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Surit Doss | | Published 24.05.21, 04:11 AM
I conduct virtual classes on Google Meet using my Android phone. Is there a way I can extract students’ attendance from the phone version of Google Meet?
Abhishek Dey
Attendance tracking is available only in the paid versions of Google Workspace when you use Google Meet on the phone or desktop.
However, there is a way you can track attendance for free if you use your PC or laptop to conduct classes. Download the Google Meet Attendance Chrome extension from https://bit.ly/3v4z1GT.
When you begin on Google Meet, you can enter a list of expected invitees and the extension will automatically detect who joined the call and how long they stayed. The list is also saved on your computer.
Microsoft has scrapped Windows 10X, its version of the Windows operating system designed for dual-screen devices, with new plans to introduce “key foundational 10x technology” into other parts of Windows and Microsoft products.
Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 review: A beautiful thin-and-light PC
Samsung s new notebook ranks among the best thin-and-light, convertible notebooks we ve reviewed. Credit: Mark Hachman/IDG
Even in an era of progressively lighter notebooks, larger thin-and-light laptop options like the 15-inch Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 are relatively rare. Sure, you might buy it because it simply won t break your back. But a stunning multimedia experience and shocking all-day battery life demand additional praise.
Samsung’s Galaxy Book Pro 360 lends credence to Intel’s Evo program, from which this laptop graduated. Thin-and-light laptop keyboards can be iffy, though, and this laptop suffers accordingly. Samsung also loads up the Book Pro 360 with apps for just about everything. Nevertheless, we’ve awarded this laptop our Editor’s Choice award. Read on for why.
(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has been revising numerous Windows File Explorer icons during the last few months and Windows Insider preview builds have seen them cascade onto devices. Stalwart Windows icons like This PC, Documents and Recycle Bin have been given a new look.
But the latest Insider Preview build gives a bit more of an insight into other icon changes - namely that Microsoft is revising icons that have been around since the Windows 95 era.
The idea is to bring them into line with other design elements on products such as Microsoft 365 and include numerous new icons for things like networks, printing, hibernation and physical media drives (yes, people still have those).