Security Alert - Display both secure and non-secure items.:

1. When you receive the error message, click Yes.
2. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, click the Security tab; make sure that in "Select a zone..." window that Internet is selected.
3. Click Custom Level and scroll down about half way to "Display mixed content" in the Miscellaneous section.
4. Change it from Prompt to Enable.
5. Click OK, Yes, and OK. The change should take effect immediately.

About Messenger:
The Messenger functions as a closed circuit email system specifically for educators and their student groups. Students and teachers can communicate within the safe environment of this system without the intrusion of spammers or messages from unknown outside parties. Additionally, teachers are able to monitor student messages to ensure that the content is appropriate for an educational setting.
Follow these steps to write a message:

1. In Messenger, select Draft a New Message.
2. Choose recipients.
3. Enter your subject and message text.
4. Click Submit to send your message.
     

About Your Blogs:
The word "blog" is short for web log, a form of e-journaling that often provides commentary or news on a particular subject. As a form of open-ended communication, it allows teachers and students to have their own voice in the educational forum.
Your Blogs is a place where you can write periodic entries for public viewing and feedback. You can write as much or as little as you like in your blog entry. To allow others to view, rate, or add comments to the entry, just select Yes from the drop down menu in the Live field before submitting your entry. Once you've started a blog, you can select Edit to add entries to your ongoing blog topic. If you'd like to start a fresh blog, click the link for Start a New Blog.
Your Blogs is also a place that you can use as a private journal or notepad. Just select No from the drop down menu in the Live field either when you are starting a new blog or when editing an existing blog. No one else will be able to publicly view a blog that is not "live".
Your Blogs can function as a more formal educational tool in courses where students are required to keep journals or for those short papers with titles like "What I Did Over Summer Vacation".

About Discussions:
The Discussions section allows users to collaborate on various topics in an open forum. Discussions appear in a Question and Response format.
To create a new discussion topic:

1. Select the link for Start a New Topic.
2. Name your topic and enter a short description.
3. If you are satisfied with your topic, select Yes in the Live field.
4. Click Submit to launch your topic into the discussion forum.

To begin the discussion, users can select the Ask a Question link under your discussion topic. Once a question has been posted, multiple users can contribute to the discussion on that question by selecting the Respond link. Members of the discussion can continue on to different aspects of the topic by selecting the Ask a Question link each time they would like to add a new question to the discussion.

Files:

From pictures to text documents, video files to animations, there are a variety of file types that are supported. Use the following steps to attach files:

1. Name your file as you'd like it to appear on this site (not applicable for messenger attachments).
2. Select the File Type from the drop down menu.
3. Click the Browse button and navigate to the location of the file.
4. Highlight the file you would like to attach and click the Open button.