1. Chromebooks and GSuite
Mrs. Diane Tomkins
Mrs. Alyssa Radomski

2. Chromebook Basics:

3. Using Chromebooks In the Classroom:
Students should bring Chromebooks to school fully charged daily
Students should be connected to school printer via Cloud

4. Chromebook Components:
Ports & Slots
1. Combo headphone/microphone jack | 2. Noble Wedge Lock slot | 3. Dell Activity Light| 4. AC Power | 5. USD Card Reader | 6. Full Size HDMI | 7. 2 USB 3.1 Gen1

5. Chromebook Components:
Let users open up the Chromebooks; hold them and take a look at them looking for flash drives ports, HDM1, audio jacks, etc., power ports, etc
Chromebooks start up in 8 seconds; no hard drive so no viruses; do have speakers, cameras and microphones for audio and video editing; USB ports, and HDM1 port. Will run flash but not Java. Show them the cart, how they are stored, and how students get the computer. Emphasize assigning certain # to each student – Laptop Rules
Chromebook Camera 5

6. Chromebook Resources:
Click on Students
Click on Technology Website
Click on Chromebook 1:1
Submit the form to report a problem
Bring the Chromebook to Mrs. Tomkins in the tech lab
Loaner will be provided if the computer needs to be sent out for repair 6

7. Chromebook Resources:
Using Chromebooks in the Classroom

8. Why Chromebooks: Speed (with 8 second max boot time) Cost Security
Web-based
no downloads or
installs
Wireless
Battery Life (8 hours) 8

9. Chromebooks, Google Accounts and Students:
You MUST have a Google Account to use
a Chromebook .
Riverdale students K – 8 have Google accounts
Students cannot receive from outside of our domain
Student Google account usernames are:
first initial, last (Some exceptions for siblings with the same first initial.)
Password is: student login plus Riverdale
Google Accounts provide 25 GB of storage – free!

10. The Chromebook Shortcut Keys:10

11. Google Drive Portability, Accessibility, Convenience
Google Drive offers word-processing, spreadsheet, and slideshow programs with similar formats and tools as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Create, access, and edit files anywhere on any device. No USB drive needed.
Auto-saves instantly -- no headaches (or excuses) due to technology glitches.
Version history has ability to track changes made and restore previous versions.

13. Google Drive Sharing and Collaborating
Teachers can view and comment on student work.
Teachers can create templates to assist students with formatting or beginning a document.
Students can share with other students to collaborate on the same assignment from different locations.
Each user can edit the same document simultaneously in real time.
Each user can see who is viewing and editing based on color code.
Viewers can comment at places in text and overall.
Owner can decide to share with ability to edit, comment, or just view.

15. Google Classroom Students have a dashboard of classes. Teachers can
create and collect assignments
customize and individualize assignments
provide links and resources
give directions or notifications
view progress and process of student work
give assessments
communicate feedback
Students receive notifications for due dates.
Topics are like binder tabs -- students can easily locate materials.

17. CLASSMATES

18. Gmail Students can email teachers with questions.
receive feedback and grades from Forms.
receive comments and questions from teachers.

19. Educational Apps and Websites

20. Kami -- students can annotate or answer questions on a pdf.

22. Chromebook Keyboard Tips:
To simulate a RIGHT mouse click on the Chromebook:
tap the touchpad with two fingers simultaneously
2. To scroll up and down a web page:
move two fingers simultaneously up or down the touchpad
3. To simulate the back or forward arrows on Google to look at
previously viewed webpages:
use two fingers to “swipe” along the top or bottom of the
touchpad
4. To take a screenshot of an entire page:
Use CTRL+ 22

23. Chromebook Keyboard Tips:
To take a screen shot of a portion of a page:
Use CTRL+ Shift+
(This turns your cursor into a crosshair. Hold one finger
down on the touchpad while drawing a rectangle around the
desired portion of the page with another finger, then
release.)
To enlarge type on a page:
CTRL +
To reduce type size on a page:
CTRL –
To find text on a page:
CTRL + F

24. Additional Shortcuts:
CTRL + P print
CTRL + B bold
CTRL + I italics
CTRL + U underline
To select multiple items: CTRL + Click
To select a range of items: SHIFT + Click on first and last item
CTRL + A select all
CTRL + C copy
CTRL + X cut
CTRL + V paste
CTRL + F find/search
CTRL + Z undo
CTRL + Y redo
Add shortcuts to bookmark bar by clicking on the star in the address box.