Help Desk Report for 23 Aug, 2021 – 29 Aug, 2021

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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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Of Bits and Bytes first issue now available

Bycollinsr September 10, 2008

The first issue of what I will be offering as a monthly newsletter on educational technology issues is now available. Staff members will receive a paper copy in their mailbox, and everyone can download a copy here. If you are interested in writing an article or are doing engaging and innovative work in your classroom…

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Thunderbird Help Sheet now available

Bycollinsr April 14, 2011

A help sheet on setting up Mozilla Thunderbird for email is now available at http://kcs.me/kdr. Thunderbird is completely unsupported software. Feel free to use it but any Help Desk Requests on its use will not be completed.

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Upcoming technology changes for the teachers of KCS

Bycollinsr September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

There are three big changes coming up for teachers of KCS. Once the new technology is in place, we’ll be scheduling PD classes on moving forward! I don’t have a timeline for the changes, it is dependent on when Apple will release the new computer models and how quickly they can be shipped. Hardware Desktop…

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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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Online access to student grades

Bycollinsr January 3, 2007

I’m installed a piece of software simply called Online Grades. It allows a teacher to post their gradebook directly from Easy Grade Pro to the web. I’ll be adding a link for students off of their MyCatPage to log them automatically into Online Grades, so you do not have to worry about distributing the student’s…

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