Technology Tips for Staff

• How do I access my email?
• How do I have repairs made to computer equipment?
• Gradequick: How do I set up my classes and grading sheets?
• Homework Mailbox and Voicemail: How can I set these up and how do I access messages?
• How can I set up a webpage for my class(es)?
• What are Spyware, Adware, Trojans and Viruses? What can I do about them?

Accessing Your Email

From Home:
Go to www.nbschools.org and click on the staff email link.
This takes you to http://mail.nbschools.org/exchange/
A dialog box will open to ask you to log in.
If there are three options, you will fill in yourname and password (as you do at school to log in) and also the domain which is nbps
If there are only two options to fill, you will fill in your user name as nbps/yourname in the first text box and then fill in your password in the other text box.

From School:
Log into the PC using your name and password.
Open a browser window and enter http://nbhsexchange/
Ms Outlook should open your email box automatically.

Request for Repairs

You must submit a Repair Request Form in order to schedule equipment for repair work. Please submit the completed form to the person in charge of computer repairs for the district.

Setting Up Gradequick

• Setting up class rosters
• Setting up the grading scale for all classes
• Gradebook-to-gradebook copying
• Weighting assignments and/or terms
• Submitting grades for report cards

Homework and Voicemail Boxes

• Setting up your homework mailbox
• Setting up your voicemail
• Accessing your homework and voicemail boxes

Setting Up a Class Webpage

There are several options available for teachers who would like to set up their own web page in order to publish homework, the class syllabus, classroom news, summer assignments, general course information, etc.

• Most documents (Word, Publisher, Powerpoint, Excel, images, etc) can be published via links on the website. Simply email the document file(s) to the Website Coordinator with instructions about where and how long you would like it / them to appear on the website. If the document file is very large, right-click on the file and "send to Compressed (ZIP) file". The zipped file can then be attached to the email.

• If you have a webpage you have already set up on one of the many free webpage sites available online, simply email the Website Coordinator with the address of your site. Note: The problem with most "free" websites is that they add advertising to your webpage.

• If you would like to work on the page yourself and have the ability to post whenever you need to update content (rather than submitting your updated content and documents to the Website Coordinator to post for you), you may want to use Macromedia Contribute. This program is easy to use. The Website Coordinator can supply you with a template for your page(s) or design a template specifically for your classroom. After that, you can directly update the page as needed by updating the content and posting the page to the school website yourself. See the Website Coordinator for more information on this program.

• If you have a student in class who is taking any of the Web Design or Computer Graphics courses, that student could create a webpage for you as one of his or her independent projects for the computer course and perhaps earn some extra credit with you as well. If you would like a student to create a page for you, please contact the Website Coordinator .

Spyware, Adware, Viruses and Trojans

What can I do about a Virus Attack?
About.com has multiple articles about the dangers and nuisance of computer infection by Spyware, Adware, Viruses and Trojans.

Computerworld: Viruses Target IM
Traditionally, emails have been blamed for bringing infectious software to your computer; however, Instant Messenger has now become a carrier as well.

 

Tools to Remove and Protect Against Spyware

Ad-Aware free   CR  says this is a must have for all PCs.
The leading spyware/adware removal program
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/

  Microsoft Windows Anti-Spyware (Beta)
A free spyware/adware removal program from Microsoft. In Beta version Fall 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

SpyBot Search and Destroy
A free spyware/adware removal program
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en/download/index.html

 Spy Sweeper
A free spyware/adware removal program
http://www.spysweeper.com/download.html

Spyware Blaster  free  CR  says this is a must have for all PCs
This program with prevent  new spyware from  installing on your computer in the first place
Be sure to enable protection and update frequently
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2859.html

SpywareGuard - free
An anti-virus program scans files before you open them and prevents execution if a virus is detected - SpywareGuard does the same thing, but for spyware! This program also features Download Protection and Browser Hijacking Protection.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

Stop the pop-ups

Google Toolbar - free  CR  says this is a must have for all PCs
Several of the larger search engines and internet service providers also provide pop-up blocking
http://toolbar.google.com   Internet Explorer only

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