Login to SQL Developer as the SYS user for Getting Started tutorial

Question

I went to try and do the following tutorial to learn about SQL Developer 3.0, but I cannot get started because I'm unable to perform Prerequisite #3.
How do I "Login to SQL Developer as the SYS user"?
Dave
Getting Started with Oracle SQL Developer 3.0
Prerequisites
Before starting this tutorial, you should:
1 .
Install Oracle SQL Developer 3.0 from OTN. Follow the readme instructions here.
2 .
Install Oracle Database 11g with the Sample schema.
3.
Unlock the HR user. Login to SQL Developer as the SYS user and execute the following command:
alter user hr identified by hr account unlock;
Note: This tutorial is developed using Oracle SQL Developer 3.0.
4 .
Download and unzip the files.zip to a local folder on your file system. In this tutorial, we use the C:\sqldev3.0 folder.

Answer 1

I installed XE. It asked me to set up a username and password during the install.
How do I login as the SYS user, though?
There is a Connection Name, Username, and Password field when I try to set up a connection in SQL Developer, and I used the username and password I made during the install. I clicked the Test button to test the connection.
I see "Status: Failure -Test failed: ORA-28009: connection as SYS should be as SYSDBA or SYSOPER".
How do I tell SQL Developer "as SYSDBA or SYSOPER"?
Sorry, this is probably easy, and I'm just clueless about it.