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2021 learn is a gift; the
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What Teachers Need to Do

What Students Need to Do

IMPORTANT!
Required Training
Please note that some
things are required and Optional Training
some are optional.
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❏ Restart the computer connected to the board and the one you use daily.

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❏ Update (check for updates) on Chrome on both devices.
All ❏ 3 dots, Help, About Google Chrome.
Req. ❏ Update (check for updates) in Windows.
❏ Type Windows Update in Search bar.
❏ Click on Check for Updates.
❏ Rename your SeeSaw account - Grade then Name (5th - Boyd or 3-Murphy).
❏ Do not add, delete, or change anything else in SeeSaw as it’s done by T&L. .
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❏ Only use Google to login or through Classlink with your short username only.
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❏ Schoology SetUp - Must be done for each course you have.

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❏ Adjust previous years Zoom settings
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❏ You will need to follow the directions above.
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❏ Delete old meetings (even though we are not virtual this year).
❏ Delete old ITS Calendar in Outlook. For now on, I will be using my regular calendar so that you can
simply invite me in when you want to plan, have me model a lesson, or co-teach.
❏ Side Note: Remember, the LMS and ITS are co-teachers. When we come in to work with your
students, we are there to co-teach with you. Please invite us in to plan and co-teach!
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❏ You will need to send your Open House Presentation to parents via either email or through SeeSaw, on

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Thursday, September 2nd.
All ❏ Create your presentation using either this template or your template from last year.
Req. ❏ Under Technology and Applications, please put or say something about Classlink. All of the
instructional resources will be found there.
❏ If you create a video, it has to be uploaded to youtube to allow for closed captioning (per webmaster
training) in order for it to be shared.
❏ You can share your video with me and I will upload them to our channel & send you the link.
❏ You can then post that link into your Google Slides through Insert Video or by direct link.
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❏ Please send them to me by September 1st at 1:00. You will have the link by the 1st.
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❏ Check the computers for broken keys, screens, issues, etc. If there are issues, place a Service Cloud
All ticket so they can be repaired in a timely manner.
Req. ❏ Restart the computer.
❏ Update (check for updates)
❏ 3 dots, Help, About Google Chrome.
❏ Clear the cache (weekly)
❏ 3 dots, More tools, Clear Browsing Data
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❏ Choose All Time at the top and Clear Data

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❏ With Google open, check to see if the background is white.

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❏ If not, have them click on the pencil at the bottom right and choose white and no picture.
All ❏ Have the students delete any old bookmarks they have created that they don’t need for your grade level.
Req. ❏ Students need to change their passwords.
❏ Student bookmarks
❏ Have students choose a new password: capital, word of some sort, number or symbol
❏ Write down their password on a sticky note
❏ Second through fifth grade should be choosing their own passwords - no preset templates.
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SeeSaw Intro

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Description: SeeSaw is designed for the upper grades to use as a communication tool between the school

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and the community. You will learn how to use this tool for communication in lieu of other options used
Grades
previously as per T&L.
3-5
Req. Where: Google Meet (CabralPD)

All When: 10:00 to 10:45 Friday, August 27th

Welcome
Obtaining Points: Just login.
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SeeSaw For Communication

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Description: SeeSaw is designed for to use as a communication tool between the school and the

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community. You will learn how to use this tool for communication in lieu of other options used previously
Grades as per T&L. This will be our communication tool for this school year division wide.
K-2
Req. to Where: You can view this on your own before Open House or attend the session in Meet (CabralPD)
view or
attend. When: 10:00 to 10:45 Friday, August 27th

Obtaining Points: Google Form

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Viewsonic Board

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Description: Teachers will learn how to use the Viewsonic board for instruction with the laptop, document

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Last camera, and stand alone software.
Year
Virtual Where: Library
Req. When: Wednesday,, September 8th, 10:30 to 11:00
All Obtaining Points: Just show up :)
Welcome
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Description: Are you tired of not knowing where to put activities for subs and having them try to login as

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you. Come learn how to set your board up specifically for subs that you can control while out of the
All classroom. This will benefit all teachers during the school year.
Welcome
Where: Library

When: Wednesday, September 8th, 11:15 -11:45

Obtaining Points: Just show up :)

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Securly Overview

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Description: Have you had questions like: where did the block lists go, what do the colors mean, and how

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can I use this for small group? Attend this quick refresher to see what has changed and how Securly can
All benefit your instruction in the classroom.
Welcome
Where: Google Meet (CabralPD)

When: 11:00 to 11:30 Friday August 27th

Obtaining Points: Just login.

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Description: Learn how to create blogs, manage folders, and use the new send back feature for your

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students. Access the activity here.
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Welcome Where: Wherever you want!

When: Sometime before the end of September for Points

Obtaining Points: Complete this Google Form.

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Google Form for Points

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Google Form for Points

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At Your Own Pace

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Go to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IDhFjIO3RNfD_

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gScXfzqW82BllmcIiBlLqs9HUxPQA/view
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Welcome Click on either June or the second August tab.

Watch the recorded session link.

Complete this Google Form for a point in Frontline for each activity
(to be entered in November).
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