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 * Welcome to Tikipunga High Digitech Year 11 Wiki! = =

Getting Started

 * For Digitech at Tiki you need an email address.
 * Memorise this address http://tikiict11.wikispaces.com as all your work will be uploaded here so you should never ask "What are we doing today Miss?"
 * If you haven't already done so, please complete the below:

1 - Create a Gmail Account: **//If you have an email address already, go down to # 3//**

 * Go to Google and click Sign In
 * Click Create an Account
 * Complete the Firstname and Lastname //(this shows up as the Display Name)//
 * Choose a username and enter your password twice - //it must be at least 8 characters long//
 * Put your birthday, gender and your mobile number - //this is for security purposes//
 * Type the text you see
 * Tick 'I agree to Google Terms'
 * Click Next Step - //if any details are incorrect it will show up red. Fix these, retype the text you see and click Next Step again.//
 * Click Get Started

2 - Send a Test Email:

 * Click on Gmail in the top right
 * x out of any Welcome screen or tour.
 * Click on Compose
 * Type who you're sending the email to, e.g. lilah_edmonds@hotmail.com in the To: box
 * Type your Subject: i.e. what the email is about.
 * Click in the white space below and type the content of your email. Sign off with your name
 * Click Send

3 - Saving Your Files:

 * Read this information about managing your files
 * Open your student home drive and create a new folder for each of your 5 subjects - R//ight click New Folder//
 * What should you name your folders?
 * View the course outline above - //this shows what you will work on this year.//
 * Go into your Digitech folder and create a folder for each standard. //Make an abbreviated name no longer than 10 characters e.g. Movie; Report; External; Another suggestion is the Achievement Standard Number.//

All your files should be saved in the correct subject folder from now on. All files should be named something that describes what it is.

4 - Take a Screen Shot:

 * Open your student home drive so you can see the digitech folders you created - //Right click on Start and click on Open Windows Explorer. On the left click on Computer and then your home drive.//
 * Click on Start and type Snipping. - //You can search for any program on your computer by using this Search.//
 * Click on Snipping Tool - //Use this program to take shots of your screen. It creates an image/picture you can use in any document.//
 * With your mouse, draw a square around your folders so it takes a screenshot
 * Click on the disk - Save Snip
 * Where should you save this file? //On your student home drive, inside Digitech.//
 * What should you call this file? //Call it a name that accurately describes what it is.//
 * Make sure the type is JPEG and click Save

5 - Send an Email with an Attachment:

 * Follow step 3 above if you don't know how to create an email
 * The To field should have lilah_edmonds@hotmail.com
 * The subject should say - //My Student Drive//
 * Answer the following questions in your email before clicking Send:
 * 1) The reason I am in digitech is because...
 * 2) if I were to rate my confidence, I would say I am...
 * 3) Total credits I aim to get are...
 * 4) Three things I might find distracting are....
 * 5) Suggestions I hope we can work on this year are...
 * 6) An interest/talent/hobby/like I'd enjoy focussing my digitech assignments on is...
 * Click the paper clip, go to your student drive, find the screenshot jpg you did at #4 above. Double click on the screenshot. This should attach the screenshot to your email.
 * Click Send..

6 - Connect to a printer:
//ALL assessments need to be printed and submitted by the due dates.//
 * Click on the Start menu and type **\\thsdc**
 * Double click on the Library copier and X out of all Windows - //all students are given $5 credit at the beginning of the year. Once this runs out, you will need to bring $5 into the office for more printing credit.//

7 - Interest/Talent/Hobby/Like Slideshow:

 * You are going to design a 5 slide power point (ppt) that show cases ONE "Interest", "talent", "hobby" or "like" you have. It could be a label e.g. Ripcurl; A tattoo artist; Skating; An Actor; A sport; An X-box Game;
 * Choose wisely because this will become your THEME for your years work including your first standard using Movie Maker.