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Early Childhood Update – June 2023
Department of Education and Training has released the June 2023 edition of the Early Childhood Update e-newsletter.
This edition focuses on Free Kinder 2024, the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge, surveys, resources and grants.
You can subscribe to receive the updates here: Early Childhood Update | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
Training webinars for Term Two 2023
Now available for enrolment
We are offering webinars of our courses on basic troubleshooting, website development, poster design and Excel.
The courses offered:
WordPress Website Development – 101
Beginners Excel Spreadsheets – 401
You can view the schedule and book a webinar session on our training page.
Webmail Upgrade
Some of you may have noticed that the Kindergarten IT Program webmail looks a little different!
It has been upgraded to be optimised for mobile devices.
We will be upgrading our documentation to reflect the new changes, but if you experience any issues, please contact the help desk.
You can visit webmail the same way you always have here – https://webmail.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/.
Face to face training for March 2020
In support of the KIM census requirements for kindergartens we are offering our introductory course throughout March.
Kindergarten Information Management System (KIM) Introduction – 801
The training is available to funded kindergartens throughout Victoria. Classes are provided free of charge and delivered in small groups of 10 people in face to face sessions.
Register your booking on our training page: https://www.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/traininglinks.html
Tip – How to disable comments in WordPress
When creating a new post or page on a WordPress site, comments are enabled automatically. Recently, we have noticed that spam bots are targeting comment boxes with inappropriate language. These comments can be viewed by anyone who is looking at your website. Please review our tip on how to disable comments in your WordPress site.
Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020
Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 support ended on January 14, 2020
For more information, please visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/4057281/windows-7-support-ended-on-january-14-2020
Welcome back to 2020!
The Kindergarten IT Program welcomes kindergarten teachers, staff and children back for the new year. We are already receiving enquiries about training offerings. A new round of IT training will be available for booking in February 2020.
More information will be provided soon.
We wish you a successful 2020!
TLDS – How to share section 2 & 3 with families – New video guide available
We have created a new 5 minute video explaining how to use the ‘Create New Link’ feature in the Online TLDS platform.
This is an important new step in the process so even if you are familiar with the Online TLDS from last year, this feature can save you time.
Watch the video here: https://www.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/TLDSdemoCreateNewLink/index.html
TLDS – Transition resources for families
The resource for families to complete transition statement can be found at https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/professionals/learning/Pages/family.aspx
The Bushfire Education Website
Developed by the Victorian government, the recently launched Bushfire Education Website is a new resource for educators.
All teaching and learning activities have been aligned to either the relevant Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework outcomes or the Victorian F-10 curriculum.
TLDS – Information for primary schools
Access transition learning and development statements for new prep students. For more information, educators can be directed to the Department’s Access online transition statements for new prep students information page.
Tip – Windows 10: A guide to the updates
Updates to the May 2019 Update (version 1903)
This tip is for people using Windows 10. It explains what the recent updates fix and how to run updates.
This is primarily a security update, although it also fixes a minor bug that causes high CPU usage from SearchUI.exe for a small number of users. This issue only occurs on devices that have disabled searching the web using Windows Desktop Search.
Information technology support is provided by the State Library Victoria, Community IT Support Team
Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm
Phone: 03 8664 7001 | Toll Free: 1800 629 835 |
General Enquiries Email: info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au | Technical Support Email: support@kindergarten.vic.gov.au |
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Before your kindergarten closes for the Christmas holidays, we have a few IT tips to ensure business continuity.
Information technology support is provided by the State Library Victoria, Community IT Support Team
Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm
Phone: 03 8664 7001
Toll Free: 1800 629 835
General Enquiries Email: info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au
Technical Support Email: support@kindergarten.vic.gov.au