NoodleTools

=**Directions for Using NoodleTools:**=

1) Go to @http://noodletools.com and click on Current Users: Sign In



2) Click on Create a Personal ID



3) Select "An account linked to a school/library subscription or trial"



4) username and password are both "csihs"



5) Once you are in, select, "I am a student." This is very important for this is how you will be able to share your work with me.



6) Select your graduation year from high school.

7) Now choose a Personal ID. You'll use this personal ID and password to access your saved work.

8) Just in case you lose your personal ID or password, provide your first/last initials and the last 4 digits of your phone number so that we can identify your account and help you out. Click register. **WRITE THIS ALL DOWN SO YOU DON'T FORGET IT!!!**

9) You will be brought to a screen that asks you to Create A New Project. Click Create a New Project in the upper right.



10) Choose citation style: MLA, and choose advanced. 11) For description, type in your topic and click Create Project.

12) Under Sharing and Collaboration, you will see "Share project with a teacher's dropbox." Click on it.

13) The Assignment Dropbox name is College Research Skills Spring 2014.



14) Type your name in the Your Name box. Click Share Project. You will see your project is now shared with Ms. Sarles on your dashboard.



15) To start your project, you will first create a citation. Go to Works Cited under Components.



16) Choose what you want to cite from the dropdown menu, for example, you could choose a book, or a database, or a Web site. Choose a citation and click on Show Me and let it walk you through the tutorial.





17) Click close when you are done.

18) Now click Continue (the green button).



19) Enter the information for your citation. At the bottom click on Submit (green button).



20) Your citation will appear on your bibliography page.

21) To the right you will see "Notecards." Click on New.



22) A new notecard will appear. This is where you will do your work for each citation you use. You will find a quote from the article you are reading. You will paraphrase it in the right hand column, and you will express any questions or thoughts you have, reactions, etc. to the quote in the bottom, My Ideas section.



23) I will be checking your work (your quotes, your paraphrasing, and your ideas) just as I checked your wikis, (your t-charts and reading comprehension questions) last semester. The only difference is that you will be using this new software program.