Installing Office at Home 08/28/15

Installing Office 2013 On Your Home Computer

IMPORTANT - Before installing this, please read the following:

• Office 2013 is not compatible with Windows Vista or Windows XP
• The download of Office 2013 can take as much as two (2) hours depending on your Internet connection at home
• Office 2013 can ONLY be installed on five (5) computers or less using your login
• Other computer system requirements:
• Windows Version must be 7 or higher
• Computer and processor must be 1 GHZ or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
• Memory – 1 GB RAM (32-bit)
• Disk Space – 3 gigabytes (GB)
• Monitor Resolution – 1024 x 768

Installing Office 2013 on a PC

1. Open Internet Explorer (this may work on Chrome or Firefox, but Internet Explorer is the browser of choice for this download and install)
2. Go to login.microsoftonline.com
• You can also get to this link by going to the PISD Portal and clicking Office 365 tile
• Or go to the PISD Home Page, hover over Staff and click District Email/Office 365
3. Enter your PISD email address
4. Click Sign In
5. Enter your PISD network password
6. Click Sign In
7. At the top right, click the Settings button (looks like a gear)
8. Click Office 365 settings
9. Click Install and manage software
10.  Click Install
11. Continue to answer the prompts to complete the install

For support with this install, go to - http://tinyurl.com/ntqrrfu

Installing Office 2016 on a Mac

Follow the instructions on this website:

http://tinyurl.com/pqm2usc

The instructions for a Mac are similar to the ones listed above, but this link contains more specific detail related to a Macintosh computer.

Changing Your Phone's Voice Mail Greeting 08/28/15

New or Transfer Staff need to set up their voice message greeting on their phone?

Setting Up or Changing Your Voice Message/Greeting

Press the Messages button

Enter your password**

Press #

Press 4 for setup options

**NOTE RE: PASSWORD: Once the phone change request work order has been submitted by the campus and completed by the networking department, the phone is reset to the newly assigned person and the default password is the 121212.

1.       Greeting - your current greeting is your standard 

1) to re-record this message 

2) to turn on alternate greeting 

3) to edit other greetings 

4) to play all your greetings 

0) for help  

*) to exit

2.       Message Settings to change 

1) message notification 

3) menu style 

4) edit private lists 

0) help 

*) exit

3.       Personal settings  to change 

1) password 

2) recorded name 

3) directory listings 

6) message monitor settings

4.       Transfer settings to change 

1) standard transfer rule 

2) alternate transfer rule 

3) close transfer rule 

0) help 

*) exit

Retrieving Your Voice Mail Messages

Press 1 to retrieve messages.  

Then, press:

1) Listen 

2) save 

3) delete 

4) reply 

5) forward 

6) mark new 

7) skip back 

9) properties 

0 )help 

*) exit

Outlook 2013 Help Guides and Tip Sheets 08/28/15

Outlook 2013 Desktop Application Help Guides and Tip Sheets

Currently, we do not have an eCourse or any specific handouts for Outlook 2013 ready.  But, I have used these links for trainings, as a resource sent in an email, and/or to take "snippings" from the handout to create short tip sheets.

Feel free to use these if needed.

Custom Guide Cheat Sheet

http://www.customguide.com/cheat_sheets/outlook-2013-cheat-sheet.pdf

pages 1-2 only

Introduction

http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Information%20Technology%20Services/training/pdf/outlook2013p1.pdf

Intermediate

http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Information%20Technology%20Services/training/pdf/outlook2013p2.pdf

Using Rules

http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Information%20Technology%20Services/training/pdf/outlook2013rules.pdf

Outlook 2013 Training Courses, Videos and Tutorials

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Outlook-2013-training-courses-videos-and-tutorials-f83e8e60-0bab-47eb-8f6e-c2ecb73124d8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Promethean Board Troubleshooting 08/28/15

This is an update to a blog post from about a year ago on troubleshooting the connection to your Promethean Board when the pen doesn't work.

• Try these steps when the following situation occurs:
• The pen won’t work on the board. 
• You can get the calibration window to appear.
• No lights appear on the top left “flame”.
• You look at the ActivManager icon on the Task Tray across the bottom of the screen.
• If it is an orange icon on a white square, then it is connected.
• If it is a red X on a white square, then it is not properly connecting.

Goal: make sure the orange icon appears (not the red X).

After each step listed below, check to see if the Red X changes to a white square with the orange Promethean man (aka John Travolta) on the ActivManager icon on the Task Tray across the bottom of the screen.

1.  "Rebooting" the Board:

• If you can get to the electrical cord for the board, try unplugging it and then replugging it into the electrical outlet again.  You can also find the connection between the Power Pack and the gray/beige cable that comes out of the back of the board. This looks like a black cable with a round plug on the end that is connected to a gray/beige cable connection.
• Doing this is like “rebooting” the board.  If it is “connected”, you should hear the familiar 3 chimes and the flame at the top left of the board should display a light.  Hopefully, it is a light blue/gray light.  This process of “rebooting” can also correct the problem of seeing a RED light on the flame at the top left of the board.
  

