We noticed several people are asking about how to add sound files to blogs.  The best and easiest solution includes uploading a mp3 file.  Some teachers have asked for a simple way to convert their sound files from different formats to mp3.

Here is a converter install with the necessary plugin install that make the process quick and simple.

Media install

Plugin install

Let us know of your success.

If you have any problems logging in to the MyWeber System please call us at our Call Center (extension 4444) and let us know about it.

Please leave a comment on this VoiceThread. It can be in plain text, audio, or video if you have a webcam. You will need to register an account before you can do this (the registration takes 30 seconds, and you can do it directly from this page — just click “Comment” in the VoiceThread window below, then select “type,” “record,” or the webcam icon).

Questions:

1. What do you feel were the best skills you learned at BrainBlast?
2. How will you be using technology in the classroom this school year?
3. What improvements or new classes would you like to see at BrainBlast next year?

This week’s assignment focuses on PowerPoint.  There are two courses that include PowerPoint as a key application.

Remember once you have a reply email opened you can simply drag and drop files from your desktop or a folder into the email itself.

That is of course unless you are using the web version of Groupwise. To login to your Groupwise web access click here… Groupwise web access

Now just use your Novell username and password to get logged in. Play with all the features so you are comfortable with them.

Don’t forget to find a picture and your disclosure and add them to the email as “Attachments”.

Leave comments if you have any other questions.

Leave a link to your blog here!

Remember it should be look something like this…

http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/YOURNAME/

Thanks again!

Setting the Restrict Access To Page dialog box options

The purpose of this dialog box is to add a server behavior to a page that allows only authorized users to view the page.

To set the dialog box options:

1. If you want only users with certain access privileges to view the page, select the Username, Password, and Access Level option and specify the authorization levels for the page.For example, you can specify that only users with Administrator privileges can view the page by selecting Administrator in the authorization levels list.To add authorization levels to the list, click Define. In the Define Access Levels list that appears, enter a new authorization level and click the Plus (+) button. Dreamweaver stores the level, saving you from typing it for each page. Make sure you enter strings that exactly match the strings in your user database.
2. If you want to set more than one authorization level for a page, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) the levels in the list.For example, you can specify that any user with Guest, Member, or Administrator privileges can view the page.
3. Specify the page to open if an unauthorized user attempts to open the protected page.  Make sure the page you choose is not itself protected.
4. Click OK.

Dreamweaver adds a server behavior that redirects the user to another page if the user attempts to bypass the login page by typing the protected page’s URL in a browser, or if the user is logged in but attempts to access the protected page without the proper access privileges.

So you want to blog?  Weber School District has made it simple for you to create a quick and easy resource to create your own blog page.  We already have a space waiting for you.  Simply go to http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/wp-login.php once you go there type in your Novell username and password.

You just started your page! 

You can begin to make changes from the interface shown.  Play around a little with the page.  Have some fun and get familiar with how to write a post.  Then come back here and ask us some questions.

People can find your page at http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/yourusername.  Don’t forget to include your username on the end when you send the link to others. 

Here are some examples of other pages on our Featured Teacher Blogs page at http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/featuredblog

Still have questions?  Click the title “Starting your blog” above to make a comment.  We can’t wait to help you.

Thanks,

Technical Services

We found the answer to the problem some of you have been having with your Participant lists.  Remember when you set up your participant list to follow these directions.

1. Select “Participant List Wizard”.
2. Name your list(Period 1, Per. 2, etc.) Something you will remember that makes sense.
3. Select “Manually specify location and participant ranges”.
4. Click “Next”.
5. Select “Education Template”.
6. Click “Next”.
7. Leave Default “Selected Fields”.
8. Click “Next”.
9. Do not make changes to the group page.
10. Click “Next”.
11. Click “Finish”.
12. Fill in the Fields Listed with the information from your class.  Last Name, First Name, etc.
13.    ***NOW THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP***
14. In the top left select “File” then “Save”.
15. Once it is saved select “Done”.

You have now created the list correctly so the assigned students match the numbers in the Response Table.  This will also correctly give you list names of students in your Generated reports.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

The Clicker Guru’s

Recently we taught a course regarding Microsoft Excel.  We discussed cells, rows, columns, sheets and books to get started and then we discussed how to use Excel in an educational setting.  One of the questions that came up was how do we make changes by just pressing a few keys on the keyboard. We gave a few examples but here is a more complete list.

Excel.hotkeys

Keep checking back here for answers to other Excel questions and leave your own comments of questions you have so we can answer yours.