Best Practices for
using Laptops
How to HANDLE Laptops (Overview)
Laptops should always be CLOSED when not in use.
Once you are seated and ready to work is when
you open the laptop and login.
Once you have completed the assignment or assessment,
shutdown the laptop and CLOSE the lid.
Laptops should always be CLOSED when not in use.
Best Practices
• When removing the laptop from a cart and returning to your
desk, the laptop should be CLOSED. It is recommended to
hold it with two hands as shown.
• When walking with a laptop, the laptop should be CLOSED.
• When turning in the laptop and when placing it back in the
cart for charging, the laptop should be CLOSED.
Parts of a Laptop
Laptop SCREEN: Displays the image
(INSIDE of the BLUE lines).
BEZEL: The hard plastic FRAME
around the Screen.
(OUTSIDE of the BLUE lines)
Charging Port: The port on the
laptop that the laptop CHARGER
plugs into.
HINGES: Flexible joints that allow the
laptop screen to close onto the base.
BASE: The BOTTOM portion of
the laptop that contains the
visible keyboard and mousepad.
Using the Laptop when OPEN (as shown below)
BEZEL: To adjust screen glare, we
can touch the BEZEL (Plastic
Frame) to move forward or
backward. Do NOT touch the
screen!
• SCREENS are fragile and damage easily
• NEVER PICKUP a laptop by the screen
• Do not touch the screens
Our Laptops are not
Touchscreen!
Parts of a Laptop II
The TOP portion of a laptop
is sometimes referred to as
the LID, found above the
HINGES and contains the
SCREEN.
BASE: The BOTTOM portion
of the laptop that contains
the visible keyboard and
mousepad.
• NEVER close the laptop with papers or
any other object between the screen
(LID) and the BASE.
Best Practices for using Laptops and Carts
• Label all parts. Students will
easily know which laptop# goes
on which shelf#.
• Chargers (batteries and the
power cables) are not all the
same. Label your chargers as
well.
• Assessment laptops, chargers
and carts are checked out to the
schools and are different from
the other student laptops,
chargers, and carts already at
the schools.
Differentiating between
assessment equipment (via
labeling methods) is strongly
recommended.
Note: Charging light locations are different (cord vs. battery)