Tech Update For April 6, 2008
Fairview Mail
Users using Outlook and Outlook Express
Replying to and Receiving emails— there have been some issues with replying to emails or receiving emails once you have configured your email account information for the new Fairview mail address. You can go into Tools, then Email Accounts to check your current settings. You can also check settings under send/receive. Make sure that your account is set to receive mail from the new mail. Fairview.k12.oh.us site.If you have added mail.fairview.k12.oh.us as your receiving and sending account and you are still experiencing problems, then please contact Mark if you are unable to resolve these issues.
OE has removed attachments for you safety – some of you have received this message. You need to email Mark Kostur and ask him for assistance. If you feel comfortable changing settings at an advanced level on your own, the directions on this site might be useful http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829982#top
Using IMAP – it is possible to set up your Outlook account to view your mail on your home computer also. If you are interested in that, see Char or Gayle Dill and they can help you with this.
Users using fairview.k12.oh.us/webmail to access their mail -
Setting up groups—you need to go under “OPTIONS” then select “GROUPS” then select “ADD NEW MEMBERS” Then make sure “ALL ADDRESS BOOKS” is selected and click on “LIST ALL” You can now check off who you would like to include in your group. SCROLL DOWN At the bottom of that screen you will be given the choice to ADD TO EXISTING GROUP or ADD TO NEW GROUP—if you are creating a new group, type the name of the group (for example science department) in the box and click ADD.
Now, when you go to compose mail, you can click on GROUPS and choose which group you would like to send the mail to. You will also be given the choice of TO (which will put all the names in the first bar) CC (which will copy everyone and show all email addresses in the CC bar—but you will need to put your email in the TO bar) or BCC (which will copy everyone without showing their email addresses—you will still need to fill in your address in the TO Bar)
Note—you can’t use the address book to send an email to multiple individuals by just clicking on their addresses — each new address you click just replaces the one already in the TO bar so you either need to type each address out or copy and paste addresses. SO, if there are groups of people you are regularly sending emails to, GROUP is the way to go.
Creating Folders in Fairview Mail – Once you are in your INBOX, click FOLDERS from the top of the page. A separate window will open. Type in the name of the folder you want to create in the first box. Don’t worry about any of the other options it gives you. Then hit CREATE. The new folder won’t show up in the sidebar at the left until you either hit “REFRESH FOLDER LIST” or exit out of the folder window. Now, when you go to your inbox, you can click the box next to an email and choose a folder by using the drop down arrow to the left of the MOVE box to select the folder you want to move the mail to. Once you have selected the folder, click MOVE. The email will change color and a D will appear next to it.
Deleting Mail from the Inbox
Check the mail you want to delete and click “DELETE” it will change colors and a D will appear next to it. The mail will still be available. To make it disappear from the inbox, you must click on EXPUNGE.
Accessing Saved Mail On Your LEECA Account
There is no way easy way to transfer any mail you have saved for documentation purposes easily. It can’t be downloaded or transferred as a block. You have a few options. You can either leave it on the LEECA server and access it from there – all of your old mail ( pre- March 31) is still on there, and your login and password are still valid. Another possibility is to go into your LEECA mail, open the email you want to continue to save and FORWARD IT to your new Fairview mail address. Once it is there, you can put it into a folder and have access to it. Finally, you can open the email on your LEECA account and print it or copy and paste the text into a Word document to save.
Organizing Your Address Book
Click on ADDRESSES and you will see 4 columns. NICKNAME, NAME, EMAIL and INFO. You can choose to sort your address book by any ONE of these columns. To do it alphabetically A-Z, click on the box next to NICKNAME – and it will be Z-A -once it resorts, click on the arrow next to NICKNAME and it will be A-Z. If you would rather sort by job category, click on the box next to INFO and it will sort by jobs, Z-A. Click on the arrow next to INFO and it will now be A-Z.
FHS/LFM Building Technology Updates
Projectors/Speakers – We had an outside engineering firm do an analysis of our speaker and projector systems over the spring break. We are continuing to work on resolving the ghosting and humming issues. If you are still experiencing problems with volume or balance, please let Char know before Thursday.
