High School Digital News

Need to pull Mastery for each question in an Assessment or other materials in Schoology? The documents below will show you how to customize your Mastery settings in Schoology and how to export the data.

Mastery Settings - how to customize the Mastery report settings

Mastery Export - see how students did on every Assessment question or Schoology materials aligned to a measured learning objective (video will be added to this document later today)

If you are having issues pulling the Mastery Export reach out to your campus DLS!

Have students said they have completed an Assessment but can't see their grade? Look in your gradebook and if they did the Assessment, it will have a small symbol in the top right corner to indicate they have submitted something that you need to grade.

Also, you may want to check your settings on the course to ensure notifications are turned on for additional materials so you know when students submit.

If you are the holder of a coveted district license in Nearpod, please remember that there is a limited number of licenses available, and users that are not utilizing it get downgraded to the silver account. The good news is Nearpod has ramped up their silver account so you can still do a lot if you don't have a district license!

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!

Google has rolled out a few updates to Meet. When you open a new Meet Room (that you control - you created the calendar event or Room) you may have noticed a blue shield in the bottom left corner. Clicking on the shield opens the Meet Host Controls for Meeting Safety.

Turning on or off the three sliders will help you maintain a tighter control on your Meet safety.

• Quick Access allows you to control who can join your session.

• Share their screen allows you to shut off the sharing controls for your participants.

• Send Chat Messages allows you to turn on or off your chat room in the Meet.

Be sure to watch the video below from our Multimedia and Events Coordinator, Joshua Hicks.

To help limit distractions during meetings, you can now blur the background of your video in Google Meet. You can blur your background before or after you join the Meet! If you don't have it yet, keep checking since the features are being rolled out to Google users.

NOTE: Background blur is currently not available on Chromebooks. Blurring your background may slow down your device. You may want to turn this feature off to allow other apps to run faster on your computer.

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.

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

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 and Andrea Soliz aasoliz@aldineisd.org