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We don't use anything at the moment, in the past I understand we've used human scribes.

Hi all, I've suddenly been asked to provide a solution for our Pearson exams in July. The student has visual impairements and needs a Voice Dictation software and the ability to Read and Edit what has been written. The software needs to have auto-correct/spelling/grammer turned off and per-Pearson's requirements has no active internet connection. We also need this to work with LibreOffice as we aren't using Office. Is the only way to do this the ExamWritePad solution? Or is there a free way that won't involve me spending too much time in regedit. Thanks all

Thanks for this David. Would you mind if I sent you a PM to get a bit more info on your setup?

ha! Just my luck.

Hi all, Apologies if this is the wrong forum, please redirect me if required. I've been set a slightly complex challenge. Our Adult Education college wants to offer courses in "ethical hacking", network security and the like. SLT would like to offer an learning environment were students can practice connecting to servers and doing tasks like "penetration testing" and security tests. Management's prefered option would be for me to set up a mini-network which they can get students to connect to, using dedicated laptops and practice connecting to servers etc. I would have to set up virtual servers for them to practice on in this network. I am against this. It seems like an incredibly over-engineered setup, that would require lots of maintenance from a very small team. I am also concerned with the security implications. If the teaching network touches our own in any form it offers a route into our own network. So it would have to be completely physically separate, and that brings with it further problems of cost and space. My alternative suggestion would be to have a setup like those used by training companies. For instance I think of QA.com with whom I did a course a few years back where we learnt on an entirely virtual network, were we could image/build virtual machines as required and delete/mess about in an environment that was entirely closed off from the outside world. My problem is finding this alternative option - I don't even find anything when I search online, and I wonder if it uses some sort of Azure setup that I have no experience of. And I imagine there are prohibitive costs. Any ideas? I'm getting huge pressure from SLT to setup some sort of jury rigged system that will bring chaos and loads of work!

Hi all, We have been a Google Classroom / Workspace education provider for many years - Adult Education. We are having some pressure from senior management to move toward a Office 365 for Education environment. There are many reasons to not do this - but I would like to give my managers some ideas of costs/outlay required to make a transition. Management seem to think it will be completely free. But I am not sure as I think we would have to pay for teaching and non-teaching staff. We have several thousands of students through the year, on short courses, and a few hundred teachers. I cannot find a simple rough guide anywhere, and I don't want to approach our reseller yet. Anything back of an envelope to help me get an idea?

SMT safeguarding team have asked that our (adult) learners are periodically asked at logon to agree to the Terms and Conditions for PC/internet use. They sign a physical copy of these at enrolment, but SMT want them to renew this regularly through the course. Our learners use Windows 11 PCs and Chromebooks. I could do a GPO to post a message at start up that they have to click OK to. But it would be for every logon, and it looks clunky. Is there a commercial product? What about the Chromebooks? Does anyone do anything similar to this in a education environment? Personally I think it's a waste of time and doesn't add anything to safeguarding. PS I've tried searching, but looking for "Windows" "Terms and Conditions" provides hundreds of results.

Position Title: Learning Technologist Salary: Grade 6 £26,975 to £30,095 (Bar at £29,174) per annum Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent Hours: 35 per week Work Location: Greenheys Adult Learning Centre, Upper Lloyd Street, Moss Side, M14 4HZ DBS Check Required: Yes Qualification:: Yes, Up-to-date Google Educator certificate to at least level 1 Closing Date: 20 May 2022 Reference: MCC444286 /GD More information This role will form an important part of the IT & Learning Technology team and the post holder will support the use of learning technologies for the purpose of teaching and learning. The role holder will use their knowledge and skills to support and train teaching staff with the aim of enabling them to deliver blended learning courses using a variety of learning technologies. In addition, the post holder will support the management and maintenance of our Chrome books and Google Domain. The successful candidate is an expert in the use of a variety of learning technologies including all Google Workspace for Education applications. They also have the ability to train and support teaching staff to use these applications both in and out of the classroom. The successful candidate has excellent Knowledge and skills in the use and management of Chromebooks and Google Admin. MAES is part of Manchester City Council in the Growth and Development directorate. This post requires an up-to-date Google Educator certificate to at least level 1. This post is a designated Casual Car User. Therefore you must hold a full valid driving licence at all times and provide your own car for use at work. You will receive the Casual Car User Allowance. The post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request. This post is also subject to satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks where applicable. Manchester City Council is committed to giving fair support to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, whilst recognising and remembering the sacrifices they have made. The aim of The Armed Forces Covenant is to ensure that the Armed Forces and veterans are not disadvantaged, when applying for vacancies with Manchester City Council. Armed Forces and veterans will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the Minimum requirements for the role. Manchester City Council values equality and works to provide a fair and inclusive environment for a workforce that is as diverse as the communities it serves. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly welcome applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics. If you require any adjustments to be able to engage in the recruitment process for this role, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. https://manchesterjobs.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmLKrTananMBCDCcb0Z2KjPj0L4rLMfGEdneQC5ej/p1c713vlkiYKxYQlZRSo9D5fMM5YIsSB7EL892bjHhm1y/gdBnsOCKDAfhrUSyS0M9eTbZWH7h5q1tN6WSGa/uhoQR/yJS9R4qH3XTqObmXp9s=

I've worked it out. I'm missing a Set-AdUser command. I assume this forces the new AD user to have set the permissions. However it works I've got it working by adding Set-ADUser $User2 -HomeDrive $DriveLetter -HomeDirectory $fullpath -ea Stop before the Get-Acl line.

