Category Archives: Faculty/Staff

Anything relating to faculty and staff machines

Faculty/Staff, Network

When you have a guest on campus and they need wireless access

The details will vary depending on what device you use, but here is the overview:

  1. Set your device to join the network MDS-public
  2. In the Login screen that appears, click “Create Account“
  3. Fill in the information, and then you’ll be allowed on the network. It’s a temporary account that will expire after some time.

If you don’t see the login screen after connecting:

  1. Try to get on the web. Your browser should automatically go to the account screen.
  2. Windows 7 [and maybe others] has a little dialog box that pops up after you try to connect, down on the bottom right, that says something like “more info may be needed – click here“. So click there, your default web browser will pop up, and you’ll be taken to the login screen.
Faculty, Faculty/Staff

Powerschool issues on the iPads

Obviously, if you don’t USE powerschool on the iPad, you can safely ignore this entry!
updated 11/8/13 – see below
1.
If you are using the Powerschool App and you see empty classes after you login successfully, try these Tech Voodoo steps:
Reboot your ipad
Delete the app and redownload it.
If you are having this problem you are not alone.
2.
If you are trying to use Powerschool on an iPad web browser [Safari, Chrome, etc]:
A> If you are trying to take attendance and the classes are showing up empty, try switching to the desktop site:
At the top left corner  of the page is a button that takes you back [NOT the browser’s back button!]
Keep clicking it until you see a list of links – the bottom one will say Exit to Main PS Site. Click it.
Attendance should work from that screen.
Exit to main PS site
B> Try deleting your cache:
For Safari:

Settings –> Safari
Click the “Clear Cookies and Data” button

For Chrome:

Fire up Chrome
Click the Menu icon [top right, looks like 3 lines]
Settings
Under Advanced –> Privacy

Click “Clear Cache” & “Clear Cookies, Site Data”