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As a Johnston County Schools employee, you can now buy both the Macintosh home version AND the Windows home version.  You no longer need a code to verify your employment you will only need to use your JCS email account!  Still the low price of $9.95 each. Here is the link to take advantage of this change:  https://www. microsofthup.com/hupus/home. aspx

For a limited time, Canvas has made Live Webinar Training available to Johnston County Staff. This training, which is normally a service that they charge for, is available from  February 14th to May 14  so make sure to take advantage of it while you can! There are a variety of topics to learn, ranging from beginner to advanced, so there is something for everyone.  NOTE: This training is intended for teachers who are interested in learning more about Canvas. This is not training for students.  Click here  for instructions on how to create an account and sign up for trainings.  

We have reports of teachers no longer having the My Students Tab in the state NCEdCloud Portal.   We have not been able to determine the issue with NCEdCloud staff but we do know relates to flagging staff with specific job codes.  We have verified with a few of the teachers who no longer have the My Students Tab that they do have the correct job code.  The NCEdCloud support staff have advised the teachers missing the My Student Tab to request the  My Students for Non-teachers  role to reinstate access to change student passwords.  The  “My Students for Non-teachers”  exception role in the IAM Service can optionally be requested by teachers and staff that don't have one of the specific jobs the system flags (or system issues not recognizing correct codes) but do have students assigned to them. When granted, this role allows teachers and staff who are teaching classes but do not fall within the previous job codes, to see their assigned students via the  "My Students for No

Mrs. Pam Batchelor, JCS Instructional Technology Facilitator Specialist, has created three very informative videos on the new Student Accommodation feature for SchoolNet! Check it out by visiting:  http://jcsschoolnet.weebly.com/student-accommodations.html