Tech. TidByte
November 2021
From Dr. Melissa Williams-Scott
He sees you when you are searching, he knows when you save passwords. He knows where you’ve been shopping, so take care for goodness sake…
Ohhhh, the phishers are phishing so you better not click, you better not reply, I am telling you why, Hackers are coming to the web
Now that you have survived the first 9 weeks of school, it is time for the phisher’s and hackers to come knocking on our virtual doors.
Hopefully you have been keeping up with our KnowBe4 The Inside Man Series. By December we will be finishing Season 1 where we have received many tips on how stay to safe from nefarious online activity as well as in person. The helpful tips continue via Mark and the company storyline.
Please remember that ISDs are a wealth of data for identity theft and it is critical that we keep our systems and data safe.
Tech. for All
ClassLink
For many applications, you will be automatically logged in, and we can customize weblinks sent out to campuses, too. Learn more at http://bit.ly/DISDClassLinkLogin.
Passwords
To change you password, press Ctrl, Alt, & Delete, and then click Change a Password. Password requirements can be found at http://bit.ly/DISDPasswordRequirements.
Google Drive
Click on the magnifying glass at the bottom left of your desktop, and type in Google Drive to login and start using now. Login with your @apps.dickinsonisd.org account .
DISD Campus Technology Liaisons
Tech. for Teachers
Quizizz
Elementary DISD Science teachers have even created many lessons, which can be found at https://bit.ly/DISDScienceQuizizz.
Here's how: http://bit.ly/DISDQuizezz
Google Share Settings
Are you sharing Google Docs in your Schoology Classes? If you are, be sure you go in and update sharing settings. If you are using links that were created last year they could be broken due to security changes that Google applied recently. If you are unsure how to do this watch the video below for a quick tutorial:
Google Assignments
Do you have interactive Google docs that you used last year in Google Classroom? If you do, you can still use those same docs in Schoology, even making a copy of the doc for each student to interact with and edit.
Here's how: http://bit.ly/DISDCreatingAssigment
Technology Work Orders
Email: helpdesk@dickinsonisd.org
Website: https://www.dickinsonisd.org/page/tech.home_original
Location: 2218 FM 517 Road East, Dickinson, TX, USA
Phone: (281)229-6028
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DISDTechnology
Twitter: @DISDTechnology