VCR/DVD units – The RCA model we have installed in our buildings continues to have a higher than acceptable failure rate. We are working with the contractor involved to address this problem. It is important that we have units in our classrooms that we can rely on. If you have an issue with your DVD or VCR player, or your tv tuner stops functioning, please let Char know. Currently, the defective units are being pulled and replaced with a new unit – same make and model.
Remote Controls
We have received a few additional Projector remotes and VCR remotes. If you are missing one and never had one before – please let Char know and she will assign one to you. If you have lost a remote, Char will try to make sure that you get one after making sure that all of the staff have gotten their first one. According to the contractor, they are $80 to replace – so make sure that you put your room number on them and keep them some place that doesn’t have easy student access. They run off of 2 AA batteries.
Phones
Char is able to reset voicemail passwords if yours stops working or you have forgotten it.
Distance Learning Lab
Thanks to the hard work of Jeff Frantz and his staff, our Distance Learning Lab is now ready for students. There are currently chairs and work tables in the space, along with a computer. The equipment is functional and a few teachers are already using it! There will be DL class on using online video as a classroom resource – Focusing on TeacherTube on Thursday, April 10 at 4:00 in room 214 (our new Distance Learning Lab) There will be a class on Digital Storytelling on April 17 , same time and place. These classes our offered to us FREE through the Lorain Distance Learning Consortium.
Student Responders
Our student responder sets are now available for limited use. There will be a training session offered in the next two weeks. Kudos to Kim Armstrong who piloted them in her math classes. The kids loved using them and Kim was able to get some valuable lesson feedback. You do have to download software from the Turning Point Website to use the responders. You want Turning Point 2008 and the Question and Test components.
Channel One Television Monitors
Channel One came into the building over break and removed all of their monitors. We are no longer participating in the Channel One system. We are left with the wall mounting brackets – maybe we could have a contest to see which teacher comes up with the most creative use for their brackets. :)
Char Shryock Technology Integration Specialist FHS
Fairview Mail
Users using Outlook and Outlook Express
Replying to and Receiving emails— there have been some issues with replying to emails or receiving emails once you have configured your email account information for the new Fairview mail address. You can go into Tools, then Email Accounts to check your current settings. You can also check settings under send/receive. Make sure that your account is set to receive mail from the new mail. Fairview.k12.oh.us site.If you have added mail.fairview.k12.oh.us as your receiving and sending account and you are still experiencing problems, then please contact Mark if you are unable to resolve these issues.
OE has removed attachments for you safety – some of you have received this message. You need to email Mark Kostur and ask him for assistance. If you feel comfortable changing settings at an advanced level on your own, the directions on this site might be useful http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829982#top
Using IMAP – it is possible to set up your Outlook account to view your mail on your home computer also. If you are interested in that, see Char or Gayle Dill and they can help you with this.
Users using fairview.k12.oh.us/webmail to access their mail -
Setting up groups—you need to go under “OPTIONS” then select “GROUPS” then select “ADD NEW MEMBERS” Then make sure “ALL ADDRESS BOOKS” is selected and click on “LIST ALL” You can now check off who you would like to include in your group. SCROLL DOWN At the bottom of that screen you will be given the choice to ADD TO EXISTING GROUP or ADD TO NEW GROUP—if you are creating a new group, type the name of the group (for example science department) in the box and click ADD.
Now, when you go to compose mail, you can click on GROUPS and choose which group you would like to send the mail to. You will also be given the choice of TO (which will put all the names in the first bar) CC (which will copy everyone and show all email addresses in the CC bar—but you will need to put your email in the TO bar) or BCC (which will copy everyone without showing their email addresses—you will still need to fill in your address in the TO Bar)
Note—you can’t use the address book to send an email to multiple individuals by just clicking on their addresses — each new address you click just replaces the one already in the TO bar so you either need to type each address out or copy and paste addresses. SO, if there are groups of people you are regularly sending emails to, GROUP is the way to go.
