Tutorials+and+Resources

Welcome to the Tutorials and Resources Page toc Here you will find a wealth of print tutorials, as well as online video, for a variety of programs and initiatives in SAISD. You will also find workshop resources, including workshop agendas and more.

= Online Workshop Agenda & Materials =
 * 1) Digital Storytelling with PhotoStory 3
 * 2) Diigo the Web
 * Getting Started with Delicious.com (a competitor to Diigo)
 * 1) Introduction to Moodle

Video Tutorials and How-Tos

**Blogging and Podcasting**

 * 1) Google Reader in Plain English
 * 2) RSS in Plain English
 * 3) Converting WMV to MP4 Video
 * 4) Converting WMA to MP3 Audio

Gradebook and Attendance Tracking System (GATS)

 * 1) [|Logging Into GATS]
 * 2) [|Changing or Updating your Teacher Password]
 * 3) [|Recovering your Forgotten Password]
 * 4) [|Entering Comments for Grade Reporting Periods]
 * 5) [|Official Attendance Window]
 * 6) [|No Shows]
 * 7) [|How to take Attendance - New!!]

Moodle

 * 1) [|Basic Moodle Icons]
 * 2) [|Edit your Profile and Upload your Picture]
 * 3) [|Adding a Journal]
 * 4) [|Adding a Calendar]
 * 5) [|Adding Resources]
 * 6) [|Adding a Survey]
 * 7) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Viewing Survey Results]
 * 8) [|Exporting ExamView Questions, Import into Moodle Quiz]

iDataPortal*

 * 1) [|Logging into iDataPortal]
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|iDataPortal Sections]
 * 3) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Demographics Section]
 * 4) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Assessments Section]
 * 5) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Parent Portal Section]
 * 6) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|iDataPortal PowerPoint Presentation]
 * When clicking on the video tutorial, be prepared to enter your username and password. The videos are currently being edited, so may not appear automatically. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Please feel free to contact Stephanie Correa, scorrea2@saisd.net for more information

Getting/Recording Videos on the Web

 * 1) Get YouTube Videos with Zamzar.com/URL

SubFinder WebConnect

 * 1) Access SubFinder WebConnect print materials and video tutorials

Print Materials
 * ===Gradebook and Attendance Tracking System (GATS)===


 * 1) Presentations (Powerpoints)
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Elementary Presentation]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Secondary Presentation]
 * 1) Manuals
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Administrators]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Teachers]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|PK-Kinder-Headstart]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Attendance/Data Clerks]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Mass Activation]
 * 1) Quick Reference - For Teachers
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Logging In]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Forgot Password]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Progress Reports and Comments]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Verify and Change Grades]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Modifications
 * 1) Quick Reference - For Administrators
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Leave of Absence]
 * 1) Timelines
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|2010-2011 Grading Cycles] || ===Web 2.0 Tutorials===

Please note that all tutorials are for 2003. You are encouraged to take advantage of the [|IT Academy tutorials].
 * 1) [|Converting Audio and Video to Usable Formats - Format Factory and Switch Tutorial]
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Podcasting Tutorial]
 * 3) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Voicethread Tutorial] ||
 * ===Windows PC Tutorials===
 * 1) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Presenting from USB Drive]
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|CD Burning]

MS Office

 * 1) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Word]
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Publisher]
 * 3) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Powerpoint]
 * 4) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Excel]
 * 5) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Access]

MS Outlook and Web Outlook

 * 1) MS Outlook (used by Administrators)
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Tutorial for MS Web Outlook] (including how to change your password)
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Chapter 4 of the MS Outlook Tutorial]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Personal Folders in MS Outlook] || ===Macintosh Tutorials===


 * 1) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Understanding Macs]
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|CD Burning]
 * 3) MS Office for Macintosh
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Powerpoint]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Entourage]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MS Word] ||