Basics
The first day of PL offered in this series was focused on the basics.
The goal was assisting staff transitioning from the FirstClass platform to the G Suite platform.
Content explored on this day focused on three main groups of users
- staff users
- office administration (Principal(s) and Secretary, Managers, Office staff)
- School G Suite administration
As we move forward as a District these are the basic skills each staff group will need to establish.
Agenda
Agenda
Topics included items for all three target audiences.
- Review of Google Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Drive, Google Groups, Google Calendar/Google Chrome
- Changes from past practices
- Common questions/issues
- Communication and Collaboration with the District and the School
- District Communication
- School Mailbox
- School Community, School Storage ‘Starter Kit’
- Calendars (Individual, Informational, Resource)
- Principals and Secretaries Communities
- Techniques
- How to find your files
- How to respond for threading
- Sharing by folder
- Sharing by group
- Attachments/One file/Revisions/Copies
- Add-ons, extensions
- Administration
- Resetting passwords
- My Account App
- Requesting Groups, Websites, Resource Calendars, accounts
- Learning, Training and Getting Help
- Training for Google Apps Tool
- Snipping Tool / How to take a screen shot http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/
- IT Assist Site http://itassist.nlesd.ca/
The regional Day 1 agenda is embedded below.