tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75562282925981184112024-02-20T10:46:39.642-05:00Caledonia Technology NewsTech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-61385424579609747992022-04-26T15:11:00.000-04:002022-04-26T15:11:08.423-04:00Google Classroom Tips!<p>Continuing with our Google tips, here are some tips for Google Classroom:</p><p><b>1. Add a file to an assignment </b></p><p>Adding a Google doc/sheet/slide file to an assignment is a great way to keep up with how your students are doing on the assignment before it is turned it. When you do this, select the setting to "Create a copy for each student" and you will have access to see each student's file as they work on it.</p><p><span><b>2. Assign an assignment to certain students</b></span></p><p>You can assign an assignment to only certain students. There are multiple reasons why this may be helpful, such as an absent student or A & B versions of the same quiz. </p><p><b>3. Schedule assignments for multiple classes</b></p><p>When creating an assignment, you can schedule when the assignment goes live AND you can do this for multiple classes at the same time. Each class can have a different date it becomes available and a different due date if needed.</p><p><b>4. Rubric</b></p><p>You can add or create a rubric for an assignment. This allows you to use the rubric you added while grading the assignment.</p><p><b>5. Originality Report</b></p><p>By adding an originality report setting to an assignment, students can run this report to check for citation and plagiarism errors before submitting the assignment.</p><p><b>6. Comment Bank</b></p><p>There is a comment bank option for when grading and leaving comments on student work. This will allow you to add comments you use often to the comment bank. You can then simply select the comment when grading without needing to type it each time. You can even search for the comment you are looking for using key words within the comment bank.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-33416687193963282952022-04-13T08:05:00.002-04:002022-04-13T08:05:13.158-04:00Google Docs and Slides Tips!<p>It's been awhile since the Tech News Blog had a new post. I hope you are ready for some awesome new tips for Google Docs and Slides - teachers, this is for you!</p><p><u>Google Docs</u></p><p><b>Set Default Font</b></p><p></p><ol><li>Open a new Google Doc</li><li>Type something</li><li>Highlight and change the font of what you typed to what you want to set as default</li><li>Click the "Normal Text" dropdown</li><li>Hover on "Normal Text" and select "Update Normal Text to match"</li><li>Click the "Normal Text" dropdown again</li><li>Hover over "Options" and select "save as my default styles"</li><li>Now when you create a new Google doc, it will use the font you just set as your default!</li></ol><div><b>Video Previews</b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Open the Google Doc </li><li>Paste the video link in the doc <i>*Note: You will be prompted to replace this with a smart chip, which will automatically update the link to be the title of the video*</i></li><li>To play this video in the same window as a video preview, hover over the link and select "Open Preview"</li><li>You can now view the video right in your Google Doc window!</li></ol><div><b>Embed Drawings</b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Open a Google Doc</li><li>Click Insert > Drawing > New</li><li>Create your drawing or paste your drawing in the box</li><li>Click "Save and Close"</li><li>You can now double click and edit the drawing right in the Google Doc!</li></ol><div><u>Google Slides</u></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><b>Maximize space</b></div><div>To allow your slides to show better on your screen, you can hide the menus. There are two different ways to do this:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Click "View" and uncheck the "Show Speaker Notes" and "Show Filmstrip"<br /></li><li>Click "View" and select "Full Screen" *<i>Note: Press ESC on your keyboard to exit Full Screen*</i></li></ol><div><b>Live Captions</b></div></div><div>While presenting, you can turn on Live Captions for students to see the subtitles for what you say.</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Open a Google Slides file</li><li>Click "Present" </li><li>In the bottom left corner, click the 3 dots menu button</li><li>Hover over "Caption Preferences"</li><li>Click "Toggle Captions"</li><li>You can also change the location and size of the caption text in the "Caption Preferences"</li></ol><div><b>Publish to the Web</b></div></div><div>If you want to share a Google Slides presentation, but don't want it to show with all of the menus, you can publish to the web and get a link to share only the slides.</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Once your Google Slides presentation is complete, click "File"</li><li>Select "Publish to the Web"</li><li>Click "Publish", then "OK"</li><li>You will now have a link to share your slides in a web view without the menus!</li></ol></div><div><b></b></div><b></b></div><b></b></div><b></b><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-56512235584804684652022-01-07T09:27:00.000-05:002022-01-07T09:27:12.975-05:00PowerSchool Update 21.11.1.0<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">PowerSchool got some updates! Every so often, we update PowerSchool to the most recent version. This means new features, bug fixes, and other helpful changes. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Here are the updates you will see as of January 7,2022:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. New look/colors on some pages.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. <u>PowerTeacher Pro</u>:</span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>Filter Assignments</b>: Teachers are now able to filter assignments on the Standards Scoresheet, allowing teachers to view specific categories or due dates for analysis.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>Missing Assignment Report</b>: Teachers can include assignments with a score of zero on missing assignment report. </span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>Starting Page</b>: Teachers can now set a default starting page other than the Assignment List.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>Transfer Scores</b>: Teachers can now review the score type and assignment points for each assignment available on Transfer Score, allowing teachers to understand the weight of each assignment. </span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. The <span style="color: #333333;">Career Tech pages have been renamed Academic and Career Planner, or ACP.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">4. Administrators can now assign pathways of courses to an Academic and Career Plan.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">5. <u>Health</u>: </span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">Search medications by category, such as "fever".</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">When adding immunization records for a student, the count on the Health - Immunization tab now displays the dose totals correctly.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">6. <b>Security</b>: </span><span style="color: #333333;">Username and Password fields have been updated to disable autocomplete, spellcheck, autocorrect, and auto-capitalize</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;">7. <u>PowerSchool Admin:</u></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><b>Blank Records</b>: The Entry Codes and Exit Codes allowed the creation of blank records which allowed duplicate values. Validation is now in place to ensure that there are no blank codes.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Enrollment Summary Report</b>: </span>This report now includes a breakdown of all genders defined in the Gender code set when clicking on the student total links.</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Contacts</b>: "Contacts" page now shows when an account is locked due to multiple invalid login attempts.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Forms</b>: All forms can now be translated to all languages supported by PowerSchool.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Enrollment Email</b>: There is now an option to resent the Enrollment email through the Pre-registration Submissions report.