Transcript Document

Presented by
John Mudie, Ph.D., and Stephanie Muhammad.
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The Purpose of this course is to support the
student in learning to how to use a Smart Phone.
(Support will be provided for using iPhones)
* You can get to the class website by typing the address
http://www.rlccomputer.com into the address bar of
Internet Explorer and then pressing the Enter key on your
keyboard. The current day's classes are listed on front page.
Click the Establish a Google Account entry if its there.
* If its not there then click on Courses on the main page. Then
select Smart Phones Curriculum and click on it's entry.
* Find the entry for Establish a Google Account and click on it
to get to this page.
* Please remember that you can always ask the Computer Lab
Tech to help you get to this page
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* We will be offering a course in PowerPoint, in
the mornings
* We are offering a course in Smart Phones in the
afternoons
* We will be offering a course in Excel in the
mornings
* We will be offering a class in Typing in the
afternoons
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* What’s your name?
* What’s happening in your life today?
* (can you say it in forty words or less?)
* What would you like to achieve as a result of this class?
 What do you want to do on your
Smart Phone that you can’t do now?
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* We will be using Android Phones for Dummies
by Dan Gookin as a class text book. There is a
reference copy in your Computer Lab
* A way of getting help is to go into Google and
put in key words describing your problem and
see what Google can find in the way of
solutions to your problem which most probably
other people have experienced before you.
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* You can request a Certificate of Completion at
the end of the course All you have to do is to
turn in six satisfactory completed assignments
for each class by the next class.
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* Interchange contact information
between desktop and phone
* Send and receive e-mails
* Add applications
* Access stuff on your Gdrive
* Google+ a social networking service like
Facebook
* Get free music on your smart phone
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* Click here to open up Gmail
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Lets
Do
It
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Before setting up your account you may want to watch the movie called
How To Set Up A Gmail Account
Open up Internet Explorer by clicking on its icon in the task bar.
Type Gmail.com into the box on the top left of screen, press enter
Click on” create an account” in top right corner of screen
Fill in data, leave out current e-mail address if you don't have one.
Verify by typing in the captcha
Click in the checkbox to show you agree to Googles policies
Note down your address and password in a place where you will find it
easy to remember what they are. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
Skip all requests by typing next.
Eventually you will get acknowledgement that you have signed up to
Gmail.
Close down Gmail by clicking on the red-box with the cross in the top
right corner of the display.
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* Pages 27-29
of Android Phones for Dummies covers
this topic.
* Turn on your phone by pressing the Power/Lock
button until you feel it vibrate.
* Wait for it to boot up.
* Slide you finger across the screen when it stabilizes
to open it
* Slide your fingers around the screen until you see
the Gmail icon.
* Click it
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* Check pages 30-31 of Android Phones for
Dummies for reference.
* Enter your Gmail account name and password
* Wait a while it synchronizes
* Congratulations , you have connected to your
Gmail account.
* We will be discussing how to use Gmail in a
later lesson
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* See page 33-34 of Android Phones for Dummies
* Hold down the Power/Lock key until a display
appears
* You usually have various options.
* Use the airplane mode when you are flying.
* Click and hold the Power Off option.
* The phone will turn off.
* Remember to re-charge it!
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* Reconnect with your partner
* The person closest to the door shares for one
minute about what happened in the class. The
other person just listen’s, no comments and
then says “Thank you”.
* The other person then shares for one minute
about what happened in the class. The other
person just listen’s, no comments and then
says “Thank you”
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