Posts Categorized: Security
Malware: Simple Definitions for Common Types
Definitions
Malware: a general term refering to programs that are intentionally designed and distributed to damage and/or control computing devices and computer networks. Malware is short for Malicious Software.
The following terms refer to... Read more
Reporting Suspicious Email
The IT for Learning Department has developed a new automated process for reviewing suspicious email sent to spam@sd61.bc.ca. This procedure helps us review reported emails more efficiently, and act quickly... Read more
Banishing Notification Pop-Ups
If your laptop, desktop or Chromebook is displaying unwanted pop-ups the first place to check is the settings in Google Chrome. Most of the pop-up issues being reported to IT... Read more
Student Privacy & Go Formative
What is GoFormative?
GoFormative is a powerful digital tool for gathering student responses to visual and/or text-based questions created by teachers. The web documents created by the application are called Formatives.... Read more
Meeting the Privacy Challenge: FIPPA and G-Suite
The following presentation contains a broad overview of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and how it impacts technology decisions made by public school districts in... Read more