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Academic Level Toggle (1) To view content for different grade levels, select the Academic Level toggle. (7) To change the default academic level, update your preferences, located in the User Menu drop-down. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 2

2 2 Search To begin your search, select Web, Standards, Images or Famous Person and then enter a keyword or phrase. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 3

2 2 Search Or, if you know specific search criteria already, select More Search Options. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 4

More Search Options In addition to searching Keyword or Phrase combination, each dropdown menu allows further refinement. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 5

3 3 Browse Tab Use Browse to find resources organized by Subjects, Themes, Topics and Sub-topics. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 6

3 3 Browse Tab Selection Scrolling left to right allows you to select 10 different Subjects or 6 different Themes. Once a Subject or Theme is selected, additional Topics & Sub Topics are displayed ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 7

4 4 Tools Tab Use Tools for additional ways to find resources aligned to standards or associated with famous people, to generate a dynamic timeline... ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 8

4 4 Standards Tool Use the Standards tool for easy access to digital resources aligned to state and the Common Core State Standards. You must be logged in as a teacher or administrator to view the Standards. 4 4 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 9

4 4 Famous Person Tool Use the Famous Person tool to quickly locate information about well-known people, including political leaders, athletes, scientists, artists, writers, and more. 4 4 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 10

4 4 Timeline Tool Use the Timeline tool to explore a chronological index of eras, events, arts, innovations and famous people throughout history. Zoom into a specific period of history, compare and contrast major innovations across continents, or layer artistic works onto periods of history. 4 4 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 11

4 4 References Tool Check out the References tool for easy access to resources designed to support independent research, projects, study skills and homework. 4 4 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 12

5 5 Featured Tab The Featured content tab lets you directly access resources from your school’s or district’s premium subscriptions that have been integrated into netTrekker. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 13

5 5 Featured Tab netTrekker can integrate via Single Sign On (SSO) the following:  BrainPop series  DefinedSTEM  Learnetic  SAS Curriculum Pathways ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 14

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My Menu Use the User Menu drop-down to access your Profile and Preferences. Click on Preferences to change your default academic level, standard sets and dictionary preferences. 7 7 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 16

8 8 Support Resources To review video tutorials, select the camera icon. To access a searchable directory with additional instructions, select the question icon. ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 17

My Menu Use the My Menu drop-down to access My Portfolio, Support Center and Know New Ideas, our educator community and Featured Upgrades. Click on My Portfolio to access your saved resources. 9 9 ORIENTATION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 18

My Portfolio Create folders with saved content. ORIENTAGION GUIDE: Searching & Saving Content – the 9 essentials. 19

EXAMPLE: Search “tigers”. 20

A A B B D D C C E E EXAMPLE: Evaluate content. 21

A A Subjects Explore cross-curricular connections with the Subjects menu. When you type in a keyword and receive the content results page, the Subjects Menu allows you to narrow results based on the subject areas that contain resources for your keyword. EXAMPLE: Review & refine results. 22

B B Refine Search Click Refine Search to narrow your results by choosing from a variety of options including Multimedia, Learning Aids, Readibility, Languages, Featured Content. EXAMPLE: Review & refine results. 23

Refine Search This is the most widely used way to Refine Search. EXAMPLE: Review & refine results. 24

C C Sort Option Allows user additional sorting option; the most widely used are Readibility and Rating. EXAMPLE: Review & refine results. 25

D D  Star Rating ?????  Readability Rating netTrekker measures websites for readability on a scale of 1 (low reading difficulty) to 5 (high reading difficulty).  Student and Teacher Recommended S – Student Recommended and T – Teacher User votes are accumulated and the resulting recommendations are continually updated.  View Details Provides available ratings and scoring use to determine the Overall EXAMPLE: Review & refine results. 26

E E Saving Resources In order to save a resource, the resource must be selected. The SAVE SEARCH turns to orange when a resource has been selected. E E EXAMPLE: Select & save resources. 27

E E E E Saving Resources Once a source has been selected, the SAVE SEARCH button becomes enabled. EXAMPLE: Select & save resources. 28

Saving Resources The user determines their own folder structure. EXAMPLE: Select & save resources. 29

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