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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Convert Other File Types to Google Drive

Copy of #Convert Other File Types to Google Drive by MARK SLACIN Article Text Convert Other File Types to Google Drive Locate the files from other programs that you want to add to Google Drive. Drag the files into your Drive. Use Cloud Convert to work with Apple Files. Clean up any formatting issues in the new Drive files.      ...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Types of Work Students can Submit

  Transcript Hi everyone I am Whitney Barnett and I am going to use this video to talk about different kinds of file types or different kinds of submissions that students can make digitally. So in this case II at home phase where we're all working from home and trying to find ways our students can submit work digitally. We're running into things tha...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Share Settings

Transcript You will get to know the sharing options offered by many Google products. Docs, Slides, and Sheets can all be shared using the information in this video. Sharing a Doc, Slide set, or Sheet allows the owner of the document to distribute it to an audience, and it allows the owner to permit users in that audience to have differing levels of ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Drag and Copy in ActivInspire

Drag A Copy.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Drag a Copy in ActivInspire Drag a Copy replicates any object on your FlipChart and is a quick way to make engaging activities for your students. Right-click on an object and select Drag a Copy from the menu. A check mark will appear next to Drag a Copy signifying that action has been appli...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: ActivInspire Dashboard

Dashboard.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to use the Dashboard in ActivInspire The ActivInspire Dashboard appears upon opening the software, allowing you to quickly and easily create new resources, access existing resources, and more. To access the Dashboard at any time click the House icon at the top of the window. Select New Flipchart to ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to use the Revealer Tool in Activinspire

Revealer Tool.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use the Revealer Tool in ActivInspire The Revealer tool built into the ActivInspire software is a great way to focus students’ attention and easily chunk information in your lessons. To access the Revealer, select the Tools icon from your Toolbox, or go to Tools, then select the Revealer Menu...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: AP9 Sign in Options

AP9 Sign In Options.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: ActivPanel 9 Sign In Options: Getting Started: Create a Promethean Account Go to one.prometheanworld.com Select to sign in with your school email Complete the required fields Check the box to accept the End User License Agreement and Privacy Statement Click Complete Account Sign in Options: Si...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Using Cloud Connect to Open Explain Everything Projects on ActivPanel 9

Using Cloud Connect to Open Explain Everything Projects on the ActivPanel 9.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Using Cloud Connect to Open Explain Everything Projects on Your ActivPanel 9  1. Create your Explain Everything lesson from your account in a web browser at www.explaineverything.com. This can be done using either the Free plan or the Exp...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Sound Settings While Hard-Wired Mac

Sound Settings by Kate Haddad Article Text: Sound Settings: When Hardwired: Resize computer screen when connected to the panel - Click on the Apple in top left of computer screen Click System Settings Click Sound Select the your ActivPanel  When Using Screen Share: Follow same steps as above, but select the BlackHole 16CH option.      ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Resize Screen

Screen Settings by Kate Haddad Article Text: Screen Settings: Resize computer screen when connected to the panel - Click on the Apple in top left of computer screen Click System Settings Click Displays  Select the ActivPanel as the display   Use the sale underneath to resize.       ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Ways to Screen Share

Screen Share by Kate Haddad Article Text: Screen Share Wireless Computer Connection There are many ways to share your screen wirelessly to the ActivPanel.  If you are using a windows device or Mac - The Screen Share app is the only method that will allow you to turn on the Touch Feature. This means you will be able to click and interact with a websi...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Using and Organizing Google Drive

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: AP9 Essentials Cheat Sheet

AP9 Essentials 1.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Hardware Fundamentals: Care for your panel: Use a 100% Cotton or Micro-Fiber ClothNo volatile solventsDo not spray liquid directly onto the panelCheck with your districton panel cleaninginstructions  Create a Promethean Account: 1. Go to one.prometheanworld.com  2. Select to sign in with your sch...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean - ActivPanel as Stand Alone Device

Stand-Alone Device by Kate Haddad Article Text: ActivPanel as a Stand-Alone Device: Think of your ActivPanel as a giant tablet! Since you have access to the internet on the ActivPanel, you can likely use many of your resources directly from the Panel. To access the internet: Open the Unified Menu and click on the Locker  Locate the Chromium App Use ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Creating Posts

  Transcript creating posts within ParentSquare it allows you to communicate pertinent information with students families once you are logged into your parent Square account you'll want to go to the left hand side navigation menu and select posts then you'll select the pencil icon that says new post this Rich content editor box will display this is ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to change to ActivPrimary View in ActivInspire

ActivPrimary by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to set Primary View in ActivInspire In ActivInspire v2.16 onwards, you can switch between the Studio style and the Primary style from the View menu. Open ActivInspire and click View. Select the Primary Look and Feel option at the bottom of the menu to switch to the blue and yellow Primary interface. ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Use Actions in ActivInspire

Actions.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Actions in ActivInspire ActivInspire makes it easy to apply Actions to objects, adding an extra level of interactivity and engagement to your flipcharts. Begin by selecting the object you wish to apply an Action to. Note: If you select more than one object, you can apply the same Action to all ...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Organizing Student Homepage

< Transcript Hi my name is Jennifer Marion, see I'm a TPAC coach at Beaumont magnet Academy this is a short video on organizing your canvas page and making it more easily navigated for students. You'll notice when you're on the teacher side you can see all these things here, and for students especially in the younger grades that can get quite con...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Docs

Copy of #Google Docs by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Docs Word Processing Tool Will convert files from other programs. Can share with viewers and editors. Integrates nicely in Canvas.      ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: AP9 - Getting Started and Creating a Promethean Account

KCS - AP9 Day 1.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Day - 1 Step by Step Checklist  Go to one.prometheanworld.com on your district computer to create/sign in  to your account using your email. Once signed in on your computer locate the Sign in to ActivPanel 9 boxes Turn your ActivPanel 9 on by pressing the red power button on the center console. If...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to use Layering in ActivInspire

Layering.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Layering in ActivInspire In ActivInspire flipcharts, all objects – such as images, shapes, text, and annotations – are placed in layers. You can move objects from one layer to another, allowing you to create interactive lessons and activities. The best way to visualize layering is to view your...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Sound While Using Screen Share

Sound Settings by Kate Haddad Article Text: When Hardwired: Resize computer screen when connected to the panel Click on the Apple in top left of computer screen Click System Settings Click Sound Select the your ActivPanel  When Using Screen Share: Follow same steps as above, but select the BlackHole 16CH option.      ...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Viewing Student Traffic

What Does Browser Tabs Show Me? The Browser Tabs window in Hapara Highlights shows you what students are doing during an online lesson in near-real time. Browser Tabs gives you visibility into students’ online activity so you can guide and encourage students. Browser Tabs also allows you to create a safe and supportive online learning environment, w...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Exporting Course Content

Transcript This video will show you how to get content from a previous course to a new course. There are two ways to export content from a course and move it to a current course. The first is to use the Commons. So, I'm going to go to a course that I want to export. I'll go to Summer Course 3, and from here, I can go to Settings and I'm going to sel...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Getting Started

  Transcript Getting started with Mastery Connect. This video will include information on linking Mastery trackers to a Canvas course utilizing the Mastery Connect Community. Creating assessments. The tracker assessment list and support for Mastery connect Linking Mastery Trackers. Be sure if you are cross-listing your Canvas course that you have cr...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - How to make Assignments in Canvas

Transcript How to create an assignment in Canvas. This is a beginning level course for those who just been just started using Canvas and don't know how to create an assignment.  I'm in the Canvas help for KCS at-home course and that's where you would find links to other videos and more information on how to help you with Canvas. I'm going to look ov...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Downloading Screen Share on Mac

Copy of Download ActivInspire by Kate Haddad Article Text: The Screen Share App is the preferred method because it will allow you to turn on the touch feature.  Click on the App Launcher on your your Mac and locate the Knox County Self-Service Find Promethean Screen Share and click download. Open the Screen Share App on your computer as well as the ...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Share Settings

Copy of Google Share Settings by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Share Settings General Access Restricted: Only people who have been added to the access group. Knox County Schools: Only people who are logged into Google with the KCS Google account. Anyone with the Link: All people who have the link. Role Viewer: People with access can view the file....

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Accessing Word/Excel With One Drive

  Transcript Okay, in this last video, we're going to look at opening a new Word document or an Excel document and sharing it with people that we need to have access to it and then manipulating it into the folder that we want it to be in. So I'm here in my My Files. Now we're going to click New, get this long list of options. That we can choose from...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Additional Information Regarding Lockdown Browser

What is the Lockdown Browser?   LockDown Browser by Respondus is a customized browser that allows for increased security when you deliver assessments in Mastery Connect. When LockDown Browser is enabled, students can not print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications while taking the assessment.   Teachers can enable LockDown Browser f...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Control Panel from a Distance

Control Panel From a Distance by Kate Haddad Article Text: Control Panel from a Distance: There are a few options to control your Panel from a distance. If you are using your Panel as a stand-alone device (meaning no computer attached) - Use the remote control. The arrows on the remote will allow you to move through slides. You can also use a wirele...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Panel Support

Please visit https://sites.google.com/knoxschools.org/promethean-kcs/home to locate all help topics related to the Promethean Titanium panel (v7) and Promethean AP9 panel (v9)....

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Fall 2023 Updates

  Transcript We will review the recent updates made to the Mastery connect platform and offer critical details about its integration and utilization within the canvas platform. I will share various aspects including navigation, the integration process with canvas, the enhanced user experience for creating assessments, and other improvements. Additio...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: No Signal for Hard-Wired Computer

No Signal by Kate Haddad Article Text: No Signal for Hardwired Computer: If your computer is not projecting when connecting with cables try these troubleshooting steps: Make sure your computer is not in standby mode/turned off Restart your computer Unplug the cable and reconnect Try the other cables provided (is using the USB-C try the HDMI+Touch an...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Embedding Youtube Videos

Transcript This video will show you how to embed a youtube video on Canvas.  To embed a youtube video simply find the video that you would like to embed, click share, click embed, copy the embed code, then go to the place on Canvas where you would like to embed the video. You could do this on a page on a discussion on an assignment or on a quiz. Wit...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Create a Promethean Account & Set Up NFC Card

Create a Promethean Account & set up NFC Card by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text:  Account Set Up one.prometheanworld.com click sign in with Google  NFC Card There are 2 in your box, one should be collected and distributed. Tap the card to the card reader sign in tap the card again You can try your prox card. It doesn't always work though (newer on...

