A video created for 21 Things 4 Students.

1. MAKE CHROME YOUR
HOMEY21things4 students

2. Goals
● Tips and ideas to streamline your Chrome
experience
● Increase productivity and knowledge of the
Google Chrome
● Create Folders & Bookmarks for each class in
Chrome on the Bookmarks bar

4. What will I learn?
Folders
Bookmarks
Omnibox Tricks
Web Apps
Extensions

5. WHY Chrome?
1. User Friendly
2. Easy to organize
3. Access from any device

6. Sign In!
● Look at the top Right of your Chrome Browser
● Click on the outline of a person
● Sign in with your Google Credentials

7. Bookmarks Bar
● First step: Make sure the bookmarks
bar is visible
○ Click on the settings of Chrome
■ Three dots in top right corner
■ Select Bookmarks
● Show Bookmarks Bar

8. Create Folders
● Start by creating Folder for each
of your classes
○ Right click on the gray
Part of the bar & select
Add folder
(make sure the folders go in the Bookmarks bar folder)
○ Your folders should all show

9. Create Bookmarks
● When you find a super cool site to
bookmark, select the star at the top right
& then select the folder
● This bookmark will be displayed on any device your login
to Chrome

10. Omibox
● What is it?
○ ULR box across the top of your browser screen-
similar to the traditional web browser address bar,
but you can also use it like a
search engine
■ It’s a calculator

11. Omnibox - Continued
● Instantly check flight status
● Track Packages
● It’s magic- highlight a word
On your screen & drag it to the Ominibox for instant
search results
● + much more

12. More Chrome Tricks!
● CTRL + 1-9 to switch tabs
● CTRL + T = New Tab
● CTRL + P = Print

13. Web Apps

14. Recommended Apps to Check out
1. First watch this Youtube Video on What a Web App is
2. Now that you understand a Web App is a shortcut to a
website that is always up to date & easily accessible
a. Head over to the web app store to check out some
useful apps

15. Find your Apps
Select the apps shortcut on the left of your screen

16. EXTENSIONS

17. Recommended Extensions
1. First watch this Youtube Video on Extensions
2. Now that you understand an extension is a tool that can be
added to chrome to work in combination with websites. In
short, extensions are shortcuts that add useful features and
functionality to your Chrome Browser.
3. Head over to the web store (select extensions this time) and

18. More- Life Changing Extensions
● Honey
● Grammarly
● Omnibox Timer
● SpeakIt!
● Note Anywhere

19. Recap
During this presentation you should have learned:
1. To create Folders
2. To make Bookmarks within folders
3. What the Omnibox is and tricks for the Omnibox
4. What Web Apps are and how to add apps to Chrome
5. What Extensions are and how to add extensions to Chrome