Moore Elementary Mimio Core Skills _ December 6, 2013

Hi Moore Elementary Staff,

I enjoyed our sessions on Friday! I am so glad that you are enthusiastic about this new solution.  This post contains some notes about the Mimio software and hardware. 

If you have any questions before my next visit, feel free to email me. I will also reserved the lab (2nd Floor at Central Office) on Mondays from 3:15p to 4:30p, beginning again in January 2014. These will be informal, drop-in sessions. We can go over core skills OR advanced skills. If you want help with files that you are working on, if you want to make your Mimio files more interactive for your students, OR if you need help beginning new Notebook files, these work sessions are for you. These sessions are to help you, no matter how experienced you feel with Mimio Studio. I look forward to seeing you in the new year, both at Moore and at the lab!

I hope you all have a great Christmas!

April

TIPS WORTH KNOWING

MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

• View
• Standard Tool Bar
• Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

• View
• Tab View
• Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

• View
• Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.

• Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.

To collapse or expand the Studio Tools

• Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

• Tools
• Mimo Studio Tools

2

• Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

• Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray
• Choose tools

4

• Hover at your board and click the top button on the stylus

***Tools covered on December 6, 2013 (Below is a link for a guide to the Tools)
1. Zoom
2. Pen/Brush
3. Shapes / Lines
4. Selector
5. Text
6. Highlighter
7. Eraser
8. Sizer / Color pallette
 
Don't forget to go to mimioconnect.com. Create an account to have access to 1,000's of downloadable lessons! You can search by grade level or subject. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the Studio Tools. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

Please click here for a video tutorial about the Mimio Gradebook. 

Please click here for "Quick Learn" video about the Mimio Votes.

Kennedy Middle School Mimio Core Skills Training 3 December 4, 2013

Hi Kennedy Rd. Staff!

Thanks again for having me out to Kennedy. Below you will find videos and notes about the Mimio skills covered at the December 4th training. If you have any questions about the Mimio software, feel free to email me.  I hope you all have a GREAT Christmas vacation!

April

MIMIO SUPPORT
mimioconnect.com
Click on the above link, create an account and have access to 1000's of images, lessons, and templates.

mimio.com 
Click on the above link for "on demand" training tutorials and reference guides.

Click HERE for a resource guide that contains ideas for lessons, activities, and user groups from Atomic Learning. 


MIMIO STUDIO GALLERY

Click HERE to access a reference card about the Mimio Gallery. You can print it or save it to your Google Drive as a reference.


Click the video below to see how to easily search the Mimio Gallery.

Notes about the Gallery

• If you import or download new items into your Mimio Gallery, those images are ONLY on THAT local machine. 
• You can copy the Gallery to another machine by exporting it to a jump drive and importing the same file from you jump drive to another machine. Just click the play button on the video below to see how. 

• You can go to mimioconnect.com and download entire content packs that contain images, multimedia, and complete lessons. Then import them into your Gallery to use in your lessons. 
• Click the DOWNLOAD button below the lesson or content pack that you choose.
• Open the Gallery in the Mimio software.
• Click the import button at the top of the Gallery (cylinder shape with green arrow).
• Choose the file from your download file on your computer.
• It will import into the Gallery. 
• Click the video below for more help.

ACTIVITY WIZARD
This is a quick way to create activities for you students based on subject or grade level. Just follow the steps below or watch the video below. You can also click HERE for a reference guide for the Activity Wizard.

• Open Mimio Studio software
• Click "Insert" at the top of the page
• Click "New Activity"
• OR click the "New Activity" button in the standard toolbar
• Choose Subject, Grade Level and Template
• Click "Next"
• Click the pull-down menu and choose your topic
• Click the select your categories
• Click next
• Make your choices from the pool or click next to use the default choices
• Type in your objective
• Your new activity is ready! Click the video below for more help.

AZ Kelsey Academy Google Apps Training 12-3-13

Hi AZ Kelsey Staff,

I enjoyed our training on Tuesday. Thanks for having me! Below are some notes and videos about Google Apps and extra help with Google Apps. Please email me if you have any questions before my next visit to AZ Kelsey and have a GREAT Christmas vacation! 