Creating Folders in Fairview Mail – Once you are in your INBOX, click FOLDERS from the top of the page. A separate window will open. Type in the name of the folder you want to create in the first box. Don’t worry about any of the other options it gives you. Then hit CREATE. The new folder won’t show up in the sidebar at the left until you either hit “REFRESH FOLDER LIST” or exit out of the folder window. Now, when you go to your inbox, you can click the box next to an email and choose a folder by using the drop down arrow to the left of the MOVE box to select the folder you want to move the mail to. Once you have selected the folder, click MOVE. The email will change color and a D will appear next to it.
Deleting Mail from the Inbox
Check the mail you want to delete and click “DELETE” it will change colors and a D will appear next to it. The mail will still be available. To make it disappear from the inbox, you must click on EXPUNGE.
Accessing Saved Mail On Your LEECA Account
There is no way easy way to transfer any mail you have saved for documentation purposes easily. It can’t be downloaded or transferred as a block. You have a few options. You can either leave it on the LEECA server and access it from there – all of your old mail ( pre- March 31) is still on there, and your login and password are still valid. Another possibility is to go into your LEECA mail, open the email you want to continue to save and FORWARD IT to your new Fairview mail address. Once it is there, you can put it into a folder and have access to it. Finally, you can open the email on your LEECA account and print it or copy and paste the text into a Word document to save.
Organizing Your Address Book
Click on ADDRESSES and you will see 4 columns. NICKNAME, NAME, EMAIL and INFO. You can choose to sort your address book by any ONE of these columns. To do it alphabetically A-Z, click on the box next to NICKNAME – and it will be Z-A -once it resorts, click on the arrow next to NICKNAME and it will be A-Z. If you would rather sort by job category, click on the box next to INFO and it will sort by jobs, Z-A. Click on the arrow next to INFO and it will now be A-Z.
FHS/LFM Building Technology Updates
Projectors/Speakers – We had an outside engineering firm do an analysis of our speaker and projector systems over the spring break. We are continuing to work on resolving the ghosting and humming issues. If you are still experiencing problems with volume or balance, please let Char know before Thursday.
VCR/DVD units – The RCA model we have installed in our buildings continues to have a higher than acceptable failure rate. We are working with the contractor involved to address this problem. It is important that we have units in our classrooms that we can rely on. If you have an issue with your DVD or VCR player, or your tv tuner stops functioning, please let Char know. Currently, the defective units are being pulled and replaced with a new unit – same make and model.
Remote Controls
We have received a few additional Projector remotes and VCR remotes. If you are missing one and never had one before – please let Char know and she will assign one to you. If you have lost a remote, Char will try to make sure that you get one after making sure that all of the staff have gotten their first one. According to the contractor, they are $80 to replace – so make sure that you put your room number on them and keep them some place that doesn’t have easy student access. They run off of 2 AA batteries.
Phones
Char is able to reset voicemail passwords if yours stops working or you have forgotten it.
Distance Learning Lab
Thanks to the hard work of Jeff Frantz and his staff, our Distance Learning Lab is now ready for students. There are currently chairs and work tables in the space, along with a computer. The equipment is functional and a few teachers are already using it! There will be DL class on using online video as a classroom resource – Focusing on TeacherTube on Thursday, April 10 at 4:00 in room 214 (our new Distance Learning Lab) There will be a class on Digital Storytelling on April 17 , same time and place. These classes our offered to us FREE through the Lorain Distance Learning Consortium.
Student Responders
Our student responder sets are now available for limited use. There will be a training session offered in the next two weeks. Kudos to Kim Armstrong who piloted them in her math classes. The kids loved using them and Kim was able to get some valuable lesson feedback. You do have to download software from the Turning Point Website to use the responders. You want Turning Point 2008 and the Question and Test components.
Channel One Television Monitors
Channel One came into the building over break and removed all of their monitors. We are no longer participating in the Channel One system. We are left with the wall mounting brackets – maybe we could have a contest to see which teacher comes up with the most creative use for their brackets. :)
Char Shryock Technology Integration Specialist FHS
Website http://fpsdtech.rwlo.org/
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