“Learning how to navigate my device and Google apps helps me to do things faster”
Chromebook Keyboard
Raise & lower the volume
Mute sound
Type a capital letter
Refresh your page
Screen Brightness
Search Apps
Full Screen
Position the labels to show the location of these keys on your keyboard. Take some time to practise using each of these keys.
Screenshots
Find the instructions for taking a screenshot of your entire screen and part of your screen.
Take a screenshot of the instructions and insert the image below.
Chromebook Desktop
Background image
Chrome
Drive
Apps launcher
Gmail
Take a screenshot of your entire desktop and insert in the slide above. Position the labels to locate each item on your desktop
WiFi, Battery and Clock
Find Bar
Chrome Tabs
Open a new tab | |
Close the current tab | |
Reopen a recently closed tab | |
Use Ctrl F to search the web page quickly for keyboard shortcuts
Magnify 🔎 your screen with keyboard shortcuts
Watch the video and practise the keyboard shortcuts on your Chromebook
Keyboard Shortcuts
Copy | |
Paste | |
Cut | |
Select All | |
Undo | |
Delete the previous word | |
Zoom in and out | |
Reset Zoom | |
Lock your screen | |
Find Bar | |
Select the content in the address bar (Omni Box) | |
History - view the web pages you have visited. | |
See all keyboard shortcuts | |
Illustrations
Use the illustrating App on your device (e.g. Sumo Paint, Pixlr, Google Draw) to create an original picture that illustrates something you are looking forward to learning more about this year.
Save your image or take a screenshot
Delete these instructions and insert in this slide
Right Click
Right click on a link, image or part of an app to see a pop-up menu with more options.
Right click is handy if you are not sure what to do.
Find out how to right click using the touchpad on your chromebook
What happens when you:
right click the bottom of this Google slide?
right click text on a webpage?
right click an image on a webpage?
Record what you discovered on the next Google slide using text boxes and/or screenshots.
No Mouse?
Right Click
Address Bar - Omnibox
Use your Chrome Browser to search in the address bar (also called the "omnibox").
As you type, you'll see suggested words or URLs.
Open a new tab and copy and paste the following words in your omnibox define: omni
Take a screenshot of the definition. Insert in this Google slide below
What is the keyboard shortcut to highlight the information in your address bar? |
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Google Drive - Images
Images will be shared on your learning site in Google Drive
Images can be copied and used in your own blog, presentations and digital creations.
Find the Smart Learners Images Google Drive folder.
Download two images and insert below. Resize and crop your images to fit
Kawa of Care
Open The Manaiakalani Kawa of Care
Use the Find Bar to search the Kawa of Care for the word - chromebook
How many times does the word chromebook appear on the page?
Insert your answer
Locate the sentence where the word chromebook appears for the fifth time.
Copy this sentence and paste it in the text box (right).
Top Tips
Choose three new top tips you have discovered during your Digital Dig.
Record these on your Google Slide as a numbered list.
Click in the text box above and use the toolbar to create a numbered list
Create a poster using Google Draw to share your top tip
Move to your Cybersmart Folder
Include only illustrations and images you have created: e.g. Pixlr, Google Drawing tools
Posters created by students from Ruapotaka School