December 12, 2012 at 01:02PM

From TLC: Issues with email routing, this is affecting delivery of outside email into the district.

December 03, 2012 at 09:54AM

This month, the tech department will be coming around to update your student and teaching computer’s browsers.

November 30, 2012 at 09:34AM

Another YouTube outage this morning. Stay tuned and sorry for the inconvenience.

November 13, 2012 at 12:37PM

Slow Internet fix for today: Fully shut down the computer experiencing the problem and then boot it back up.

November 13, 2012 at 09:58AM

Issues with slow internet and power settings putting computers to sleep. TLC has been contacted.

November 12, 2012 at 11:22AM

Student access to the server has been restored. Please have students restart the computers and log in to access their servers.

November 12, 2012 at 10:42AM

Some students are not able to access their servers today. TLC has been notified.

November 12, 2012 at 09:20AM

Edline.net is now up and operational.

November 12, 2012 at 08:13AM

Currently experiencing issues with accessing Edline.net. TLC is looking in on the issue.

WgCloud Blog: Increase teacher to parent communication

From TLC: SSL ERROR ON SIS SERVER

The SSL certificate is set to expire on the SIS server tonight at midnight.  In the morning when you access SIS via a web browser you will receive the following message:

You do not have to worry about this error, simply select "Continue to this website (not recommended)" to connect to the SIS server.  The new SSL certificate will be installed over the weekend when we have some routine maintenance scheduled on the SIS web server.  Until the new SSL certificate is installed, you will receive the above message.  Consequently, the SIS server will be unavailable Sunday morning between the hours of 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM as we perform the scheduled maintenance and update the SSL certificate.  Thank you.

 

Bring your students into the WGCloud

If you are ready to bring your students into the cloud then just watch this video tutorial on how to get your students logged in for the first time. The video is design to be followed through step by step with your students. It is crucial that they enter in their new password correctly, so please make sure they stick to the format. (please note the video also goes on to show you how your students can add their new email address to their Edline accounts for further usage of the communication tools offered in Edline)


The WGCloud serves as a great multi use tool. At a minimum level it acts as a great place for students to store and back up any work they might be working on in your class. Unlike the student server, students can access their work at home and continue to work on something they started in class.

The WgCloud offers many other services, such as student email, online collaboration, automatic saving, student YouTube channels (great for storing or presenting from) and much more.

If you'd like to learn more about how this tool can be a benefit to you, your students, and your file management  please let me know.



Please note: After students have setup their accounts their email address are: username@wgcloud.org

Edline.net Hixson Training session

Before one can get started in Edline/Black Board Engage they must activate their account. To do so, you will need to get your activation code from the Digital Briefcase on the Hixson Network.

Once you have your activation code you can then go to Edline.net and click the "sign up" link

You can follow along with this video to learn how to activate your account: Click here to view the video.

We are recommending that you use your username and password for the screen name and password, but please note that you can only use letters and numbers for your screen name, no punctuation or spaces.

Once you have gone through the training you will be able to associate students to your class. Below is a video tutorial on how to do this. If you've already gone through the summer training session then you can start by viewing this and start associating students to your class room site.:

Preparing your classroom for BYOD

Tech Talk Tuesday Registration Form

Staying Connected

Hard to keep track of all the new things technical going on in our district and around the world?

Here's a simple solution!

Send a text to (949)482-4356 with the message: @techreq in it. From here on out you will be able to receive text message updates anytime new information about tech changes, updates, news, etc comes from the Hixson Tech department.

Prefer to get your messages via email?

Not a problem

In addition to tech news you can also receive information shared by Dr. Heisserer by texting @hxstaff to 979-2562467

Stay connected!

Test post two

Please ignore this test post as I am testing new features to streamline sharing and communication. -Thank You

Tech Checkout process for Summer 2012

This school year the Technology portion of your checkout process will all be online! All you need to do is log in to WGCloud, and fill out this form (please note, you will need to be logged into WGCloud in order to see the form embedded below.) If you've not yet logged into WGCloud, here is a link to some directions on how to do so. Or just watch this video:

Subscribing

iPods in the building

The Hixson tech department has recently acquired iPod touches for building use. The main purpose for this purchase was to continue to add to our video equipment arsenal.

