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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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How do I reduce/change video quality in YouTube?

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Scammers are targeting kindergartens with fake messages with malicious attachments. Please treat all email received from addresses claiming to be kindergartens with the same level of caution as other email.

Our system admin has identified malicious email that looks like it is from another kindergarten. Double check the sender information of all email you receive, even if you are already in correspondence.

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Please note that the IT support will be closed on Friday 27th September 2019.

IT Support service will resume on Monday 30th September 2019 from 9AM.

What is Bluekeep?

Microsoft has advised users that there is a vulnerability within its Remote Desktop Services. Remote Desktop Services allow others to access your computer without physically being at the machine. Cyber attackers can connect to targeted computers and send specially crafted commands. This can happen without you allowing them to do so.

Microsoft Windows users must install a ‘patch’ to fix this vulnerability. If you are using one of the above Windows operating systems, please click the relevant link below to install the patch.

Windows 7 : https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708

Windows Vista/XP: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4499180

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What is a Phishing Scam?

Phishing scams are attempts by scammers to trick you into giving out personal information such as your bank account numbers, passwords and credit card numbers. This is usually done by including a link that will take you to a legitimate looking company’s website to fill in your sensitive information.

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Complete the Kindergarten IT Program Survey by June 30th 2019 & your kindergarten could win a Cubetto wooden robot!

Survey online:

https://surveys.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/index.php/335524?lang=en

Survey on paper:

Click Here!

Submissions close June 30th 2019.

Only staff and volunteers of Victorian Kindergarten IT Program kindergartens are eligible.

One submission will be selected randomly and the winning kindergarten will be announced early July.

Before your kindergarten closes for the Christmas holidays, we have a few IT tips to ensure business continuity.

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