Help Desk Report 9/17/15 – 9/23/15 – KCS Technology Department

Using Google Chrome on older machines

Bycollinsr October 18, 2012

As you may have seen, we’ve started converting machines older than 2006 into Google Chrome Browsers. These machines running Google Chrome are as fast as the Google Chromebooks, run Flash with sound, and are a great way to repurpose and use these older machines.

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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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Approving Youtube videos

Bycollinsr October 1, 2015December 14, 2020

Edit: Updated graphics as of December 2020. Previously, Google had given school districts and other organizations the ability to filter search results and Youtube. Unfortunately, there are some organizations that were using this ability to spy on the users for marketing purposes, so Google is now forcing all searches and Youtube to go over SSL,…

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Chrome and Flash updated

Bycollinsr August 19, 2015

I’ve update Chrome to version 44.0.2403.155 and Adobe Flash to version 18.0.0.232 in Managed Software Update for the Mac computers: The computer will automatically update if it is at the log in screen, but if you are using the computer you will have to press Update now to install the updates. To manually start the update, under the Go…

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Every teacher has a substitute teacher Google account created

Bycollinsr August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

Every teacher has a Google account created that can be used by their substitute teacher. This account allows the teacher to share files with the substitute teacher and also communicate through email with the teacher. You will want to place this information in your substitute teacher folder, along with any directions on how you want…

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Google Groups with a building’s staff and students are now working

Bycollinsr September 22, 2015

Each building has a Google Group that contains all of the staff and students in that building. They are now updated with the current staff and student members of the respective building: Kenton Elementary School – [email protected] Kenton High School – [email protected] Kenton Middle School – [email protected] I’m still trying to straighten out the permissions,…

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