Are you leaving the district?

This is the time of year when ASD staff may be taking their next move beyond the district, whether it be retirement (in which case, congratulations!) or a family move, or other opportunities elsewhere. For these staff members, it is important to manage your digital exit as smoothly as possible, so as to leave your colleagues and successors with an easy transition.

Follow our directions for Leaving the District to backup your materials swiftly and securely.

Your ASD account will be deactivated seven days after your final day of employment, so ensure that these directions are followed in a timely manner.

Remember Your Duo Device

If you are planning to check your email or Skyward over summer, remember that you will need to verify your identity on Duo at some point.  Please ensure that you bring your token with you (if issued one) or the cellphone on which you installed the Duo app.

If you upgrade to a new phone over summer, please contact the Helpdesk to ensure Duo works on your new device.

Wakelet

Wakelet is a bookmark manager that helps you organize bookmarks and content into visual collections. These collections can be shared with staff, students, and anyone else in your learning community. Wakelet can also be used to create newsletters, collaborate with teams, share group projects - the possibilities are endless!

See an example below of a Wakelet created by your Instructional Technology team!

Sharing Logins - Don't Do It!

Your login credentials serve as a key to a wide array of personal and professional information. In sharing your username and password, you open the door to unauthorized access to sensitive data, including personal emails, financial information, and potentially compromising material. Compromised accounts can be used to send malicious emails or engage in inappropriate online activities, tarnishing your professional reputation. 

Thankfully, Auburn SD has enabled DUO multi-factor authentication as an additional layer of security to prevent unauthorized access attempts outside our classrooms. Although sharing credentials can seem enticing when sharing materials with colleagues without access, it is our responsibility to model good behavior for our students.  One way to do so is to keep your credentials private. In doing so, you help uphold student privacy, maintain data integrity, mitigate security risks and promote Digital Citizenship practices.

Lock Before You Walk!

An easy way to protect yourself from unwanted access to your computer is to lock your screen when you walk away.  

On Windows devices, this can be done by pressing ⊞ Win  +  L 

On Chromebooks, the screen is locked by pressing Search +  L 

An unlocked computer is an invitation to bad actors to read your email, look in your Google Drive, change data in Skyward, and more.  Start the habit today: lock before you walk!

Beware of the Phish

As a reminder, Auburn School District will never ask for your login details.  Even if an email looks legitimate, never divulge your password unless you are 100% certain that you are logging into a district resource (Outlook, Google, Skyward, etc.).  Hackers are getting craftier in how they try to trick people, and won't hesitate to steal your personal and financial information.

Skyward News

June's Skyward News is full of important updates for summer: downtime, gradebook retention, Clever pause dates and more!

The Data Services Website provides additional help and information for Skyward users.