at no extra cost.

File Management Made Simple

File management involves learning that everything we use on a device is a file or a folder. To view files, you need the right viewer software or application (app for short). Let’s use ebooks as an example, a common file people want to put on their devices for on-the-go reading.

Getting Familiar with File Formats

For example, if you have digital books, you may need a third-party ebook reader. One of my favorite sources of ebooks is Baen’s Free Books collection. There you can get books in all sorts of file formats.

Some common file formats you will encounter include:

ePub
Mobi
PDF
RTF

You can get free books or documents on your computer, then transfer them. You would transfer them to your Android/Chromebook/iOS device. How do you get that done?

Transferring Via the Cloud

For any device, you can often rely on cloud storage. That includes solutions like Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Dropbox.

You can copy your files to the cloud, then open them on your device using an installed app (e.g. Google Drive). You can see what that looks like below:

After opening Google Drive on your Chromebook, you can copy the file to your Local storage so you have access to it. You can then use other apps to interact with that file.

Here’s what that looks like on an iOS phone:

Transferring via an App or WiFi

If transferring files via the cloud isn’t desirable, you can always transfer direct

Tool #1: Readdle Documents for iOS Devices

Another approach for iOS devices (e.g. iPhones, iPads, Macs) is DocsTransfer.com. If you are an iOS user, you can get the Readdle Documents app (free). Then, use DocsTransfer.com to copy files to and from your device.

Another neat feature of the Documents app? It includes support for reading ebooks. And, you can also play multimedia files (e.g. MP3, MP4). Here’s a short tutorial.

On Android and Chromebook, transfer files using one of these options:

Tool #2: Cx File Explorer for Android and Chromebook Devices

This no-cost file explorer works great on Android and Chromebooks that support Android. This means you can learn to use ONE tool for both types of devices, then take advantage of them.

What’s great about Cx File Explorer is that you can do a few things that make it easy to work with:

Files and folders anywhere on your device, although you may need to grant additional permissions
Access files on your local network or via FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, or WiFi service

This last option, access the network via WiFi service, makes Cx File Explorer quite useful.

Once you have enabled the WiFi service, you can enter an FTP address on your computer’s browser. Then, you enter your password and now you can copy files to your Android device.

More to Come

In part two, I’ll share responses to these common obstacles:

My Best Picks for File Viewers on iOS and Android
Tracking Your Usernames and Passwords across devices
Getting Bookmarks to sync across devices

Be sure to read part two in this series.

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Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash

June 28, 2022 0 comment

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Six Amazing Android Math Apps

by Dr. Bruce Ellis November 4, 2021

written by Dr. Bruce Ellis

If you have students that use Android devices (phones or tablets), or if your students have Chromebooks that can run Android apps, then consider sharing this list of apps with them as they use their device to support mathematical learning. These can also be tremendously helpful when teaching remotely or if parents need to step in to support their child’s learning at home.

Accessing and Managing Android Apps

Ask your Google administrator if your district makes use of the Managed Google Play Store. If so, bulk purchases for apps may be easier to make, manage, and deploy. Managed Google Play is the content marketplace for Android in the enterprise. It allows you to browse and manage apps for your organization. According to Jason Bayton, this enterprise-version of the Google Play store does the following:

Provides access only to applications an organization explicitly approves
Enables the bulk purchasing of paid applications
Removes the requirement for user-managed Google accounts
Can push out applications and updates silently without requiring user intervention
Offers managed configurations for pre-configuring applications as they’re installed

Screenshot of app in Google Play store — Screenshot by author

If you are exploring Android apps to see which might be best for your students, don’t be shy about checking out apps that are not free. In many instances, you may feel the need to purchase an app to see if it is worth recommending for purchase by the district. After purchasing the app, download and test it immediately. Within two hours of downloading, you can request a refund through your purchase history in your Play account. This request will automatically refund the purchase price (including tax) and uninstall the app from your device. If you’ve gone beyond the two hours, but it’s still within 48 hours of purchasing, you can complete a web form to request a refund.

Photomath (FREE)

Students will find Photomath helpful since it provides step-by-step solutions and helpful animations that address specific how-to’s. This app can be controversial in that some educators fear students will rely on it to do the homework and not internalize the process to solve the problems themselves. To address that fear, think of this as just another tool that students can use to check their work, review their understanding of the process of solving specific types of problems, and identify steps they might be missing as they do their homework. It can be used after they’ve completed their work using mental math or a traditional calculator, or it can be used with some homework, but not for quizzes and tests. Having these stipulations will help students understand when they can use the app while stressing the need for internalizing the process of problem solving using mental math.

King of Math ($2.99)

King of Math targets middle school and junior high students. This app does not teach math concepts ,but does check a player’s understanding of math by having them math problems to advance in the game. A player begins by choosing to be a farmer. They progress through ten levels by demonstrating mathematical abilities. Complete specific chapters or get a certain number of points in particular skill areas (i.e., fractions, powers, statistics, equations, etc.) to earn medals. You can also locate this app in the iOS App Store for iPhone and iPad. A free version is available, but it is limited to addition and subtraction. The paid version includes multiplication, division, arithmetic, geometry, fractions, powers, statistics, and equations. King of Math 2 is the sequel and includes five worlds with 125 unique stages. Like the original King of Math, King of Math 2 costs $2.99.

