Recently it was discovered that the Sort by Column feature in the Display Settings of the Document Container did not actually sort the files or folders within the container. This information was passed on to SchoolMessenger. I recently received word … Read the rest
Student Data Privacy
With all the recent news about Facebook and data privacy, you might be interested in this article on Student Data Privacy:
https://www.schoolmessenger.com/student-data-privacy-best-practices/
… Read the restNow You See It, Now You Don’t
Suppose you made some major mistakes in the current version of a web part on a page of your SchoolMessenger site and wanted to revert to a prior version rather than try to make edit changes to the current content … Read the rest
Annotating Images
At a recent Open Lab, the question came up as to why we cannot add captions at the bottoms of all images. Perhaps they are thinking about captions that appear beneath images in many books and magazines. Or perhaps they … Read the rest
Social Media vs Web Site – Which Should I Keep Updated?
BOTH!
Consider the following. Social media apps and web sites are two different tools that were designed for two different purposes (like a hammer and screwdriver). One is not a replacement for the other.
Social Media Apps
- Get an
Having Trouble Reading URLs Sent To You From Outside OCPS?
I’ve recently had trouble reading and using URLs sent to me from people outside of OCPS. They appear to be encrypted by a data security product called Proofpoint. So I developed a couple of tests that leads me to the … Read the rest
Parent Guide and Student Code of Conduct
This blog is primarily oriented to school sites but even non school site admins and authors can perhaps learn something about using External Links.
We have spot checked school sites and determined that while many have pointed their links for … Read the rest
Permission Change Form Updates
Both the Internet/intranet and School User Permission Request Forms have been updated to correct issues in these two forms and to make known changes to the forms. Please use these forms to submit user permission change requests. They must be … Read the rest
It Is Your Destiny
Back in November of 2017, we asked schools to check their links to Destiny as many links were either resulting in errors, prompting the user to log in or simply did not exist on the site. We have noticed that … Read the rest
Hyperlink Colors – Part 2
SchoolMessenger has completed their update of school hyperlink colors. In most cases our color recommendation was accepted. However, some of our selections were overridden by SchoolMessenger to provide for better ADA compliance with all possible viewers including those with various … Read the rest