DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOLS EMAIL SYSTEM

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DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOLS E-MAIL SYSTEM

• Contact Tina Streeter, Webmanager
• www.desotocountyschools.org
• E-mail tina.streeter_at_desotocountyschools.org

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Your e-mail address

• Your new e-mail address came up from the payroll
  system.
• It will be your firstname.lastname_at_desotocountysc
  hools.org
• For example
• tina.streeter_at_desotocountyschools.org

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E-MAIL CONTINUED

• To access your e-mail go to the following
  website address on any computer with internet
• www.desotocountyschools.org
• Click the E-mail button to login.
• Check your new e-mail by clicking the image
  below! 

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E-MAIL CONTINUED

• Starting around August 7th, all school websites
  will have this button or a staff login button on
  their navigation bar.
• If you would like your name changed, or you are
  moving to another school, please e-mail me at
  tina.streeter_at_desotocountyschools.org and I will
  change your name for you.

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E-MAIL CONTINUED

• For example
• If your first name in payroll is william and you
  want to be bill, just e-mail me and tell me what
  school you are at and what grade you teach.
• PLEASE NOTE ASSISTANT TEACHERS AND JANITORS DO
  NOT GET E-MAILS.

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CLICK SCHOOL CMS LOGIN
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Your username is your firstname.lastname
Your password is your first initial and your last
initial. ALL LOWERCASE.
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E-MAIL CONTINUED

• PLEASE SEND ALL PROBLEMS WITH E-MAIL TO
  TINA.STREETER_at_DESOTOCOUNTYSCHOOLS.ORG
• If you forgot your password, just call me and I
  will re-set it for you.
• You can call me at 662-492-5271 ext. 1183 or my
  direct line at 662-449-7183.

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YOUR E-MAIL SCREEN

• Your e-mail screen will look like the following
  page.
• Please note that you will be able to access this
  from home.
• Make sure you go to Tools/Internet Options and
  turn off your Pop-up blocker first and it will
  help the system work right.

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Inbox is your new mail
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The Contacts option is to add your PERSONAL
CONTACTS
To compose or write a new message, choose the
Compose option
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To create folders, click here- you can save
messages from principals, teachers, and parents-
highly recommended
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To blacklist spam, click here.
To check for latest messages, click here.
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YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN WEBPAGE

• This will be known as your homework hotline.
• Please update it regularly.
• You now have a manual, but you can always get the
  user guide from the My Tools section. It is
  pretty self-explanatory.
• This will take the place of school notes.

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Software you will need

• NONE! ARENT YOU EXCITEDjust kidding.
• We are now completely web-based, so that means
  that you will only need the following programs
  loaded on your computer!

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The Programs

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Or Safari (mainly for Mac computers)
• Or Mozilla Firefox (very nice free product)
• Patience!

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Time is of the essence

• The biggest problem with websites, is TIME TO
  WORK ON THEM.
• Dont publish until you like it!
• You WILL regret it!
• DO NOT TRY TO FOCUS ON THE LOOK OF THE WEBSITE
  MOST PARENTS JUST WANT THE BASIC INFORMATION!
  Looks come with time.

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DESIGN

• Establish a style or personality for your page.
• Be creative
• At this time, we do NOT have background picture
  or color capabilities

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Legal Issues

• All students posting information on the school
  sites are REQUIRED to have the Press Release
  Permission Slip for the Internet on file in your
  classroom or the library.
• You can get this Release form in the manual or
  from your media person in your school.
• We also have a new board policy on electronic
  usage. Please read this very carefully as it
  pertains to the pics that you post on the website

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Legal Issues Continued

• There are always 3 sets of eyes watching. ( Me,
  your site administrator, and the parent!)
• If I find content that the board may deem
  unallowable, I will delete it immediately and let
  you know.
• For this reason, I suggest the following

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Teacher Pages

• Do not hyperlink to the following types of sites
• Gaming sites (these have lots of bad lang. on
  their forums and can easily pick up viruses).
• Violent sites (obviously)
• Any kind of site that you would be embarrassed if
  an administrator walked in and saw them
  accessing.
• Sexual Sites (watch these carefully). Even
  Britney Spears sites can be iffy. Photo Editing
  is rampant these days.
• Age-inappropriate sites for their web page.
• If you MUST place a link on their webpage, please
  DO NOT let them link to anything that is not
  educational.
• Anything else you deem inappropriate, dont do
  it. Please.

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Use an imaging software to reduce file size.

• File Size is becoming a HUGE problem.
• You are only allowed 1 Gigabyte of size on your
  site. Guess what? This means no 1000 SIZE
  pictures anymore!
• You already have an images folder and place them
  all there or make an images folder under EACH
  folder and place them there.
• EACH FILE SIZE MUST BE LESS THAN 1.0 MEGABYTE.
• Your site administrator can help you if you have
  problems with this.

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My tools is where you build your page
Change your password often.
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YOUR WEBPAGE CONTINUED

• Once you create your webpage (you can start doing
  that now from home or school), it will go live
  automatically.
• Once you save it, the parent can go to the
  schools website and click on Teacher Websites
  and there will be a drop-down menu and they can
  click on your name.
• PLEASE UPDATE THESE REGULARLY FOR HOMEWORK AND
  TEST DATE PURPOSES BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF
  MONEY TO GIVE YOU THIS SERVICE!