In your school day, you can use the status of a person or an application to help you work more efficiently.
Personal Status
Outlook
Your Outlook online status is automatically reflected by your presence online in conjunction with your Outlook Calendar appointments. This is on by default and is a courtesy to your colleagues and our families. You can view the status of colleagues in the To field of outgoing emails in
If you use Webmail (clicking the browser version of mail from LaunchPoint) your status and the status of others are not shown to you. Using the desktop version shows the status.
Teams
Microsoft Teams uses your Outlook account status to inform Teams by default. However, you can manually set your status as well.
Application Status
When you are on a roll at work the last thing you need is to stop to figure out if something is really down or is it just you.
Here are some TIPS for how to work with STATUS in your daily applications.
Vendor Website Status
When you initially encounter an issue working in an application you may try to refresh the app, the browser, reboot the machine. But if the issue persists consider going directly to the vendor’s site for any recent issues. Common high-use HallCo apps with status pages:
Canvas LMS: https://status.instructure.com/
(include MasteryConnect)
Google Workspace Dashboard: https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/
NewsELA: https://status.newsela.com/
Nearpod Status Page: https://status.nearpod.com/
Service Status Microsoft: https://portal.office.com/servicestatus
Incident IQ/ Hall County Status
Our engineers also internally update the Incident IQ page for reported problems that have been verified internally; so this site may vary from the vendor’s status pages. However, this status site also includes LaunchPoint, Destiny, and Infinite Campus.
Finally, you can always use the Internet itself to check with Down For Everyone Or Just Me and Down Detector.
Science Content
Quality, curated, and current content for your science lessons, projects, and research. As a part of an in-person or Canvas-based lesson use Gale Science Databases
Video: Link and Embed Sources in Canvas LMS
Hall County Subscriptions
Hall County subscribes to two science databases from Gale (BLaST resource).
Science in Context (9-12)
- Accessible via LaunchPoint for High School
- Hidden within Course Navigation in Canvas
Science Interactive (9-12)
- Accessible via LaunchPoint for High School
- Hidden within Course Navigation in Canvas
All Schools offered Demo+ Work Session
All schools have been offered a tailored science department meeting with training on the database and the Canvas integration. Every school has an example course with option for ways to present the different content available from Gale and via Canvas LMS; the course contains the training/presentation notes for easy replication. If you are interested in more information, you can reach out through your BLaST leader or Media Specialist for support.
Agenda:
A 10-20-minute overview of Gale Science Databases is available in HallCo.
20-30-minute overview/examples/support of how to use (a) in-person and (b) in Canvas.
Beyond Science
Gale offers more than Science content. HallCo purchases the Gale in Context for grades 6-12. Here is information on linking or embedding documents within Canvas from Gale.
Below are all the reference materials associated with this mini-training.
Training Recordings:
Canvas Guides:
How do I use the to-do list for all my courses in the List View Dashboard as a student?
What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
How do I add a page to the student To-Do list as an instructor?