I.T. Monthly: October Issue

DEAR TEACHERS AND STAFF!!

October is Cyber Security Month! Now in its 18th year, Cyber Security Awareness Month continues to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across our Nation, ensuring all Americans have the resources they need to be safer and more secure online.

We have provided you some helpful tips and videos on student learning as well as important information on how to be more secure online.

Please read through it entirely. Contact us with any tips, tricks, or suggestions to help improve our communication!

As always, if you have comments or suggestions for improving this newsletter, please reach out to us.

~I.T. Department

ATTENTION: Second Nine Week Teachers!

Teachers who have a second nine weeks course, please make preparations to set up your new quarterly courses. Please ensure that it has a homepage, modules are set up and the course is PUBLISHED, so that students will be able to see it on their Canvas dashboard on Monday, October 10th.

Your 1st nine weeks course will remain visible to students until October 14 at 3:00 pm. in case someone needs to make up an exam. Teachers will have access to all their courses until December 20, 2022.

Launching Paper in your Classroom

We have launched Paper Tutoring services this week in West Point Consolidated School! We have gathered easy to follow resources on how to get started using Paper in your classroom.

Click the button below for login instructions for both students and teachers in grades 3-12, teacher guides broken down by grade level, activities, parent info, and professional development opportunities.

Thank you for your support in introducing Paper to students! If you have any questions about

Paper, please reach and email teachers@paper.co or contact a district instructional technology coach.

Free On-Demand Courses for Mississippi Educators!

Upgrade your technology skills with these free asynchronous courses provided by friEdOnline for all Mississippi educators at NO COST!

Browse through the list of courses and register at https://www.friedonline.com/mscourses. Once enrolled, participants have 10 months to complete the course. Course completers will receive a Certificate of Completion and can apply for CEUs or SEMIs within 6 months of completing the course. For more information, please contact ms.help@fried.tech.