Author Archives: David Henson

Student Passwords

By David Henson | Published: November 16, 2008
4th + Students can no longer keep the default user password that is assigned at account creation. If you are a teacher and have a student that cannot login to their computer, simply type ‘passwords’ in the address bar of Internet explorer and you can reset it for them. As always, Office secretaries can reset […]
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GApps update: Student email notifier

By David Henson | Published: November 4, 2008
Eric has worked his magic yet again.  It looks like we will now have a student email notifier that is automatically configured at student login.  The original Open Source project that we found to do email notification wouldn’t work with the single sign-on login that we’re using.  Eric dug into the Source and tweaked it […]
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Student Password Changes

By David Henson | Published: October 29, 2008
What is happening? All 4th-12th grade students that have not yet changed their Windows password (from the default password) will be forced to select a new password upon Windows login.  Students that have already changed their password will not be affected.  All newly created accounts will also automatically require their password to be changed after the […]
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Google Apps is Coming

By David Henson | Published: October 29, 2008
Google Apps is a package of online applications that makes communicating and collaborating at school easier and more efficient. The cornerstone of Google Apps is Gmail, Google’s web-based email program, which integrates with Google Docs, for creating and sharing documents, and Google Calendar, for coordinating schedules. All of these services are hosted online, so email, […]
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