DoDEA: TechHelp for Teachers

Teacher Technology Resources

Last Revised: 27 Aug 2009

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GradeSpeed

	Categories: Even if you want to grade with total points and not use categories, you still must create one category. Word Version (64K) PDF format (57K)
	Grade Overrides: Sometimes it is necessary to override the calculated grade. This how-to specifically shows you how to enter an override of an "Incomplete," but could also be used to learn how to enter a normal letter grade override. Word Version (101K) PDF format (93K)
	Hide Inactive Students: Once student are withdrawn from the class, they may still appear on the class roster. This show you how to hide them. Word Version (63K) PDF format (44K)
	ParentConnection Application: This is intended for parents who would like to create an account to view their students grades. Word 2003 Version (106K) PDF format (75K)
	Quarter End Reports: This is intended for classroom teachers who use GradeSpeed and need to print out grade reports at the end of the Quarter for backup AND grades verification purposes. Word Version (74K) PDF format (67K)
	Semester End Reports: This is intended for classroom teachers who use GradeSpeed and need to print out grade reports at the end of the Semester. This is written specifically for Semester 1, but can be applied to Semester 2 as well. Word Version (93K) PDF format (95K)
	Semester Exam: How to enter the Semester Exam and check that it counts as 20% of the semester grade. Word Version (95K) PDF format (85K)

Internet: Site Evaluation and Publishing
	POSTER: Copying pictures from the Internet and saving them for use in student projects. Word 2000/97 Document (36K)
	Good Website design (html version) . Office 97/2000 version.(21K) Use this short list as a hand out for an introductory class on building web pages.
	Credible Internet Information Rubric (html version). Excel 97/2000 version (17K). Students use this rubric to help them decide if information found on the Internet is credible or unbiased.
	Web Project Rubric (html version) . Office 97/2000 version (24K). Use this rubric to grade student made web sites. Target age is 9-12.
	Embedding a ".MOV" movie object into a web page that plays in the same page. This is only a sample of the html tag. Text file (1K).
	Embedding a ".MID" (midi) audio clip in a web page that plays automatically when you open the page. This is only a sample of the html tag. Text file (1K)

MS Windows & Misc
	Active Desktop: Refreshing your Active Desktop content. This is intended for use by people who have Active Desktop content on their computer (a web page of any kind). Word2000 version (75K) PDF version (34K)
	Backing Up Your Data Files Check List. Read this check list to get you started on the process to back up all of your files to a CD to prepare for the summer recess. This check list is intended for classroom teachers. Depending upon your job and responsibilities you may have to back up more than is listed here. Word2000 version (26K) PDF version (19K)
	*File Sharing: Setting up file sharing on your home* network.** This how-to is intended to give a brief introduction to setting up a file share on your home computer and accessing it from another computer. There is much information included on this that goes beyond the basics. Use this how-to in conjunction with a partner who can help talk it though. Office 97/2000 (175K) PDF Version (227K)
	Internet Explorer: Backing Up Your Favorites. Office 97/2000 (52K) PDF Version (39K)
	Locking Your Workstation. Network security should be a primary concern now more than ever. Set your workstation to lock automatically. Office 97/2000 (52K)
	Machine Name: Finding the name of your computer so that the Service Desk can help you. Use this how-to locate, copy and paste your machine name into a service desk ticket. Office 2003 (87K) PDF Version (57K)
	*My Documents: Setting My Documents* To Point To A Different Location.** Use this how-to to set My Documents to point to the H:\drive. Office 97/2000 (34K) PDF Version (24K)
	Roxio Easy CD Creator: Using CD Project to backup your data files. Office 97/2000 (576K) PDF Version (222K)
	Roxio Easy CD Creator: Using directCD to backup your data files. Office 97/2000 (122K) PDF Version (150K)
	Setting your default printer. Word 2000/97 Document. (60K)
	USB Memory stick/thumb drive. Basic how-to sheet for first-time users on connecting and removing a memory stick Office 97/2000 (59k) PDF Version (39K)

