• The laptop is expected to be in your classroom each day and you must be able to produce this laptop when requested.

• They must be tagged with a Livingston Parish Inventory tag and
  added to your school inventory.

• If you change schools, the laptop must be deleted from the former school inventory and added to the present school inventory. Notify Karen Alwell at Karen.alwell@lpsb.org or by phone at 686-4223.

• The laptop must be returned to the school board in the event that your employment with LPPS ends.

• The laptop must be "checked out" to you on the “Off Campus Property Location Control Report” located in your school office.

• If the laptop is stolen you must report it to the police and send us a copy of the police report.

• If the laptop is lost (when off campus) you are responsible for the replacement or reimbursement.

• The school board is not responsible for providing replacement batteries for the laptop.

• It is understood that you may take this laptop home to use but its primary purpose is to improve student achievement.

• Report any broken  laptop to the technology coordinator at your school so that it may be fixed!

• If you are no longer using the laptop turn it in to the inventory control person at your school so that someone else may use it.

Proper Security Settings for your Computer

1. Have “Automatic Updates”  turned On

2. Have "Virus Protection” turned On

3. Have the "Firewall" turned Off when at school.
   The Firewall should be turned on when you are at home.

You can do anything you want on your personal computer at home but on school board equipment we need your cooperation:

• Laptops and other computers issued by LPPS are to be used for School and Curriculum based activities.

• All software must have a valid license and should be approved.

• Do not engage in any peer to peer sessions or play online games

• Keep windows and office updates current.

• Make sure your antivirus is updating and run a full scan once a week.

• Do not log on at school "work station only" because you don't get security pushes from the Network Admin.

• Do not install peer to peer connections for sharing music or videos, for example : Limewire

Limewire is software that sets up peer to peer connections for sharing of music and/or video/software. This is blocked within the network which means teachers are using and downloading this software at home. If you use limewire to establish a peer to peer connection, you have no idea what is on the computer at the other end of the connection...VIRUSes??? Trojans???? WORMS?????

If you have a problem with your laptop you should handle it like any other computer in your classroom.

The procedure is:

1. Report the problem to the technology coordinator at your school.

   1. They will know if this is a known issue, an issue they can resolve easily or if there is a building or network issue that may be affecting your computer.

2. If the technology coordinator can not help you themselves they will report the issue to the Help Desk.

   1. The Help Desk person may attempt to resolve the issue by remotely accessing your computer. This can only be done if the Firewall is turned off and VNC is installed on your computer. The Helpdesk person will need your ip address to do this. Click here to find your Ip address.

   2. If the Help Desk person cannot resolve the issue remotely, a ticket will be created and a technician will be assigned to visit your classroom and attempt to resolve the issue on site. This should take no longer than two weeks!! Please follow up with your technology coordinator if no one visits your classroom.

   3. If the computer cannot be "fixed" it is the responsibility of the technician to either take the equipment with them to be used for parts or to affix a label to the computer designating it as "Surplus".

      • It is the responsibility of the teacher to report that the equipment was labeled "Surplus" to the inventory control person at your school.

      • It is the responsibility of the inventory control person to remove the item from inventory using "Form 176" and to turn that form into the Inventory Control Person in the Business Department at the Central Office in Livingston.

      • The school may choose to continue to use "Surplus" equipment, however the technology department will not be responsible for repairing this equipment.

      • Surplus materials will be picked up for disposal twice a year. These dates are posted on the Pony schedule.

3. Things you can do to help get the issue resolved quickly

   1. Give the IP address to your technology coordinator.
      How do I find my IP Address

   2. Be sure that you have tried rebooting your computer.

   3. Be sure that you are logged in to the network using your Novell Log In.

   4. Give your technology coordinator as much information about the problem as possible.

      • When the problem occurred.    

      • If you have installed any new software or hardware recently.

      • The exact wording of any error messages.

Power Management-
There are default settings on your computer that may or may not fit your needs and your computing styles. At any rate you may want to adjust or change those settings. Here is how:

1. Right Click on an empty place on the desk top and you will get a context specific menu list.

2. Click on Properties

3. Click on the Screen Saver Tab

4. Click on the Power Button

Accessing Wireless Networks

Extending Battery Life

Popups and Toolbars