Page Contents
Lab Rules: Introduction Video
- Crestek.net (menu navigation)
- Using Symballo Tiles
- Logging on to the Classlink Portal
- Last four digits of Student ID + Birth Month + Birth Day: sample password: 34310713
- Logging on to the lab computers
- username: crstudent password: Abc1234
- Example
Browers
Chrome (our default browser; most flash-based games NOT supported)
Internet Explorer (can be used for flash-based games)
Mouse Skills
Computer Keys & Keyboarding
Number Key Pad Practice
http://touchtype.co/index.php/typing/numbers/23
Computer Keys
Introduction to specific keys (video shown below)
Keyboarding
Introduction to proper finger placement and posture (video shown below)
CRES students, grades 1-6, will have access to Keyboarding Online
Publisher’s recommended goals:
6th: goal 28 WPM
5th: goal 26 WPM
4th: goal 24 WPM
3rd: goal 22 WPM
2nd: goal 20 WPM
1st: goal 18 WPM
CRES students are expected to practice frequently to attain mastery.
Keyboarding Shortcuts
Tabs & Windows
- Ctrl + N (open a new window)
- Ctrl + W (close window)
- Ctrl + Shift + Q + Q (shut down Chromebook in 3 seconds)
Pages
- Ctrl + P (print page)
- Ctrl + S (save current page)
- Ctrl + R (reload current page)
- Ctrl + + (zoom in)
- Ctrl + – (zoom out)
- or zoom in/out using mouse wheel while holding the Ctrl key
Browser Settings
- Shift + Alt + S (open status area in the bottom right corner of the screen)
Text Editing
- Ctrl + C (copy selected content to the clipboard)
- Ctrl + V (paste content to the clipboard)
- Ctrl + X (cut selected content)
- Ctrl + Z (undo last action) or use the left pointing arrow
- Ctrl + K (insert a hyperlink)
- Ctrl + A (select everything on the page)
Chrome Browser
https://blogs.egusd.net/creslab/tech-skills/google-chrome-tutorial
- toolbar favorites
- organizing favorites
- hiding/viewing the toolbar (Ctrl + shift + B)
- reordering tabs
- editing titles of tabs
- pinning tabs
- bookmarking
- saving favorites (not permanent on student Chromebooks)
- locating history
- working with 2 web pages (underneath & side by side)
Google Apps
- Lorem Generator (quickly generates filler content)
- Awesome Screen Shot
- Turn InTab
Other Tools
- Snipping Tool for screenshots
GSuite
Drive
- File organization
- File naming structure
- Coloring folders
- Nesting folders
- Deleting files/documents
- Trashing the trash
- Navigating to the Apps Store
Docs
- naming your document
- page setup
- selecting an appropriate font, size, color
- using bold and italics
- including page numbering
- saving (automatic)
- using the tab key for indenting
- alignment (left, center, right)
- viewing revision history
Drawings
- naming document
- line tool, thickness and color
- shape tool
- color fill
- save as
- select correct file extension
- arrange forward/back
- uploading
- recoloring
- Ctrl + D (duplicating)
- resize canvas
- drag and drop
- google search
- font selection, color, size
- insert image
- add a text box
Sheets
Forms
- select a template from the gallery
- titling form
- selecting from the color palette
- using the preview button
- creating questions and adding options
- adding an image
- viewing responses
- accepting/not accepting responses
- general settings and settings for presentation and quizzes
- downloading responses
- selecting more choices: moving to the trash, getting a prefilled link, printing, adding collaborators
Slides
Microsoft
PowerPoint
- TBA