</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. <b>Graduation Planner:</b> Now can configure a Graduation Plan with a required minimum GPA that is calculated using one of the options below:</span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All courses that a student has taken</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Only those courses that were applied to the Graduation Plan</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;">9. <b>Parent Portal</b>: Schools are now shown in alphabetical order.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-66882131646379591372021-10-25T08:08:00.005-04:002021-10-25T08:08:43.844-04:00New Google Tools & Features!<p> There are some new tools and features on Google for Education that are available NOW!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Google Classroom/Google Meet</b></p><ul><li><span>Students can't join if the host isn't on the meeting</span></li><li><span>Only students in Google Classroom can join the meeting</span></li><li><span>Anyone outside the class roster has to ask to join</span></li><li><span>Co-teachers in Google Classroom are automatically made co-hosts of the meeting</span></li><li><span>Pin or unpin presentation or other tiles for display</span></li><li>Turn off all videos at once</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>Google Docs</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Checklist with clickable checkboxes</li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3PHFSBRS8O4/YXL08kNR3VI/AAAAAAAAAKw/ye6-eWG84BMhZUXNwywGwGhIi0Lb3RXwwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span> </span><span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="761" height="180" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3PHFSBRS8O4/YXL08kNR3VI/AAAAAAAAAKw/ye6-eWG84BMhZUXNwywGwGhIi0Lb3RXwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w423-h180/image.png" width="423" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Smart Chips</li><ul><li>Use the @ button to tag a person, attach a file, a calendar event or a date</li></ul></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jI4zkerGRZA/YXLwyw-NA1I/AAAAAAAAAKo/w5kbfz6T5hsC1jDpvGf-r25fV8XwFQ-xQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="529" height="167" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jI4zkerGRZA/YXLwyw-NA1I/AAAAAAAAAKo/w5kbfz6T5hsC1jDpvGf-r25fV8XwFQ-xQCLcBGAsYHQ/w366-h167/image.png" width="366" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>If you add a calendar event with the smart chips, it will give you the option to create a meeting note template and also add the note template document to the calendar event!</li></ul></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gJRbBmP1Zys/YXL4XZV8RLI/AAAAAAAAALU/bEevQ2Ef9UIK5tE3bOQYv82E8dfiQIaJACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="389" height="55" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gJRbBmP1Zys/YXL4XZV8RLI/AAAAAAAAALU/bEevQ2Ef9UIK5tE3bOQYv82E8dfiQIaJACLcBGAsYHQ/w243-h55/image.png" width="243" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cbNoZfmbWyg/YXL4Mu9vvXI/AAAAAAAAALM/jB13CLQtS6YI4ZeUZmc2-QG6s_XVCdSaQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="365" height="117" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cbNoZfmbWyg/YXL4Mu9vvXI/AAAAAAAAALM/jB13CLQtS6YI4ZeUZmc2-QG6s_XVCdSaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w235-h117/image.png" width="235" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><b>Tasks</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>To-Do Lists </li><li>Show on the side of Gmail</li><li>Add a date to show in Google Calendar - make sure the Tasks calendar is enabled</li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--cep3ZLNfUg/YXL1gGYCCkI/AAAAAAAAAK4/WkbqtPORhdUUPOufEUa-XIGz7wJM39iowCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="667" height="178" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--cep3ZLNfUg/YXL1gGYCCkI/AAAAAAAAAK4/WkbqtPORhdUUPOufEUa-XIGz7wJM39iowCLcBGAsYHQ/w231-h178/image.png" width="231" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V-BTr6jBHWc/YXL18gkqnVI/AAAAAAAAALA/j23z-Sy7iTgGdpQcybJjNgpI1WldQSyvQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="533" height="257" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V-BTr6jBHWc/YXL18gkqnVI/AAAAAAAAALA/j23z-Sy7iTgGdpQcybJjNgpI1WldQSyvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w237-h257/image.png" width="237" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hopefully these amazing features will help save you time and effort! </div></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-79453967675780862592021-10-06T11:11:00.002-04:002021-10-07T08:49:23.519-04:00Enrollment Notifications - Secretaries OnlyWhen a new student enrolls, an email is sent to the building secretary to inform of the new enrollment. The secretary then needs to acknowledge this new enrollment. The student will continue to show up in emails each day until the enrollment is acknowledged. Once it is acknowledged, the student will no longer show up in the daily email. <div><br /></div><div>Enrollment Acknowledgement is done in the student record > Custom Info > Contact Info.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t311t-luF48/YV2eAaEBmoI/AAAAAAAAAJI/pQ1wAagYxGYAlQJnh-voa2s7dcVLtOiYwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="717" height="316" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t311t-luF48/YV2eAaEBmoI/AAAAAAAAAJI/pQ1wAagYxGYAlQJnh-voa2s7dcVLtOiYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w464-h316/image.png" width="464" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><b><u>Special Programs Staff</u></b></div><div>There are similar emails for new students with specific tags marked by the parent/guardian on the Enrollment Form, such as Special Education and English Learner. These students will need to acknowledged as well.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z7wmrsBE_2I/YV240mtgTEI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/CjZCUUOKud8vGNlKyJ5KR7-L_3XMNp-NQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="757" height="334" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z7wmrsBE_2I/YV240mtgTEI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/CjZCUUOKud8vGNlKyJ5KR7-L_3XMNp-NQCLcBGAsYHQ/w471-h334/image.png" width="471" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As always, if you have any question, don't hesitate to reach out to the tech department.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-88031733474537468392021-09-20T13:34:00.008-04:002021-09-21T08:45:26.459-04:00Troubleshooting Parent Portal and SchoolMessenger<div><b><u>Parent Portal</u></b></div><div>There are two new articles on the knowledge base for tips on troubleshooting parent portal login issues. </div><div><br /></div><div>- One of the articles is for how you as staff can help troubleshoot <b><u>before</u> </b>contacting the help desk.</div><div><br /></div><div>- The other article can be shared with parents/guardians to have them check things on their end.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://ccskb.calschools.org/books/parent-and-student-portals" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Knowledge Base - Parent and Student Portals</a></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>On another note, settings have been changed for the Knowledge Base and you will now need to login with your staff account credentials to view the articles. If you have any issues, contact Brittany Hice.</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><b><u>SchoolMessenger</u></b></span></span></div><div><span><span>There is a new knowledge base article to show how to see a broadcast report, check recipient delivery status, see if a recipient has blocked our communications, and remove them from the blocked list if needed.</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><a href="https://ccskb.calschools.org/books/powerschool" target="_blank">Knowledge Base - SchoolMessenger </a><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>Don't forget to subscribe to receive an email when there is a new blog post!</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4-yW6hTMYE/YPcti4xSmGI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FiznybW1zKkvZOl0RyGlkXR6f33BpaifgCLcBGAsYHQ/s846/Screenshot%2B2021-07-20%2B160934.