Copying in Color

     Have something colored that you'd like copies of in color?  Just scan it to yourself and print it to the color printer in the teachers room!

1. On the copy machine, click on Scan and Send.
2. Click on address book and find your name.  Click it and OK.
3. You should see your email address only in a box.
4. The scanner is set to scan color if there is color and black and white if it's black and white.  If you need to change the setting, just click on color and select what you need.
5. Click the green start button (like your copying something).  Then it will send you an email of what you scanned :).
6. Then on your desktop, you can send it to the color printer in the teacher's room.

Taking a Picture / Screen Shot / Using Snip It Tool

Here's how to take a screen shot of something on your screen...

• Visit this site for ways to take a screen shot using different devices.

For PC Users...

• The program is called "The Snipping Tool."
• Open the program (you may type in the name in the search bar and hit enter).  The program should come up if its loaded on your computer.

For Mac Users...

• The program is called "Preview."
• Under FILE, select TAKE A SCREEN SHOT.
• Select the type of screen shot: select, window, full screen.
• Take the picture.
• The picture will be saved to your desktop.
• Keyboard Shortcut:  
• Hole COMMAND + SHIFT + 4.  The cursor will turn into a + sign.
• Click and drag around want you want to take a picture of.
• Release.  You should hear a camera sound.  It will be added to your desktop as a PNG file. 
• To Convert from PNG to other formats:
• Some sites or programs can only read JPEG files.  If you run into this problem, just double click on the image.  Under FILE, select EXPORT.  Then change the PNG file to JPEG (or whatever format you need it changed to).

Power School Apps for Teachers

    If you have tried to log in to Power School through their mobile apps and it said invalid username or password, try using proper capitalization.  For example, Jane Doe would be JDoe.  Same rule applies when signing into Gradebook using the desktop short cut.

Organization Tidbit

       If you open a specific file (like a flipchart, Spreadsheet, Word document, etc) often, there's a way to get to it without having to search in your documents or save it to your desktop.

1. If you have a file (say a morning meeting flipchart, LA Spreadsheet, Math spreadsheet, or lunch choice file), open the program it runs in.
2. Open the file.
3. Right click on the program icon on the task bar.
4. Find the name of the file you have open and click on the right side of it (a pin will appear).
5. The file will then 'pin' to the top of the list of files.  Next time you open the program, just right click on the program icon and select the file you want to open.  This works for websites in a web browser, flipcharts, word documents, excel documents, music files, presentations, etc.

Powerschool / Programs Tidbit

      Since we use Powerschool everyday, I recommend pinning it to your task bar at the bottom of the screen.  Open Internet Explorer and go to https://powerschool.groton.k12.ct.us/teachers/pw.html.  Click and hold on the icon at the beginning of the address bar and drag it down to your task bar, then let go!  You can do the same thing with any website you use a lot.  For a program you use a lot, right click on the icon and click PIN TO TASK BAR.  For example, I have Powerschool, Internet Explorer with the PV news as my start page, iTunes, Exchange (Mail), ActivInspire, and Chrome on the task bar next to the start symbol.

Bookmarks Bar

The Booksmark Bar is a great tool for both teacher and student computers.  If you have a site you visit every day, just click and drag the address into the address bar and drop it.  You can then right click, click edit, and rename it so it takes up less space.

Here's how to setup the shortcut bar in...

Chrome - CTRL-Shift-B

Explorer - CTRL-Shift-B

Firefox - Select VIEW > TOOLBAR > BOOKMARKS TOOLBAR

Safari - Select VIEW > SHOW FAVORITES BAR

***If you are using Chrome and are signed into the browser, your bookmarks will transfer automatically to each device that you log in to.  Click here to learn how to sign into Chrome Browser.