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Privacy Awareness Week

May 6th, 2024|

This week is Privacy Awareness Week. As well as running talks and workshops during this week, the OVIC – Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner provides privacy resources for organisations in Victoria. With guidance on the Privacy Principles, many templates and materials to help navigate privacy, information sharing and managing security risks or breaches.

Privacy Officer Toolkit

Privacy Officer Toolkit – Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (ovic.vic.gov.au)

Privacy Principles

Information Privacy Principles – Full Text – Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (ovic.vic.gov.au)

Issues sending email to Yahoo email accounts

March 29th, 2021|

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

March 10th, 2021|

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.

Tip – Switching between Windows & Mac

February 12th, 2021|

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.

Tip – Phishing email attacks and socially engineered messages

November 20th, 2020|

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 link to the parents automatically.

November 20th, 2020|

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.

Early Childhood Voices Conference 2020 (ECV2020)

November 18th, 2020|

Happening all through the week of 16th to 20th 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/

Tip – First steps in response to ransomware

October 22nd, 2020|

As a follow up to Tip – How to take precautions against ransomware, we explain what first actions you can take in response to ransomware  in the Tip – First steps in response to ransomware.

Click here to view the tip.

Tip – How to take precautions against ransomware

October 20th, 2020|

Ransomware is a constantly growing threat for organisations and individuals. We explain what ransomware is and the precautions you should take with our new Tip – How to take precautions against ransomware.

Click here to view the tip.

Tip – How to set Chrome spell check to English (Australia)

October 16th, 2020|

When you are composing text directly into a web application such as Online TLDS, you will need to rely on the spell check built into your browser. To improve your experience, you can set the spell check to English (Australia)

Click here to view the tip.

TLDS – Online TLDS platform is NOT a record keeping tool

September 9th, 2020|

Essentially each service will have your own policy regarding retention of documents for a child’s record. DET has outlined the legislative requirements (Page 5 of Guide to Information sharing ), but services do have freedom within that legislation to make your own policies regarding child assessments.

DET has advised that the Online TLDS should not be used as a record keeping tool, and not relied on to meet kindergartens’ document retention obligations – so a copy of the completed TLDS should be maintained as per each kindergarten’s service policy.

If you require more information, please contact DET directly via psts@education.vic.gov.au

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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Email System Upgrade Notification – Wednesday 1st July, 8am.

June 30th, 2020|

Our technicians are performing a scheduled server upgrade on Wednesday 1st July, starting at 8am.

While we do not anticipate any interruption in services, there may be brief delays to emails during this time.

This upgrade is designed to increase the security and reliability of email systems.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

Cyber security threat

June 19th, 2020|

KITP team is aware of a large scale spear phishing attack that is currently being targeted at various Government sectors and organisations in Australia.
Spear phishing is a scam that uses emails to try and capture details from you, and/or load your computer with malware. These emails are designed to look like they come from a trusted source such as a bank or a large Government department but are actually fake.
The KITP systems have not been compromised and all of our networks and systems are up to date and fully patched.
If you receive any email that you are unsure of:
• Do not click on any link or attachment within that email.
• Do not reply to that email.
• Do not forward that email.
• Delete the email immediately.
Please note that opening an email will not cause an issue, it’s what you do after that which is why we have these rules.
If you are unsure about any email please contact our helpdesk on:
Phone: 03 8664 7001
Toll Free: 1800 629 835
If you have any questions please email support@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

Welcome to the new Kindergarten IT Program website

May 29th, 2020|

The eagle eyed among you may of noticed our website looks a little different.

We gave it a little bit of a face lift. We’re keen to hear your feedback, feel free to start a chat with us in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and tell us (desktop only), or email us at info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

If you really miss the old website, or we might of misplaced or forgotten something, you can check it out here. But let us know what you miss about it, because soon it will disappear for good!

TLDS login credential email sent on 15/05/2020

May 19th, 2020|

You may have received a notification from LinkIT on Friday 15 May advising of your new password for the Online TLDS. This email was sent out in error. Please disregard and delete this email.

A new password will be sent to all EC services in July 2020 when the platform is scheduled to reopen.

If you have questions, please contact: psts@edumail.vic.gov.au

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Storytime Live Streaming cancellation (15 May 2020)

April 6th, 2020|

Please note that the Storytime Live Streaming event for 15 May 2020 and 19 June 2020 will be cancelled.

Tip – How to create an email signature in Webmail

April 3rd, 2020|

Create an email signature from any browser to use with your Webmail access

Click here to view the tip.

Storytime Live Streaming cancellation (17 Apr 2020)

March 30th, 2020|

Please note that the Storytime Live Streaming event for 17/04/2020 will be cancelled.

We are still open!

March 20th, 2020|

The Kindergarten IT Program service desk is open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm to provide IT support.
Despite the temporary closure of State Library Victoria, our services are still available.
For IT support, please contact us via email, phone, chat as normal.

Email: support@kindergarten.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 629 835
Chat: Select chat box on the bottom right hand side of our website – https://www.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/

Cancelling the KIMS training for March 2020

March 20th, 2020|

Due to the rapidly changing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and the requirement for social distancing, we are postponing the upcoming KIM face to face training scheduled for next week.

This is a preventative measure to support the health and well being of all staff and the broader community.

Whilst we are postponing face to face training, please find some step by step reference guides here: https://www.kindergarten.vic.gov.au/kimreference.html

Online training with our trainer in real-time is being developed and we shall let you know when this is available.
Please contact us if you have any questions on info@kindergarten.vic.gov.au or call 1800 629 835

Storytime Live Streaming cancellation (20 Mar 2020)

March 16th, 2020|

Please note that the Storytime Live Streaming event for 20/03/2020 will be cancelled.

Storytime Live Streaming

March 10th, 2020|

Tune into our Storytime page to view a regular LIVE VIDEO of State Library Victoria’s storytellers & volunteers running Storytime.

We know that not every child can get to their library to participate and we want to share the fun with as many kindergartens as we can.

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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