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Updated October 8th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Accessing Reports - Admin & Coaches

As a Mastery Connect administrator (admin) or a user with Benchmark Reporting permissions, you can download, view, and distribute the Mastery View Predictive Assessment reports. The Mastery View Predictive Assessments from Instructure are rigorous state-specific benchmarks that measure student academic progress and predict summative outcomes on stat...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - A New Way To Teach - Cheryl Yeatts, Rockingham County School District

Transcript It’s a calling. It is not something you choose to do; it’s something you have to do. You’re born to do it, and you can’t do anything else. I did not have a very good high school experience. I was not very popular, and I didn’t have a lot of friends. What makes me feel good at the end of the day is when I have had the chance to offer an op...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Video - ActivInspire Intermediate

Transcript: Inserting Multimedia in ActivInspire Active Inspire allows you to add images, sounds, video files, and website links to your flip chart with a few simple clicks, adding even more engagement and interaction to your lessons and activities. You can bring in media from the "Insert Media from File" button on your toolbox or go to "Inserting M...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Course Navigation

  Transcript Hi in this video we're going to talk about your course navigation and what I mean by that is you're inside your class in canvas and you don't really know where to go or click so that's what we're going to look at now. The first thing that you do, the first thing you're looking at whenever you click on one of your courses is the home pag...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Opening Performance Grader for Grading Paper-Based Assignments

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on the Tab above the Assessment Column on the Tracker. 3. Hover next to the first empty cell on the tracker. Click the orange note icon to launch the Performance Grader. 4. Scroll down to see the answer choices and select the answer that the student chose. 5. Navigate to the next questions and record res...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Educator Guides

Getting Started with Hapara https://support.hapara.com/hc/en-us/sections/7099163963033-Getting-started-with-H%C4%81para?page=1#articles What's the best way to use Hapara? https://support.hapara.com/hc/en-us/articles/9862730727193-What-s-the-best-way-to-use-H%C4%81para Quick start guide with Hapara https://support.hapara.com/hc/en-us/articles/8949185...

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Updated November 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Chromebook Access

Copy of #Chromebooks by MARK SLACIN Article Text Chromebook Access Kiosk apps force the Chromebook into single-app lockdown mode. Enact kiosk apps before logging in. Exit kiosk mode by pressing the power button. Login to the Chromebook with a KCS email address and password. Students: s#######@student.knoxschools.org. After logging in, many standard ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: AP9 Quick Tips

AP9 Quick Tips.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Quick Tips for ActivPanel 9 and ActivPanel 9 Premium Pinning Apps:From the applications folder, press and drag your 3 most frequently used apps onto themenu to pin them there for easy access. Creating Shortcuts:Open Chromium from the applications folder, navigate to the website you want to add,sele...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Search Tips

Copy of #Google Search by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Search Tips “ ” : Use quotation marks for an exact match – Recipe for “Boston cream pie” -  : Use a minus sign in front of words to exclude (Boolean NOT) – Pizza near me -Domino's ~  : Use a tilde in front of words for which you will accept a synonym – Types of ~lawyers (attorneys, barristers...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google Docs

Transcript You will learn how to work with Google Docs, a cloud-based word processing program. There are two ways to create a Google Doc: you can log into Chrome and open your Google Drive apps from the waffle. From here, you can select Docs and begin authoring a new document, or you can go into your Drive and select "New." You can choose a Doc and ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Install the Resource Pack in ActivInspire

Installing Resource Pack.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Install the Resource Pack in ActivInspire If you have ActivInspire software, you will also want the Shared Resources that accompany it. These include valuable lesson-building resources for a variety of subject areas. To download and install the Resource Pack, begin by visiting supp...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Creating a Record of Student Browsing

What are Snaps? A Snap in Hapara Highlights is a record of a student’s browsing activity. It contains a picture of the student’s screen, along with other helpful information. Snaps improve communication and encourage collaboration, reflection and critical thinking. For example, you could send a student a Snap with a positive message about their onli...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Chromebook Screen Capture

Copy of #Screen Capture on Chromebooks by MARK SLACIN Article Text Chromebook Screen Capture Shift + Ctrl + Show Windows key OR Quick Settings menu >> Capture Choose the mode of screen capture: still photo or recording      ...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Rich Content Editor

Transcript Hello! Today I’m going to show you the new Canvas Rich Content Editor, or RCE, and how it differs from the old RCE. Canvas will be replacing the old RCE with the new one sometime during Summer 2020. For now, you can preview it in Canvas by going to Settings in your Canvas course, selecting Feature Options, and flipping the switch next to ...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Play Activities in ActivInspire

Playing Activities.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Play Activities in ActivInspire Activities may be played as stand-alone tasks or added to your Flipchart Activities are accessible from the Dashboard To access the Dashboard at any time, click the House button along the top of the window. Select Activities. Within this window you will be...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

LearnPlatform: When is a Review Necessary?

Copy of Tool Request Process by MARK SLACIN Article Text To request a digital tool review: Check the Knox County Schools District Library in LearnPlatform: Is the tool in the KCS library? Yes: What is the tools status? Approved? You are able to use this tool as a part of your classroom instruction. Reviewed and Denied? Choose another tool from the L...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: ActivPanel Engagement Tricks

ActivPanel Engagement Tips-Aug_Sep.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Screen Capture: Liven up Diagrams - Screen Capture or Import your resource to Explain Everything or the Promethean Whiteboard Make sure your resource has text answers. Cloud Connect or Import: Fill in the Blank - Select the pen icon from your toolbar. Change the pen color to mat...

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Updated November 7th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Video - Trackers, Assessments, and Updates

Transcript: Welcome to Mastery Connect updates. I am Cat Shoun, an EdTech liaison with the district. In this session, I will demonstrate the procedure to connect a Mastery Tracker to a Canvas course, guide you through the enhanced user experience for creating assessments, and discuss the latest updates to the platform. Mastery Connect is an educatio...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Saving Substitute Plans to the Locker on Titanium

Sub Plans How-To by Kate Haddad Video Transcript:  Hi everyone. Today I'm going to go over how you can create substitute plans and save them directly to your active panel. Now, this is going to be a great way to prepare your sub plans for a few reasons. First reason, it will be right into your locker, which means a substitute, even if they're not te...

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Updated November 8th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Khanmigo Teacher Tools

Khanmigo Teacher Tools Introduction by CATHERINE SHOUN Transcript Khanmigo Teacher Tools are a powerful suite of AI driven resources available directly within Canvas designed to support teachers with planning, communication, and instructional tasks. With over 20 tools seamlessly integrated into Canvas, Khanmigo serves as a collaborative partner for ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Use Commands in ActivInspire

Editing Toolbars and Commands.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Commands in ActivInspire Learn how to customize your Main Toolbox and Marquee Handles with tools you frequently use. If using a Mac, begin by going to View, then Customize. If on Windows, go to File, then Settings, then select the Commands tab. Choose from All Commands or ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Dock the Toolbox in ActivInspire

Docking Toolbox.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Dock the Toolbox in ActivInspire ActivInspire allows you to dock and reposition the toolbox to best fit your needs. Select the menu icon to access docking options. Attach the toolbox to the inside edge of the ActivInspire window in the chosen position, or leave it floating so that you can d...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Slides

Copy of #Google Slides by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Slides Presentation and Graphics Tool. Will convert files from other programs. Can share with viewers and editors. Integrates nicely in Canvas.      ...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Using the Calendar

  Transcript In this video we're going to talk about how to use the calendar feature in your canvas account. The calendar is a great way for you to know any kind of upcoming assignments, upcoming quizzes, or maybe a task that you have to complete for your class.  Now there are two ways to get to your canvas calendar. The first way and probably the e...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: K-2: Turning on Text-to-Speech for the Entire Class

Instructure 4 Steps 1. Go to the course in Canvas. Click on Mastery Tracker. 2. Click on Tools and Accommodations 3. Click on Enable for all students. 4. Click on Save...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Building a Module

    Build a Module   Modules can connect learning activities and build students’ schema for the “big ideas”,  topics, or units.  A Module is a grouping of Canvas components such as Pages, Assignments, Quizzes, or URLs to other Websites such as YouTube Videos or Google Apps placed in order as the teacher sees fit.   In a Summer Course, create a modul...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Forms

Copy of #Google Forms by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Forms Poll/Quiz Tool. Can be distributed to many users. Can report to Sheets for data collection/analysis. Embeds directly into web environments      ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Creating Shortcuts in Chromium

Creating Shortcuts.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Creating Shortcuts:  Within applications, tap on Chromium and then navigate to a website that you commonly use. On the website, use the 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner to access Chromium's menu. Select Add to Home Screen Optional: Tap on the text to rename the website shortcut. Tap Ad...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Student Groups

How to Create Student Groups in Teacher Dashboard Grouping students in your classroom is a great way to differentiate instruction. With Hapara Teacher Dashboard's Groups feature, you can create digital student groups and easily differentiate instruction online. The Groups feature is highly customizable and gives you the flexibility organize students...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Blocked SSO

Copy of Sign in Google Process by MARK SLACIN Article Text Are sites blocked when you use “Sign in With Google?” New Google policies have changed the way schools use this login option Sites must be on an allow list to use this option. Request that a product be placed on the allow list by initiating a LearnPlatform product review. This process can ta...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Chromebook File Management

Copy of #Chromebook File Management by MARK SLACIN Article Text Chromebook File Management Users can choose to store files by downloading them to Chromebook's limited hard drive and in the cloud through Google Drive. Save a web file by two-finger clicking on the file. Select where to save the file. To save a file that's already in Drive to the Chrom...

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Updated October 8th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Smart Alerts vs. Urgent Alerts

PS Alerts (1).pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: ParentSquare: Types of Alerts Smart Alert: Timely alerts and reminders Can schedule or send instantly & choose method of delivery Flexible recipient list Examples: canceled sporting event, picture day Urgent Alert: Critical event Defaults to immediate text, email, and voice call Can only send to...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - How to use Speedgrader

Transcript Hey, everybody! We are live. I'm here with Megan Tolan, and we're on our journey of helping people understand how to use Canvas. We've been doing this for a couple of days and have a lot more to go. Megan Tolan is one of our educators that we're so excited to have; she's been with Canvas for a long time, switching from K-12 to higher ed, ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google Forms

Transcript You will learn how to work with Google Forms. Google Forms allow you to solicit information from an audience online. There are two ways to create Google Forms: you can log into Chrome and open your Google Drive apps from the waffle. From here, you can select Forms and begin creating questions, or you can open your Drive from the waffle, s...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Replying to Post Comments

  Transcript Have you ever replied to a parents comment on a parent square post and the parent let you know they weren't able to view your response? Here's why that might be happening. After you've posted something on parent square, parents have the ability to comment if you'd turn on commenting features. Here's an example of one right here. Let's s...

