MMS Tech Department
2018-2019
iPad Information
Roll-Out Info
Date of Rollout:
- Tuesday, August 28th
- Last day to have requirements done: Friday, August 24th
- Direct students to MLINK or the iPad roll-out teacher for more detailed information
- MLINK for MMS Rollout
Rollout Classes:
- 7th History
- 8th Panther Pathways & AVID
Requirements to get an iPad:
- Parent had to say YES to the iPad agreement during online enrollment
- Student cannot have an outstanding iPad fine
- Student has to watch all training videos in their rollout class
Reminder - 7th Graders will be doing these things for the 1st time:
- They will be taking them home.
- They will be given a charger to leave at home.
- They will be using their own passcode and password.
Give the process some time:
- Keep in mind that it will take beyond August 28th to get all the iPads out, work out any technical issues, get everyone into MyLocker
- The recommendation is not to plan anything that will make or break your lesson for maybe up to a week
Other iPad Items
CHARGING STUDENT IPADS
- MMS Tech Dept has 20 portable chargers which students can check out on a first come/first served basis.
- Students are not to bring their chargers to school.
- Teachers are not to provide chargers for students.
- Little bit of advice with your charger-- Protect it like crazy or pay for it at the end.
LOST & FOUND IPADS
- All lost and found iPads should be reported immediately to Suzie Devorsky or Kevin Lemus.
- Do not hold onto any iPads for any reason.
- You can call them or email them, whichever is easier for you.
IPAD HELP DESK
- Please direct students to the MMS Tech office if they are having any technical problems, or have damage to their iPad
- They are welcome to come at anytime. If someone is not there, they can sign a clip board and they will get a pass to come and visit at a better time
iPad Status Information
The Google Sheets link below will show you the status of all students who do not have and iPad and for what reason. For example:
- In repair
- Being held by AP
- No to parent agreement
- Outstanding fine
This link will be updated several times a day, throughout the year. Save it somewhere or add it to your Google Drive to have constant access.
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Schoology Expectations & Updates
- All teachers are to use Schoology. Schoology will be the way teachers communicate with parents. Teachers will no longer have a webpage in SchoolWires.
- All assignments, due dates, etc. are required to be added to the Schoology Calendar. Parents should be able to go to the Schoology calendar and see what their child has going on/due in all of his/her 8 classes.
- The website version and the app version are now the same.
- The Quizzes feature will be moving to Assessments. You have one year to move all of your quizzes over to the Assessment section. This will not be done automatically.
- A password can be set for Assessments.
- Discovery Education can now be used inside Schoology.
Google Accounts
All students and teachers have Midway Google accounts.
Other Student Accounts
If you are going to use apps that require student accounts (Prezi, Adobe Voice, Haiku Deck, Etc) you MUST contact your campus InTechs (Amy Platt or Rhonda Yezak).
Drives on Your Computer
misdstaffdata: All Midway staff
msstaffdata (X drive) All MMS staff
msapps: All staff and students
msdata: All staff and students
msstudents: All students (staff can see all but not students)
Student Passwords
- In August after iPad Rollout, students will change their passwords during their computer or Roll-Out class.
- To manage their passwords, they will go to MyLocker.
- Please be patient with students as they get used to having a different password.