To Add Photos to Student Life (Tech Directions)
This post is for documentation for the Technology Department. This procedure requires two programs to be installed in order to perform it correctly. The Windows XP Image Resize utility and the Bulk Rename Utility. To add images to the Student Life Page: Create the new album page under the new WSMS system and note the […]
Copying files from DVD on the server
We ran into an issue where we were trying to restore files to the server from a network drive. Some of the files were too large and we were getting an error message when trying to copy them over. We had to make a DVD with the file and manually copy them from the DVD […]
Work Orders and Passwords
I have instructed all Technology personnel to not leave passwords written down by teacher’s desks anymore. If you enter a work order (which all requests should be by work order now) related to a password change or an account reset, the new password will be entered into the work order by the technician. All teachers […]
Homework page and SIMS now point to SideKickPlanner.com
The Lesson Plan option in SIMS and the district’s homework page has been modified. The SIMS Lesson Plan option now has a link that will direct you to the SideKickPlanner.com login screen for you to enter your lesson plans there. The District’s homework page has been modified to pull the “Parent View” from SideKickPlanner.com instead […]
Technical Issues with Side Kick – Update
The Technology Department just did a review of the “technical” issues with the connection to Side Kick Planner at several locations throughout the school district. Here are our findings: If you are experiencing and issue where it is asking for an Office 2000 Disk when you connect and try to login (or navigate through) the […]
Updating GQ Files From SIMS
We know that the first couple of weeks, scheduling changes can happen for what seems to be every student; however, the following is a little trick to help you manage your classes with the SIMS Download. You can re-upload the class list and let Grade Quick make the roster change for you. Download the new file from SIMS (Same as […]
Disabling Junk Mail in Outlook
I have received some complaints, that there is some e-mail going into the junk mail filter in Outlook which is really not junk mail. Outlook has a built in filtering system that will look at e-mail messages and send them to a Junk mail folder if they fit into several rules that are outlined by […]
Editing Teacher’s List in Discipline Tracker
To edit your teacher list in the Discipline Tracker software, open the database then select Default Lists/ Teacher List. Here you can add/edit/and delete teachers from your building.
Discipline Tracker Students Rolled Over
Students are now rolled over in the Discipline Tracker software and it should now be ready for the new school year. This process is normally performed by the technology department. What is done is we move up the students a grade level. Remove the students who have graduated from the building, then upload the new […]