🛸Not a Space Ship... A Smart Chip

Add a timer or a stopwatch, tag teammates and tasks, even embed files... you can do all of these things and more with smart chips. 

What's a smart chip? 

How do I add them? 

Why didn't I know about this sooner? 

Let me answer these questions for you and while I am at it I can answer the all encompassing question - Are we alone in the universe? Ha, not really, I can't answer that, but I certainly can give you all the deets to getting started with smart chips now!

Smart Chips are interactive elements that you can add into docs and sheets by typing the "@" symbol. 

Tag People

@ - then start to type their name (recent people you have shared docs with appear under people)

Date

@Date -Select a day, @tomorrow, @yesterday

Files- Insert a chip for a file 

@file- or @start typing the name of the file. You can also paste a link to the file and then press Tab. Note- Be sure the file you chip in is shared with view rights so they can see it.

Even Better... Insert a YouTube Video into Google Docs as a Smart chip and watch in preview mode

Copy the share link of the video > Paste into doc and select (or press tab) to insert the smart chip.

Add a timer or a stopwatch 

@timer, @stopwatch

Image Credit: Eric Curts - Ctrl Alt Achieve

Voting Chips

@vote

Image Credit: Eric Curts - Ctrl Alt Achieve

Create Custom Building Blocks

Building blocks are pre made templates that allow you to use dropdowns for status tracking, email drafts, meeting notes etc. Now you can create your own building block and save it to reuse and add with a simple @.

Great for Lesson Plans, project management, labs, study guides and more! 

Image Credit: Eric Curts - Ctrl Alt Achieve