Page 2 - About this document; They are also available from; Key features of TI-Nspire; expressing solutions.
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Page 2 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology About this document This document includes seven introductory tutorials to take new users through many key features of TI-Nspire™ maths and science learning technology. This technology includes both handhelds and compu...
Page 3 - Contents; TI-Nspire Keypad Layout; key and keyboard shortcuts; Tutorial 2; The Calculator application: arithmetic and algebra; Tutorial 3; The Notes application; Tutorial 4; Graphing
Contents TI-Nspire Keypad Layout .................................................................................................. Page 5 Tutorial 1 .......................................................................................................................... Page 6 TI-Nspire Documents:...
Page 4 - Tutorial 5; Geometry; Tutorial 6; Lists and Spreadsheet; Tutorial 7
Tutorial 5 ........................................................................................................................ Page 35 Geometry • The Plane Geometry and Graphing views• Lines, segments and rays• Construction of parallel lines• Drawing and labelling points on objects• Constructio...
Page 5 - TI-Nspire CX Keypad Layout; Start by spending a few seconds looking at the layout of the keypad.
TI-Nspire CX Keypad Layout Start by spending a few seconds looking at the layout of the keypad. First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 5
Page 6 - Tutorial 1; Nothing on the screen?; Getting Started with the TI-Nspire Handheld; ctrl; Memory
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents Page 6 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Tutorial 1 TI-Nspire Documents This first tutorial introduces some of the key features of TI-Nspire™ learning technology, in particular the structure of TI-Nspire documents, with differe...
Page 7 - Battery Life; the USB port; Charging the handheld
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 7 Battery Life The TI-Nspire™ CX handheld comes with a rechargeable battery, which should be charged for at least six hours before first use. The built-in rechargeable battery does not nee...
Page 8 - The Home Screen; Home Screen; and you’d be able to; Touchpad; square symbol in
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents Page 8 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology The Home Screen When you switched on a calculator you expected to see what was called the Home Screen and you’d be able to start carrying out calculations right away. But the TI-Nspire h...
Page 9 - Home screen
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 9 What is quite different from the computer is that within one document you can have multiple pages or problems that can make use of the different applications. The spreadsheet on one page...
Page 10 - Scratchpad; Documents, problems and pages; My Documents; Examples
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents Page 10 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Scratchpad Because there are some occasions when you really just want to carry out a quick calculation or draw a quick graph the TI-Nspire includes a feature called the Scratchpad . The...
Page 11 - Navigating Documents
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 11 e is often used to move to and highlight different parts of the screen Name of Document Total number of pages in the problem Number or Name of the Problem If the handheld has been used ...
Page 12 - Notes
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents Page 12 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology If the ‘Getting Started 3_0’ document is present on your handheld, work through it now as far as page 2.5. This will allow you to revise what has been covered so far in this tutorial Sc...
Page 13 - Contextual Menus
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 13 Contextual Menus Return to the Home screen, and select 2: My Docs … to access the document browser. Notice that within the document browser new folders may be created or folders renamed...
Page 14 - greyed out; Check list of some key points in Tutorial 1:
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents Page 14 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Then open a document in the browser and press b again. It is important to realise that b will always provide access to the features of the current environment. For example, within the N...
Page 15 - The Calculator Application
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 15 NB multiplication and division. What do you expect the result of this calculation to be? Tutorial 2 The Calculator Application At the heart of TI-Nspire is the Calculator applica...
Page 16 - Ans; A History Lesson
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application Page 16 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Notice how entering an operation at the beginning of an expression (the power operation in this example) causes the automatic entry of Ans , standing for the previous answer. A H...
Page 17 - A menu of maths templates; Templates
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 17 A menu of maths templates Derivative of x 2 +2x-3 at x=5 Integral of x 2 +2x-3 between 1 and 5 Templates Many of the handheld’s keys provide templates to enable you to enter a ra...
Page 18 - Document settings dialog box; Getting Set; Degree
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application Page 18 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Document settings dialog box With dialog boxes it is important to remember that you need to press e to move through the various options. The effect of changed settings In Approxi...
Page 19 - ways to define variables; Some Algebra; Define; kD
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 19 3 ways to define variables What you type is not necessarily what you get: above πr 2 and 2πr were a ctually typed as. PIrRq 2PIrR Use of function notation Some Algebra The calcul...
Page 20 - The Calculator Menu; More details can be found in the Getting Started Guide.; randInt; Statistical Distribution Tables; Lists of random integers
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application Page 20 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Notice that the expression d1+d2 produces a list of 100 sums of the corresponding values from d1 and d2 i.e. 100 totals when 2 dice are thrown The Calculator Menu Press b and loo...
