Technology Training For Swansea Teachers

Most of the time you can change your printer in the print window that comes up when you choose to print a document. Use the pull down menu at the top of the page to see the other printers in your list. Look in “shared printers” too.

If you need to add a printer that is not in your list, double click on the hard drive. (that’s the small, gray picture of a computer in the top right of your desktop) Then, open “applications“. Scroll down to “utilities”. Find “printer set up utility” in the alphabetized list. In this window you may add or delete printers.

To add a printer click on ‘add’. Click on  ‘IP Printing’. Then type the address for the printer in the IP box. If you want to add one of the Canon copier/printers, click on more printers. Then you need to make sure you are using the correct driver for those printers. Choose ‘canon UFR II’. After choosing the driver you will then type the address for the printer in the IP box.

Printer Location               IP Address

1. Library                        10.80.169.235

2. Room 116                  10.80.169.247

3. Teacher’s Lounge      10.80.169.249

4. Cafeteria                     10.80.169.248

5. Office                       10.80.169.250

6. Room 109                  10.80.169.236

7. Room 117 (color ) 164.92.96.233

8. Room 108 (color)       10.80.169.240

9. Room 108                     10.80.169.238

10. Principal                 10.80.169.22

11.  Room 122                    10.80.169.241

• The printers listed in bold may be used by permission only. Please plan ahead
• Printers # 2-5 are Canon printer/copier machines. They require a password which can be obtained from the secretary.

A web browser is the software one uses to access the Internet. There are several browsers to choose from. Here at Swansea we primarily use Firefox because it is more compatible with Infinite Campus.

Examples of other web browsers are: Safari, Netscape and Internet Explorer.

Safari and Internet Explorer are already installed onto your computers and you can use them should the need arise. Sometimes, a web site you are using will request that you use a specific browser.

There is a way to “save” your most often used websites! If you have some websites that you visit all the time you could bookmark them or mark them as favorites so that accessing them can be done is less clicks.

First, go to your favorite website by entering the URL into the address bar of your web browser. Then, click on “bookmarks” at the top of the page -if you are using Firefox. (When using Internet Explorer, click on “favorites” at the top of the page. ) Select “bookmark this page”. Now, your page has been saved. The next time you open the internet, simply click on “bookmarks” at the top of the page and find your saved page.

One example of a good page to save under bookmarks would be your Infinite Campus login page.

We use to save our work on floppy disks. They are no longer reliable. If you have work saved on floppy disks it is advised that you transfer that information to something else.

Many people save their work on compact disks. CDs hold a lot of information but they can be damaged and sometimes the disk drives in the computer break.

The best way to save your work from a computer nowadays is to use a flash drive. These are small USB devices that come in many sizes.