EdTech Newsletter

All Dallas ISD team members are invited to join Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde and guests for an inspiring virtual kick off to the 2024-2025 school year at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5 to celebrate how, together, we make student success happen.

Just click on the link that will be available at www.dallasisd.org/convocation to view without leaving the comfort of your campus, department or work space.

Visit Educational Technology's Helpful Tips page on your Dallas ISD Portal Dashboard for additional resources.

• Do you have a lost or stolen device that needs to be locked or located?
• Has a student returned a device that needs to be unlocked?
• Is there a device that has been found outside of the district that needs to be returned?

The EdTech Fulfillment Asset Recovery Team can assist you with these scenarios.

Contact the Asset Recovery Team at DGFCDeviceRecovery@dallasisd.org

Dallas ISD has begun the process of upgrading the legacy phone system and voice network. The upgrade involves moving to a modernized Microsoft Teams solution.

To learn how to use Microsoft Teams or download the app, view the following resources:

• Windows Device using Teams
• MacBook Device using Teams
• Downloading the Teams App - iOS
• Downloading the Teams App - Android

These and other resources can be found on Educational Technology's Microsoft Teams Resources page.

If not, we recommend accessing your applications through the Dallas ISD portal to remain SSO enabled.

When you sign in to the Dallas ISD Portal, you are instantly signed in to all of your applications at once. You can switch between applications seamlessly, without having to sign in to each one separately.

Substitutes assigned to org 000 now have automatic access to HMH Apps Ed: your friend in learning, MyHrw and ThinkCentral via Clever!

Little SIS Premium is a web app add-on to Little SIS Classroom that can create and sync Google Classroom classes with student information system (SIS) data. For more information, please see the attached FAQ and document.

Little SIS Teacher FAQs

Little SIS Coming Soon

Here are the steps to check your Open Incidents in ServiceNow:

1. Access ServiceNow using Dallas ISD Portal https://portal.dallasisd.org/. Once logged in, select the Tickets icon at the top of the page.

2. Next, click on View all tickets.

3. Select Open Incidents, to view your Open Incidents.

This comprehensive glossary details services and service offerings for Portal Users.

We all have a responsibility to keeping our district and student data secure. To achieve this outcome, it is imperative to regularly keep your device updated.

Below are a couple of best practices that we recommend to ensure your device receives the latest and greatest updates:

• When signing off for the weekend, shut down your laptop so that any security or device updates are installed.

• Update prompts during the day can be an annoyance, and it is not always feasible to stop mid-work and complete the update. If you receive a prompt during your working day for a system update, try restarting your computer the next time you get up from your laptop (say, to go get a coffee with a coworker, or to go on your lunch break).

Thank you for your contributions to keep our district data and devices secure!