Welcome to Carmel Catholic High School's 1:1 Startup Page for Students

On this blog you will find answers to many questions you might have about your new Lenovo Tablet.  
You will also find here the required steps that you need to take regarding 

- Edline logon
- Setting up your Gmail account and rules for email Etiquette
- Setting up your file folders on Google Drive
- Proper settings to make the most of your battery uptime

These tasks should be completed prior to the first full day of school for all, which is Monday, August 18, 2014.

So glad you are a part of Carmel's 1:1 journey.  Go Corsairs!

Familiarize yourself with the tablet

You can explore on your own, or if you would prefer, here are a couple of videos to help you learn more about your tablet.  

Lenovo Thinkpad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGHA3h64cg
Android Backstory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gUQhN5joSQ

Stylus Check

Check to see if your stylus works. If it does not, take your stylus to the Tab Lab after training or once school starts.  It may just need a new battery!  (The battery goes in top-first)

Initial Setup for 2014-2015 School Year

Initial Setup:
A) Take Tablet out of the box and open up the folio case
B) Turn on tablet by holding power button (top left) for a few seconds
C) Unlock tablet by sliding the lock to the far right of the circle
D) Look at two important settings:

1) Click settings button (see screen below)
    
2) Tap SECURITY (Left hand column)

3) Under DEVICE ADMINISTRATION (Right hand column), Unknown Sources is checked.  LEAVE THIS CHECKED AT ALL TIMES!  Otherwise, you might not be able to receive certain materials from your teachers
      
4) Tap LOCATION SERVICES (Left hand column)

5) LEAVE ALL THREE CHECK BOXES (Right hand column) CHECKED AT ALL TIMES!  This is how we help you locate your tablet if it is lost

 

Tap HOME icon (2nd icon in lower left), or push HOME button (top right button on front face), to return to the main screen.

E) FAVORITES:

1) Go to your internet browser (tap GLOBE icon in center of screen).

2) Once on your website (i.e. http://cchs11startup.blogspot.com/), tap the STAR icon (top right, left of the magnifying glass).

3) Tap OK to save the site.

4) To access favorites, tap the STAR-RIBBON in upper right (right of the magnifying glass). You will see screenshots of your favorite websites and default favorites. 

TURN OFF WORD PREDICTOR:

If you are typing and see words appear on the bottom (that are trying to predict what you're writing), you can turn off this feature by changing your default keyboard type.
 

Settings --> Language and Input --> Default --> choose English (US) - ANDROID keyboard.

  

Set up CCHS GMAIL E-Mail

Google Account Activation:
1) Open the Internet browser by tapping the GLOBE icon (in center of screen), or push GLOBE button on right (2nd from bottom, on front of tablet)

2) Go to www.google.com, and sign in (link is in upper right corner)  
3) Your userID is “FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME.20XX@corsairs.carmelhs.org”

(replace XX with your graduation year)

Password: “legaldept”

4) You will need to change your password the first time you log on.
(Write your email address and new password down on a piece of paper, in case you forget it)

5) Tap the HOME icon in the lower left corner of the screen (2nd icon), or press the HOME button on the right (top most button), to go back to main screen.

6) TAP THE SETTINGS ICON: 
7) TAP ACCOUNTS & SYNC (under PERSONAL section, 1st choice)
8) TAP “ADD ACCOUNT” (in upper right corner)
9) CHOOSE “GOOGLE” FOR TYPE
10) CHOOSE “EXISTING”
11) ADD YOUR USER ID (firstname.lastname.year@corsairs.carmelhs.org) AND PASSWORD

Warranty and Broken Tablets

The TAB LAB can help!

• If you experience ANY problems with your tablet, bring your tablet to the TAB LAB.  It is located in the 400 hallway, at the north crossroads where the 100, 200 and 300 hallways meet.
• If you break ANYTHING  - Bring it in!  We will make the experience as painless as possible.
• The tablets have a 3 year extended warranty plus accidental damage.  If you break something, it is most likely covered - so bring your broken things to the TAB LAB!  Non-working tablets and accessories can most likely be repaired or replaced at no charge! 

