Week of Oct 21st, 2024

District-wide License for Screencastify:

Since 2020, TTSD has provided access to Screencastify for all staff and students. It’s a simple, effective tool that many of us are already using for teaching, learning, and communication. Whether you’re looking to enhance lessons, support student projects, or just make things easier for yourself, Screencastify can help. If you haven’t tried it yet, or want to learn more, check out these short tutorial videos to see how it might work for you and your students.

• 10 Benefits of Screencasting for Teachers and Students
• AI Assistant Video
  
• World Languages with Voiceover
• 50 languages
• AI text to voice feature
• "Submit" tool
• NEW Submit Video

Canvas Links:

Canvas-ScreenCastify Integration

Embed Screencastify Video in Canvas Assignment

Using Screencastify Gradebook Integration

Enabling Canvas Gradebook Integration

 

Network Maintenance Weekends - LAST weekend of the month

• October 26 & 27th the TTSD IT Department will be performing the following maintenance:
• Saturday: 
• Server maintenance: Infinite Visions (mid morning)
• Server maintenance and Windows updates throughout the day, beginning after 2pm
• Network maintenance will cause disruption, beginning after 2pm @ Tualatin HS (moved from AM, due to PSAT testing from 8-1pm)
• Overnight wireless network maintenance - impacting wireless across the district
• Sunday:
• Papercut server update
• Mac Lightspeed (internet filter) update - Sunday afternoon 
• NOTE: ALL MAC LAPTOPS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESTART once they receive this update. Please plan on this by opening your TTSD laptop early before school on Monday to receive the update and restart.