What is SMART Notebook Express?
My Smart pens from the tray don't work
First check to see that the Smart Board USB cable is connected to your computer. Then, check to see that Smart Tools are turned on. This is done by looking for a blue box with a white circle in it down on your task bar in the lower right corner of your screen. If this icon is missing, go to your start menu, click on all programs, click on Smart Technologies, click on Smart Drivers, and click on Smart Tools. This will allow your pens to write again outside of Smart Notebook. This icon can be added to your Start Up or desktop. Ask your CRS or TIS to assist you if you are unsure of how to do this.
My screen extends beyond the sides of my Smart board when I am projecting
Your screen resolution is set too high. To fix this, right click on your desktop. Choose Properties from the bottom of the window. Click on the settings tab. Now slide the screen resolution slider down till the settings say 1024 by 768. Click apply to save the new settings.
I am blocked from YouTube
You need to be logged into the network to access YouTube at school. Most likely you had workstation only checked when you logged in. To correct this, right click on the red Novell N that is in your task bar. Choose Login from the top of the list. Type in your password and hit OK. When the small popup window goes away, you should be able to access YouTube.
How do I get a video on my website
To embed a video on your website, you need to upload the video to Parkway Digital, or if from Youtube, add the address to your favorites. Once on Digital, click the video and you will get two sets of code below the video, one for a link, the other for embedding. Copy the embed code and paste it into your website by clicking on Source in the webbuilder tool bar. For more detailed instructions, please click on the following link:
Handout
How do students log into Discovery Education
Elementary students log in with with their last name, then first name all as one for a username. Their password is our district's name in lowercase letters.
How do students log into Voicethread
Their accounts need to be created first and uploaded by your TIS. Once this is done, student usernames/email are lastnamefirstinitial all in lower case, followed by the last 4 digits of their student number. This is followed by @pkwy.ed.voicethread.com The whole thing should look like an email address. The password for students is their student number.
How can my students access sites and resources that require an email address
One very simple method is to use mailcatch.com.
With this site, students or teachers can create an account by creating an email address that ends in @mailcatch.com. You can choose whatever you want in front of that to have an individualized and easy to remember log in like shorthorns@mailcatch.com If the website or resource requires email confirmation, you can go to mailcatch.com and once there, login using just the front part of your email, in this case shorthorns. You will now have access to any emails that were sent to this account. You cannot send or reply to emails with this service. You can open them, though, and click on the confirmation link that they provide or copy the password they send you.
Where is the form for permission to use Student Work/Images
How do I assign content to students or classes in Discovery Education?
How do secondary students log into Discovery Streaming to complete an assignment?
What is a zip file and how do I send it in an email?
The ZIP file format is a way to compress the data, which reduces the file size.
Windows XP has basic built-in zip capability so that you can compress files by using the Compressed (zipped) Folder feature. Folders compressed by using this feature are identified by a zippered folder icon. See Attached for handout.
File(s):
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How do I get my new laptop to automatically open up the Smartboard/Smart Tools when it boots up?
Go to Start-->All Programs--> Smart Technologies--> SMART Product Drivers, and right click on SMART Board Tools and click Copy.
Then go to Start--> All Programs --> Startup, and right click and click Open. Within that folder right click and click Paste. This should add a shortcut to SMART Product Tools that will open every time you log in.
How do I create a new course in Moodle?
If a teacher wants to make a new course:
Log in and on the left side of the landing page under the Site Administration block select Courses and click on ADD/EDIT courses. Be sure to select and click on the your building. From there, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Add a New Course. Begin editing course settings.
File(s):
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How do I use last year's Moodle curriculum items this year?
To use curriculum items from last year for the upcoming year: Go into the new course that was created and select IMPORT from the tasks listed under the Administration block, locate the items to be imported. Only the shell of the assignment, chats, etc. will be available (not last year’s students). You will have to decide what you want imported or you can select all. You will need to click Continue several times until the process is completed.
File(s):
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How do I “turn off” a Moodle course from last school year?
How do I backup a course in Moodle?
A course can be saved with some or all of its parts by using the course backup. Typically, the site administrator will set a schedule of automated course backups for the whole site. A teacher with editing privileges can create a backup or download an existing backup for safe keeping, or for use on another Moodle site.
Link(s)
http://docs.moodle.org/21/en/Course_backup
How can I create a PowerPoint slide to insert into MovieMaker or Photostory as a picture?
How do I turn on my file extensions in Widows XP?
How can I search a web page or document for a word without scrolling?
How can I search for more interactive SMART Notebook activities for my class?
What do students want most from a teacher web site?
