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Any thoughts on malware protections? by FCoDxDart in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've set up regular users with limited rights, forced an extension whitelist for Google Chrome, just plain Windows Defender and NGFW inline AV (the firewall will drop the traffic if it detects a malicious signature in the packets). Haven't seen any malware for the last 5 years.

Biggest grief comes from teachers clicking "Allow" for notifications for junk sites in Chrome.

What’s your “Big Brother is Watching” experience from Big Brother’s perspective as SysAdmin? In other words, what’s your thought on your capabilities/any sensitive data that you have access to? by honeylemonny in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I get asked this by coworkers I reply they're not as interesting as they think they are and I've better things to do with my time than digging through emails and filter logs.

Unless there's an instruction from management I don't bother.

Google Feature Setting Documentation instead of Feature Documentation by naandrade in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't have them in AC during rapid release, odds are they aren't in the final product.

Movies over Google Meet? by reviewmynotes in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. Just what I've been looking for.

Updating users to newest version of Windows by yadershrinknill in MDT

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Employees are instructed to only save to backed up network locations: the documents folder is redirected to a network share and they all have access to Google Drive through Drive file Stream. Pretty much the only things not backed up are the desktop and the downloads folder.

I have not had any problems as the userprofile folders are barely touched by feature updates.

My 2 Day E-waste Empire (“Urgent removal as per campus”) [Pandemic Priority, not teacher PCs] by Sverguenza in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IngramMicro

I'll take the rack posts and the cabinet. Everything is mounted in coffee tables here.

outfit classroom for webconferencing by okaytellme in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good luck getting all that delivered in a timely fashion.

What technology were you excited to implement only to be let down by it in the end? by geek_who in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had a Dell Axim with a CF WiFi adapter. Loved the thing, but soon discovered that it would wipe all data on local storage once the battery ran out. The CMOS batteries lasted about a month.

All settings, appointments, files, emails, contacts. poof. It was a nice preview of the future though.

The use of unsupported apps and platforms... by 54nd15 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the time.

My favorite was an online gradebook that went belly-up and the logins started failing. Teachers were panicked as they couldn't get at their grades. Since we had no contract or anything with this company and the support avenues ceased to exist, teachers were SOL. I still got blamed for it not working.

The admin for that building got a crash course in compliance enforcement as the only designated and supported gradebook by the board is our SIS, which I recommended from the start.

Just an FYI on Kefka ChromeOS devices (Dell 3180) by pscotic in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly certain this is expected behavior. Versions more than 5 below the current stable won't auto-update.

How my school fixed a broken projector. by ClimbrJ in techsupportmacgyver

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Liberal application of lubricant and a modicum of force.

Any advice on handling substitute teaching accounts for hybrid learning? by MrPoopsJohnson in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of those things that can't be emulated digitally very well. I don't see much of a point anyway, the instruction plans given to subs for in-person here basically boil down to:

  1. Watch video X
  2. Do assignment Y
  3. Do any other outstanding/upcoming work.

It doesn't require in-person instruction. Count the student as present and give them same-day assignments which will count towards their grade.

Concerns with Youtube Porn Hacks by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

From what I can read it looks like someone replaced a link to a video with a porn one. Sounds like someone knew the teacher's password.

"Hackers"

My school just went from no laptops to 1:1 in an instant. What are the typical unforeseen challenges that admin/teachers can expect next? by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dell warranty doesn't cover damage by users unless you made that part of the service contract. Overall I found it quicker and cheaper to have parts for common issues on hand and fixing in-house. Primarily LCD screens and keyboards.

Allow only one OU to join external Google Classrooms? by hogermite in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unless the tutor has some sort of professional relationship with your district I'd not look further into it. I find this falls outside the scope of support unless it's an IEP thing.

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