The library checks out Chromebooks for the entire quarter. Chromebooks are available to current students (including ILC students and interns) as well as staff and faculty. We also have the necessary charging cables available. Chromebooks may be checked out from the library's circulation desk during our open hours.
Our Chromebook specifications:
For additional information about our Chromebooks:
If you need additional technology help you may find resources and make requests via help.evergreen.edu.
Read on below to learn more about using popular tools on a Chromebook, including Microsoft Office 365 tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc), Zoom, Zotero, Hypothesis, and downloading eBooks.
You can access Microsoft Office products on your Chromebook by logging in to Office.com. You are then able to create and edit documents on the internet with your Evergreen login credentials.
Additionally, you can download the Google Chrome extension for Office 365 to have streamlined access to your documents.
In order to use Zoom on your Chromebook, you'll need to first install Zoom from the Chrome Web Store.
Once installed, you will be able to start and join Zoom meetings by clicking meeting links or by logging into your account.
For more help, visit the Zoom Help Center or submit a support ticket at help.evergreen.edu.
You do not need to download an e-book in order to read it. We recommend reading the e-book online, unless you need to access it offline or print it out.
To download and read e-books offline on a Chromebook, you need to download Adobe Digital Editions from the Google Play Store.
Learn more about e-books and how to read them online or download them for offline viewing on our Electronic Resources guide.
Zotero is a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. Basically, Zotero collects citations of articles and resources you are viewing online.
If you have not already created a Zotero account, you can create one here.
You are not able to download the Zotero program on a Chromebook, but you can access the web version and utilize the Zotero Chrome extension. This extension has limited features, but it will enable you to save citations to your online library.
Login to Zotero online here.
Then, download the Zotero Connector Chrome extension from the Google Play Store.
Once the extension is downloaded and you are logged into your Zotero account online (Keep one tab open on Zotero.org and another for your research.), you can click the extension icon in the upper-right corner of your browser window.
After clicking the extension icon, a pop-up window will ask you if Zotero is running. Since you cannot download the app on a Chromebook, click Enable Saving to Online Library.
Your citation will then be saved into your main Zotero library and can be moved or edited by going to your Zotero online account.
If you need more of a visual representation of this, see the video below made by Wesleyan University. Please note that examples are given for students of a university other than Evergreen State College.
Hypothesis is a web and PDF annotation tool.
You will need to first sign up for a Hypothesis account and download the Google Chrome extension at https://web.hypothes.is/start/.
Once you have downloaded the extension and have logged in, click on the Hypothesis icon on the top-right of your browser window to start annotating. You can pull the annotation menu out by clicking on the arrod.
For a more visual representation of this browser extension, please view the below video from Hypothesis.
Screenshots are very handy when you want to capture what is happening on your computer or wish to save an image. Below is two keyboard shortcuts to take a screenshot and an image explaining where to locate the Show Windows button.
To take a screenshot of your entire screen, Press Ctrl + Show windows 
To take a partial screenshot, Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows
To access your past screenshots, go to Files in the toolbar by clicking the circle Start button on the bottom-left and then clicking the blue Files icon.
See below for a quick explanation of taking screenshots on your Chromebook.
To view all keyboard shortcuts available on the Chromebook laptop, go to this Chromebook Help page.