Glow for Parents

Venue:

Presenters: Albert Henderson (Director of Education & Communities)

Diana Rolland (Glow Development Officer)

Karen-Ann McSwiggan (National Glow Development Officer)

Headteacher

Agenda• Logging On:

• User names and passwords• Password policy• Log on• Glow Acceptable Use Policy

• Glow Tour:• Inverclyde Council Site• National Site• Example of Primary and Secondary School Site

• Glow Groups:• Noticeboard• Discussions

• What’s Next?• Accessing Glow at home• Online Tutorials• Glow Help Group

32 Local Authorities

• First time logging on to Glow:• https://secure.glowscotland.org.uk/login/login.asp• Or from your school website

• Set new password• At least 1 lower case character• At least 1 non-alphanumeric character• Minimum length 8 characters

• Log in again with new password

• Read and accept the Glow Acceptable Use Policy

Logging on

Glow tour

• Inverclyde Council Site• National Site• Examples of Primary and Secondary

School Sites

Glow Groups

• Overview of Glow Groups• Noticeboard – add weblinks, news and

events

Glow Groups

• Overview of Glow Groups• A group of Glow Users with a shared interest

• A distinct area within Glow where those users can share materials, communicate and collaborate

Accessing Glow at Home

• Glow Plug-ins• IP address –

• http://www.whatismyip.com/

• Other useful addresses• http://www.adobe.com/ • http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp#win

Online Tutorials