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="Using My iMac"=

Welcome to the Aquinas College Wiki "Using My iMac", where you will learn everything you need to know about your iMac, from the basic anatomy of your laptop and navigating around the desktop to how it operates in the Aquinas College setting. Lots of practical information will be offered as well as tutorials on specific programs, which you will be using this year.

ANATOMY OF YOUR LAPTOP AND NAVIGATING AROUND THE DESKTOP - desktop - apple menu - menu bar - Help Menu - system preferences (including backing up, setting up printers, changing desktop appearance, etc) - dock - spotlight - icons - trackpad - trash versus eject - backing up - hard drive, Time Machine - setting up two user accounts - QuickTime Player - updates

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HOW THE IMAC OPERATES AT AQUINAS COLLEGE - logging on - the Finder - how to set up folders - where to save - choosing location for use - home versus school - use of external hard drives

OTHER PRACTICAL INFORMATION - email etiquette - internet searching

SAFTEY AND APPROPRIATENESS - general safety - privacy - confidentiality of passwords - what makes a good password? - storing your laptop - what's an appropriate (and inappropriate use) of your laptop in the classroom - consequences of misuse

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS - Touch Typing (build into Orientation Week) - Turn It In (and referencing) - iMovie - iPhoto - iWeb - PowerPoint (Key Notes) - Word (Pages) - Excel (Numbers) - MovieMaker - Animoto - Comic Life 2 - Moodle - Filming/shooting - Voiceover - Publisher - Scanner - Fireworks - Blogs

OTHER HELPFUL SITES - library