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Step #1- Establish classroom norms and routines for the 1:1 environment.
Step #2- Have desktops available in your classroom for students to use. Step #3- Have students complete the assignment on paper. Step #4- Provide an alternate assignment for students to complete if they do not have their Chromebook and the original assignment requires one. Helpful Website: thecornerstoneforteachers.com/classroom-management-in-the-byod-classroom/ **Video to the right is excellent to show your students to establish 1:1 norms and routines.** |
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Convert all Word documents to Google Docs
Step #1- When in Google Drive click "New" and then "File Upload." Step #2- Select the document you wish to upload and click "Open." Sept #3- Double click on the document you just uploaded which will open the document. Step #4- Click the "File" menu with the document open and select "Save as Google Docs." You now have a copy of the document as word and a copy as a Google Doc. Step #5- Adjust any parts of the document that were not compatible with the Google Docs. Step #6- Upload the Google Doc file to Google Classroom. Helpful Website: lowndestech.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-classroom-best-practices-convert.html **The video to the right demonstrates converting a Word Document to a Google Doc** |
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Step #1- Click your account photo in the bottom right corner of our Chromebook.
Step #2- Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on. If it says "no connection" turn the Wi-Fi on. Step #3- Your Chromebook at this time should have a list of available connections. Step #4- Select the desired connection you are trying to secure to connect. Step #5- If no Chromebooks are able to connect to the Wi-Fi connection in the room then contact IT personnel. Helpful Website: support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1047420?hl=en **The video on the right demonstrates how to fix Wi-Fi connection on Chromebooks.** |
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Step #1- Click your account photo in the bottom right of your screen.
Step #2- Click the settings icon (gear icon). Step #3- Scroll down to the appearance settings. Step #4- Change the page zoom to the desired setting. 100% is the default setting. Helpful Website: www.laptopmag.com/g00/articles/change-screen-resolution-chromebook?i10c.encReferrer= **See the video to the right for a demonstration.** |
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Step #1- Push the "F11" key.
Step #2- Exit Full screen mode. You cannot close the address bar on Chrome, but it is not visible if using full screen, so you need to exit full screen. ​Helpful Website: www.techwalla.com/articles/address-bar-missing **See the video to the right for a demonstration** |
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Using your Chromebook touchpad you do not need to use sidebar scrolls. Follow the directions below to scroll vertically and horizontally on your Chromebook.
Step #1- Place two fingers on your Chromebook touchpad. Step#2- Slide your two fingers together either vertically or horizontally, depending on needs, to scroll on your Chromebook. Helpful Website: support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1047367?hl=en **See the video to the right for a demonstration.** |
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Step #1- Set the expectation that students will charge their Chromebooks at home before coming to school.
Step #2- Ask your school to purchase a few electrical outlet strips so that multiple students can charge their Chromebooks from one outlet. Helpful Website (Good Example of Chromebook Expectations): www.lelandandgray.org/index.php/chromebooks/811-chromebook-expectations **Video on the right helps set up Chromebook expeactations in class** |
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Step #1- Try a different web browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Step #2- Try accessing the same information from a different source. The website may be temporarily down. Helpful Website: www.teachhub.com/new-technology-classroom-weve-got-you-covered **The image to the right is what you may see if Google Chrome cannot display the webpage you are trying to reach.** |
Step #1- Click on the start/windows icon.
Step #2- Click control panel. Step #3- Select displays. Step #4- Select Multiple Displays. Step #5- Select Clone Displays. Step #6- If the above steps do not work try checking the input on the Smartboard. Helpful Website: www.davis.k12.ut.us/cms/lib/UT01001306/Centricity/Domain/8891/SMARTBoard%20Troubleshooting.pdf **See the video on the right for a demonstration of adjusting screen settings on a windows computer** |
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Step #1- Give the computer a moment to "catch-up" do not press any key or move the mouse during this time.
Step #2- Press the keys: control, alt, and delete in that order while holding each key. Step #3- The task manager will appear to allow you to close out programs. Step #4- Select the program that is not responding and click end task. Step #5- This should close out the non-responsive program and unfreeze the computer. Step #6- If the previous steps did not fix the problem then restart your computer. Helpful Website: complicatedtosimple.com/how-stop-frozen-unresponsive-program-windows/ **See the video to the right for a demonstration.** |
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