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="846" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4-yW6hTMYE/YPcti4xSmGI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FiznybW1zKkvZOl0RyGlkXR6f33BpaifgCLcBGAsYHQ/w388-h279/Screenshot%2B2021-07-20%2B160934.png" width="388" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-19353009101097969972021-09-13T09:16:00.001-04:002021-09-13T11:12:05.967-04:00Little SIS and Google Classroom Sync<p>An update is coming for Google Classroom sync from PowerSchool! A program called "Little SIS" pulls class information from PowerSchool and creates or updates classes in Google Classroom. This happens each night to ensure classes are always up to date based on the rosters in PowerSchool. </p><p>This update will allow teachers to have better control of the classes pulled into Google Classrooms. </p><p>When a Google Classroom is provisioned, an email with a link to the Teacher Review website will allow teachers to review the information.</p><p>The Teacher Review will allow teachers to:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Review the class information pulled from PowerSchool</li><li>Merge multiple classes into a single class</li><li>Link a provisioned class with an existing Google Classroom </li></ul>This is accomplished using a drag and drop feature.<br /><p>We think this will be a great tool to help ensure student rosters and classes are always up to date, while allowing teachers more control over their Google Classroom structure.</p><p>Keep an eye out for more information coming later this week!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UowgRKM9xy4/YTunraRlzFI/AAAAAAAAAIc/BhAbn57GgqgSo41ARdvHrp3PBU2hJVHHwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1617" height="335" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UowgRKM9xy4/YTunraRlzFI/AAAAAAAAAIc/BhAbn57GgqgSo41ARdvHrp3PBU2hJVHHwCLcBGAsYHQ/w583-h335/image.png" width="583" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-32508733759353703822021-09-09T13:59:00.000-04:002021-09-13T11:12:14.943-04:00Google for Education Updates<p>Google has been working hard to give new and improved features to Google for Education programs, such as Google Classroom, Google Meet, and Google Drive. They used feedback from distance learning during the pandemic to update and create some helpful tools. </p><p>Below is a list of some new features available now and coming soon!</p><div><b>Google Classroom Updates</b></div><div><b> </b><u>Coming Soon</u></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Schedule assignments to multiple classes at the same time</li><li>Student engagement and activity tracking</li><li>Use offline in the Android app, then submit when back online</li></ul></div><div><b>Google Meet Updates</b></div><div> <b> </b><u>Available</u><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Identify and notify a person if they are causing an echo</li></ul><div> <u>Coming Soon</u> <br /></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span>Students can't join if the host isn't on the meeting</span></li><li><span>Only students in Google Classroom can join the meeting</span></li><li><span>Co-teachers in Google Classroom are automatically made co-hosts of the meeting</span></li><li><span>Pin or unpin presentation or other tiles for display</span></li><li>Improved hand raise sound and icon (shows list in order and automatically removed when done speaking)</li><li>Turn off all videos at once</li></ul><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Google Workspace Updates</b></div></div><div><b> </b><u>Available</u></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>New fonts available!</li><li>Google Docs</li><ul><li>Smart Chips - Tag people or files</li><li>Checkboxes for lists</li><li>Grammar suggestions (including inclusive language suggestions)</li></ul><li>Google Drive</li><ul><li>Make files available offline</li></ul><li>Google Sheets</li><ul><li>Intelligent formula suggestions</li></ul><li>Google Forms</li><ul><li>Automatically save responses to return to later</li></ul><li>YouTube</li><ul><li>Students set to under 18 no longer able to create videos or comment</li></ul><li>Search</li><ul><li>Safe Search enabled for users under 18 if using Google Chrome and logged in (even if using incognito mode)</li></ul></ul><div> <u>Coming soon</u><br /></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Google Docs </li><ul><li>Tables with voting</li><li>Meeting note templates</li><li>Table templates</li></ul><li>Google Drive</li><ul><li>Embed Microsoft Office files in Google Files</li></ul><li>Google Forms</li><ul><li>Simplify settings with a new "Settings" tab at the top</li></ul><li>Chromebooks</li><ul><li>6-Digit Pin login</li></ul></ul><div><br /></div></div><div>Hopefully these changes will help you and your students this school year! As always, if you have any questions, contact the Tech Department.</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-39945713075556425922021-08-17T14:42:00.000-04:002021-08-17T14:42:17.560-04:00Welcome Back to School 2021-22<p>Welcome to a new school year! </p><p>We've been working hard to get some new and improved <u>resources</u> available for this year. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>This <b>Blog</b> will continue to be used regularly, as it has been this summer. If you haven't yet subscribed to receive emails for new posts, you can do so by entering your email in the "Follow By Email" box to the right. </li><li>The <b>Knowledge Base</b> is on a new platform that is more user friendly. There are many new articles for step-by-step directions for different technology resources.</li><li>Clever has a <b>Quick Start Tutorial</b> that is great for those new to Clever or those that may need a refresher : <a href="https://clever.academy/quick-start-teachers">https://clever.academy/quick-start-teachers</a></li></ul><div><div><span><u>Technology Updates</u></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Phone System Change</b> - To dial an outside line, press "8" now instead of "9". We switched it due to the large amount of accidental 911 calls.</li><li><b>Phone Extension Changes (KMIS and DLMS)</b> - With the many changes to classrooms and room numbers, most phone extensions have changed and voicemails will need to be set up again. This <a href="https://10.25.8.243/inbox/" target="_blank">link</a> will take you to the self-care portal to set up your voicemail. The login is the same as your staff account/email.</li><li><b>New A/V Systems (KMIS and DLMS)</b> - There are new A/V systems in some of the classrooms. These are not much different than the old ones, but the voice enhancement is different.</li><li><b>New PA System (Caledonia Elementary)</b> </li><li><b>Updates to A/V Systems (Caledonia Elementary)</b> - All of the classrooms in the West Wing had A/V systems removed. We will be reinstalling them with some projector upgrades. </li></ul></div></div><div><u>Bi-Weekly Office Hours (Secretaries and Admins)</u></div><div><br /></div><div><span> Office hours will be set up to begin after the rush of the start to the school year is over. These office hours will be great for building secretaries and administrators that have questions regarding anything<span> </span>technology related.</span><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><u>Upcoming Trainings</u></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span> November 11 (PD Option) - LANSchool: A program to control student Chromebooks during lessons</span><br /></div><div><span><span> </span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Staff Board Policy - Acceptable Use Agreement</u></div><div><br /></div><div> Staff members are required to complete the board policy agreement for acceptable use of technology. This agreement must be accepted annually. This can be done in PowerSchool/PowerTeacher. Please complete this by <b>September 1, 2021.</b><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> </b><a href="http://ccskb.calschools.org/books/forms/page/how-to-complete-the-staff-board-policy-agreement-in-powerteacher" target="_blank">Click here</a> for directions in PowerTeacher<br /></div><div><span> <a href="http://ccskb.calschools.org/books/forms/page/how-to-complete-the-staff-board-policy-agreement-in-powerschool" target="_blank">Click here</a> for directions in PowerSchool Admin</span><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Looking forward to a great school year! Thank you for all you do! As always, if you have any questions, contact the tech department.</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-13370197948732185392021-07-30T07:57:00.000-04:002021-09-13T11:12:24.032-04:00Phone System Change<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Last year, there were numerous unintentional 911 calls placed from our phone system. This causes frustration with the county dispatch and our School Resource Officer when dispatch cannot connect with the individual who called for confirmation. The School Resource Officer or another deputy must then check for an actual emergency. With continued false alarms, comes a decrease in effectiveness and timeliness of responses to our school district.