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Updated October 14th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: What is LockDown Browser?

LockDown Browser by Respondus LockDown Browser by Respondus is a customized browser that allows for increased security when you deliver assessments in Mastery Connect. When LockDown Browser is enabled, students can not print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications while taking the assessment. You can learn more about the LockDown Brow...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Google Files - One Original in Many Places

Copy of Google Files: One Original in Many Places by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google files can be viewed in a variety of digital locations Create files in Google Drive to allow for access through the cloud. Share or access files though the link created for each file. Distribute the file in many different digital spaces. Make revisions immediately av...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Magic Ink in ActivInspire

Magic Ink.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Magic Ink in ActivInspire Magic Ink allows you to reveal concealed images and can add an extra level of excitement and engagement to your lesson. MagicInk works because ActivInspire FlipCharts are created in layers. The Magic Ink tool simply works as an eraser on the topmost layer, where you ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: End of Year Procedures

KCS EOY Promethean Panel Procedures by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: End of Year ActivPanel Procedures:  Move Files: Move any locally stored files on your Promethean Panel to a flash drive, One Drive, or Google Drive. Sign out: On a v7/Titanium Panel sign out of your Google Drive on Chrome and/or Chromium and Cloud Connect. On an AP9 ActivPanel sign...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Embedding Videos and Content

  Transcript Hi I'm Emily Butterfield a sixth grade science teacher at Bearden middle school and I want to show you one of my favorite features in Canvas. And this is to embed a video or you can even embed content which allows when your students open a page or a quiz they can go ahead and view the video they don't have to follow a link and you know ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Fix a Panel ID Error

Panel ID Error by Kate Haddad Article Text: Troubleshooting: The panel MUST be plugged in to ethernet in order to Screen Share. If you are still getting a Panel ID error, you will need to make sure your Privacy settings are allowing Screen Share. Open the Screen Share App on your computer as well as the ActivPanel. Screen Share is located in the Uni...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Creating Posts

  Transcript Creating posts within Parents Square allows you to communicate pertinent information with students' families. Once you are logged into your ParentSquare account, you'll wanna go to the left hand side navigation menu and select posts. Then you'll select the pencil icon that says new posts. This rich content editor box will display. This ...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Creating Assessments New User Experience

Transcript They've introduced significant improvements to the user experience of assessment creation resulting in faster and more efficient processes and expanded options for utilizing Item Banks. Additionally the new user interface offers the conveyance of converting classic quizzes into Mastery connect assessments with just a few clicks. To begin ...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Teacher Dashboard

Teacher Dashboard Quick Tips and Best Practices View and Access Student Work Teacher Dashboard will show you all of the most recent work your students are producing in Google Drive. Links to files are organized in each student's Student Tile. You can also click to view a preview of the work, view the actual file, or open the student's folder – all f...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Getting Started with Canvas

Transcript Visit knoxschools.instructure.com. You will see two buttons on the screen: teachers will select the "Students" and "Teachers" buttons to log in. This will require your single sign-on email and password. Canvas offers a comprehensive set of notification settings to help users stay informed and engaged with course updates and activities. Th...

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Updated November 4th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Appointment Sign Ups

Transcript Within ParentSquare you can set up appointment signups which can be really helpful for setting up times for conferences to meet with families. To create an appointment sign up you'll want to select posts off the left hand side navigation within ParentSquare and then instead of selecting a new post like you would normally do to create a po...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Signing on to Teams for the First Time if You're a Student

  Transcript: Microsoft Teams for Education makes it easy for you to connect with your classmates and teachers online.  Let's get started. First, sign into office.com Sign into Office Comm with your school email and password. Open your email to see if you've received a link from your teacher to join a class team. If you don't have a link, select the...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Accounts and Login

Accounts in Canvas   Everyone who is a staff member  (gets a paycheck) OR a student (gets a report card) has an account in Canvas! You can log in at any time! All accounts for students and staff are auto-login.   http://knoxschools.instructure.com     You can help others log in including students and other staff. Everyone can log in! If you need to ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Troubleshooting Guide

Basic Troubleshooting Guide.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Touch Issues: (sometimes confused with “freezing” of device) Check all cables are properly connected. Connect directly (no wall box/dock) USB - B Cable required for touch on all external devices. OPS - M: Test with USB mouse to see if touch is lost or device has crashed ("frozen") Ensu...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to use the Spotlight Tool in ActivInspire

Spotlight Tool.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use the Spotlight Tool in ActivInspire The Spotlight tool built into the ActivInspire software is a great way to focus students’ attention and easily chunk information in your lessons. To access the Spotlight, select the Tools icon from your toolbox, or go to Tools, then Spotlight. There are...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Spinner Guide

Create a Custom Spinner.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Creating Custom Spinners Manually at the ActivPanel  To create custom spinners that save to your Promethean roaming profile, start by signing into your ActivPanel 9. Within Applications, tap on the Spinner app. Tap on the name of the current spinner to access the preinstalled list of spinn...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Calibrate Screen, Pen not Aligned

Calibrate by Kate Haddad Article Text: Calibrate Panel: Your ActivPanel does NOT calibrate. Instead, change your computer display settings to align touch.  Resize computer screen when connected to the panel - Click on the Apple in top left of computer screen Click System Settings  Click Displays   Select the ActivPanel as the display   Use the scale...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Logging In

Logging in to Hapara  Go to app.hapara.com.  It's a good idea to bookmark this page for convenient access later. Sign in with Google. Make sure to use your school Google (SSO) credentials and that you are not signed in to your personal account. Click Accept when prompted to link accounts. Select always allow pop-ups, if prompted.     Getting Student...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Change Settings in ActivInspire

Settings (1).pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Change Settings in ActivInspire Once you are regularly utilizing ActivInspire in your classroom, there may come a time when you would like to customize your tools and ActivInspire experience even further. Go to File - Settings Click the Settings tab to access a menu f customization options alo...

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Updated November 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: SubAccount Admin: Adding Courses

  Steps: Go to Canvas   1.Click on Admin 2.Click on your school. 3.Click on +Course 4.Type the Course Name 5.Type a reference code. 6.Choose Sub Account 7.Click on Enrollment Term 8.Select Term 9.Click on Add Course 10.Click on Go to the new course 11.Click on People 12.Click on +People 13.Type teacher's email. 14.Click on Teacher 15.Click on Next 1...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Restarting the ActivPanel

Rocker Switch by Kate Haddad Article Text: Rocker Switch: What is it? The rocker switch is used to force restart the ActivPanel. When do I use it? Only use this button when troubleshooting. It IS NOT NECESSARY TO USE THE ROCKER SWTICH TO TURN OFF YOUR ACTIVPANEL EVERYDAY. Titanium ActivPanel: Look at the back  right side of the panel and locate the ...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Link a Mastery Tracker in Canvas

  Transcript Welcome to Mastery Connect Updates. I am Cat Shoun, an EdTech Liaison with the district. In this session, I will demonstrate the procedure to connect a Mastery tracker to a Canvas course, guide you through the enhanced user experience for creating assessments, and discuss the latest updates to the platform.  Mastery Connect is an educat...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Video - Event Recordings

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Updated July 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: ParentSquare QR Code

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Touch Not Working While Hard-Wired

Touch while Hard Wired by Kate Haddad Article Text: Touch While Hard Wired Mac: If you have a Mac with USBC ports, you only need 1 cord. Do not use a dongle, instead connect computer directly to panel. The USBC cable will allow sound, sight, and touch.      ...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Adding Text to Speech Accommodations In MasteryConnect

  Transcript: To add text to speech accommodations to a Mastery connect assessment teachers will navigate to the Mastery tracker within canvas, select the tools icon, scroll down to manually set for each student, and select save. Next, the teacher will navigate to the student who needs the accommodation, select edit, add the accommodation for the ne...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Saving Passwords in Chromium on an AP9

Saving Chromium Passwords on AP9 by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text:  Sign into Promethean Account on ActivPanel 9 and open Chromium  Select the three vertical dots in the upper right hand corner Select settings then passwords. Turn on save passwords. Turn on enable auto sign in.  Type website of choice in the URL web browser bar. Sign in with username...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Imports & Exports

  Transcript Hi, in this video, we're going to show you how to share a module or a course to Commons, as well as import a module or course from Commons. First, it's crucial to ensure that the module or course you want to share is published. Let's start by selecting the module or course. I'll use my French 1 course as an example. I'll navigate to the...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Chrome Browser

Copy of #Chrome Browser by MARK SLACIN Article Text Chrome: Preferred browser in Knox County Schools Log in to Chrome with your Google credentials to access your tools across devices. Use extensions to add operability to your Web experience. Let Chrome manage your passwords. Use the omnibox to enter URLs and enter search queries.      ...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Grading a Discussion with a Rubric

Transcript Hi friends here we are back again. I'm gonna do a little more grading with you or feedback with you today. Here we are in our course and I'm just gonna select to go to grades. This information also shows down the right-hand side of my screen as the teacher and it tells me to grade. You can also download the app and grade directly from you...

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Updated October 15th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Frontline Professional Growth: Help Guide for General Users

What is Frontline Professional Growth? Frontline Professional Growth is the professional learning management system used to document all professional development and parent contact hours. How do I log in? From the KCS website in the top bar navigate to Staff >> Links >> Frontline (MLP and Aesop) You can also use the link below: Click her...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Whiteboard Cheat Sheet

Copy of Copy of Copy of Whiteboard Cheat Sheet by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Open, save, and share whiteboard lessons Dual-user mode - two toolbars Pens & highlighter - 4 sizes double tap to change Undo & Redo Change backgrounds Pre-installed and custom organizers Eraser - 4 Styles Math tools - ruler, set square, 180* & 360* protracto...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Create Activities in ActivInspire

Creating Activities.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Create Activities in ActivInspire Activities are a quick, easy way to add additional engagement to your instruction. With ten different activity types to choose from, they’re an ideal way to help students practice skills and concepts, no matter your grade level or content area. Activiti...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Creating Announcements

hello again and in this video I'm going to show you how to make announcements in canvas so occasionally you'll want to put out information quickly for your entire class to see and you can really do this in announcements so you can see once again that I'm in the summer course that I have made I'm going to click into announcements and to create a new ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Account Settings

  Transcript Let's look at the settings of your account in parent square. Within your account settings you'll be able to view and edit certain information. To get to your account you'll want to be on the homepage of parent square and then on the Thank you. On the top right corner you will see your name. If you click on the drop down next to your nam...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Accessing Assessment Code

# Go to masteryconnect.com and click login with google. 4 Steps 1. Click on the Accelerated 4th Grade Student Tracker 2. From the MVPA column, Click on Assess. 3. Click on Assess 4. This is the assessment code for the student. The student will login to student.masteryconnect.com and enter the code to access the assessment....

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Prepare your Mac's Settings for Teams Use

  Transcript In this video, you will see how to set your Mac permissions in order for your team's meeting to act appropriately. I have a team's meeting here set up as a test that we're going to use in just a moment. Before I get into this meeting, however, I am going to go ahead and check my camera and my microphone because these are the two main in...

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Excel Basics, Using Functions

  Transcript Tools and enter the costs into our workload care. So we are going to highlight B3 through E three. Okay? And then over here to the far right, we get functions, different functions that we can utilize within our workbook. And so the very first one, that e symbol's going equal your sum, but if I hit that dropdown menu you get a list of si...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to use Shared Resources in ActivInspire

Using Shared Resources.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Shared Resources in ActivInspire ActivInspire software comes complete with a range of resources to help you quickly create dynamic lessons and activities. To access go to the Resource Browser Select Shared Resources This resource library includes templates, backgrounds, grids, ic...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Embedding Google Slides

Transcript I'm Alysa. I'm going to show you how to embed a Google Slide presentation into a Canvas course. Okay, so here I am in Google. Here are my Google Slides that I want to embed. I'm going to open them, and I'm going to go ahead and go to File and publish to the web. Don't worry about the auto-advancing option, but up here you're going to chan...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Video - ActivInspire Beginner

  Transcript: Drag a Copy in ActivInspire Drag a copy is one of Active Inspire's most versatile features. Use it for labeling, categorizing, practicing numbers, letters, and more. It's a quick way to create engaging activities for students. You can use it to replicate any objects within your flip chart. To apply drag a copy, select an object and rig...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Explain Everything Whiteboard Overview on AP9

Copy of Explain Everything Whiteboard Application by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Found in the applications page, the Explain Everything Whiteboard is a great addition to your classroom. Everything you loved from our old whiteboard and so much more! When you first open the app you will be prompted to “See the Features” of our new Explain Everything...

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Updated October 8th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Accessing Reports - Teachers

  Steps: Go to your Canvas Course. 7 Steps 1.Click on Mastery Tracker in the Course Navigation Menu. 2.Click on Assessments 3.Click on List View 4.Click on the Scores Report Icon. 5.Click on Predictive Reports 6.Check Selected Files 7.Click on Download Selected      ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Delete Files from Titanium

Deleting Files by Kate Haddad Article Text: You can add images to your gallery from a browser or from cloud storage, but what if you want to “clean house?” Open the Locker from the Unified Menu Choose “Files” Choose “Downloads” or “Internal Storage”  LONG press on the item(s) you want to delete Choose the trash can in the upper right corner  Confirm...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Use Layout in ActivInspire

Layout.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Layout in ActivInspire ActivInspire makes it easy to customize the overall look and feel of your user experience. Learn how to change your layout for a customizable experience. On a Mac device begin by going to View then Customize. On a Windows device go to File then Settings or View then Custom...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Parent Information

Hapara is coming to our School! You may hear your student talking about a new digital tool called Hapara. (This is good news!) Hapara is a tool that gives teachers a simple way to: Deliver digital lessons that give students choices Create personalized experiences to meet individual academic needs Engage and collaborate positively with students Provi...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Interacting with Student Desktops

How do I Communicate with Students in Highlights? While using Hapara Highlights, you can communicate with students within seconds. Highlights has three main communication features available to all teachers: Announce Email Snaps These features allow you to build relationships with your students, give consistent formative feedback, and provide additio...

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Updated November 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: SubAccount Admin: Managing User Access while grading Required Videos

  Steps: Required Videos Canvas Course 5 Steps 1.Click on Settings 2.Click on Sections 3.Click on the section. Schools will only have one section to choose from. 4.Find the user and Click on the X to remove the user from the section. *Be sure you are removing the student login and not the teacher login. 5.Select OK      ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Post Add Ons

  Transcript post add-ons allow for additional features and information to be gathered from the posts that you share with families to create an add-on within your post you'll want to start a new post and then on the left hand side you'll see the different add-ons that are available once you've typed in your information within the actual text box of ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to do Rub and Reveal in Promethean Whiteboard

Rub and Reveal by Kate Haddad Article Text: Rub and Reveal What and Why? Rub and Reveal is a fun way to increase engagement in any lesson. I like to think of it as a virtual scratch-off ticket. Rub and Reveal activities are quick and easy to make in the Promethean Whiteboard App.  How? The first step is to locate the resource you wish to use. It is ...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Accessibility

Copy of #Google and Accessibility by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Drive Offers These Accessibility Tools: Voice Typing Live Captioning for Media Present with Captions Chromebook Screen Reader - ChromeVox & More      ...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Your KCS Google Account

Copy of #Your KCS Google Account by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals for KCS Employees Log into your KCS Google account at www.google.com Use your KCS email and password *No Gmail accounts are used. Use Google within Canvas to make sharing documents with students simple. Share Google files with colleagues for coll...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Student use of Screen Share on Chromebooks

Screen Share Chrome Extension by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Student use of Screen Share from Chromebooks: Visit the Google Chrome Store and download Promethean Screen Share  Click on the puzzle piece in the top right of your Chrome browser, select Promethean Screen Share Enter the panel ID just like you do with the regular Screen Share App. Click...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - How to Create a Teams Meeting (Updated 2024)

Transcript In this video, you will see how to set up a team's meeting using Microsoft Outlook 365. The first thing to do is to navigate to your Outlook account. Once you're in Outlook, make sure you're on your calendar screen and you'll simply click the top blue button on the left, this is new event. You're going to create a calendar event just as y...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to use Desktop Annotate in ActivInspire

Desktop Annotate.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Desktop Annotate in ActivInspire The Desktop Annotate tool provides you with seamless interaction with existing resources, websites, and more. Desktop Annotate appears on your Dashboard on opening ActivInspire and is also accessible from your main toolbox. Once you launch Desktop Annot...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Creating a Media Recording Assignment

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on Dashboard 3. Click on your course 4. Click on Assignments 5. Click on +Assignment 6. Name the assignment 7. Type student directions in the box. 8. Select 'Online' and 'Media Recordings' as the submission type 9. Click on Save...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Save a Flipchart in ActivInspire

Saving A Flipchart.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Save a Flipchart in ActivInspire Saving an ActivInspire Flipchart is easy. Go to File, then select Save or Save As. You will be prompted to select a location on your device. Give your Flipchart a name and click Save. *Note:use ResetPage to restore your Flipchart to its most recently save...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Explain Everything Whiteboard Cheat Sheet

Explain Everything Whiteboard Cheat Sheet.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Menu: Save, open, and export files. Access the help center. Customize settings. Add Media: Add content, such as PDFs, images, sticky notes, YouTube videos, and more! Hand: Select objects to manipulate (drag, resize, duplicate, lock, etc.) Pen & Highlighter: 8 size opt...

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Basic Overview of One Drive

  Transcript Okay, in this quick video, we're going to go over a quick overview of how to utilize and navigate through OneDrive.  So the easiest way to access your OneDrive account is to go through your Outlook, your email. So if I'm in here in my web browser and I go to my email address and you got your normal files and folders over here, you get a...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

LearnPlatform: Video & Article - Request a Review

Transcript The Learn Platform can be accessed from the Staff Links page on the Knox Schools website. Knox County Schools uses the Learn Platform to communicate about the appropriateness of specific digital tools. The Learn Platform consists of a Knox County Schools-specific library of apps and tools that are in use by teachers and students across ou...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: ActivInspire Task Cards

ActivInspire Task Cards (1).pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Task 1: New Flipchart Launch ActivInspire and the Dashboard If the Dashboard is not visible, select the house icon in the upper right corner of your AcivInspire window. Select New Flipchart Select the Pen Tool from your Toolbar choose a color from the color palette Right-click on a col...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Creating Buttons

Transcript To create a button, I'm going to go to another tab to use a presentation tool. It could be Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Canva. I'm going to use Google Slides, and I'm going to get a blank slide and create a square. You could use any shape that you like; you can use any image that you like. I'm going to fill my square in, customize the co...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Use Profiles in ActivInspire

Profiles.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text:  How to Use Profiles in ActivInspire Profiles allow you to fully customize your ActivInspire experience. You can create and edit Profiles at any time. Access Profiles through the Profiles icon on your main Toolbox  To edit profiles go to Edit - Profiles Create, edit, and use different Profiles for a rang...

