Embrace YOUR Race 1 3E device 7 1 1 2 3 8 Front 4 1. Microphones 2. Light Sensor 3. Front Camera 4. Stylus slot 5. Speakers 6. Windows Button 7. Ports 8. Touchscreen 5 6 5 1 2 3 4 5 Ports 1. Mini HDMI 2. Micro SD 3. Headphone / Microphone 4. USB 3 5. Power plug-in QUICK TIP! YOU CAN ADD MORE FILE STORAGE TO YOUR 3E WITH A MICRO SD CARD. QUICK TIP! RUN WINDOWS UPDATES TO KEEP YOUR DEVICE RUNNING WELL.
2 3 4 Try out movie mode with the screen facing the handle! Detach Using BOTH Hands 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Keyboard 1. Dock and disconnect 2. Power 3. USB 2 4. Battery Light Your tethered stylus has a rechargeable battery! Re-Attach with a firm snap Avoid: Be a Good Digital Citizen Take Care of 1. heat 2. magnets 3. direct sun Your Device 4. water 5. crushing 6. dropping
Embrace YOUR Race 2 Charging Tablet Option 2 Be a Good Digital Citizen Keep your device charged! 1. Plug it in AT HOME every day so that you are ready to learn! 2. NEVER let your device get below 10%. 3. Shut it down instead of just letting it die. Always plug into the Keyboard dock because it charges both units! WARNING! IF YOUR DEVICE DIES, A DST WILL HAVE TO RESET YOUR CLOCK FOR YOUR DEVICE TO FUNCTION NORMALLY! Best Option keyboard dock QUICK TIP! ONCE THE DOCK IS AT 8%, IT CHARGES THE TABLET BEFORE IT CHARGES ITSELF! Maximize your battery life by: 1. Shut your device down if you won t be using it for 30 minutes or more. 2. Close apps and programs that you are not actively using. 3. Adjust screen brightness to a lower setting (the screen uses the most power).
How to Shut Down and Sleep Please DO NOT use the ON button to Shut Down your device. Instead, use the Power buttons: 1. on the START screen 2. with the Settings Charm. ONLY If your device is frozen: 1. Press and hold power button for 10 seconds Swipe in from the right for charms! To Sleep, close the device so that the screen is near the keyboard. Remember to respect your battery life level so that your device is ready to help you learn! What s the Difference between Sleep and Shut down? 1. Your device battery is still being used when sleeping. 2. Your device CANNOT sleep for more than a day or two without dying. 3. Your device starts a little faster from sleep than while booting up. 4. Sleep keeps all your running apps open and ready. 5. Always shut your device down if you won t be using it for 30 minutes or more!
1 Turn it on If it freezes, hold the orange power button for 10 seconds to reboot. 3 Start Menu 1 Embrace YOUR Race 3 Windows 8 2 Log in Before you take it home! User name: student ID password: 8-digit birthdate 2 SAMPLE: 610045682 12252005 3 1. App shortcuts 2. User account 3. Charms From Start, swipe up to see all the apps on your computer. Try out a few and see what they do!
4 Visit the Desktop Search Share 4 Start Devices 3 1 2 1. Taskbar 2. Notification area 3. Pinned Programs 4. Charms 5 Practice Finger Movements 1. Tap to start an app or left click 2. Double Tap to select an object 3. Press and hold for a right click to bring up a menu Settings QUICK TIP! TRY GESTURES ONLINE AND IN APPS. 4. Pinch to zoom in or out (great for web pages) 5. Slide to move an object, draw, or write 6. Two Finger Slide to scroll horizontal or vertical
4 Embrace YOUR Race Microsoft Store Sign up for an account A free Microsoft account will let you access the App Store and remember your computer s settings for you. Ask your parent to sign up for you. If you are 13+, they may have you sign up. Without a Microsoft Store account, you cannot download apps. Settings 1. Access Charms 2. Change PC Settings 3. Accounts 4. Sign Up Microsoft will give you a free Outlook.com account for personal email and online storage you keep when you graduate! Create an account picture Use your camera app, a photo you already have, or an Avatar! Try out Fresh Paint to make it unique!
Setup Desktop Email Your work email address is your student number@musd.net, for example, if my student number was 610045682, then my email address would be 610045682@musd.net Your password is your 8-digit birthdate. Setup Outlook 2013 on your student device. By setting up desktop email, you can access messages you have already downloaded without an Internet connection. Once you have setup Outlook 2013, email a friend in your class. Check out the Microsoft Store There are over 1,000 free educational apps waiting to help you learn and embrace YOUR race, but there are some things to remember: 1. Your student device has powerful apps already installed. 2. Do not sign up for an account without a parent s permission. 3. During class, focus on learning save games for later!
Embrace YOUR Race 5 Office 365 On your Internet home page, click the Student Email link USERNAME: school email PASSWORD: birthdate Office 365 provides online email, calendar, and storage OneDrive, the place to save all your school work online to access from any device. NOTE: DO NOT INSTALL Office 2013 on your 3E device it is already installed. Use Office 365 to install it on up to 5 other computers that your family owns.
Click The Squares To Use a Program Outlook is your email and OneDrive is where you save your files. Your OneDrive gives you 1,000 GB of online storage! Drag files from your computer into OneDrive to upload them. Office 365 includes online programs that let you work on documents together with a friend! 1 3 Very Important! Before you go home, Sync your OneDrive to your computer so that you have your online files even when you do not have an Internet connection. 2 1. Click the OneDrive icon 2. Click the Sync icon 3. Click Sync now This gives you a copy of your online files and makes this folder for you on your computer. Use the folder on your device to organize your Office 365 OneDrive.
Embrace YOUR Race 6 OneNote The Ultimate Educational Tool Just because you are getting a digital device, doesn t mean notetaking is no more. It s just more powerful with a touch screen, a keyboard, a stylus, and digital ink! Built on a Familiar Notebook Concept A place to keep all your information, OneNote uses tabs and pages to organize any kind of content you need to know all in once place. Use Sections and Pages for different information. Make lists and plan your time Use the stylus to jot down notes or draw with digital ink!
Insert nearly any kind of content! Just like a paper notebook or 3-ring binder, you can collect all kinds of information, but OneNote can also record video and audio right into the program! Use the Screen Clipping tool to grab a quick picture of anything on your computer screen. OneNote will save a link to the page so that you know the source! Always have access to your information Have more than one device? Office 365 will keep your OneNote information up to date on every device you use! The OneNote Class Notebook Creator Because of Office 365, teachers can create class notebooks to share with their students. Every change the teacher makes to her class notebook, the students see within moments. Never again worry about losing the handout with directions on it!
Embrace YOUR Race 7 Parent Info Help your child learn You must register for a free Microsoft store account for your child to download any additional apps at home or at school. A credit card is not required to download free apps. WARNING! WITHOUT A FREE ACCOUNT, YOUR CHILD CANNOT INSTALL APPS. NOTE: If your child is less than 13 years old, Microsoft requires you to verify your parental consent of his or her use of the store with a $0.50 donation using a credit card. A complete guide to creating a Microsoft account is available. See Below. See the illustrated guide to creating a Microsoft Account at http://www. mantecausd.net
Keep your child safe online At school, your child s Internet experience is safe. At home, that is a personal family decision if and how your child uses the Internet. Here are some sites that can help you filter and monitor your Internet connection. If you do not see one you like here below, try searching for the phrase internet filter or DNS filter. NOTE: These sites are not endorsed by, or affiliated with, MUSD. Need help with Internet Access? Low cost internet solutions are available from: http://www.everyoneon.org/mantecaunified Microsoft Student Advantage Program Install Office 2013 on up to 5 PCs or Macs and on other mobile devices, including Windows tablets and ipads. Your student simply needs to login to Office 365 with their student email address and birthdate. Use the homepage at http://portal.office.com to download Office 2013. Find out more at the District Web Site There is so much more to learn about Going Digital in Manteca Unified School District in 2015. On the district website at http://www.mantecausd.net/community you can find out a great deal more about this project. District forms, information about PayPams and a comprehensive FAQ are there to help you.
Embrace YOUR Race 8 Teacher Tech Center Resources to Help You, and students! Anyone with an MUSD Office 365 account can access the Teacher Technology Center Sharepoint site. So, if you find a valuable resource there that you want your students to see, give them a link, or refer them here too! Embrace the Race Videos Missed a video? Need to watch it again? Think your students may benefit from one? All district videos are organized by subject into folders and file names include a short description of the video s topic. Take just a few minutes here and there to practice your digital skills and go digital with your classroom.
Documents Prefer print information? The Documents area has key forms and information from the Family Information Nights. Microsoft has also provided user friendly PDF starter guides on all of Microsoft Office 2013 desktop apps. Web Links Need more? There are thousands of other online staff and student development opportunities available at these Microsoft sites. Discover where you are most comfortable, what you still need to learn, and make the race to go digital your own. To truly be a digital learner and model the process for your students, you need to set goals for your own learning. Just think, exploring some of these resources with your students could result in a shared voyage of discovery that will help them to also become life long learners as they embrace their own race to their digital future. HELPFUL TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS!