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Approved Apps & Websites

During the school year our students may have the opportunity to use District-approved websites and applications for educational purposes. The District is committed to the safety of our students, especially when it comes to using online resources. The approved online resources the District employs provide some of the most compelling new educational tools for students and help them develop into responsible digital citizens.

Below is the list of District-approved resources, as well as links to their privacy policies. This resource site will be kept current as new websites and applications are added to the list of approved resources.

Please note that not all students use every resource in the list below. Teachers only use these resources as appropriate for subject area.

BCTC Featured Applications

Microsoft Office 365: Students in grades K-12 will be provided with Microsoft Office365 for Education accounts with access to the suite of applications provided by Office 365 Microsoft, including email, word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet tools. The purpose of the account is to provide students with software for collaboration and learning through the use of technology. The suite of applications includes, but is not limited to: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Your son or daughter will have access to this account, its applications, and email address both on and off campus. Upon request, you may also have access to this account.

Schoology: BCTC uses an online learning management system (LMS) called, "Schoology". Schoology is our online classroom for enhanced and virtual learning. All courses utilize Schoology to share course materials and engage in class discussions, file sharing, and online learning beyond the traditional school day.

This system is accessed using our domain's (berkscareer.com and bctcstudent.org) login credentials managed by the Microsoft Office365 Directory. Schoology is a closed, system where only domain users can access our unique Schoology page and the courses therein. Schoology also communicates with our student information system, eSchoolData, to exchange roster and grade information between systems.

eSchoolData: Is BCTC's student information system (SIS). eSchool Data covers administrative needs, such as scheduling, eSchoolData attendance, state compliance reporting, data management, faculty management, emergency/medical and health management, and more. It is also used for teacher gradebooks and online parent grade/progress report access.

App/Website

Description

Terms

Microsoft Office 365

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive

Microsoft Office 365

Schoology

Learning Management System

Schoology

CareerSafe

OSHA Safety Training

CareerSafe

Adobe Creative Cloud

PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier

Adobe Creative Cloud

Milady

Cosmetology Electronic Resources

Milady

Health Center 21

Health Center 21

Quizlet

Quizlet

Kahoot!

Kahoot!

edPuzzle

Classroom video tools

edPuzzle

ShopKey

Vehicle diagnostic software

ShopKey

Microsoft Visual Studio

IT Programing editor

Microsoft Visual Studio

AutoDesk for Education

AutoCad, Inventor, Revitt

AutoDesk for Education

Flipgrid

Flipgrid

MasterCAM

CAD Software for CNC machining

MasterCAM

Weebly

Website creation tool

Weebly

Remind

Classroom Communication tool

Remind