Useful Extensions
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‘Extensions’ are small software programmes that give your web browser additional functionality. Extensions sit inside your Chrome browser (as well as Firefox or Safari also) and can be turned off or on as you wish. You can get extensions from the Chrome web store.
These extensions have been carefully curated for you. Use the filters to show various categories, such as:
- The application it is for: Chrome Browser, Hangouts, Mail, Documents, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, etc.
- The intended audience: Office Staff, ICT Leaders, School Leaders, Class Teachers or Students.
- A quick description.
- You can also search using terms you choose.
Watch this movie to learn more about extensions for Google Chrome.
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Clicking any of these icons will launch that item in the Chrome web store for you – make sure you read the description of what it does before installing it. Once installed, you’ll see the icon for the extension to the right of the address bar.
| Img | Title | Description | ||||||
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| CategoryFilter | csvFilter | csvFilter | CardsContent | StringFilter | ||||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ActiveInbox.png | ActiveInbox | Full featured tool for tracking and making email more efficient, task management. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activeinbox-succeed-in-gm/oeehiifcaeengdofhogmkblhkmpephcj | Office Staff, School Leaders | Email productivity. | |||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AdBlock-Plus.png | Adblock Plus | Removes ads from videos online, including those in web pages. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en-US | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders | Removes ads from video services such as Youtube and Vimeo. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Auto-Text-Expander.png | Auto Text Expander | Great for automatically inserting text into fields, documents, emails/etc. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-text-expander-for-go/iibninhmiggehlcdolcilmhacighjamp | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders | Creating text snippets to reuse. | ||
| https://sites.google.com/site/scriptsexamples/tools-for-google-drive/awesome-drive/image%20%287%29.png | Awesome Drive | Open and edit easily Microsoft Office files from Google Drive | https://sites.google.com/site/scriptsexamples/tools-for-google-drive/awesome-drive | Drive | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Working with Microsoft Office files within Google Apps | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Boomerang.png | Boomerang | Allows you to schedule messages to be sent or returned at a later date. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/boomerang-for-gmail/mdanidgdpmkimeiiojknlnekblgmpdll | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Scheduling email messages. | |||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Boomerang-Calendar.png | Boomerang for Calendar | Life changing experience for making a meeting with one other person. | http://boomerangcalendar.com/ | Calendar | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Scheduling meetings using calendar. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CleanPrint.png | CleanPrint | Puts you in control of saving paper, ink and money when printing from the web. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/print-or-pdf-with-cleanpr/fklmmmdcofimkjmfjdnobmmgmefbapkf | Docs | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Printing - get rid of the surpurflous parts of the page. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Email-This-Page.png | Email This Page | Great tool for sending the current URL via email to someone else. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/email-this-page-by-google/dbeoemfhkdniadbojeencpkgmobndpai | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Emailing a web page quickly. | |||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/goog.gl-URL-Shortener.png | goo.gl URL Shortener | URL shortener and QR code generator | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/googl-url-shortener/iblijlcdoidgdpfknkckljiocdbnlagk | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Shortening URLs or creating QR codes. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Google-Input-Tools.png | Google Input Tools | Allows you to write in other languages. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-input-tools/mclkkofklkfljcocdinagocijmpgbhab | Docs | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Writing in multiple languages. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Hangouts.png | Hangouts | Allows you to make the hangouts pop out float. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-hangouts/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd?hl=en-US | Hangouts | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Makes the hangout float easily. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Office-Editing.png | Office Editing | Very useful for dealing quickly with Office files without mucking about with conversion. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/office-editing-for-docs-s/gbkeegbaiigmenfmjfclcdgdpimamgkj?hl=en-US | Drive | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Working with Microsoft Office files within Google Apps | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/OmniDrive.png | OmniDrive | Allows quick searching of the OmniBox within Chrome. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omnidrive/gpnikbcifngfgfcgcgfahidojdpklfia | Drive | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Searching your Drive directly from your browser address bar. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/One-Click-Extension-Manager.png | One Click Extension Manager | Essential once you get lots of extensions, quickly turn them on/off. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/one-click-extension-manag/pbgjpgbpljobkekbhnnmlikbbfhbhmem?hl=en-US | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Managing Chrome extensions once you have lots of them. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Too-Long-Didnt-Read-e1479063938929.png | PDF Merge | Useful for making PDFs smaller, or merging multiple PDFs before putting them on your website or emailing them. | http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Too-Long-Didnt-Read-e1479063938929.png | PDF Management | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Joining PDFs together. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Read-and-Write.png | Read&Write for Google | Provides range of support tools to help confidence with reading and writing, including: read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting, plus more. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwrite-for-google-chro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd | Docs | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Helping people with learning differences (eg. dyslexia, etc.) or learners who can't write. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Send-From-Gmail.png | Send from Gmail | Makes Gmail your default email application and provides a button to compose a Gmail message to quickly share a link via email. