High School Digital News

The October 16th District Staff Development will follow an asynchronous format. All instructional staff will visit the DSD landing page to access the materials: bit.ly/AISDDSD. The due date for completions will be no later than 4pm on October 16th. Campus instructional staff will also need to complete the TEA required trainings (also accessible from the same landing page) by November 3rd.

The training is for all campus-based staff including teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and clerical.

Remember, as you take the quizzes in Schoology, it will only display your best score from all of your attempts. Therefore, if you take it again and score lower, it will still display your "best" score.

Reminder: you will receive your certificate for the PowerSchool trainings once you complete the survey. You should receive an email once you finish the Schoology course stating that you need to take the survey to obtain your certificate. Make sure you complete the survey within seven days to receive the certificate as well as credit hours on your transcript.

Office Staff...if you would like to have a Phone Message Form in your Google Mail templates use the directions HERE to add the template to your Google Mail. If you have any issues let us know!

This document will walk you through exporting grades from Schoology and importing the grades into TAC. If you need one-on-one assistance to make sure you know how to export & import grades BEFORE THE NEXT GRADE PULL reach out to your campus DLS.

Are you exporting grades from Schoology and importing them into TAC? Tired of counting the columns: A = 1, B = 2, etc.? Did you know you can change the column headings to read 1, 2, 3, etc. instead of A, B, C, etc.? Follow the steps below to change your column headings to make exporting and importing a little easier!

Did you know that Google Meet Closed Captioning has a translate feature? While in Meet, turn on Closed Captioning by clicking “Turn on Captions” in the bottom right corner. ​Once captions are turned on, right click on the caption icon and choose “Translate to English.” If you or the student need to translate to a different language you can go to the top of the Meet screen and click the Google Translate icon in the omni bar/address bar to choose another language.

Click Here for step-by-step directions!

If parents or students are having issues signing in to Schoology from Clever they need to be using the first link (black and blue) and not the second link (white and blue) while the Clever engineers are working to resolve the bug with the password vaulting program. Also, if they log in directly from aldine.schoology.com they will have no issues as this is only impacting signing in from Clever. Once this bug is resolved students will have the ability to sign in to Schoology from Clever once and never have to log in additionally after using Clever no matter what device they use.

Next week, October 19th - October 23rd is Digital Citizenship Week. This year has shown us the importance of being a good digital citizen in all aspects of our digital lives.

Check out Common Sense Education has some of the best resources around with lessons and activities broken down by elementary, middle and high school.

Planet Nutshell NetSafe series of eighteen videos for K-12 students. There are videos specifically for elementary school and specifically for middle school and high school students. The videos cover topics like preventing cyberbullying, digital privacy, and the dangers of distracted driving.

Bri Stauffer with Applied Educational Systems has complied a suggested day to day ideas for the week , including understanding digital footprint and information literacy for middle and high schoolers.

Don't forget to check out the wonderful BrainPOP Digital Citizenship Unit and BrainPOP Jr. resources.

Look for your campus DLS's Office Hours on your Google Calendar each day. Pop in if you have any questions or issues, or just to say hi! If the office hours don't work with your schedule, email your DLS and set up a one-on-one.

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!

MacArthur HS - Brad Kaplan bskaplan@aldineisd.org 713-539-8973

Carver HS & Eisenhower HS - Uwe Langhammer ulanghammer@aldineisd.org 713-476-1899

Blanson HS & Davis HS - Michael Molitor mamolitor@aldineisd.org 281-960-5107
Aldine HS & Nimitz HS - Kelley Smith kdsmith@aldineisd.org 281-924-5911

Aldine 9, Avalos, Davis 9, Eisenhower 9, Hall, MacArthur 9, Nimitz 9, Victory

Jacob Mitchell jamitchell1@aldineisd.org 713-484-9004

Andrea Soliz aasoliz@aldineisd.org 281-960-5140

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, Edgenuity, Edgenuity Tutor, 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