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Updated October 22nd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Create Breakout Rooms within the Teams Calendar

  Transcript in this video, we're going to look at how to create breakout rooms within the teams calendar in your teams meeting.  So I am here creating a new meeting I went with my people invited. I've got the time. I've got everything set up. And now I want to create before the meeting ever starts. I want to go ahead and select and create breakout ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Connect a Document Camera

Connect a Doc Cam by Kate Haddad Article Text: Connect a Doc Cam: You can plug a document camera directly into the panel. You will not need to download additional software.  If your Doc Cam uses a USB cord: Plug it into the panel.  Click on Locker. Click on Camera If your Doc Cam uses a HDMI cord: Plug it into the panel.  Click on Source Select the ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Video - ActivInspire Advanced

Video Transcript: Adding items to My Resources active inspire makes it easy to manage resources you frequently use within the my resources area of the resource browser. Begin in your resource browser. If your browsers are not visible go to view then browsers. Select my resources, add a new folder by selecting the my resources menu, and choosing crea...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

LearnPlatform: Introducing a New Reviewer to the Process (email body text)

    I'm on the team for reviewing digital tools for the district.  We collect consensus on whether or not a tool should be available on our network and post the status in  LearnPlatform.   We recently received a request to review xxxxxxx and I thought you'd be the best person to determine if this is a quality tool and whether or not the tool should ...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Tables in Canvas Pages

Transcript Hi my name is Becky poling I'm a sixth grade math teacher at Bearden middle school.  Today I'm going to show you how I use tables and canvas pages let me share my screen okay so this is my current home page for my honor students and it's just see I have a banner at the top and as you scroll down I have several different banners that go ac...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Cleaning your ActivPanel

Questions? - Email edtechliais by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Goodbye Germs How to clean your ActivPanel Materials needed: Microfiber cloth 70-90% isopropyl alcohol lightly spray a microfiber cloth with 70-90% IPA In a single direction, wipe the screen of the ActivPanel Avoid the narrow sides of the touch bezel, connection points, and ventilation ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Grades and Assignments

Transcript Hello! In this video, I’m going to show you how to add assignments and set up the gradebook for your Canvas course. Before we get into a course, I want to take a moment to explain the relationship between assignments and the gradebook. While assignments in Canvas can collect student file submissions online, they can also act as placeholde...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Using Unpublish to File Resources for Topics

  Transcript Hi, my name is Jennifer Marianski. I'm a TPACK coach at Beaumont Magnet Academy. This is a quick little video just to talk about modules and helping yourself through those modules in an organization type of way. If you'll notice, this module called the Fun Run Fundraiser has some activities for students to do, and all these green activi...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Crosslisting Courses

Transcript List courses on Canvas. First, locate the courses that will be cross-listed. You want to be sure that you are selecting courses that have the same subject, with different students—so different sections of the same subject. For this teacher, both of these courses are the same, so we will cross-list these courses. Choose one course to be th...

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Updated November 4th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Data & Who is Viewing Your Posts

Transcript Would you like to see which families are interacting with your posts and viewing them after you've created a post, you can find that information below the post.  Underneath your post, you'll see this eyeball icon appear. After you've posted this lets you know how many families have been notified for this specific post. I can see that eigh...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Blocked SSO

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Opening GradeCam for Grading Paper-Based Assessments

  Steps: 1.While creating a Mastery Connect Assessment, filter the items. Click Other Features 2.Check Gradecam 3.Check Printable 4.After Students take the assessment, navigate to the assessment within the Mastery Tracker. Select Scan scores. The Grade Cam will open. 5.Once Grade Cam is enabled, hold the bubble sheet up to the camera to scan.      ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Grading with Speedgrader

Transcript Accessing the SpeedGrader, this video is going to cover the Canvas SpeedGrader. In the Canvas gradebook, there are many different ways to access the Canvas SpeedGrader. The first way is on the dashboard. Over on the right-hand side, you'll notice your to-do list. Your to-do list is populated with students' assignments that have been turne...

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Updated September 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Pair with Observer in Canvas

Steps: Begin with the student's account:knoxschools.instructure.com  From a bookmark or www.knoxschools.org, navigate to Canvas. 4 Steps 1. Click on Account2. Click on Settings3. Click on Pair with Observer4. Copy the code provided to you. It will change each time you access this feature. Now, you'll move to the parent account:knoxschools.org Go to ...

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Promethean: Video - Explain Everything

Video Transcript: Introduction Explain Everything is the leading digital whiteboard platform for delivering engaging lessons and collaborating with students in real time. Whether you begin with a blank canvas or save time by importing resources you already have on your computer, creating interactive lessons, tutorials, and recording video has never ...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Sheets

Copy of #Google Sheets by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Sheets Spreadsheet tool. Can be distributed to many users. Can generate charts and graphs.      ...

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Updated October 8th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Best Practices for Communicating with Families

best practices for communicating with families using ParentSquare (4).pdf (US Letter) by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: ParentSquare: Best Practices: Communicating with Families 1. Keep it Concise: Parents are busy, so ensure messages are clear, relevant, and concise. 2. Use Multimedia: ParentSquare allows you to share images, videos, and other multi...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Using the Control Bar in a Teams Meeting

Transcript To use the toolbar in your team's meeting you're going to hover on the call screen and a toolbar should pop up here in the middle or the bottom of your screen. you'll see the time that the meeting's been running you can turn off your camera or turn it on you can mute or unmute yourself. Here's where you're going to share the screen or uns...

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Updated August 27th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Teacher Does Not See Tracker within a Cross-Listed Course.  Toggle to the Students icon at the top of the Mastery Tracker and select your other tracker. Email edtechliaisons@knoxschools.org with questions or if additional support is needed. Mastery Tracker is Unable to Add Due to “No Sections Found.” Check to make sure the teacher adding the tracker...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Lockdown Browser

  Transcript To enable the lockdown browser for a formative assessment go to the canvas course, locate the assessment under assignments, click on assess, scroll to the lockdown browser icon, and click. You'll notice a popup comes up that says students must have Respondus lockdown browser installed on their device.  The lockdown browser was pushed to...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Recording a Video on a Chromebook

Transcript This video will show you how to use the camera app built into your Chromebook to record a video and then save that recording to your Google Drive. To access the camera app, select the launcher in the bottom left corner. In the search bar, type in "Camera" and select the camera icon. Your camera will appear on the screen. You can take a ph...

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Updated October 14th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Access Individual Student Reports

    Steps Log in to Mastery Connect6 Steps1. Click on the Admin tab.2. Click on Benchmarks under Assessments3. Filter to select the Subject and Class4. Select more at the end of the row and click Predictive Reports5. Click on the "isr" PDF6. The Individual Student Reports will download.     https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/Navigating-Mastery-Connec...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Quick Start Guide

Transcript Hey guys, we are live for the last time this week, so pay attention. My good friend Sam—Sam's one of our Canvas trainers—put together, with the help of the training team, a really cool resource that we want you to be aware of. The training resources as a whole, but also a specific training about really preparing to launch with Canvas LMS....

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - How to Post an Assignment

Transcript Hey everybody! We are live. I'm here with my friend Tammy Neal from Florida. Let me tell you a couple of cool things about Tammy. Besides being one of our very favorite Canvas users, she also runs the eSports program at her school in Florida, which is one of the first in the state. Tammy, welcome! How are you? I'm doing well today! Gettin...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Communicating with Students

Transcript Intro: That's okay, everybody! We are live with my dear friends, the Canvas Newscasters. You guys don’t know Eddie and Marcus; they are a couple of my very favorite Canvas users. This is Mark Booth from the Canvas team. You guys are aware that, with everything going on with COVID-19, we're trying to give you some extra special hints, best...

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Canvas: Video - How to Use Modules

Transcript Introduction: Hey, everybody! We're live again with one of my favorites. We're here with Kat, flipping with the coolest last name of all Canvas users. Me, your last name, and we'll decide! Kat is one of our Canvas admins based out in Georgia. She is filled right now, as you can imagine, with teaching teachers how to set up their courses f...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Engaging Learners from Kindergarten to 12th Grade

Transcript John Davidson: For our district, Canvas is a tool that works all the way down from our youngest learners, our kindergarteners, all the way up to our seniors in high school. It’s a tool that when we look at our young learners, is highly intuitive. It has the features that they need to collaborate and communicate. When we look all the way u...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Print a Mastery Connect Assessment and Bubble Sheet

Instructure 2 Steps 1. When creating the Assessment, be sure to select Printable and Grade Cam. 2. Click on Assignments Masteryconnect 4 Steps 3. Click on the assessment 4. Click on Assessment 5. Click on Print 6. PDF to print will generate Masteryconnect 2 Steps 7. Click on Bubble Sheet 8. Click on Download Bubble Sheets. PDF to print will generate...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Organize the Dashboard

Transcript Hi, friends! This is Theresa. I'm here to help you get organized. First off, hopefully you've been able to log into Canvas and get to your dashboard. Your dashboard is the very first thing you'll see when you log in. You'll notice, for example, here I have six different items that are currently on my dashboard. One thing you can do first ...

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Updated November 13th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google and Canvas Integration

Transcript Teachers and students have the ability to link their KCS Google Drives. This gives course designers the flexibility to not only author items directly in Canvas, but also to access items in Drive to use in conjunction with their Canvas content. Students must have their Google accounts attached to Canvas in order to view the documents that ...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Add to My Resources in ActivInspire

Adding To My Resources.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Add to My Resources in ActivInspire Easily manage resources you frequently use within the My Resources area of the Resource Browser. Begin in your Resource Browser. If your browsers are not visible, go to View, then Browsers. Select My Resources. Add a new folder by selecting the My ...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Locate the MVPA in Canvas

# Go to the Canvas Course 5 Steps 1. Click on Mastery Tracker 2. Click on Assessments 3. Click on the Tracker Icon to the right of the assessment. 4. Click on Assess 5. Assessment ID will be generated....

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Discussion Boards

  Transcript Hello, my name is Melody Hawkins, eighth-grade science teacher at Environmental Magnet School, and I would like to show you how I use Canvas discussion boards to create an interactive Canvas course for my students. I like to use many features of Canvas, but one that I have learned to truly appreciate are the discussion board features. I...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Direct Share

Transcript One of the newest features on canvas is direct share. In this video we'll show you how to use direct share on your canvas course.  So there's two things that direct share can do. With direct share you can instantly copy something to another course that you are a teacher in or you can send something directly to another teacher or another c...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Modules & Pages

  Transcript Hello my name is Melody Hawkins, eighth-grade science teacher at my middle magnet school, and I would like to show you how I use canvas modules and pages to keep my canvas course organized and to keep everything very student user-friendly.  When students log into canvas and visit my course they will only have two options. Once they get ...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Formative Feedback

How to Give Formative Feedback with Teacher Dashboard During Learning Giving formative feedback to your students is an essential instructional strategy. When students receive feedback throughout their learning process, they’re more likely to succeed and have a deeper understanding of concepts. It’s challenging, though, as a teacher to find the time ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - New Users

  Transcript Hi, my name is Jasmine Floyd and I'm one of the educational technology liaisons. In this video, we'll look at how to use parents where as a new user. Go ahead and type in this bit lead into your chrome browser and then you'll have access to this slide. Go ahead and type in this video and then you'll have access to this slide. If you hav...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Submitting a Website URL

  Transcript this video will explain how to submit a website url on canvas.  This activity asks me to use google to find information about a city. I then need to submit a url link that will lead to a map of this city. To do this i'm going to open a new tab and search for the city. I'm going to locate a website that also gives me a map of the city an...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: File Upload Assignments

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on Dashboard 3. Click on your course 4. Click on Assignments 5. Click on +Assignment 6. Name the assignment 7. Type student directions in the box. 8. Select 'Online' and 'File Uploads' as the submission type 9. Click on Save...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Drive

Copy of #Google Drive by MARK SLACIN Article Text Drive Drive is cloud based storage space that is accessible from any device that has an internet connection. Drive Apps Drive access includes several productivity tools. Forms Docs Sheets Slides Jamboard & More      ...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Orientation as a Teacher

  Transcript Hi friends. This next segment is about how to become oriented as a teacher to your course. First, what we want to do is actually go into our course. So we're going to select the KCS Connect, which is our department course for teaching and learning supports. You just click on the words. The first thing that will open up is the homepage. ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Groups

  Transcript Parents Square has the ability to create groups that can be used for athletic teams, after school clubs, or even for small groups. If you lead one of these designations, you can have a group created for you or a if you have the privileges in parents square, you can create a group that would allow you to pull in the students that you wor...

