Over the last year we have been investigating the use of classroom technology that might help reduce the dependency on Windows PCs. We also wanted to utilise Chromebooks better and enable teachers to wirelessly present to the classroom projector or screen. Various hardware and software screen casting solutions were considered, most of which were either too […]

Catch up on everything new in G Suite for Education from May to September 2018! We’ve had a few months off posting our monthly G Suite update so there are plenty of new features to learn about.

Introduction This document provides a strategic framework and plan for IT services for the nextthree years, 2018-2023. It builds on the Digital Learning strategy and the College’s Strategic Plan. The strategy is underpinned by our IT Services Vision statements: We will take a ‘user-first’ approach in delivery IT Services – Consider the user experience in […]

There’s a stunningly simple thing you can do with Google Chrome that can solve headaches and annoyances related to logging in to various google services, or not being able to see the printerpool printers. If you’ve not already discovered, you are able to log into chrome itself with your google account. Once you’ve done this, […]

Google for Education Tuesday Tips! Google G Suite for Education “Tuesday Tips” is a weekly spotlight on Google’s education tools. Unfortunately, we can’t take credit for this one. Google for Education #GoogleEdu share tips to help teachers with Google Classroom and Google Forms. These tips are released every Tuesday, and they come in the form […]

Students and Staff at Barton Peveril now have access to Adobe Spark Premium. You can use Spark to create graphics, web pages, and videos in minutes with access to the premium features. To start using your membership, go to spark.adobe.com just sign in using your college email address and password. If you’ve already signed into […]

Google Drive File Stream is a new desktop application that allows you to access your Google Drive directly from your computer and uses almost none of your hard disk space. With Google Drive File Stream, you stream your Google Drive files directly from the cloud to your PC or Mac, freeing up disk space and network […]

Let’s face it, USB sticks really are convenient… they’re small and light, and these days they have some pretty spacious amounts of storage on them. We’ve seen the numbers of students and staff using USB sticks for college work jump ever higher in recent years. We use them too, just not for important stuff. Read on […]