Help desk report for 15 Mar 2021 – 21 Mar 2021

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.
This year, for the new staff bootcamp, I put together a self guided tour of the technology available at Kenton City Schools. I thought others may be interested in it, so here is a link to the presentation. ⚠ Be forewarned, I talk at the start, so you may want to turn down your speakers….
I reconfigured Google Cloudprint this afternoon, it should work better now (I know the KMS was really struggling with it). Google Cloudprint allows you to print to the copiers and printers from Google Chrome. This works no matter where you are, so, for example, if you are away but would like to print something out…
To fix the issue of Reading A-Z kids having no sound is coming out of the computer when it should be reading the book to the student follow these steps. From the Chrome window click on the 3 dot menu as shown below and select settings. Next Click on the install buttons for “Proprietary Codecs”…
Adobe offers Spark free to schools. What is Spark? It’s an online service that allows you to create graphics, webpages, or edit video, from any computer with a web browser. I used it to create the graphic above. All of the staff and students have accounts in Adobe Spark, and they can log in with…