Setup your school device

Recommended setups for Teacher devices

Access and Security

1. Log in to school services via tbc.school.nz. All the school's online services are now 1 click away!

2. Security setup - password required after certain time (On a Mac - in System Preferences->Security and Privacy set up a required login password after the machine has not been used for 15 minutes.)

Accessing email, calendar and files.

3. Use Gmail as your default email

4. Add your KAMAR timetable to Google Calendar (so can access it on your phone)

5. Access files from Drive and Team drive

Using Chrome to increase efficacy

7. Sign in to Chrome – Accessing bookmarks from all devices

8. Have a profile picture for your school Google account.

9. Shortcuts to Docs and set Home pages when Chrome starts (Drive, Gmail, Classroom)

10. Recommended Chrome extensions (Screencastify, Lastpass, maybe G Suite Training

Other

11. Recommended Apps for your Smartphone - Gmail, Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides, KAMAR, Calendar, TBC website, Photoscan, Google Keep.

How to - Sign in to Chrome

Using Chrome as your default web browser will make your Google Drive/Apps experience much more enjoyable. Google created the Chrome browser and all things Google just seem to work better with it. One of the great benefits of using Chrome as that it can separate the use of different Google accounts. You may have already experience the frustration of having another google account having logged in on your computer and you can't seem to sign out of it.

Here's how: