Typing Test Tech Tip

I did the typing test tech tip this week, because I consider myself to be a fairly quick typer. I grew up with computers and I am a scribe in the ER, which involves a fair amount of typing. I used KeyHero.com and was found to have a 90% accuracy rate and type at 80 WPM. My score went down to about 75 WPM when my accuracy rate went to 100%. I liked this test for the length, it was very short, but I did not like that it counted it as inaccurate even if you took the time to go back and fix the typo. Past typing tests I have taken do not count errors if you take the time to go back (thus sacrificing WPMs) to correct your mistakes. I think that is considered fairly fast, and has certainly been fast enough to serve my purposes in class and at work. Quick typing is crucial and will only become more of a required general job skill as time goes on and technology becomes more and more integrated into our daily lives.

Tech Tip: New Pinterest Board

I have used Pinterest a lot and actually used Pinterest for my India-Epics class where it was super helpful for finding images to use in my Storybook. There are a lot of really good images and resources for Oz on Pinterest and it was easy to set up a board on my account that I already have. There are a ton of really beautiful images too that I would like to incorporate into my Storybook.

My link to my board is: https://pin.it/ys5vhhyd5drkui

Tech Tip: Blogger Template

So I experimented with the Blogger design option, and actually found a theme I really like. I chose a theme I think was called "watermark" but it was plain and beige, but then I was able to change the color to a pretty mauve and adjust the font and text colors and I found something that is a lot less distracting than my old theme. I really like it!

Tech Tip: Canvas Mobile App

I was actually surprised by how pretty and user-friendly the app was. I remember the old app (D2L) was terrible for me and not even worth downloading but this one seems to be really quick and I like how similar it is to the actual website. I will definitely use this and it will be nice not to have to sign in and out so much. I installed this on my iPhone. It will also be really nice for using the messaging system inside of canvas.