Lets Chat with iChat

iChat is a fantastic way to communicate with colleagues.

You can use it for  text, audio and video chat. You can use it to share files and screen share.
View the videos below to get set up.

How to set up iChat on a local network


iChat Tips

Saving a flip chart into your P drive

Firstly, go ahead and open your P drive alias which should be on your desktop.

Save your flip chart

When you save, select the drop down arrow next to the file name

This will allow you to locate the connected server Svr-ad01.  Open this and you will find your P drive.

Sharing Settings in Google Drive

Sharing Settings in Google Drive

It is a good habit to periodically check the share settings on an object are correct.

There are two different methods for sharing an item in Google drive, both are accessed from the Share option (right click on a object or the Share button in a document)

Firstly every item has a Visibility setting. When you create a document this will always be set to the bisphuket.ac.th system default (currently Private). When you look at the sharing screen this is the top item in the list and the options are largely self-explanatory.

The following guidelines are recommended:

• For documents or folders intended for teachers use visibility should be Private
• For documents or folders intended for student access visibility should be set to People at British International School Phuket with link
• Only in rare circumstances should Anyone with the link or Public on the web be selected. In many cases such documents would be better placed on the school website

Secondly people can be invited, invitees are either View Only or Can Edit. These people can always access the document regardless of the visibility settings. When a new object is created it inherits the invited people from the folder in which it is placed

To assist with controlling permissions a variety of groups have been created and these should be used whenever possible for invitations. When group membership is changed so is access to folders without any additional work, where access is granted by name then any change has to be implemented separately on every folder and document. (Note these groups are not for email use currently)

Recommendations:

• Staff documents placed inside the BISP Academic staff folder: BISP Teachers “View only” and ICT team “can edit”
• Do NOT grant access to any external email addresses.
• Keep the list of invited people as short as possible by using groups.

Groups currently defined:

AEN staff	aen@bisphuket.ac.th
Arts Teachers	arts@bisphuket.ac.th
ICT Team	bisict@bisphuket.ac.th
BISP Teachers	bispteacher@bisphuket.ac.th
Boarding Staff	boarding@bisphuket.ac.th
Computing Teachers	computing@bisphuket.ac.th
Counsellors	counsellor@bisphuket.ac.th
DT Teachers	dt@bisphuket.ac.th
English Teachers	english@bisphuket.ac.th
ESL	esl@bisphuket.ac.th
Humanities Teachers	humanities@bisphuket.ac.th
ilc	ilc@bisphuket.ac.th
Librarians	library@bisphuket.ac.th
Little Ducks Teachers	littleducks@bisphuket.ac.th
Maths Teachers	maths@bisphuket.ac.th
MFL Teachers	mfl@bisphuket.ac.th
Nursery Teachers	nursery@bisphuket.ac.th
PE Teachers	pe@bisphuket.ac.th
Primary leadership team	prilt@bisphuket.ac.th
Pri-MLT	primlt@bisphuket.ac.th
Primary Teachers	priteacher@bisphuket.ac.th
Reception Teachers	reception@bisphuket.ac.th
Science teachers	science@bisphuket.ac.th
Secondary Teachers	secgroup@bisphuket.ac.th
Secondary Leadership Team	seclt@bisphuket.ac.th
SLT	slt@bisphuket.ac.th
students	students@bisphuket.ac.th
Thai Teachers	thai@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 1 Teachers	year1@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 2 Teachers	year2@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 3 Teachers	year3@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 4 Teachers	year4@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 5 Teachers	year5@bisphuket.ac.th
Year 6 Teachers	year6@bisphuket.ac.th

ActivInspire Switching between Primary and Studio Look and Feel

To switch ActivInspire between the Primary look and feel and the Studio Look and Feel

• Open ActivInspire
• If not visible select View -> Dashboard to make the dashboard visible
• Go to Configure
• Tick the box next to the "Launch next time using the ...."
• Close
• Quit ActivInspire 
• Reopen with the changed Look and Feel

To reverse follow the same steps above.

ePortal - making lists of student information

To make a list of student information from the Advanced Learning ePortal:

• log onto the ePortal (link is http://mis.bisphuket.ac.th:8090/eportal/) 
• select the Main Menu
• Under Records select Student Lists 
• In the left hand column use the drop down lists to select the group of students you want to produce information on. Note if a drop down is set to "None", the default, then every student that meets the criteria in other boxes is selected. Only use the boxes that you need to select your group of students.
• On the right hand side you can select the additional information you want to appear. The box "Additional Columns" allows you to select many additional columns of information.
• Once you have made the settings you want click on the "Generate" button to create the list.
• On the final screen you can opt to download as a pdf file or you can highlight the table and paste the information into a spreadsheet (if the data formats badly or includes lots of links when pasted into Excel try again using "Paste Special" text)
  
  
  If the box labelled "Allow Event Entry" is ticked then selection boxes appear to allow the addition of Behaviour Events to students.
  
  
  If you would like assistance or a demonstration of making lists contact Nigel

Parent Codes in Edmodo

Parents can obtain the Parent Code for their children either by asking their child or one of their teachers.

A student can see their parent code at the bottom left of their home page:

A teacher can find the students parent code by going to the group page and clicking on members in the left hand menu. Then obtain the Parent Code by selecting Parent Code from the "More" drop down menu to the right of the students name.

To obtain parent codes for the entire group. On the same screen select Print from the drop down menu Group Settings (to the right of the word Members) and including parent code in the items to print.

Edmodo help topic can be seen at https://support.edmodo.com/home#entries/22041470-where-do-i-retrieve-a-parent-code

Google Drive - Introduction and Installation on Mac & Windows

 

 An Introduction to Google Drive

Google Drive Application on Mac

1. Go to http://drive.google.com .
2. Click the Download Google Drive for your Mac button. 
3. Open installgoogledrive.dmg.
4. Open the installation file and drag the Google Drive icon to your Applications folder.
5. Open Google Drive from your Applications folder. (You may receive a warning that Google Drive is an application downloaded from the Internet. Click the Open button.)
6. Enter your Google Account username and password in the window that opens. This will be the account associated with Google Drive for your Mac.
7. Complete the installation package instructions.
8. Launch Google Drive for your Mac from the toolbar. Drag files and folders into your Google Drive folder to begin syncing items to My Drive (part of Google Drive on the web).

 Install Google Drive on your computer (Windows)

1. Go to http://drive.google.com .
2. Click Connect Drive to your desktop below the list of Drive views on the left side of the screen.
3. Click Download Google Drive for your PC.
4. Open googledrivesync.exe to automatically install and start Google Drive on your PC. (You may receive a warning that Google Drive is an application downloaded from the Internet. Click the Open button.)
5. Enter your Google Account username and password in the window that opens. This will be the account associated with Google Drive for your PC.
6. Complete the installation package instructions.
7. Launch Google Drive for your PC from the Start menu. Drag files and folders into your Google Drive folder to begin syncing items to My Drive (part of Google Drive on the web).
   
   Once installed, you can access your Google Drive folder either by using the Finder, or the Google Drive icon located in the toolbar at the top of your screen.    

After you complete a piece of work,  you can drag the file into your Google Drive folder on your laptop and Google Drive will synchronize your folder with your web based Google Drive folder. Therefore, you will have 2 copies as a backup.

Google Docs in the classroom

Google Drive / Docs in the Classroom

  


TIP
If collaborating, get kids to pick a colour and write their name in it at the start (a key)... then you know which student has done what.

 




 

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