Page 21 - List of defined variables; Variables Linked to Documents; Press; FirstSteps; The Save As.. option is in the Documents menu so press; Check list of some key points in Tutorial 2:
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 2: The Calculator Application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 21 List of defined variables Variables Linked to Documents Press h and you will see a floating menu showing all the variables that you have defined while using the current document....
Page 22 - Various text formatting; The Notes page
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 3: The Notes application Page 22 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Various text formatting Recording results Instructions Tutorial 3 The Notes page This very short tutorial introduces this simple, innovative application and deals with the process of ...
Page 23 - Ways to split the screen; Splitting the Screen; page Layout
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 3: The Notes application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 23 The Format sub-menu Ways to split the screen You must press / e and then b Important: to move from one part of the screen to another you need to press: /e Press b to see the various o...
Page 24 - An inserted comment; More Options from the Notes Menu; Interactive Notes; Calculator
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 3: The Notes application Page 24 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology An inserted comment Use of proof template and symbols Use of Q+A template The MathsBox attributes ( b51 ) allows you to show just the input or output if preferred More Options from th...
Page 25 - Asking Questions; TI-Nspire Teacher Software
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 3: The Notes application © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 25 There are a number of different question types which can be used Asking Questions If you also have access to TI-Nspire Teacher Software , then you also have the ability to insert ques...
Page 26 - the teacher using; Teacher; Check list of some key points in Tutorial 3:
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 3: The Notes application Page 26 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology We then enter the question in the top box and answers in the fields below. To add mathematical content insert a Maths Box. To indicate the correct answer click on the Tick mark. When ...
Page 27 - FirstSteps4; Graphing Functions; The Graphing View
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 27 Tutorial 4 Graphing The Graphs and Geometry applications are probably the most visually exciting of the TI-Nspire applications. This tutorial introduces the Graphs application and then concentrate...
Page 28 - Grabbed tick mark on the axes; Grab and Drag practice
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing Page 28 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology The open-hand cursor Grabbed tick mark on the axes If you do end up moving the wrong item, remember that /Z or /d can be used to undo the last change. As with a computer / Y can be used to redo. G...
Page 29 - The Zoom settings; Editing, Deleting or Hiding a Function; ee·
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 29 The Zoom settings The grabbed-sheet icon Changing f2 in the function history To hide a function’s graph click on the Hide/Show button ú You have just used a direct method for changing the axes, bu...
Page 30 - Trace picks out significant points; Tracing Graphs; Trace All; points and coordinates
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing Page 30 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Notice the Trace icon in the top left corner of the work area. This is typical of many of the options from the menus. Trace picks out significant points The current value of the trace is displayed...
Page 31 - Coordinates and labelled points; Analyse Graph Menu; Analyse
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 31 Coordinates and labelled points It’s easy to change the number of decimal places displayed: move the cursor over a displayed value and press - or + . Notice that all the intersections are added at...
Page 32 - Transformed graph and equation; Manually Moving Graphs; translation; Using Sliders
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing Page 32 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Transformed graph and equation Alternative icons Manually Moving Graphs You saw earlier that, when you change a function’s equation the graph changes. An innovative feature of TI-Nspire is that yo...
Page 33 - Sequence plotting; Terms
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 33 Next add a second function f4(x)=f3(x-d) by pressing eF3(X-D)· , this function is a transformation of the original function by d . Now grab the handle on the slider and move it left and right and ...
Page 34 - Check list of some key points in Tutorial 4:; the warning icons in the top-left corner
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 4: Graphing Page 34 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Check list of some key points in Tutorial 4: • Items visible in the graphing view: the work area, the entry line, the function history, the warning icons in the top-left corner • Grabbing and drag...
Page 35 - Drawing the base of the triangle; plane; Two parallel Lines; BC
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 1: TI-Nspire documents © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 35 Drawing the base of the triangle Notice that as usual the relevant icon appears in the top left corner of the screen. Tutorial 5 Geometry This tutorial introduces interactive geometry i...
Page 36 - construction; Construct the Triangle; point On; gAd
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 5: Geometry Page 36 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology The next step is to draw a line parallel to BC. This is a construction so you need to press bA . Choose option 2: parallel. You must specify two things: the line to which it is to be parallel, and...
Page 37 - Measurement menu; Making Measurements; Graphs & Geometry settings; Variables and Text; area
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 5: Geometry © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 37 Measurement menu Storing the measurement as a variable Notice the range of other possible measurements available from this menu. Making Measurements With a triangle drawn on your screen, the next ...
Page 38 - Ready to grab A and slide it; Dynamic Changes; until the; Tidying Up and Using Attributes; Now from the Actions menu choose option
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 5: Geometry Page 38 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Ready to grab A and slide it Changing the attributes of the triangle Now move to the top of the screen and enter some text, perhaps giving the user some explanation or instructions. You will need ...