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a common problem with phone systems that use "9" to dial an outside line. After looking at different possible solutions, we have determined the best option is to make the change to our phone system to use "8" to dial an outside line. This change will happen on <b><u>Friday, August 6th.</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We will run an awareness campaign during the months of August and September in an effort to communicate this change to all staff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While this solution is not ideal, we believe it is the best option.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, reach out to the Tech Department with any questions!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-54793146880289186082021-07-23T12:50:00.000-04:002021-07-23T12:50:08.178-04:00PowerSchool Updates!<p>We have updated to the new Back to School version of PowerSchool. With this update, comes some exciting enhancements and new features! This update focused mostly on the admin side of PowerSchool, but there were a few changes to the look and feel of PowerTeacher and PowerTeacher Pro.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Teachers</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Updated icons in PowerTeacher</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-81dc7b15-7fff-dafb-ab49-e4a020ad71a6"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 184px; overflow: hidden; width: 420px;"><img height="184" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SDtO1JAcPv2Y7NJV-QRvwlN9YGVzCOFe1Rw1CNJXE7Y8OiACJ18iRPYBj_Pu858fp57ZEMoKkvTtYW6CVAMG_w7YsoFJAD2jX3V6J10dAcduDK0xuLe8AZICMV6XLqmJMNfVc2LN" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="420" /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Student Observations </li><ul><li>Add time-stamped notes in PowerTeacher Pro</li><li>See the <b>Knowledge Base</b> for directions!</li></ul></ul></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Admin</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Updated alert icons - includes accessibility improvements</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-45cc1832-7fff-c06c-2953-e1dbdfb197f7"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 146px; overflow: hidden; width: 500px;"><img height="129" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/oXZw_iZXA8sJBdL-RlYS1xQYf2NivIGsG_U3_GjnI3lHkXUFmTvIXd7G58NQXnEJZK5_iQgbioaZCr5WyAFeoE0-P8_b1Qncn1-RUR8Y5AY2uIS9Yr5BFob5DOIDu0LVm-UCG-l7=w440-h129" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="440" /></span></span></span></div><h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><u style="font-weight: normal;">Graduation Plans</u></li></ul></h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>New user interface and format!</li></ul></ul> <b> <span style="color: red;">*All graduation plans will need to be moved to the new version - more</span></b></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> information coming soon!*</span><br /></b></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Now track<b> Senior Math</b>!</li><li>Use complex & mixed requirements (example: complete Test A with 80% or Course B with C+ or higher)</li><li>Select if test scores should be from same day or combined with other testing instances</li><li>View all courses completed even if not counted toward the graduation plan</li><li>Exclude grades from <b>ineligible</b> years, such as middle school</li></ul></ul><h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><u style="font-weight: normal;">Health </u></li></ul></h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Input office visits, medications, health concerns, and health plans</li><li>Health module shows when a student is <b>absent</b></li><li><b>Multi-select</b> options for office visits (ex. assessments, visit reason, treatments)</li><li>Prevent <b>overlapping</b> health concerns</li><li>Edit monitoring schedule already created</li><li><b>Copy</b> health plans to a new school year</li><li>Exclude vaccine dose from compliance calculations</li><li>New data sets in <b>Import/Export Manager</b></li></ul></ul><h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><u style="font-weight: normal;">Search</u></li></ul></h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>"<b><i>enrolled_in</i></b>" and "<b><i>not_enrolled_in</i></b>" now include pre-registered and active any date</li><li>"<b><i>currently_enrolled_in</i></b>" and "<i><b>not_currently_enrolled_in</b></i>" only include active enrollments as of current day</li></ul></ul><div><br /></div></div><div>The blog has gotten a new subscription service. If you had previously subscribed to receive emails for new posts, you will need to <u>re-enter your email</u> to subscribe again. If you haven't subscribed yet, see the screenshot below for how to do so.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ea77221b-7fff-b3d8-af65-258413d87239"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 288px; overflow: hidden; width: 400px;"><img height="288" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/knEwmW9rEi4Cx68DqEB8aHcT5TSWG9iSr0uEjXE9DWijUCYSlLWX6gA78o3qhsfKWUu5CluOED_dI5moULXqh-RZohvmT_bZ6QfhriQBKBRWBx9xuViNmgA4q4NWGP015vTwUSkX" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="400" /></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-40075145185286666542021-07-08T08:48:00.001-04:002021-07-20T16:09:59.605-04:00The Tech News Blog is Back!<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of you may be familiar with the Tech News blog, but if not, this blog is intended to provide consistent updates and information about technology at CCS. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">To start off, let me introduce myself! My name is Brittany Hice and I am the new <u>Technology Trainer</u>. My role is to create documentation and provide training on technology resources, mostly software programs, used in our schools. I will be using this blog to provide updates and information about technology with a new post about once a month. If you want to receive an email when a new blog post is posted, enter your email in the <b>“Follow by Email”</b> box.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4-yW6hTMYE/YPcti4xSmGI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FiznybW1zKkvZOl0RyGlkXR6f33BpaifgCLcBGAsYHQ/s846/Screenshot%2B2021-07-20%2B160934.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="846" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u4-yW6hTMYE/YPcti4xSmGI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FiznybW1zKkvZOl0RyGlkXR6f33BpaifgCLcBGAsYHQ/w388-h279/Screenshot%2B2021-07-20%2B160934.png" width="388" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a3de3ace-7fff-aa62-1631-89c5e0bfd33a"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the main resources we have for technology is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">new Knowledge Base</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This is a place you can go to find training and directions for many different pieces of technology, such as PowerSchool, Google, SchoolMessenger, etc. This will be ever-changing with new articles or updates as needed. Before putting in a Helpdesk ticket, this is a great place to check for information! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Knowledge Base link is available in a few places:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span><span> 1. On the main website </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <a href="https://www.calschools.org/">calschools.org</a></span> > Our District > Departments > Technology</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t3TeBNdq0ek/YObsIvFXwBI/AAAAAAAAAEg/CH7cLWgeUFcKUJUHv3I1mNv7eX5VZIjnQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="552" data-original-width="695" height="318" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t3TeBNdq0ek/YObsIvFXwBI/AAAAAAAAAEg/CH7cLWgeUFcKUJUHv3I1mNv7eX5VZIjnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h318/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span><span> 2. On the blog homepage</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ekaaAWjwBLM/YObsdHwT8KI/AAAAAAAAAEo/yKnjqoMrMnAXgBZnZBdKfPDWXSwPv2ZgwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="549" data-original-width="763" height="288" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ekaaAWjwBLM/YObsdHwT8KI/AAAAAAAAAEo/yKnjqoMrMnAXgBZnZBdKfPDWXSwPv2ZgwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span> </span><span> </span>3. Link: <a href="http://ccskb.calschools.org/">http://ccskb.calschools.org/</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> *</span>Highly recommend </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">bookmarking</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> this link*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">New features available in the PowerSchool and PowerTeacher update - blog post coming soon!