Schoology - Document Viewer Enhancements

Schoology has announced changes to their embedded Document viewer. Their announcement is below.

On December 29th, we are releasing our new Document Viewer, which provides an enhanced viewing experience for all documents on the web platform. Additionally, educators will have an improved grading experience for assignment submissions on both the web and in the native iOS and Android apps. 

Please note that assignments that were annotated using the previous Document Viewer will continue to display the previous experience.  

Visit our help center or watch our video for more information. 

Sincerely, The Schoology Team

10-25-16 Gmail issues resolved

Gmail

Oct 25th 2016, 19:20

 October 25, 2016 12:20:00 PM PDT
The problem with Gmail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

10-25-16 Google is Reporting Issues with Gmail

Gmail

Oct 25th 2016, 15:20

 October 25, 2016 8:20:00 AM PDT
We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by October 25, 2016 9:20:00 AM PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.
Affected users are limited to a specific Spanish ISP.
 October 25, 2016 6:45:00 AM PDT
Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by October 25, 2016 9:38:00 AM PDT with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience.
 October 25, 2016 5:51:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.
Access and downloading of attachment might be not working at this time.

9-21-16 Google Drive and docs - New Features

From Google Update Blog:

What you love about Google Search — now for DriveTuesday, September 20, 2016Innovation is critical for business success, so we're constantly trying to build tools that enable our customers to do more. Starting today, you can use Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other new and improved features in Drive search on web to find files easier and faster. You'll also see a couple of highly-requested Google Docs features that have been added based on your feedback (thank you!).

Also - Google Docs now has Columns!

Read the full post  - https://drive.googleblog.com/2016/09/what-you-love-about-google-search-now.html

9-15-16 Gmail Issue Resolved

Gmail

Sep 15th 2016, 08:04

 September 15, 2016 1:04:00 AM PDT
The problem with Gmail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better. If you are still experiencing an issue, please contact us via the Google Help Center.
The issue is resolved for the vast majority of affected customers and we will be working individually with the remaining customers affected. We will conduct an internal investigation of this issue and make appropriate improvements to our systems to prevent or minimize future recurrence. We will provide a more detailed analysis of this incident to the affected customers once we have completed our internal investigation.

9-14-17 Gmail issue reported

Gmail

Sep 14th 2016, 15:16

 September 14, 2016 8:16:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.
Based on reports, it affects only Google for Work Gmail users. The users are redirected to a page with 'Service not available, contact your administrator'.
Workaround: Disable Gmail Service in Admin Console UI, save the changes, enable it back, save the changes.

School Registration Reminder

Our new E-Registration portal is now available!  This post is a follow-up to a letter and an email you should have received. If you have already completed your Parent Portal Single-Sign-On and E-Registration, THANK YOU!

If you have not created your Parent Portal Single Sign-On account and completed E-Registration, please continue reading.

For those who prefer to fill out the forms via paper, traditional printed "summer packets" can still be mailed home upon request or picked up at the school office. Please call your school to make your request.

E-Registration is accessed through the PowerSchool Parent Portal HERE. If you need your parent username and password, please call your school, email support at lssutech@lssuvt.org or contact Melissa Gillen at 802-888-4541 x5559.  For additional instruction on how to create a Parent Portal Single Sign-On account, please click HERE.

E-Registration will allow parents and guardians to update their student's demographic information, electronically sign parent permissions, and view documents and forms via the PowerSchool Parent Portal. We are certain that you will find this to be a more convenient and faster way to update your family’s information with the school.

Lamoille South Supervisory Union is committed to improving communication with families. We are implementing this system to provide a more accurate, flexible, and cost effective approach to collecting and updating student information. We also hope parents will find this system a more convenient and faster way to communicate with schools.

Option for Blogger app on iPad

BlogPad Pro for WordPress & Blogger Might be a good option. We are testing it now and are looking at security, permissions,etc. we will let you know.   https://appsto.re/us/70hcI.i  

8-8-16 Google Drive Issue Resolved

Google Drive

Aug 8th 2016, 21:11

 August 8, 2016 2:11:00 PM PDT
The problem with Google Drive should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

8-8-16 Google Drive Issue Update

Google Drive

Aug 8th 2016, 17:54

 August 8, 2016 10:54:00 AM PDT
We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by August 8, 2016 11:55:00 AM PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.
Affected users are encountering the error "The server encountered an error. Please try again later"

8-8-16 Google Drive Issue Reported

Google Drive

Aug 8th 2016, 15:50

 August 8, 2016 8:50:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Drive. We will provide more information shortly.

8-8-16 Blogger Issue Reported

Google Hangouts

Aug 8th 2016, 15:50

 August 8, 2016 8:50:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Hangouts. We will provide more information shortly.

8-4-16 Gmail Issue Resolved

Gmail

Aug 4th 2016, 17:52

 August 4, 2016 10:52:00 AM PDT
The problem with Gmail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.
A small percentage of valid outbound messages were being rejected.

8-4-16 Reported Gmail Issues

Gmail

Aug 4th 2016, 14:42

 August 4, 2016 7:42:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.

