1. TI-NspireTM Technology
Version 1.6

2. TI-NspireTM Technology – What’s new in Version 1. 6
TI-NspireTM Technology – What’s new in Version 1.6? Overview of what is covered in this presentation:
Improvements in battery Life
Improved Upgrade Experience
Software and Handheld Operating System 1.6
TI-NspireTM Computer Link Software Upgrade 1.3
Connect-to-ClassTM Computer Software Upgrade 1.2
New features in Applications
Graphs &Geometry - Grab and move of graphs of f(x) = ax2 + bx + c
- Point of Interest menu
Lists &Spreadsheet - Auto-populated equal sign
- Maintain of column resize
Calculator - Number menu: “Approximate to Fraction” item
- Separate Finance Menu
- Aliases for Math symbols and functions
Preloaded documents automatically downloaded to handheld with upgrade to 1.6:
Sequence & Differential Equations Graphing

3. Approximately 70 Days given 2 hours of active use per day
TI-Nspire Technology – Operating System Version 1.6
Battery Life Extension!
More battery indicator levels
TI-Nspire handhelds go into a “deep sleep” mode after 4 days to save battery life when not in use. Operating system on handheld will reboot when the handheld is turned back on.
Approximately 70
Days given 2 hours of
active use per day

4. TI-Nspire Technology – Computer Software Automatic Update Notification
All software will now automatically and manually check for updates for:
TI-Nspire Computer Software and TI-Nspire CAS Computer Software
TI-Nspire Computer Software -Teacher Edition and TI-Nspire CAS Computer Software -Teacher Edition
TI-Nspire Computer Link and Connect-to-Class Computer Software
Defaults are to auto-check. Software checks for newer versions every time the software is started
Auto-check can be disabled

5. TI-Nspire Technology – Computer Software Automatic Update Notifications
Manual-Check is still available under help menu if you feel the need to check for yourself!

6. TI-Nspire Technology – Handheld Operating System Automatic Updates
When you connect a handheld to TI-Nspire Computer Link it will automatically check for Operating System updates for your handheld. Manual check still also available for this.

7. TI-Nspire Technology – Help Menu Changes
New help menu items
“Visit” options for web sites
Download Guidebook option
Register option

8. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Graphs & Geometry
Grab and move graphs of f(x) = ax2 + bx + c. The graphs have to be graphed initially in the form of f(x) above for them to be translated in this form.
Grab on to the sides of the parabola and the graph can be stretched or compressed vertically and the equation will update in standard form.
Grab on to the vertex of a parabola and the graph can be moved up, down, left or right while the equations update in standard form.

9. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Graphs & Geometry
New Point of Interest menu!
When you trace on a graph, you will now get a box in the upper left corner for points of interest on the graph. Make sure that you go to trace settings and click the box for enable calc menu.
The inflection point choice is only on TI-Nspire CAS and will not be identified by just moving the trace point along the graph. Only zeros, minimums, maximums and intersection points can be identified by moving the point along a graph.

10. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Graphs & Geometry
New Point of Interest menu - Continued!
To use, click on the question mark, choose which choice you want, move the shaded area to the interval you want the handheld to look at on the function and press enter. You can make the shaded area bigger or smaller by pressing the navigation pad up or down.

11. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Lists & Spreadsheet
Auto-populated equal sign when entering input in formula row of column header
When a column is resized, it will remain that width when saving and re-opening TI-Nspire documents
Click in
formula
entry
cell

12. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Calculator
Approximate to Fraction command added to Number Menu
Separate Finance menu options

13. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Calculator
Aliases for Math symbols and functions – mainly to be used for programming purposes
…                   constants …                                             imaginary                                            (Euler) number                                            scientific notation E                                            transpose operator  @r                                            radian                                           degree                                           grad                                           angle                                           conversion operator @>Base2, …        fixed name conversions

14. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Calculator
Aliases for Math functions – also added to catalog
=:                                             store operator
derivative( )                              d template integral(…)                               ∫template                              
sumSeq(…)                               ∑ template              prodSeq(…)                              ∏ template                          arcsin(…), arccos(…), etc.        inverse trigonometric functions
deltaList(..) and deltaTmpCnv(..)  functions involving “Δ”

15. TI-Nspire Technology – Version 1.6 Updates
Preloaded Documents on TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS handhelds when you update to Version 1.6
Sequence Graphing
Differentials Equation Graphing