</span></div></div><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-16453519571221038842020-08-19T08:33:00.001-04:002020-08-19T08:33:21.838-04:00Caledonia Schools Networks<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">Everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the summer the Tech department made some changes in the wireless network to improve our security, and give the ability to log into other networks to our Chromebooks to facilitate remote learning. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a brief over view of those changes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CCS-Secure</b> - only DISTRICT OWNED devices will connect to this network. These are laptops or Chromebooks issued by the Tech department. NOT phones. If you have a District owned device and it won't connect contact the help desk </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CCS-Staff </b>- use this network for your personal devices (cell phones). This network functions like CCS-secure used too...enter your username and password</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CCS-Student</b> - this will be used for the middle schools and high school for student Chromebooks and personal student devices. Students username and password are required for this as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the lower right hand corner of the Chromebook click the wireless icon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Select "ccs-student" the Join Wifi network dialogue box appears</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Security should be set to EAP</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">3. EAP Method should be set to PEAP</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">4. EAP Phase 2 authentication set to MSCHAPV2</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Server CA Certificate set to Do Not Check</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Identity is student's username (firstlast)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Password is student's password (A1110000 for example)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CCS-Guest</b> - guest network. Will require registering with our portal once connected. This network has restricted access! If you realize your applications are not behaving correctly make sure you are NOT on this network.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always contact the Tech Department with any questions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Rich Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652530563879601802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-6088744426651903512020-08-19T05:17:00.000-04:002020-08-19T05:17:05.194-04:00Google Sites<h4 style="text-align: left;">G-Suite for Education Update</h4><p><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Starting</span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">August 13, 2020</strong><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">, new Sites will become the default option for website creation. </span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;">What do I need to know?</h4><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0px;">All existing classic Sites must be migrated by December 2021. Below is the high level transition timeline:</p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>August 2020 -</strong> New Sites will become the default option for website creation.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Starting May 2021 -</strong> New website creation will no longer be available in classic Sites. This means that any new websites created in the organization will only be in new Sites.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Starting October 2021 -</strong> Editing of remaining classic Sites will be disabled.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Starting December 2021 -</strong> When users try to visit a classic Site, they will no longer see the website content. Any remaining classic Sites will automatically be:<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Downloaded as an archive and saved to the site owner’s Google Drive.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Replaced with a draft in the new Sites experience for site owners to review and publish.</li></ul></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">To help support your domain’s transition, in early 2021, we will follow up with a reminder on the steps required to complete your migration.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For additional details or questions and the latest resources, review the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnExhotME3tYa0GkV02jkEYen_s0q-nkJ3AxRo54VsrHDK7-JQwvsUBhOV-nIaOu7phHtVcViC_LnFyV8xtByYIWEawESPlNQjSGD78N_Eq1V&source=gmail&ust=1597836310570000&usg=AFQjCNHqd6dFQHDILFaiH0o5ZS9e67zdIQ" href="https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnExhotME3tYa0GkV02jkEYen_s0q-nkJ3AxRo54VsrHDK7-JQwvsUBhOV-nIaOu7phHtVcViC_LnFyV8xtByYIWEawESPlNQjSGD78N_Eq1V" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">help center</a>.</p><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;">What do I need to do?</h4><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Start planning for the change</strong> to ensure a smooth transition.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A new <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEwXRfd0gXeTpTEsl3yhxvk9Gkvid_Lj4DZ7dNaFdoQM35nWkNYxWg8piR5VFomyHNCpcH-tUjFLvhwPVDxYQRzuWOZFLK7IuQ7W7q_KEWMs0w&source=gmail&ust=1597836310570000&usg=AFQjCNGEUb0fnaQhYslbvRr_FsXNPG-0zg" href="https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AD-FnEwXRfd0gXeTpTEsl3yhxvk9Gkvid_Lj4DZ7dNaFdoQM35nWkNYxWg8piR5VFomyHNCpcH-tUjFLvhwPVDxYQRzuWOZFLK7IuQ7W7q_KEWMs0w" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Classic Sites Manager</a> is now available for you and your users to manage the transition. The console allows you to view all classic Sites in your domain, export a summary to Google Sheets for project management, and take bulk actions to convert, archive or delete your sites.</p>Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-68577572797764667472020-08-18T11:54:00.006-04:002020-08-19T05:17:39.488-04:00Clever Badges<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDfnANZDxS1-geTkMOsqWz-BykX4L6T7MlWhoy7JAeg-xA9wRVY_K2AssOmAGEjpuZvJjueMkxKToe1zkfDdLu45jmZMGktDJE-BwcEUiaYsAPLeGm5cUqHn1JXqL3xilhczySXHXIxg/w85-h85/clever.png" /></p></div><p> <span style="font-family: arial;">As part of the Clever roll out we have enable the use of Badges.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Badges allow users to log into their Chromebook/Clever Portal by holding a QR code up to the built in camera on either a Chromebook or Laptop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>As of right now badges are ONLY enabled for the Elementary Schools</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">QR codes can be printed for the students in multiple ways.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Teachers will be able to print them out for their classes. The steps to do so follow:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Share your page with your students</b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1: Log into
Clever (<a href="https://clever.com/in/caledonia">https://clever.com/in/caledonia</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2: Click
onto your <Name>’s Page.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3: In the
top left click ‘Edit Student Sharing’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4: Select
