A TechCo Primer

Abraham Bolden

Who are you?

• Elem Teacher with Techco responsibilities• HS Teacher with Techco responsibilities• Engineer, Office Staff, Administrator• Full time – non-teaching• How many technical staff in your school?• Do you have a working TechCrew?• Disclaimers

Who am I?

• Software Development Manufacturing/banking/securities

• Consulting/Training/WAN/LAN• CPS Vendor subcontractor since 1999• Full time HS Techco since 2003• At Harlan since 2008

Day 1

• Talk to principal – have him/her send email to techcoupdate@cps.k12.il.us

• The Techco account, GG-Tech-Schoolname• Online Data Acquisition (ODA) assignment for

Verify, IMPACT, Fixed Assets, iProcurement• Install Windows 2003 Administrative Tools for

XP or activate Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 on your assigned workstation or laptop.

To Do List

• Print a recent fixed assets inventory and take a visual inventory of the school.

• Find the MDF Room.• Create tickets for devices currently under

warranty using the by calling 553-EXCL• Update Fixed Assets (Demo)

PSA: Asset Tracking Tools Gian-Luca Ferme 11:00 presentation

Windows Admin Tools

• After installing the Admin Tools, you can manage tasks from a workstation.

• Log on to your workstation • Open Active Directory Users and Computers• Find School and folders• PPOV: Create usernames for substitutes,

student teachers, interns, and guest logons.• Admin Tools Demo

Deep Freeze

• PPOV – DF and INSIGHT are two apps which should be installed on every student workstation and laptop

• Optional: install DF on administrative and teacher devices for management purposes

• Install DF Console. Create and arrange Room (Folders). Self documenting; worth the time.

• Feature: Thaw/Locked State Very useful during maintenance periods

INSIGHT

• Create separate rooms (Channels) for INSIGHT• Install client with stealth or regular mode• Install Teacher console on workstations or

laptops.• Mac version can manage Windows devices. • Install Enable Channel Select option for

Multiple Channels• Install software and move files (Demo)

Need INSIGHT?

Compliance Logon

• Compliance Report – Use Description Area for self documentation (Demo)

• Tech XL Self Service (Demo)• Use Export option for Excel Spreadsheets• PPOV – Use Access or other DB to analyze

data from Fixed Assets, Compliance Report, and Tech XL Self Service

PSA

• Gabriel Sterritt will discuss Desktop Management: Insight, Deepfreeze, Virtualization, etc. at 11:00 and Imaging and Scripting for Technology Device Management at 1:15

• Matt Murphy will discuss How to get Creative with Technology to Combat Shrinking Budgets at 1:15

Additional Tools

• NetworkView• Remote Desktop for Windows/Mac• Apple Remote Desktop• GFI Languard• HP Webjet Admin• KM Net Viewer (Printers)• KM-Net Accounting (Copiers)

Questions?