Troubleshooting WebEX – Joining Meeting
TROUBLESHOOT:
Joining a meeting in WebEx from the browser version
If you are using the WebEx browser version there may be an issue where the START MEETING button will not allow you to click on it. Below are the steps to remedy the issue. Please note that if you are using a District issued device or a Chromebook, you will have to use the browser version.
As you can see in the image above, the START MEETING button is grayed out and unclickable. To fix this, click the CALL ME dropdown menu and choose USING COMPUTER FOR AUDIO, as shown below. You should then be able to start the meeting
WebEx How-To Guides Teachers and Students
Please be advised that the district has adopted Cisco Webex as the standard solution for Video Conferencing and as an added component to the district's other remote learning platforms including Google Classroom. All technical phases of the implementation including the implementation of Single Sign-On capability integrated with Active Directory have been completed and the solution is now in full production. The platform has been tested on multiple client machines including Chromebooks, Windows machines, MACs, iPhones, Android, etc. The key components of the system include the ability for teachers and students to login to the platform using their district network credentials (no need for personal passwords), ability to share screens and content, robust engine with the ability to handle up to 1000 connections per session, ability to record sessions if desired, ability to engage in live communication using audio, video and chat, ability to generate detailed usage report district-wide, ability to schedule different types of sessions including recurring daily and weekly sessions, the inclusion of Webex Teams as a platform for group collaboration, etc.
Please note that a dedicated portal has been devised for the district's instance of Webex and users can simply access the platform by going to the district's portal at https://nboe.webex.com using any browser. Alternatively, users can download the Webex App for iPhone and Android devices from Apple and Google App Stores if they desire to access the platform using their phones. Additionally, the Webex plug-in for the Chrome Browser has been enabled.
Please see the attached guide for accessing and using the Webex Video Conferencing and Collaboration platform. For a quick introduction to Webex, you may also watch the video at https://youtu.be/bV4U5U-fpPg?list=PLp2omeKzECDtmTmXaFIP2JDGzUGvlDEGy.
Attendees (Students) Guide to accessing and using the WebEx portal
Hosts (Teachers and Admins) Guide to accessing and using the WebEx portal
Wilson Avenue Distance Learning Packets
Wilson Avenue Distance Learning Packets
Grades K-8
***You must be logged into your NPS account to access the Distance Learning Packets***
Online / Distance Learning Resources
Online / Distance Learning Resources
● Students
- Language Arts
- Read alouds
- The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read Alouds
- net
- Scholastic Bookflix – Username:learning20 Password:Clifford
- Books and Text Sources
- Audible: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
- Project Gutenberg
- Overdrive (through Newark Public Library)
- Bookshare: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/ (Special Education Only)
- Learning Ally (Special Education Only)
- Learning Resources
- Tools
- G Docs: Writing, feedback, Grammarly
- Middle and Secondary Student text Resources
- Words without Borders Magazine: An amazing resource. This magazine publishes short fiction and nonfiction from various authors across the globe. It has been published since 2003 and all of the literary work is available online and organized by year and issue. The September 2003 issue featured writing from North Korea. You’ll want to spend some time searching the archives.
- Kelly Gallagher’s article of the week
- High School
- Idolatry by Sherman Alexie
- Bread by Margaret Atwood
- Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme
- The School ‘by Donald Barthelme
- Snow by Ann Beattie
- Major Maybe by Ann Beattie
- Catch the Moon by Judith Ortiz Cofer
- The Cheater’s Guide to Love by Junot Diaz
- Monstro by Junot Diaz
- Miss Lora by Junot Diaz
- The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick
- Black Box by Jennifer Egan
- Accident by Dave Eggers
- John Redding Goes to Sea by Zora Neale Hurston
- When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Year’s End by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
- Tuesday Siesta by Gabriel García Márquez
- A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings byGabriel García Márquez
- Cinderella’s Stepsisters by Toni Morrison (Essay)
- The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro
- An Astrologer’s Day by R.K. Narayan
- Wants by Grace Paley
- Pumpkins by Francine Prose
- In the South by Salman Rushdie
- Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
- Oliver’s Evolution by John Updike
- Read alouds
- Middle School
- Snow by Julia Alvarez
- American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
- Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes
- The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
- The Wife’s Story by Ursula K. LeGuin
- Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (novel)
- The School Play by Gary Soto
- Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
- La Bamba by Gary Soto
- The Jacket by Gary SotoThe Night the Ghost Got In by James Thurber
- Links to Ray Bradbury stories: A Sound of Thunder, All Summer in a Day, The Happiness Machine, The Veldt, The Pedestrian, There Will Come Soft Rains, The Murderer, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.
- Next Generation Press (non-profit): These excerpts are from the book, Hip Deep: Opinion, Essay, and Vision from American Teenagers. Brief writings by teens for teens. This is an interesting press and features teens voices from across the globe. FORTY-CENT TIP: Stories of New York City Immigrant Workers are texts written by NYC teens from three high schools. You can preview the entire book here.
- Narrative Magazine Since 2003, this online magazine has been publishing literature online. An extensive archive can be searched. This is a favorite site.
- General
- 25 Amazing Virtual Field Trips for Kids
- Pre-K
- Teaching Strategies: Ready Rosie https://healthyathome.readyrosie.com/en/
- Scholastic Watch and Learn
- Math
- Self-directed
- i-Ready
- E-textbooks
- K-8: HMH https://clever.com/in/newark/student/portal
- 9-12 Pearson https://clever.com/in/newark/student/portal
- Self-directed
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14SY60ac1HwYNnYI2UKH_M0-qHYUMigBt/view
https://mypearsontraining.com/products/covid-19-readiness/tutorials
- Online tutorials
- Brain Pop https://www.brainpop.com/
- Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Computer Science
- org
- Typingclub
- Science
- Gizmos via Explore Learning
- Mystery Science (K-5)
- INTERDISCIPLINARY
- Tween Tribune [Language Arts / Social Studies / Science / Tech]
- ELA K-12 News articles (in English and Spanish) curated by the Smithsonian https://www.tweentribune.com/category/tween56/
- What’s Going On in This Graph? [Language Arts / Math / Science / Social Studies]
- Infographic analysis activities posted weekly by The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/column/whats-going-on-in-this-graph
- But Why? Podcasts for Curious Kids [Language Arts and Science]
- Science based podcasts
- https://www.vpr.org/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids#stream/0
- The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified [Language Arts and Science]
- An adventure series [The world-famous radio reporter Eleanor Amplified, foils devious plots and outwits crafty villains using Science, all in pursuit of the big story.
- o https://whyy.org/programs/eleanor-amplified/
Newark Food Service-Hotline (Seniors and Families)
Newark Food Service-Hotline (Seniors and Families)
Newark seniors and families with financial need can call the city at the number below to put in a grocery shopping request. They will shop for you and deliver the groceries to your home. When you call, you will be asked questions to verify eligibility. Newark educators, please let your students & their families know. The number is 973-733-5728.
Call between the hours of 9 AM-5 PM starting 3/26.