Keyboard Shortcuts and Touchpad

Try these tips on your chromebook as you explore the posters.

• Explore Chromebook Tips  by Wanda Terral

• Explore the Touchpad Tips by Eric Curts

• Touchpad Practise curated by Cam @ Kootuitui

This activity is helpful for learners managing the touchpad for the first time.

• Digital Dig Activity -  Chrome Tabs and Keyboard Shortcuts

Identify opportunities for learners to practise using their keyboard and touchpad while creating graphics and drawings on their chromebook. These can be shared as screenshots or image files.

Create a poster to share a top tip 

Learners take a screenshot of a graphic they have created and use the blog template to create a blog post for their blog or the class blog.

See examples below 

Step it Up by creating a screencast to share a Chromebook top tip.

The Chrome simulator in Partner Dash (above) is an additional service and may need to be turned on in the Google Admin for students to access.

Cybersmart Challenges 

Cybersmart Challenges can be set as individual tasks or scheduled as a lesson.

10 Chromebook Touchpad Tips and FREE Poster in multiple formats Created and shared  by Eric Curts.

Zippers are digital drawing challenges that can be completed in minutes.  Created by Tony Vincent. An engaging and creative way for learners to navigate their device and Google Apps

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Practise Touchpad skills - helpful for learners new to Chromebooks.

• • • Polyline Tool

    • Bee Genius 

    • Tangram Builder

• Typing Club: Use free version, requires no login. Take a screen shot or use Screencast to record progress 

• Papapātuhi - Whakamāramatia mai ētahi o ngā pāpokatata o te papapātuhi.

Working with Shapes, Text and Images in Google Slides by Chris Betcher

Consider making a copy of this slide deck and chunking for lessons in response to learners. For example Slides 1-22 to get started then create a creature using what they have learnt.

• Keyboard Shortcuts and Voice Typing

• Working with Shapes, text and Images in Google  make a copy and select slides to step it up

• Exploring Tangrams with Google Drawings

• Create Tapa/Siapo Designs 

• Creating posters in Google Draw 

• Creating an Infographic - Visual representation of information

• Create Vector Portraits: Google Draw and Polyline Tool

• Create a Collage: by Kelsey Morgan

• Create a germ bot to fight Covid19  by Kerry Boyde-Preece

• Create a Mobile App by Kerry Boyde-Preece

• Create Your Own Images - Tools and Activities 

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Step it Up by creating a screencast to teach a chromebook tip

Use the blog template to create a blog post for their blog or the class blog.

Creating and Publishing a Blog Post

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