Tampa Catholic High School

Welcome to the Staff/Faculty Technology Development area. Here you will find helpful information on Providence's virus, Email, Internet, hardware, and software policies. You will also find help for the equipment and software we use. From turning on your computer to creating a PowerPoint presentation, this is your first stop for help.

 

JOIN the PCS Technology Online Training Class. Use class code: hs3gpk (Be sure to sign-in as a STUDENT)

  • Google Meet and Chat

    Google Meet - Video tutorial will show you how to use Google Meet. Learn to communicate in Google Meet through text video conferencing, screen sharing and chat. Use Google Meet across all of your devices to effortlessly communicate learning or business.


    Google Chat - Chat makes it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate easily and efficiently. With dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over time — plus threaded conversations — Chat makes it simple to track progress and follow up tasks. Chat currently supports 28 languages and each room can support up to 8,000 members

  • Zoom Training (Staff Only)

    Zoom - Beginners Tutorial

    Zoom - Indepth training with DottoTech

  • PlusPortal

    Teacher Resources


    • Using PlusPortals to Support Remote Classrooms & Online Learning This recorded webinar provides an overview of how PlusPortals supports online classroom workflows with useful and easy-to-use features. Teachers can conduct classroom activities from their portal class pages and communicate with students, parents, and other staff using email and messages. Families can access class pages where they can participate in classroom discussions, submit coursework, access class resources, and view scores and grades.
    • Teacher PlusPortal Assignment Walkthrough Learn how to create assignments
    • Teacher PlusPortal Collect Homework with E-Locker Learn how to use E-Locker to collect homework, view quiz submissions, and access your staff portfolio and the school portfolio of your students.
    • Teacher PlusPortal Send Emails and Messages Explore how to communicate with students, parents, and staff using emails and messages, and learn when to use each method of communication.
    • TeacherPlus Portal User Guide This topic is an introduction to the TeacherPlus Portal User Guide, which provides teachers with step-by-step instructions for using their portal to manage their classes and share information with parents and students.
    • TeacherPlus Gradebook HTML5 User Guide. The HTML5 version of TeacherPlus Gradebook features a brand new interface but with familiar functionality. Although some of the features work a bit differently than they do in the Silverlight version, most of them work similarly enough to assure a smooth transition between versions. To make this transition even easier, we have developed this get started guide with step-by-step instructions for all the application tasks most important to teachers.

    Student/Parent Prospective (Insight to the other side)

    The following guide links are for parents and students. They are posted on their pages to see and access. They are listed here, so you might view them and become familiar what it is like on the receiving end of your class PlusPortals.


    • ParentPlus Interactive Guides show parents how to navigate the portal and find the information you need. You can interact with a simulation as you're guided through how to use portal features step-by-step. To get started, just click an interactive guide below. Check Classroom Progress, Submit Homework Through eLocker, Send eMails & Messages, News Feed and Calendar.
    • ParentPlus Portal Web Interactive Guides provides an overview of the web app and describes common tasks
    • StudentPlus Portal Guides shows student login steps, home page overview, classes & grades, school communication, and settings.

  • Useful Apps for PlusPortals & Admin+

    TeacherPlus for Tablets is an easy-to-use gradebook designed specifically for Administrator's Plus schools. The TeacherPlus app provides teachers access to their gradebooks for grading and attendance. Login using your TeacherPlus account.


    TeacherPlus for Phones is an easy-to-use gradebook designed specifically for Administrator's Plus schools. The TeacherPlus app provides teachers access to their gradebooks for grading and attendance. Login using your TeacherPlus account.


    Easily search and scroll through all students, staff and contacts to quickly call, text or email. Access student demographic fields such as allergy information and locker combinations. Much, much more.

  • Approved 3rd Party Apps

    EdPuzzle - Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!


    Kahoot - A game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes.


    NoRedInk - builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.


    Loom - Loom is a video recording tool that helps you get your message across through instantly shareable videos. With Loom, you can record your camera, microphone, and desktop simultaneously. Your video is then instantly available to share through Loom's patented technology.


    Nearpod - is an award-winning student engagement platform with ready-to-run interactive lessons for K-12 teachers. Explore interactive lessons and interactive technology for the classroom that students love.


    Quizlet - makes simple learning tools that let you study anything. Start learning today with flashcards, games and learning tools — all for free.


    Seterra - is a map quiz game, available online and as an app for iOS an Android. Using Seterra, you can quickly learn to locate countries, capitals, cities, rivers lakes and much more on a map.


    DeltaMath -  is an instructional tool that may be used in classes or given as an assignment at home. It consists of independent work with a certain amount of problems given for students to solve. The type of problem is chosen by the teacher and can be one main topic, or a variety of smaller topics.


    DuoLingo - Personalized education. Everyone learns in different ways. For the first time in history, we can analyze how millions of people learn at once to create the most effective educational system possible and tailor it to each student. Our ultimate goal is to give everyone access to a private tutor experience through technology. 

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