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Updated October 15th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Introduction for Parents

  Welcome Parents! How many times have you missed… Flyers at the bottom of backpacks? Parent Teacher conferences? Flyers at the bottom of backpacks? Introducing our school's very own parent app! Stay connected from anywhere with our online portal and parent app Parentsquare! Get all school notifications in one place. View only whats relevant to your...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: URL Submission Assignment

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on Dashboard 3. Click on your course 4. Click on Assignments 5. Click on +Assignment 6. Name the assignment 7. Type student directions in the box. 8. Select 'Online' and 'Website URL' as the submission type 9. Click on Save...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Organizing with Modules

Transcript Hi my name is Jennifer Maryanski this is a short video on organizing your canvas page for students and putting everything new you want students to do within modules. If you'll notice I'm in student view right now I just want you to see that my students can see all the things that I want them to they can see discussions and quizzes.      ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chrome - Logging in

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - StudentSquare

  Transcript Students square as parent squares communication tool that allows teachers, athletic coaches, or after school club sponsors to communicate with students in 9 through 12th grades. This feature is not turned on for elementary and middle school students. To communicate with students in parent square teachers or staff that have access to cre...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - PS for Administrators

  Transcript Hello, this is the session ParentSquare for administrators. Go ahead and grab your phone or other mobile device and open up your camera and you can scan the QR code that's right here so that you have access to the slides. The slides are also linked in- and the Canvas modules so feel free to open them that way as well, but you'll want to...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Canvas Inbox and Announcements

  Transcript Last two features I'm going to share with you about communicating with students. First is in the inbox. Now you can message any student in any course that you are connected with and so you would just select the inbox here on the left-hand side and then you can actually as the teacher filter what you have depending on your various course...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Exporting Content (Leaving the district)

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. From inside the course, click on Settings 3. Click on Export Course Content 4. Click on Create Export 5. When the progress bar is complete, refresh the page and select the course Export. It will download an .imscc file....

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Google and Canvas Integration

Copy of #Google and Canvas Integration by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google + Canvas Integration Click your account and open settings. Click Google Drive under Other Services Authorize the integration making sure to use your KCS Google account To repair the integration, delete the Drive Web Service and re-establish the integration. Google + Canvas Int...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Adding Bulk Batch of Students using Aspen

# Go to ASPEN 5 Steps 1. Click on Student 2. Click on the Field Set Menu icon. 3. Click on Student Canvas/Google Login 4. Click on Print. 5. Click on CSV...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Grading an Assignment in Speedgrader

  Transcript Back again on my grade book we'll notice here that in 3.8 I have one other item to grade. So again I like to always grade from the speedgrader so click your 3 ellipses the 3 dots and then let that open up. This one is where your students your teachers are submitting their action plan and so I can actually go through and read this. This ...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Providing Feedback on Discussion Boards

  Transcript Another little bit of canvas learning here on how to offer feedback on discussions.  We're gonna go directly into our KCS Connect 101 course and remember right here our students cannot see most of these items but you can as the teacher. We're gonna head into modules and the little red backpack reminder means this is a task something tha...

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Outlook, Teams, 365 Suite

  Transcript Hello and welcome to Knox County Schools. My name is Brian Milan and I'm an ed tech liaison here for KCS in this video today I'm going to be showing you how to access your email how to log into Microsoft Teams and how to get all the tools available to you in Office 365. To get started in my opinion is to start at the Knox County Schools...

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Updated October 22nd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Basic Options, Manage Organizers, Download Attendance in Teams

  Transcript Okay, so in this video, we're going to link a couple of different options that you have available to you when you are setting up a team's meeting. So, I have gone ahead and started and clicked in the new meeting and I've added a couple of people here that I'm going to send invites to for the meeting. Before I even do that, a couple of o...

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Sharing Folders/Documents with One Drive

  Transcript Okay, in this video, we're going to focus on sharing files and how to manage that access once you've shared the file.  So I am back in my OneDrive under my files. We're going to go ahead and click on this folder. We're going to talk at the end of how to share an entire folder, but we're going to start with a specific document. So there'...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Organize Schoolwork with Microsoft Teams

  Transcript Today's classrooms are always evolving. Sometimes you're all learning together in person, but other times, you're learning remotely or working after class. Using tools like Microsoft Teams, you don't have to miss a beat when it comes to keeping your schoolwork organized. Plus, everyone can share the same research, drafts, notes and more...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Speedgrader and Messaging Students from Gradebook

  Transcript Okay so we've offered feedback on discussions but now we want to go in and look at our quiz that we actually had I'm about to show you all some of my very favorite features that exist inside of canvas.  If you will select grades there on the left hand side this will actually take you into our Gradebook and what you'll be able to see in ...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Accessing Email, Teams, & Office 365

  Transcript Hello and welcome to Knox County Schools. Congratulations on your new position. My name is Brian Milan and I'm an Ed Tech Liaison here for Knox County Schools. I'm gonna be showing you how to access your email, how to access Microsoft Teams, and to access the entire Office 365 suite.  That you have now access to. So I feel like the easi...

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Updated October 22nd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Create an Event with a Teams Meeting & Locate the Team Link

  Transcript In this video, we're going to accomplish two things. We're going to look at creating a team's meeting from an event within our account Microsoft Outlook calendar. And we're going to identify how to locate that link and send it to other people or attach it wherever we want it to be attached to.  So within my Microsoft Thank you. Outlook,...

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Updated October 21st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Uploading Files/Sending Emails with One Drive

  Transcript Okay, in this video, we're going to look at how to upload a file into your OneDrive, and then how we can download that file after we have shared it, and email it out to the people that we want to have it.  So I'm here in my OneDrive under my files, I'll pair it the top of the file. You can see there's no, again, that's how we get to our...

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Updated October 22nd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Record Teams Meetings and Locate Recordings

  Transcript Okay, in this video we're gonna learn how to record a video within your team's meeting. So I am here in teams. We're getting ready to start the meet. And I'm gonna ask me to invite people, but we're just gonna focus on just us, cuz we're just worried about how to record. I get this list of different options up here at the top when I'm i...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Connecting with Microsoft Teams as a Student

  Transcript Whether you're studying at home or on the go, Microsoft Teams for Education allows you to quickly connect with your classes, teachers, and friends using tools like video chat, audio calls, and chatting from your mobile or desktop. Let's take a look.  Start by opening the Teams app. To start a conversation with the entire class, select a...

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Updated October 14th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Submitting a Ticket for a Teacher with a Name Change / Merging Teacher Accounts

  Steps: 1.Go to app.masteryconnect.com 2.Click on the Help Icon (question mark) Masteryconnect 3 Steps 3.Click on Submit a support request 4.CC the teacher by typing their name in the box 5.Click on 'I Have A Problem' Zendesk 4 Steps 6.Under Category, Click on 'Tracker' 7.Type "Teacher Merge" for Subject 8.Type a description of the problem. 9.Type ...

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Updated October 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Microsoft Office: Video - Working with Classes and Classmates on Teams

  Transcript School involves a lot of moving parts. Classes, classmates, documents, projects, and more. With Microsoft Teams for Education, you can connect with all of these parts to make everything seamless, even if you're not in the classroom. Let's take a look.  To get started, open the Microsoft Teams app from your desktop, browser, or mobile de...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Tracker & Assessment List

foreign tracker you will now notice that you have an assessments tab by selecting the assessments tab you will see a list of all assessments that are linked to this tracker from the assessments list within the tracker you will see a list of all of the assessments linked to this tractor tracker as well as all of the drafts so you can see here that we...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Getting to Know the Dashboard

Transcript The Dashboard is the first thing you'll see when you log in to Canvas. It contains course cards for recent and upcoming courses, or those you've marked as favorites. Additionally, you'll find a list of items to complete, upcoming activities, recent feedback on graded work, and a panel to view grades. Instructors see average grades for the...

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Updated October 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Using Community Resources in MasteryConnect

  Transcript Connect Community offers a platform for educators to connect and collaborate with fellow teachers who teach the same subject and use the same standards. There are two main ways to utilize this community.  Firstly, Educators can follow other teachers by logging into masteryconnect.com and selecting more from the navigation menu. From the...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Import Files into ActivInspire (Smart Notebook/PDF)

Importing Guides.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Import a SMART Notebook File in ActivInspire To import a SMART Notebook file, go to File, Import, then SMART Notebook File v8, v9, v9.5, v10. You will be prompted to find your file. Find your file and select Open. Depeding on the size of your SMART Notebook file, it may take a moment to im...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chromebook Screenshots

Transcript You will learn how to take screenshots and make recordings on a Chromebook. There may be times when you need to capture part or all of your Chromebook screen, or you may need to record part of the action happening on your screen or yourself. Chromebooks have tools to accomplish these things. Let's see how to use them on a Chromebook. Ther...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Default Toolbar Settings in Activinspire

Default Toolbar Settings.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Default Toolbar Settings in ActivInspire The default Toolbar in Activinspire should lool like this: (see article) Not this: (see article) To change these settings: go to File - Settings - Dual Mode Activboards. Be sure the Touch input handling says Touch OR Stylus, and the Touch Interoper...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Embed Google Files in Canvas

Copy of #Embed Google Files in Canvas by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google files + Canvas Create the Google file you want to embed in Canvas. Defile the share settings on the file to ensure proper access for the audience. Use the plug-in in the rich content editor to activate Google Apps. Select the Google file you created for this purpose and save yo...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Rub and Reveal in ActivInspire

Rub and Reveal.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Rub and Reveal in ActivInspire One of ActivInspire users’ favorite tricks is what we call Rub and Reveal. Rub and Reveal quickly allows you to add an extra level of engagement to your lesson. To create the Rub and Reveal effect, select the Pen tool. From the color palette, select the sam...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Getting Started

Getting Started with Hapara What is it? Hapara allows for teachers to:  Have live visibility into web activity of students  Limit use of time on specific websites or activities  Create leveled groups  Easily share links for websites/documents/assignments Logging in Teachers will Navigate to: app.hapara.com Students DO NOT have to login. The extensio...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Open Whiteboard Files in Explain Everything

Opening PWBs in the EE Whiteboard.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: Select “Project Options” (3 Dots) Select “Open” Navigate to and select your Promethean Whiteboard file (.pwb) Your Promethean Whiteboard file will now open in the Explain Everything Whiteboard      ...

