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Schoolnet Update and EOY maintenance

amystanley 2019 EOY, changes, pearson, schoolnet 7:47 PM

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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">End of Year processing begins Friday, June 28th at 5pm EDT. During this time, all data transfers/nightly processes from PowerSchool to Schoolnet are suspended. Once PowerSchool has completed processing and Schoolnet has successfully synced with 2019-2020 data from PowerSchool, access will be restored. We expect this to be completed no later than Monday, July 8th. A message will be sent once Schoolnet is ready for use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Once EOY is complete, you may notice some changes in how Schoolnet looks. This is because of the rollover to the 2019-2020 year but classes have not yet begun in PowerSchool. Below is a summary of the changes you may see in Schoolnet.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Product</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prior to EOY Rollover</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Post-EOY Rollover</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Reporting</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Reporting Dashboard</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The dashboard is populated with benchmark test data from previous year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The dashboard is empty until after the first benchmark test has results loaded. It is possible to show this functionality on a generic training site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saved Report Bank Custom and Pre-Formatted reports</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reports will reflect data from previous school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Depending on how reports were built, they may or may not reflect current assignment and contain students. To check a report, run it and click either ’Student set details’ or ‘Selection Details’ to see what enrollment parameter was used. In both Pre-Formatted and Custom Reports, the ‘Current Enrollment’ student set filter will not contain any students prior to the first day of school. As an alternative, the ‘Total Enrollment’ filter can be used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Reporting Dashboard</b> Any reports with Course/ Section data Reporting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Course/section reports reflect assignments from the previous school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Prior to the first day of school, course/section reports must be built with the ‘Total Enrollment’ filter rather than ‘Current Enrollment.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The grade/mark analysis should be run on prior year sections until after the first marking period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Any reports with Current Enrollment Filter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If after the last day of school, current enrollment is zero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If it is prior to the first day of school, current enrollment is zero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">KPIs are populated from SIS/Test data from previous year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">KPIs are not populated with any enrollment data until first day of school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lessons can only be scheduled for the current school year, so until rollover, it is not possible to schedule for the upcoming school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although you can’t schedule lessons until after rollover, you can prior to the first day of school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although you can build items and tests, the actual scheduling must wait until you are within the current school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Assigning tests to actual students will be more straightforward after the first day of school as only ‘current students’ are used in the eligibility calculations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Additionally, during the summer, Pearson has disabled the student workspaces and upcoming assignments widgets on the student homepage in an effort to prevent student schedules to be visible. It may still be possible for student to view these widgets if they have a stored link in their browser. There was a patch applied to prevent this but we do not have a way to test it until the rollover happens. The student workspaces and upcoming assignments widgets will be restored to the student page on August 19th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Thank you for sharing this information with your staff. </span></div>

Schoolnet Update and EOY maintenance

End of Year processing begins Friday, June 28th at 5pm EDT. During this time, all data transfers/nightly processes from PowerSchool to ...

Student Google Account Changes

amystanley changes, digital citizenship, Drive, Gmail, google accounts, safety 3:39 PM

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Due to continued concern about safety we are adjusting the following settings in our Google Domain.<br />
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<b>Elementary Email and Drive changes beginning March 12:</b><br />
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<li>Student drive files will be also <b>limited to @jcsnc.org and @johnston.k12.nc.us</b>, if a student wants to show something to their parents they can log in and share that way</li>
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<b>Middle School and High School changes are possible, please complete this survey by March 12, Elementary is welcome to participate as well:</b></div>
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<b>Please continue to talk about Digital Citizenship with your teachers and students on a regular basis! </b>Here are resources you can use:</div>
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<li>Here is the 7 Rules for Online Etiquette
<a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/7-rules-to-teach-kids-online-etiquette%C2%A0" target="_blank">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/7-rules-to-teach-kids-online-etiquette</a></li>
<li>We have several resources for teachers to use around Digital Citizenship:
<a href="https://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/Page/12629" target="_blank">The CyberTip of the month </a></li>
<li>We also have a mini cybersafety course that we designed a few years back with Gaggle resources it has 4 tip videos and a quiz in both English and Spanish for K-8 and 9-12: s<a href="https://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/Page/12631" target="_blank">https://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/Page/12631 </a></li>
<li>Common Sense Media curriculum - has all three levels <a href="https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship%C2%A0" target="_blank">https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship </a></li>
<li>Google's new "Be Internet Awesome" resources which are geared for K-5 but could be a resource for middle school as well: <a href="https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/pdfs/Google_BeInternetAwesome_DigitalCitizenshipSafety_Curriculum_.pdf">https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/pdfs/Google_BeInternetAwesome_DigitalCitizenshipSafety_Curriculum_.pdf</a></li>
<li>Digital Driver's License for <a href="https://otis.coe.uky.edu/DDL/home_new.php?x=" target="_blank">JCPS</a>: be sure to use your Johnston County account and enroll in your school upon initial enrollment</li>
<li>FBI Safe Surfing Online: <a href="https://sos.fbi.gov/">https://sos.fbi.gov/</a></li>
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Thanks for all you do,</div>
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Amy and the Tech Team</div>
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Student Google Account Changes

