Shortcuts: Custom Commands for Merlyn

You can create shortcuts to links for your favorite sites, and assign them to remote buttons all within in our Teacher Toolkit!

Your Origin remote is pre-programmed with three shortcuts

	Opens the Teacher Portal
	Takes a full page screenshot of your current computer screen
	Opens Google Drive

Creating new shortcuts

1. Click Create a Shortcut in the upper right hand corner.

2. In the pop-up window, choose Link from the drop down.

3. Enter easy-to-remember voice requests for your new shortcut, as well as the full URL (http/https is required), and choose a numbered shortcut button to use for your link (optional). 

4. Click Create Shortcut at the bottom of that window to save! 

Creating remote shortcuts with a voice command

1. Press the push-to-talk button and issue the following commands to create a remote button shortcut:
   • "Create a shortcut for the active tab"
   • "Create a shortcut for the last command"
   • "Create a shortcut for <any voice command>"
     • For example "Create a shortcut for open annotation" or "Create a shortcut for full screen"
2. The overlay will prompt you with the assignable buttons, indicated which of them are assigned already or free for assignment. 
3. Use the mouse to choose which button you want to be assigned. 

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Editing shortcuts

1. Click on the "pencil" icon to the right of the shortcut you would like to edit. 

2. Make your changes, and click Save at the bottom of the window. 

*Note: Clicking either Cancel or anywhere outside of the shortcut overlay will cancel any changes.

Deleting shortcuts

In the lower Voice Shortcuts section, click the small 🗑️ icon to the right of the shortcut you want to remove, and click Delete in the confirmation overlay: