Tech Tip: Google Reverse Image Search

For this week's Tech Tip, I decided to learn about the Google Reverse Image Search function. I've never actually used it before, but I heard it was possible. As a result, this exercise was a lot of fun!

Here's the original image I searched for:

Small, unknown image

And here's the larger image that I discovered after using Google Reverse Image Search: 

Encounter between Robin Hood 

and the greedy Bishop of Hereford

I highly recommend people check out this Tech Tip!

Tech Tip: Google Timer

I'm so glad that this Tech Tip is available, because it's actually super useful. I use it all the time. Not only can it be used for popular timed work session techniques like Pomodoro, but it's also great for everyday things, like laundry or an oven timer. The best part is you can just have it in your web browser while you're doing something else, like homework, playing video games, or just general web surfing and it will still alert you when you need to do something.

It's also super easy, you can just time in the address bar (if you're using Chrome) or in Google web search "timer 20 minutes" or however long you need it for. You can also pause and reset the timer, which are pretty useful.

It would be cool if they let you add the task that you need the timer for, just in case you have multiple timers or if you're REALLY sleep deprived and need to be reminded (I know this has happened to me on occasion!)

All in all, it's a great tool!

Tech Tip: Add an HTML Box to Sidebar

For this week's Tech Tip, I decided to add an HTML widget box to my sidebar. In this box, I added one of my favorite quotes, by the American thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson. It's one that a lot of people have heard before, but you should check it out anyway!

Tech Tip: Canvas App

Permissions

I'm not sure why Canvas needs permission to use my microphone or camera. Not that I think the app will be spying on me, but I don't like to give unnecessary permissions if I can avoid it.

Setup

I really like how it asks you about notifications right away. Normally a lot of apps don't want to disrupt the user experience by delaying them from accessing the core content of an app, but I get so annoyed by unwanted notifications that being able to select which ones I receive right away was nice.

Usability

I had no trouble navigating the app. It seems like most of the features on the Canvas web application are reproduced in the mobile app, including the grade viewing / testing.

User Interface

The interface was pretty standard. There are two navigation bars so it was a little hard to figure out at first, but overall not bad.


Conclusion

I probably won't use the app much unless I receive a notification and want to check on a grade or due date or something, but I'm glad that I have the option to do all the things I need to on the app!