In the past Flip cameras did the trick, and the company was doing well, then Kodak came out with some clever little cameras which were an improvement to the Flip. Unfortunately both companies have gone bankrupt. The primary reason being the increase in quality of phone cameras and the increase in number of people with these devices.

Back to the iPods, now available for check out...

Our new devices both act as a camera, a video camera, a portable audio recording station, and what ever ones imagination can create. If you have a specific need for an iPod touch, they are only a Tech Req away. If you request for video recording equipment you may get one of these new pieces of equipment due to the others being checked out.

If you'd like to check out what apps we currently have available check in with our local librarian media specialist, JoAnne Williams, or stop on by the media center and take a look at one of the devices.

Any app that is available free to download is also only a tech req away.

Take a look:

WGCloud

Copy Machines and the print server

The two newer copy machines in the building are now accessible to send print jobs to.

To add them simply click on the start globe and in the search bar enter in \\hx-pdc

Then press the enter key on your keyboard

You will be directed to the print server, double click on the FACULTY-COPIER or HX-LIBRARY-MFP to add the copy machine to your computer

Once it has installed the drivers you will have the option to print to the selected copy machine.

Please remember to send your print jobs as stored prints to the copy machines.

Click here to watch the tutorial on how to send a stored print

Team Laptop Wireless Connection

Please schedule a time for the tech department to come to your classes this week to connect the computers to the new wireless network ( this will be on a first come first serve basis) The list as times this week are filled up will be posted here.
Please choose a time where your team or your students can get out all of the computers on your team and turn them on, the tech department will then come around and connect them to the wireless network. This process, should only take about 15 minutes if the above steps are followed.

Please note: We are not available between 11:00- and 12:00 this week

Thank you
Jason P Heisel

Our new Wireless Network Upgrade

Wireless connection tomorrow

If you are not teaching during first period tomorrow, please bring your laptop to the media center to be connected to the new wireless. If we do not get to you by second period then feel free to bring it down to the media center to be connected to it.

Other members of the tech department will head out to classes teaching during first period to connect the teaching machines to the new wireless network.

No wireless Internet on March 16

On March 16th, TLC will be splitting our wireless network (George) into 2 broadcasting networks, which means limited to no wireless access on the 16th of March.

The details: The wireless networks that will exist will be George(which will be available for our networked district equipment) and WebNet (available for all other devices)

This split will help to free bandwidth use for district employees as well as secure our wireless network.

WebNet password will be available at the date of the launch, March 16.

Please plan accordingly as we will be able to reconnect every computer to the new wireless on that day. Our goal is to have every district device reconnected by the end of the week we return from spring break.

If you leave your teaching laptop hard wired into the Internet on the 15th overnight, there is an 80% chance that a script that TLC is pushing out will auto connect your computer over to the new wireless without issue.

New Copy Machine in the Library

A new copy machine is being installed in library. DO NOT send any print jobs/or make any copies to the copy machine until notified. We will be adding the copy machine to the print server so you can add it at your convenience. 

Building our LMT: First meeting agenda

A short App review

Adding a Twitter Feed in School Center

Video Making: From Recording to Publishing part 1

Page Settings: The Details Tab

Within the details tab of your page settings you will find many options. Learn about them all right here.

A website tour

Take  a look at this video and follow along as we travel through several different websites, all in building, to see the potential options that you could have for developing your site.

Get to know your General Tab

Get to know General Tab. Learn about titling your web page, your website, truncating your page for quick access, and more...

Edit Mode: The next step to make any changes to your website

Use this tutorial to see how to access edit mode. After logging in, this is THE next step to making any changes on your website.

Logging into School Center: Starting at the beginning

 

Thanks to our District web head (@Webgrrrl) and our Data Software Coordinator (@wgsdassess) for producing the first bit of footage to begin the transformation of your website.

Website Awareness month

This month I am hoping to bring awareness about Websites, in particular, your websites.

It's a great time to take a look at them as well as brain storm on how to update, modify, morph, use, share, them.

In order to do this I will be posting short web tutorials here on how to make simple changes to your site, and navigate through some of the features that school center has to offer. Also, during this month, starting on the week of February 6th, we will offer time and assistance in the media center for Web Wednesday. That means, every Wednesday, all day long in the month of February starting next week, we will have people to help answer your questions, brainstorm ideas, talk about, your website!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.  See you Wednesdays!