COVID-19 Response + Resources

Depending on the assignment, you can turn in a personal doc that your teacher assigned to you, create your own Google Doc, or add files to the assignment.

If you need to edit work you turned in, you can un-submit the assignment. But any assignment turned in or marked done after the due date is recorded as late.

Read Full Google Support Article | Here

• Login with your student’s LFNO Google account. You will not be able to login from another account.
• Go on the website google.com. Click on the blue rectangle on the top right that says “Sign in”.
• Enter the login and the password of your child: usually, it’s the first letter of the first name, followed by the last name (Example, James Wayne would be, jwayne.stu@lfno.org) and the password (usually a color and an animal and two digits like reddolphin45)
• If you don’t know your student’s login and password, reach out to your student’s teacher or the following administrators: for Patton, yaici@lfno.org, for Johnson, Upper Elementary jdaltoe@lfno.org, and for Johnson, Middle/High School ycolin@lfno.org
• Once done, click on the 9 dots “waffle” icon on the top right of the page. Click on Google Classroom then click on student. When you see the class, click on join.

• We buy HP 11 G7 (11-inch screen) Chromebooks that are touchscreen.
• Touchscreen is not a requirement, but we bought that to make sure they would be relevant for future uses.
• Our chromebooks are purchased with 4GB RAM, and 16GB local storage.

You are being blocked from accessing your child’s classroom. This happens when you try to access LFNO services from a web browser window that is logged in to your personal Gmail account.

The best way for you to access LFNO Google Classroom and other services is to use Google Chrome and to open a new window that is locked to your child’s LFNO student account. To do this, click on the circle at the top right of the chrome browser.

Make sure you click on the top most circle. (picture 1)

That is your avatar – it’s either a colored circle with a letter in it, or a small picture you uploaded.

When you click on your avatar you should see a menu like this:

From that menu (you may need to scroll down in that menu):

1. If your child’s LFNO student account is listed there,

– Choose it from the list

– a new chrome window will open and ask you to log in

2. If your child’s account is not listed there,

– Click on the “+ Add”   (picture 2)

Your teacher is using Google Meet for live class sessions online. Different grade levels are using it slightly differently.

PLEASE FIND YOUR GRADE LEVEL BELOW FOR CORRECT STEPS:

• PK4 – K (using SeeSaw and Google Meet)

1. Log in to Chrome with your student’s LFNO account. If you need help the instructions are HERE.
2. Go to your SeeSaw classroom and copy the meeting nickname provided by your teacher. It should be something that looks like the teacher’s name and grade and date.
3. Go to meet.google.com and click “join meeting.”
4. Copy and paste the meeting nickname into the box.
5. You will not be able to join until the teacher starts the class.
6. If you see this message, you should keep trying until the teacher enters the meeting.

• 2ND – 9TH (using Google Classroom and Google Meet)

1. Log in to Chrome with your student’s LFNO account. If you need help the instructions are HERE.
2. Go to your Google Classroom.
3. Look for the google meet link in the banner of your classroom.
4. From Google Classroom, you can press on “Stream” and find the link for the day’s class meeting.

If your child is unable to edit or make changes to a PDF document provided by the teacher (this is done using the PDF Reader Toolbar) there are a few things you can do.

1. Use Google Chrome web browser: Make sure you are using Google Chrome, which is needed for using the Texthelp PDF Toolbar.
2. Update your web browser: you can try updating your web browser. To do that, go to your browser bar and click on the three vertical dots at the far right, then scroll down and click on Settings. In Settings, scroll to the bottom to About Chrome. If you click on that, it will open a window that should tell you if your browser is updated (or update it automatically).
3. Turn on ‘Sync’ for your child’s account: you can make sure your child’s Sync is on. This ensures that bookmarks and extensions are properly installed from the school, and synchronized across different devices. To do this, click on your child’s avatar to the right on the browser bar. In this window, click Sync in On which will open another window in Settings. If Sync is Off, click Turn On.
4. Confirm that Texthelp PDF extension is present: in the same Settings Window, you can scroll toward the bottom and click on Extensions (just above About Chrome). You should find Texthelp PDF Reader listed. You might need to click on the Details tab to make sure it is turned on (there is a little blue circle to slide).

Your teacher is using Google Meet for live class sessions online. Here are the steps to follow to see the other students in grid view:

1. You must be using Chrome web browser for these instructions to work.
2. Download and install the Google Meet Grid View chrome extension. Use this link to avoid being fooled by copycat extensions and apps:
   • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/kklailfgofogmmdlhgmjgenehkjoioip?hl=en
3. At the top right of your screen will be a set of icons including a “chessboard” or grid whenever you are in a meeting.
4. Click on the grid, and the window will re-arrange to show all participants in the meeting.
5. Click on the grid again to turn the grid off (for example, when someone is presenting to allow their window to fill the screen).
6. Underneath the grid icon will be a series of options you can use to change how the grid works.

One problem with iPads is that older iPads cannot upgrade to the most recent iOS operating system. This also means that it can’t install the latest version of Google Classroom app and older versions may not work properly. Unfortunately, if your iPad cannot be upgraded, this cannot be fixed.

The workaround is to:

1. Open Chrome on the iPad, go to classroom.google.com,
2. Hit the Chrome menu and choose Request the Desktop Site.

That way, the iPad won’t force you into using the native app which doesn’t support Forms.

• • Check the Lexia Learning Core5 tech support website [http://www.lexialearningresources.com/tech/core5.html]
  • The figure here shows what they say their website supports
  • On your smartphone, you may need to specifically launch the browser you want to use first, not just click the link in email
  • On your iPad it may be that you need to upgrade the iOS version

Let us know if you have trouble figuring out which version of the browser you are using. Email us at – support@lfno.org

Para Subtítulos en Español : Haga clic en el símbolo de subtítulo cerrado “CC”, luego haga clic en la rueda de configuración justo al lado derecho. Seleccione “Subtítulos / CC”, luego seleccione “Autotranslate” y luego seleccione el idioma deseado, español u otro. Esto agregará automáticamente subtítulos en español al audio.

Para Subtítulos en Español : Haga clic en el símbolo de subtítulo cerrado “CC”, luego haga clic en la rueda de configuración justo al lado derecho. Seleccione “Subtítulos / CC”, luego seleccione “Autotranslate” y luego seleccione el idioma deseado, español u otro. Esto agregará automáticamente subtítulos en español al audio.

• Smart Phones
• I -Pads/ Chromebooks / Tablets
• XBOX1 or PS4
• Desktop computers
• Laptop computers

• 1st through 9th grade students will be using Google Classroom.

• PreK and K families will be using SeeSaw. Please review this description that walks families through how to use the SeeSaw tool.

• Here is a link to resources available from different companies related to internet access. Additional internet access opportunities will be shared soon and will be made available on our COVID-19 Response and Resources page on our website.