how you want to share your page.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Printing badges for your class:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">1: Log into Clever<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">2: Click your Teacher Page you shared with your class<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">3: In the top left, click on the Login Tools<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">4: Select “Download Student Badges”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">5: Print the badges and distribute them to your students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Printing a badge for a single student:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">1: Log into Clever<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">2: Click your Teacher Page you shared with your class<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">3: Click on the student’s name of the left-hand side<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">4: Select “Download Badge”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">5: Print badge and distribute it to the student</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>*NOTE*</b> if the badge is lost make sure that you VOID the previous badge.</span></p><br /><p></p>Rich Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652530563879601802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-12420072611065213712020-08-18T10:33:00.000-04:002020-08-18T10:33:14.833-04:00Clever Rollout<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDfnANZDxS1-geTkMOsqWz-BykX4L6T7MlWhoy7JAeg-xA9wRVY_K2AssOmAGEjpuZvJjueMkxKToe1zkfDdLu45jmZMGktDJE-BwcEUiaYsAPLeGm5cUqHn1JXqL3xilhczySXHXIxg/s132/clever.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="132" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDfnANZDxS1-geTkMOsqWz-BykX4L6T7MlWhoy7JAeg-xA9wRVY_K2AssOmAGEjpuZvJjueMkxKToe1zkfDdLu45jmZMGktDJE-BwcEUiaYsAPLeGm5cUqHn1JXqL3xilhczySXHXIxg/w85-h85/clever.png" width="85" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Everyone,</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;">As some of you may be aware we have stared using a product called Clever to provide Single Sign On and Rosters for some of our most used Educational applications.</span></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;">The portal is used by both students and staff to access applications. Clever syncs multiple times throughout the day with PowerSchool, and our applications sync nightly to keep student rosters up-to-date in applications.</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have changed the portal page on the Chromebooks to launch Clever now instead of the student intranet.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />When you login to the Clever portal you use the same credentials you use to login to your District email account. Once you login to the Clever portal you only need to click on an application tile to automatically login and access the application. A couple applications may require you to to login once and then Clever will remember the password for future use.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If you don't have an application tile on your portal, you don't have access to the application.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Clever portal can be found here: <a href="https://clever.com/in/caledonia">https://clever.com/in/caledonia</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These applications are set up, or are in process with Clever.</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Acadience Learning (DIBLES)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Amplify</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Discovery Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Follett Destiny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">iReady</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">IXL</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Google Classroom</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Gmail</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Naviance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">TCI</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">NoRedInk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">NWEA</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Savvas (My Prespective)</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Please log into the Clever portal as soon as possible and explore this great new tool.</span><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-36863833792413286342020-08-07T14:03:00.002-04:002020-08-07T14:03:38.934-04:00Power Teacher Pro Updates<p>PowerSchool update 20.4 has brought several new features and enhancements to PowerTeacher and the PowerTeacher Pro (PTP) grade book. This post will review some of the significant new features and how to access information on all of the new features and enhancements.</p><p>For those of you that are new to PowerTeacher or have not used it much I want to clarify the difference between PowerTeacher and PowerTeacher Pro.</p><p><b>PowerTeacher</b> is the landing page for all teachers in PowerSchool. It is where you take attendance, setup seating charts, see your schedule, run reports, and many other features. It is not a grade book.</p><p><b>PowerTeacher Pro (PTP)</b> is a relatively new grade book for PowerSchool. It has been around for about 5 years. The old PowerSchool grade book is being phased out. PTP is where you setup and grade assignments, group students, run progress and other reports, and access other features. PTP is where the new features reviewed below are accessed.</p><p><b>Student Contacts</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAElui_xLr28W1wQAsOSTaex8cRTZleVWlsBm960uheQZXc6xdnYM-yk9-SUIJqeVILPhjjQxdxdCtBYPT5EOhix4eWRwpR_ow8Mshhp7_K4GUUbAqu4zE6PNNyaWruQHvLm4R0gAFkYI/s696/PTP_Contacts.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="696" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAElui_xLr28W1wQAsOSTaex8cRTZleVWlsBm960uheQZXc6xdnYM-yk9-SUIJqeVILPhjjQxdxdCtBYPT5EOhix4eWRwpR_ow8Mshhp7_K4GUUbAqu4zE6PNNyaWruQHvLm4R0gAFkYI/w328-h214/PTP_Contacts.png" width="328" /></a></b></div><p></p><p>Student contacts are now available in PTP. Contacts have been available in PowerTeacher for awhile through the use of a customized plug-in. PowerSchool has now added student contacts to the student demographics page in PTP. After selecting <b>Demographics</b>,<b> </b>contact information is below the student information. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVbbMrSjvbCA2wAytBJ5XTI98vwriOMxBpIoRhCEo5kgfPblYt9vI9UOX2oWy-6CKBy0jeWB-b39Eyo9WWmrv5lCQ5dhepwrUasq7zypY-fX0SXeU6JtvaYe1Yw4eRXJVICSuhIp_1Hc/s579/PTP_Contact2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="579" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVbbMrSjvbCA2wAytBJ5XTI98vwriOMxBpIoRhCEo5kgfPblYt9vI9UOX2oWy-6CKBy0jeWB-b39Eyo9WWmrv5lCQ5dhepwrUasq7zypY-fX0SXeU6JtvaYe1Yw4eRXJVICSuhIp_1Hc/w296-h88/PTP_Contact2.PNG" width="296" /></a><br />We will leave the customized contacts enabled because in some cases they are more convenient to use. However, the new Student Contacts feature in PTP adds some contact fields when printing Student roster reports.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Email</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dqZq-F-iP7x4kSXtfBAvzFEVMD6QSRNUM11_4icVJObJn6lSxYrYkgjbLcaYfEXqhgqLd57jLzqMdjZpghEbN6tWTq9mLn9YYz1QexKErtLdpGXMvXLsdVuXxXwVOvC34jGh4dSAu9U/s246/PTP_Email.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="209" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dqZq-F-iP7x4kSXtfBAvzFEVMD6QSRNUM11_4icVJObJn6lSxYrYkgjbLcaYfEXqhgqLd57jLzqMdjZpghEbN6tWTq9mLn9YYz1QexKErtLdpGXMvXLsdVuXxXwVOvC34jGh4dSAu9U/w134-h158/PTP_Email.PNG" width="134" /></a>Another new feature in PTP is Email. You can now send emails to students, parents, or both using PTP. You access the Email feature by clicking on the Create (small plus symbol in the upper right) and picking <b>Email </b>from the list. <br /><br />Use the <b>Select Classes</b> drop down to select one or more classes. Use the recipient checkbox on the left to select students and on the right to select student contacts. Use the <b>Filter </b>section to narrow down your choices. Click on the <b>Message </b>tab to enter the subject and text of the email. Use the <b>CC Me</b> checkbox to receive a copy of the email. Please note, the email feature can only be used to send simple text only email messages. If you want to send a newsletter, form, link, or other non text item use School Messenger.<br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="635" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjh2DLuhElrJOixT8EBFb9eJyB3-yWi89Vz5m31mD4KN8PZnsXjqynglbBNjOrxEC57KmTY9ikg2sz2fsCjiFX3_Rpk1TvADvyps6ajrJjIFvvcSvE5wpi7nVH_fwkp2iUBhpXFH2KzyQ/w325-h171/PTP_Email2.PNG" width="325" /></div>Back on the Recipients tab there is a <b>Copy Emails</b> button. This will copy all of the selected recipient email addresses to your clipboard. You can then paste to your Gmail <b>To</b> field. <i>Use this sparingly as it will be charged against our daily Gmail usage quota. