Tip for 12.01.14 | Updated: October 15th, 2020
It’s easy to use Chromebooks in your library with Alexandria. They can be regular circulating items for your teachers, your patrons, or both; and/or you can use them as stations in your library.
It works well if your students are required to have Google accounts, as they can customize their own accounts, and their bookmarks and so forth will transfer across Chromebooks.
If your students don’t have Google accounts, or if you are setting up a Chromebook as a general station in your library and want an all-accessible login, you can use a Google feature called Family Link, which lets you manage "child" accounts by limiting access.
Set up a general Google account and add it to your Chromebook. You can then use Family Link to control which apps and websites your patrons will have access to on that general Google account.
You may also want to customize the homepage and startup page to control which website appears when you first launch Chrome on your device. Set the startup page to your kiosk link for quick setup and access.
Check out Chromebook Help to learn more about using Chromebooks. |