When you leave your classroom, office and/or kitchen table for a well-deserved break this summer you may want to set up an Out of Office reply for your work email. You can do this using either GVSD Webmail or the...

Smart Compose is a new Google Docs feature that introduces predictive text. The feature appears to be turned on by default, but it can be disabled by users individually. Read Google's announcement about this feature here. Turning Smart Compose Off/On...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...