The Greater Victoria School District publishes dozens of websites including the main District site, a website for each school, and sub-sites for our school libraries, career centres and various district departments. One of the primary goals of these sites is...

What is Spoofing? The word spoof is often used to describe satirical, goofball comedy films that, on the surface, pose as legitimate versions of a more serious genre. The classic movie “Airplane” for example, is a spoof of the Disaster/Thriller...

What is a lock screen timeout? A lock screen is a security feature that keeps confidential and personal information safe by requiring a password in order to start/continue working with their device. A timeout is the amount of time a...

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 specific types of Malware: Adware: Displays ads on...

Chromebook printing was previously handled by a technology called Google Cloud Print. Cloud Print was discontinued in December 2020 and a slight adjustment has been made to schools that allow printing from Chromebooks. You may need to re-add the printer(s) you...

What is GVSD Webmail Your school district email account is a vital communication tool that keeps you connected to what's happening at your worksite and beyond. GVSD Webmail uses Microsoft's Outlook 365 service, which brings email, calendar and tasks to...

Google has developed a new view for Google Drive called Priority. Priority attempts to solve the issue of having to use a lot of clicks to get to the files you are currently working on. The slides below will give...

Learn where to save your files to ensure they are backed up and available from any device by following this brief guide to using your (H:) Drive—also known as your Home Directory. NOTE: Although these instructions discuss the (H:) drive,...

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 for Learning have been solved by using the method outlined...