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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/.

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

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.

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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

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!

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

The resource for families to complete transition statement can be found at https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/professionals/learning/Pages/family.aspx

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.

http://www.bushfireeducation.vic.edu.au

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.

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.

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