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Shortening web addresses with go.kcs.me

Bycollinsr November 6, 2019

A URL shortener is a service that takes a long web address and makes it shorter and easier to share. If you’ve every used or seen bit.ly or tinyurl.com, you’ve used an URL shortener. I had written an URL shortener several years ago, and remnants of it still exist under kcs.me. It worked ok, but…

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New features in google classroom. And more to come

Bydeanj August 28, 2015

Google has released updates for Google Classroom. The updates include “question-driven discussions including debates and question-and-answer sessions. Teachers can now post a question, video, article or other content in Classroom, and ask students to answer the question or write a response. Teachers also have the option of allowing students to comment on each other’s responses.”…

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Tech report for 10/29/15 – 11/04/15

Bycollinsr November 5, 2015

Tech Department Notes The district is now 1:1 with devices in grades K-12. K-6 classrooms now have a computer for each student. There is still work to do on the logistics of using the technology. The department is in the process of purchasing Reflector licenses for the computers in the district that are used with…

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Moodle is now installed for the 2017-2018 school year

Bycollinsr August 4, 2017

The Moodle server for the 2017-2018 school year is now installed. To request a course, click on the Click here to request a course link from the main Moodle page available at moodle.kentoncityschools.org. Log in with your school username and password, and then complete the form to request the course. It will ask why the course is needed,…

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Automatically filter student email out of your inbox

Bycollinsr January 4, 2013

Set up GMail so that email from students bypass your inbox.

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Server upgrades for the web server

Bycollinsr November 30, 2012

With the increased usage of Moodle, our web server has been taking a pretty good hit in the performance department. To alleviate the stress on the server, I’ve installed the Varnish caching software in front of the webserver.

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