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Control your Browser with Merlyn Display

Learn how to open and find content on your Newline panel native broswer

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Controlling the Browser - Open/Close Browser

Open-Close Broswer

Open-Close Browser

You can launch and close the native panel broswer using voice requests: "Open the browser." "Close the browser." Your native browser will likely be Google Chrome unless your district has implemented a different application.

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Open in Google

Open in Google

Open-Close Browser

Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the remote and say, "Open Google Drive." "Open Google Forms." "Open Google Slides." "Open Google Calendar." "Open Google Docs." "Open Google Earth." and more...

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Search on Google

Search on Google

Open-Close Browser

You use voice requests to ask Merlyn to search for answers to questions using a Google Search. Ask Merlyn to pull up a Google search by pressing and holding the Push-to-Talk button on the remote while giving the voice request, "Search on Google for_____________." For example, "Search on Google for how a piston works." Remember to specifiy that you want to search "on Google" for your answer, or your search will default to Merlyn Chat.

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Open websites

Open Websites

Open-Close Browser

You can ask Merlyn to go to any website using a voice request. For example, press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the Origin remote and say, "Open Wikipedia." Merlyn will open up a new browser tab to Wikipedia. Try opening other websites such as, "Open Google Drive” "Open Office." "Open Google Classroom” "Go to GoNoodle” "Open Google Slides” "Go to Khan Academy" and more.

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Search on Websites

Search on Websites

Open-Close Browser

Once Merlyn opens the new tab and navigates to the requested website, you can search within that website for the content that you want, whether it's videos, articles, reading passages, lessons, quizzes, etc. For instance, once you have opened Kahoot, press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the remote and say, "Search for a holiday quiz." Or ask for what you want with one voice request. For example: "Search on Khan Academy for fractions." "Search on YouTube for the writing process." "Search on Newsela for articles about climate change." "Search on Nearpod for ancient Egypt." "Search on Google for images of the diffusion of innovation theory." and more.

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Navigate Browser Tabs

Navigate Browser Tabs

Open-Close Browser

Use the left and right buttons on the remote to move across the tabs you have open on your browser window. Press left on remote to move left across your tabs. Press right on remote to move right across your tabs.

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Right

Left

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Zoom in and Out

Zoom in and out on Webpages

Open-Close Browser

Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the remote and say, "Zoom in." "Zoom out." “Zoom in 20%”
 “Zoom out 50%”

Open Google

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

Controlling the Browser -Translate a Word or Phrase

Translate a Word or Phrase

Open-Close Browser

Open Google

Ask Merlyn to translate a word or phrase.For example, you could say, "Translate into Spanish, 'Take this permission slip home and have your parents sign it.'" A Google Translate page will open and display the translation. You can use the AirMouse button on the remote to hover the cursor over the speaker icon on the page and click the center orange button to have Google read the translation aloud.

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Air Mouse

Control YouTube

Select or Enter

Controlling the Browser - YouTube

Search on YouTube and Control Videos

Open-Close Browser

Open Google

You can open and search on YouTube for videos. Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button and say,"Go to YouTube." Or, if you know the type of video you want to open in YouTube, you can open it using one voice request. For example, you could say: "Search on YouTube for videos about inequalities." Then, use the Airmouse to hover te cursor over the video you want to open and press the orange button in the enter of the D-Pad to select the video. Once the video is open, the center orange button becomes play and pause.

Search on Google

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Air mouse

Navigate Tabs

Select/Play/Pause

Zoom In and Out

Translate

Control YouTube

High five!

You successfully learned how to interact with your browser using Merlyn Display! Happy teaching with Merlyn and Newline!

Common Voice Request List

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Credits

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Merlyn Mind Origin Training Materials Project Credits Published: Dec 2024 Merlyn Learning Programs Development and Production: - Wendy Pearson Design Team: - Molly Crickman, Carly Luterbach, Cecelia Rodriguez , Ana Perez Thank you to the incredible team at Merlyn Mind and Gerundio for their dedication and expertise in bringing this project to life. Each contributor played a crucial role in making this venture a success. Your creativity and hard work are greatly appreciated. © 2024 Merlyn Mind. All rights reserved.