Moose Math (FREE)

If you enjoy other apps that Duck Duck Moose produced, like ChatterPix, then you are sure to be equally impressed with Moose Math. Students learn and practice kindergarten and first grade math skills as they build their own city. Math skills addressed include numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, geometry, and measurement. Some directions may not be quite as intuitive as you would like, so I recommend that you have students work in pairs when they first use this app. Of course, you can make it a great whole group reinforcement activity by projecting it on your interactive whiteboard.

PhET Simulations ($0.99)

screenshot of various simluations — Screenshot by author

If you have students in upper elementary and above, you might want to consider this app. PhET Simulations includes math, as well as physics, chemistry, earth science, and biology. Your students will be able to interact with virtual manipulatives to solve problems and can also share in discovery mode to create their own play-based experiments. If you don’t have the ability to pay for the app, you can always access the same content through the PhET website.

Geometry Pad

If your students are learning coordinate geometry, then Geometry Pad will be a helpful tool for them to visualize points on a coordinate system. You can also plot geometric shapes, manipulate their properties, and even calculate various measurements. You’ll find a wide array of tools to help students. For this reason, you may want to introduce the app as a whole group and provide a little guidance on the various features. This app is quite robust and even allows students to upload images that they can plot shapes on top of with their finger. Lastly, students can save their work. The app itself is free, but is $6.99 for the Premium Features Pack.

Socratic by Google (FREE)

Think of Socratic as a combination of math problem solving and Google search. Scan your problem and let Google provide top matches, “explainers,” Q&As, related videos, and more from the web. Top matches will provide several websites that will solve the problem while showing steps. Explainers offer, as it suggests, an explanation using at least one method to solve the problem, which is much like the top matches section. You might consider sharing the related YouTube videos with your students on your teacher page or another area where you post resources for students and parents.

What Android Apps Would You Recommend?

What Android apps would you add to our list that would be good for math students? Tell us in the comment section below so we can add them to our favorites. We look forward to adding your apps to our list!

Looking for even more digital math tools? Here are other TechNotes posts on math apps and tools for various devices. If you want to explore effective math strategies and teaching practices, we also have self-paced courses for K-2nd grade math, 3rd-5th grade math, and 9th-12th grade math for $29 that include a digital certificate, badge, and 12 CPE credit hours.

November 4, 2021 0 comment

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Coloring Book Resources to Benefit Children and Adults

by Miguel Guhlin October 27, 2021

written by Miguel Guhlin

If you’re looking for ways to practice mindfulness, reduce anxiety, and foster art appreciation for yourself and your students, you may want to bookmark this blog entry. In it, I’ll share some great digital coloring book options that will enable your students to have so much fun. You might even enjoy them, too!

Reduce Anxiety, Improve Mindfulness

While views on coloring books differ, some studies suggest they are useful and can relieve anxiety and improve mindfulness. And there’s a lot of anxiety going around in the midst of a global pandemic! In fact, one study also touts an additional benefit:

Coloring books can lead children into a deeper understanding and appreciation of art (source).

This source refers to the practice of coloring books for adults for the purpose of anxiety relief.

Researchers found that the use of mandalas decreased two types of anxiety. Those types include state anxiety (i.e. contextual emotional experience). Also affected, to a lesser extent, is trait anxiety (i.e. personality characteristic). Reductions occurred in as quick as thirty minutes.

As for children, some people argue against children coloring, while others will suggest that there are several benefits for this activity:

Improved motor skills
School readiness
Stimulate creativity
Language development
Improved focus and hand-to-eye coordination
Spatial awareness
Self expression
Therapy and stress relief

Here are some additional health benefits (including cultivating executive function), as captured by the ColorPsychology.org video:

Finding Digital Coloring Books and Pages

You may find a rich assortment of coloring books online and available for a price. Some sources for these coloring books include Digital Book Cafe and Numeral Paint. These books cost money, but they offer a great assortment of images to color!

But there are some digital coloring books and pages that are available at no cost. You will find a roundup of a few of both below. You can color pages on your computer, Chromebook, Android, or iOS device. And, of course, you can print images out, as well.

#1- Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts and Cultures — *Your favorite reindeer is available for coloring via Google Arts and Culture’s **Christmas Edition** of their coloring book.*

Google Arts & Culture offers a variety of art coloring books. You can find an array of images in the following editions:

Christmas Edition: This includes a series of images such as classic Christmas cards and favorite characters such as Rudolph, cats in the snow, and more.
Famous Paintings: You’ll explore a wide variety of images to color such as the Statue of Liberty and other well-known figures and pieces.
Hanukkah Edition: Here, you will come across menorahs and tender scenes that delight the eye.
Kwanzaa Edition: This features a color-rich set of images, including stamps and logos.
Panda Edition: Oh, those most popular of bears! Appearing in a variety of action shots, as well as repose, they are giggle-inducing. Given the birth of panda twins in 2021, these are sure to engage.
Ramadan and Eid: You’ll come across beautiful images that are both colorful and insightful.
The Diwali Edition: Here it is possible for children to color beautiful Diwali artwork.

These full-color images can be converted into coloring book-friendly images, and you also get a color palette to work with.

You can save your completed work of art as a PNG image-formatted file or share a link (e.g., Google Classroom support available).

