TechTip Tuesday

February 3 - Download Blocked by Chrome

If you receive an error message such as "Blocked by you organization" when downloading, it is a result of a security feature enforced by the district on the Chrome Browser.

February 17 - Version History

Version history is a feature in all Google docs that provides valuable information about the creation and edits applied to a Google doc.

February 23 - Locked Quiz

Students can be locked to a quiz tab when using the Quiz Form in Google classroom. This will prevent students from opening tabs to brows other sites. Either paragraph, short answer or multiple choice questions can be added. Please note that students must be on a Chromebook to enable this feature.

January 6 - Student Passwords

When a student's deltalearns account is compromised, it is often the result of a weak password, or the student leaving a work station  or Chromebook  unsupervised while still logged in. This week's TechTip show how teachers can view passwords through Teacher Connect, and guide students through the process of changing passwords. 

Beginning in late January, form owners and editors will be able to set a specific date and time to close the form, or set a certain number of responses that will trigger the form to close automatically.

Focused Education resources along with Fortinet have developed security awareness lessons for students on topics that include password security, how to recognize phishing scams, cyberbullying, social media and more. Lessons are grouped for ages 8-11, 12 - 14, and 15 - 18. 

December 3 - Removing Ads from YouTube

Ads can be removed from YouTube videos through Google Classroom. This can be accomplished in two ways. Learn how in this weeks TechTip video

November 4 - Creating Single Sided Printing Preset

District computers are defaulted to print double sided. Although this can save paper, there are times where single sided printing is required. This weeks TechTip shows how to set single sided printing as one of the defaults that can be easily applied.

November 18 - Generate Slide in Gemini

Using Canvas in Gemini, users can create Google slides presentations. These presentations are easily exported to Slides where they can be further edited, or can be downloaded.

Oct 7 - Gemini Storybook

Learn to create your own illustrated book! We'll quickly walk through selecting the Storybook Gem in Gemini, writing a simple prompt, and instantly generating a shareable, narrated storybook—all in 120 seconds!

Oct 21 - Archiving Google Classrooms

It is important that teachers either remove students, or archive Classrooms. By doing so it removes the opportunity for students to chat using the Classroom stream in an unmonitored environment, as well as declutters the number of classroom tiles students have.  

Oct 28 - Deleting and Reinstalling Printers MacOS

We are receiving reports from users who have upgraded to OS 26 Tahoe that they are unable to print. To resolve the issue please delete (remove) the printers and reinstall as shown in this video. Please note that the reinstall must be completed while on the SD37-Open Network. 

Sept 2 - Getting Started - Finding Answers

To help answer technology questions three FAQ pages can be accessed on the TechTips website https://bit.ly/sd37techtipshome.

• Caring For Your Tech FAQs - https://bit.ly/4dF8KVX

• Deltalearns Google FAQs - https://bit.ly/3TeOYby

• General Tech FAQs - https://bit.ly/3ZcGIgg

Sept 9 - Mac Upgrade vs Update

As a new school year begins and some of us start our Macs for the first time in months, there may be updates and/or upgrades to the Operating system waiting. In the past we had asked teachers to hold off on these, but now we are asking that the updates and upgrades be completed. Learn how in this weeks TechTip

Sept 16 - Connecting to Wi Fi Issues

Having trouble connecting devices to the districts SD37-Open network? If so it likely a result of Private Wi Fi being enabled. This weeks video shows how to disable Private Wi Fi so that your access is not interupted.  

Sept 23 - Gemini Gems

Within Gemini you can find Gems, a personalized pre-programmed AI assistant that can be used for repetitive tasks. For example you can create a Gem to generate a daily math problem related to the curriculum and topic.