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| eChalk Talk | June 2010 |
IN THIS ISSUE: • eChalk Usage Report & Google Analytics! • Summer Quick Start Webex Series • Important Tech Requirement Update re: Internet Explorer 6 RENEWING YOUR eCHALK SERVICE FOR 2010-2011 Every school should have received a Service Order for eChalk for the 2010-2011 school year. In order to ensure there is no interruption of service, all service orders will need to be signed and returned as soon as possible and no later than June 30, 2010. If we do not have a service order on file for your school by June 30th, your site will be taken down on July 1st. All schools will receive an invoice in the beginning of July. Purchase orders, checks or P card payments can be processed when the 2010-2011 budgets become available. If you cannot process a purchase order until September that is just fine. If you need a copy of your service order, please email mwhite@echalk.com. |
HONOR ROLL: RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL Congratulations to Richmond Hill High School for being inducted into the eChalk NYC Honor Roll!
Richmond Hill has been able to creatively embed various forms of media on their Web site to engage and inform their school community. The principal has posted a video podcast that is accessible right from their homepage. The Student Association created and embedded videocasts on their Student Association eChalk Group Page about each candidiate during the student governement elections. Students were able to learn about candidates by watching these short video clips directly from their eChalk site. Click here to check out their fantastic Web site!
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The Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule is now available! Plan ahead for next year and sign up for one of the following courses: Wednesday, August 25th 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Basic Site Management 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Online Classrooms Wednesday, September 1st 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Online Classrooms 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Basic Site Management Thursday, September 16th 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Layout Manager 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Multimedia Tuesday, September 28th 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Basic Site Management 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Advanced Site Management Thursday, October 7th 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Multimedia 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Online Classrooms
Wednesday, October 20th 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Basic Site Management
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Layout Manager
8:30 am – 11:30 am: Advanced Site Management
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Online Classrooms
8:30 am – 11:30 am: Basic Site Management
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Multimedia
8:30 am – 11:30 am: Layout Manager
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8:30 am – 11:30 am: Online Classrooms 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Basic Site Management Click heree for course descriptions. For more information or to register, contact workshop@echalknyc.com Click here to visit the eChalk Academy! |
eCHALK USAGE REPORT & GOOGLE ANALYTICS Interested in learning how your school's eChalk system was utlized during the Spring 2010 semester? Email mwhite@echalk.com to reqeust a usage report. eChalk can now support the integration of the Google Analytics tracking code. Click here for detailed instructions on how to set this up. SUMMER QUICK START WEBEX SERIES Interested in eChalking over the summer? eChalk is now offering 45 minute Quick Start Webexes that you can participate in from the comfort of your air-conditioned home. All you need is a connected computer and a phone to participate. Check out the schedule and email quickstart@echalknyc.com to register. Wednesday, July 14th 11:00 AM – Homepage Quick Start: Learn how to post announcements & calendar events to your Web site. 3:00 PM – Navigation Quick Start: Learn best practices for organizing your navigation area. Tuesday, July 27th 11:00 AM –Classroom Quick Start: Learn how to create an online class and post class announcements, assignments and resources. 3:00 PM –Group Quick Start: Learn how to create groups for departments, clubs, committees and teams. Thursday, August 5th 11:00 AM – Homepage Quick Start: Learn how to post announcements & calendar events to your Web site. 3:00 PM – Navigation Quick Start: Learn best practices for organizing your navigation area. Wednesday, August 11th 11:00 AM –Classroom Quick Start: Learn how to create an online class and post class announcements, assignments and resources. 3:00 PM –Group Quick Start: Learn how to create groups for departments, clubs, committees and teams. Email quickstart@echalknyc.com to register. TECH REQUIREMENT UPDATE: INTERNET EXPLORER 6 NO LONGER SUPPORTED There is an important change coming to our minimum browser requirements following the release of eChalk Version 11.0 this summer. Internet Explorer 7 will replace Internet Explorer 6 as the minimum supported Web browser for use with our application. What does this mean for you? If you are still using Internet Explorer 6 on your school computers, please upgrade to Internet Explorer 7. If upgrading is not an option, please download the following FREE browsers that can be used with eChalk: Mozilla Firefox - Click here for the FREE download. Google Chrome - Click here for the FREE download.
Please note: This does not mean your site will
stop functioning if you use IE 6 after 11.0. However, it does mean that we are
no longer testing new functionality on IE 6 so new functionality may not work or
perform well in IE 6, and we will be unable to provide fixes for issues
experienced in IE 6 after 11.0. |
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