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The class titles link to handouts for each class; right-click or Control-click (Mac) to specify where to download the file on your computer.

 

Back up! Back up! (2.8 mb)

Losing data is always possible, but back ups can save a lot of time and trouble. Several approaches to backing up will be demonstrated and explained, including over the network, burning to CD, and using removable and external drives.

Contribute for District Office Departments (348 kb)

Macromedia's Contribute is an elegant yet accessible web design and publication tool, which integrates well with the District's newly redesigned web site. We will explore some additional features of the software and allow participants to experiment using "practice" pages specially created for this class or to work on their own web site. Participants should have had a short orientation to Contribute prior to attending this class or be familiar with the basic features of the software.

Contribute Phase II (for D.O. Depts) (148 kb)

Macromedia's Contribute is an elegant yet accessible web design and publication tool, which integrates well with the District's newly redesigned web site. We will explore some additional features of the software from Session 1 and allow participants to experiment or work on their own web site. Participants should have taken Contribute Phase 1 prior to attending this class or be very familiar with the basic features of the software. Please contact Fred Mindlin if you did not take the Contribute Phase 1 class and want to attend this Contribute Phase 11 class.

 

Blackberry Tips and Tricks-Course Outline Getting Started Guide

8/29/2006
This class is for anyone who has a blackberry and wants to take full advantage of this useful device. The class will cover basic everyday use as well as advanced tricks and tips. You will learn how to configure your blackberry with your own personal preferences. You will learn a wealth of shortcuts and tricks that will allow you to communicate and schedule meetings more efficiently.

 

Introduction to the PC-Windows XP

9/19/2006

This course consisted of three separate sessions that took place over three weeks.  This intro course was for anyone ready for basic entry level instruction in the use of Microsoft Windows XP. We started at the very beginning. Click here to see deatailed info on the three courses and to download all of the handouts.

Take MS Word to the Next Level (Course Outline)

9/21/2006

This workshop will help you to take advantage of some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Word. Although we will be using MS Word 2003 on PC computers, the software is nearly identical on the Macintosh platform. We will go over many useful features step by step so that you will be able to generate much more exciting documents for your classroom. In this workshop we will create a sample project that contains all of the components that we will be learning about. Here are some of the things that you will learn to do in this workshop:

* Use document templates

* Download images from the web
* Insert picture into your document
* Create titles with Word Art

* Create Boarders
* Insert text boxes
* Insert Tables
* Use bullets

* Save Documents

 

Editing Web Content with Contribute

10/10/06

Contribute lets everyone in an organization publish to websites and bring them alive with up-to-date information. It simplifies web publishing by letting staff update content in three simple steps: browse to the page that needs updating, edit it, click 'publish,' and it's done. The district web page is currently set up to allow designated staff members to update content using Contribute. This class will cover:

* Connecting to your page using a contribute key
* Browsing to a page to edit
* Editing a page
* Text options
* Inserting images
* Creating links
* Uploading files
* Publishing

 

EduSoft Training for PVUSD Administrators
10/16/2006

Assessment made easy!
Edusoft is an easy-to-use student assessment platform that helps you make decisions about student instruction based on real performance data—at the district level and all the way through to the classroom. With better access to data, you can answer questions like these:
+ Where can I focus my instructional resources most effectively?
+How can I pull together scores from high-stakes exams, interim benchmarks, and classroom-based quizzes to look at the big picture?
+How can I tell if my after-school programs are paying off?
+Where do I place each student?
+Who goes into the gifted and talented program?
+Who might go there next year with a little extra attention now?
+What am I going to teach tomorrow based on the test results from today?
+How do I give each of my students the homework assignments that will help them the most?
+Who is going to summer school?
+Who might be able to avoid summer school with just a little more work in a specific area?
+How do I target the students who need intervention and make sure that they are getting the help they need?
Edusoft helps you answer all these questions and more, with confidence and the data to back it up.

 

MS Outlook E-mail- Course Outline, Send Distribution List, Tutorial

Date: 11/27/2006

 

MS Outlook is a powerful communications and personal information management program included with Microsoft Office. This course will teach you how to setup Outlook to access your district e-mail account and to use the advanced features of MS Outlook, many of which are not available on the web e-mail client. This class will focus exclusively on using MS Outlook for managing e-mail and will not cover many of the other features included in Outlook. These are some of the things that will be covered in the class:

- Creating, editing, sending, and receiving e-mail
- Accessing the Global Address List
- Adding/deleting addresses in your personal address list
- Creating and using folders to organize mail
- Adding, sending, receiving, viewing, and saving attachments
- Distribution lists
- Moving, deleting, recovering mail messages
- Saving e-mail on your hard drive in Personal folders

 

Managing your MS Outlook Calendar- Course Outline, Sharing Calendars, Scheduling Meetings

Date: 11/30/2006

MS Outlook is a powerful communications and personal information management program included with Microsoft Office. This course will teach you how to setup Outlook to access your district account and to use the Outlook Calendar to manage appointments and meetings. This class will focus exclusively on using MS Outlook for managing your personal calendar and will not cover many of the other features included in Outlook. These are some of the things that will be covered in the class:

-Different calendar views
-Creating appointments
-Recurring appointments
-Sharing your calendar
-Viewing shared calendars
-Viewing other users availability
-Scheduling meetings
-inviting attendees
-Viewing public calendars
-Copying appointments from one calendar to another

Presenter: Dan Weiser

 

Ed1stop- Quickstart Guide, Ed1stop Brochure, Customization

 

Date: 3/22/2007

 

Ed1stop provides web portal access to panel reviewed research tools and curriculum resources aligned to the K-12 content standards and adopted materials.

 

Learn how to have single-login access for you and your students to dozens of research tools and curriculum resources including: Marcopolo, United Steaming, Grolier Online, AP Multimedia Archive, Research Channel, Math Quiz, Art Connection and more.

 

Math, science, art, language arts, geography, social science, health and technology lesson plans, videos, CAHSEE test prep, writing prompt builders, source analyis worksheets, graphics, audio files you can search by keyword, theme, grade level or standard.