Herman Wood

Proxy Access to Other Resources in GroupWise

Setting up the Access

1. Log-in to Groupwise
2. After Groupwise opens you will see the word “Online” on the left hand side of your screen. You will click on “Online”.
3. A drop down menu will appear and you will select “Proxy”.

4. A Proxy window will appear. You will then type “Keheley” in the blank provided.
5. Select OK.
6. This will automatically bring up the Keheley account. You will then click on “Calendar” to view all appointments, reminders and tasks posted for Keheley.

After Proxy Is Set Up

1. Log-in to Groupwise
2. Click on “Online” on the left hand side of the page.
3. Choose “Keheley”
4. Click on Calendar to view all appointments, reminders and tasks posted for Keheley.

To get back to your GroupWise account, click on proxy again, but this time choose your name. It's at the top.

In web access, you click the little guy in the red sweater to get access to the Keheley calendar.

Your email will stay open underneath the Keheley account.

Problems Embedding into Posts or Pages

Some folks are running into problems embedding pictures or calendars into their posts or pages in their TypePad blogs.  I can't isolate the problem, as there is no problem on some PC's, but there is on others.  Seems to be no problem on our Macs in Safari.  Anyway, here's the fix:

On PC's, and in FireFox on Macs, there is a tab called Edit HTML that is visible to the top right of the editable area of your post/page.  If your code is showing (oh my!) instead of your picture or calendar, then edit your post/page.  Copy the code again.  Click the Edit HTML button:

Paste the code you copied a moment ago back in and save your post.  So far, it's worked every time!

Let me know if you need any help!

PS- Happened to me on this post in FireFox on the Mac ; )

Google's Calendar

Google Calendar is a great way to share important dates and times with your students and parents!  As always, you have to have a Google account.  See my prior post on PICASA for more info on creating an account.

Google gives you all the info you need to get started:  http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/topic.py?topic=8556

Once you have some events added, you can go through the process of embedding it into your blog.  Again, Google really comes through:  http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=41207&topic=8573

The help at Google will allow you to paste the code from Google into a TypePad post so that your calendar will appear in a post. If you want it always in the same place, you could give your calendar its own Page, if that has been enabled and set up for you. (Example in the right hand column of this blog under Pages.) Other options include putting it in the sidebar of your blog as a Notes Typelist. An example of that is on this blog on the left hand side. It's a public calendar for Dowell Elementary.

It takes some time and you have to change some settings, but it's a tremendous help to your parents and students.

Google's PICASA for Your Blog

Google provides all kinds of goodies that you can use with or without a blog.  We're going to deal with PICASA in this entry.  PICASA is a service that allows you to share pictures.  Pictures can be viewed in online albums or  inside a blog.  There are many examples on my blog, but here's one:  http://tiscobb.typepad.com/herman_wood/2007/08/basics-of-blogg.html

By pictures, I mean digital pictures or graphics.  Before you can get started, you need to create a Google account.  It's free!  Start by going to Google's account set up help page.

Once that's all set, go to the PICASA set up page.

Here's how to upload pictures from your web browser: http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=10753

You may want to place a work order to have the PICASA software installed on your computer, if it's not already installed.  It is approved, though it is necessary to place a work order for it to be installed.  Besides making uploading easier, it has all kinds of helpful features.

Once you have a few pictures uploaded, you can embed them in your blog!  Start by clicking on an album.  To embed one picture, click on the picture, then look in the right hand column where it says Link this Photo.  You'll need to click it, then it will look like this:

Use the pulldown to select the size you want your picture to be.  Keep in mind that the middle column of most blogs is set to 400 pixels.  Copy the line of code under HTML to Embed in WebSite and paste it into the blog where ever you want the image to appear.  As always, save your post!

You can also create a slideshow from an album.  The only real changes in the procedure above is that while you are in an album, the button for embedding a slideshow is on the left rather than the right.

Here's an example using some pictures I took:

One option you can explore, if it's been enabled for you, is to have a Page just for displaying pictures. Instead of New Post, click New Page, then paste your choice of the html code into the body of the Page. You can see the same slideshow on one of my pages. The link is off to the right.

Putting Images in Blog Posts

One of my colleagues, Lauralyn Sunseri, did a very clear post on inserting images into TypePad blog posts. Go check it out at: http://tiscobb.typepad.com/lsunseri/2007/08/inserting-image.html

Atomic Learning

Atomic Learning is a terrific resource available to you! Any employee can use it at their desk, in front of students, or even at home. They have tutorials on about any software available to us in the district. They recently added Lesson Accelerators, which take you through student projects all the way from planning to implementation.

The best way to get started is to use Atomic Learning to learn about Atomic Learning! Go to http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/support

You'll be asked to login. Your user name is your e-number, found on your check. If you've used it before, you have already set up a password. If not, then I'll share the default password for the district in person. You should change your password right away.

Once you've looked at the above, click on Our Tutorials at the top of the page, find one you're interested in, and take a look.

Finally, take a look at the Lesson Accelerators. Click on the Atomic Learning Home icon at the top.

In the right hand column, click More Lesson Accelerators to see what's available.

Comments & Trackbacks

Comments are a way to allow others to have something to say on your blog. Our district requires that comments be moderated, and all blogs within the district are configured to do that. What moderation means is that the author of the post on the blog must approve the comment before it can be seen on the blog.

To allow comments, set the pulldown under Comments at the bottom of your post to Open:

To moderate comments, click List Comments:

You'll be presented with a list of all the comments on your blog:

You can approve or delete several at a time by clicking the check box next to the comment and clicking either approve, delete, or report spam (Yes, the spammers have found ways to create comment spam! I have seen very little on my blogs.) You can also look at each comment by clicking on the comment to read it and choose whether or not to publish it:

Trackbacks are a different animal. Essentially, it's a way for one blog to let another blog it's being talked about. For more, visit these two links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrackBack

http://support.typepad.com/cgi-bin/typepad.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=93&p_created=1125521344&p_sid=rK3PliJi&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzUmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPTE4JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9MS4xOCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PXRyYWNrYmFja3M*&p_li=&p_topview=1

TypePad Blog Set Up

To become an author of a TypePad blog, you have to accept an invitation via email to become an author. There are several types of authorship, though we typically use guest for teachers and junior for students.

Watch the spam filter and any junk mail folders you have set up. Invitations have been caught in both. Once you receive the email invitation, open the email from TypePad.com. The invite typically looks like the one below:

The blue link will open a web page. If you're reading your mail in a web browser, you should right click and "open in a new window". The window that opens will look like this, except without my annotations:

If you have joined TypePad before, just sign in on the left and accept the invitation. If you've never joined TypePad, you'll need to click on "Register for Free" on the right.

When you register, you'll create a user name within the parameters TypePad allows, as well as a password of your choosing. Please keep a record of these. TypePad can help you with recovering a forgotten password, but the username can be more difficult to recover.

Once you've been accepted as a Guest Author, you're ready to post.

Calendar for your blog

Google is a great resource. If you think it's just about searching, then you need to look again. One resource of particular interest for management of your classroom is an online calendar. One of my esteemed colleagues has posted info in her blog about this. Go to: http://tiscobb.typepad.com/marcia_ellis/2007/02/so_you_want_a_c.html

I'll be happy to help you get set up!