nComputing error - The Local Policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively

Submitted by David on Fri, 04/12/2013 - 09:36

One of our high schools uses nComputing devices in their computer lab. The students were getitng the following error.

Defining Done: What is the Win?

Submitted by David on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 15:52

In the organization I work for we use Aigle and Scrum for planning projects. One of the core elements of a Scrum team is "Defining Done". While listening to a podcast by Andy Stanley today called "Better Note Bigger", Andy talked about the idea of "What is the win?" This is the same idea as defining done! I like that terminology.

What is the win?

Why Drupal is Awesome

Submitted by David on Fri, 03/01/2013 - 10:44

I am presenting a Ten Talk today at the Church IT Roundtable Conference. The Ten Talks are 10 minute talks about a topic for the community.

Why Drupal is Awesome! Presentation PDF

http://www.churchitnetwork.com/

VPN Access for Apple Laptop

Submitted by David on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 12:25

We are a Windows shop. Our CEO decided recently to purchase an Apple MacBook Pro. He needed VPN access. It was very easy to setup once I figured out how to get around the applications. I used the following articles for reference.

OS X Mountain Lion: Set up a connection to a virtual private network

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11067

Mac OS X 10.6: Connecting your Mac directly to a Windows computer

Moodle - Increase Font Size in User Report

Submitted by David on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 14:35

Our of our director's likes to increase the font size of the User Report in Moodle.

I had been using the following CSS to increase font size.

#page {font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.4;}

But it make the font larger on every page.

Today, I figured out how to increase the font in just that report. The CSS is below.

#page-grade-report-user-index {font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.4;}

How to Reset Moodle

Submitted by David on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 15:38

I created this video today for our staff and thought I would say it.

Moodle 2.4.1

Infograph: Tech Support from Zendesk

Submitted by David on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 13:03

Surviving the tech-challenged public

Image originally posted on Zengage, The Zendesk Blog

Drupal Projects - Updating Themes for Schools

Submitted by David on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 10:47

The past few months I have been working with graphic designer/artist, Jeff Del Nero, to update the websites for the three charter schools that I work for. Jeff created the new design and had a themer create a basic theme for Hope High Online. He and I then took over developing the theme due to time constraints on this project. Jeff got a crash course in Drupal and Drupal themeing, and I got an oppurtunity to better learn Drupal's themeing system.

Here are the websites:

Moodle Upgrade from 1.9 to 2.3

Submitted by David on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 11:18

The online high school I work for decided to make the move from Moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2. Ultimately, we want to be on the latest release which is Moodle 2.3. This is documentation of some of the challenges I ran into upgrading.

The first and maybe the most important thing to do is to backup the Moodle MySQL database and the Moodle data folder. This school has around 5000 students and 200GB of data files. The backup took several hours.

Uber in San Diego

Submitted by David on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 11:07

This past week, I attended the ISTE Conference in San Diego, CA. I decided against renting a car for the time I was there. Instead I used a service from the start-up, Uber. It was a fantastic experience.

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