Technology OverviewKim DavisCoordinator of Technology Support Services

Technology Department

• Staff– Director – Steve Sawyer

• 2 Student Information System Coordinators

– Coordinator of Support Services• 7 Computer Technicians for 17 schools• 2 Wiring Technician• Network Administrator• Database Administrator

Technology cont.

• Responsibilities– Hardware installation/troubleshooting– Software installation/troubleshooting– Network infrastructure– E-mail and web services– WAN/Internet connectivity

Support Requests

• Turn in request– One contact per building– Contact adds request to Help Desk– Davis assigns request to Tech– Tech checks assignments– Tech completes request– Contact receives e-mail on completion

District Wide Software

• E-mail– GroupWise

• Internet– Internet Explorer/Firefox

• Student Information System– Infinite Campus

• Productivity– Microsoft Office products– Open Office – elementary students

Acceptable Use Policy

• Front of employee handbook

• Includes policy on use of cell phones during school day

• CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act)

• Firewall with content filtering in use at CCPS (siteblocks@catoosa.k12.ga.us)

• Firewall NEVER takes the place of classroom management!

• Bookmark sites for students prior to use

Email

• Email is not private• School email is for educational

purposes• All email must follow AUP guidelines• Never send an email to all schools for

personal gain, including selling items, giving away pets, chain letters, etc.

• Never send confidential student information via email - FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

GroupWise

• Allows users to check both Internet and internal (school) e-mail from anywhere there is an Internet connection.

• Features– Calendar– Frequent Contacts– Checklists

E-mail • All Usernames are in a standard format:• Teachers and Staff –

First Initial Last Name period(.) school initials@catoosa.k12.ga.us(jdoe.wes@catoosa.k12.ga.us).bat, .boy, .bps, .cca, .cse, .ges, .hhs .hms, .lms, .lfo, .res, .rms, .rhs, .rps, .tce, .wes, .wse

• Administrators and Central Office staff-First Initial Last Name@catoosa.k12.ga.us(kdavis@catoosa.k12.ga.us) nurses, techs, psychologists, social workers, etc.

Click on Employee link.

Click on Webmail link

Click Primary Server to login.

Click System Status to check school server status.

All Usernames are in a standard format:

Web Access Login – School Initials, Period, First Initial, Last Name then password. Example:

Username: boe.kdavis

wes.jdoe

Password is usually first initial last initial last 4 digits of SSN -

jd9999

Click Login

CalendarClick on Subject to

read email.

Logout when

finished

Logout is VERY important!! If you do no logout it could leave a connection open and interfere with logging in at school. AND it could allow someone else using the computer to read your email.

Employee Self Service

• Check your HR information

• View payroll information

• View W2 information

• View sick time information

Click Employee Self Service Link

Click to Login

SIS - Infinite Campus• Student Demographics• Schedules• Attendance• Electronic Gradebook• Parent Portal• Reports

- Attendance - Grades

- 504 & SST’s - Assessments

To Login:

Login with User Name: first initial, last name, school initials. (jdoe.bat) Password is teacher and you will be forced to change it immediately. Passwords must be changed at the beginning of each month.There will be training in each school.

Questions?