#2 – 40 Free Coloring Books

Looking for free images your child can color? Then you may find this collection of 40 free coloring books of interest. It offers a wide selection of images for coloring, such as:

ABCs Coloring Book (58 pages)
Animal Alphabet (27 pages)
Butterflies (107 pages)
Cat Coloring book (150 pages)
Christmas Coloring Book (56)

Although these are Adobe PDF files, you can color without printing. These are easily usable in apps like Seesaw or Xodo.com, which you can use for free.

#3 – Zen Coloring Book for Adults

Zen: Coloring Book for Adults is an app for Windows devices. You can choose from “tons of gorgeous designs, blending and texture options.”

Some of the images offered are available for free, while others require purchase. These anxiety-reducing mandalas are free, for example.

#4 – The Color

This fun, online coloring space offers a wide variety (4,663) of images for coloring. Organized into a variety of categories, you can find holiday images, such as Dia de los Muertos. You can also find many different categories including Aesop’s Fables, baby animals, dinosaurs, insects, monsters, and much more.

The coloring interface is easy to use, as you can see above. When done coloring, you can send colored images via email. With a free account, you are able to save images to your gallery feature on the website. Selecting Print gives you an image you can save to your device.

#5 – Coloring Apps

You may be wondering what coloring apps are available for your smartphone or tablet. Below, find a quick roundup of apps. Free apps top the list, but be aware that some may include advertisements.

Android Apps in the Google Play Store:

Note that you will need to log in with your personal Google account, not a Google Workspace account, to get the Android apps shown above. If you have a Chromebook that can access Android apps, you may be able to load these there.

iOS Apps:

Coloring Book Resurgence

You may find that coloring books are making a resurgence. Aside from reduced anxiety and improved mindfulness for adults, there are benefits to children who find coloring relaxing and fun. I hope you will join us in coloring.

October 27, 2021 0 comment

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Nature Lover Apps: Rediscover Your World

by Miguel Guhlin June 15, 2021

written by Miguel Guhlin

As we emerge from our hidey holes, dark spaces, and places of safety, summer feels like spring after a long winter. With that emergence comes an embrace of the great outdoors. But if you’re like me, you have no idea what critters are making beautiful music or the name of the resplendent glories adorning your walk in the woods. Come along, and pull back the canopy of mystery surrounding flowers, trees, birds, and more as we rediscover the wonders of the natural world around us.

Rediscover the Great Outdoors with These Nature Lover Apps

Did you know that exposure to nature results in more community cohesion and lower crime? That’s right, as we embrace nature, it works to instill a sense of well-being. Observing nature helps reduce crime and aggression (source).

In this blog entry, you will get access to a few favorite apps for identifying nature around you and access to a Wakelet collection full of additional nature apps. Now, let’s take a look at some of them! You can find a complete list in the infographic at the end of this post.

Our first three apps focus on bird identification and information.

“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off – and they are nearly always doing it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

nature lover apps

#1 – Merlin Bird ID

“As an avid bird watcher in my rural back yard, I use the Merlin Bird Identifier app. It resolves disagreements my husband and I have about new avians that appear at our feeders. It’s been a marriage saver!” says Lori Gracey, Executive Director at TCEA.

Only the other day, my family was wondering, “Is that an owl hooting at mid-day?” My daughter and husband, Drs. Aida and Zac Guhlincozzi, whipped out their smartphones. They identified the hooting (it was a dove, not an owl). Listening to bird songs (more on that in a moment) can be so relaxing!

Get Merlin Bird ID

#2 – Audobon Bird Guide

Need to identify a bird? If Merlin Bird ID doesn’t work, try this one. It is a free guide to over 800 species of North American birds.

Get Audobon Bird Guide

“It (is) a precious gift, and rare, to hear birds warbling all year long. ~Desiree Clary Bernadottev(Queen Desideria)”
― Allison Pataki, The Queen’s Fortune

Access the Nature Lover Apps, a Wakelet Collection

#3 – Song Sleuth

Need to name that tune, er, bird? Use Song Sleuth! It listens to bird songs and then identifies them for you. And it’s available for iOS and Android at no cost.

Get Song Sleuth

Don’t want to listen to bird outside? For shame! Not every ornithologist can go long without air conditioning and a cool lemonade. Listen to these bird song collections. You may also appreciate the Bird Song Hero, a song learning game from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

View Wakelet collection of Bird Songs

Ok, if you’re not a bird fan, or find it annoys you in the morning hours, you might be a tree hugger or plant whisperer. Let’s take a look at two plant apps.

#4 – LeafSnap

Need a quick way to identify trees? Take a close look at their leaves, snap a picture, then let LeafSnap do the rest. LeafSnap offers a handy interface to identifying plant life around you.

“Living on the edge of town with lots of fields around us, the Leafsnap app has been helpful. It has helped us avoid poison ivy as well as discover new, native plants to replant in our back yard,” says Lori Gracey.

Get LeafSnap.

#5 – Pl@ntNET

“What is that?” I asked peering at the plant near the side of the road. At the time, I didn’t have Pl@ntNet loaded on my phone. If you need an easy-to-use plant identifier, give this free app a try. You can use their app, or access the website.

Get Pl@ntNET.

But Wait, There’s More!

Get this handy infographic with some of the popular nature lover apps and a link to Wakelet collections mentioned in this blog entry.

Get the PDF version of this infographic.

