Now that the district software catalogue has been made available, individual users who need this software software titles can conduct an installation from inside of the school district (only). This is very important to remember. If you are a laptop user, you cannot successfully install this software while on the road or at home. We plan to push out most of this software as part of the upgrade. However if you’re logged in to your workstation and you need one of these titles immediately, this guide is for you!
Special Note: The images included in the body of this guide are small. However clicking on them should bring them up to full size.
Step 1 – In Internet Explorer, connect to our district’s Software Catalogue. This doesn’t work for other browsers. The page should look like the one pictured below. Some software titles shown may not be available to you due to licensing restrictions.
Step 2 – Click on the name of the software title you want to install. In the case of the image below, the selected package is Google Earth.
Step 3 – Click on the ‘Install’ button in the lower right-hand corner of your window. You should get a confirmation screen that looks like the one pictured below. You may get a warning that the computer will have to restart. This is not a problem (just make sure you’ve saved all of your work). Click on the ‘Yes’ button.
Step 4 – The software will begin downloading shortly. The speed at which this happens depends on whether you’re on a wired, or wireless connection. There are also other factors, such as the size of the program being installed. When you click on the ‘Yes’ button as given above, the browser window will change to look like the one pictured below.
Step 5 – Another window will open as the software starts to download. This window may be hidden behind your Internet Explorer screen, but you should see a new icon appear along the bar along the bottom of your screen. If you click on that new icon, you should see a screen that confirms the installation is taking place. This is the Software Center, an application that has been installed on all computer
Step 6 – Once the software finishes installing, you’ll see a confirmation window. Click on ‘OK’ to close it. You can also close the Software Centre Window. Your new program is now installed and ready to use!
Hello,
Thanks for posting the self-help info!
I am wondering whether or not there will be grading software added to the district catalogue i.e. Integrade. There is much “gossip” circulating in our school, in particular about what is going on with Integrade.
Could you please provide me with the facts?
Muchly appreciated, Debbie
Thanks for your question. We are planning to add Integrade to the district catalogue as soon as possible. We have go resolve some questions about licenses, as it hasn’t been uniformly deployed in the past. We plan on making a single district-wide version via the catalogue. At the same time as this happens (or even shortly before), we would add it to the self-install catalogue.
In the long term, Integrade is no longer being supported by the publisher. At some point, a replacement will become necessary. Our department had to overcome some challenges to be able to add it to our current system. However, we have no concrete plans or timelines for a replacement. At this point, a replacement might be anywhere from one to several years off while we focus on other service improvements.
I hope this answers your question. Thanks for reading the blog!
Hi Graham,
Super. Got my smartboard software loaded okay. There doesn’t seem to be an option to load the Smart Response software. I have the clickers and would like to do this. Am I missing it in the catalogue or is it not there yet?
Jack
The Smart Response software is on the radar for us. We will add it to the catalogue shortly. I’ve just spoken with the techs, and we think it will be added to the catalogue by Friday September 14th.
Can I do this in the school computer lab and load a whole lab at once? Or do I wait for the techs to do this and put in a work order?
You have both options open to you. You can do an installation yourself via the Software Catalogue and take care of your whole lab. Or, you can put in a work order, and the techs can do it for you via remote installation (no technician visit to your school required).
Hi Graham,
We’ve been trying at Crystal View to load Smart onto our laptops but we keep getting this message when we try to get into the Software Catalogue
The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://cm01.sd62.bc.ca/CMApplicationCatalog/
Unable to determine IP address from host name cm01.sd62.bc.ca
Any idea what we’re doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks for your question. The software catalogue can only be used on computers that meet the following criteria:
The machine in question is district-owned
It’s currently connected to our district’s secure networks (Either the wired network in a school or facility, or the secured wireless network. Computers on the SD62 Login guest network CANNOT access the catalogue
The machine was visited by a technician over the summer and upgraded to the new district system
With reference this particular case, I’ve generated a work order to have the matter investigated.
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Hi Graham,
I am a new teacher to Belmont, and have just installed Integrade and now there is a pop up window asking me for the server name and address. Could you please let me know what to put here so that I can access integrade on any computer. I am still waiting for one in my room as it was missed in the big summer change over, so I am working on the staff room computers now, but want to be able to access my Integrade on any of the computers.
Thanks!
Gina
Hi and thanks for your question. When asked to use Integrade for the first time, a user has to select whether they wish to use a server. In answering this question, the user should say ‘no’. I have spoken to our technician, and I understand that this problem has now been resolved for you. I also understand that part of the discussion between you and our technician took place over our new Lync system! Glad to hear that it’s helping out.