7-28-16 MySchool Bucks Security Update

Dear Customer, In the coming weeks, we will be making a number of security enhancements to MySchoolBucks.  These changes may impact your ability to access the website if you’re using an outdated web browser. To ensure continued support, we recommend upgrading to one of the browsers listed below: Microsoft Internet Explorer (11 or higher) Google Chrome (22 or higher) Mozilla Firefox (27 or higher) Apple Safari (7 or higher) If you have any questions, please email adminsupport@myschoolbucks.com or call800.803.6755. Thank you, MySchoolBucks Support

7-26-16 Google Update - Google Drive shared folders are now easier for recipients to use

Today, Google announced an update to Drive. Shared content will now behave like your own content. In other words, you will no longer have to "Add to my Drive" to manipulate the content.

There is more HERE.

7-21-16 Google Announces Training for Google Apps

From Google - Full post here - http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2016/07/announcing-training-for-google-apps.html

What is Training for Google Apps?

Designed to be simple and efficient, Training for Google Apps is a new interactive in-app learning experience to help users get quickly up and running with Google Apps. Built on the Google Cloud Platform, Training for Google Apps acts like a virtual coach inside of the Google Apps interface. Users have access to voice and text interactive modules that are searchable by topic within any of the Google Apps products, which includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Google+, and even Classroom.



Click on the link above to read the full post.

7-15-16 MySchoolBucks Maintenance

Dear Customer, On Saturday, July 16, 2016 from 12am EST to 1pm EST, MySchoolBucks will be offline while we perform routine scheduled maintenance.   During this time, you will be unable to access the MySchoolBucks website and mobile app. Your business is important to us and we regret any inconvenience this may cause.  Thank You, MySchoolBucks 800.803.6755 adminsupport@myschoolbucks.com

7-8-16 Gmail Issue Resolved

Gmail

Jul 7th 2016, 19:54

 July 7, 2016 12:54:00 PM PDT
The problem with Gmail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

7-7-16 Gmail Issue Update

Gmail

Jul 7th 2016, 19:23

 July 7, 2016 12:23:00 PM PDT
Gmail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change.

7-7-16 Gmail Issues Reported

Gmail

Jul 7th 2016, 19:08

 July 7, 2016 12:08:00 PM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.

6-30-16 Google Calendar issue resolved

Google Calendar

Jun 30th 2016, 18:36

 June 30, 2016 11:36:00 AM PDT
The problem with Google Calendar should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

6-30-16 Google Calendar Outage Update

Google Calendar

Jun 30th 2016, 14:35

 June 30, 2016 7:35:00 AM PDT
Our team is continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by June 30, 2016 8:30:00 AM PDT with more information about this problem. Thank you for your patience.
 June 30, 2016 6:47:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar. We will provide more information shortly.
Users of Google Calendar see 'Server Error' page intermittently.

6-30-16 Google Calendar issues

Google Calendar

Jun 30th 2016, 13:47

 June 30, 2016 6:47:00 AM PDT
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar. We will provide more information shortly.
Users of Google Calendar see 'Server Error' page intermittently.

NEW! Google Cast for Education - Share student's screens with the class

What is Google Cast for Education?

Google Cast for Education is a free Chrome app that allows students and teachers to share their screens wirelessly from anywhere in the classroom. Cast for Education carries video and audio across complex school networks, has built-in controls for teachers, and works seamlessly with Google Classroom.

The Cast for Education app runs on the teacher’s computer that’s connected to the classroom projector, and it does not require new hardware. Teachers receive casts through the Cast for Education app, and students share their screens using the upcoming version of the Cast feature in Chrome.

Click HERE for the rest of the post.

6-15-16 New Version of Google Sites Announced

Google Sites has long been in need of an update. Google just announced that the new version will be made available to organizations from now through the end of the year. There is an Early Adopters program that LSSU has signed up for that may make Sites available sooner rather than later.

What is new? From Googles announcement - "With the new Google Sites, you can build beautiful, functional pages to aggregate and distribute content across your enterprise, optimized for every screen. A new intuitive drag-and-drop design experience supports real-time collaboration by multiple editors, just like in Docs, and offers easy access to all your content from Calendar, Docs, Drive, Maps and more. The new Sites also includes themes and layouts designed to scale and flex to any screen size, so they’re as useful when you access them on the 30-inch monitor at your desk or your smartphone on your commute."

What does this mean? Not much in the short term. Teachers and students should continue doing what you do. When the new version becomes available, we will provide training  and guidance.

Google has said that the current version of Sites will remain fully functional for at least one year and in the future, there will be an option for moving current content to a New Site.

More from Google HERE

6-9-16 Gmail Problem resolved

 June 9, 2016 12:45:00 PM PDT

The problem with Gmail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.

We have confirmed that this issue only affected messages sent to consumer Gmail accounts, and that messages sent to Google Apps accounts were not rejected.

6-9-16 Gmail Problem Update

 June 9, 2016 11:46:00 AM PDT

We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by June 9, 2016 12:46:00 PM PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.
Some messages sent to consumer Gmail accounts are being rejected due to authentication enforcement

6-9-16 Gmail Issues Reported

We're investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more information shortly.