Welcome!


The Professional Development Centers will be posting new tech talks each month. These TechTalks will include workshops and resources.

Call us for an appointment anytime between 7:30 and 4:00. Come alone or in a group.

Niles West Room 2153 - Cindy Kukla at x2727
Niles North Room 1145 - Judy Duesenberg at x2209

Add-on Functionality to Docs & Sheets

11/10 - 11/12 - Google Add-Ons

Google Add-Ons are tools to provide more features in your documents and spreadsheets. There are great features such as mailing labels, mail merge in email or docs, templates and clip art!

Google Add-ons video

What Can Chrome Do For You?

11/3 - 11/5 - Google Chrome

Set your Chrome account so that your bookmarks, preferences, extensions, etc., follow you wherever you go - even home! Explore all the cool Omnibox features (search box). Did you know you can type in simple calculations and the omnibox works like a calculator? Or you can set a timer or check flight times right within the magical omnibox!

Send Messages with Infinite Campus

10/27 - 10/29 

No Groups? No Problem! Send email and Campus Portal messages directly from Infinite Campus.

The IC Messenger tools allow teachers to communicate with students and/or guardians. Send a class, missing assignment, or a grade message. No groups to create--just click, compose and send.

Mastery Manager - Copy scores into Gradebook / Reports

October 20 - 22

Did you know that you can copy scores from your Mastery Manager assessments and paste them into your Infinite Campus gradebook? Visit the PDC and we will show you how. We will also revisit all of the report options.

Reports: Once assessments have been taken and scanned into the system, reports can be generated. You may generate a general alphabetical results report or combine several criteria to generate a detailed report. From the Reports Menu, you may also lookup students. The Student Lookup feature allows you to generate a report based on one or several students.

Tech Talk Presentation
Copy Scores into Gradebook (video)
Copy Scores into Gradebook (written instructions)
Report Quick Reference

Item Bank Assessments - Mastery Manager

October 13 - 15 

Learn to create an item bank assessment from start to finish: create item banks/questions, create assessment, print and scan student bubble sheets or online test administration, and run reports.

Create assessments using questions from your item banks, or pre-formatted questions from the NWEA item banks. Build item banks by allowing collaborators to add questions or import from Exam View - bnk file, Examgen - zip file, or Quia - txt file.  Questions can be selected based on preferences such as: never used in a test, types of questions, keywords and learning targets. 

Tech Talk Presentation
Item Banks Quick Reference Sheet
Setting up Assessments
Printing Answer Sheets
Reports - Quick Reference

New Features & Updates in Infinite Campus

October 6-8

Discussions and Updates

The Discussions tool is a new feature which allows teachers to create and manage discussions for their classes. Based on the settings, students can respond or create threads, and they can comment on each other's responses.


The latest upgrade changed the layout of the Assignment Detail page. The changes are as follows:

  • optional template for Portal View
  • notes and Portal information layout
  • moved the Scoring Alignment Detail down the page
  • added a metadata area at end of assignment definition to enter additional information, useful for finding assignments in the future

Create Assessments Quickly with Mastery Manager

September 29 - October 1

ANSWER KEY ASSESSMENTS

Create tests quickly in Mastery Manager using answer key-only assessments.

Administer a test using your own printed version, or upload a pdf for online assessments. Print answer sheets on plain paper, or use the virtual bubble forms for online assessments.

Learning targets can be associated with each question in an assessment to closely measure what the student knows. Choose from a variety of reports to measure student learning.



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