Welcome to Athena Tutorial

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Welcome to Athena Tutorial

• This presentation is designed to help you learn
  the basics of the librarys Athena program.
• (click the red button to go on)

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• By clicking through it, you will learn how to
  check out your own books and materials, when no
  library staff are available to help you.
• (click the red button to go on)

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A few things to look for

• There are a few things to remember while going
  through this tutorial. These simple clues will
  help you go through the lesson with no trouble at
  all.

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Look For

• Red buttons with pointers.
• They will help you move to the next slide if they
  point right like this
• Or go back if they point left like this
• They are usually in the lower right corner.
• Not every slide has these buttons.

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Also Look For

• Bold red arrows like this
• These point to important parts of the screen.
• Many slides in this presentation are screenshots,
  or pictures taken from the computer screen.
  These arrows are not part of the original picture.

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Lets start the tutorial

• To check out books, you need to have the Athena
  program open and active. How can you tell if it
  is? What does the screen look like? Click on
  one of the pictures.

Or like anything else at all
Something like this?
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If the screen looks something like this
Then you are in Athena
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Most Athena Screens have

• A purple bar across the top

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Most Athena Screens have

• The name and symbol in the upper left corner

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Most Athena Screens have

• A tan or yellow background in the middle

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Most Athena Screens have

• Purple tabs at the bottom

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• Now that we have Athena open in front of us, we
  are ready to check out our books.

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If Athena is not on the screen. . .
Look for it at the bottom of the screen.
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Heres what that looks like up close
The exact words dont matter, just the purple
Athena icon and the name.
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If you have this, click it to go to Athena
If not, youll need to open up the program
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To open the program,
Double-click on the icon that looks like this
Athena is a BIG program it will take several
minutes to open.
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First, type your last name in the narrow white
box (you cant actually type in this tutorial)
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As you type, Athena will highlight your name, and
the green light will go on. Click Select.
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Your name would be there
From this screen, you can scan your books.
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As you scan each book, its title and
barcode number will appear on the screen.
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The next book you scan will appear at the top of
the list like this.
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Keep on scanning like this until. . .
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. . .you have checked out all the items you
need. Then click Check Out or Done (either
button will work)
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The End
If youve made it back to this screen, you are
all set! Enjoy your books.
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No, not that button.
Give it another try.
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