Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Embedding a Website on your LMS page.

This video demonstrates how you can use a little snippet of html code to actually embed another website into a district LMS page. I have successfully tested this with several types of pages but I am unsure if it will work with any page and you should also keep in mind that the district filter will still be in effect for users logged in as students. Thanks to Frieda Foxworth for sharing a little tutorial that ended up helping us figure how to do this little trick.

Here is the code that I used in the video -
 Note that the following code needs to begin with a < and end with >
iframe height="500" width="100%" src=”your url here” >

Thursday, September 1, 2011

CutePDF

Many teachers are now sharing their newsletters via our LMS or by email with parents. It is important to realize that most computer users do not have MS Publisher. Therefore, it is necessary for us to use a format in which all parents can view. The file format most often used is .pdf. This video will describe how to install the Cutepdf file maker which will allow you to create pdf files from any program that allows you to print!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Video Download Helper in Firefox

Awesome Screenshots using a Firefox add-on

Here is a 3 min video that describes how you can install the Awesome Screenshots add-on to your Firefox browser and use it to make online screen captures.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

OnePlaceSC

Here is brief video describing how teachers can use OnePlaceSC to search multiple resources provided for us by the state.

Thursday, January 6, 2011