TECH TOK - BYTE 10 OCTOBER 2024

BYTE 10 October 2024

Training and Support Team Mission Statement

The Training and Support Team collaborates with end users to adapt in an ever-changing technology environment. Providing support and information, we empower effortless use of devices, applications, and software. In keeping with the District's vision, we strive to foster learning by serving the Conroe ISD community with knowledge, patience, and kindness.

Training and Support Team Values

Members of the Training and Support Team are Knowledgeable, Collaborative, Reliable, Adaptable, Patient, and have Integrity.

• Student Access Lists allow rostered teachers access to custom lists of students. This enchanted feature also lets any user with an Eduphoria account craft their own custom list of students for eerie analysis. 🎃🕸️ Here’s how.

NOTE: Your administrator needs to approve the Student Access List in order for you to have access

• Within Online Testing Settings, test authors can toggle on to “Prevent tests from being reopened in Test Proctoring after student submission”. Teachers and administrators can apply this setting to any test type.
  

🎃 Great news the “Send To” feature is back in action for new quizzes! You can now send out those new quizzes with ease and flair. Here’s how to use the “Send To” Feature

🎃 As of June 30, 2024, Google Cloud assignments are taking a permanent vacation from their old format. 🌴✈️ To keep the good times rolling, you'll need to give them a quick makeover. No worries—here’s how to convert them to a Google Assignment.

🎃 Guess what’s new? 🎉 Users can now search course content by asking questions just like you would in a conversation (“What do pandas eat?”). Thanks to the latest AI magic, Smart Search understands the meaning behind your question and finds the right info, not just keywords. Smart Search is located in your course sidebar navigation.

Resources for Teachers:

• Monthly Classroom Dailies
• PK/TK
• K-2
• 3-5
• 10 Helpful Seesaw Resources

Resources for Teacher:

• Back to School for Educators
• Using Discussion Boards for Student Collaboration
• Using the Attendance Log
• The Dashboard Components
• Getting Started With Imagine Edgenuity

Student TECHtalk

Here are two recordings that you can share with your students.

• STUDENT LEARNING TOOLS

• STUDENT REPORTING & DATA

**These recordings are available until May 30, 2025.

• Getting Started Checklists
• On-Demand Webinars
• AI Resources
• Insightful Blogs

New to Edgenuity? Watch this webinar on "Basics of Getting Started with Imagine Edgenuity Webinar Recording".

• Check out these awesome Chromebook and iPad Tips and Tricks as we get ready for another great school year!
• Chromebook Tips and Tricks
• iPad Tips and Tricks

EDU WIFI Profile Updated for Chromebooks

• The EDU WIFI Profile has been updated for Chromebooks.
• The update was pushed out to all Chromebooks in July.
• When your Chromebook first turns on it should connect automatically to the updated EDU WIFI Profile.
• Follow these EDU WIFI Troubleshooting tips if any of your Chromebooks fail to connect correctly to the updated EDU WIFI Profile.

LTS (Long Term Support) Channel

• Google has changed the LTS or Long-Term Support channel for Chromebooks from Chrome OS 114 to Chrome OS 120.
• You may see your Chromebooks update from Chrome OS 114 to Chrome OS 120 on their own and that is normal and intended.
• If your Chromebooks do not update automatically, you can follow these steps to manually update them to ChromeOS 120.
• How to Update a Chromebook
• If you want to check the ChromeOS version of your Chromebook follow this helpful guide to learn how to do so.
• How to Check the Chrome OS Version of a Chromebook

• The following Chromebook Models can no longer receive updates so you do not need to try and update them, and they should not be used for testing:
  
• Old Dell 11 Chromebooks
• Old HP 11 Chromebooks (G5/G5 EE or below)

• Chromebooks that are already at Chrome OS 120 or above do not need to be updated.
  
• They are ready to be used for all testing purposes.

EDU WIFI Profile Updated for iPads

• The EDU WIFI Profile has been updated for iPads.
• The update was pushed out to all iPads in July.
• When your iPad first turns on it should connect automatically to the updated EDU WIFI Profile.
• Follow these EDU WIFI Troubleshooting tips if any of your iPads fail to connect correctly to the updated EDU WIFI Profile.

Presented by Shane Mitchell

• Student Device Chat
• October 17 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM - Click HERE to JOIN through Microsoft Teams

• Tech Talk Wednesday - Student PW and 2FA Image Resets
• October 23 @ 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Click HERE to JOIN through Zoom

Presented by Amy Perry

• Tech Talk Wednesday - Technology Help Desk Open Q&A
• October 9 @ 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Click HERE to JOIN through Zoom

Presented by Liz Ellison

• Canvas & Eduphoria: The Helpapalooza
  
• October 16 @ 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Click HERE to JOIN through Zoom