2.  Update ActivDriver:

• Click this link:
  \\pisdcifs02\pisdshare\Promethean\ActivBoard_Install_Items\ActivInspire\Drivers_and_Updates
• Double click the file that has a name similar to this - ActivDriver_x64_v5.x.x setup
• Click all the positive responses to the install process like Next, Yes, Install, etc.

3.  If updating the driver doesn’t work, reseat/replug (into a different USB plug) the Promethean Board USB plug in the back of the computer (this serves as a chance for the promethean board to “reacquaint” itself with this newly updated driver that you installed in Step 2 above).

4.  If that doesn’t work, unplug and replug the Promethean Board into the electrical outlet (this might be necessary if there was a power outage or power surge recently at the campus).

5.  If that doesn’t work, you might see if the board is connected to the computer via a network cable and make sure it is securely connected.  And not a bad idea to check all other cables to make sure they are securely connected.

6.  If the board connects (red X on task tray turns to an orange promethean symbol) and the lights are on from the promethean board BUT the pen still doesn’t work, you might consider getting a pen from a neighboring teacher that works and testing to see if it works on the board.  This will narrow down whether the pen is good or not.

7.  And one final thing is to check the “nib” on the end of the pen and make sure it is still in reasonably good shape.  If not, you might see about changing it out to see if that helps.
And finally, if all these steps don’t work……turn in a work order.  It could be that the board has gone bad because of a power surge or just get’n old.  In addition, it might need a “power USB” cable.  This Power USB cable is used when the cabling between the board and the computer is at our around 25’ or more.  Once the distance of the cabling gets that long, the connection is compromised and can result in a bad connection.

Posters for Technology Use with Students 08/21/15

Must Have Posters for a Technology Classroom!

http://www.weareteachers.com/hot-topics/topics-in-education/printable-posters-classroom-technology-rules-and-etiquette

Learning.com Updates 08/21/15

Learning.com Updates for 2015-2016 School Year

Important Changes for Learning.com during this school year, especially if you use Custom Curriculum:

New Login Page

• Learning.com has a new login page and a new logo:  
• Login Page: http://login.learning.com/

MarketPlace 

• MarketPlace is no longer available in Learning.com.

Starting on July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015:

In the Custom Curriculum area of Learning.com –

• You will no longer be able to create Journal or Activity Lessons from scratch. (aka – Create New)

However….

• Any Journal or Activity Lesson already created under your account or a district-level account can be duplicated, edited and/or deleted.
• Any Journal or Activity Lesson already created and shared in the district can be searched for, duplicated, edited and/or deleted.
• And you WILL be able to create Weblinks
• As a result, all development of Journal and Activity Lessons in the Custom Curriculum area needs to occur on or before December 31, 2015.  However, please read the remainder of the email for additional important information.

Starting on January 1, 2016 through July 1, 2016:

In the Custom Curriculum area of Learning.com –

• All teachers can still create, duplicate and delete Journal or Activity Lessons

Starting on July 1, 2016:

In the Custom Curriculum area of Learning.com – (unless the district purchases an additional piece [Curriculum Foundry] in Learning.com), the following changes will take effect:

• All previously created and saved Activities and Journals will completely disappear from the Custom Curriculum and My Curriculum areas under all accounts.

Keyboarding Practice with Old Keyboards 08/21/15

Ever wanted to have some old keyboards around so your students can practice appropriate keyboarding skills?  Maybe use them as a station or center for students?

If so, turn in a work order requesting some used keyboards.  Roseann Reynoso, Tech Services secretary, can check to see if there are any that have been collected and stored in their area.

Think Central Teacher Accounts 08/21/15

From: Christy Foster
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 11:01 AM
Subject: ThinkCentral Elementary Teachers

Please pass onto your specialists at the campuses that Think Central teachers have been loaded for grades K-4.

Student accounts will be loaded on September 9^th.

For grades K-4 this affects:

· Science (teachers only, no student accounts are loaded)

· Reading (teacher and student accounts)

Teacher usernames are their network logins, and the password for all is Think!14 (which they can change).

As last year, campus managers will need to add accounts from this point. They can contact me if they have questions.

There were a few teachers whose network usernames were too short to upload (username has to be at least 5 characters), so I added pisd to the end of their username in TC.

The teachers affected are:

User Name	First Name	Last Name	Grade
afoxpisd	Andrea	Fox	K
celypisd	Cynthia	Ely	4
vcyrpisd	Victoria	Cyr	3
tpoipisd	Tara	Poi	4
mfazpisd	Magnolia	Faz	1
rreypisd	Ricardo	Rey	2
pelypisd	Pamela	Ely	3
klepisd	Kathy	Le	K
bleepisd	Brianna	Lee	3
klampisd	Krystal	Lam	3
lorrpisd	Lisa	Orr	3
aalipisd	Ariel	Ali	2
kleepisd	Keeley	Lee	4
rviapisd	Rita	Via	4
korrpisd	Kelly	Orr	1
kcoxpisd	Kelly	Cox	4
vgilpisd	Vanessa	Gil	1
atonpisd	Anh	Ton	1