Minimum specifications (Year 7-9)
Bellbird Park State Secondary College has the following minimum requirements for a Windows device:
- 4GB RAM
- Windows 10/11
- 6 hours battery life
- 128GB SSD Storage
- 11" screen
- Keyboard
- 5GHz WIFI capability
Please note:
Apple MacBooks and AirBooks are accepted, but not preferred
iPads, Chromebooks, Android tablets are not acceptable BYOx device
Recommended specifications for Senior (Year 10-12)
- 8GB RAM
- Windows 10/11
- Intel i5 CPU
- 6 hours battery life
- 256GB SSD Storage
- 13" screen
- Keyboard
- 5GHz WIFI capability
Bring Your Own Device (BYOx)
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a term used to describe a digital device ownership model where students or staff use their privately owned devices to access the internet and departmental networks in an educational setting.
From 2023, all year 7, 10, 11 and 12 students will be expected to attend school with their own device.
All students in years 8 and 9 are encouraged to participate in the program.
School devices will also be provided in a lab environment.
Locker Hire forms
Link to laptop locker hire agreement
Link to phone locker hire agreement
Daymap
Bellbird Park State Secondary College’s Daymap connects students to course resources, assessments and discussions through the Daymap Class Page. Students can also plan their day through the Day Plan.
The Parent Portal is coming soon to Bellbird Park SSC and will enable parents to stay in touch with Assessment Tasks and Results, School Announcements, and more.
Student Daymap tutorial: How to reset your password / sign in
Student Daymap tutorial: How to retrieve learning resources
Email
How to sign into school email
Students' email access link
Students' password reset for emails link
IT Helpdesk
The IT team is here to assist BPSSC students. If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with Daymap or password issues you can email it@bellbirdparkssc.eq.edu.au
BYOx Connection Process
- Students and parents need to complete and sign the BYOx Responsible Use Policy (RUP)
- Both students and parents then spend time navigating the Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner's website
- Students then bring in the completed RUP along with their devices to Information Services during either first or second break.
BYOx Portals
Access to Dell's Department of Education Parent Portal.
Further information on the DELL portal can viewed at Dell BYOD User Guide
Access to HP's Student ready devices. School Code: Bellbird
STEAM Academic Excellence Class BYOx
Here at Bellbird Park SSC, 7E, 8E & 9E are the excellence classes with a focus on STEAM. In this program, ALL students are required to bring their own device from home (BYOx).
Student Advantage - Free Microsoft Office 365
All state school students from Prep to Year 12 can now download multiple free copies of the Microsoft Office 2016 Suite to their personal home and mobile computer equipment.
To install Microsoft Office 2016 navigate to the
Education website. Students are to ensure they are using their school username and password.
Adobe Creative Cloud
At BPSSC, we offer Adobe Creative
Cloud (CC) free for all students. Students with a BYOx are able to install the
full suite of Adobe apps on their Laptop, and students without a BYOx are able
to use the Adobe apps at school only.
BYOx students should have
received a welcome email from Adobe at some point this year, which gives them a
link to creatie their Adobe ID (this will be the same as their e-mail address) and then to install their choice of Adobe apps. Once installed, students will need to login to the
Creative Cloud with their school email address and the password they chose
during the Adobe ID creation.
Students can send an email to it@bellbirdparkssc.eq.edu.au
if they are unsure of this process.
Autodesk
Students can also install Autodesk software for free. This package includes Inventor, AutoCad and Revit. To install please visit Autodesk website and create a student account. When asked to verify that you're a student, you'll need to attach a copy of your timetable from OneSchool.
Please contact Edward Chan, HoD eLearning, on (07) 3819 7222 or via echan31@eq.edu.au for further information on any of the above.
Norton 360 Deluxe (1 year, 3 devices)
Students get a discount on Norton 360. Features include Threat Protection, Secure VPN, Cloud backup, and Password Manager. Link to purchase here.