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We'll see you in 2014 with even more tech tips and training docs!
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![]() From all of us in the Information Technology Services department, we would like to wish you a wonderful holiday season. May your break be restful, and may your days off be cheerful. We hope that you get to that project you've been meaning to start for the last two years; we also hope that the newest season of your favorite show just became available on Netflix. Most of all, we hope that your winter break is what you want it to be!
We'll see you in 2014 with even more tech tips and training docs!
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Baby, it’s cold outside! And that means that inclement weather is right around the corner. To be sure that you will indeed get that wonderful robo-call informing you of a snow day, scurry over to Inside Edition and update your information as soon as possible (and anytime it changes, too). To update your information, log into Inside Edition. Along the far left column, you will see the My60 heading. Under that heading you will find a link called Manage My Credentials; click that link.
Remember, if you don’t update your information, you won’t get the phone call!
I feel famous! I was asked to write a short instructional article for this week's Superintendent's Bulletin (check out the December 2, 2013 issue here), and figured, well, it might be a nice tech tip to include here on the training site. And so, my friends, on this blustery Friday, here is the foolproof way you can get rid of those pesky old email addresses that insist on hanging out in your 60Mail lists:
60Mail remembers which email addresses you have sent messages to in the past, including the misspelled or outdated addresses. This can create confusion when these wrong email addresses populate in the auto-fill. The fix for this issue is simple: In the example below, the email address [email protected] is not a real address, and I would like my email account to forget it. To forget this email address, click the Forget link. In the future, when you type in the same criteria (sampl in the below example), the email address will no longer auto-fill. Please note that the forget feature does not work on active WPS email addresses. Do you have a great 60Mail tip? Share it in the comments! With technology permeating so completely into our professional lives, we sometimes forget the small stuff. One thing I observe in almost every training session is the number of people who close a browser window before logging off of a system. Each time, I have the same internal reaction: Egads!!
It is common knowledge that we have log-in credentials on our systems (e.g., 60Mail) for security reasons: only someone with the correct combination of user name and password can log into the account. However, the log-in credentials are only one part of keeping systems secure; another part of security is to keep your log-in credentials to yourself so that no one else can use them to enter the system. A large part of keeping systems secure, though, is logging off of the system every time you are finished using it. I've heard an argument that closing the browser window is logging off. Sadly, this is not true. It is quite easy for someone to back their way into the system after you've closed the window. This is why it is important, from a security standpoint, to always log off systems before closing the browser window. Another reason to always log off of a system when you are finished is to keep the system running efficiently. For example, about a year ago, Infinite Campus was running quite slowly, sometimes taking nearly a minute to log into the system! This slowdown was caused by so many users failing to log off Infinite Campus before closing their browser window. To get a little technical, what happens is that the system still thinks that you are logged in; when you log back in fifteen minutes later, the system has you as logged into both sessions! Each non-logged-off account slows the system. What it all comes to is that you should always log off a system before you move on. From a security standpoint, a good habit to start is to log off all systems before stepping away from your desk. Do you have any log off tips to share? |