Difference between revisions of "Chromebooks Academic Technologies Mobile Computing Lab"

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The Basics

The Mobile Lab is made up of 27 Chromebooks, more specifically HP Pavilion 14-c025us Chromebook

Guidelines for the Mobile Lab

• The Mobile Lab/Chromebook calendar can be viewed here: Google Chromebooks Calendar
• Mobile Lab/ChromeCart is managed by the CAL, more specifically, David Geeraerts
  • All requests should be directed to David Geeraerts
    • David is the arbiter for the Mobile Lab
• Delivery and pickup is between 07:00 to 22:00 Monday thru Friday (weekdays), and 13:00-18:00 Saturday & Sunday (weekends).
• The Mobile Lab must be reserved as a whole unit; individual Chromebooks can not be reserved for one-off events.
• No overnight reservations
• Faculty or Staff must be present to receive the Mobile Lab; cart will not be left without the presence of such.
• The guest account doesn't allow the installation of applications. There's a pool of generic accounts to use for specific purposes; these generic Google accounts are distributed by David Geeraerts
• ChromeOS is NOT Android, and thus has limited capabilities.

FAQ

• What can I do with a Chromebook?
  • Use it for the Chrome browser.
    • Access web applications, theses are often SaaS
      • Google App's
        • Doc
        • Sheets
        • Presentation
        • Draw
      • Microsoft Office 365
      • ESRI ArcGIS Online

Resources

• Google Chromebooks Page
• Chrome Web Store
• Chromium Project