District Resources

Good morning, happy Monday and welcome back!

We here in the Technology & Innovation Division hope you were able to enjoy the summer, spend time with family and friends either virtually or in-person and just exhale as we recover from the pandemic. While the past 18 months has certainly created challenges for all of us, it has presented an opportunity for our education systems to emerge stronger than ever before by embracing innovative tools and practices. Thank you all for your continued involvement, participation, and collaboration as we provide the support and digital resources that have an impact on teaching and learning for our students.

As the new school year begins, we're excited to continue our work to accelerate digital equity, inspire innovation in education, and create modern learning opportunities through reliable and accessible technology. Whether it's through our Internet connectivity, student information systems, or digital learning tools, we will continue to engage and support all of you so that all of our students are successful. Please continue to reach out with any questions, professional development, or support that you may need.

Technology

• Connecting to the Wifi:

  • Staff Devices connect to LUSDNet

    • Authentication should be automatic based on computer login credentials

  • Personal Devices connect to LUSDNet-Guest

• Connecting to the Canon printer(s):

  • The Canon Printer name on laptop/PC is FINDME-PRINTER which is automatically installed on District devices

  • Pin Setup - to release jobs

  • Badge Setup - to release jobs for staff with badge fobs

• Connecting HP, Aver DocCam, Asus Screen via Docking Station:

  • How-to videos

  • Sample Classroom Setup

• Connecting to AirTame (casting) devices

  • App Download

• Submitting a Tech Ticket:

  • Log into Incident IQ with your email credentials

  • Assigned tech will address tickets submitted in their queue

  • Staff should put in their own tickets

    • Recommend inputting site location in ticket as recent moves may not reflect current location of the staff within the system

Aeries (aeriessupport@mylusd.org)

• Gradebooks

  • The elementary gradebooks will be pre-configured for all teachers by the first day of school

  • For questions and training, please email us at aeriessupport@mylusd.org

• ParentSquare

  • Now that Aeries Communications is powered by ParentSquare, you should have received an email invitation on August 13, 2021 to activate your account. If you have not already done so, open the email and click on the link to verify your account. Alternatively, you may also log into Aeries and click on Communications from the left-hand side.

    • Parents received similar information and activation emails last week

  • ParentSquare is a unified communication platform that offers a whole host of tools to more effectively communicate and engage with families and students.

  • ParentSquare will also be used for daily Health Screening

  • To learn more about ParentSquare, below are three resources:

    • Live webinar registrations, click here

    • Pre-recorded training video, click here

    • Self-paced training, click here

Digital Learning (digitalcoaches@mylusd.org)

• Google Classroom will be set up via Clever. You can accept or decline. If you decline, you will need to set up Google Classrooms on your own.

  • Be sure to archive old Google Classrooms

• Digital Curriculum (access and rosters) will be set up by Monday, August 23rd

  • Think Central (Journeys, Senderos, Go Math)

    • Access via Clever

    • Need to update your grade level? Here’s how to do that

    • Need additional assistance? Here’s our how-to video playlist

  • McGrawHill (StudySync, Glencoe Math, Impact, Español para Nosotros, Temas)

    • Access via Clever

    • Be sure to delete old classes in StudySync

  • Savvas (Our World, Autentico, AP Span Lit & Lang)

    • Access via Clever

• Returning Tools

  • Newsela

    • Use Google (mylusd) button to sign in

    • Be sure to archive old classes

    • Here’s how to sync your Google Classroom(s) (must be signed in to Newsela with your mylusd account to view)

  • Pear Deck

    • Here’s how to launch it in Google Slides

    • Need a refresher on how to use it? Here’s our HelpDeck with video tutorials

  • GoGuardian

    • Teachers can access it via Clever

      • Admin, Leads, Coaches, IAs access via GoGuardian site

    • Be sure to archive old class(es)

    • Accept Classroom(s) rostered from Clever found in Pending

• New Tools

  • Discovery Education

    • Access via Clever

Here's to a great first week!

Sincerely,

Patrick Gittisriboongul, Ed.D

Asst. Superintendent, Technology & Innovation | he, him, his

Lynwood Unified School District | 11321 Bullis Rd. | Lynwood, CA 90262

e: pgittis@mylusd.org | t: @pgittis

o: 310.886.1600 x8163