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PDA Instructions

About PDAs

• Basic PDA terminology and use in healthcare
• Duke study showing effectiveness of PDAs in nursing education
• What you can do with your PDA

Basic functions

• Intro to your PDA - [text] [video]
• Charging the battery - [text]
• Check remaining battery time - [text]
• Synching - [text]
• Basic navigation
  • Home - [text]
  • Applications list - [text] [video]
  • Menus - [text] [video]
• Inputting info to your Palm
  • Show/hide the writing area - [text]
  • Graffiti - [text] [video]
  • "Soft Keyboard" - [text] [video]
• Calendar (schedule)
  • Views - [text] [video]
  • Adding calendar items on Palm - [text] [video]
• Memo tool - [text] [video]
• Contacts - [text] [video]
• Tasks - [text] [video - new task] [video - managing tasks]
• Getting online - [text - connecting to WiFi] [text - web browser]
• Beaming between Palms - [text] [video]
• Setting the clock - [text] [video]
• Vertical / horizontal orientation - [text]

Pepid

• Complete manual - [text]
• Quick reference guide - [text]
• Installing and registering Pepid for the first time [PowerPoint] [text]
• Re-registering Pepid after the first year [PowerPoint]
• Check the expiration date of Pepid (you need to re-register once a year)

Troubleshooting

• Reset button - [text]

Additional resources

• User's manual from Palm, inc.
• Video tutorials from Atomic Learning
• Pepid website
• Screen protection