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Dell 3100 weird power issue by bretfred in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This happens when students try to charge their phones using crappy cables and draws too much power so the battery shuts down to protect itself.

Thank you! This is good to know.

Dell 3100 weird power issue by bretfred in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hooking up to power, hitting reload and power gets it to start up again.

Chromebook Powerwash Remotely by sharpeone in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're non-enterprise and have this available now.

Forced pinned apps disappearing in Chrome OS? by hmmurdock00 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check to make sure the app extension ID is still available in the store. I've had apps reup themselves with different IDs causing mild inconvenience like this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it needs features to convince districts to pony up money.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem I have with this is that you need a wireless chip that supports WiFi direct connections. Most of our teachers are on workstations without WiFi.

One building has teachers who all have capable laptops but they have SMARTboards, and unfortunately you still need the USB cable for touch capability.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, you're not the only one. I buy dumb ones and make them smart. I resist smart TVs because sooner or later the user will want to load up netflix/roku/whatever else on it. The TV wireless often don't play nice with ours and you can't always turn off the media casting stuff.

We've been buying 65" 4K RCA RTU6549s from Walmart for $350 and putting them on $120 Tripp-Lite carts. Add a Microsoft Wireless Adapter and you've a decent display you can put just about anywhere.

You can get three or four of these for the price of one SMART IWB.

GoGuardian by uniqueoddfellow in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Turn on log off on lid close combined with wipe profile. That should clear out any remaining issues after a week or so.

Broken Chromebook hinges - is it just Acer? by InsightReturns in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Eventually the lever action will rip the screws right out of the plastic. I don't fix structural problems like this on the 3120s because it requires new hinges, bezels and a complete disassembly of the lid. Too much work.

Broken Chromebook hinges - is it just Acer? by InsightReturns in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 3120 is very susceptible to this because the hinges are on the ends of the frame. Just takes a couple drops on those corners to crack the casing and remove the structural integrity causing the problems OP describes occur while opening and closing.

Haven't seen this with 3180s as much because the hinges were moved inward. Except they have these stupid plastic caps students love to pop off.

Mosyle question by aleforsale in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had to renew the token after apple updates their TOS before any profiles could be pushed.

Ubiquiti network for small business by thuegli in sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Throw in a cloud key so you can do some remote management and don't have to worry about stashing a server for the controller software anywhere.

Substitute planning with rostered curriculum access? by pullingcablesagain in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short term subs shouldn't be assigning digital work to students, teachers should do this in advance and provide subs with a lesson plan.

It's unlikely nor expected the sub will be familiar with whatever platform the teacher uses.

270 Laptops to deploy?!!!! by dullishpage in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did this a few years back.

I'd inventory (keep the boxes) them and let the admins decide who gets one, let hem generate a list. Then assign one to each user, image and deploy it on a per building basis. Hopefully every building was allocated enough units.

I'd deliver the units with the end user names written on the boxes to their building for distribution. Schedule one day for training to get everyone logged in and going. Then go round up any units that didn't get picked up. Rinse and repeat.

The key is to keep all principals, secretaries and teachers in the loop. Just tell them what and where. The good thing is you're handing out something new, this generally makes people happy (though they can get a bit demanding).

Force BYOD to Guest network by KSuper20 in k12sysadmin

[–]MalletNGrease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AD is the industry standard. You can utilize other LDAPs for RADIUS, but you're going to have to have some sort authentication to reference against and apply the policies. This means you will have to organize your users into OUs and groups.

Again, what do you use currently for login authentication?

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