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Getting Help</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdE9AA15gLI6m2d_R4_KeMEEoSbOYYmnsvtmfhA7gzlXj4ur9uAjJjHCJ5sIUJSwJHiYT3QBkd4McMN-U7p0nq-qBWOLugT3knv5aCQEswEVHjeBwlsK-eaSOwd-f0_o3NtfgT7KLUjDg/s217/PTP_Help.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="155" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdE9AA15gLI6m2d_R4_KeMEEoSbOYYmnsvtmfhA7gzlXj4ur9uAjJjHCJ5sIUJSwJHiYT3QBkd4McMN-U7p0nq-qBWOLugT3knv5aCQEswEVHjeBwlsK-eaSOwd-f0_o3NtfgT7KLUjDg/w124-h174/PTP_Help.PNG" width="124" /></a></div>There are additional features and enhancements to PTP and they are continuously adding more with major updates. Click on the question mark symbol in the upper right to access help features. Selecting <b>Getting Started</b> will display the Welcome information that was displayed the first time you opened the new version. There are some basic labels of features, videos, and additional information. Selecting <b>What's New?</b> will show a list of the key enhancements along with a What's New video. Selecting <b>Help </b>will take you to the live PowerTeacher Pro help site. This site provides detailed information on most aspects of PTP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p>Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-64080592931168289872020-07-21T07:02:00.000-04:002020-07-21T07:02:44.979-04:00PowerSchool UpdateThe latest PowerSchool update makes some significant changes to the Start Page experience. The "New Experience" is currently disabled but we are planning on enabling next week. It may feel uncomfortable at first but you should get used to it quickly. There are several improvements with the search capabilities. <div><br /></div><div>To learn more about the new features select Help and then System Help in the upper right corner of your screen. Select the New Experience menu option on the left.</div>Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-33531835449887043352020-06-17T08:56:00.000-04:002020-06-17T08:56:23.030-04:00Windows UpdatesPatch Tuesday! This is the label attributed to the monthly Windows updates. It occurs on the second Tuesday of every month and contains security updates as well as other operating system fixes and updates. The updates run behind the scenes but often require one or more restarts to complete the installation. The computer will generally slow down and sometimes features will not work until the updates are complete. Eventually you will be forced to restart your computer and the timing will likely be inopportune. <div><br /></div><div>Best practice is to restart your computer weekly at a minimum and to complete lingering Windows updates immediately after Patch Tuesday. </div><div><br /></div><div>First you need to understand what is and is not restarting your computer. Closing the lid usually does not shutdown your computer. Even the Power button might not shut down your computer or trigger pending updates.</div><div><br /></div><div>Use either of the following methods to ensure your computer is restarted and updates are installed:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Note: Make sure to close all applications prior to running updates. Running applications can cause the update process to fail.</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyZAARR3rZBSRoxNmac86WjhPFek_SQoEOxyMQxxujrbAfKb0zF4wtr66bQU2PXSCdehuF4e5g_39rFzzRjYpgK-XaXIo4nBf5cibUNdhOjv3_Xh8F3aPOXhXlSyv6E7QLwUv9TnfVVo/s225/Windows+Icon.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyZAARR3rZBSRoxNmac86WjhPFek_SQoEOxyMQxxujrbAfKb0zF4wtr66bQU2PXSCdehuF4e5g_39rFzzRjYpgK-XaXIo4nBf5cibUNdhOjv3_Xh8F3aPOXhXlSyv6E7QLwUv9TnfVVo/w47-h47/Windows+Icon.png" width="47" /></a></div>If you are logged on right click on the Windows icon in the lower left corner of your screen to see the restart and update options. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84Yt7G4QI9WJqvZPw8uvEK46x8T4BG07pX7AYIym1FO5oShmAdEG9RLFEmYtNQ_ZWlKXYutWInGUaEyEYIWuR-t4fCAmbV1zsOQsw9ymabMRjrNBC8UGSu_i5wktwMsza05kQXpAgR9g/s180/Update+and+Restart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="180" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84Yt7G4QI9WJqvZPw8uvEK46x8T4BG07pX7AYIym1FO5oShmAdEG9RLFEmYtNQ_ZWlKXYutWInGUaEyEYIWuR-t4fCAmbV1zsOQsw9ymabMRjrNBC8UGSu_i5wktwMsza05kQXpAgR9g/w92-h78/Update+and+Restart.png" width="92" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1;">Select <b>Update and shut down</b> or <b>Update and restart</b> to start the update process. Note: if no updates are pending you will not see Update options. </div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU48TfVfenVDnztpR5-8gDTYdv_ffxjAKPHn1kut2v_CxsHAtiqTFAojzr_heEr-pAmj91SuzmZ2vM6ihHoW85PfU5ykj1NwzhC8secw37GxFFTfzAR0eZviMiRqkApnZ02A1UgmkmTVo/s125/PowerButton.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="118" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU48TfVfenVDnztpR5-8gDTYdv_ffxjAKPHn1kut2v_CxsHAtiqTFAojzr_heEr-pAmj91SuzmZ2vM6ihHoW85PfU5ykj1NwzhC8secw37GxFFTfzAR0eZviMiRqkApnZ02A1UgmkmTVo/w48-h51/PowerButton.png" width="48" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1;">If you are not logged on go to the logon screen and the power button should be displayed in the lower right corner of your screen. Right-click on the power button to see the restart and update options menu. You will have the same options as listed above.</div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;">Note: After the updates are completed and the computer restarts it may take a couple minutes for the update options to be removed from the menu. If the update options remain after a few minutes complete the process again; sometimes updates take more than one restart to complete the updates.</div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><b>Troubleshooting</b></div><div style="line-height: 1;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Be patient, sometimes the updates can take up to 20 minutes or longer to complete. </li><li>If the update looks stuck, the update completions percentage has not changed in 30 minutes press and hold the power button until the computer shuts down (usually 10 seconds or less). Power on the computer, the updates may automatically continue, the updates may be complete, or you may need to run the process again.</li><li>If you continue to have problems contact technical support.</li></ul><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1;">If you shutdown or restart your computer weekly and make sure your Windows updates are complete at a time of your choosing you will save yourself from it happening when you need your computer functioning optimally. </div><div style="line-height: 1;"><br /></div>Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-35090393169323113392020-04-23T21:19:00.002-04:002020-04-23T21:19:32.632-04:00Google Meet on Macbook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSzr-sjMJRisePBH57aIRLqjNTi9bBwyeXxn3uMriZbyhAj7S5C4xqe3zXEcqXXX6VjlsIEg_Dn1N0J0S6oUlmTtu2yLI6qETkJ6G59iHpiGK2mWdsKtj3tO59IJ6Yym6VLPR432XSuk/s1600/meet_64.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="64" data-original-width="64" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSzr-sjMJRisePBH57aIRLqjNTi9bBwyeXxn3uMriZbyhAj7S5C4xqe3zXEcqXXX6VjlsIEg_Dn1N0J0S6oUlmTtu2yLI6qETkJ6G59iHpiGK2mWdsKtj3tO59IJ6Yym6VLPR432XSuk/s1600/meet_64.png" /></a>There seems to be a problem with Google Meet and hardware acceleration on Macbook computers. The problem might also manifest with our video applications.<br />
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If you use a Macbook and are experiencing video problems, especially with Google Meet, try the following steps:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Open Google Chrome</li>
<li>Click the three dots in the top right corner, then select Settings</li>
<li>In the center you will see a box that says Search Settings, in that box type "Hardware Acceleration"</li>
<li>Uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when available"</li>
<li>Select Relaunch</li>
</ul>
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This will relaunch your Google Chrome browser.<br />
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Test Google Meet to see if performance issue are improved.<br />
<br />Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-4123331189507097022020-04-03T15:21:00.000-04:002020-04-03T15:21:23.057-04:00Technology SupportI hope everyone is healthy and taking care of themselves and their family during these challenging times.<br />
