Tech for Staff
For help with tech issues or questions
please send email to ithelp@u32.org.
- Google Workspace
- Software / Subscriptions
- CyberSecurity
- Digital Citizenship
- Phones & VoiceMail
- Printing
- Tech How-To
- Chromebooks
- Tips
Google Workspace
- General Tips
- Classroom
- Calendar
- Meet
- Contacts
- Groups
- Drive
- Sharing Documents
- Documents
- Slides
- Forms
- Spreadsheet
- Sites
- Tasks
- Chrome Tips
- What if You're Leaving?
- Search
- Syncing, OFFline Access
General Tips
Status Updates (check to see if there are any known issues)
Google for Education Teacher Courses
Creating an Apple ID (without needing a credit card)
Rosters and classes for your gClassroom(s) can be imported automatically through Clever. Email ithelp@u32.org if you want this to happen (and it hasn't already).
YouTube Player Within GWfE (youtubeeducation.com)
Interactive Questions for YouTube Videos in gClassroom
Classroom
Calendar
Meet
Contacts
Create a Distribution List (Mailing List) in Contacts
Groups
Drive
Sharing Documents
Documents
Slides
Presenting, speaker notes, auto advance, highlight/annotate during presentations, laser pointer
30 Interactive Slides activities from "Ditch That Textbook"
Constraining to horizontal, vertical, diagonal
View speaker notes while presenting Slides in Meet
Add annotations to your presentations in Slides
Add your Video Feed to gSlides
Create shareable video presentations in Slides
Forms
Spreadsheet
Sites
Tasks
Chrome Tips
What if You're Leaving?
Search
Syncing, OFFline Access
Software / Subscriptions
- SW Collection & Request Process
- AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- Assessments
- Book Creator
- Clever
- Frontline
- Hapara / Teacher Dashboard
- Infinite Campus
- Log In Links
- Math
- Music
- Vector
SW Collection & Request Process
Inventory (Spreadsheet showing subscriptions, where used, data privacy agreements, etc.)
Software Request Process (in development - this is just a draft)
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Assessments
Book Creator
Clever
Almost all of the programs that students can access on Chromebooks are available through Clever.
Chromebooks and iPads for the youngest students can be set up to sign into their device with a Clever badge. If this is something that your students need, contact your Librarian and work with them to send the necessary request to ithelp@u32.org.
Frontline
Hapara / Teacher Dashboard
What can I do with Teacher Dashboard? (note that most of the functions of the TD are in Google Classroom - you may find that more useful)
Suggested reasons to give students for closing tabs
Infinite Campus
How to access the contact log -- writing a behavior report
InfiniteCampus has worked better with Chrome than with Edge in the past. (That could change as the years go by, of course).
Log In Links
Math
Music
Vector
CyberSecurity
CyberSecurity
Changing Google Workspace Passwords
MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication
Keeping Your School Account Safe
Devices
Shut down and restart your device at least weekly. This will allow updates to the operating system and applications to be installed. It will also tend to make the devices run better.
Avoid eating or drinking near the computer. Spills are usually very damaging and lead to expensive repairs.
The LiION batteries used in laptops tend to last longer if the don't get severely discharged too often. Keeping them "topped off" tends to be healthier for them. Also, avoid extreme cold (don't leave a device in the car overnight in the winter, for example).
Email Security
Digital Citizenship
Online Safety
Digital Citizenship
Digital Media Literacy
Phones & VoiceMail
Phones
Some things about your phone that you might not know:
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If you press the small, round button near the bottom right you can get a call history.
Setting a signature for email on iPhone
Make a Conference Call with iPhone
VoiceMail
To Set a PIN:
- Press the VMsg hard key
- Press the More button
- Press the Setup button
- Press 7 and follow the prompts.
To create a greeting:
- Dial extension when prompted enter your extension
- Press 0
- Press 4
- Press 1
- Record your greeting and follow the remaining prompts.
To check voicemail from offsite:
- Dial 802-229-0321
- When you hear the menu press #voicemail number ex: #1234
You will also receive an email for any message that is left for you. However, the message on the voicemail server does not get deleted when the email is sent. Eventually your mailbox will become full so that it doesn’t accept any more messages. The only way to delete the messages is to do it from your phone.
To delete voicemail messages:
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Press the VMsg hard key
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Enter your security code (VM PIN)
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Press 5 to hear each message (you only have to listen if you want to check the message)
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Press 3 if you don’t want to keep it
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Repeat pressing 5 and 3 until all messages that you don’t want to keep are gone.
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Printing
Costs
Copiers
How to get your SecurePrint PIN
How to set your SecurePrint PIN Permanently
How to release SecurePrint jobs
Secure Print is used on copiers in the district. This is helpful in 3 main ways:
- Ensures Confidentiality - confidential documents won’t print out until you are at the copier to release them so there’s not a chance of others seeing them. Also, should you accidentally print to the wrong copier the document won’t print and will be automatically deleted from that device after a few days.
- Convenience - Your print job won’t accidentally get mixed up with those of someone else.
- Eco-Friendly - Nothing gets printed and then never picked up.
Your PIN number should be unique so that no one else could accidentally access your print jobs. The best way to do this is to use your “lunch number” as shown in Infinite Campus. How to find that number.
Scanning to Email on Konica Minolta
Adding Toner - Removing Jams on Konica Minolta
If you prefer to print from the Windows Print Dialog, you can press CTRL-SHIFT-P. This is handy if you want to staple or punch copies.