Technology Cheat
Sheets
These sheets were created to help you learn all about your technology and the different
programs you will be using in the middle
school.
Table of Contents
1. How to Login to Google Chrome 2. Email Access
3. How to Send an Email
4. How to Access Blackboard 5. Blackboard Collaborate
6. Blackboard Discussion Posts
7. How to Turn In an Assignment on Blackboard 8. Drive File Stream
9. Making a Google Doc or Slide Available Offline
10. How to Create a Google Doc 11. How to Create a Google Slide 12. How to Access OneNote
13. How to Copy from the Content Library in OneNote
14. How to Access iReady
15. How to Access the Homework Calendar 16. MackinVIA
17. How to Exit Tablet Mode
18. What do I do if my keyboard stops working?
19. What do I do if my audio isn’t working?
Logging into Google Chrome
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Click “Sign in” in the top right corner
3. Enter your email address - [email protected]
Logging into Google Chrome (Page 2)
4. Enter your password (0_____) Make sure you include the 0 in front of your normal
password.Click next.
5. Now you will have access to all of your bookmarks and Google files.
Email Access
1. Open Google Chrome
2. In the address bar type www.office365.com
3. Click “Sign in” in the top right corner
4. Type in your email [email protected] then click next.
Email Access (Page 2)
5. Type in your password - this is the same as your computer password, then click next. IT MAY NOT ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORD AND JUST TAKE YOU TO THE HOME SCREEN.
6. Click on “Outlook”
***You should check your email EVERYDAY!
How to Send an Email
1. Go to Outlook (refer to the “Email” tech sheet to get here)
2. Click on “New Message” in the top left corner.
3. Type in the person’s name who you are emailing in the “To” section
How to Send an Email (Page 2)
4. Type in the subject of your email - this should only be a couple of words (homework, question, iReady, etc.)
How to Send an Email (Page 3)
5. Type your email using proper conventions and grammar. Remember, you should email the same way you would speak to your teacher.
6. Click “Send”
Type in this area
How to Access Blackboard
1. Open Google Chrome 2. Go to www.bloomsd.org
3. Click “Select a School” in the top right corner and click “Bloomsburg Area Middle School”
4. Click on “6th Grade Academy”
How to Access Blackboard
(Page 2)
5. Click on “Link Library”
6. Click on “Blackboard”
How to Access Blackboard (Page 3)
7. Enter your username and password, which is
the same as when you login to the computer. Click
“Sign In”
8. You now have access to Blackboard and all of your courses.
Blackboard Collaborate
1. Login to Blackboard (Refer to “How to Access Blackboard” tech sheet)
2. Select the course you have the video
conference in (Math, ELA, World Geo., etc)
3. On the left panel, click on “Join Session”
under Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard Collaborate (Page 2)
4. Select either “Course Room” or the specific session depending on what your teacher told you to do!
If your teacher creates another session, it will appear in this drop down.
Blackboard Discussion Posts
1. Go to Blackboard and login (Refer to “How to Access Blackboard” tech sheet)
2. Select your course
3. Click on the discussion post - look for the discussion post symbol
4. Type your response in the provided box and click “Respond”
How to Turn In an
Assignment on Blackboard
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Login to Blackboard (Refer to “How to Access Blackboard” tech sheet)
3. Click on the course where the assignment is located
4. Click on the assignment and a new screen will appear that looks similar to this:
How to Turn In an Assignment on Blackboard (Page 2)
5. Click on “View Assessment”
6. Click “Add Content”
How to Turn In an Assignment on Blackboard (Page 3)
7. Click on the plus sign in the top right corner of the task bar and select “Insert from Cloud
Storage”
8. Select your document
How to Turn In an Assignment on Blackboard (Page 4)
9. Name your file as described in the assignment and click “Save”
10. Click “Submit” in bottom right corner
How to Turn In an Assignment on Blackboard (Page 5)
11. Click “Submit”
Now your assignment has been submitted and is ready to be graded.
Drive File Stream
1. Double click on “Google Drive File Stream” on your desktop.
2. Double click on “My Drive”
3. Every document in your Google Drive will appear here. You can double click on the file and open it.
***If you made it available offline (see “Making a Google Doc or Slide Available Offline” tech sheet), then you will be able to open the file and work on it without internet.
