Tools for Schools: Tips & Tricks
Tools for Schools is a collection of web application built by the Greater Victoria School district. This article looks at two popular tools: the Student Account Management tool—available to all staff—and the Staff Access tool—available to administrators and office staff...
Read MoreAbout Share Ed BC
ShareEdBC is an online invitation only platform that provides Educators and Educational Partners across the province access to curated content aligned with BC’s new curriculum. ShareEdBC aims to help users across the province share and find a collection of resources...
Read MoreEnrolling Students in Google Classroom
Who Can Enroll Only students with a district G Suite account can enroll in Google Classroom sites created by GVSD teachers. They cannot use a parent Gmail account, or other email address to sign up. Parents can be invited to...
Read MoreAdd Comments with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
These instructions will show staff and students how they can add text, shapes and basic hand-drawn elements to a PDF. This may be useful if you are marking assignments sent as PDFs, or adding questions/answers/comments to PDF documents. Currently district...
Read MorePublishing Google Sites to the Web
Follow these steps to ensure that Google Site can be viewed by everyone on the web, not just people with a district G Suite account. [caption id="attachment_5464" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Click the image to enlarge[/caption] Click the Publish button (if you...
Read MoreChanging a District Google Password From Home
Students Follow these steps to change your GVSD Student Google account password from home: 1. Click this link to go to your student G Suite account settings: https://www.sd61.bc.ca/parent-student-resources/student-accounts/student-gafe-account/ 2. Click the link to reset the password on the right hand...
Read MoreKeeping your personal cell number private when calling out
You may wish to keep your cellular number private if you are making calls to people who are not regular contacts. The steps below will hide your number and prevent other users from being able to save your phone number...
Read MoreManaged Print Services
What is Managed Print Services? Managed Print Services (MPS) is a modernized printing system being introduced to schools throughout the district. An MPS enabled school has one or more multifunction print/copy/scan/fax units that are connected to a central printing queue...
Read MoreTaming Your TEC Package
What is a TEC Package, I thought it was called an overhead projector? TEC (Technology Enhanced Classroom) Packages are mounted projection units with audio systems and multiple inputs for connecting laptops, classroom desktops and mobile devices. There are several different...
Read MoreUntangling Chrome Extensions
The Google Chrome browser typically ranks near the top of the list when it comes to security. Generally the extensions available to Chrome browsers are safe too, but they can be leveraged to infect your browser or capture your personal...
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