Due to continued concern about safety we are adjusting the following settings in our Google Domain. Elementary Email and Drive changes ...

Update: DPI Changes to NCWiseOwl & NCLive

amystanley changes, NCEdCloud, nclive, ncwiseowl, PBS, update, videos 11:13 AM

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Please share the following information with school staff that use <a href="http://www.ncwiseowl.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">NCWiseOwl</a> resources. </div>
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Just a reminder that the following EBSCO resources are being discontinued and have been replaced by Explora:</div>
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As you may know, PBS videos have been accessible through an NCWiseOwl partnership with NC LIVE. This collection includes videos from PBS including Ken Burns’ documentaries, Masterpiece Theater, Scientific American, American Experience, and more. <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #333333;">This content has been accessible for districts and charter schools from the </span><a href="http://www.ncwiseowl.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #6611cc; text-decoration: none;">www.ncwiseowl.org</span></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #333333;"> site by clicking on the link for "PBS Videos". We are pleased to announce that there is now an additional way to access this content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_90638525" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">March 8, 2016</span></span> students and teachers will be able to access the NC LIVE streaming video collection using an application within the NCEdCloud IAM Service. LEA and charter school users will also now be able to access this content using the icon below that will be made available on their <a href="http://my.ncedcloud.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">my.ncedcloud.org</a> <wbr></wbr>applications page:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">See below for answers to commonly asked questions about the NC LIVE streaming video service.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Q: Are there technical requirements for my network to allow access to the Media Collection?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://media.nclive.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">media.nclive.org</a> : port 80</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://fms.nclive.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">fms.nclive.org</a> : port 1935</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In addition, all computers on the network need to accept cookies from the <a href="http://nclive.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">nclive.org</a> domain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Contact your local network administrator for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A: Videos can be viewed on any device with an Internet connection and <a href="https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Adobe Flash Player</a> (version 9 or higher) software. Your device must have an Internet connection speed of at least 175 Kbps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">NC LIVE Media Collection videos are available in three streaming formats: a lower bandwidth option (175 Kbps), a standard bandwidth option (400 Kbps), and a high bandwidth option (1MB). Videos cannot be downloaded or saved to a device.</span></div>
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Resources Drive Clean up

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<b>Resources Drive Changes!</b></div>
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The recent changes to accounts has revealed a few things that need clean up. Only one tech contact will have rights at each school.  The tech contact should look closely at the Resources drive for your school and clean up the files in it - the Resources drive is viewable by both students and staff.  There are some secure documents that have ended up in some of the local resources drives and they can only be deleted by the tech contact.  Please make an effort to review what is in your drive and clear out files that shouldn't be seen by both students and staff.</div>

Resources Drive Clean up

Resources Drive Changes! The recent changes to accounts has revealed a few things that need clean up. Only one tech contact will have...

Change in Access level for Tech Leaders at the School Level

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For now, if you need to assign a printer, place an IT Ticket so we can assist you remotely. We should be able to address it fairly quickly if you can't wait until your scheduled tech visit. </div>

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Changes in the JCOC Page

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We are working on cleaning up the JCOC:<a href="http://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/jcoc"> www.johnston.k12.nc.us/jcoc</a> page<br />
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Here are a few changes that directly impact Technology Contacts at the schools.<br />
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<li><b>I-manager</b> - this will only be used for Novell, since we are moving away from Novell, you will need to bookmark the page for the remainder of your time in Novell.  Here is the direct link: <a href="http://10.4.0.19/nps">http://10.4.0.19/nps</a>.  You can also use the link in your Tech Folder.</li>
<li><b>E-Control</b> - is no longer a service we pay for, previously teachers used this service to reset their passwords using security questions.  However, since it only worked with Novell accounts, we have also removed this link.  Requests for password resets should go through IT Direct.</li>
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<b>New icons</b> - you will notice that there are new icons for PowerSchool (principals) and PowerTeacher (teachers) both icons say HomeBase.   Homebase is the overarching name that DPI has given to all the products they are rolling out this year.  You might help your teachers understand that all these products are housed in this one location to avoid confusion.<br />
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<b>On the SOC</b> (Student Online Connections) page you will see a PowerSchool icon as well - this is the link the Parent and Student Portal.  ClassScapes will be accessed through Homebase, more information to come on this as DPI continues to complete the transition.</div>
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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Schoolnet Update and EOY maintenance

