Our technology plan addresses infrastructure; administrative operations and communication; warehousing of district data, technical support; governance and district policies; curriculum; professional development; funding and budgeting; monitoring and evaluation.

You can view the plan here.

Read more about our Green Computing initiative.

The Saanich School District Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an integration of e-mail and calendaring that allows for easy collaboration with the sharing of e-mail inboxes, folders, address books, calendars, contacts, documents, briefcases and tasks.

Where did the name Zimbra come from?

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IT Department

30 March 2010
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Welcome to the Saanich School District Information Technology web page. Our mandate is to provide the most current, relevant and cost-effective technology in support of student learning and achievement. Saanich was recently nominated for Canada's Smartest IT.

Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday
Help Desk Phone: (250) 652-7336
Help Desk Online: OSTicket
Ehelp Website: Ehelp

At School District No. 63 we have a well-developed, resourced and collaborative district Technology Plan. This plan represents Current IT Department projects include:

IT Department Major Projects
Project Name Anticipated Completion Date
NSMS new school technology move March 2012
Parkland Secondary School Thin Client March 2012
Student Email Server Spring 2012
openLDAP implementation (all schools) Spring to Summer 2012
Enhancing School Moodle Web Pages On-going
Enhancing new District Web Page On-going

We will strive to post information and details on each of these projects on our web page and answer any questions or comments regarding these initiatives.

I would be pleased to answer any questions regarding our district initiatives.

Gregg Ferrie

Director of Information Technology, MSc-IS, ICP, ITCP

(250) 652-7311

Engagement and Learning

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Brock Simmonds is the District Technology Coordinator. Please refer to his web page for  more information regarding the support and services he offers.

At this time the Thin Client Implementation is in-progress with all elementary, middle and 2 secondary schools completed. The project is scheduled for completion by spring 2012

What is Open Source?

What is Thin (or diskless) Client?

What is Linux?

What is Ubuntu?

This area will provide access for schools to resources and materials which will help in the administration of school Moodle web pages. As well it will provide resources for lab assistants, school technology support people and teachers regarding the creation of courses and curricular resources.

 

What is Moodle?

Moodle Book Online

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

 

Please contact the Information Technology department Help Desk or Brock Simmonds for assistance or in-service.You can look up his Moodle site for information regarding a wide range of Technology related topics.  Please click here.