Using BAS Tech Tools

What Tech Skills Do You Need?

Many classes at BAS use technology for teachers and students to communicate and participate in the class. Do you have the technology skills  you need?

Technology Skills for Any Class

My Skills: Suggested Actions:
  1. I know how to check text messages.   Yes/No
  2. I know how to check email.   Yes/No
  3. I know my email address and password.   Yes/No
  4. I recognize which one of these is a link to a website and which one is a link to an email address:
    basinfo@berkeley.net
    bas.berkeleyschools.net                         Yes/No
If you did not answer Yes to all of these questions, use these links to learn more skills on your own…Introduction to Email, 15 minutes of videos
Introduction to Gmail, to read

(Coming soon: Free in-person workshops to help you with these skills.)

Technology Skills for Online Classes

My Skills: Suggested Actions:
  1. I know the password to my computer, tablet, or phone.   Yes/No
  2. I know how to get to the internet on my computer, tablet or phone.   Yes/No
  3. I know my email address and password.   Yes/No
  4. I can access my email on my computer, tablet, or phone.   Yes/No
  5. I know how to join a Zoom meeting.   Yes/No
If you did not answer Yes to all of these questions, use these links to learn more skills on your own…Logging in to your account, video. Shows how to recover your password
Using a Web Browser, video and reading
Introduction to Email, videos, 15 minutes, OR,
Introduction to Gmail, to read

Written instructions for getting started in Zoom:
Getting Started on Windows or Mac | Getting Started with iPhone | Getting Started with Android | Getting Started On Chromebook

  1. I know how to turn off my mic in Zoom so people don’t hear me (“mute”).   Yes/No
  2. I know how to turn off my camera in Zoom so people don’t see me.   Yes/No
  3. I can send Chat messages in Zoom.   Yes/No
  4. I can raise or lower my hand in Zoom (digitally, using the Reactions feature).   Yes/No
  5. I can enter and leave a Breakout Room in Zoom.   Yes/No
  6. I can minimize the Zoom window on my computer screen to make it small. I can restore it to fill the screen.   Yes/No
If you did not answer Yes to all of these questions, use these links to learn more skills on your own…Interactive image, Tour of the Zoom Screen

Written directions for using Zoom on a Computer or iPad, in EnglishSpanishArabicFrenchPolishGerman

Video, Finding, Resizing, and Repositioning your Zoom window

  1. I have a computer, tablet, or phone.   Yes/No
If you answered No, BAS may be able to lend you a chromebook. Ask BAS staff about this.

More Resources

See our Technology Support for Students website.

BAS Technology Support Frequently Asked Questions for Students

New service coming in September – Chromebooks/laptops available to loan to students who need better access to their BAS classes. Details will appear here as they become available.

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