Each staff member at Kenton City Schools will have a Google Group created for each of their classes. To see your groups and check who is in the group, you can visit Google Groups. The class Google Groups have a description that start with Class Google Groups – and then your StudentInformation teacher code followed by a […]
For the 2017-2018 school year Braxton Walters will be assisting the technology department. He is a student at Kenton High School, having deferred graduation for 2017. Mr. Walters will be formally introduced during the teacher work day on August 14th, but he may be working in your classroom before then. […]
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, […]
The KCS MyCatPage will be getting an upgrade over the summer. The look is cleaner, and the links to various resources are better organized. Check it out here and let me know what you like and what you don’t like! […]
As some of you have noticed, some sites that use Flash in Google Chrome have been asking you to download Adobe Flash. The reason is that the major browsers have begun to deprecate Flash because of security and performance issues. This will be a pain for students that use websites with Flash content. The students […]
On February 15, 2017, Google will be transitioning to the new template gallery. If you are using any templates with Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides, you will need to submit them to the new gallery for students to use. The process is, to say the least, convoluted. Find your templates to transfer Visit https://drive.google.com/a/kentoncityschools.org/templates to see […]
With the new copiers came new printer drivers, which are now being pushed out to machines. Macintosh desktops and laptops directions To verify you have the updates, run Managed Software Update. Managed Software Update will only work when you are on the school network, so for laptop users, you will not be able to complete […]
With the recent updates to the Mac systems, there has risen some compatibility issues with different versions of iPhoto and Photos (the replacement of iPhoto). This, coupled with the growing size of pictures is a good reason to switch to Google Photos. Google Photos gives you unlimited space online to store and manage your photos. […]
The last update in Google Chrome has caused some issues with the desktops and print preview. When you go to print in chrome the preview will look like this. If you click print it will go thorough as normal. This is a flaw in chrome and they will hopefully issue a fix in the next few […]
Software updates LibreOffice 5.1.3 Handbrake 0.10.5 x86_64 GoogleChrome 48.0.2564.109 OracleJava8 1.8.73.02 Firefox 38.6.1 AdobeFlashPlayer 20.0.0.306 Help desk report helpdesk_in_depth-Feb-4-Feb-10 […]