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With the new challenges of distance learning I wanted to make sure everyone has the technology support you need. If you are having problems with your computer or just have questions in general, we are here to help. There are multiple methods to request assistance:</div>
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<li>Submit a help desk ticket at
<a href="http://helpdesk.calschools.org/">http://helpdesk.calschools.org</a></li>
<li>Send an email to <a href="mailto:helpdesk@calschools.org">helpdesk@calschools.org</a></li>
<li>Call the help desk at 616-528-6000 or extension 7990</li>
</ul>
Our current hours of operation are Monday - Thursday from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM. However, we are monitoring help desk tickets outside our normal operating hours.</div>
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If you are having problems with your computer a technician will be in touch to schedule a remote session. If needed we can make an appointment for you to bring your computer in for service or replacement.</div>
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We are here to support you, if you need help please don't hesitate to ask.</div>
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Thank you and stay safe,</div>
Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-88370254241512579712020-03-23T09:57:00.000-04:002020-03-23T09:57:15.733-04:00HELP DESK ACCESS<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In light of everything that is going on the Tech Help Desk has made itself available from the outside.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are in need of assistance, you can call <span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>616-528-6000</b>. If you happen to be onsite, the number is still 7990 internally.</span></span></span></div>
Rich Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652530563879601802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-53224811125863750932020-01-28T07:27:00.001-05:002020-01-28T07:27:59.305-05:00Powerschool Update<b>POWERSCHOOL UPDATE</b><br />
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There is a Powerschool Update planned for February 1, 2020 at 10 PM EST.<br />
If you are working in Powerschool, please make sure you have completed your work and are logged out prior to the beginning of the maintenance time.<br />
<br />Rich Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652530563879601802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-80146564108474883092020-01-15T08:42:00.001-05:002020-01-15T08:42:30.471-05:00DLP and District Email<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roughly a month ago we started using the DLP feature of
GSuite in all of our e-mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DLP or Data
Loss Prevention, as a whole, are mechanisms put in place to help prevent sensitive
information from “escaping” the district via email or another mechanism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Gmail, that control is called Content Compliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The content compliance setting right now is
looking for anything that may resemble a social security number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of you may have experienced this
directly as your email has been quarantined and you have been notified.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are tweaking the settings as the emails get stopped so
the quarantines make more sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
happen to get an email stuck in quarantine it will most likely be released
fairly quickly as the GSuite admins in the District get notifications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That being said I think this may be a good time to review
Board Policy in regard to email usage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
will be referring to the Board Policy Manual Section 7000 and the
Administrative Guideline Manual 7000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Policy Manual code po7540.05 states:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“District Staff shall not send or forward mass e-mails, even
if the e-mails concern District business, without prior approval of the
Technology Director, principal, or other District administrator”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Administrative Guideline Manual code ag7540.05 states:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>General
Rule:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not put anything in an e-mail
that you would not put on School District letterhead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Do not forward or start e-mails with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Jokes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Pictures, or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Similar fun forwards intended to amuse the
reader<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Do not subscribe to the following through your
District e-mail account:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Daily jokes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Daily horoscopes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Daily recipes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Vacation information<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">e.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Similar items of information or amusement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are not all inclusive and staff members should refer
to aforementioned articles for further review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alongside board policy, here are some other best practices
when regard to District email:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Don’t</b> use your District e-mail to register for
an account on ANY website or ANY service that isn’t directly related to
District business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Don’t</b> use District email to send any attachments
or information that includes Social Security or Credit Card numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Don’t</b> respond to ANY email asking you to provide
any personal information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially
e-mails supposedly coming from a bank, the IRS, the local police, etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Don’t</b> open an email you think maybe be
suspicious<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Rich Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652530563879601802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7556228292598118411.post-3149549282202280062019-12-06T06:14:00.000-05:002019-12-06T11:40:15.428-05:00Email SignaturesIn an effort to assess and mitigate potential cyber security threats a review of related board policies and administrative guidelines is in progress. Board policy po7540.05 - <i>District-Issued Staff E-Mail Account</i> and the accompanying administrative guideline ag7540.05 - <i>Proper Use of District-Issued Staff E-Mail Account</i> layout policies and guidelines for staff email accounts.<br />
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Section C of the Operational Considerations section of the administrative guideline specifics a signature block for email accounts. At a minimum, all employee email accounts should contain a signature block including the following information:<br />
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<li>Employee's Name</li>
<li>Position/Title</li>
<li>Building</li>
<li>Phone Number</li>
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<b>Setup Signature Block</b><br />
To setup your signature block open your email and click on the settings button which is the small gear icon in the upper right.<br />
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Scroll down towards the bottom of the setting screen until you get to the <b>Signature </b>section.<br />
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This is a rich text editor so you can get creative with your signature block if you want. Please ensure you have the minimum information identified in ag7540.05 as listed above.<br />
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Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the <b>Save Changes</b> button when you are done.<br />
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The technology department will also add a disclaimer to the bottom of all email messages sent outside the school district per the administrative guideline.Tech Supporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865051359227232231noreply@blogger.com0