Apect Ratio on Smartboard

Problem:  Installed Smartboard a couple of weeks ago.  Set screen resolution on teacher's computer and it has worked fine since then.  However, this morning, teacher reported her projected image was hanging over the sides of the board.

Solution:  I initially thought it was a problem with the ATI Catalyst Converter - it wasn't.

The teacher had apparently pressed a button on the remote entitled "aspect" (located immediately above the "freeze" button on the remote) and that button changed the aspect ratio on the smartboard.  The fix to the problem was to simply press the "aspect" button until it returned to "normal".  "Normal" will be displayed in the top right hand corner of the Smartboard.

    Thanks to Jenny Reed, Pam VanMater and Julie Masterson for sharing this information.

Saving Pixie on N-computing

Saving Pixie for the first time on n-computing machines. 

Select SAVE AS under File.

Expand the window by clicking on the "upside down triangle in the circle" next to the place where you name the project.

This is the expanded window that you will see.

Choose the Desktop folder under the K drive.  You cannot initially save to the K drive.

Now choose save on the bottom right side of the “save picture as” window.

The project will be saved in a folder called Desktop that is located in the K:drive, aka ...your class folder.


To find student work under a student log in, go to "My Computer" and look in the K: drive. 


To find student work from a teacher log in, go to My Computer and look in the L: drive.  Open your class folder. 


Note- These drives can only be seen if the "workstation only" box is unchecked upon log in to Novell.

Unified Messaging

Due to some system problems with the voice mail system, your Unified Messaging will not work until you make the following change. The Unified Messaging is the part of the system that sends you an email message to notify you that you have received a voice mail message and in some cases, lets you listen to voiced mail messages from your email or on your Blackberry.  In order to make the Unified Messaging work, you will need to do the following steps:

1.       Log into Groupwise (email) as you normally would.

2.       At the top, click ACCOUNTS. 

3.       Select  ACCOUNT OPTIONS.

4.       In the Accounts screen, double click the CALL EXPRESS Line.

5.       The Call Express Properties dialog box will open.  Click the tab that says SERVER.

6.       The first box in the screen contains the name of your current Incoming Mail server (it is currently avstss).   Change the server name from avstss to  avstcs1.

7.        Go down to the Password field and re-enter your voice mail password (the password you would use if you logged into voice mail from the phone).

8.       Click OK at the bottom of the box. 

Your Unified Messaging should now work!