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-from-gmail-by-google/pgphcomnlaojlmmcjmiddhdapjpbgeoc | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Email productivity. | |||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tab-Glue-1.png | Tab Glue | This simple organization tool puts all of your Chrome tabs together into one window with a single click. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-glue/mfedioikeigljhjfpghdejnogniddhna | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Joining browser windows in one click. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tab-Scissors.png | Tab Scissors | Awesome tools for splitting and joining the browser windows. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-scissors/cdochbecpfdpjobpgnacnbepkgcfhoek | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Splitting your browser screen in one click. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Too-Long-Didnt-Read-e1479063938929.png | Too Long Didn't Read | Creates a summary of any web article without leaving the original page. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tldr/giepilabiomhlcmlefmbfkgeoccfhhhc | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders, Class Teachers | Summarising web pages. | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CaptureCast-Chrome-Screen-Recording-e1479913211162.png | CaptureCast Chrome Screen Recording | A free screen recording and lecture capture extension designed for educators to empower video in the classroom. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/capturecast-chrome-screen/dmhhfoemgdlphenmfoicajbakonjcgee | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders | Screen capture and integrating video to learning management system. | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Sync-Google-Drive-with-Dropbox-etc.png | Sync Google Drive with Dropbox, Box, ... | Sync, backup and integrate anything from your Dropbox, Salesforce, SharePoint, Google Gmail, Evernote, Box, OneDrive, Egnyte, or Basecamp account with Google Drive. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sync-google-drive-with-dr/iobcbdgacfkninlcbphihhdlkobkehia | Drive | Office Staff, School Leaders | Browsing all your files in the cloud directly from your Google Drive webpage. | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Sortd-Smart-Skin-for-Gmail-e1480610337709.png | Sortd Smart Skin for Gmail | Provides a seamless, intuitive way to plan and prioritize emails & tasks in a single Gmail workspace. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sortd-smart-skin-for-gmai/aohlfneeliakfcefeffppfplagbccbni | Office Staff, School Leaders | Effortlessly organizing emails & tasks in a single Gmail workspace. | |||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Send-Page-e1480611003253.png | Send Page | Works with local Mail clients and WebMail accounts to quickly send a link to the current website per e-mail to somebody. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-page/higemadklcnjhjpgcbnnbpgeeippjjcp | Office Staff, School Leaders | Easily sending the url of a page, link, image or video per mail. | |||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MailTracker-for-Gmail.png | MailTracker for Gmail | MailTracker lets you track the emails you send with Gmail. It also indicates the devices used by your recipients and their locations. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailtracker-for-gmail/pgbdljpkijehgoacbjpolaomhkoffhnl | Office Staff, School Leaders | Tracking the emails you send with Gmail and indicating the devices used by your recipients and their locations. | |||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Loom-Video-Recorder.png | Loom - Video Recorder | Capture, narrate and instantly share videos to others for free! This handy extension has one-click to record, one-click to finish and a publicly shareable URL automatically copied to your clipboard. This extension exports .mov or .mp4 videos so is great for students using Chromebooks! Also has a app you can install on your computer! | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loom-video-recorder-scree/liecbddmkiiihnedobmlmillhodjkdmb | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders | Capturing, narrating and instantly sharing videos to communicate faster, clearer and friendlier. | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Talk-and-Comment.png | Talk and Comment | This free extension lets you record and send voice notes on all sites (Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Github, Gmail, Google+, Wordpress, ...), in an easy way. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/talk-and-comment-voice-no/djnhkfljnimcpelfndpcjcgngmefaobl?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon | Chrome Browser | Office Staff, School Leaders | Making voice notes and comments on any site! | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Checker-Plus-for-Google-Drive.png | Checker Plus for Google Drive | Excellent way to get notifications of changes on files inside a folder. This extension also has other similar ones for: gmail and calendar. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/checker-plus-for-google-d/pppfmbnpgflleackdcojndfgpiboghga | Drive | Office Staff, School Leaders, ICT Leaders, Teachers | Being notified of changes to files or folders. | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CPanel-Shortcuts.png | CPanel Shortcuts #1 | Navigate easily in the Admin Console (or Control Panel) of your G Suite Domain. Save time with a direct access to the most used functions. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cpanel-shortcuts-1/deaekaggckdmfdddknhajpnmaokfmfgf | Admin Console | ICT Leaders | Quickly accessing the G Suite admin console | ||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Clicky-for-Slack.png | #Clicky for Slack | Easily share a URL from your web browser into a Slack channel. See also Timy for Slack inside Resources > Apps. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clicky-for-slack/bllgmdlgbbmijcoecbnmgeoekhebgmac?hl=en | Slack | Office Staff, School Leaders, ICT Leaders, Teachers | Quickly sharing URLs in Slack. | ||
| http://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Web-Paint.png | Web Paint | Draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take a screenshot. Provides a range of easy to use drawing tools that let you draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take a screenshot. It even supports touch screens. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-paint/emeokgokialpjadjaoeiplmnkjoaegng/related | School Leaders, ICT Leaders, Teachers, Students | Draw objects, lines, shapes and more on live web pages. Great for online meetings. | |||
| https://members.learningarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/The-Great-Suspender-4.png | The Great Suspender | Closes the tabs you aren't using. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Tabs that are not viewed after a certain amount of time will automatically be suspended in the background. | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/jaekigmcljkkalnicnjoafgfjoefkpeg | Chrome Browser | School Leaders, ICT Leaders, Teachers, Students | Closes the tabs you aren't using |
There is something for everyone in this list. If you come across others, you can also submit these to the list for the benefit of other members.[/accessally_missing_any_tag]
If you find one that will benefit the community that isn’t listed, please submit it here…