Weekly computer tips and tricks weekly email

[thimon]

Hi all,

 

I would like to do a weekly all staff email with computer "tips and tricks" to help educate staff, complete with a little bit of humour! Could I pretty please have some suggestions to help bloat the list?

 

Many thanks!

[hardtailstar]

You could add:

 

Upcoming maintenance/upgrades

how to report issues - some staff need telling over and over!

links to articles about products and services that could be useful in school.

Teacher spotlight - little paragraph on your more tech savvy teachers that could help others with excel or word etc.

[witch]

@thimon

I really wish I could be more positive about this, but you are probably on a hiding to nothing...I have done this in the past...and most of the staff either don't read it or do read it and ignore everything i say

[Bedders]

Just a couple of ideas:

 

- Some basic tips such as keyboard shortcuts for Cut, Copy, Paste, and what the difference between them is.

- Printscreen versus Alt+Printscreen (useful for when staff report errors).

- Solutions to common problems they might encounter - e.g. having a space at the end of their username so they can't log in.

- Something a bit more fun like how to set their Outlook thumbnail photo/avatar (if you're using Exchange/AD). If you do this, remind them that it's visible only internally, and to keep it professional.

[hardtailstar]

@thimon

I really wish I could be more positive about this, but you are probably on a hiding to nothing...I have done this in the past...and most of the staff either don't read it or do read it and ignore everything i say

 

I did this is in my last school with the things I mentioned and the head was on board with it. If staff complained no notice about upgrades etc id just refer them to the emails sent out but I also sent out a separate email informing of said upgrade in more detail.

[rad]

How to turn up the sound if the icon isnt showing next to the clock is my current help guide.

[hallb15]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[thimon]

Thank you for all the advice guys!

 

I've gone with creating a page on our VLE Firefly and emailing all staff each Thursday afternoon when I've uploaded a help article. This week, Multitasking in Windows 10! Lots of people already saying they didn't know about the snap feature

 

[Domino]

Week 1: Don't touch that.

Week 2: no, your home network isn't the same.

Week 3: The system hasn't forgotten your password, you have.