Tablets

=Checking out a Tablet Cart = toc Tablet carts only get checked out to teachers, and then, only when they have reserved the cart 24 hours in advance. To find out if the tablet cart is reserved, sign into the library volunteer Google account for your library (LL or LS) and check the Tablet Cart resource calendar.

To check a cart out to a teacher, pull up their name in Koha, just as you would check out a book to them, and then scan (or type in, if it's easier) the barcode number on the front of the cart, above the door.

=Checking out a Tablet Basket = If a teacher has not reserved the cart, but they want to use the tablets and tablets are available, they can check out tablets in groups of 5. File baskets are color coded to match sets of tablets in the cart. These baskets serve as a safe means of transporting sets of tablets. If lending out a tablet basket, please make sure all 5 tablets are placed correctly in the colored files.

You will check out **each individual tablet** to the teacher. (A teacher MUST check them out. Students cannot take tablets out of the library without a teacher being responsible for them.)

=Library Procedures for Processing Returned Tablets =

Any time the carts or tablets are not in use, they should be latched and locked.

Teacher
When a teacher returns the cart to the library first **__check in the cart in Koha__**, by scanning (or typing in) the barcode number above the door to the cart (just as you would check in a book or netbook). If a tablet basket was checked out, scan each individual tablet. Then, the following needs to be done to each tablet, one by one:

> At the end of each school day, the cart should be plugged in, and the red switch should be turned on.
 * 1) Inspect each tablet to see that it is free of observable damage.
 * 2) Turn each tablet on to make sure it works and no major settings or preferences have been changed. Each tablet’s desktop should look pretty much the same. If you notice a serious inconsistency (other than just the desktop image), please let Robyn or Lin Jenkins know, and include the barcode number when you report the problem.
 * 3) Turn the screen off by pressing the power button briefly. Do NOT shut down the tablet completely (which is done by holding down the power button).
 * 4)  Wipe each screen with designated screen cleaning cloth and cleaner.
 * 5) Use spray and microfiber cloth, NOT the electronics wipes used on the netbooks.
 * 6) Do NOT spray directly on the screen.
 * 7) Lightly spray the cloth and wipe the screen, then dry with a dry portion of cloth.
 * 8) Return each tablet to the appropriate slot in the cart (check to see barcode number matches slot number, for example, 4004003 will be in slot 3 of cart 4, 4002011 will be in slot 11 of cart 2), making sure each tablet is plugged into the charger.

Student
When a student uses a tablet in the library:
 * Inspect the tablet to make sure it is free of observable damage.
 * Turn it on to make sure it works and no major settings have been changed.
 * Turn off the screen by pressing the power button briefly.
 * Wipe each screen if necessary.
 * Return the tablet to the correct slot and plug it into the charger in that slot.

Other Questions
If anyone has other questions about tablet policies, please refer them to [|Tablet Policies], which can be accessed through the [|Library Policies] page (links are on the [|Library News Blog] as well as the [|Catalog] page, to make sure it is easily accessible from pretty much anywhere!)