Tag Archives: Outlook

Presentation: School Library Tech 101 (September 2017)

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Hello Everyone,

I presented last month on technology tips and tools at my state annual library conference in a session called

Destiny, Symbaloo, and Weebly, Oh My! School Library Tech 101

I converted the PowerPoint presentation I made for the session into a PDF document, so you can see all the technological tidbits I shared at the conference.

Some of these technological tidbits I’ve blogged about previously.

The PDF document is available here. Inside, you’ll find links to YouTube videos  and help sheets I made for different tips about Follett Destiny, Symbaloo, Weebly, Outlook, OR Codes, and TinyURL.

This session provided brief overviews of and tips for working with such technology tools as Follett Destiny as a library management system, Symbaloo as a link collection tool, and Weebly as a communication tool. QR code creation and use will also be discussed as a library investigation tool for elementary school students. Participants were asked to bring devices that can access the Internet, download free applications, and take pictures, to experience fully this tech-rich session.

Personally speaking, I think the best tip for Follett Destiny is “Book Hospital as Patron,” which is also a YouTube video on my professional channel.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Technological Tidbit: Send Outlook Emails to Special Folder on Arrival

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Hello Everyone,

I like to free up my Outlook account’s inbox by having emails I know I can’t read every day go to a special folder automatically. For example, I love reading all the questions and answers on my state’s librarian email listserv; I can’t read them all every day, and there are around 20 or 30 emails some days…. so… I have learned to have Outlook send emails from specific senders (that is, everything coming from the listserv) sent on arrival to a special folder.

I made a help sheet to explain the process (here)!

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler

Technological Tidbit: Turn Off Outlook “Focused Inbox”

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Hello Everyone,

Don’t you dislike finding an important email on your Outlook account has gone to the “Other” inbox without you knowing it?

To fix this problem, I have made a help sheet to show how to turn off the “Focused Inbox” fuction recently added to Outlook. It’s available here.

Enthusiastically,

Ms. Tyler