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Filter Blocking Edublogs’ Messages-Fixed

Janetta Garton — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:55:14 +0000

UPDATE 8/30: It appears that the issue has been resolved. Edublogs emails should be deliverable to our school email addresses. Yippee!!

It appears that our email spam filter, which is through MOREnet, and which we have no control over, has started blocking messages from Edublogs.

This means if you register for an Edublogs account with your school email address, you will not get the email you need to verify your account and complete the registration process.
This means if you have an existing Edublogs account that you created with your school email address, you won’t receive any emails pertaining to comments awaiting moderation on your blog or informational messages for Edublogs.

Ugghhh!

The only solution I have at this point is to use a different email address. Many of us have additional email accounts through our home Internet providers, or through free services such as gmail, yahoo, or hotmail. If you don’t, watch this short screencast on how to register for a gmail account.

New Users: Use an alternative email address when registering for Edublogs, not your school email address.
Existing Users: Edit the email address for your Edublogs account. You need to change it in 2 places. 1) Click the Setting link in the top right corner and change your email address. When you click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen, your email address will revert back to school email. But after you receive the verification email in your non-school email account, and click the provided click, it will be changed. 2) Click Users in the top right corner and then choose Your Profile from the menu bar across the top. Change your email address here as well.

This means that all emails from Edublogs will be delivered to your nonschool email account. Which is not ideal but doable. Many email services provide the option to forward copies of incoming emails to another email account. You can view this screencast on forwarding Edublogs emails to your school account that are addressed to your gmail account.

Maybe the setting on the MoreNET email spam filter will be changed in the near future to allow messages from Edublogs. Until that time, we can use this work around.

UPDATE: Please read this post from James Farmer on his blog incorporated subversion.

ePALs: Safe email System for Students

Janetta Garton — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:48:31 +0000

Willard Staff: If you are not able to participate in one of the ePALS workshops this month, or would rather learn on your own timetable, you are in luck. The Fusion: ePALS webpage offers a handout and short video tutorials (screencasts) to lead you through using ePALS email with your students.

And, there’s more! If you want to earn 2 Salary Advancement Workshop hours while you work, you can enroll in the free, online professional development, Moodle course: ePALS. This course uses the handout and screencasts on the Fusion webpage to lead you through the steps. Work at your own pace, when it fits in your schedule, from any computer with Internet access. Just in time learning, at your convenience!

Don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or suggestions. I’m happy to provide you with additional assistance.

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ePALS

Janetta Garton — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:43:25 +0000

Our district now has available student and teacher ePALS accounts for grades 3+. This is a safe, monitored, web-based email solution for schools. As a teacher, you serve as the monitor for your students. There are different filtering levels we can set by class, or even by student, as needed. Level 1 requires the teacher to approve every sent/received email prior to delivery to the recipient, while Level 3 sends only flagged emails (those with profanity) to the teacher for moderation. In addition, this is a great place to find collaboration partners or email buddies.

If you want to learn more you have several options:

Participate in the December ePALS District Workshop.
At your convenience, working at your own pace, complete the free, online Moodle Course: ePALS to earn 2 hours/2 points of Salary Advancement Credit. This course uses the handout and screencasts from Fusion ePAL Webpage.
Visit the Fusion ePALS Webpage to download the handout, view the screencasts (short videos), and access the other provided resources.

To request a teacher account and assign your students, contact me. You are responsible for checking the permissions on your students’ Tech Usage Agreement Form to ensure that they have permission to use email at school.

Don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions.

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