EXTRA HELP WITH GOOGLE
If you are having trouble with the links below, try the following:
Before clicking on the video links below, go ahead and log into your Atomic Learning account, in another tab. That way, when you click on the links below, you will be taken directly to the videos without searching. The web address for Atomic Learning is:

www.atomiclearning.com/k12/login/gscs

After you access the Atomic Learning site, login with your GSCS email and GSCS email password. With the new tab open, come back to this blog and click on the various links.

• Google Drive - An Introduction Training
• • A. Introduction
  • • What you'll learn in this training
    • Understanding file types in Google Drive
• • B. Organizing Your Files
  • • Creating folders
    • Customizing Folder options
    • Adding documents to a folder
    • Moving files from a folder
    • Uploading folders
    • Deleting folders
    • Searching for documents
    • Sorting documents

The link below is full of information about all of the Google Apps from our training session and MUCH more!

Google Gooru's Ultimate Google Apps Training Guide

CREATING DOCUMENTS IN DRIVE

>Click  (In top left corner)

>Choose Document

>Click on “Untitled Document” in the top left corner

>Name your document

>Click OK

>Begin creating your document.

>Every keystroke is saved in Drive automatically!

SHARING FILES IN GOOGLE DRIVE

>Check the box by the file or folder you want to share

2 options for sharing from “My Drive”

>Click the  icon at the top

OR

>Right click on the file and click share

OR

>Share from the open document by clicking the   button in the top right corner of the document.

>After you choose how to share, the “Share Settings” window will open and you can decide here what rights your collaborators will have.

>Choose to send a message when you share

>Choose to send yourself a copy

>Click “Share and Save”

If someone shares a file or folder with you, it will be in the “shared with me” link in Drive. These “shared with me” files are not automatically synced with your Drive on multiple computers. If the owner of the document deletes a file from their drive, then you will no longer have access to it either.

SHARING FILES WITH STUDENTS

If you "share" files with students, and it is a document that they need to add information to, you should teach them to "make a copy" of the file before making changes to it. It is helpful to decide on a "standard" naming convention. For example, if you share a file with the students and it is named "Social Studies Test Chapter 3", have the students follow the steps below to rename the file "Social Studies Test Chapter 3 _ AMayo". That way when they share the completed assignment back with you, you will know what the assignment is without opening it.

RESEARCH WITHIN GOOGLE DOCUMENTS

>With the document open, click “Tools”

>Click “Research”

>A new window will open

>Type in the word or phrase you want information about

>Next the the Google “G”, there is a pull down menu

>Choose how you want to search (everything, images, scholars, dictionary)

>You never have to leave your document to find what you want on Google!

STUDENT GMAIL

GSCS 3rd through 12th grade students now have email through GAFE. Below is the page they see upon their first attempt to log into Gmail. 

You can share files with your students through Google Drive. They can also submit files to you through Google Drive.

CREATE GROUPS IN GMAIL

>While logged into Gmail, click the “Mail” button in the top left.

>Choose “Contacts”.

>In THAT list, scroll down and click “New Group”.

>Name your group. Now this group is listed in the left pane.

>Choose the group you just created.

>Click  

>Begin typing names in

>After typing in all of your group’s names, click the ADD button and you are done! Now you have a “Group” so you don’t have to type in all of your student’s or colleague's names each time you want to share a file with your whole class.

Cowan Road Elementary Mimio Core Skills 1 November 21, 2013

Hi Cowan Elementary Staff,
I enjoyed our sessions on Thursday! I am so glad that you are enthusiastic about this new solution.  This post contains some notes about the Mimio software and hardware. 

If you have any questions before my next visit, feel free to call me or email me. I have also reserved the lab (2nd Floor at Central Office) on Mondays from 3:15p to 4:30p. These will be informal, drop-in sessions. We can go over core skills OR advanced skills. If you want help with files that you have already created to make them more interactive for your students, just bring those with you on Mondays to the lab. 