End of Year processing begins Friday, June 28th at 5pm EDT. During this time, all data transfers/nightly processes from PowerSchool to Schoolnet are suspended. Once PowerSchool has completed processing and Schoolnet has successfully synced with 2019-2020 data from PowerSchool, access will be restored. We expect this to be completed no later than Monday, July 8th. A message will be sent once Schoolnet is ready for use.

Once EOY is complete, you may notice some changes in how Schoolnet looks. This is because of the rollover to the 2019-2020 year but classes have not yet begun in PowerSchool. Below is a summary of the changes you may see in Schoolnet.

Product	Feature	Prior to EOY Rollover	Post-EOY Rollover
Reporting	Reporting Dashboard	The dashboard is populated with benchmark test data from previous year.	The dashboard is empty until after the first benchmark test has results loaded. It is possible to show this functionality on a generic training site.
Reporting	Saved Report Bank Custom and Pre-Formatted reports	Reports will reflect data from previous school year.	Depending on how reports were built, they may or may not reflect current assignment and contain students. To check a report, run it and click either ’Student set details’ or ‘Selection Details’ to see what enrollment parameter was used. In both Pre-Formatted and Custom Reports, the ‘Current Enrollment’ student set filter will not contain any students prior to the first day of school. As an alternative, the ‘Total Enrollment’ filter can be used.
Reporting	Reporting Dashboard Any reports with Course/ Section data Reporting	Course/section reports reflect assignments from the previous school year.	Prior to the first day of school, course/section reports must be built with the ‘Total Enrollment’ filter rather than ‘Current Enrollment.’ The grade/mark analysis should be run on prior year sections until after the first marking period.
Reporting	Any reports with Current Enrollment Filter	If after the last day of school, current enrollment is zero.	If it is prior to the first day of school, current enrollment is zero.
KPI	KPIs	KPIs are populated from SIS/Test data from previous year.	KPIs are not populated with any enrollment data until first day of school.
Classrooms	Lesson Planner	Lessons can only be scheduled for the current school year, so until rollover, it is not possible to schedule for the upcoming school year.	Although you can’t schedule lessons until after rollover, you can prior to the first day of school.
Assessment	Scheduling Tests	Although you can build items and tests, the actual scheduling must wait until you are within the current school year.	Assigning tests to actual students will be more straightforward after the first day of school as only ‘current students’ are used in the eligibility calculations.
My Schoolnet	General	Works as before.	No implications.

Additionally, during the summer, Pearson has disabled the student workspaces and upcoming assignments widgets on the student homepage in an effort to prevent student schedules to be visible. It may still be possible for student to view these widgets if they have a stored link in their browser. There was a patch applied to prevent this but we do not have a way to test it until the rollover happens. The student workspaces and upcoming assignments widgets will be restored to the student page on August 19th.

Thank you for sharing this information with your staff.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Student Google Account Changes

Due to continued concern about safety we are adjusting the following settings in our Google Domain.

Elementary Email and Drive changes beginning March 12:

Student email will be limited to @jcsnc.org and @johnston.k12.nc.us they will not be allowed to email outside domains nor will they be able receive emails from outside email addresses
Student drive files will be also limited to @jcsnc.org and @johnston.k12.nc.us, if a student wants to show something to their parents they can log in and share that way

Middle School and High School changes are possible, please complete this survey by March 12, Elementary is welcome to participate as well:

Please continue to talk about Digital Citizenship with your teachers and students on a regular basis! Here are resources you can use:

Here is the 7 Rules for Online Etiquette https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/7-rules-to-teach-kids-online-etiquette
We have several resources for teachers to use around Digital Citizenship: The CyberTip of the month
We also have a mini cybersafety course that we designed a few years back with Gaggle resources it has 4 tip videos and a quiz in both English and Spanish for K-8 and 9-12: shttps://www.johnston.k12.nc.us/Page/12631
Common Sense Media curriculum - has all three levels https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
Google's new "Be Internet Awesome" resources which are geared for K-5 but could be a resource for middle school as well: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/pdfs/Google_BeInternetAwesome_DigitalCitizenshipSafety_Curriculum_.pdf
Digital Driver's License for JCPS: be sure to use your Johnston County account and enroll in your school upon initial enrollment
FBI Safe Surfing Online: https://sos.fbi.gov/

Thanks for all you do,

Amy and the Tech Team

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Update: DPI Changes to NCWiseOwl & NCLive

Please share the following information with school staff that use NCWiseOwl resources.

