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How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you're leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.

Several Labs Members are struggling with a reliable way to trigger Shortcuts from a Stream Deck. This video covers the easiest (and most reliable) way of doing so. Chapters Markers0:00 Introduction0:18 Working solution for loading Stream Deck apps0:49 Adding an app to Stream Deck from scratch1:19 Add app to dock2:31 Adding an image to a button... Continue reading →

While Notion is unquestionably powerful and customizable, it's not always the snappiest app, especially on mobile devices, so navigating from one project to another in Notion can be a little painful. Today, we're going to look at a few ways to navigate to the Notion board you want as quickly as possible.

I’m sending a big thanks to Alec Couros for inviting me to present a one hour introduction to H5P, zooming in, to the University of Regina Centre for Teaching and Learning. As promised in my …

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While working on a workshop deck recently, I came to this slide. This isn’t bad — I’ve definitely seen MUCH worse. I wanted to give it a more powerful visual impact and didn’t hav…

Here’s how you can use your iPhone as a webcam with macOS Ventura. I walk through the setup, mounts, special effects, desk view, and more!Thanks to MacPaw an...

New Mac version gives error "You cannot select more than 50 notes". Previous versions allowed me to select all of my 1700+ notes. Any ideas? Is this a new feature? Can it be overriden? v 10.1.7 build 458354 public Editor: v109.0.14125 Service: v1.20.26 Premium user

Evernote has been acquired by Bending Spoons, the company behind apps like Splice and Gemini..

9 Google Drive tips you'll wish you already knew:— Tessa Davis (@TessaRDavis) October 16, 2022

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Tapbots, the company behind the popular Tweetbot app designed for Twitter, is working on developing a new app called Ivory that integrates with the...

As the release of iOS 16 approached, I felt a strong sense of déjà vu. TestFlight betas with Lock Screen widgets came pouring in. It felt like 2020’s debut of Home Screen widgets all over again. This time, though, those betas have been all about Lock Screen widgets. As Federico covered in his iOS 16

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If you want to give your Mac the personal touch, try setting a custom login and lock screen background. Follow our guide to see how it’s done.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

I love creating both sketchnotes and narrated sketchnotes, and helping students learn to create sketchnotes! I’m now teaching media literacy and robotics at Providence Day School in Charlotte…

Notion is a beastBut 98.9% of people are still unaware of the full potential of @NotionHQ.Here are the best free 30 Notion tools 🧵 👇— Atul Anand ⚡ (@AtulACleaver) December 16, 2022

Mastodon is a popular decentralized, open-source, social network. Drafts supports integration with Mastodon instances through actions that can be used to post status updates and more. Share Extensions If you use a client application (like the official Mastodon app, MetaText, Ivory, etc.) to interact with your Mastodon account, your client application likely includes a Share extension available in the system share sheet. Any of these options can be used with Drafts’ Share action, which opens ...

As much as I tried to resist the end, I had a breaking point, and the breaking point was this. The tweet just had it all – it was a remarkable intersection of bullying, malicious, and callous…

I made a custom syntax for @draftsapp to manage gifts and online orders. It’s a variant of TaskPaper with colorization and handling of tappable list items that cycle through three states: just an idea, ordered, and received. Perhaps useful to someone. https://t.co/KdnIhkdnar pic.twitter.com/H7IF2qzg2e— Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise) December 9, 2022

In this tutorial we will explore three ways for new teachers to create assignments as they design their courses - each way with its pros and cons. Feel free to view some of my interactive getting started Canvas tutorials: https://www.howtocanvas.com 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Method #1 - assignments group 1:23 - parts of assignment 6:47 - Method #2 - modules page 12:18 - Method #3 - calendar 17:00 - assignment tips 21:34 - multiple class assignments in Calendar Missed my InstructureCon session? No worries! https://www.instructure.com/canvas/resources/instructurecon-2022/create-amazing-content-in-canvas Please consider subscribing for more Canvas tips and tricks: http://bit.ly/how2canvas​​​​​​​ Website: https://www.howtocanvas.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtocanvas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtocanvas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowToCanvas