Important Information from Past Updates

We are going to try to automate the use of a program called spybot. However until we get it all figured out, it would greatly help if you could run this on your computer. The file is located in the S drive in the folder called virus info. It is called spybotsd13.exe. Copy file this to your desktop and run it. I cant go through all of the instructions here, but most of the answers should be intuitive to you. If not, get one of the tech people in your building to help you. You should allow it to remove all files it finds from your computer. You should also allow it to immunize your computer. I think you will be surprised at what it finds.

Too many mail accounts to check? Here is a way to check your bdalecards.org (school) mail account from your Yahoo! mail account.

Start by logging in to your Yahoo! account.

Select Mail Options from the choices at the top of the page.

Select Mail Accounts

Select Add

Fill in the following information:

· Step 1: Account name: Can be anything, i.e. bdalecards mail or school mail or whatever

Select Continue

· Step 2: Setup Mail Server

· Fill in the information:

Mail Server: mail.btc-bci.com
Username: yourusername (just the name part, not the domain (stuff after the @)
Password: yourpassword (for the bdalecards account)
Indicator Select color (you can use the default or change color)

Click Setup Mail Server

Thats it! You can now click on the account name on the first page to check your bdalecards.org mail from your Yahoo! mail account.

All of the staff email addresses can be found at the following web link:

1. In the Bloomingdale web site, click on teacher contacts, then click on All Email.

2. You will see a list of all the staff emails listed alphabetically by last name.

3. When you are writing an email to someone, you can go to this list, use your mouse to highlight the email address.

4. Then right click your mouse and there will be an option to copy. Click on that.

5. In the To: box of your email software, click the mouse so there is an insertion point there. Then right click in that spot and choose past. The address will be pasted there.

6. On the teacher contact page underneath where it said All Email there is a link that takes you directly to the BTC-BCI website where you can check your mail.

Your M Drive

This is just to remind you that you have an M drive available to you. The hard drive on your local computer normally is labeled the C drive. We provide you an M drive which is on the network servers. You may create folders for files that you want to save on the M drive. When you go to a different computer in the district you will always have access to your information on that drive. We are gradually phasing out the use of floppy disks. I dont usually order them any more because we dont have much of a demand for them. Rather than saving information on the floppy, you can save it to your local My Documents folder on your computer and then save a copy to the M drive. That way you will have two copies of your work.

The N and S drives

The N drive is labeled general and the S drive is labeled share. The N drive is shared by everyone in the district including students. The contents of this drive is not protected. Therefore you should save files to the N drive that you are concerned will be copied or deleted. The S drive is shared by all staff. Students do not have access, but all staff members do.

· All students must have an AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) form on file before they are allowed to use a computer. This is especially true in the upper elementary and high school. If a student does not have a signed form on file, he/she may not use a computer. There are liability issues especially related to the Internet. In addition, the AUP covers rules regarding to changing things on the computer itself. The elementary schools have their own procedure for collecting these forms and making sure students are not using computers who have no form in. There is usually a grace period at the beginning of the year when the forms are still coming in and being tabulated. In the high school, each individual student is given a logon name and password when the form is turned in. When there is a violation, the password is removed from the system. You shouldnt circumvent this procedure by allowing students to use computers under your login name or another students login.