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Updated October 31st, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Google Files and Canvas Assignments

Copy of #Google and Canvas Assignments by MARK SLACIN Article Text Google Files & Canvas Assignments Create the Google file you want to use as a template for a student assignment. Create the assignment in Canvas. Use the Eternal Tool submission type and find Google Docs Cloud Assignments. Select the Google file you created for this purpose and s...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Creating Discussion Boards

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com and then go to your course. 2. Click on Discussions 3. Click on +Discussion… 4. Give the Discussion a Title 5. Provide directions for the discussion. 6. Determine whether student names will appear. (Instructors can ALWAYS view student names, regardless of this option.) 7. Check other options. Instructure 2 Steps ...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - RL-DT-Canvas and Microsoft Teams

  Transcript Afternoon everyone, I'm excited to share with you about how Microsoft teams will integrate into Canvas. What it's going to allow our students to do is to simply click on a link that's embedded in canvas that will take them immediately to a Microsoft team's meeting. So you could think of that synchronous learning piece where you're hosti...

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Updated November 7th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Unscheduled In-Service Guidelines

Unscheduled In-Service Guidelines '24 - '25 A plan of professional growth activities, which provides for the continuing education of support personnel, teachers, principals, and central office personnel, is an essential component of the instructional program of Knox County Schools. The in-service program is a vehicle by which the professional growth...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Shape Recognition in ActivInspire

Shape Recognition Tool.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Use Shape Recognition in ActivInspire The Shape Recognition tool in ActivInspire is perfect for teachers and students alike to turn simple annotations into authentic math lessons. To enable Shape Recognition, use the Tools icon in your main ToolBox, or go to Tools, then Shape Recogni...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Allowing Students to View Previously Completed Formative Assessments

1. Go to the Canvas Course 2. Click on Assignments Instructure 5 Steps 3. Select the Assessment 4. A box will pop up. Click on Privacy. 5. Select or de-select the appropriate options. 6. Select Save. 7. Student View...

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Mastery Connect: Reopen a Benchmark Assessment

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Promethean: Inserting Links, Video and Sound to ActivInspire

Inserting Media Guide.pdf by KATHLEEN HADDAD Article Text: How to Insert Multimedia in ActivInspire ActivInspire allows you to add images with a few simple clicks, adding even more engagement and interaction to your lessons and activities. Insert Media from the File Icon. Add media using the Insert Media From File icon from your toolbox, or go to In...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Using Rubrics

Transcript Hey everybody, we are back and live again with my friend Meghan Tolan. Hey Meghan, how are you? I'm doing really well St. Mark, how are you? Good. Meghan is pulling double-duty while she has a toddler somewhere in the house, hopefully not screaming, talking to us today a little bit about rubrics. So feel free, as always, drop your comment...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Which Model Do I Have?

Which Model? by Kate Haddad Article Text: Which Model ActivPanel Do I Have? Titanium vs. AP9 Premium Titanium 7 has a remote that is black  An AP9 remote is white A titanium 7 remote features a flame located in the center to access the menu An AP9 remote uses the Promethean symbol on the right to access the menu A Titanium 7 remote uses a plus and m...

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Updated August 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Lucid: Video - Getting to Know Your Free Lucid Educator Tools

Transcript Hello, in this video you will learn how to use Lucid for educators as a standalone product or in conjunction with Canvas. We'll talk in a moment about what Lucid is, but first you'll need to know how to log in. You can perform a Google search for Lucid login, or you can simply go to Lucid.doapp. When you go to log in, you want to make sur...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Embedding Google Docs

Transcript Okay, so a little bit more canvas work here while I get ready for next semester.  What I want to do is take this page that I have created in canvas for the semester to study drawing topics for art - and if I go over here to this Google Drive document that I have created, I want to take this and I want to embed it into a canvas content pag...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Editing Sections

# Go to the Canvas Course 7 Steps 1. Click on Settings 2. Click on Sections 3. Click to open a section 4. Click on the student you need to edit. 5. Click on the student's name. 6. Click "more user details." 7. Conclude the enrollment in the section that the student is no longer enrolled in....

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Navigation

Navigation    Finding your way around Canvas once you have logged in isn’t too hard. Just a few tips will help you find what you need.    There are two layers of navigation. Inside courses and outside courses. The outer gray layer is there to help you get from one class to another. The inside white navigation in a course is there to help you find yo...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Resetting Student Passwords

  Steps: 1.Go to ars.knoxschools.org 2.Type the student's name into the quick search at the top of the page. 3.Check the box next to the student's name. 4.Click on Reset Password 5.Type new password. 6.Confirm the password. 7.Click on Finish to Save, or Cancel to stop the operation. 8.Directions for Filtering by School      ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chrome KCS Account Profile

Transcript You will learn about the Google Workspace for Education fundamentals account you were issued as a Knox County Schools employee. Go to www.google.com and log in to your Knox County Schools account using your Knox County Schools credentials. If this is your first time logging into Google Drive as a Knox County employee, you will need to res...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google Sheets

Transcript You will learn how to work with Google Sheets, a cloud-based spreadsheet program. There are two ways to create Google Sheets. You can log into Chrome and open your Google Drive apps from the waffle. From here, you select Sheets and begin entering data into a new spreadsheet. Alternatively, you can go into your Google Drive and select "New...

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Updated November 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Mastery Connect: Printing Bubble Sheets

  Steps: 1.When creating the Assessment, be sure to select Printable and Grade Cam. 2.Click on Assignments 3.Click on the assessment 4.Click on Assessment 5.Click on Print 6.PDF to print will generate 7.Click on Bubble Sheet 8.Click on Download Bubble Sheets. PDF to print will generate.      ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google Slides

Transcript You will learn how to work with Google Slides, a cloud-based presentation program. There are two ways to create Google Slides: you can log into Chrome and open your Google Drive apps from the waffle. From here, you can select Slides and begin authoring a presentation. Alternatively, you can go to your Google Drive and select "New." You ca...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chromebook - Working with Files

Transcript You will learn how to work with files on a Chromebook. Chromebooks are primarily designed to be used on the web, and they utilize Google's cloud storage; however, there are other options for storing your files. Because Chromebooks utilize Google Drive, any documents such as Docs, Slides, or Sheets will be automatically saved in Drive as y...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Text Entry Assignment

Instructure 6 Steps 1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on Dashboard 3. Click on your course 4. Click on Assignments 5. Click on +Assignment 6. Name the assignment Instructure 4 Steps 7. Type student directions in the box. 8. Select 'Online' as the submission type 9. Check Text Entry 10. Click on Save...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Mrs. Park's 1st Grade Class

Transcript Janet Park: I just love First Grade because they come with so many stories. They love school and learning. They're just so teachable. You can have a student start out the year not knowing how to read or write. By the end of the year, they're writing books. They're reading chapter books. It's really an amazing growth process.  Canvas: Canv...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Crosslisting

# Go to your Canvas Dashboard. 17 Steps 1. Select the course that will serve as the shell, or parent course, for the other courses to live in. Open the course. 2. Click on Settings in the Course Navigation Menu 3. Copy the SIS ID 4. Click on Dashboard 5. Click on the other course. 6. Click on Settings 7. Click on Sections 8. Click on the name of the...

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Updated August 19th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Lucid: Video - KCS Collaborative Workspaces

Transcript Hello, in this video you will discover how to use Lucid boards as a collaborative space inside of Canvas. So here in my Canvas course, I'm going to pretend that I am about to have my students work on something, and I am going to have them do that work through my Canvas course on a page. So I'm going to call this "Goods and Services." I'm ...

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Updated August 23rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Completing and Signing Forms

Open ParentSquare   Enter your email OR phone number. **Must match what is in Aspen.** Find Your Student’s Form Find“Summer Learning Camp Student Information.” Use the Search if needed. Click on the Post. Read the message. Click the Form at the top of the message. Complete the Form                           Click "I Approve" when finished. Sign the ...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Registering a Parent Account

Apple Android #1: Search for ParentSquare Video Video #2: Open ParentSquare Enter your email OR phone number. ***Must match what is in Aspen. #3: Enter Verification Code If you entered a phone number, you will receive a code in your text messages.Open your text message to get the code. If you entered an email address, you will receive a code through...

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Updated August 14th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Lucid: Video - Inviting Participants to Collaborate

Transcript In this video, you will learn how to share your Lucid Spark whiteboard with students in order to invite them to live collaboration. There are a couple of things to know about sharing within Lucid. Up here at the top, you can see a very prominent Share button. When you open that menu, you can give individuals access much like you do with G...

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Updated August 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Viewing Archived Student Data

Steps: Login to app.masteryconnect.com with your KCS Google account.1. Click on Trackers2. Click on Archived3. Click on the old Tracker.4. Click on Settings5. Check Former students6.Click on Save7.Students and Data are now visible.      ...

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Updated October 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Downloading Grades from a Canvas Course

Transcript To download grades from a Canvas course, first select "Grades" from the left navigation pane. Then under "Actions," choose "Export." This will immediately begin a file download that you can open in Excel. Mine appears at the bottom of the screen because I'm in Chrome. Depending on how many grades you have, it may take a while. If you try ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Google Docs Cloud Assignments in Canvas

Transcript You will learn how to use Google Docs Cloud Assignments directly within Canvas. If you do not yet have your Knox County Schools Google account registered in your Canvas account, please view the video called "Integrating with Canvas" in order to establish that connection. Once you've established that connection, you can return to this vide...

