A Brief Introduction on How to Use the News Aggregator on Your School Home Page
This document explains the steps needed to add (and edit) news stories that appear in the Recent News section of your School’s home page.
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SchoolMessenger Makes It Easy to Build ADA Compliant and Responsive Tables
In this post, I am going to examine several issues related to using tables on your SchoolMessenger web pages. First some Do’s and Don’ts.
Do’s
- Use tables to display numeric or alphanumeric data
- Provide a table title or caption to
Windows 10 October 2018 Update: New .ZIP bug could lead to data loss
(Reposted from TechRepublic: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-october-2018-update-new-zip-bug-could-lead-to-data-loss-admits-microsoft/?ftag=TREe331754&bhid=23541743592606605630532585926095)
I normally do not repost material from other people’s websites or blog posts, but this was too important to not make available immediately.
Microsoft has admitted that a second bug made it into the Windows … Read the rest
Tools and Sites for Educators
Free Tool of the Month: Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a video discussion platform used by millions of PreK to PhD educators and students. Most importantly, educators are 100% in control of video moderation and access control. It works on almost any … Read the rest
Use of Flash is Strongly Discouraged
Flash has had serious security issues for years. The following news item was posted on arstechnica.com on August 21st.
Chrome 69, due to be released on September 4, is going to take the next step toward phasing out support for … Read the rest
What are the Most Popular Programming Languages
Asking programmers for their favorite programming language is much like asking which religion is their favorite or which politician do they think will do the best job (ok, let’s assume that none of the above is not a valid option). … Read the rest
District Web Site Webinar Now Available In-House
The video recording from the August 13, 2018 webinar for district web admins/authors is now available from our intranet site page:
https://intranet.ocps.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=125187&pageId=338087
The videos on the left side of the page are the introductory videos created in 2017. The Mastering … Read the rest
New YouTube Videos for the 2018-19 school year
New Code of Student Conduct videos highlight important reminders for students in the new school year
Aug. 3, 2018 – As hundreds of thousands of students in Orange County Public Schools head back to class, Monday, Aug. 13, the district … 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
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