Chromebooks

Start up & Log in/out

Start up your Chromebook – Your Chromebook starts up in about 8 seconds. To turn it on, simply open the lid or press the power button.

Log in – With your school email and password, log in on the main start up screen when prompted. A new user can log in through the “New User” icon on the desktop.

Log out – When you’re ready to shut down, hold down the power key for a few seconds to log out. Alternatively, you can also select “Sign Out” or “Power Off” from the menu as selected by clicking on icon next to the clock and battery indicator in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

Battery life & Charging your Chromebook

Your Samsung Chromebook is expected to last about 6.5 hours on a full charge. The charging port is located on the back of your device while the battery life indicator is located on the lower left hand corner of the screen.

Keys & Shortcuts

Chromebooks also has a different keyboard to what you may have seen on other laptops.

For starters, there is no Caps Lock key. This has been replaced with a dedicated Search key which will launch the App Menu. The App Menu is a place where all your Web Apps are located, you can perform searches here; and soon it will be used to search Google Contacts. If you would rather have the Caps Lock key back, you can either use Alt + Search key which will act as the Caps Lock key

Many of your simplest functions are:

Ctrl + C – Copy

Ctrl + X – Cut

Ctrl + V – Paste

Ctrl + P – Print

The Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and Delete keys are also missing, again there is a keyboard command to regain this function.

Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow key – Home
Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow key – End

Alt + Up Arrow key – Page Up
Alt + Down Arrow key – Page Down

Alt + Backspace – Delete the next letter (forward delete)
Ctrl + Backspace – Delete the previous word

Finally, the Chromebook keyboard has replaced the function keys (F1, F2, F3, etc) with browser buttons. Some of these browser buttons have secondary commands;

F4 + Shift – Full Screens the active window
Esc + Shift – Open Task Manager

Alt + F6 – Keyboard Brightness down
Alt + F7- Keyboard Brightness up

Ctrl + F4 – Mirror Monitor
Ctrl + F5 – Take Screenshot

Printing & Saving (the Cloud!)

Printing

Printing will be available from your Chromebook at select printer stations (to be determined). However, the beauty of 1:1 technology is bypassing the need for most printing and to go paperless! You are encouraged to share your content and information with students digitally and avoid printing if possible.

Saving:

You are now saving all documents you work on on your Chromebook online, and to make it even better, when in Google Drive, your files save automatically every few seconds (with some exceptions). With all your content now saved to the cloud, you an access your files anywhere you have an Internet connection.

Flash Drives & Plug-ins

Using flash drives with Chromebooks is easy. Just load your flash drive into one of the USB drives.

Must submit three proofs, one from each of the groups listed below.

All Proofs must be current originals (issued within the last 2 months) imprinted with the name and current Berkeley residential address of the parent/legal guardian. A student can have only one residency for purposes of establishing residency and must be living in Berkeley when submitting forms.

Only personal accounts will be accepted. No care of, DBA or Business accounts.

Group A:

Submit one of the following. Must provide all pages.

Rental property contract or lease, and proof of payment dated within 45 days
Renter or homeowner insurance policy for the current year (no bill, declarations or policy page only)
Current property tax statement
Property deed dated within the last 12 months

Group B: Utility bill

Submit one of the following. Must provide entire bill.

PG&E
Landline phone (non-cellular)
EBMUD
Internet
Cable

Group C:

Submit one of the following. Must provide all pages, cannot be bill.

Current bank statement (checking or savings only)
Action letter from Alameda County Social Services Department
Recent paycheck stub or letter from employer on official company letterhead
Both valid automobile registration and valid automobile insurance
Voter notification or ballot for the most recent past or upcoming election

ChromeBooks

Start up & Log in/out

Battery life & Charging your Chromebook

Keys & Shortcuts

Printing & Saving (the Cloud!)

Flash Drives & Plug-ins

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