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Backing up your stuff on OneDrive

Posted on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 by Nathanael

What is OneDrive? Click here to skip ahead to uploading instructions. Surrey teachers and students now have access to OneDrive which is part of the Office365 for Education suite. OneDrive is very similar to Dropbox or Google Drive and allows you to... Read More

Computer Power Management Best Practices

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Nathanael

I was forwarded this chart by a colleague that outlines some power management tips at school. Over the holidays, updates are occasionally sent out remotely which it is recommended that computers are logged off and not shut down. Sleep mode draws very... Read More

MyEdBC export to Master Grade (Updated for Surrey teachers)

Posted on February 25, 2016October 16, 2017 by Nathanael

Thanks to the MyEdBC helpdesk, we have the “MasterGrade export” option now. Please follow these instructions to export your class lists. This is far from a perfect option but it is the best we have at the moment. Step 1: Install Master... Read More

MyEdBC export to Master Grade

Posted on February 22, 2016October 16, 2017 by Nathanael

Like many other MyEdBC users I’ve been trying to find a way to get MyEdBC class lists into programs such as Integrade or Master Grade. I found a few tutorials online intended for school staff (shout out to Dave McCristall’s YouTube video)... Read More

Surrey Schools SD36 “Exchange” email on iOS iPad and iPhone and Android

Posted on January 7, 2016November 23, 2017 by Nathanael

I’ve had several colleagues ask me how to get email working on their iPads and the settings were not easily found either through the Surreyschools Hub or through Google. Anyhow, here they are! PLEASE NOTE: The District requires all devices that... Read More

Mac App Store “You have updates available for other accounts” After Cloning Hard Drive

Posted on January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 by Nathanael

Like many owners of the late-2007 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro3,1) I decided to swap out my HDD for a SSD to breathe new life into a slow but otherwise trustworthy machine. This would actually be the third drive replacement in my laptop with previous... Read More

Fixing “Wifi (Off)” on Windows 8 Laptop

Posted on May 9, 2013August 24, 2013 by Nathanael

I was helping a colleague with an HP laptop running Windows 8 today that lost its wireless capabilities. What did not work: The built-in HP Network tool could not fix it by disabling and re-enabling the wireless card and there was no way to search for... Read More

Reconnecting to the SD36.Secure Wireless on a District Device

Posted on April 26, 2013August 24, 2013 by Nathanael

A little trick I picked up is that if your District laptop has lost an internet connection or can’t connect to the SD36.Secure wireless, you can often plug in an ethernet cable to give it a wired connection then reboot the computer. When it boots... Read More

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