Technology Information and Help for Staff - Grand Blanc Community School District (2024)

Jupiter passwords and logins do not sync with Synergy or any other system. For this reason, any student who is new to the district or has never logged into Jupiter before will need to set their Jupiter password.

Teachers have the ability to assist students with this from inside of Jupiter.

To do this:

1. Log into your Jupiter gradebook
2. Make sure you are inthe current term
3. From the bar at the top clickMore thenPasswords & Logins
4. Look at thePassword column for each student
   • If the student hasalready set a password you will see Reset
   • If the studenthas not set a password you will see the temporary password (a combination of numbers and letters)

For any student who has a temporary password, give that password to the student. Students can use their ID and that temporary password to create their permanent Jupiter password.

For more detailed information please review thegrade level instructions on the Jupiter help site.

When a Google password has just changed,a chromebook screen blacks out then shows restore chrome then repeats, or there are logon issues with a product, removing the user/account from a chromebook usually helps and is a good first step.

To remove a user/account from a chromebook:

1. Log off of the device (click in the area by the clock and choose "Sign Out")
2. Once logged out, click the down arrow to the right of the logged in user'sname
3. Click the RemoveAccountlink (should be blue)
4. Click the secondRemoveAccountlink (should be red) to confirm
5. Log the student or yourself back into the device

New staff will not show in Pivot until after they log in for the first time. This means that evaluators (administrators) will not be able new teachers to their evaluating staff until said staff has logged into Pivot at least once.

To log in to Pivot staff can use one of two methods:

Log in directly at the Pivot site

• Username is your network name (the text before the @ in your email)
• Password is the password you use to log into your computer

Log invia Classlink

• Log into Classlink using your network credentials as described above
• Click the Pivot button to log into Pivot

Go Guardian Off Task Alerts

Go Guardian now allows teachers to set off task alerts in their Go Guardian Classrooms. For more information, please review the Go Guardian Off Task Instruction Sheet.

Creating a Classroom in Go Guardian

The process for setting up Go Guardian classrooms has been streamlined for this year. For more information on working with Go Guardian classrooms please see:

• Setting Up Synced Go Guardian classrooms
• Setting Up Manual Classrooms
• Creating Scenes for classrooms

For additional Go Guardian help, please visit the Go Guardian area of the GBCS Technology Help site.

If you are a teacher who has moved buildings and/or has a TeacherVue grade book gets an error because the focus is set to the incorrect year, you must change your focus to see the correct information.

To do this:

1. Log into TeacherVue
2. Click on the Synergy TeacherVue logo on the left
3. Click in the Year/School area at the top right
4. Select the new school year and/or the new building from the drop downs
5. Click the green Save button
6. Click the bell icon under the Synergy icon to return to TeacherVue
7. Log out of Synergy Teacher Vue and back in

For more detailed directions, please review the Changing Schools and/or School Years in Synergy instruction sheet.

Several teacher and student resources can only be accessed by logging into Classlink.

To log into Classlink* go to https://www.launchpad.classlink.com/gbcs

Teachers

Username:your network name (the text before the @ in your @gbcs.org email)

Password: yourcomputer/chromebook password

*If you have connected your Google account to your Classlink account you can use the Sign in with Google button. To connect those accounts, review steps 1-3 on the Classlink Help sheet.

Students

Username:6 digit student ID

Password: student's chromebook password

Once logged into Classlink, click on the button for the program you are trying to access. For additional information on programs that can be accessed through Classlink, please review:

• Accessing Clever via Classlink
• Accessing McGraw Hill content via Classlink
• Accessing Pearson content via Classlink
• Accessing HRW via Classlink

To see all Classlink-related instruction sheets, please visit the Classlink area of the GBCS Tech Help site.

Users have the ability to connect their Classlink and Google accounts so that on future Classlink logons the user can just click theSign in with Google button*.

To connect Classlink and Google accounts:

1. Log onto Classlink using the Chrome browser or on a chromebook using your Classlink username and password
2. Click the down arrow to the far right (next to the circle) then theMy Profile button
3. Click the blueSign in Options from the link on the left
4. Click the blueConnect button to the far right of theGoogle Account line to connect your two accounts then complete the steps to select an account, if needed, and finalize.

*Sign in with Google is only available with @gbcs.org or @gbstu.org accounts.

For more detailed instructions please review the Connecting your Google Account to your Classlink Account instruction sheet.

When logging into rostered apps (Clever, Pearson, etc…), staff and students must use Classlink in order for the proper usernames and passwords to populate. For a short screencast on what a successful Classlink to Clever to Amplify login looks like please view this Classlink screencast.

To solve potential issues with logging into rostered products via Classlink please go through each of the below steps until the connection is working again:

1. Ensure you are using the correct URL (https://launchpad.classlink.com/gbcs)
2. Ensure the Classlink extension is installed in Chrome*
3. Ensure cookies aren't blocked
4. Check for and Remove any saved Classlink or Clever passwords inside of Chrome
5. Check for and Remove any saved Clever passwords in Classlink
6. Clear browser history, cache, and cookies*
7. Remove user/account from device and log back in

*Students are not able to do all of these steps

For more detail please review:

• Troubleshooting Clever- Staff
• Troubleshooting Clever- Students

Staff networkpasswords must be changed at least every 120 days. Once a password reaches its expiration date and time, if a user is logged in, they will immediately lose access to all programs that use their network password (Synergy, email, Blackboard, cameras, etc…) and will not regain access until their password has been changed and they log back into their computer.

Passwords can only be changed from a desktop computer inside the district and cannot be changed on a chromebook or personal device.

For detailed directions on how to change your network password, please seeChanging your Network Password.

*The Blackboard Mass Notification system is only available for use by specific users (i.e. Administrators, attendance clerical staff, etc...). Only those who have access to the system will be able to login to the system to create and review messages.

Starting in fall 2019, GBCS implemented Blackboard Mass Notifications. For more information on using the system, please review the following:

• Setting up Calls in Blackboard
• Working with Blackboard Message Recipients
• Working with Blackboard Notification Groups

For more information on Blackboard Mass Notifications, please visit the Blackboard Mass Notifications section of the GBCS Technology Help Site.

Blackboard URL:https://grandblanc.parentlink.net/

1. Click the search icon in your Windows taskbar (the magnifying glass to the right of the Windows logo)
2. Enter the termdefault
3. Click onDefault Programs
4. Scroll down to the Web browser area
5. Click on the browser to change (i.e. if Internet Explorer is listed as the default browser and you want to change it, click on Internet Explorer and select Google Chrome)

Please see theSetting a Default Browser screencast for more information

Starting in Spring 2019, GBCS has integrated Positivity Project resources into our website in an effort to make it easier for staff to locate resources.

Staff can access the P2 area of the website two different ways:

• From the district homepage, click on Our District then The Positivity Project
• Visit https:/www.gbcs.org/p2 (this is the direct link to the site)

Once at the P2 district page, click P2 Teacher Resources to view available resources orP2 Character Strengths Calendar to view the calendar.

Teachers can also visit https://www.gbcs.org/p2resources to go directly to the resources page.

1. Click Start
2. Click Settings (gear icon)
3. Select “Devices”
4. On the left, select “Printers & Scanners”
5. At the top center, select “Add a Printer or Scanner”
6. Wait about 5 seconds and click “The printer I want isn’t listed”
7. A menu will pop up, select “Find a printer in the directory, based on location or feature”
8. Click next
9. In the name field, enter the printer name you wish to add and click “Find Now”
10. Printer will show in the list below. Double click on the printer and follow the installation wizard to complete the set up.
11. Happy printing!!!