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Now available for enrolment

We are offering shorter format Digital Safety webinars to support key priorities of the National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. 

The webinars:

Digital Safety – Password Managers
Digital Safety – Security Updates
Digital Safety – Antivirus & Anti-malware

You can view the schedule and book a webinar session on our training page.

Please note that the IT support will be closed on Tuesday 5th November 2024. IT Support service will resume on Wednesday 6th November 2024 from 9AM.

Thank you to all the participants of the Technology Survey for 2024

We received 189 submissions. We will be following up with many of you and responding to your requests.

Congratulations to Californian Gully Kindergarten!

We would also like to announce the survey prize has been drawn and to congratulate the lucky winner, Karen.

Complete this 5 minute survey to have your say and give your service the chance to win an iPad! ​

https://surveys.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/

The Kindergarten IT Program would like to find out how we can improve the program for our service members. There are 8 questions covering technology needs, connectivity, service improvements and customer satisfaction. 

Your submission will enter your service in the prize draw for first prize, a 10th Generation 64GB WiFi iPad.

The survey will run from 5th of August to 30th of August 2024.​​

This survey is intended for employees and committee members of Victorian Early Childhood Education and Care services that make use of the Kindergarten IT Program. ​

​Survey Policy and prize draw Terms & Conditions. 

The Online Transition Learning and Development Statement (Online TLDS) tool reopened on Monday July 15th, 2024.

If you are a teacher who will be using the Online TLDS for the first time, our 15-minute video will get you started. View the video from our Online TLDS information and support page here: https://kindergarten.vic.gov.au/tlds/#videos

For educators who made use of the Online TLDS previously, a review of our video should be enough to get you back up-to-speed as there are no big changes to report.

If you still feel you need further training after reviewing the video, refer to our introduction webinar information and resources for the Online TLDS here: https://kindergarten.vic.gov.au/tlds/

Cybercriminals attempt to gain access to an email account (highjack) so that they can use it to send spam or phishing emails, steal information and use the account to attempt further attacks.

This tip explains what to do if your email account is hijacked Tip – Hijacked email

Filters and rules are actions you can set up in your email to automatically sort or organize incoming emails.

This tip explains how Tip – How to set up mail filter rules in webmail

If you need to place a forward on your kindergarten.vic.gov.au address, our helpdesk can assist you or you can set up the forward yourself with this tip Tip – How to set up automatic forwarding in webmail

Browse to our Tips page to find out more or follow this direct link:  Tip – How to change your webmail password

Now available for enrolment

We are offering shorter format Digital Safety webinars to support key priorities of the National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. 

The webinars offered:

Digital Safety – Email
Digital Safety – Password Managers
Digital Safety – Security Updates
Digital Safety – Antivirus & Anti-malware

You can view the schedule and book a webinar session on our training page.