Primary Digital News

Please completely view the student paced Digital Citizenship training in Nearpod. View all the slides and read the information presented. At the end of the Nearpod, fill out the Google form to sign-in and acknowledge your completion of the slides. Have this activity completed by September 4th.

Click on the button below to access the training.

Please join the appropriate Schoology Course below to complete your Required Digital Onboarding Course. If you aren't sure which course to join please let us know!

NEW TO ALDINE STAFF: Teachers, ILS, Skills, etc. (if the link doesn’t work and you’re a new staff member to Aldine please enter the code manually: T65K-8TVZ-J6SQ8)

RETURNING STAFF: Teachers, ILS, Skills, etc.

Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors: if you need the join code please let us know

Paraprofessionals, Custodians, Child Nutrition - coming soon

Parents and Students - available on district website

Schoology Overview - Information Deck This document walks you through many aspects of Schoology...check it out! This document is also in the Primary Resource Schoology group as well for future reference.

Student Services has released the 2020-2021 Schoology training for Teacher Access Center. CLICK HERE to join and complete the course.

2020-2021 TAC Gradebook User’s Guide

Remember...login to eportal and use the TAC/Gradebook from Home link during virtual learning.

Students & Parents should NOT contact the Help Desk or DLS. Please do not give students or parents the email address or phone number to call the Help Desk or your DLS.

If they are having an issue with their password or district device, they need to refer to the Schoology for Students link in the Aldine ISD website - on the right. The password reset request link and district device information is located on the Students and Parents tabs. Please convey to parents that password resets need a full 24 hours to give tech services time to address it.

*Teachers are also able to reset passwords but MUST be on the district network to perform this task. Click here for Instructions for how teachers can reset student passwords.

Does your campus have a STEM Club (Coding, Robotics, etc.)? Would you like to provide STEM learning opportunities to your students? It's time to promote STEM Clubs for your campus. Check out this flyer to learn more and get an invite to attend the STEM Club Interest Meeting.

• Clubs are available for K-HS

• Link to the Digital Flyer (SMORE)
  

• Clubs will begin the 2nd week in September - December and again in January - April (all virtual at this time).

If you haven't joined already Click Here to join the Primary DLS Resource Group for Virtual Learning to access all the resources from the training sessions that have been presented (last year during virtual learning and Aldine LIVE sessions in July). We will continue to add materials to this Schoology group for teachers to access.

*This group is for Aldine staff only, please do not share this group code/link with parents or students.

For those who don't have dual monitor. It splits your browser windows into two by just 2 clicks. The ratio can be adjusted according to your needs. Click Here for more information!

Contact your DLS:

If you have questions, issues, or training requests with DISTRICT SUPPORTED INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE: eSchool, eportal, Employee Self Service (ESS), Eduphoria, Frontline, Service Console, Google Suite, SchoolMessenger, Schoology, ActivInspire, Battelle for Kids, Kurzweil, NearPod, BrainPOP, MyON, Flipgrid, Clever, Screencastify, Google Meet, Schoology Conferences, CK12, Learn360, etc.

Contact Tech Services/Help Desk:

If you need assistance with your staff password reset Or questions or issues with DISTRICT HARDWARE: computers, printers, scanners, document cameras, Promethean Board, iPad, Chromebook, laptop, etc. (They can not help you with personal hardware devices).

281-985-6263, helpdesk@aldineisd.org or Help Desk Support Form

As you navigate this new role as a virtual teacher please know we are here to support you! If you have a question about a digital resource, reach out to your designated DLS.