Page 39 - Area is now locked
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 5: Geometry © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 39 Area is now locked This brings up the contextual menu which gives the options available for the option displayed. To change the shading select Colour then Line Colour or Fill Colour which will ope...
Page 40 - Check list of some key points in Tutorial 5:
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 5: Geometry Page 40 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Check list of some key points in Tutorial 5: • Use of the Plane Geometry View rather than the Graphing View• Lines, segments and rays• Constructing parallel lines• Drawing points on objects and la...
Page 41 - Differences from a spreadsheet?; Entering Data as Lists; mshoe
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 6: Lists & Spreadsheet © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 41 Differences from a spreadsheet? Defining the list in column C Lists can also be defined in the Calculator application Tutorial 6 Lists & Spreadsheet The Lists & Spreadsheet ...
Page 42 - One way to enter a formula; Using Formulae; Actions
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 6: Lists & Spreadsheet Page 42 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology One way to enter a formula Conflict resolution Typical Spreadsheet Actions Using Formulae Suppose you wished to investigate the relationship between hand spans and shoe sizes. You m...
Page 43 - A hand-made function table; Capturing Data; Graphs; var; Function Tables
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 6: Lists & Spreadsheet © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 43 A hand-made function table Capturing data by hand Instead of typing ‘area’ you can also press h , highlight area and then press · . Capturing Data A powerful feature of TI-Nspire is...
Page 44 - A simple function table; : Edit Table Settings
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 6: Lists & Spreadsheet Page 44 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology A simple function table Graph and table side by side The Function Table view is an alternative for any Lists & Spreadsheet page. You can toggle between the two views using /T . ...
Page 45 - Frequency Charts; gshoe; Check list of some key points in Tutorial 6:
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 6: Lists & Spreadsheet © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 45 Frequency Charts Often due to the quantity of data it is more useful to work with data in the form of a frequency chart, this can be for either discrete or grouped data (using the m...
Page 46 - Data entered in Tutorial 6; One and Two Variable Statistics; Charts with One Variable
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics Page 46 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Data entered in Tutorial 6 Choosing a variable Three plots for numerical data Randomly distributed points: no variables have yet been assigned. Tutorial 7 One and Two Varia...
Page 47 - Upper quartile displayed; Comparing Boxplots; X Variable; Charts for Categorical Data; Force
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 47 Upper quartile displayed Comparing shoe sizes A Pie Chart displaying categorical data Display the boxplot and then move the cursor over the chart. You will be able to see t...
Page 48 - Ready to add a 2; variable; Charts with Two Variables; Click to add variable; Fitting a Line by Hand and Eye
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics Page 48 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Ready to add a 2 nd variable Powerful options in the Analyse menu Translating the line Rotating the line Move towards one end of the line to show the rotate cursor. Click a...
Page 49 - The calculated regression line; Drawing the Regression Line
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 49 The calculated regression line The Statistics Calculations menu Drawing the Regression Line The line that was fitted by hand and eye can be compared with the calculated lin...
Page 50 - Dragging on the Charts; page we created in the previous tutorial.
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics Page 50 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology It is also possible to arrange side-by-side comparisons of corresponding summary statistics for two or more data sets and this makes drawing inferences from the statistics ...
Page 52 - Check list of some key points in Tutorial 7
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Tutorial 7: One- and two-variable statistics Page 52 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Check list of some key points in Tutorial 7 • Creating one- and two-variable statistical plots in the Data & Statistics application• Plotting categorical as opposed to ...
Page 53 - Appendix; Multiple Representations; A measured circle
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Appendix: Multiple Representations © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 53 Appendix Multiple Representations The previous seven tutorials have introduced many of the key features of TI-Nspire learning technology, with each of the applications being discusse...
Page 54 - A Spreadsheet for Data Capture; just a little bit
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Appendix: Multiple Representations Page 54 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology A Spreadsheet for Data Capture • Open a new Lists & Spreadsheet page. • Type column headings for columns A to D.• Click in the function entry line in column A (grey cell just bel...
Page 55 - Go to Town with Data Collection; A linear relationship
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Appendix: Multiple Representations © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology Page 55 Go to Town with Data Collection • Return to the Geometry page and drag the circumference in as far as you can. • Review the data in the spreadsheet.• Review the diameter/circumferenc...
Page 56 - A Different Approach to Scatterplots; The basic quadratic ready for fitting...
First Steps with TI-Nspire ™ Appendix: Multiple Representations Page 56 © 2012 Texas Instruments Education Technology A Different Approach to Scatterplots • Open a new Graphs page. • From the Graph Type menu choose Scatter plot – b34 . • Set x to be radius and y to be area . • From the Window menu c...