Digital Skills/Help

Password reset allows students and staff to reset their password for their DoE email account.

• Use online reading tools
• Windows Ease of Access Settings
• Microsoft Immersive Reader
• Accessibility Settings in Microsoft Edge
• Accessibility Options in Moodle

SIDE students receive lots of emails from teachers and Moodle notifications, so it is important to check these regularly and manage them efficiently.

• Accessing your DoE Student Email

  A video to show you how.

• Managing SIDE emails

  A helpsheet to assist in managing emails from Moodle using the Department of Education Office 365 email account.

SIDE students use different operating systems and software, and sometimes experience problems when sending documents or files to teachers by email or uploading to Moodle.

• Installing Office

  Staff and students have access to Microsoft Office 365 for home use, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

  • Microsoft Office 365 web features helpsheet
  • Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive helpsheet
• Creating and managing PDF documents

  Use this helpsheet to make sure PDF documents are suitable for email and Moodle.

• Merging and converting multiple files to PDF

  This helpsheet shows how to combine multiple files and convert them into one PDF.

• Create Word documents with OpenOffice or LibreOffice

  This helpsheet shows how to export a word processing file to a Word document.

• Create Word documents with Pages

  This helpsheet is for Mac users and shows how to export a Pages file to a Word document format.

• Managing HEIC files

  This helpsheet shows how to convert HEIC files to a format that can be uploaded and read by Moodle.

• Resizing images

  This helpsheet shows how to reduce image file sizes for email and Moodle upload.

• Four image editors compared

  This video compares four image editors doing common tasks such as cropping and resizing an image.

  • Adobe Photoshop - Photo & design software
  • Pixlr E: Free Advanced Photo Editor & Image Editing Tool |Pixlr
  • GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
  • Photopea | Online Photo Editor

SIDE students use different devices to capture video and sometimes experience problems when submitting video assignments in Moodle.

• Use Handbrake to reduce video file size for uploading

  This helpsheet shows how to use Handbrake to reduce a video file size for uploading.

• Transferring video from iPad to PC

  This helpsheet shows how to transfer media files from iPad to PC.

SIDE students studying Chinese or Japanese languages need access to computers that allow East Asian language character input.

Depending on your computer, select a support page to install extra languages below:

• Microsoft - Windows 11
• Apple - Mac OS

  Choose the language you use for individual apps.