Monday 27 February 2017

March's ICT Tidbit

Dear colleagues,
Ever frustrated by accidentally sending out an email to all staff by accidentally “Replying All”? Or realized that you wanted to add on something to the email you just sent out? Fret not, this month’s Tidbits bring you two simple ways to resolve your worries!

Undo Sending

1. In the email tab, click on the Settings icon at the top right hand corner.

2. In the Search field, type in “Undo Send”. Click on “Undo Send” that appears at the top of the list.

3. Click on the “Undo Sending” under Shortcuts > Mail > Automatic Processing.
4. Click on the radio button “Let me cancel messages I’ve sent for”. Choose from the drop-down list that allows you to undo emails you’ve sent after 5, 10, 15 or 30 seconds. Save the settings.

5. This is what you will see when you next send an email. You may click on “Undo” to cancel sending of the email within the timing you have set earlier.

6. Turning off “Reply All” settings

7. While browsing through any of your email, on the email pane, click on the dropdown to the right of “Reply All”.
8. On the dropdown list, click on “Change Default” and place the checkmark against “Reply” instead of “Reply All”.


9. The settings would be automatically saved to “Reply” and your email pane will look like this. 




Hope this couple of Tidbits will come in handy the next time you send out reply emails. 
If you have any other tricks or tips, do let us know via the comments!





Wednesday 1 February 2017

Assessment using Microsoft Forms!

Greetings & a *Cock-a-doodle-dooooooooooo* New Year to all!

Hope everyone had a good holiday break and start to the new year! For this month's eTip, we will be sharing with you how to collate data on students' learning via Microsoft Forms. It's a simple method to help you gauge your students' progress and adjust your teaching practices to suit the learning pace of your class. Now, why switch to Microsoft Forms (MF) when some of us are already so comfortable with using Google Forms (GF), you say? Well, read on and find out some of the conveniences Microsoft Forms provide when you plug into your O365 account!