High School Digital News

Setting up office hours or small groups? Direct Instruction through Google Meet? We have a preferred method that will give you better control of when the Meet is open and when you close it! Take a look at the following instruction sheet or watch the video to find out how. This will eliminate students "hanging out" when you aren't in the Meet room, show you how to remove a student, and use the same nickname for your Meets so you don't have to create a new code every time you want your students to meet.

Open and Close a Google Meet Room Open and Close a Google Meet using Nicknames

There are MANY ways to insert your Meet Room into Schoology! Reach out to your campus DLS if you need assistance.

When a teacher changes their Course Name in Schoology it changes the Course Name for EVERY TEACHER that has that same Course Name. This is why we asked everyone NOT to change their course name. Instead, teachers should change course images instead of course names. You can use the template below or create your own images:

• Course Name, Teacher Name, 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, etc. (colored slides)

• You can also use images and put course info on the picture (make sure the image is not copyright protected). Try Canva or Pablo to add text on top of copyright free images.

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 Aldine ISD website - Schoology for Students link on the right. The password reset request link and district device information is located on the Students and Parents tabs.

*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.

Send Message to Students/Parents through Schoology

If you would like to Message all of your students, and parents that have registered for a Schoology account, you can use the Send Message feature under Course Options for each class.

Emailing Students/Parents through eSchool/TAC

If you would like to email all of your students, remember you can use eSchool/TAC to email your students using the directions here.

Remember, you can see ALL of your courses when you view them via the Course Dashboard! You can drag and drop course tiles to reorder the courses as well.

To set your Home Page to be your Course Dashboard:

1. login to aldine.schoology.com
2. click on your name in the top right corner
3. click on Settings
4. on the Account Settings tab scroll to the bottom
5. click Save Home Page To: Course Dashboard
6. click Save Changes

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.

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 - coming soon

Your Ethical Conduct Statement and Internet Acceptable Use Form documents have been posted to ePortal and must be signed electronically. The documents can be found on the left side of the ePortal home screen in a red box titled "Attention Required".

Frustrated with using ScreenCastify and running into time limits? Don't want to pay out of pocket for screencasting and editing solutions? Try out WeVideo.com! Aldine ISD has purchased access to this service and it will do everything from screencasting to podcasting for your Return to Learn needs. Join the course, work through the short videos for using the product, and get your license to get started creating!

Giving you an early heads up! Aldine ISD has decided to no longer purchase Flocabulary at the district level. Your subscription will expire on August 31st.

If you haven't joined already Click Here to join the High School Virtual Learning Group to access all the Resources from the training sessions that have been presented. 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.

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