The RockIT Tech Team is working on to improve our district network infrastructure for next school year.

We are pursuing a District Data Center move that includes running fiber to the new district building.

We are planning a project to completely overhaul our network to replace 56 network switches, increase our wireless access points to 250 in the district, and increase our outdoor wireless access points to 14. This will increase our in-network data from 10Gb to 25Gb.

Additionally, this will more than double our wireless network bandwidth.

Over the past several weeks, you may have encountered an issue where copiers were unable to print documents due to filenames exceeding 256 characters.

This issue typically occurred when printing from Google Drive or Blackboard.

All copiers have been upgraded, and the issue has been resolved. 

The user interface appears slightly different, but all functions remain the same.

GoGuardian is replacing Lightspeed as the state-provided Internet Content Management Service.

Lightspeed service will be discontinued at the end of the fiscal year.

We look forward to this new chapter in ensuring student safety in our connected world.

Submissions for the 2025 STLP Creative Digital Arts Competition are due January 24th.

If you have students that are interested, please let Brandon know.

Categories are as follows:

Individual Events

3D Design, Book Cover, Digital Element Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Music Composition, Digital Music Manipulation, Digital Photography, Digital Photo Essay, Digital Storytelling, Infographic, Logo Design, Manipulated Image, Multimedia Mash-Up, Screen Capture 

Team Events

Animation, Augmented Reality Data for Action, Documentary, ePublishing, Feature Video, Kentucky Travel Media, Literacy Awareness, Minecraft, Newscast, Podcast, Public Service Announcement

For more information and sample works, click here.

Adobe Express is now available for all staff and students!

Go to https://www.adobe.com/express/ and click the "Sign In" button located in the upper right.

From here, select "Continue with Google" and then "Company or School Account."

Now you're all set to begin creating and editing.

RCHS students will soon be able to sign in to their Infinite Campus portal with their Google account.

RockIT is still working with individuals at Infinite Campus to make this change. We will let you know when this change will go live.

In the past, we have been lenient regarding personal devices. Due to recent security risks affecting district-owned devices, student information, and our obligation to comply with CIPA and FERPA regulations, we must now ask students to refrain from bringing personal devices to school.

For staff, while personal device use is not prohibited at this time, we discourage it for similar reasons. Using personal devices on our network poses significant risks, including the potential for data breaches. If you choose to use a personal device, please do so with full awareness of these risks and take all necessary precautions to safeguard sensitive information.