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Updated October 22nd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Video - Changing Mastery Tracker Name

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Adding a Collaborator to a Tracker

Instructure Community Guide Steps: 1.Go to the Canvas Course 2.Click on Mastery Tracker Masteryconnect 4 Steps 3.Click on More options 4.Click on People, then Add collaborator 5.Type collaborator's name 6.Select Teacher and Update      ...

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Updated September 18th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Adding an SDC US History Tracker

  Steps: Go to your SDC American History Course in Canvas 11 Steps 1.Click on Mastery Tracker 2.Click on Link Mastery Tracker 3.Click on Select Source… 4.Click on Create a new Tracker from a standard set 5.Click on Title and add your last name to the auto-populated course title. 6.Click on Subject and Select Social Studies 7.Click on Core 8.Click on...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare; School Admin: Invite Unregistered Parents, Staff, & Students

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Registro de la Aplicación Para Padres (Registering a Parent Account)

En Español Apple Android #1: Buscar ParentSquare Video Video #2: Abrir ParentSquare Ingrese su correo electrónico O número de teléfono. ***Debe coincidir con lo que hay en Aspen. #3: Ingrese el Código de Verificación Si ingresó un número de teléfono, recibirá un código en sus mensajes de texto. Abra su mensaje de texto para obtener el código. Si ing...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Adding Previously Used Assessments to Tracker/Canvas

  Steps: 1.Inside the Canvas Course, navigate to the assignments list. Find the Mastery Connect assessment. Click on the ellipsis and select "Delete." 2.Go to the Mastery Tracker inside the same Canvas Course and select "Add Assessment." Then select "My Assessments." 3.Locate the Assessment. Then Select "Add to Tracker." 4.The assessment will now po...

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Updated September 16th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Managing Available Dates on Mastery Connect Assessments

Steps: Click on the Mastery Connect Assessment2. Click on Edit Assignment Settings3. Click on Manage Due Dates and Assign To4. Adjust the Available Dates and Due Dates, then select Apply.5. Click on Save      ...

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Updated August 27th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

MasteryConnect: Publishing and Unpublishing an Assignment as an Instructor

As an instructor, you can publish or unpublish an assignment in a course. Unpublished assignments are invisible to students and excluded from grade calculations. You can manage the state of all assignments on the Assignments Index Page, or you can manage each assignment individually. Note: If you use Modules in your course and add an Assignment to a...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Create Google Cloud Assignment

1. Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2. Click on Dashboard 3. Click on your course 4. Click on Assignments 5. Click on +Assignment 6. Name the assignment 7. Type student directions in the box. 8. Select 'External Tool' as the submission type 9. Select 'Find' 10. Select 'Google Docs Cloud Assignment' 11. Click on the Google Document you would like to...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Add a Youtube Video to my Canvas Course

YouTube LTI   You will be able to add a YouTube video to a Canvas page with no ads or other junk on the page! You can search within Canvas and add to the page easily! Teachers and those using Canvas to create content for others can easily add multimedia to their pages to make them more interesting and fun!   Getting the YouTube App Go to   http://kn...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Extending courses for Homebound/Elevate Students

Extended  Homebound/Elevate Instructions  for KCS Canvas     Homebound and Elevate Students Homebound and Elevate Teachers Canvas Sub Account Administrators or EdTech Liaison Classroom Teachers :  May want to be a teacher in the ongoing course to add materials for the student.       Table of Contents   Table of Contents 2 Overview for Homebound/Elev...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Create an Assignment

Create an Assignment   In a Summer Course, create an Assignment and name it. Click Assignments on the Left Menu Click the   +Assignment Give your Assignment a name and click  Add Assignment    Add information and directions to your Assignment.   Adjust your Assignment Settings for who sees it and when as well as how the student response will be subm...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Create a Discussion

  Creating a Discussion   Not only are discussions great ways to see student thinking and allow shy students to have a voice, articulating written responses to digital content is becoming a life skill.   In a Summer Course, create a Discussion and name it. Click Discussions on the Left Menu Click the   +Discussion Give your Discussion a name and cli...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Setting your Dashboard

Dashboard   Over the years you have been given many courses in Canvas. You only need the newest and most used ones on your dashboard. Add your school course and other important courses to your dashboard. You can put courses into deep storage such as  Summer Courses.    Go to Canvas and Login  http://knoxschools.instucture.com Click on Courses in you...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Transfer Ownership of Google Drive Files

Steps: Google 8 Steps 1.Login to your KCS Google Drive. 2.Create a new folder that will be used to hold all the files you wish to transfer. Name it Files to Transfer. 3.To move files into the Files to Transfer folder, select the files you wish to move and use the "Move To" feature. 4.Now that the files are all in one folder, open the Files to Transf...

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Updated November 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: SubAccount Admin: Fixing Google Connections

    Steps: 1.Reset Student's Password in ARS.knoxschools.org 2.Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 3.Click on Assignments 4.Click on the Google Assignment the student is unable to access. 5.You may see this screen or a spinning wheel. 6.Click on the lock (or building icon) in the left corner of the address bar. Then click on cookies and site data. 7.C...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Student Passwords

1. Go to ars.knoxschools.org 2. Type the student's name into the quick search at the top of the page. 3. Check the box next to the student's name. 4. Click on Reset Password 5. Type new password. 6. Confirm the password. 7. Click on Finish to Save, or Cancel to stop the operation. 8. Directions for Filtering by School...

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Updated November 11th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Student Annotations Assignments

  Steps: 1.Go to knoxschools.instructure.com 2.Click on your course 3.Click on Assignments 4.Click on +Assignment 5.Name the assignment Instructure 4 Steps 6.Type student directions in the box. 7.Select 'Online' and 'Student Annotation' as the submission type 8.Select 'Upload File' and choose the file from your device. Select 'Open' 9.Click on Save ...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Adding TA's to a Class

Assigning TA’s to a Class   3.  Click Add Row, type name of TA, and search. Select the user and assign the role of Assistant. Click Save....

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: Hard Wire Computer - Chord Combination

    Connecting Your Laptop Computer Type Cords Needed Steps to Connect  If you are using a PC, an older Mac, or a Mac Desktop you will require 2 cords to connect     Plug the HDMI cord into the HDMI port in your laptop. Plug the USB Cord into the correct port in your laptop Be sure that the numbers match (EC. if using HDMI #1, use touch port #1.  To...

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Updated October 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Promethean: How to Split Screen with 2 Chromium Browsers

    How to Use 2 Chromium Browsers at the Same Time     Step 1-   Open a SAVED website from the Application Menu. This has to be done first!!                                                                               Step 2 - In the top right corner of the browser, choose the 3 dots and select ‘open new window’                                    ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Convert other File Types

Transcript We will learn the simple process of converting documents that were created in other programs over to Google Drive. Microsoft products, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Apple files, such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, can be easily converted into Google file types. PDFs need no conversion and are just fine the way they are....

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Embedding in Canvas

Transcript We will explore embedding Google files within Canvas. When Google files—whether they're Slides, Docs, Sheets, or Forms—are embedded within Canvas, it is not necessary to send students out of Canvas through following links. Students can view the documents you want them to see directly in their Canvas window. This streamlines navigation and...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - One Original Many Places

Transcript You will learn about the convenience of posting and sharing documents through a cloud-based service like Google Drive. You will need a basic understanding of Google Drive to grasp this topic, so if you're unfamiliar with that, please view our "Using and Organizing Google Drive" video, then return here to learn more about distributing your...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Force Copy

Transcript We will learn how to force a copy of a Google file for other users. This process will allow us to go beyond sharing with others and actually distribute a unique copy to each recipient. This is appropriate if you want them to have their own copy that is not connected to the original. If you want people to be constantly connected to the ori...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chromebook Overview

Transcript You will learn about Chromebooks used with Knox County students. Chromebooks have been issued to all students in Knox County since the 2020-2021 school year. Devices were purchased with ESSER funds so that each student in every K-12 Knox County school would have access to a personal device. A Chromebook is a device that is designed to fac...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chromebook - Logging in

Transcript You will learn about logging into the Chrome browser and the Chromebook. The Chrome browser can be logged into on any device that has the browser installed on it. Locate the app or program on your device, open it, and in the upper right corner, click the profile icon. Use your Knox County School's email address and password to access your...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Chrome Extensions

Transcript You will learn about Chrome extensions. The Google Chrome browser allows users to install browser extensions. What's a browser extension? It is a small piece of software that layers additional functionality onto the Chrome browser. Chrome can perform many tasks as it is, but extensions give it extra capabilities. Some extensions improve t...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Google: Video - Using the Chrome Browser

Transcript You will learn about the Chrome browser. Chrome is Google's web browser. Chrome allows you to explore the web with a consistent experience, no matter what device you're using. Chrome users log into the browser using their Google credentials, and if sync is turned on, they'll see their bookmarks, privacy and security settings, and extensio...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Demo of Student Annotation Submissions

Transcript This video will explain how to use student annotation submissions in Canvas. This is a new feature for Canvas where students can annotate on top of a PDF and submit it for teacher review. To use this feature, go to Assignments, click on "Add Assignment." We'll give the assignment a name and directions. Now, under Submission Type, we're go...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - New Quizzes Categorization Tool

Transcript This video will show you how to use the categorization tool in Canvas New Quizzes. I've already opened up a practice new quiz. To add a question, I'm going to click the plus sign and select categorization. Now, I'm going to give my question a title. In this question, I'm going to have students sort whether terms are states or cities, so I...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Designing your Course with Clarity

Transcript We are looking at designing your course with clarity and we're talking about canvas course organization. I know we have some people still jumping on and joining, but if you could type in the chat whether you right now think that you will be in person or a virtual teacher next year, just so I can get a feel of how heavy we might be one way...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Using the Direct Share Feature

Transcript This video will show you how to use the direct share feature on Canvas. The direct share feature is a great way to share content to another course that you own or to share content with a colleague or group of colleagues without going through the Commons. To share a page, discussion, assignment, or quiz, you simply need to click on the ell...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Grading Student Work

  Transcript This video will show you how to grade student work within Canvas.  To grade a student's assignment within Canvas you simply need to go into the course and click on assignments. Click on the assignment you would like to grade and on the right hand side you'll see speed grader. If you click on speed grader this student's work will populat...

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Updated October 28th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Homepage

  Transcript In this video, we'll be discussing how to create a home page in Canvas and publish it so that when your students click into the course, they can see the home page.  First, log into Canvas and choose your course. For demonstration, let's select the "Summer Course One". Since the course is currently unpublished, let's leave it that way fo...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Orientation to Content, