MCPS google apps for education orientation

Google Apps for Education

For Montgomery County Public Schools

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Google Apps for Education

For Montgomery County Public Schools

Power UpWelcome to your

Chromebook!

Acer

Hewlett Packard

Samsung

Google

Lenovo

Power UpTurn on your Chromebook

Open the lid

Press the power button

1

2

LoginLogin to the ChromeBook

How to share a file

Your Desktop

Your Desktop

OptionsChromebook Options

Sound

Battery Life

Time

Wifi

Shut Down

Chromebook: Software, Saving and Searching

Getting to Work!

App Launcher

Drive

Chrome

Drive linkApp Launcher

Contains Google Apps for Education Apps

Contains all apps installed from the Chrome store

Contains links to websites

Drive linkDrive

Google’s version of myDocuments

All files are stored in the cloud

Chrome BrowserChrome

Browser

Google’s Internet Browser

TrackpadTrack Pad

Trackpadtricks

Do you want learn some trackpadskills?

Moving your cursorMoving your

cursor

Opening a LinkOpening a

Link

Scroll up and downScroll up and

down

Highlight text

Highlight text

Right Click

Right Click

Volume Control

Adjust Volume

Hidden Keys

Hidden Keys

Hidden Keyboard Map

Take a screen shot

Delete

Copy Text to Clipboard

Zoom in on a page

Print current page

Tryout your chromebookAre you ready to

try out your keyboard skills?

YES

NO

Search

Can you find and open the article

26 tips for teaching with

Google Apps on the internet?

Open up the Chrome browser and type the title of the article in the Omnibox.

Need a hint?

Double click on a challenging word in the article.

The dictionary feature should pop up and provide a definition of the word selected!

DefineWhen you

read the article, can

you find definitions

of challenging

words?

Need a hint?

Click on the Red sofa-chair in the upper right hand side of the screen. This will remove all ads and distractions on web pages.

Hide Advertisements

Can you remove

all the distraction,

like ads, from the

webpage?

Need a hint?

Highlight a text selection from the article, right click (use your feather fingers!) on the text…from the command menu select either “Read the selected text OR speak text”–you may need to adjust your volume!!

Highlighting

Can you highlight

your favorite tip from

the article?

Thank You

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Lynn WiegandLisa Fuller

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