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June 15, 2021 2 comments

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Google’s Drive Storage Policy: Avoid the Terror

by Miguel Guhlin April 6, 2021

written by Miguel Guhlin

This post was originally published December 15, 2020. It was updated on January 19, 2021, April 6, 2021, and 11/29/2023.

Google’s storage policy has left many scratching their heads. For consumers relying on Google’s free offerings, the threat to dump data raises fears. Let’s explore what their storage policy means for educators and what you can do as a free Gmail user.

Topics covered:

What Google’s storage policy says
Options for taking control of your data sprawl
How to best back up and clean out Gmail, Drive, and Photos
How to move email and files from one account to another
What the new policy’s multi-tiered approach (Education Fundamentals/Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Education Plus) means for educators

Ok, ready to get started? Let’s go.

What Google’s Storage Policy Says: For Consumers

The Google Storage policy governs storage of Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. Remember, Google Drive includes Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, Jamboard, and Sites. You have one huge storage bucket, but all these components have to fit inside of it. This policy affects the consumer, or free, version of Google tools. We’ll discuss education users in a moment.

Here’s are the facts as I understand them:

If you are inactive (two years) or exceed storage limits, you will lose your data. This applies if you store data in Gmail, Drive, or Photos.
To be inactive, this means you’re not logging into these services.

Break the rules, and you’re not completely out of luck. Google offers you emails, notifications, and the opportunity to save your content. But, if you are using the free storage option, you have only 15GB of space available.

Most important for Google, you can invest in their Google One storage plan. So, you CAN avoid the cataclysm of losing data.

Avoiding Data Loss for Consumer Google Accounts

If you started using Google Drive because of free cloud storage, you may find paying to expand storage limits problematic. If that’s your attitude, you may want to avoid the Google One storage that augments your storage space. I no longer pay $1.99 a month for my Google One expanded storage (120 GB). What are my savings? It’s a truism that data expands to fit the space available. I’m so glad I switched to an alternative. What alternatives are there for you?

Let’s explore some of the options possible.

Keep Data Storage Local

Suffering from data sprawl? You’re saving so much data, you can’t find the important stuff? You may need to take a slower approach that saves you money. Do this by keeping your data storage local.

To avoid recurring costs and keep your data local, follow these steps:

Divide your Google Drive into items a Shared with Others folder, and an Only for Me folder. The criteria I use for the Shared with Others folders is anything that is being shared with others for collaboration or is embedded in a website. Google Sites, Forms, Jamboards, and collaborative docs fall into this category.
Run the Google Drive Cleaner (learn more in this blog entry) to get rid of duplicate files. This step alone will save you space.
Save the Only for Me folder and its contents to your computer.
Get a USB external drive (2 terabytes is plenty. Remember, though, that old adage: “two is one, and one is none” so buy two. USB external drives last three to five years on average). You can use free tools to automate backups. One free automated backup solution is FileFreeSync. Or, take more control of them using tools like Free Commander (Mac alternatives).
Put that Only for Me content on both drives. It won’t matter if you have a Chromebook or laptop/desktop with insufficient hard drive space. You will be able to save the contents straight to the external drive (albeit, it may be slightly slower to access).

Once you have a backup of the Only for Me folder on your external drive(s), remove them from Google Drive. This will yield LOTS of space back to you. Worried about recurring costs vs initial cost of an external USB drive and replacement? Consider the following chart and graph.

It’s based off the Google One storage plan and this external drive (although there are less expensive brands available).

See an Google Sheet with cost breakdown and check my math.

After cleaning out my Google Drive, following the process in this blog post, I found myself at 3.1GB of 120 GB of space. That’s enough to walk away from Google One Storage.

True Story: Wedding Photos and Video

My daughter married a few years ago. I had approximately 14GB of wedding videos and pictures stored in my Google Drive for safekeeping. My daughter already had her own offline copy. To get that Drive space back, I saved them to my external drives using the process above. Wow, 18GB recouped! This dropped my usage from 46.9 GB used to 29.2 GB used. Your target number is under 15 GB since that is what you get for free. About 14 more GB to shave off my total storage needs.

Ready to clean out your Google Photos? If you’ve been backing up your smartphone’s photos to Google Photos, you have tons of junk pictures. Junk can include memes, cat pictures, or 52 lousy versions of one beautiful snap. Dump the lousy, keep the best. You will regain gigabytes of space.

Did You Know?

You can get a big picture overview of your Google Drive with Clean Drive. It offers a seven day, free trial you can use to get a quick look at how your space is filled. You can use it to find and eliminate duplicate files, find old and/or hidden files that take up space. One of my favorite features is bulk delete. There are other ways to do this, but this may be a solution you want to invest in. In the meantime, be sure to read the rest of this blog entry to learn about other tools that can save you time and money.

Find Google Alternatives

Google has a reputation of letting some of its best products die. Having an exit policy isn’t a bad idea. If you’re going to end up paying, why not choose email, photo, and storage options you control? One big complaint about Google is that you are their product. That’s how they tailor advertisements to your needs and interests.

If you want to find alternative’s to Google’s ecosystem, ease into it. Start with your Google Drive files, then your Gmail and photos. Here are some alternatives I use:

Gmail Alternative: Get a Switzerland-based Proton Mail account. You can start out with a free account with 500MB storage, 150 messages per day. If you practice Inbox Zero, this should work well for most. If you have thousands of Gmails and need to put them somewhere, then you will need ProtonMail Plus. If you want other alternatives, consider another secure alternative for email. You will probably have to pay to store files online. Make sure you’re storing essential files and not one bit or byte more.

True Story: Over 10,000 Gmails

As a result of an earlier blog post, a Canadian wrote me and asked, “Can I migrate my over 10K Gmails into ProtonMail?” I told him that’s exactly what I had done using the ProtonMail Plus Import-Export app.

With PM Plus ($60 per year), you get 1,000 messages per day, labels, filters, and 5GB storage. What’s more, you can import your Gmail messages into PM Plus. I love the fact I can send encrypted emails, which comes in handy. I use that a few times a year for confidential bank/medical emails. Does this mean I got rid of my Gmail account? Goodness, no. I still give it out as my primary email address to catch spammers and others. I rely on my PM Plus account for family, banking, medical, and secure exchanges.

If Google were to suspend my email account, the loss wouldn’t be so great.

Drive Alternatives

Google Drive is unique in the quality of its collaboration options that you can pick from. Those aside, only put items you plan to share into your Shared with Others folder. These items include Google Sites, Google Docs (e.g. Slides, Sheets, Forms, Docs) that you will work together with others on, and/or Jamboard.

Working on a spreadsheet to calculate your expenses, use OnlyOffice or LibreOffice on your computer. Both are free for Mac/Windows/Linux and allows you to take advantage of your USB external drive for backup. You can even set up Portable Apps on your USB external drive so you always have access to the programs. Use Google Drive only for activities that need data collection or collaboration.

Cleaning Out Google Photos

Google Photos may be a monster with thousands of images to sort through. For some people, it may be easier for them pay the monthly fee for Google One storage. If that’s not you, then there are at least four steps I recommend to clean out Photos.

Cleaning out isn’t easy, but it’s doable. Be aware that you will have to deal with countless folders and images. Let’s review those four steps to clean out Photos.

Tip #1: Download and Organize

Manual movement of photos and videos can take a long time (days, weeks, years). Tools like Free Commander can make the job easier. Once cleaned up, you can use a no-cost, free, open source tool, DigiKam, to organize your photos. This provides better control of your photos than Google Photos online.

image editor screenshot digicam — Image Source: DigiKam

Tip #2: Remove Videos in Google Photos

To get more space back, remove videos stored in Google Photos. This is easy since you can type “video” in the Google Photos search bar, and you’ll get a list of videos. You can select them one at a time or by date and then use the MOVE TO TRASH option. When I cleaned out my Google Photos, I dropped 400 videos in the trash. That saved some space, I am sure.

It didn’t take too long to get rid of the videos shown above. Make sure to check and rid yourself of video space hogs.

Tip #3: Get Rid of “Unsupported Videos”

Go into the SETTINGS for Google Photos and manage “Unsupported Videos.” Trash those since Google can’t play them for you and they are just taking up space.

Tip #4: Archive Images

Images like screenshots, memes, etc. take up space. But you don’t need them since you can find them online. Be sure to use Google Photos’ Archive option to dump these pictures. In that way, you get rid of images that are automatically backed up from your smartphone. These are images that can include memes, cat pics, and more.

Tip #5 – Storage Manager

Think you got it all? One final way to double-check is to use Google’s Storage Manager. You’ll be able to clean out discarded items (such as deleted and spam emails) and Google Drive deleted files. You will also be able to see large items and remove those.

Whew, that was a lot of work. Ready to try some alternatives to Google products? Remember, this time, go lite. Only inlcude online items you need to share or collaborate with others.

Have Amazon Prime? Try Amazon Photos

One alternative to Google Photos is Dropbox. Others include SmugMug and Flickr. Remember, although you can back up every photo on your phone, you could also make another choice. That is, back up only those photos I want to share with others.

Wait, what if I want to back up my photos (cat pics included) off my phone? If you still want to do that, you can. Use an app that makes it easy to copy photos/videos from your smartphone. For iOS, use Readdle Documents. For Android, use WiFi File Transfer (shown below) to back up your photos to your computer. Both apps are available at no cost. What’s more, they force you to be more selective of the content you choose to back up.

Split Your Usage Among Many Accounts

What some of my friends and colleagues have decided to do is split their usage among several Google accounts. That is, they use one Gmail account with 15GB of free space for personal/family. They use another for professional/work communications. This results in a lot of Google accounts to manage (Bitwarden.com makes it easy to manage multiple usernames and passwords), but it does have a positive effect. You aren’t putting all your eggs in one basket.

How do you move content that ends up in the wrong space? It’s easier than you might think. You can use Thunderbird email program to move emails from one Gmail account to another via IMAP, if you need to. Tools like CloudHQ, MultCloud, and Google Takeout make it easy to save or move stuff. That stuff can include Google Drive files or emails. And, with those tools, you can move content between them. If you are moving Gmails and Drive content from Google Workspace (f.k.a. G Suite EDU), then Google Takeout Transfer is a must-have tool.

