Not everything is important
We know there is a lot going on at your school, but not everything is important enough to be on the home page. The net effect of putting too much stuff on your home page is … Read the rest
School Safety – (from SchoolMessenger)
Is It Back-to-School Already?
No matter how you package it, back-to-school is a time of transition. Ask most of your students when they want to go back to school and you’ll likely get the same answer, “Not yet.” Ask their … Read the rest
Use External Link Pages Wisely
Using a whole content page to link to another site:
In this first case, another site could be another OCPS site other than your own, or it could be a site outside of OCPS. An example might be a reference … Read the rest
The Countdown to the Start of School Continues
The countdown to the start of school is getting closer. Over the last two weeks, I reviewed all the schools sites from elementary through high school. Overall, I am pleased to tell you that the state of the school web … Read the rest
To Hide Section or to Hide Selection, That is the Question
When you open Page Status (under the Page Options menu), you see all the active child pages beneath the current page. Of course this is only one level down. So see the page under any child page, you have to … Read the rest
Are You New to Web Site Management
It is that time of year that we see many new staff members being assigned the duty of updating/maintaining their district or school websites. For some, this may be their first exposure to managing a site. The district, along with … Read the rest
It’s a New Year – It’s a New Extracurricular Schedule
Attention all middle and high schools. It’s that time of year again when you need to begin submitting information about your athletic, club, and organization extracurricular activities that will be open to your students in the coming school year. All … Read the rest
Links to District Provided Policy Documents
As part of my summer Getting Ready for the New School Year series, this post looks at some common policy documents provided and maintained by the district offices. You should always point to these documents for any policy references.
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Initializing Your School Calendar for 2018-19
One of your tasks for the upcoming school year is to initialize your school calendar with some basic events such as the start of school, the start and stop of marking periods, recognized holidays, etc. Of course you could enter … Read the rest
Does Your School Use Social Media?
Does your school use social media to communicate instantly with people following your school, especially parents? If so, do you know that you can easily make links to your social media sites available at both the top and the bottom … Read the rest