CISD Tech Weekly Update

For those of you that utilize Eduphoria to give online assessments, there has been an update and a new Chromebook extension will take the place of the Eduphoria Lockdown app. This custom browser locks down the testing environment. When students use the locked browser to access an assessment, they cannot print, copy and paste, go to another URL, or access other applications. Students are locked into an assessment until they either leave the online testing environment or if they submit the assessment for grading. Your campus principals will give you more details soon. As always, please reach out to a tech team member if you need assistance.

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We will not have a newsletter next week, so please make sure to unplug Chromebook towers in the elementary, shutdown classroom computers, and unplug your Newline Boards. Spring is coming, and so is severe weather along with power outages, so please protect your classroom technology. Enjoy your break, and remember to restart your teacher computers when you return from break.

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