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1. Many of the apps that your child will need are already installed on the the Android device.

2. If you are using a parental controls app like Google Family Link, make sure you adjust your settings so that the apps below can be installed and that screen time limits are extended for your child to use the device for the online school day, every weekday.

3. Install Microsoft Teams: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.teams

4. Your child should sign into Microsoft Teams using their PDSB.NET account provided by the school. When it asks for "sign-in address" your child should type in 123456@pdsb.net but replace 123456 with her/his Peel student number. The password is the same password your child would use at school to log into a computer there.

5. Install the following six D2L and Google apps:

Brightspace Pulse: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.d2l.brightspace.student.android

Brightspace Portfolio: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brightspace.mobile.folio

Google Drive: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs

Google Docs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs

Google Slides: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides

Google Classroom: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.classroom

6. Your child should sign into each of the apps above using their PDSB.NET account provided by the school. When it asks for your child to sign into the app, he/she should type in 123456@pdsb.net but replace 123456 with her/his Peel student number. The password is the same password your child would use at school to log into a computer there.

7. Access your child's virtual learning environment by opening either the Brightspace Pulse app or the Google Classroom app. If using Google Classroom, please ask that your child accept the invitation to join your teacher's Google Classroom called "__. _____ - Grade __ (online)" [or similar]