Technology Happenings @ TTSD

Monday, June 8, 2020

End of Year IT Department Warehouse "Fire Sale" for iPad 6 Gen.

We have five "iPad 6 Gen" (last year's model) available at 50% discount

Instead of $294, we are offering these last 5 @ $150! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. To secure your order/purchase, you must work with your bookkeeper to enter a warehouse requisition in Infinite Visions.

NOTE: The iPad 6 isn't the most current iPad version, but this is a STEAL for an ipad that works with the Apple Pencil!

Possible Jabber Issues this AM

The Technology Department is looking into a possibly issue with Jabber (home/software access to your TTSD phone) this Monday morning.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

TOP TECHNOLOGY TIPS FOR STAFF

ALL TEACHERS: Please complete this Classroom Instruction & Technology Tools before June 9th.

And... please look for the corresponding student survey with instructions to post in your online classroom.

All students in grades K-11 (with exception of 5th grade and 8th grade and students who know they will not be returning to TTSD in the fall) will keep their devices over the summer for continued learning (See TTSD Summer Reading Challenge through SORA).

(incoming) 9th graders will pick up their Chromebooks & 6th graders will pick up their iPads after July 1st. See your school for details on (current) 5th grade and 8th grade device drop off times.

Summer Reading Challenge through SORA << online books students can read and listen to ALL SUMMER using their TTSD Google Login. (ie 26barnards@ttsdstudents.org). If you haven't logged in yet, take a look: https://soraapp.com/library/ttsdor

New Audio Book Additions
Books En Español
Other great reads that are relevant to our current world, like White Fragility

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

TOP TECHNOLOGY TIPS FOR STAFF

1. Quarter 4 Report Cards:

It's about that time of year again - time to post grades!

Elementary school report card window opened this week. Secondary school grading window opens June 8th. This year, the process is the same as always, but there are a few modifications due to Distance Learning. As always, there is a knowledgebase article available to support you during this time. Specific links to your grade level grade book and grade posting can be found here:

2. Using Grid View in Google Meet these days - and all of a sudden it stopped working correctly?

Grid View has recently updated their extension - you'll need to update it to get it working correctly again.

1. Click on the GRID icon in the upper right corner of your Chrome Browser and select "Please Install Chris Gample's official release..."(bottom)

2. And click on the "Add to Chrome" button

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

EMAIL SCAM: "Are you available?"

ALL STAFF:

There are several versions of the "are you available?" email message being sent to TTSD from what looks like your principal, but comes from a NON TTSD staff email account. Please always:

Be aware of the SENDER's email address before you respond
If it seems like an odd request - contact the individual directly (phone, text, start a new email message to them, etc.)
Purchasing requests via email for gift cards are not allowed.
If you think that you found spam or a phishing email, please use the "Report spam" button at the top of Gmail.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

TTSD Email Update :: "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)"

Our email archiving system is having some troubles with the amount of emails being sent during a given period of time. We are working to resolve this issue, but if you see the following message, please note YOUR ORIGINAL EMAIL HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN SENT to the recipient. This is only the copy of the email for the archiving system at TTSD that has been delayed. We are working to get rid of these notices to our users. No action is required by you. You may delete these notices. Thank you.