Faculty & Staff
Help topics and knowledge base articles for Bishop O'Dowd faculty and staff.
To-Do Lists and Guides
- Bishop O'Dowd Email Signature Template
- How to Adjust Room Temperature in the Cummins Center from Your Computer
- Start of Semester To-Dos
- End of Semester To-Dos
- Planned or Unplanned Absence To-Dos
- Unlock and Change Grades from Previous Semester To-Dos
Schoology
- A Schoology Overview: Pedagogy & Schoology
- Course: Bulk Edit
- Courses: Add A Course Info Folder to Materials
- Courses: Add a Course Picture
- Courses: Add Course Info to the Information Section
- Courses: Add Members
PowerTeacher
- Attendance: Create PDF of Seating Chart
- Attendance: Create Seating Chart
- Attendance: Take Attendance
- BrightArrow: How to Send a Message to All of Your Current Students and Parents
- BrightArrow: How to Send a Message to Students and Parents in a Period
- BrightArrow: Manually Build Rosters in PowerTeacher
PowerSchool Admin
- View Teacher's Schedule (for S1 and S2)
- View Student's Schedule (S1 and S2)
- View Student Attendance
- View Student Grades
- View Student GPAs
- View Student Log Entries
Google Apps
- Calendar: Check Your Sharing Settings
- Calendar: Subscribe To The O'Dowd Internal Events Calendar
- Chat: FAQ
- Chat: Google Chat Overview
- Chat: Install Google Chat on Your Desktop
- Chat: Install Google Chat on Your Phone
Other Classroom Apps
- Adding Lockdown Browser to an Assessment
- Albert.io: Allow Independent Practice
- Albert.io: Assign from the Library
- Albert.io: Create Classes and Add Students
- Albert.io: Create Folders for Custom Assignments
- Albert.io: Getting Started
Classroom Hardware Setup
- Connect and Screen Share to MaxHub Smart Board
- Set Up Zoom Video Conferencing System (Dominican Board Room)
- Set up DVD Player
- Set up SmartBox via HDMI
- Set up SmartBox via VGA Cable
- Cisco Phone: Change Pin
Zoom
- Zoom Security Considerations
- Get a List of the Meeting Participants
- Manage Zoom Participants
- Use Zoom Chat
- Invite New Participants During a Meeting
- Use Focus Mode
Printing
- Print from a Removable Drive (USB Flash Drive)
- Email to Print
- Release Your Printed Document
- Automate Hole Punching & Stapling (For Windows)
- Automate Hole Punching & Stapling (for Mac)
- Scan to Removable Memory (Flash Drive)
Payroll & Benefits
Professional Development
Tech Tip Newsletters
- Google Tools for Student Collaboration (02-22-2024)
- Thoughts about Tech: Concerns about AI in Education (02-08-2024)
- Google Bard (Now Google Gemini) - ChatGPT's Up-To-Date Cousin (01-31-2024)
- Get Creative With Canva (01-25-2024)
- Bet You Didn't Know Schoology Could Use This (01-04-2024)
- Can I Actually AI Proof My Test? (11-16-2023)