Reporting Spam and Phishing

ASD has a new method for reporting suspicious emails and junk mail.  Previously, staff would forward messages to postmaster@auburn.wednet.edu.  The new method is to use the newly-enabled Report Message feature in the Outlook App which is also available in Outlook Web Access (OWA).  

If you receive a suspicious or unwanted email, simply click on the "Report" button and select which type of message this is: phishing or junk.  This will report the message and can prevent other staff from receiving it.

Staff may still forward messages to the postmaster account, however, reporting messages directly through the app is now the preferred method. 

Further details can be found on Microsoft's Support Page.

Accessibility Features on Chromebook

Did you know that there are many accessibility features built into the Chromebooks? These features provide both students and teachers with important supports. Here are some examples and how a student or teacher might use them. 

• Dictation - dictate a word you know how to say but are unsure how to spell

• Select to speak - highlight a set of directions to hear them read aloud

• Large mouse cursor - make it easier to see and track a mouse when presenting or recording

• Highlight mouse cursor - adds a red circle around the mouse cursor to make it easier to see and track

Want to learn more? Check out Providing Accessibility with Digital Tools during the Winter Training Series. This session was designed by Steve Quist (Student Special Services) and digs deeper into how to find these tools, how to use them, and the many benefits for all students.

SecURLy Classroom Updates

Securly Classroom is a great digital management tool for your classroom, and updates to the platform in December make the tool even easier to use.  Here are just some of the updates:

• New, informative class card designs

• Assign different colors to class cards to help with multiple classes

• Create default settings to apply whenever you start a class session

• Share your block lists with other teachers

This video provides more information about these updates. Contact your Tech Coach for more ideas on how to best use SecURLy Classroom.

Extra Hours

Have you seen Extra Hours -AEA on a your paycheck, but you had trouble figuring out exactly what those extra hours were? It's easy to see a detailed breakdown of those extra hours through Payroll Check History in Skyward. Thanks to Elaine Hogg for these instructions. 

Helpful Tip!

When entering into Clock in/Clock out for covering classes (or anytime you need to put your own hours in) be sure to fill out the comment section so it will show up when you follow the steps above and you can figure out what you have and have not been paid for.

Sphero Bolts at Lea Hill

We wanted to give an extra special shoutout to Ryan Korn and his third and fourth grade students. Ryan is the first teacher to check out one of our available Sphero Bolt kits. The students explored right, acute, and obtuse angles through programing the Bolts on tracks mapped out on the floor. They started simple with an L-shape, moved to rectangles, and ended with student-created tracks using a variety of the three types of angles. At the end of the week, a student shared out that he always gets questions about angles on iReady and finally knows how to answer them! Interested in checking out the Sphero Bolts or one of our other robotics kits? Check out our webpage and talk to your Tech Coach.