IHMS Tech Tips

Students can animate in Google Slides for a fun introduction or final project for a unit.  The animation is a very simple way for students to show understanding of a particular concept. To animate in Slides, you will first need to create a presentation.  Then: Insert a shape/image/object onto the first slide Duplicate slide 1 by right-clicking on it On the slide 2, move the shape/image/object slightly so that if you were to toggle between slides 1 and 2, you would see movement Duplicate slide 2 and again slightly rearrange the shape/image/object on slide 3 Continue doing this until you've completed your steps or animation To have your slideshow run automatically: In the Slides menu choose File- Publish to the web Change "Auto-advance slides" to "every second" Select "Start slideshow as soon as the player loads" Publish After you have published, you will get a link to share the animation.  Upon opening this link, the slid...

There are a few non-traditional options for meeting with parents.  While face-to-face is always the best route, here are a few other ideas you could utilize to communicate with parents: 1.  Cisco WebEx Another Cisco product! This one is for video conferencing. To schedule a WebEx: Go to smsd.webex.com Login. My login username is haydenferguson@smsd.org.  There's an option to reset password if necessary. Select "Start a meeting" You can either copy and paste the meeting URL into an Outlook Meeting or into an email with a specified time.  It's up to you to start the meeting at the designated time. Parents can join by going by following the URL you emailed them or entering the meeting ID See even more information in the district ICT newsletter . 2.  Google Voice "Google Voice  is a voicemail service from  Google  that enables users to send free text messages, customize their voicemail, read voicemail text transcript, and more."...

We all know that email you get following a voicemail doesn't lead to the voicemail.  Cisco Jabber does!  Like Spark, Jabber is already downloaded on your computer, it's just waiting for you to install it from Self Service. To get Cisco Jabber: Log into Self Service Choose "Cisco" from the right-hand menu Install Jabber (one time)* Open Jabber from your Launchpad (F4 on your keyboard) *You will know you were successful in your install if you click on the down arrow in the upper right-hand menu of Self Service and see: To log in (note, this is different than Spark), use your computer login credentials.  See below: Like Spark, Jabber needs to be open for you to see the notification of a voicemail. Once open, you will see this menu: Jabber will also notify you of an incoming call if the application is open.  I do not answer calls from my computer, but you can certainly try or reject incoming calls. :)  This will pop up on your scre...

Spark is a product from Cisco that our district has recently purchased.  Spark functions as a messaging and online meeting tool.  It is already downloaded on your computer, all you have to do is install it! To get Spark: Log into Self Service Choose "Cisco" from the right-hand menu Install Spark Open Spark from your Launchpad Sign in with your fullnamelastname@smsd.org and password Begin Sparking! When Spark was first released from SMSD, you would have received an email saying, "You are invited to Shawnee Mission's messaging app."  If that doesn't ring a bell, fear not!  Click here to set up your account.  Important things to note about your Spark account: Use your fullnamelastname@smsd.org (haydenferguson@smsd.org), NOT your ih (ihhuggin) credentials If you need to reset your password, go to this site   Put your email address in and choose "Next" click "Can't access your account?" and you will receive an email ...