Making Room in your Email Inbox
Get rid of large attachments that are taking up space in your storage quota!
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Adding the Front Office Copier as a Printer
You can print to the front office copier! Here are the directions for Windows.
Read MoreChanging Your Default Boot-Up Operating System (VIDEO)
How to switch from the Mac side of your laptop to the Windows side or vice versa. This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
Change from Windows to Mac on your laptop - or vice versa!
Read MoreCreating PDF Documents (VIDEO)
How to convert your files to PDF on the Windows or Mac side of your teacher laptop. This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
A video tutorial of how to create PDF files on your teacher laptop, both Windows & Mac.
Read MoreUsing Hand-In/Hand-Out Folders (VIDEO)
How to use the network drives "Hand-In" and "Hand-Out" to distribute documents to and collect them from your students when using a computer lab or mobile lab. This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
Distributing materials and collecting work from your students can be paper-free! Here's how.
Read MoreBurning Playable DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (VIDEO)
If you would like to create a DVD with movies or pictures that will play in your DVD player, this tip will walk you through it.
Read MoreOrganizing Open Windows: Snap (VIDEO)
How to use Snap on the Windows side of your teacher laptop to organize open window clutter. This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
It's easy to keep track of all your open applications in Windows when you know how to use Snap!
Read MoreCustomizing the Windows Taskbar (VIDEO)
How to get your most often-used programs onto your Windows task bar (for those of you on the Windows side of your MacBook). This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
Some programs need to be accessed quickly; others not so much. Declutter your Windows desktop!
Read MoreAdding a Printer on Your Laptop
One of our most popular tips! Add an additional printer or re-do an existing one!
Read MoreOrganizing Open Windows: Exposé & Spaces (VIDEO)
How to use Exposé or Spaces on the Mac side of your teacher laptop to organize open window clutter. This is video is for River Hill High school teacher use.
Modifying the Dock on Your MacBook
Some teachers have noticed that they can't remove applications from the dock that they themselves haven't added. This feature was added by the county to prevent anyone from accidentally removing their network drives. However, if you'd really like to make changes to the applications on the dock anyway, follow this link to see the directions to do so. They're a bit involved, so be prepared.
http://oit.hcpss.wikispaces.net/dockosx