Need to copy a folder or migrate your Drive only? You might try those solutions.

google drive storage and file size limits

Image Source: Google’s Drive Storage FAQ for Admins

What Google’s New Storage Policy Means for Educators

Google’s new policy, going into effect July 2022, limits Google Workspace for Education users to a total of 100 terabytes of pooled storage. That means, if you have ten thousand students and three thousand staff, they will all share that 100 terabytes. This makes saving unlimited number of videos and content for free in Google Workspace for Education’s Drive storage a thing of the past. A few specific points from Google’s new policy for storage:

Education Fundamentals and Education Standard editions offer pooled storage of 100 terabytes, although institutions with greater than 20,000 students, faculty/staff will be provided additional storage. The process for requesting more storage becomes available at the end of 2021.
Your school district or organization can get additional storage through Education Plus and/or the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.
With the Education Plus upgrade, you receive an additional 20 GB for each paid license on top of the 100 TB of pooled cloud storage shared by your organization (source).
With the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, you get an additional 100 GB for each paid license in addition to the 100 TB of pooled cloud storage shared by your organization (source).

Worried that you will be running out of storage? You may want to get the Teaching and Learning Upgrade. One thing is for certain, teaching your faculty, staff and students how to manage their data has taken on some urgency. Share this blog entry to get them started.

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April 6, 2021 2 comments

LMS

Apps and Groups for LMS Support

by Miguel Guhlin November 13, 2020

written by Miguel Guhlin

Many of us are learning how to use learning management systems in ways we never imagined. While most LMSs thrive on desktop and laptop devices, what about mobile? By mobile, you may understand I’m referring to iOS tablets/phones and Android devices. For some educators, it’s easy to forget that their virtual classroom is a tap away. In this blog entry, let’s take a look at apps that can make the mobile experience smoother.

As you explore the apps below, remember that most work best when you are in teacher mode. Always be sure to preview the app with the support of your technology support team. That way, you can ensure you don’t lose critical student data or work.

LMS App Roundup

Did you know you can find an app to support Canvas LMS? Canvas has several official apps, as do Schoology and Google Classroom:

Student-Centric Apps

Blackboard: Blackboard offers students a “mobile solution for students to stay informed.” It is available for iOS and Android.
Canvas iOS/Android App: This student-centered app provides access to the main Canvas features and enjoys support from the Canvas LMS Community. For example, you can find a walk-through of the app features for iOS or Android online with everything from how to use the Dashboard to adding calendar items, and more. You can also get a parent-focused app that is free and available for both iOS and Android.
Google Classroom: This versatile app is available for both Android and iOS. It complements the Chromebook-friendly website for G Suite Education.
Itslearning: The itslearning learning management system offers access to a variety of tools that include bulletin updates, course updates, messaging functions, and access to course content. You can find Android and iOS versions available for download. This app serves double duty for both teachers and students.
Schoology: The Schoology app provides instant access to the online classroom where students are able to interact with their courses. It is available for Android and iOS.

Teacher-Centric Apps

Canvas Teacher App for iOS and Android: In this app, you will see grading and updating options. The app also makes it easier to send out communications and messages. A teacher guide is available for iOS and Android.

Now that you know about apps for popular learning management systems, what else is there to know? You may not know of popular Facebook groups for top LMSs. These Facebook groups offer a wealth of learning opportunities for teachers.

Need to get up to speed quick on a learning management system? Sign up for TCEA’s Self-Paced, Online Courses for Canvas LMS, Google Classroom, Schoology, and Seesaw.

Learning Management System Facebook Groups

Some of my favorite Facebook groups appear below. They all follow the “Ask a Question” format and then you wait for responses to flow in. They tend to discourage grouch-like content. Most responses serve to further your learning in the use of an LMS or help in solving a problem.

Canvas LMS: This list includes two Facebook groups that sprang up at the start of COVID-19 to support teachers.
- Canvas for Elementary Teachers
- Canvas for Secondary Educators
Google Classroom: This is an assortment of Google Classroom groups. The largest is Teachers Using Google Classroom with 122,000 members.
Itslearning Teacher’s Lounge: An itslearning-supported group for teachers.
Schoology Educator Community: This is a phenomenal Schoology support group with constant questions and responses. You can track Schoology outages via this group, as well as get help.

A search of Facebook groups will yield even more exciting groups to connect with. Dip into these groups when you need to learn something new or solve a problem.

Share What You Like

Did you find an app you liked? Do you have a favorite LMS-focused Facebook group? Be sure to tweet out your favorite app shared above and add the hashtag #TCEA. This will ensure others can share their insights and expertise.

This blog entry has served as an introduction to LMS apps you can use to make your job easier. Want to learn more? Sign up for TCEA courses specific to learning management systems.

November 13, 2020 0 comment

Chromebooks CTO/CIO Google Tips and Tricks Technical Support

Chrome Tablets in Your Future, Part 1

by Miguel Guhlin July 1, 2020

written by Miguel Guhlin

If you are getting ready to deploy new technology to your district, you may want to ask yourself a few questions first. Many of us as technology directors have gone through hardware deployments. Whether it’s laptops, iPads, docking stations, digital projectors, or some other hardware, problems can arise. No matter what you imagine as the perfect deployment, a mosquito will crash land in the ointment. And, often, these initiatives are top-down. The superintendent wants it, and your job as technology director is to make it happen.

What happens when the technology is the Chrome tablet? In this two-part series, we’ll explore some ideas for deploying and using them in schools.

Why Invest in Chrome Tablets?

Chrome tablets are easy to manage and app rich. Chrome tablets, like their keyboard-empowered equivalents, Chromebooks, come with a management license that makes it easy to set them up in bulk. This affords them a level of pre-deployment setup not available for other tablets. That means that you can have apps loaded for new Chrome tablets in a rapid manner.

