Tag: Teachers

Yesterday, Microsoft released some minor updates to a few Windows applications that I figured were worth sharing. Some might be pumped to hear that tabs have arrived to the Notepad ... Read More

Closed captions are a great resource to make video and audio content more accessible. Even those with excellent hearing can benefit from the availability of captions in content. Up until ... Read More

As part of conducting a remote class, Zoom provides numerous security and management options. More information about these options can be found below. Meeting Security Settings Every meeting you setup ... Read More

Seesaw, the platform that is utilized by our six elementary schools, does not have a built in mechanism that allows a teacher to assign files (Ex. Word, PowerPoint, PDF etc.) ... Read More

Canvas calls their tool to create and edit content the “Rich Content Editor”. Many of the tools found in the “Rich Content Editor” are similar to those found in other ... Read More

There are areas of Canvas where a teacher might want to look at a specific section of a course that they teach. Under the current setup, course sections are named ... Read More

Canvas has the ability to sync student grades to SchoolTool to save teachers time. When enabled, teachers have the ability to pick and choose the assignments they want to sync ... Read More

Summary Adding a second factor to your online accounts makes it more difficult for a 3rd party to access your account. Two factor authentication (2FA) is a common practice among ... Read More

Microsoft Edge has the ability to translate webpages to and from a variety of world languages. Microsoft Edge will offer to translate a webpage to the user's set language if ... Read More

Microsoft has released a new external tool for Canvas that allows teachers to assign Microsoft Office documents to students. This will replace the Office 365 Cloud Assignment external tool that ... Read More

This summer the SSCSD I.T. Department will be updating district computers to Windows 11. The update brings numerous usability and accessibility improvements that allow teachers and students to better access ... Read More

In the fall Microsoft rolled out an update to Whiteboard and quickly retracted it due to user feedback. After making a few changes, they started rolling out the update beginning ... Read More

Live Participation mode allows teachers to control the pace of the Nearpod lesson, video, or activity while students participate on their devices in class or through video conferencing. Teachers view ... Read More

Launching a Nearpod lesson, video, or activity allows students to join and engage in an interactive learning experience while teachers collect insights and data on student understanding. Teachers launch Nearpods ... Read More

When you want students to complete a Nearpod lesson as an assignment and see all of the data in the Speedgrader, you will want to add the Nearpod lesson to ... Read More

Nearpod allows teachers to create and deliver interactive slides, interactive videos, and gamification & activities to students while collecting data and insights into student understanding - all in one place ... Read More

There are a few tools that allow teachers the ability to add questions to videos to ensure student engagement along with the ability to check for understanding. Canvas Studio is ... Read More

Canvas provides a variety of options to teachers in how they assign documents for their students to complete. One of those options is to assign documents through Kami, which allows ... Read More

-- Original post from https://www.kamiapp.com/blog/what-is-kami/ -- Kami is a digital learning platform that empowers everyone to love learning! In or out of the classroom, Kami provides tools to support any ... Read More

-- Original post from https://www.kamiapp.com/blog/dynamic-experiences-with-kami/ -- As teachers, you all know that there’s no one perfect instructional resource.  We always have a need to modify, change, or improve our teaching ... Read More

-- Original post from https://www.kamiapp.com/blog/digital-whiteboarding-with-kami/ -- Today is all about learning the many tools of Kami and how they can be used to help change the way you whiteboard in ... Read More

-- Original post from https://www.kamiapp.com/blog/building-engagement/ -- In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, interest, and curiosity a student shows when learning. On the surface, it could be ... Read More

Many have asked for ways to better identify class sections in GoGuardian. While GoGuardian does not allow for the renaming of sections because they are synced from Clever, there is ... Read More

GoGuardian has the ability to restrict the access students have to the internet to ensure students are only working on school assignments. In order to do this, GoGuardian needs to ... Read More

GoGuardian is a powerful addition to your classroom, allowing you to monitor student device usage in class to ensure student productivity. GoGuardian also gives you the ability to filter and ... Read More

Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome, based on the same Chromium engine, have the ability to install websites onto the computer, giving the user quick access as well as some features ... Read More

Each teacher laptop (Dell 5310 and 5320) has the ability to connect to additional monitors/displays over a single cable (USB-C). Once the laptop is connected to the dock via USB-C, ... Read More

Click the Start button 2. Hover mouse over Settings button 3. Click Settings 4. Click Devices 5. Click Printers & Scanners 6. Click Add a printer or scanner 7. Wait ... Read More

This year, every course section was given its own course in Canvas. The initial method for combining these sections into one course was time consuming and a little tricky. With ... Read More

When someone shares a folder in Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams, you can add a shortcut to the shared folder in your OneDrive to easily find and work with the ... Read More

With OneDrive, you can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through ... Read More

List of Nearpod Activities and examples of integration. You will find the description of the activity and how the user will see it in use. Underneath are examples and ideas ... Read More

When this school year ends, your 2020 - 2021 courses in Canvas will become "past enrollments". You will still have access to them to see what they contain and can ... Read More

Click here for the Seesaw Help Center ... Read More

Click here for Seesaw Learning Activities by Subject & Grade ... Read More

Click here for Remote Learning with Seesaw FAQs ... Read More

Click here for Seesaw remote learning resources ... Read More

Click here for training and PD that Seesaw provides ... Read More

Click here for a self-paced training for existing Seesaw teachers ... Read More

Click here for a self-paced training for teachers new to Seesaw ... Read More

Zoom has a feature called "Auto-Transcriptions" that does exactly what you'd expect, transcribe and create closed captions for your Zoom meetings live and on the fly. Once enabled within settings, ... Read More

Google has added a new feature to chrome that will create and display closed captions for any audio coming from the webpage you are viewing. The content does not have ... Read More

You can copy course content such as assignments, modules, pages, and discussions from previous Canvas courses into existing courses. You only have access to copy content from courses in which ... Read More

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This document shows you how to change the time zone in your Office 365 calendar, which can resolve issues related to having the wrong time zone set. Changing-Time-Zone-in-Microsoft-CalendarDownload ... Read More

Do you have a great paper lesson you haven’t been able to figure out how to use this year? Transform it in a matter of minutes into a digital lesson ... Read More

A laptop is only as good as its internet connection! It sure doesn't do much good without one. This video shows you how to connect a school laptop to a ... Read More

Do you receive way too many notifications from Canvas in your email inbox? Maybe you want to be notified every time your teacher posts an announcement or grades an assignment ... Read More

Instructions: Sign in to the Zoom web portal.Click Meetings, and click Schedule a Meeting.Select the meeting options. Note there are other options displayed that are not necessary to change or ... Read More

This slideshow shows you how to navigate Windows 10, as well as learn the common and important terms used to describe areas and buttons on the screen ... Read More

This slideshow shows you how to sign into Windows 10 so you can use our district computers ... Read More

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This document contains the best practices for Zoom calls. Best-Teaching-practices-using-Zoom-SSCSDDownload ... Read More

This document provides instructions on how students login to Clever, our single sign on tool. Clever logs into our other platforms automatically. How-to-get-on-CleverDownload ... Read More

This document provides instructions on how students can change their name that appears within Zoom. How-to-Change-Your-Name-on-ZoomDownload ... Read More

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Teachers have been utilizing and loving putting questions within videos using Canvas Studio. I figured I'd send it out again for people that are interested in learning how to do ... Read More