MS Office
	MS Access 2000: Creating an ODBC connection to MySQL . This brings you through the steps necessary to create a connection between MS Acess and a MySQL database. MS Word Version (120K) PDF Version (104K)
	MS Office 2000. Inserting a picture. This procedure can be used in any of the office products. This is "poster" formatted for 8-1/2 X 11 paper, which can be enlarged on a copy machine to A3 size. POSTER MS Office: Inserting a Picture. Word2000 version (102K) POSTER MS Office: Inserting a Picture. PDF version (87K)
	MS Office 2000. Formatting Text. This procedure can be used in any of the office products. This is "poster" formatted for 8-1/2 X 11 paper, which can be enlarged on a copy machine to A3 size. POSTER MS Office: Formatting Text. Word2000 version (36K) POSTER MS Office: Formatting Text. PDF version (31K)
	MS Excel 2000. Lesson 1 of 2. Entering and formatting data. MS Excel Lesson 1 of 2. Word2000 version (66K) MS Excel Lesson 1 of 2. PDF version (63K)
	MS Excel 2000. Lesson 2 of 2. Creating and formatting a chart from existing data. MS Excel Lesson 2 of 2.Word2000 version (206K) MS Excel Lesson 2 of 2. PDF version (133K)
	MS Publisher 2000. General Intro. This is more of a short collection of terms that you need to be familiar with. Most of it is generic to any of the Office applications. MS Publisher Introduction. Word2000 version (30K). MS Publisher Introduction. PDF version (23K).
	MS Outlook 2003. Back-up. To be completed on the last day you're in your classroom before the summer vacation: Backing Up Your Outlook Data. Word2000 version(203K). Backing Up Your Outlook Data. PDF version(216K)
	MS Outlook 2003. Deleting a Profile. How to delete your Outlook2003 (so it can be recreated...see next document "MS Outlook2003. Client Setup). This process can be done by any staff or faculty member on any machine that has Outlook2003 already installed. MS Outlook 2003: Client Setup. Word2000 version (102K). MS Outlook 2003: Client Setup. PDF version (81K).
	MS Outlook 2003. Client Setup. How to set up your Outlook2003. This process can be done by any staff or faculty member on any machine that has Outlook2003 already installed. MS Outlook 2003: Client Setup. Word2000 version (201K). MS Outlook 2003: Client Setup. PDF version (174K).
	MS Outlook 2003: Default Font. How to set your default font for all new e-mail messages in Outlook 2003. MS Word2000 version (57K) PDF Version. (111K)
	MS Outlook 2003: Email Signatures. How to set a signature block that will beincluded in all emails. MS Word2000 version (166K) PDF Version. (117K)
	MS Outlook 2003: Field Chooser. How to get the fields back in your Inbox view if you have lost columns like From or Subject. MS Word2000 version (87K) PDF Version. (63K)
	MS Outlook 2003: Setting Your GAL (Global Address List) Information. How to set your school name and contact information so that anyone else in DoDEA can read it. MS Word2000 verion (46K) PDF Version (33K)
	MS Outlook 2003: Read Receipt. How to make sure the recipient is reading the messages you send. MS Word2000 verion (39K) PDF Version (38K)
	MS Outlook2003. Distribution Lists. A two-part set of instructions. Part 1: adding new Contacts (what used to be called personal address book entries). Part 2: Creating a mailing list and selecting members from Contacts. MS Outlook 2003 Creating Distribution Lists: Word2000 version(87K) . MS Outlook 2003 Creating Distribution Lists: PDF version(74K)
	MS Outlook2003. Personal Folders. How to set up your Personal Folders in Outlook2003. MS Word2000 version (271K). PDF version (146K)
	MS Outlook2003. Folder List. How to set your Outlook2003 client to view the "folder list." MS Word2000 version (70K). PDF version (49K)
	MS Outlook2000. Attachments. How to attach a file to a message. MS Word2000 version (46K). PDF version (32K)
	MS Outlook2000. Contacts. How to use your Outlook Contacts to send e-mail MS Word2000 version (66K). PDF version (59K)
	Ms Outlook2000. Distribution Lists. How to create a "mailing list." MS Word2000 version (138K). PDF version (112K)
	MS Outlook2000. Out Of Office Assistant. How to automatically remind people that you are not at your normal office. MS Word2000 version (33K). PDF version (65K)
	MS Outlook2000. Personal Folders. How to save a message to your personal folders. MS Word2000 version (262K). PDF version (262K).
	MS Outlook2000. Sent Items. Making sure that your Outlook client is set to save copies of sent messages into the Sent Items folder. MS Word2000 version (55K) . PDF version (31K) .
	MS Outlook2000. Spell Check. How to set Outlook to run the interactive spell check utility every time you send a message. MS Word2000 version (37K). PDF version (22K).
	MS Outlook2000. Sponsor E-Mail #1. Use this how-to to set your Outlook client to recognize the sponsor e-mail addresses that are located in the Public Folders, as if they were in your normal Outlook Address Book MS Word2000 version (92K). PDF version (51K)
	MS Outlook2000. Sponsor E-Mail #2. By default, Outlook lists names as first-last, or "John Smith." Use this how-to to set outlook to alphabetize names in your contacts folders by last-name-first. MS Word2000 version (117K). PDF version (107K).
	MS Outlook2000. Sponsor E-Mail #3. Use this how-to to address e-mails to the sponsors. Word2000 version (63K). PDF version (34K).
	MS Outlook2000. Sponsor E-Mail. Importing from WinSchool. This is intended for ET's and/or AT's. It is a set of instructions explaining how to initially create a new "Contacts" folder for Outlook. After this is complete, see the next three how-to's below. MS Word2000 version (384K). PDF version (276K).
	MS Outlook. Web Access How to log in to Outlook using a web browser now that we have changed to Active Directory MS Word2000 version (121K) PDF version (114K)
	MS Word2000: Printing Lengthwise. How to set word documents so that they print out in "Landscape Orientation" instead of "Portrait." MS Word 97/2000 version (44K)
	MS Word2000. Bullets, Rulers, etc. Use this handout as a quick guide for how to use bullets, rulers and other basic Word functions. MS Word Lesson. Word2000 version (420K). MS Word Lesson. PDF version (54K).
	MS Word2003. Formatting Essays according to the MLA. Use this handout as a quick guide for how to format an essay to conform to the MLA page layout. MS Word2003 version (103K ). MS PDF version (82K).

Math Worksheet Generator

Download the Excel97/2000 version. (465K) Updated November 2006. To actually use the generator, you must download and open it in Excel. Use this Excel 2000/97 workbook to generate simple math worksheets. Open the document and press F9 to recalculate. Every time it is recalculated, it creates a whole new set of problems. Each worksheet has an accompanying answer sheet. Worksheets included: single addition, triple addition, triple subtraction, single multiplication, Multiplication 2's, Multiplication 3's, Multiplication 4's, Multiplication 5's, etc, 1-12 multiplication, single fraction reduction, double fraction reduction, single division, single division with only whole numbers, single into double division, double into triple division, three different pre-algebra worksheets. Basic Instructions. Word2000. (91K)

Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (DoDEA does not support or endorse the use of Macromedia products.)
	Dreamweaver: Defining You Site. This is written for the teacher who has a drive-mapping directly to the location where your web-site is housed. MS Word2000 Version (209K) PDF Version (155K)
	Dreamweaver: Synchonizing your site. For use with sites on FTP servers, such as an official school web site. MS Word2000 version (134K) PDF version (227K)
	Dreamweaver: Working with the site map. Using the Site Map graphic utility to view the structure of your site. You can easily locate and fix broken links with thes. MS Word2000 version (271K) PDF version (197K) .
	Dreamweaver: Working with image properties MS Word2000 version (32K) . PDF version (30K) .
	Dreamweaver: Working with page properties. Set the page title to be displayed in the browser's blue title-bar. MS Word2000 version (77K) PDF version (77K).
	FlashPaper: Converting documents into PDF format. Use this utility to "print" documents into PDF format so that they are easily portable and readable by virtually anyone. MS Word2000 version (80K) PDF version (66K).