Conway Wharton shares the following perspective:

“We have been using the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 tablets. They are much easier to manage than the iPads, as well as being less expensive. Once the teachers see what is available on them, they are very willing to switch. From an IT perspective, it’s very easy to add applications. You seldom have to touch the tablets.”

In this blog entry, we’ll explore some of the apps you will want to consider. The app ecology is quite rich and Chrome tablets include web browser extensions as well as managed apps.

Questions to Ask in a Major Hardware Deployment

Here are a few questions that you must ask as an organization. Some of these will seem obvious. But what makes technology deployments fail is sometimes the obvious stuff. That includes communication, training, and managed expectations more than the esoteric technical issue.

1) What’s the point of the deployment?

“Our goal is to provide every child and staff member with the tools they need to be effective in the future.” That’s not an uncommon goal for hardware deployments. The question is, “Is that enough?” Experience has shown people the answer.

Consider John Hattie’s definition about the deployment of one-to-one (1:1) devices:

Many laptop or computer devices (iPad, netbook, tablet computer et al.) programs attempt to provide laptops to each student in a class or school.

What is the likelihood that 1:1 programs will accelerate student achievement? John Hattie’s meta-analysis of the research says, it’s “likely to have small positive impact.” With an effect size of 0.16, which is significantly less than the 0.40 in an average classroom, it’s not enough. Other changes besides deploying hardware must happen in order for the effect size to be more substantial.

With this in mind, we have to approach the goal of any hardware deployment another way. We must put technology together with high-effect size instructional strategies. Your superintendent needs to say something different. That might be something like the following:

“We’re going to focus on teaching and learning strategies that work. If it’s not evidence-based, we’re dropping it. We will use technologies that enhance the impact of these high-effect strategies. And we’re going to model that in classrooms. We are going to support it with a student-centered coaching model.”

2) What’s the magic mix of technologies that we can use to enhance teaching and learning in schools?

The magic mix is a combination of several technology selection criteria:

Cost effective
Easy hardware to support and manage
Works well in the target space
Enhances high-effect instructional strategies

Let’s explore each of these items in turn. We can use the Chrome tablet as one example.

Cost Effective?

It depends. Chrome tablet pricing remains mid-to-high compared to other devices. Initial reviews of tablets show they are under-powered when compared to competitors. That aside, is a single-use device “good enough” for a grade K-3 classroom?

Easy to support and manage?

Yes, the Chromebook management license available with tablets makes support easy. This makes it ideal for schools who have small technical support teams. The addition of styluses, front/back cameras, and USB-C make it easy to work with. Chrome tablets are often ruggedized, drop-resistant, and have reinforced ports. Some places where the tablets shine in hardware include:

Battery life
Cost
Setup (you can even get white glove service)

Works well in target space?

Chrome tablets work great in various settings. If tablets lend themselves to creativity and assessment, they are a winner. Can you snap photos with the tablet, arrange them in Google Slides, add audio? Yes. Can you assess students on STAAR, NWEA MAP, or Istation? Yes.

Enhances high-effect instructional strategies?

It depends on the strategy, but you can use Chrome tablets to enhance strategies. For example, concept mapping (0.64) works great with a stylus and a tablet.

Coming Soon: Enhancing Curriculum with Chrome Tablets

Stayed tuned for the next part in this series where we’ll explore the instructional niche Chrome tablets can fill in schools.

July 1, 2020 0 comment

Google Tips and Tricks

Come Read with Me: Google’s Read Along App

by Miguel Guhlin June 17, 2020

written by Miguel Guhlin

Want to improve your child or student’s reading ability? Google has created a new reading app to make that easier to achieve. You may recall Google’s previous entry into reading apps, Rivet. We wrote about it in Reciprocal Teaching with Google’s Rivet App. Today, we’ll review some important research on reading and then jump into the new Read Along app.

Note: Trying to open the link to the Rivet or Read Along app? Read Along is now in public beta for the web and works in popular browsers. Read Along includes brand new stories from two YouTube content creators. Those include ChuChu TV and USP Studios. Use Read Along as a reading practice tool in schools and at home. For each, use Google Workspace for Education account or personal Google Accounts with Family Link at home, respectively.

The Power of Reading

“On average, Americans aged 20 to 34 spend a 0.11 hours reading daily, which amounts to less than seven minutes per day.” (Source: Statista). Is that trend reflective of what happens in schools?

This can have a profound impact on student learning over the long run. Jennifer Gonzalez (Cult of Pedagogy) highlights these points from Schmoker’s book, Focus:

In the early years, students need time to read, not to do skills drills or reading “activities.” Students should “never, ever engage in cut, color, or paste activities.” Those occupy more than 100 instructional hours per year, asserts Schmoker.
Students should read fiction and nonfiction. He says, “We learn to read well by reading a lot for meaning,” when we read to do the following:
- Analyze or support arguments,
- Arrive at our own opinions as we make inferences or attempt to solve problems.
Students should engage in discussions at least three times per week. These discussion should have established criteria to guide them.

His assertions underscore the importance of reading. You can use Reciprocal Teaching and TRTW. As you can see from the chart below, getting children to read early on has a direct connection to whether students graduate.

With those statistics and information in mind, we must do more than encourage reading. We have a mandate about what it can do in the lives of our children.