Making a Google Doc or Slide Available Offline
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Make sure you are logged into Google Chrome (refer to “Logging In To Google Chrome” tech sheet)
3. Click on the “waffle” in the top right corner and select “Drive”
4.
5. Open the file you want to make available offline.
Making a Google Doc or Slide Available Offline (Page 2)
6. Click on “File” and select “Make available offline”
7. To access this document offline, use Drive File
Stream from your desktop. It will automatically save your work to your computer.
8. Open the file the next time you connect to the internet and it will automatically update in Google Drive.
How to Create a Google Doc
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Make sure you are signed in! Your first initial should be in the top right corner in the circle.
3. Click on the waffle and select “Docs”
How to Create a Google Doc (Page 2)
4. Click on “Blank” to open a new document.
5. Click where it says “Untitled document” in the top left corner to rename your document.
How to Create a Google Slide
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Make sure you are signed in! Your first initial should be in the top right corner in the circle.
3. Click on the waffle and select “Slides”
How to Create a
Google Slide (Page 2)
4. Click on “Blank” to open a new document.
5. Click where it says “Untitled presentation” in the top left corner to rename your Google Slide.
How to Access OneNote
1. Click on the OneNote Icon on the task bar at the bottom of your screen.
***If it is not there, type “OneNote for Windows 10” in the search bar.
2. Click on the down arrow to display your notebooks.
How to Access OneNote (Page 2)
4. Click on the Notebook you want to open. If you don’t see your notebook, click “More Notebooks”
and it should be there.
5. Click on your name in the left task bar to
access all of your individual copies that you can edit. If you can NOT edit, you are not in the section under your name.
Your notebooks are listed here.
How to Copy from the
Content Library in OneNote
1. Open your OneNote notebook and make sure you are in the correct notebook for that class (refer to “How to Access OneNote” tech
sheet.
2. Click on “Content Library” on the left hand panel.
YOUR NAME
How to Copy from the Content Library in OneNote (Page 2)
3. Right click on the title of the page you want to copy and click “Move/Copy”
How to Copy from the Content Library in OneNote (Page 3)
4. Click on the section you want to move the page and click “Copy”
5. You now have access to this page and can edit it in the sections under your name.
How to Access iReady
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Type “login.i-ready.com” in the web address bar.
3. Type in your username and password to login.
Remember, this is the same as logging onto
your computer. Select “Pennsylvania” and click
“Go”
How to Access the Homework Calendar
1. Open Google Chrome 2. Go to www.bloomsd.org
3. Click “Select a School” and choose “Bloomsburg Area Middle School”
4. Click “6th Grade Academy”
How to Access the
Homework Calendar (Page 2)
5. Click on the “Homework” tab on the left side of the screen.
6. Click on the link on the screen
How to Access the
Homework Calendar (Page 3)
7. It will open the calendar in a new tab and your homework will be listed there.
MackinVIA
1. Open Google Chrome
2. In the address bar type www.pantherlibrary.com
3. Click on “Book Selection”
4. Click on “MackinVIA”
MackinVIA (Page 2)
5. If prompted to login, signin with your Google Account ([email protected] and 0_____) 6. Explore MackinVIA to find a book.
** You can use the search feature in the top right corner or explore all the books if you browse the home page or click “All Resources.”
How to Exit Tablet Mode on Your Computer
Laptop mode
Tablet mode
How to Exit Tablet Mode on Your Computer (Page 2)
1. Click on the notifications button in the bottom right corner of your screen.
2. A task bar will appear on the right. If “Tablet mode” is highlighted in red, left click to make it gray and your computer will return to laptop mode.
***If you don’t see the tablet mode button, click expand and the tablet mode button should
What do I do if my keyboard stops working?
● If your keyboard is not working, this typically means your screen is leaning to far backwards and your computer is registering in tablet
mode.
● Either refer to the “How to Exit Tablet Mode on Your Computer” tech sheet OR tilt your
screen forward until your keyboard registers and begins to work again.
What do I do if my audio isn’t working?
● Click on the audio button in the bottom right hand of your screen and make sure it is not muted. If it is muted there will be an “x”
● Restart your computer
