Scratch is an educational tool that teaches students about coding through a series of building-block tools. Students can create their own games and animations, and view the work of other students. An iPad app called Scratch Jr. allows students in...

HEIC is an image format that is used by iPhone and iPad cameras. Unlike the more universal JPEG image format HEIC is not readable by some Windows computers and typically displays as a generic image icon that Windows cannot open....

Why forward your GSuite email to your Outlook email? Get notified when students submit assignments to Google Classroom—fine tune what you get notified about in Classroom following these instructions. Get notified when a colleague or student shares a resource or...

Sometimes students miss a teacher's feedback when it is communicated through Google Classroom. One common reason for this is that the students have their notifications turned off. Notifications cannot be enabled by system administrators or teachers. Each student will need...

If you use an iPhone to reply to email messages you may have noticed that it embeds a default signature into your emails. When using the stock iOS Mail app the signature reads “Sent from my iPhone.” If you have...

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...