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Getting Started

Teacher in a NOVA T-shirt talks with girl using laptop
 
WELCOME TO NOVA,

Your first steps as a new NOVA student are to become familiar with the following videos. It will give you an overview of the three main resources you will use in all your classes: MICROSOFT TEAMS, CLASSLINK and OTUS.

Please complete these videos on important skills, such as how to access your classes, log in to a class meeting, use Otus to find your teachers' lessons and assessments, etc.


MICROSOFT TEAMS:
**Note that the Teams App is already loaded on your device and should open when you log in. If it doesn't just open, you can find it under your start (Microsoft icon) in the bottom left of the screen, under Microsoft Teams.

1. LOGGING INTO TEAMS FOR THE FIRST TIME:
    https://nampa.school/Logging-into-Teams

2. HOW TO SEE AND TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS:   
     https://nampa.school/SEE-and-TURN-in-ASSIGNMENTS

3. HOW TO JOIN A TEAMS MEETING FOR A CLASS:
     https://nampa.school/Join-a-Teams-Meeting
 


CLASSLINK:

ClassLink is a site that houses all your apps for classes. It also helps you avoid signing into a thousand sites. You sign in once to ClassLink and it will sign you into the rest.

1. Open website www.nsd131.org
2. Click on STUDENT PORTAL
3. Click on CLASSLINK (It is suggested you bookmark this page for easy reference.)
4. Sign in using your SCHOOL ID NUMBER (not email) and your device password
5. You will see a variety of apps you may be using for a lot of your course work.
 
 
OTUS:

**Note that you can access OTUS through your ClassLink or you can get there by typing into your web browser:
myotus.com  

1. HOW TO LOG IN TO OTUS FOR THE FIRST TIME:
    https://nampa.school/Otus-login-first-time

2. HOW TO FIND YOUR CLASSES, LESSONS, ASSESSMENTS, AND GRADES:
 
*Remember you will use the MICROSOFT icon to log in.

**Don't be overwhelmed if there are a lot of lessons showing as a new student to a class. Just talk to the teacher to find out what you need to work on.