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This image is for you to download and set as your computer's background. The 3 steps are all required, every single day. Now that you know the Windows-D shortcut, you can check your background easily without interrupting your work, so make sure you check off all 3 items as you get started each and every day.

Desktop Cleanup:

The Taskbar is the strip across the bottom of the screen. Lets remove some things we don't need.

Right-click and "unpin" the icons for Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft Store
Right-click on the Chrome icon and pin it to the taskbar. The only two pinned apps allowed are File Explorer and Chrome.
Right-click anywhere on the blank taskbar and uncheck "Show Task View Button"
Right-click anywhere on the blank taskbar and find "News and Interests". Turn it off. (You can always Google what you want to know).

Before we really get started on this first project, we need to set aside a place for your files to live. We'll make a new folder for each major project. The video below shows how to make a folder under "Documents", but today we will make it in the OneDrive- North East ISD folder so that your files get automatically backed up online, also known as the"Cloud". To get there, we first sign in to the District using their Launchpad:

Open a Chrome Browser
Type neisd.net in the address bar
Find "Launchpad" on the NEISD menu
Sign in

Highlight and copy (use Ctrl-C if you can) to copy this text:

250819 My Favorite Things - Project Folder
This will be the font and color for folders - file names will be magenta. Please don't type it yourself.
Open the File Explorer app on your computer (It has a folder for an icon. Type "file" in the search box if you don't see it on the taskbar.
Full-screen File Explorer and look on the left hand side to find OneDrive - North East ISD. Click on the arrow symbol (>) next to items in the directory "tree" to view their sub-folders. VERY IMPORTANT - Do NOT use the "plain" OneDrive folder or use the "Quick Access" section of that directory tree. If you do, then you don't really know where your files live.
Use the "New Folder" icon in the upper left if you are not sure how to make a new folder in the OneDrive folder. (Right-Click on the blank space and choose "New Folder" there as an option).
Paste the text you copied above for the folder name.

New Folder Shortcut Button

When you open File Explorer, you can navigate your different folder and drives - our work will be saved in OneDrive - North East ISD folder. We create project folders there so we can stay organized. There are several ways to make a new folder - the easiest is using the little New Folder icon in the upper left hand corner, as seen on the right. If you have copied the name of the folder, you can simply paste it after clicking this button.

Making a New Folder

Follow the written instructions above and/or watch the video on the left. The only difference is instead of making the folder under Documents the way it shows in the video, we'll make it in OneDrive.

230816 Starting a New Word Document.mp4

Starting off With a Word Doc

Yes, we will be using Google Docs a LOT throughout the year in all your classes. This one time, we will use Microsoft Word for the outline of My Favorite Things.

Above, we copied and pasted a project folder name provided for you. Here, you are given the name of the Word document you will be using for this project. First, copy the text below:

250819 My Favorite Things - Firstname Lastname

Open the Microsoft Word program (type "word" in search box or find it on the Start menu).
Choose the "Blank Document" setting (1st on the list).
Find "File" menu option in the upper left of the screen.
Find "Save As" on the new vertical menu that appears.
Find "Browse" and navigate to your project folder in the OneDrive - North East folder for saving there.
Paste the name of the file and change the last part to your own name.
If you have a happy blue cloud in your Taskbar, you should sign in and verify on onedrive.com that the file has been uploaded to the Cloud automatically. Do not edit online in the browser window - just make sure your data is there.

230816 My Favorite Things - Moshue Hicks.pdf

This an example of an Outline that is almost ready to serve as a guide for our Google Image search. Note that each of the items is numbered differently, 1-9. When we find an image, we will put its number at the beginning of the file name to help us keep track.

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