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South African Teacher Hacks*

Explore a curated collection of ingenious shortcuts, innovative strategies, and creative solutions shared by South African teachers, empowering you to elevate your classroom experience with efficiency and effectiveness.

* A teacher hack, in the context of our platform, refers to a short, insightful video created by experienced educators, offering innovative teaching strategies, time-saving tips, and creative solutions to common classroom challenges. These videos serve as practical resources to inspire and empower teachers in their pursuit of effective and efficient teaching practices.

Thank you to all the dedicated teachers who generously contribute their valuable hacks to our Resource Library, enriching the educational journey and fostering a culture of collaboration and support within our vibrant community.

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Windows

As a teacher, I use <Ctrl>+F for finding specific text in multiple document types to compile notes.

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Mientjie Van Wyk

<Ctrl>+F to Find Text

MS Excel

Quickly selecting and removing blank rows from an Excel spreadsheet.

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Rene Fulton

Quickly removing blank rows

MS PowerPoint

How to manipulate layers in PowerPoint images.

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Stephanie Black

Manipulate Layers in PowerPoint Images

MS Excel

As a teacher, finding you Name in a Spreadsheet and Higlighting the cell.

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Bev McLoughlin

Find your Name in a Spreadsheet

MS Word

Using a MS Word Template; Copy & Paste without Formatting; and Create a Table with +----+

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Tiziana Iacovitti

#3 Quick Hacks for Worksheets & Notes

MS Word

As I teacher, I use a Word Template and Styles to set up consistently formatted Exam and Test Question Papers.

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Karen Trenor

Using A Word Template to Set Exams & Tests

Pocket

How I use Pocket to curate resources for English and History.

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Sarah Williams

Using Pocket

MS To Do

As a teacehr how I use Microsoft To Do to keep track of what I need to do.

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Sbu Hlongwane

Using Microsoft To Do

Immersive Reader

As a Foundation Phase teacher, using Immersive Reader to eliminate advertisements from a webpage.

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Tanya Collins

Using Immersive Reader to eliminate adverts

Windows

How to quickly lock your Windows computer using the shortcut keys.

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Shirley Conlan

Shortcut Keys: Windows Lock

MS Word

As a teacher, saving time when setting exams or making notes in MS Word.

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Loredana Simaan

Saving Time in MS Word

Autograph

How to create a split graph in Autograph.

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Kathleen Raeburn

Split Graph Demostration

MS Outlook

How to insert a Poll in an email.

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Penny Rickelton

Inserting a Poll in your email

MS Outlook

How to insert emojis in an email.

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Hayley Menday

Inserting Emojis in an Email

MS Outlook

As a teacher, scheduling emails, and then sending scheduled emails to Team's Chat.

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Jacqueline Hobbs

Scheduling Emails to Send later

MS OneNote

As a teacher, uploading a document into OneNote.

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Jacqui Brazington

Uploading a document into OneNote

MS Teams

Write Team's Chat messages with the Compose box.

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Anthea Verhoef

Using the Compose box in Team's Chat

Windows

Using Shortcut Keys to Switch Windows quickly.

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Robyn Jakins

Switch Windows Quickly

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