 

LOST ITEMS

 

It is important to remember that when you turn in your Tablet (when your enrollment at CCHS ends) you will be required to turn in all items given to you.  Phone chargers will not be accepted in place of the tablet-grade charger.

 

The prices to replace these items through the Carmel Bookstore are as follows:

  

Folio Keyboard case = $78.00

Stylus = $45.00

USB Charger = $29.00

USB Cable = $11.00

You can also purchase:

Microfiber Cleaning Cloth = $1.75

AAAA Batteries (for the stylus) = $1.50

 ** Prices are subject to change with or without notice

If you lose your tablet:

• Come to the TAB LAB right away to report it
• Mrs. G will try to help you track it down!
• Most lost tablets are found if they are reported lost immediately

CHARGING

• The chargers are very, very fragile so be very careful when plugging and unplugging your chargers
• It is a good idea to charge your tablet on a flat surface where the charger can also lay flat

Filters, WiFi, Problems, The Cloud, and Google Drive

Click on this link to view information on these topics:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hyZlQ3HMYflzwuQ1u7FqE1PzzR6Asd5Km6d4Z7ZFiy8/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Security

Security

It is a good idea to set a password for your tablet.  It can be an alpha-numeric password or a pattern passcode.

To set a password, click on Settings:

• Click on SECURITY in the left hand column
• Click on SCREEN LOCK in the right hand column
• Choices:
• Password
• Type in your desired password and click Continue
• Re-type your password to confirm and click OK
• Pattern
• Draw a pattern on the 9 dots and click Continue
• Re-draw your pattern to confirm and click Confirm
• Slide
• This returns the tablet to the original slide unlock setting

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORD SOMEWHERE SAFE! 

IF YOU FORGET YOUR PASSWORD, GO SEE MRS. G AT THE TAB LAB. 

**IMPORTANT**  MOST OF THE TIME THE TAB LAB CAN SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR TABLET TO RESET THE PASSWORD, BUT SOMETIMES THE TABLET HAS TO BE FACTORY RESET IN ORDER TO BREAK THE PASSWORD (ESPECIALLY THE PATTERN PASSCODES)  MAKE SURE ALL YOUR DATA IS ALWAYS BACKED UP TO THE CLOUD!

Battery Life

Battery Life

Charge your tablet every night, just like your cell phone.

Don't let your tablet sit uncharged for numerous days in a row.  If you do, your charger may take several days to charge it up again.  Keeping it charged every day avoids this problem!

There are numerous strategies to save your battery life.

• In Settings, Display: Turn down your Brightness
• In Settings, Display: Lower the time until Sleep mode activates
• Do not run apps with lots of motion as your screen saver
• Close apps that you aren't currently using
• Stop by the TAB LAB for help if you are still running out of battery life during the school day

EDLINE ACTIVATION

You will receive your Edline activation code your first day of homeroom.  At that time, refer to these instructions to activate your Edline account.

EDLINE ACTIVATION

INSTRUCTION SHEET

For Students:

-       Type www.edline.net in the address bar of your web browser

-       A “grey rectangle” will show up on the screen

-       In the lower left corner click on the words “Click here” in red underneath Activate an Account

-       Enter in the activation code given to you for your name                            (ex. FDXY-VPPM-MTRF)  (enter the dashes)

-       Click ENTER

-       Make sure your name appears correctly, if it does not, stop and send an email to edline@carmelhs.org

-       Click on “Activate this Code”

-       Read the entire PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS

-       Click on “I Agree”

-       Click on “New Account”

-       Pick a UNIQUE Screen name (combine words and numbers)

-       Type in a password and repeat

-       Click “Continue”

-       Type in a valid e-mail address (you will not receive SPAM from this)

-       Under Email Notice Preferences, select the radio button next to “Notify me of all new reports that are posted to edline.

-       Proceed to Security Question section

-       Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the <List Of Suggested Questions>, then pick an appropriate question

-       Type the answer (not case sensitive)

-       Click on “Update”

-       View any User Guides you would like, then click DONE in upper right corner of the window

-       You will now see your CCHS Edline Home Page

Kingsoft

This YOUTUBE Video will show you an introduction to Kingsoft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G33-dnAruFg