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
April


Tips worth knowing:
MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

>View

>Standard Tool Bar

>Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

>View

>Tab View

>Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

>View

>Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.
>Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.


To collapse or expand the Studio Tools
>Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

>Tools

>Mimo Studio Tools

2

>Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

>Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray

>Choose tools
4
>Hover at your board and click the top button on the stylus

***Tools covered on November 21, 2013 (Below is a link for a guide to the Tools)
1. Zoom
2. Pen/Brush
3. Shapes / Lines
4. Selector
5. Text
6. Highlighter
7. Eraser
8. Sizer / Color pallette

***To put your Promethean files into Mimio:
>Open your Promethean file
>Click file
>Save AS
>At the bottom of that window, use the pull down menu to choose .flipchart as the extension
>Open your Mimio Studio Notebook
>Click Insert
>Click file
>Choose your Promethean file and it will import into Mimio

 
Don't forget to go to mimioconnect.com. Create an account to have access to 1,000's of downloadable lessons! You can search by grade level or subject. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the Studio Tools. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

Kennedy Rd Middle School Mimio Core Skills 2 November 20, 2013

Hi Kennedy Staff,
This post contains videos and notes for the Mimio training on November 20. Some of the narrators in the videos below refer to an older version of Mimio Studio, but the process is the same. If you need help with Mimio Studio before my next visit, please contact me via phone or email. I have also reserved the lab (2nd Floor- Central Office) on 12-10-13, 1-7-14, and 1-21-14, from 4:15p to 5:30p. These are meant to be very informal, drop in, work sessions. We can cover core skills or advanced skills. You can also bring files that you are working and and want help making them more interactive for your students. Have a great Thanksgiving!
April


Inserting files- You can use files that you have already created in Mimio Studio Notebook.

Click here to see a brief video of the 3 methods of inserting your files.

"Screen Clipping"- This is how you can capture ANY image and bring it into Mimio Studio. You can even use the free-form tool to capture JUST the image without the background.

"Screen Annotation" - You can use the Mimio tools to annotate over Word, PDF's, or sites from the Internet. 

"File Attachment" - You can attach files right into your notebook file. They become a part of the Notebook file. You don't have to insert it, you can just open it and annotate right on top of it!

Moreland Rd. Elementary Mimio Core Skills 2 November 19, 2013

Hi Moreland Staff,
This post contains videos and notes for the Mimio training on November 19. If you need help before my next visit, please contact me or come to the lab (at Central Office) on Mondays for the drop-in sessions, from 3:15p to 4:30p. 

Inserting files- You can use files that you have already created in Mimio Studio Notebook.

Click here to see a brief video of the 3 methods of inserting your files.

"Screen Clipping"- This is how you can capture ANY image and bring it into Mimio Studio. You can even use the free-form tool to capture JUST the image without the background.

"Screen Annotation" - You can use the Mimio tools to annotate over Word, PDF's, or sites from the Internet. 

"File Attachment" - You can attach files right into your notebook file. They become a part of the Notebook file. You don't have to insert it, you can just open it and annotate right on top of it!

Kennedy Mimio Core Skills Training 1 - November 13, 2013

Hi Kennedy Staff,
I enjoyed our sessions on Wednesday! I am so glad that you are enthusiastic about this new solution. Here are some notes about the Mimio software and hardware. Contact me if you have any questions and I will see you next week!

Tips worth knowing:
MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

>View

>Standard Tool Bar

>Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

>View

>Tab View

>Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

>View

>Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.
>Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.


To collapse or expand the Studio Tools
>Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

>Tools

>Mimo Studio Tools

2

>Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

>Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray

>Choose tools
4
>Hover at your board and click the top button on the stylus

 
Don't forget to go to mimioconnect.com. Create an account to have access to 1,000's of downloadable lessons! You can search by grade level or subject. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the Studio Tools. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

Moreland Road Elementary - Mimio Core Skills 1 - 11-12-13

Hi Moreland Staff,
I enjoyed our sessions on Tuesday! I am so glad that you are enthusiastic about this new solution. Here are some notes about the Mimio software and hardware. Contact me if you have any questions and I will see you next week!

