Getting started with the TI-nspire

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The target audience for this tutorial is for individuals who have just purchased a TI-nspire handheld with touchpad and would like to learn how to use basic features of the key pad and Scratchpad windows. While working through this ten minute tutorial you should have your handheld readily accessible to practice with.

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Instructions:

To navigate through the tutorial, follow these directions:

• To advance through the slides, press the button.• To go back a slide, press the button.• To return to the beginning, press the button.

Good Luck!

Part I

Key Pad Features

This part will introduce you to basic features of the key pad.

On / Home

If you ever get lost in the scratchpad or documents…just push this button to bring you back to the home screen.

Toggles secondary key functions

Secondary key features can be located by looking above each button.

Number Key Pad

Math Operators

Execution key

Press this key when you are ready to execute a mathematical operation or other feature.

Part I Quiz

If you get lost in the different menus, documents or in the scratchpad, what is the best key to push?

ON/HOME ctrl

enter esc

Part II

Using the scratchpad

The home screen:Calculate Scratchpad

Calculate Scratchpad

This screen allows you to use the operators in your handheld just like any other calculator.

The home screen:

Graphing Scratchpad

Try some graphing…This Scratchpad will allow you to access any graphing features of the handheld.

Enter your functions into this entry box.

Part II Quiz

You would use the graph Scratchpad to multiply numbers together.

TRUE FALSE

Part III

More key pad features

This portion of the tutorial will introduce five more important features of the key pad.

Touchpad

The touchpad works on the same principle as the mouse touchpad on a laptop.

Use the onscreen “mouse” cursor to access menus and to grab and manipulate objects.

Allows you to Access different menus in different windows.

Allows you to go through menus quickly.

Escape key

Allows you to back track through menus and window, one at a time, until you are back at the home screen.

Alphabet keys

Major variables are outlined at the bottom for algebraic calculations.

Note: the keyboard is not in QWERTY.

Part III Quiz

Is the alphabet keyboard set up in a QWERTY style?

YES NO

Conclusion

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