Hi all, I've got a script that creates active directory users from a CSV file. It's based on a pretty standard script that I've found here. The script works fine, the accounts are created with all the right information and the script also creates the home folder properly and assigns the permissions that the script wants. The problem is that when I logon with the new account I cannot see the Home folder, until I go into the user on AD and force it to change the permissions on the home folder by making a minor edit to the Home folder path on the Profile tab, and changing it back, then pressing Apply. This then adds a new line of security permissions to the folder (see attachment) identical to that which has been created by the script - now the H drive is visible. I must have an error somewhere, but I cannot see what it is. Any ideas anyone? The script is below: Import-Module ActiveDirectory $Domain="@maes.prv" $UserOu="OU=DigitalSkillsStudents,DC=maes,DC=prv" $NewUsersList=Import-CSV "C:\import\new_ds_users.csv" ForEach ($User in $NewUsersList) { $FullName=$User.FullName $Company=$User.company $Department=$User.department $Description=$User.description $givenName=$User.givenName $title=$User.title $City=$User.City $telephoneNumber=$User.telephoneNumber $sAMAccountName=$User.sAMAccountName $sn=$User.sn $userPrincipalName=$User.sAMAccountName+$Domain $userPassword=$User.Password $HomeDrive=$User.HomeDrive # $HomeDirectory="\\maes.prv\dfs\StudentHome\$($user.sAMAccountname)" $HomeDirectory = "\\maes-data\StudentHomeFolders\{0}" -f $user.sAMAccountname $homeShare = "Home share path" $expire=$null New-ADUser -PassThru -Path $UserOu -Enabled $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $True -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString $userPassword -AsPlainText -Force) -CannotChangePassword $False -City $City -Company $Company -Department $Department –title $title –OfficePhone $telephoneNumber -DisplayName $FullName -GivenName $givenName -Name $FullName -SamAccountName $sAMAccountName -Surname $sn -UserPrincipalName $userPrincipalName -HomeDrive $HomeDrive -HomeDirectory $HomeDirectory $user2 = Get-ADUser $user.sAmAccountName $fullpath = "\\maes-data\StudentHomeFolders\{0}" -f $user.sAMAccountname $homeShare = New-item –path $fullPath -ItemType Directory -force -ea Stop $acl = Get-Acl $homeShare $FileSystemRights = [system.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemRights]"FullControl" $AccessControlType = [system.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlType]::Allow $InheritanceFlags = [system.Security.AccessControl.InheritanceFlags]"ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit" $PropagationFlags = [system.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]"NoPropagateInherit" $AccessRule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ($User2.SID, $FileSystemRights, $InheritanceFlags, $PropagationFlags, $AccessControlType) $acl.AddAccessRule($AccessRule) Set-Acl -Path $homeShare -AclObject $acl -ea Stop }

Hi all, We have a Exam logon account in Active Directory for students doing certain exams were the Board stipulates that Grammar / Spelling check must be turned off in Office applications. We have a GPO that turns all the relevant things off. But the only thing I cannot find a GPO setting for is a very obscure thing. If the user, logged on with the Exam account, types a word that should be capitalised or the first word in a sentence is uncapitalised, it underlines it in blue. Eg. If the student typed the following sentence I like to go to london to ride a bus. "london" is underlined like a grammar check. Similarly in the nonsense sentence sdfksd weuirtyiuy erutyw weruty ierut The word first "sdfksd" is underlined because it is not capitalised. Despite extensive searches I cannot find a GPO setting to turn this behaviour on/off. In normal word, there is a setting in FILE > OPTIONS > PROOFING > WRITING STYLE - GRAMMER SETTINGS that turns this on and off. Any way to do it with a GPO? Please note I have turned off GPO settings for auto-capitalisation etc, and these don't affect the issue I'm discussing here. Thanks for any assistance.

Hi all, I've got a problem with a GPO not applying. We used to deploy various desktop shortcuts using a dedicated GPO applied to the top level in Group Policy Management. These would apply for all users. Recently however we want to deploy different shortcuts depending on whether the person logging on is staff or student. So I created two versions of the GPO shortcut and applied these to the student OU and the staff OU. I also removed the original GPO from the top level. Now neither of the GPOs apply - they don't show when I do gpresult /R I am assuming that this is because I am trying to deploy a Computer policy change through a User OU. But how do I implement this - how can I do different desktop shortcuts based on Users logging on? Any ideas? Thanks! Martin

That worked. Thank you SO much.

SATA-0 = 1000 GB HDD Device ID = WDC WD10EZEZ-75WN4A0

Its not listed as a bootable device. If you go into the hardware section you can see the drives are there physically.