Techie Tuesday Back to School
August 2016
Welcome Back!
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FHSD Tech Updates
- BYOD - It's B-a-c-k! Please keep the following in mind: 1) The guest network will be restricted to the common areas; and 2) Students and teachers will be able to login to the FHSD network with AD credentials.*
- VoiceThread - Use https://fhsdschools.ed.voicethread.com. You will use your AD credentials.* If you have devices in your room you need to change the settings to fhsdschools.ed.voicethread.com.
- Discovery Education - Access at google.discoveryeducation.com and login with FHSD Google credentials.
*AD is short for Active Directory. This is the login you use for the computers and many of your other district sites.
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FHHS Tech Updates
Learning Commons Calendar is Now Online!
How to Reset Google Passwords for Student Accounts
- Have student log in to the computer.
- Hold down the control-alt-delete keys at the same time.
- They will be prompted to choose a new password. Please remind them that it must be between 8-16 characters, have at least one capital and one lower case letter, a number or a symbol, and not include any part of their name or student number.
- After changing their password it will work for both the computer login and Google Drive.
- If this doesn't work send a work order to Greg Aubuchon.
Hotspots and Laptops Available for Student Checkout.
- Hotspots and/or laptops may be checked out in the Learning Commons by students who do not have access to them outside of school.
- The loan period is for one month at a time with an option to renew.
- A permission slip must be signed by parent/guardian and student prior to check-out.
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Notes from Carl
Infinite Campus Message Center
Technology Folder Shortcut
The Francis Howell Technology folder should now be linked as a shortcut on your desktop. It’s the one stop shop for school technology related documents. Please contact me if you want anything added in the future. This folder will be updated as the year is going on.
Update on Mastery Connect and Infinite Campus Issues
At the beginning of the year it can be a hectic time with enrollment, add/drops, etc. We are working through current issues with students missing or not being dropped in Mastery Connect. The rosters are synced with Infinite Campus, so there’s nothing manually to do on the teacher’s part, but it can take a little work to catch up. We hope to have these things worked out this week.