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Digital Teaching Resources
Using Remind to Communicate
- We are pleased to share that we have Remind, an easy to use communication tool that will allow the school, teachers, students and parents to share one single source for communication.
- Learn more about Remind here
- See how this will create faster, easier access to communications between teachersm students and parents. Remind is a safe, secure way for students to connect with their teachers and school-related events, classes, and activities all in one place. The software does not collect or share any personal student information, which is important to us. Best of all, it is very easy to use and will be a great resource for teachers and students.
Wanting or needing your PDF's to be fillable? (Are you sure?)
You may not actually need to bother, but if you really want to...….
Here are three options
Option #1- Adobe Reader DC - If the students just download Adobe Reader DC and use that they can simply mark up the document directly as needed
Pros -
- It allows students to markup content anywhere on the PDF directly, save it and either send it or upload it as needed with all their markups on it.
- Some instructions here can be used as a guide to help know how to do the editing on their own computers. - How to mark up PDF's using Adobe Reader DC
- Students can either free hand answers (handy for math problems) or draw circles or fill in bubbles or they can use the text tool to type their responses without requiring fillable form fields.
- Teachers can save valuable time instead of spending so much time trying to make them into a fillable format to begin with trying to convert every single document to a fillable pdf, particularly if those documents are not being shared with everyone which will require an excessive amount of overhead work that isn't really necessary.
Cons -
- Teachers can not make forms fillable using reader version if that is what they still want to do. (See option 2 or 3)
Option #2- PDF Escape - (This is an app available as a tile in ClassLink under the lcs employee library).
Pros
- The teachers can simply load the pdf up to the page and mark it by basically selecting what they want and then drawing the text boxes/check boxes, radio buttons etc. directly on the document.
- Fairly easy and requires no installs. Documents can be downloaded when down.
Cons
- Limit of 10 MB/100 pgs per file (Highly unlikely to be an issue with any files teachers are using with students.
- If this is an issue, you can use the PDFCandy or PDF.online tile in classlink to split the file into smaller segments
Option #3 - PDFCreator/PDFArchitect - Nothing wrong with this option
Pros
- its nice that it is a locally installed app so no internet required to use it which may be handy for those with poor internet connections
- Full featured
Cons -
- Some users have a hard time understanding the split nature of the Creator vs Architect side of the platform. Fillable forms are handled by the Architect side of the software.
- This program is it just is not as intuitive as I would like. Users sometimes seem to have trouble navigating the software and its just not as well laid out for those who have never worked with making fillable pdfs before. works fine, but seems to have a bit of a learning curve compared with the two above
Still Stuck and need some help??
- Teachers, Staff and Administrators please check with your sites techcon first prior to sending any help requests to the district helpdesk as they are your first level of technical support. If they are still not able to resolve the problem, your techcon can submit a request on your behalf, or if you prefer, you can then send your own email requests to the specific email addresses below to submit your IT support tickets.
- If you get stuck and just can't find an answer yourself, or If something is not WORKING and your techcon was unable to resolve the issue and still need assistance, submit an IT ticket to the Helpdesk: -- >
Important - Please include the following info when making a new ticket to the helpdesk:
- First name, Last name, Email, Contact Info, , Description of issue, Affected User (Teacher/student), Username/student ID#
- Please do NOT assign anything to any other Queue's than the ones above
- Canvas – New!!
- Teams – New!!
- Focus
- Schoolwires – New!!
- ClassLink – New!!
- Remind - New!! or also (Premier Support from Remind)
- All other general Help requests
We will answer you as soon as we can - we won't be able to tell if you're still in your jammies...
- Techcons please submit your helpdesk requests directly through the Mojo Helpdesk and assign it to one of the specific Queues above depending on the area you are requesting elevated support assistance with.
Important - Please include the following info when making a new ticket to the helpdesk:
- First name, Last name, Email, Contact Info, , Description of issue, Affected User (Teacher/student), Username/student ID#
- Please do NOT assign anything to any other Queue's than the ones above
Additional Professional Learning Resources
Click on the links below to learn more about the online instructional resources and training available to LCS Teachers. Also, be sure to check out the Best Practice Shout-Out icons for projects happening in LCS Schools!
Leon Leads - #24857 Microsoft TEAMS for Beginners
Want to have a course to learn how to use Teams? Want to earn some credits while you are at it?
- Most Popular #24857 Microsoft TEAMS for Beginners (20 Credits)
- Self Paced - Participants will learn the basic functions of Microsoft Teams as a teacher and participant. Topics include rostered courses, created courses, video conferencing and live lessons, deploying an assignment or quiz, grading an assignment, applications to support learning, collaboration and small group learning.
