Having trouble with your Chromebook?  These are some quick fixes you can try yourself before putting in a help ticket. 

**Table is best viewed using Google Chrome browser on your mobile device or pressing the "View Full Site" button on the base of the app if using Safari**

BHS Feeder Technology Support Options	bhs_tech@bismarckschools.org 701-323-4825 - (Leave Message)	Buildings in Feeder Bismarck High Wachter Middle Lincoln Moses Myhre Prairie Rose Solheim Will-Moore
CHS Feeder Technology Support Options	chs_tech@bismarckschools.org 701-323-4925 - (Leave Message)	Buildings in Feeder Century High Horizon Middle Centennial Grimsrud Highland Acres Liberty Northridge Roosevelt
LHS Feeder Technology Support Options	lhs_tech@bismarckschools.org 701-323-4875 - (Leave Message)	Buildings in Feeder Legacy High Simle Middle Miller Murphy Sunrise Pioneer
Team BPS Technology Support Options	bps_tech@bismarckschools.org 701-323-4046 - (Leave Message)	Buildings in Team BPS SCHS DBGR Manchester Charles Hall St. A's Hughes/Life Ed FNT

	Google Meet *links to help videos*	Microsoft Teams *links to help videos*	BigBlueButton *links to help videos*
Android/iOS app	Android Meet app iOS Meet app	Android Teams app iOS Teams app	No app required. BigBlueButton supports HTML5 dynamic content.
Login	Students login with @bpsapps account.  If they are logged into a Chromebook, they do not need to log into a Google Meet.	Students login with @ms.bpsapps.org account (same password as @bpsapps account)	Access via activity with a LearnBPS course
How to join a scheduled meeting	Google Meet Quick Start - Students  Click on the invite or join through the code in the top banner of the student’s Google Classroom Guardians Guide to Google Meet	Click the invite link	Click activity link in LearnBPS course
Grid View	Yes, 16 tiles (coming soon: 49 tiles)	Yes, 6 in desktop/mobile apps (in dev: 49 tiles) Grid view not available in web app	Yes, potentially up to 16, but depends on the screen size and if the presentation board is open/displayed
Participants can blur background	Coming soon	Yes in desktop/iOS mobile apps No in Chromebook & Android apps	No
Screen share	Yes	Yes	Yes
Captions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Raise hand	Coming Soon	yes	Yes

How to be a responsible digital citizen on Google Meet: Google Meet for Families & Students

5 Google Meet Etiquette Tips poster: 5 Google Meet Etiquette Tips.pdf

Online Class Meeting Expectations poster: Online Class Meeting Expectations.pdf

Cyber Security Awareness: It is essential to consider cybersecurity and data privacy to minimize risks to students and educators. We must be aware of misinformation through unsafe links and tricks asking for login credentials, credit card information, and other personal details. Educators and technology staff will never ask for your login credentials via e-mail or threaten to turn off access to school accounts. No purchasing information such as your credit card number will ever be needed. If you are suspicious of the validity of any message you receive please call your school to verify.

Blended Learning Device and Internet Access

Policy ACDA - Responsible Use

Internet Access: Plans for face-to-face, hybrid and distance learning will be dependent on connectivity to the internet.  For maximum flexibility, home internet access will be important.  If you do not have reliable internet service (one capable of supporting your child(ren)  in video connectivity to their teachers) the following providers offer a variety of plans.

• BEK Communications 
• https://bek.coop
• Phone: 888-475-2361
• Email: bekcomm@bektel.com
  
  
• Midco
• https://www.midco.com
• Phone: 800-888-1300
• Please see this link (https://bit.ly/midcointernet) for more information about the Midco Lifeline programming and internet basics packages from Midco.

• As an additional measure BPS has enabled drive-up (Park and Learn) Internet access near all school district buildings. Our network names are “BPS-Student” on a Chromebook or “BPS-Guest”.
  
  
• If you are having difficulty securing home internet, contact the BPS Technical Support for assistance.

Meal Information:

1. In school meals:  Students will be offered breakfast and lunch while they are attending school face to face.  Please refer to this Bismarck Public Schools Mealviewer site to access menus.
2. Hybrid meals: Meals will be offered to students for days that they are not in school face to face.  Meals will be distributed at the end of the day.  If you have a student that leaves early, please work with the secretary of your school.
   1. Elementary Parents: If you are an ELEMENTARY parent you DO NOT need to complete the online form.  Starting September 14^th teachers will ask your child if they would like a meal sent home with them.  Please talk with your child about raising their hand in class when they are asked if they want a meal for the next day.           
   2. Secondary Parents: If you are a SECONDARY parent with a hybrid student, please fill out this online form as lunch counts are not taken at the secondary level.  This form only needs to be completed for secondary students if you wish to have meals on days your student is not in their school building.  You will have the opportunity to make your selection when you add this item to your cart. All meals will be free until December 31, 2020, or until federal funding runs out.  Breakfast and lunch meals will be included with meals sent home.          
3. Distance Learning Students: Please complete this online form for distance learning meals.  These meal kits will contain up to 5 breakfasts and 5 lunches.  On shortened school weeks, the meal kit will contain the amount of meals for days that students are considered in school.  Meals can be picked up from the one of the three high schools between 11am – 1pm in the cafeteria.  Starting September 18^th, middle schools will also offer a pick up location from 11am-1pm in the cafeteria.  Click here to view the distance learning menu
4. Cut off day to order hybrid and distance learning meals is Thursdays at 11:59 PM. Orders are being places for the following week.
5. All menus are subject to change based on staff and food availability.
6. All meals are free to BPS registered students through December 31, 2020 or until federal funding runs out.
7. Adult meals are not free. Adults may order meal kits by pre-ordering online.
8. Click here for meal storage and heating instructions
9. Free meals are only temporary so please fill out a free and reduced application if you need assistance. 

 

Please click the links below for the A/B Hybrid Calendars for BPS.

NOTE: in PreK, BECEP’s Level 3 permits face-to-face due to smaller class sizes.

K-12 A-B calendar without LHS

LHS A-B calendar

• When students are not in school on their “off” days, they will be in online blended/distance learning. More information will be sent regarding what those schedules look like.

• As with face-to-face, masks in Hybrid learning are required at school when 6-foot social distancing cannot be maintained. Attendance will be taken on both face-to-face and Hybrid days.

In this video NDSNO President and School Nurse Michelle Dever discusses COVID-19 and return to school with Molly Howell, MPH who is the Assistant Director of the Division of Disease Control with the ND Department of Health. This video addresses the responsibility of parents and school staff through different scenarios in the school setting. It also describes the role of the NDDoH in managing COVID-19 in schools.