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Just a reminder that the following EBSCO resources are being discontinued and have been replaced by Explora:

Student Research Center
Kids Search
Searchasaurus

Explora is now available from the left side navigation in each of the zones.

As you may know, PBS videos have been accessible through an NCWiseOwl partnership with NC LIVE. This collection includes videos from PBS including Ken Burns’ documentaries, Masterpiece Theater, Scientific American, American Experience, and more. This content has been accessible for districts and charter schools from the www.ncwiseowl.org site by clicking on the link for "PBS Videos". We are pleased to announce that there is now an additional way to access this content.

On March 8, 2016 students and teachers will be able to access the NC LIVE streaming video collection using an application within the NCEdCloud IAM Service. LEA and charter school users will also now be able to access this content using the icon below that will be made available on their my.ncedcloud.org applications page:

We are excited to provide you with additional ways to access this content. Provided that your district has registered external IPs with NCWiseOwl, you will still be able to automatically authenticate and access the streaming video content through the NCWiseOwl site. Please choose the best access option that works to meet the needs of your students.

See below for answers to commonly asked questions about the NC LIVE streaming video service.

Q: Are there technical requirements for my network to allow access to the Media Collection?

A: Yes, your network firewall will need to allow traffic through the following ports:

media.nclive.org : port 80

fms.nclive.org : port 1935

In addition, all computers on the network need to accept cookies from the nclive.org domain.

Contact your local network administrator for more information.

Q: What hardware, software, and other technology do I need to watch the NC LIVE Video Collection?

A: Videos can be viewed on any device with an Internet connection and Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or higher) software. Your device must have an Internet connection speed of at least 175 Kbps.

NC LIVE Media Collection videos are available in three streaming formats: a lower bandwidth option (175 Kbps), a standard bandwidth option (400 Kbps), and a high bandwidth option (1MB). Videos cannot be downloaded or saved to a device.

Q: Do libraries and schools have public performance rights for Films on Demand and NC LIVE Videos Collection?A: Yes! Public performance rights are provided to NC LIVE member libraries, provided the library or any other exhibitor does not charge an admission fee or derive monetary gain.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Resources Drive Clean up

Resources Drive Changes!

The recent changes to accounts has revealed a few things that need clean up. Only one tech contact will have rights at each school. The tech contact should look closely at the Resources drive for your school and clean up the files in it - the Resources drive is viewable by both students and staff. There are some secure documents that have ended up in some of the local resources drives and they can only be deleted by the tech contact. Please make an effort to review what is in your drive and clear out files that shouldn't be seen by both students and staff.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Change in Access level for Tech Leaders at the School Level

JCS Tech Services recently removed everyone's access to the ADUC (the Active Directory User and Computers) tool due to the upcoming move to the auto-provisioning of all JCS accounts. The ability to assign computer printers was lost as well. We are working on a process to allow that access.

For now, if you need to assign a printer, place an IT Ticket so we can assist you remotely. We should be able to address it fairly quickly if you can't wait until your scheduled tech visit.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Changes in the JCOC Page

We are working on cleaning up the JCOC: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/jcoc page

Here are a few changes that directly impact Technology Contacts at the schools.

I-manager - this will only be used for Novell, since we are moving away from Novell, you will need to bookmark the page for the remainder of your time in Novell. Here is the direct link: http://10.4.0.19/nps. You can also use the link in your Tech Folder.
E-Control - is no longer a service we pay for, previously teachers used this service to reset their passwords using security questions. However, since it only worked with Novell accounts, we have also removed this link. Requests for password resets should go through IT Direct.

New icons - you will notice that there are new icons for PowerSchool (principals) and PowerTeacher (teachers) both icons say HomeBase. Homebase is the overarching name that DPI has given to all the products they are rolling out this year. You might help your teachers understand that all these products are housed in this one location to avoid confusion.

On the SOC (Student Online Connections) page you will see a PowerSchool icon as well - this is the link the Parent and Student Portal. ClassScapes will be accessed through Homebase, more information to come on this as DPI continues to complete the transition.

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