TechBytes

• March 3-April 4: Paper's March Mania Challenge (info below)
• March 14: Pi Day! Check out these activities from HMH
• What Is Pi Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?
• Pi Day Internet Scavenger Hunt (downloadable)
• Pi Scavenger Hunt Designed for Middle School
• 14 Fun 2025 Pi Day Activities for High School Students
• March 3-28: i-Ready Diagnostic
• Diagnostic 2 is now open as of March 3rd. It will be used as a baseline of where our students are after reopening.
• Diagnostic 3 will still be conducted in May to provide data for planning and to assess growth from Diagnostic 2.
• The Assessment Calendar has been updated to reflect the new windows
• January-March: Promethean Board Rollout
• Promethean Boards have been rolled out to approximately 75% of sites and will continue over the next few weeks. Please be on the lookout for communications regarding deployment at your site.

For helpful information, check out the Smore and videos linked below.

While many of our PUSD staff have been regularly checking emails and letting Help Desk know when they receive something suspicious, the recent emails coming from the CDE / ETS (Educational Testing Services) are legitimate notifications that your CAASPP account has been created.

For more information, click on the button below.

Because of changes to the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service, access to YouTube on student accounts will change at the end of this month. Staff members will still have access to YouTube and will be able to embed YouTube videos in Canvas for their students. It is recommend you embed YouTube videos by using Canvas Studio. When you do this, you also have the option to add annotations and quiz questions, making videos more interactive.

How do I add a YouTube video to my Canvas Studio?

1. Click on the Studio icon in the Global Navigation menu on the left side of your Dashboard in Canvas.
2. Click on Create.
3. Select Add Media.
4. Copy the URL from YouTube.
5. Paste the URL from YouTube.
6. Click on Add Video.
7. The video is now listed in your Studio and the link can be shared to your students.
8. At this point, you can also choose to add questions and annotations and then create an assignment with your video.

With the changes and installations of new equipment, ITS is checking out equipment in Destiny directly to classrooms. Because of this, moving the equipment out of the classroom it's assigned to is problematic. Please do not move any ITS equipment from rooms/offices. If equipment needs to be moved, please submit a ticket.

This includes:

• phones
• docking station
• monitor
• keyboard & mouse
• Promethean Board

Additionally, it is critical that you do not move classroom phones. Once they have been plugged in to the network, they should only be moved by ITS personnel. Moving these phones on your own can cause safety issues, as the phones are tied to specific locations, and also can cause problems with your network.