Tips worth knowing:
MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

>View

>Standard Tool Bar

>Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

>View

>Tab View

>Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

>View

>Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.
>Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.


To collapse or expand the Studio Tools
>Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

>Tools

>Mimo Studio Tools

2

>Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

>Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray

>Choose tools
4
>Hover at your board and click the top button on the stylus

 

Don't forget to go to mimioconnect.com. Create an account to have access to 1,000's of downloadable lessons! You can search by grade level or subject. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the Studio Tools. 

Please click here for the reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

Cowan Road Elementary Google Drive Training II 10-31-13

GOOGLE DRIVE

EXTRA HELP FOR GMAIL AND DRIVE

1. Atomic Learning Log in with your GSCS credentials (Several tutorials for both Mail and Drive)

2. Atomic Learning for Community and Parents

3. Google apps help

4. Ask the Google Gooru www.googlegooru.com You can “subscribe” to the Gooru also and get updates via Gmail.

5. http://goo.gl/edCrhb

RESEARCH WITHIN GOOGLE DOCUMENTS

>With the document open, click “Tools”

>Click “Research”

>A new window will open

>Type in the word or phrase you want information about

>Next the the Google “G”, there is a pull down menu

>Choose how you want to search (everything, images, scholars, dictionary)

>You never have to leave your document to find what you want on Google!

This next section is for review only. We covered this at my last visit. I just wanted to have it in the same post because it is a great feature in Drive and one that I think teachers and students will use frequently.

SHARING FILES IN GOOGLE DRIVE

>Check the box by the file or folder you want to share

>2 options for sharing from “My Drive”

>Click the  icon at the top

OR

>Right click on the file and click share

OR
>Share from the open document by clicking the   button in the top right corner of the document.

>After you choose how to share, the “Share Settings” window will open and you can decide here what rights your collaborators will have.

>Choose to send a message when you share.

>Choose to send yourself a copy.

>Click “Share and Save”.

COMMENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS IN GOOGLE DOCS

If you have shared a document with someone, or if someone has shared it with you, comments can be made in the right hand margin. The OWNER of the document can receive notifications that someone has made a comment. This is a useful feature if you don't give someone editing rights to your document but you need their feedback.

COMMENTS

>With the document open, click the "comment" button

>Click the "comment" button inside the new window

>Type in your comment

>Click "comment"

NOTIFICATIONS

>With the document open, click the "comment" button

>Click the "notification" button

>Then choose if you want to be notified about ALL replies, replies just to your comments or none

>If you choose to get notifications, they will come to your email.

UPLOADING FILES TO DRIVE FROM YOUR COMPUTER

>Click the Gear icon in the top right

>Choose “Settings”

>Choose “Upload Settings”

>Choose “Confirm settings before each upload” (You will not have to re-set this option again.)

>Click the red upload button

>Decide if you want to upload individual files or a folder (Folder option ONLY works with Chrome as your browser)

>Choose what you want to upload from your computer

>When “Upload Settings” window appears, choose the option you want

>Click the “Start Upload” button

You will see the status of the upload. Then you will see it appear in Drive. Open Drive on your desktop and you will see the file there too! If you delete a file from your Google Drive on your computer, you will see that it disappears from Drive online too!

***NOTE****

If you do not see the dialog box that lets you choose to upload as a Google Doc, just follow these steps:

>Click the gear icon (settings)

>Click upload settings

>Put a check beside "Confirm settings before each upload"

You will only have to do this once.

CREATING NEW FOLDERS IN DRIVE

>Click the RED  button in the top left of the page.

>Click “Folder”.

>Name your folder.

>Click OK.

CREATING SUBFOLDERS

>Choose the folder that you want to put a subfolder into.

>With the root folder open, click (at the top of the page).

>Name your new subfolder.

>Click “Create”.

MOVE FILES TO FOLDERS

>Click the box of by the file

>Click the folder icon at the top

>Choose the folder you want to move the file to

COLOR CODING FOLDERS

>Hover over the folder that you want to change.

>Click the pull down arrow.

>Choose “Change Color”

>Choose your color