Tekkie Tips

 Faculty Information

• Faculty Handbook 2010-2011
• MSDLT Teacher Contract 2008-2011
• How to complete an online Maintenance or Custodial Work Order
• Technology AUP (full version)
• Technology AUP (abridged - for students)
• Technology AUP - student poster
• Form - Professional Leave Request
• Form - PLC Meeting Notes (Word document form)
• Form - LC Data Report Request (Word document form)
• Form - PLC: Documentation of Learning (Word document form) - new as of 3/1/2010
• Form - Appendix A (.doc)
• Form - Appendix B (.doc) 
• Form - Appendix C (.doc)
• Form - Request to Purchase (for department chairmen)
• Form - Warehouse(for department chairmen)
• Form - Extracurricular Deposit (for internal use only)
• Form - Athletic Department Deposit (for internal use only)
• Form - Substitute Evalution Form (to use after you've been absent if you have any issues)
• Form - Printer Supplies Order Form (for department chairmen)
  
  

6 + 1 Writing Resources

• 6 + 1 Traits
• 6 + 1 Levels
  
• 6 + 1 Ideas
• 6 + 1 Conventions
• 6 + 1 Rafts
• 6 + 1 Grading Rubric (.pdf)
• 6 + 1 Grading Rubric (.doc)
   

Promethean

• Promethean Projector User Manual
• ActivInspire Download and Installation
• How to change settings so that you can update your Promethean software
  
• ActivInspire Toolbar and Settings
• How to make a "revealer" using the magic pen
• How to set your proxy settings in order to permit updates

Skyward Gradebook General Info

• Toolbar - explanation of what each does
• Categories - editing, adding
• Teacher access to student grade history (and current grades)
• Skyward master tutorial (everything included in this packet!)
• Skyward quick reference guide
• Skyward Message Center
  
• Writing student referrals
   

Skyward Printing

• Reports tab
• Printing off single sheet with all term grades, final exam grade, semester grade
• Printing off grade proof sheet - at end of each term and the semester
• Printing off a grade sheet report
• Printing off a single student's progress report
• Printing off interim progress reports to send home (printing off all your classes at once)
  
• Printing off progress reports for whole class
• Printing off blank grade sheet (student names in class & columns)
• Printing off single classes grades on one sheet
• Printing off seating charts
• Printing off detailed grade report sheets at end of semester (to turn into the registrar for scanning)
  

Skyward Attendance 

• Taking attendance
• Attendance codes
• Customizing the student order on the main page of your gradebook
• Show dropped students
• Remove "new" button next to student name
• Printing off seating charts
  

 Skyward Grading

• Adding assignments / grades
• Changing an assignment grade after the term has ended
• Student access to webgrades - directions
• Final Exams - entering grades
• Comments codes - high school
• Changing settings for end of the school year in preparation for summer admin viewing
• Changing term, exam, semester grades (prior to posting)
• Extra credit - adding
• Emailing single progress report to parent
• Emailing in "batch" progress reports for a whole class at one time
• Posting grades at the end of the marking period
• Overwriting a grade after you have posted but before the grading window closes (use this for posting an incomplete grade, also)
• Notification of grade change FORM (print this off and then fill out and turn into Lynna Hairston)
• Plato - end of course grade posting

Calendars

• Maroon-Gray Calendar 2010-2011
  

Telephones

• IP Phone Setup
• IP Phones - forwarding calls to voicemail
• CISCO IP Phone Model 7940 Tutorial (with audio!)
• CISCO IP Phone Model 7940 Tutorial (no audio but with screen shots!)

General Computer Information

• ATI setup instructions (using your LCD projection device with your computer)
• Canon Copier - how to print directly from your desktop computer to the copier up front
  
• CD/DVD Copying - how to copy an entire CD onto a blank CD
• Computer skills you may find helpful
• Disk drives (what each one does) and backing up files (how to)
• eBlogger - how to set up a free blog
• Desktop - how to create icons which stay on your desktop even after you logoff
• DVD - playing from your computer
• Students-how to respond to a blog
• Drupal - how to add/edit information on the new LC website (2009)
• E-classes master tutorial
• eInstruction ("clickers") - radio frequency clickers and quick start guide
• eInstruction ("clickers") - infrared frequency clickers and quick start guide
• Firefox - how to download and install Mozilla Firefox
• Gmail - how to change settings so you can access your Gmail account here at school
  
• Haiku - teacher tutorial "to get started"
• Haiku - teacher tutorial "in depth"
• Haiku - steps to making your website "public"
• H:\ drive: How to determine the total size of your H drive
• How to burn a CD using Windows XP
• Haiku LMS - webpage editing online program for LC teachers
• H drive - directions for teachers to show how to access H drive from outside of the school network
• H drive - directions for students to show them how to access their H drive from home
  
• Internet Explorer - how to change IE proxy settings
  
• LTOnline general tutorial - for teachers
• LTOnline general tutorial - for students
  
• KeepVid - how to use this website in order to download YouTube videos (you will need to follow these directions from home)
• Listserves - how to get one set up for your class(es)
• MSDLT general technology information
• Primo PDF: Program you install on your computer to convert a Word document into a PDF format
• PDF to Word - free download
• Podcasting - what is it and how do I create one?
• Print screen function on your keyboard - how to copy/paste/edit images within documents
• Programs you should always have on your HOME computer (with directions and download sites)
  
• Promethean Boards - how to download software and initial setup
• Resetting your homepage (after Symantec hijacking)
• Scanning a flash drive for viruses - how to
• Searching and Validating Internet Sites
• Snippy
  
• Special characters (accents, symbols, etc) using your keyboard
• Time Zone - how to change on your computer
• Turnitin.com - STUDENT Quick Start Instructions
• Turnitin.com - TEACHER Quick Start Instructions
• Turnitin.com - student directions on how to sign up for an account and how to submit a paper (Word document format so editable by the teacher to personalize instructions)
• Turnitin.com - teacher instructions on how to edit a student paper online
• Turnitin.com - student instructions on how to read edited paper online
• Word to PDF online converter
• How to post the principal's "phone home" messages to the LC website
  

 
Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Word 2003 - converting word documents to a PDF file
• Microsoft Word 2003 - mail merge
• Microsoft Word - how to open a MS Word 2007 document to MS Word 2003
• Microsoft Office 2003 - Using Excel and Word to create mailing labels
• Microsoft Front Page 2003 Tutorial
• Microsoft Front Page 2003 - drop down menu tutorial (adding code)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - how to convert from a PP presentation to a format for the internet
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 - How to use Outlook to sign up for an LC computer lab
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 - How to create an email group
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 - How to share a distribution list (group) with your colleagues
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Calendar - how to share calendars
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to select and delete email messages (either en masse or individually)
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to add MY CONTACTS to your address book (if it is missing)
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to customize your settings for incoming email (headers that you see)
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to add an email signature to your outgoing messages
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to empty your "trash" and your "sent items" folder
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to change how your email address book searches
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to request email verification receipt
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to create personalized stationery
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to insert a background image into your email
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to see how large your email box is (limits set at 500 MB)
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 Email - how to automatically empty your Deleted Items folder upon closing out