Technology Department News

Information

Minor Changes to MyPD = Better Organization of Learning

MyPD just got an update that slightly changes the homepage for users.  This change gives you better tools to organize and view enrolled courses. We think the changes are minor but we wanted to let you know about them so you can take advantage and customize your...

Help is Here!

We regularly share Tips and Tricks. This edition is brought to you by one of our Techs: Steven Mendez-Montiel. Here is how to turn a Chrombook screen back to "right side up".  

A few thoughts on the new phone system…

As you know, we are currently installing a new phone system. This is a massive project that is nearing completion. There are a couple of reasons why we needed to install a new phone system. Our previous system was no longer supported The phones from our previous...

Help Needed?

Looking for tips? How about some tricks? We have a variety of Help Sheets posted. The latest ones include Interactive Projector tips. Many of these fall into the "one minute" category (meaning they take about one minute to read and implement). Here are a couple of...

Password Management

You may have heard of the recent Facebook account compromised. Maybe you've received an email stating that your webcam shows....(we've had several people received these). That email may also list your user name and a password that you've actually used. What does this...

WordPress App

For a long time, we've noted how nice it is to use the WordPress app to post to blogs. Sadly, because of bad actors and security concerns, we can no longer use the app. There is an issue in how the WordPress app integrates with a WordPress web site that allows for...

BOB’S BACK!

It is with great joy that we celebrate the return of Bob Harrison his role as a Tech Coach. Bob brings such great gifts the teaching and learning process. He has reached so many students through his Tech Coach role. Now, he's back. One of the tenets of our team is try...

Phishing Season

Happy ALMOST Back to School. ​We (and other school districts) are seeing an increase in phishing ​activity. Phishing is the practice of sending out emails that purport to be from a legitimate, reputable company in order to get users to reveal sensitive information...

iLearn Question Tagging

iLearn Question Tagging

We are excited to offer the ability to tag your Quiz questions in iLearn with Common Core Standards. The standards (Language Arts, Math and Science) are available under Tags in each question. You can either scroll to find the one that you want (there are an awful lot...

Required badges

Happy Summer! Every summer, our current required badges expire on June 30th. We are currently reviewing the courses with a variety of groups to determine updates. We expect the courses will once again be available at the beginning of August. All of us need to complete...