Spam: What to do about it?

Spam: What to do about it? Definition: “Spam” is a term used to describe an email message of any content (but often commercial in nature) that was sent indiscriminately to large numbers of recipients on the Internet. To qualify as spam, a message must be unsolicited. It is important to note that many annoying or […]

Passwords: Un-Remembering them in a Web Browser

When you change your LPS password your web browser (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc.) does not know this and continues trying to log you in with incorrect credentials. That can create an awfully frustrating situation every time you try to login with your new password. NOTE: From a security standpoint, we recommend that you NOT allow your […]

WordPress Mobile App Setup

LPS uses WordPress for teacher websites, many school building websites and in a growing list of other situations. The folks at WordPress work hard to produce quality mobile applications for every mobile operating system (iOS, Android, etc.) so that you can easily add posts and pictures, or manage comments from your phone or tablet. Learn […]

Student Data Privacy in Google Tools

LPS employees use the powerful tools within the Google Workspace environment professionally and instructionally. Many may be using Google Forms, collaborative spreadsheets, Google Classrooms and other documents that are used in formative assessment or to aggregate and put form to the anecdotal records that have always existed in our schools. School improvement work also may […]

Passwords – Make them Better & Easier

Better (Easier) Passwords We access secure data from our laptops in classrooms, kitchens, cars.. almost anywhere. The places we don’t take our laptops, many of us take our internet enabled phones and access data from these smart devices. In an era of unprecedented access to important data, it is very important for us to maintain […]

Web Content Filtering in LPS

Web Content Filtering in LPS Federal Regulations In order for the district to receive E-Rate funding that reduces the cost of our Internet access by by a large percentage, Federal regulations require compliance with guidelines provided in the ‘Children’s Internet Protection Act’ [47 U.S.C. § 254], also known as CIPA. CIPA guidelines require the restriction […]

Digital Content Resources for LPS Teachers

Many LPS teachers are unaware that our school district subscribes to a lengthy list of resources that puts rich digital content at your fingertips. To be clear, these are not your average web pages. These are web based databases of content produced by professional organizations geared towards K-12 classrooms. To access the logins & passwords […]

Embedding Videos in LPS Web Pages

Sometimes, a video is the best way to communicate a thought or idea. Unfortunately, a video’s file size is often much, much larger than you would ever want to directly upload to a web page. Don’t worry, if you have a video, LPS offers tools that can make it easy to add it to your […]

Spreadsheet Skills for Teachers & Staff

The contents of this page are intended to supplement the Spreadsheet Skills workshop session offered by Computing Services. In this session we look at basic spreadsheet features that can be used in MS Excel or Google Spreadsheets. Download Data from Synergy Much of the data you work with will be collected on your own students. […]

Download Student Data to a Spreadsheet (Synergy TeacherVUE)

Synergy TeacherVUE allows you to download a spreadsheet of information about students assigned to you in each class period. This spreadsheet can be used to create labels, populate contact groups in LPS Google Docs and various other uses. Student Data Once you have downloaded this information to your computer, please take any necessary steps to secure it from […]

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