Please note that the IT support will be closed on Friday 24th September 2021. IT Support service will resume on Monday 27th September 2021 from 9AM.

The Online Transition Learning and Development Statement (Online TLDS) tool reopened on Monday July 12^th 2021.  To assist early childhood educators we have updated our Online TLDS demonstration video and are offering webinars of our course Online TLDS Training – 901.

The training is available to both community kindergartens and long day care services throughout Victoria. 

This course is for teachers who have not previously used the Online TLDS and provides an introduction. If you are familair with the Online TLDS, or if you are confident with online platforms our 15min demonstration video is more appropriate along with the online tips, user guides and the helpdesk.  

View our Training information page for schedule times and enrolment.

We would like to find out what our service member’s most pressing IT needs are and how we can improve the program.

There are six question sections covering technology needs, connectivity, training, service improvements and customer satisfaction.

Survey Online:

https://surveys.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/index.php/827687?lang=en

Complete this 5 minute survey to have your say.

This survey is intended for staff, educators, directors and committee members of Victorian kindergartens that make use of the Kindergarten IT Program

Now available for enrolment

Throughout the final term we are offering webinars of our courses on basic troubleshooting, website development and poster design in the free Adobe Spark web app.

The courses offered:

• Practical IT Skills – 602
• WordPress Website Development – 101
• Making Creative Posters – 903

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

The issue is now resolved.
Please contact the help desk if you continue to experience any issues.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

We are investigating an issue where users are unable to send emails to yahoo email addresses.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Our team is currently working to restore the service.

Training webinars

Practical IT Skills – 602 training webinars are now available for March 2021

Practical IT Skills – 602 is a basic introduction to troubleshooting a computer and performing practical IT tasks in a small office when you don’t have a technician nearby. The course is designed to support you in learning a simple problem solving approach to modern computing devices.

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

After a while everyone gets gets used to using either Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac. But what if you need to switch?
Our new Tip – Switching between Windows & Mac covers the basic differences so you can adjust quickly.

Click here to view the tip.

Read about phishing attacks  in our new Tip – Phishing email attacks and socially engineered messages. These attacks are a common method used by scammers to fool you into giving out private information!

Click here to view the tip.

TLDS platform will NOT email Section 2&3 links to the parents automatically.
You need to copy and paste the link in an email and send to the parents.

Happening all through the week of 16^th to 20^th of November is an international online conference hosted by Charles Sturt University’s Early Childhood Research Group.

It is FREE to register to view the live presentations and busy kindergarten staff can browse a large YouTube playlist of all presentations afterwards.

“The Early Childhood Voices Conference (ECV2020) is a multidisciplinary international conference providing a platform to share research about innovative methods, theories and partnerships with children, families and practitioners that supports social justice during early childhood or within the early childhood sector.”

https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2020/