Using Your Chromebook for Google Apps Canyon Middle School
Creating your Mini PechaKucha I-Search Presentation
Open Your Chromebook ●You should ONLY sign in with your SCHOOL account Password: studentID ●Click on Chrome App in lower left hand corner
Logging in to Google Drive ●Click on Chrome App ●Chrome Web Browser will come up ●Click on upper right hand corner to sign in (if needed) ●On black bar, click on “Drive”
Google Drive
Enable Offline Editing More--> Offline --> Enable Offline
How to access Offline Docs When your computer is not connected to the internet, just open up Chrome and click on your drive app. The next time you have wifi, your computer will update.
Creating a Doc
Shared Folder Icon
Look at the Options Click on “Untitled Doc” to Change Name
Creating a Presentation - Google Slides
Multimedia Presentation
How to Get Started ●Click on Untitled Presentation and rename the presentation file o Your last name - ELA Per ____ ●You’ll need to decide on 5 images that represent the most interesting things about your I-Search topic o Make sure the images are relatively free of words o Think creatively!
How to Insert an Image on any Google Doc ●Go to Insert--> Image ●Click on the type of source you’d like to use o Most of you will want to choose “Search” to look at what’s available.
How to Find Image URL ●Google.com--> Choose Images from Black Toolbar ●Type in what you want as image
How to Find Image URL ●Select image, click on view original image
How to Find Image URL ●View image in whole browser ●Copy and paste the images URL ●Can use shortcut keys: o Ctrl + C for Copy o Ctrl + V for Paste
Paste URL and Preview Image
Click on Blue Share Button ●When you’re finished with your presentation, share your doc with me by Friday, 2/27! ●Then, you can begin practicing your script alongside the slides.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Gmail - How to Communicate with Your Teachers and Other Students
Labels (not folders)
Things to Remember... ●Drive saves all docs every seconds ●Revision history can be seen by teachers ●Your Mini PechaKucha must be submitted to me on or before Friday, 2/27! ●You will present the week of 3/2-3/6