The App

In the free Android Read Along app, young readers have a digital tutor that assists them in reading text on screen. If you ever read Living Books’ Arthur’s Teacher Troubles, then you have an inkling of how things work.

The app has a reading buddy who listens to your young learner read aloud and offers help when they struggle. Rewards are given in the form of stars. It works best for children who already have some basic knowledge of the alphabet.

Watch this video of it in action:

The app combines games and stories, as shown below:

The app shows pictures and text on screen and listens to the child read a story. It encourages students to read for ten minutes a day. It will also keep track of how much they’ve read and offer prizes. It has a fun option of playing music in the background that may become annoying.

You can also switch to a variety of languages, such as Spanish. See how books appear in Spanish when you switch languages.

Don’t be afraid to give this app a try with your young reader. It may be the type of engagement your child needs. Read along with your child to improve engagement.

June 17, 2020 0 comment

Android Google Tips and Tricks

TCEA Responds: Exploring Google Contacts

by Miguel Guhlin March 23, 2020

written by Miguel Guhlin

Dear TCEA Responds:

How do I manage or find my addressbook in Google? I upgraded from my old phone, but somehow, I now have a lot of duplicates in my smartphone. I have two or more of everything. Finding the duplicates takes forever on my phone. Is there a way to do this online?

-Monica

Dear Monica:

Thank you for your email. Working with your smartphone contacts can be a bit daunting. I know people who hate upgrading their phones because they worry their contacts will go away. If you are using an Android phone, or even an iPhone, many of your contacts are safe. That’s because Google saves them to the cloud for you.

Did You Know?

Sign up for one of our Google Certified Educator certifications. You’ll learn about more than Google Meet, as well as earn 12 CPE hours per course. Use these courses to get Google Educator certified. Find out more online.

Let’s review a few ways you can solve your duplicate problem. You didn’t say which phone you had, so I’ll focus on Android.

Dealing with Duplicates in Google Contacts

Dealing with duplicates on your Android phone can be a pain. If your phone is backing itself up to Google, then switching to a new phone may have resulted in lots of duplicate entries.

Many people are unaware that they can access their phone contacts list online. You can get to it via the Google Contacts website. Once you are there, you can take advantage of its “Merge and fix” option, as seen below:

As you can see in the screenshot, this is one of the easiest way to merge and fix contacts. You also have more options available through Google Contacts. Let’s take a look at them.

Organizing Your Contacts into Label Groups

Did you know you can organize your contacts into Groups so that whatever changes you make in Google Contacts will end up in your smartphone? You can do this through the use of labels. Any labels you create and assign to your contacts appear as Groups on your phone. That may make a specific group of people easier.

You can’t delete the contacts in your Directory in Google Contacts, but you can organize them into groups that will appear on your smartphone. The way you do that is to assign them a label. While it’s easy to select contacts in your Directory list, then assign them a label, let’s take it a step further. Let’s export your contacts. This could come in handy if you want to keep a list of people in your work contact lists. Some people find it easier to work long lists in a full-screen editor or database tool.

Exporting is another way of saying “Save these contacts to my computer as a CSV file.” CSV is a comma-delimited text file that is often used for database imports/exports.

Note: To protect the innocence of the privacy of people in my contacts, I have pixelized names and emails. This makes them unreadable.

Before you start the export process, you will need to take some steps. Let’s review them:

Step 1 – Create a Label

This is an important step. The reason why is that Google Contacts does not allow you to export your Contacts Directory. First, you have to assign them a label you have created, then export that label.

For example, I have created a “MyContacts” label in Google Contacts. You can title this label whatever you want (e.g. “Keepers”). Once I have that, I can go to label specific contacts. These are the ones I want to keep.

My last step will be to use the EXPORT option and export only the MyContacts label. This is great because I can choose to add only the correct entries in my contacts directory.

Step 2 – Label Directory Entries with “MyContacts” Label

Now that you have your “MyContacts” label created, you can go through your directory. You can multi-select the ones you want to keep as shown in the screenshot below.

Once you have added all the contacts you want to keep to the “MyContacts” label, you’re ready to move on.

Step 3 – Export the Entries Labelled “MyContacts”

In this step, you are going to export the entries you labeled in Step 2 as “MyContacts.” As you can see from the image below, you can export the contacts with the “MyContacts” label.

Note that you have three options. While Google CSV is the best option if you’re trying to clean up your contacts, there are others. You could use Outlook CSV if you want to move to Outlook email client, or vCard for iOS.

If you look at the file you have exported in MS Excel, LibreOffice, or Google Sheets, you will see the following:

Once you have verified you have an export file, close out of it without making changes.

At this point, you can choose to completely wipe out your Google Contacts Directory. That is, you can delete or remove any contacts you have labeled. Google prevents you from removing contacts from the Directory itself in order to safeguard your data.

Ready to import your contacts from a particular group to a new label? Let’s take a quick look at that.

Step 4 – Import Contacts Exported Before

Since you have that exported contacts file on your computer, you can choose to import it. In the screenshot below, you can see how we can import the contacts into a new label, MyPeeps.

As it imports and when it finishes, you will seen screens like this:

And that’s pretty much the process. If you look at your phone, you will see that you have Groups that reflect your labels in Google Contacts.

There is a lot you can do via the Google Contacts web interface. Take some time to explore it and organize your phone groups using it. Use it to clean up your duplicates with Merge & Fix.

March 23, 2020 0 comment

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