On Wednesday and Thursday we had two PD sessions on getting to know your Mac. Here are the top ten key takeaways: Take a screenshot with cmd-shift-3 (whole screen) or cmd-shift-4 (choose an area of the screen) Use the Spotlight search feature (the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner) to quickly launch applications. […]
This week we had a training session for PS Admin Portal users. Find the Quick Ref card here: https://ncpachinaorg.sharepoint.com/sites/itdepartment/Shared%20Documents/Processes/Trainings/PowerSchool%20Finding%20Student%20Info%20Quick%20Ref.docx?Web=1 This is an embedded <a target=’_blank’ href=’https://office.com’>Microsoft Office</a> document, powered by <a target=’_blank’ href=’https://office.com/webapps’>Office Online</a>.
Our VPN provider has informed us that due to the upcoming CPC National Congress, they must comply with government regulations limiting access to overseas websites from October 9 to October 28. During this time, the following services will not be available on the school network: Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Line Instagram Other overseas websites, including […]
Sway is an app in Office 365 that we haven’t covered here before, but it’s worth checking out. It goes beyond Powerpoint by letting you create online presentations/websites that look great on mobile phones and computers. This means that Sway goes great with QR codes. We tried this out at the recent Student Leadership Summit, where […]
Yes, the best way to create forms is to first go to your individual or group OneDrive and click the + New button, then choose Forms for Excel: This creates an Excel workbook in your OneDrive that you can use the share the results with collaborators. You’ll notice a new Forms button in the toolbar: […]
If you need to mass-email parents, you can save a lot of time by using Word’s e-mail merge feature! To do this, you need to Create a spreadsheet containing the students with incompletes, the name of the assignment, and their parent email, each in its own column. You can download this information from sqlReports 4. Set […]
Our PowerSchool Master Eric Zou has added three new reports to PowerTeacher to help you find information about your students. The first, Incompletes Report for Teachers, shows a list of incomplete assignments, the student responsible, and the student’s parent’s email address. We hope this makes it easier to inform parents of your concerns about their children […]
In an effort to be helpful, Outlook will remember email addresses from your sent and received messages. These will autocomplete – but sometimes unintended addresses pop up (like people’s personal email addresses). To remove them, hover your mouse over the right side of the address and click the X:
Many thanks to Pearson who figured out how to enable additional sharing permissions in Office 365 Groups! This exciting development means that you can now share files in your Groups with external users (i.e. people without an NCPA account). When sharing, simply choose the “Anyone” option (and uncheck the “Allow editing” box if you don’t want […]
Great news, everyone! We’ve enabled additional integrations with Canvas. You can now embed YouTube and TedEd videos directly into your assignments by using the Rich Content Editor (look for the downward-facing arrow). Quizlet, Wikipedia and Office 365 have always been options for you, too. For research, Canvas is now connected with our subscription to Britannica Online. […]