MHMS eMac Lab Student Orientation How to Login, Use, Create, & Save Your Stuff! How to Login, Use, Create, & Save Your Stuff!

Welcome to the NEW! eMac Lab and MHMS Server! Are you Ready to Login?

But WAIT! Please Do NOT…do ANYthing Until after you Watch and Listen to the directions….because if you mess it up… you won’t get in. But WAIT! Please Do NOT…do ANYthing Until after you Watch and Listen to the directions….because if you mess it up… you won’t get in.

A Few More Warnings! NO of any kind may be checked or looked at in this school. That means: Yahoo! gmail, Hotmail, etc. No Personal BLOGGING: NO Xanga, Blogger, or MySpace Facebook, Friendster,....EVER! No FREE GOOGLE Web or Image searching -- Use our Databases!

Aww, c’mon…Why No Google? We don’t have time to look through 30 million hits and they’re not all academic or appropriate. We don’t have time to look through 30 million hits and they’re not all academic or appropriate. Time + Academic & Appropriate = Not Reliable

Our Databases are FASTER and More Appropriate & Reliable! Fewer Hits but Better Hits….All in one place! Reference, Magazine, Academic, & News Articles…AND Multimedia! Fewer Hits but Better Hits….All in one place! Reference, Magazine, Academic, & News Articles…AND Multimedia!

eMac Lab Rules No Food or Drinks in the eMac Lab Report Problems Promptly Always use spell check and print preview, and THEN ask permission before printing. Always go to FILE>PRINT rather than the printer icon so that you can check that the RIGHT printer is selected: eMAC lab printer is: ( ) Always wait for instructions. Always follow correct procedure. Leave the room better than you found it. Always Log Out> apple> logout your name

Consequences Using a Computer in school is a privilege and not a right. If you violate the HCPSS Acceptable Computer Use Policy and Agreement you will lose your computer privileges for the ENTIRE SCHOOL year and have a meeting with Mr. Dickey, your classroom teacher, and MHMS technology leader and Media Specialist Ms. Jones and Ms. Koudelka our Technology Specialist. All work that otherwise would have been done on a computer IN school will have to be done by hand or out of school.

Sign It, or Else! NOW ….Sign the document that says: Expectations for Computer Usage Guidelines for Middle School Students And pass it into your teacher … Ok, NOW! We ’ re Ready! :-) YAY!

Ok….Got that now? Are you Ready to Login?

Your login is: gradyearfirstinitiallastname ex: 09gjones Your password is: birthdate ex: 09/26/97 Slashes are important! Use ZEROS and not “ O ’ s ” Use the numbers ABOVE the keyboard and NOT on the side of the keyboard. Your login is: gradyearfirstinitiallastname ex: 09gjones Your password is: birthdate ex: 09/26/97 Slashes are important! Use ZEROS and not “ O ’ s ” Use the numbers ABOVE the keyboard and NOT on the side of the keyboard.

Students with duplicate names will be issued logins with: first initial middle initial last name Ex: gajones Third duplicate will be first name middle initial last name Ex: gwynethajones Passwords will be the student ’ s birthdate which is an eight character login. xx/xx/xx Students with duplicate names will be issued logins with: first initial middle initial last name Ex: gajones Third duplicate will be first name middle initial last name Ex: gwynethajones Passwords will be the student ’ s birthdate which is an eight character login. xx/xx/xx

Hyphenated names are first initial hyphenated name firstinitalhypehnated-name Ex: ejean-louis Passwords will be the student ’ s birthdate which is an eight character login. xx/xx/xx Hyphenated names are first initial hyphenated name firstinitalhypehnated-name Ex: ejean-louis Passwords will be the student ’ s birthdate which is an eight character login. xx/xx/xx

If all Else Fails: Teachers, please Please Mrs. Koudelka the name and graduation date of the malfunctioning student and their birthday and then try this: If all Else Fails: Teachers, please Please Mrs. Koudelka the name and graduation date of the malfunctioning student and their birthday and then try this: Middle School Student Guest Accounts Each Middle School has a set of guest student accounts. The accounts are numbered (s0001 – s0040) The account password is the same as the login number Example – student guest account s0004 – login s0004 password s0004

Now…try and login After you put in your name & password it will go BLANK and “think” about it for like 45 seconds… Be PATIENT! WAIT….it’s talking to the server for the first time. Now…try and login After you put in your name & password it will go BLANK and “think” about it for like 45 seconds… Be PATIENT! WAIT….it’s talking to the server for the first time.

Your Own Personal Dock! Firefox Browser MS OfficeTeachers Folder Sorry, as of now you can’t change the color :-(

Your Own Personal Dock! Safari Browser iTunes Inspiration & Kidspiration

Synching to the SERVER Your network home has changed since your last synchronization. Please select the location of your latest files. If you are not sure, choose Sync later and backup your most important files before synchronizing again. Network Home Local Home Sync Later Select Network Home if you receive this message when you first log on to a computer. [This will bring your files from the network to the computer you are working on – it will bring your saved work to you.] Select Local Home if you receive this message when you are logging off a computer. [This will send your files from the computer you are working on to the network – it will SAVE them.]

Adding Backflip and Bookmarks! Click ONCE on Firefox on Dock

Make Firefox Your Default Browser Very Important: Uncheck the Blue box Then Click YES!

Adding Backflip and Bookmarks! Type carefully! … type in the URL to Go to our Backflip Page

Make Backflip Your Start Up Page! On the toolbar Go To Firefox > Preferences. Click on Use Current Page to this set this as your home page.

Adding Backflip and Bookmarks! Drag the Backflip LOGO from the URL to your Toolbar, then click OK! Voila!

Finding the Math Folder and E-Miggs! Go to the Math Resources - E-Migs folder

Good Job! Remember your Login and Birthday Password! Do NOT share it with your friends! And……….

Now you can logout and save your settings. They will “synch” to the MHMS xServer. Congratulations MHMS Technology Users! Congratulations MHMS Technology Users!

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