Plan “B”

 

Accidents do happen!

 

“Plan B” is extra insurance against technology surprises, such as, outages, laptop batteries running out, websites that disappear from the internet.

 

Here are some “Plan B” strategies to implement so you will not be tragically surprised!

 

*For website display trouble, hit the Refresh key to reload the page.

*if this doesn’t work, hack down the URL to the extension (.com/.org/etc...) and

  navigate through page links to get to the page you want.

 

      *if this does not work, close the browser and reopen, access the website again.

 

*Prepare for an internet outage by saving webpages in offline, archived format:

*In Internet Explorer, Chose “File Menu” then “Save As” then, “Single File 

  Webpage” (in the middle of the window). Make sure you know the location 

  of your saved file. (I usually create a folder called “Offline” and save archived

  websites to “My Desktop” first, then move the page to this “Offline” folder.)

* You can move all of your Offline webpages to a Flash drive or burn onto   

   a CD for storage.

 

*Download and save any United Streaming videos, movies, powerpoints, etc...in an

  application such as Powerpoint/Excel/Word

 

*Periodically backup your files to a Flash drive or portable hard drive.

 

*Run your virus protection software updates and complete routine maintenance often.

 (Routine maintenance includes cleaning out internet temp files/cookies/history and

  running a Disk Defragmenter from the System Tools of your computer)

 

Encourage students to regularly backup their work and complete routine maintenance.

 

J