{"id":181,"date":"2026-03-17T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bispcomputingtest.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:03:10","slug":"session-3-speed-dial-bookmarks-tab-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/?page_id=181","title":{"rendered":"Session 3: Speed Dial (Bookmarks &amp; Tab Groups)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>The Goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I can use Bookmarks and Tab Groups to organize my browser and reach my school websites instantly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcd6 <strong>The Walkthrough: How it Works<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In a school day, you visit the same websites many times. Using shortcuts saves you several minutes every hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bookmarks:<\/strong> A &#8220;speed dial&#8221; for your browser. They live in a bar right under your address bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tab Groups:<\/strong> These let you &#8220;clump&#8221; related tabs together under one name and color so your screen doesn&#8217;t look cluttered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 <strong>The Checklist: Your Task<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Chrome and complete these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Create a Bookmark:<\/strong> Go to your school&#8217;s dashboard or VLE. Click the <strong>Star icon<\/strong> in the address bar. Make sure it is saved to the <strong>&#8220;Bookmarks Bar.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Show the Bar:<\/strong> If you can&#8217;t see your bookmarks, press <strong>Ctrl + Shift + B<\/strong> to toggle the bar on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Group Your Work:<\/strong> Open two more tabs (e.g., Google Drive and Google Classroom). Right-click the first tab and select <strong>&#8220;Add tab to new group.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Label and Color:<\/strong> Name the group <strong>&#8220;Schoolwork&#8221;<\/strong> and pick a color. Drag your other tabs into it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Level Up! (Extension)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Collapse and Expand:<\/strong> Click on the name of your Tab Group (&#8220;Schoolwork&#8221;). Can you make the tabs disappear and reappear to save space?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce5 <strong>Test Your Knowledge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have completed the tasks, click the button below to take the quiz for this skill. <strong>Remember to select Workspace Session 3 in the first question!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <strong>Skills Quiz<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc1 <strong>Navigation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Lesson: Session 4 \u2013 [Google Calendar] \u2192<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf The Goal I can use Bookmarks and Tab Groups to organize my browser and reach my school websites instantly. \ud83d\udcd6 The Walkthrough: How it Works In a school day,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions\/191"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bisp-digital-literacy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}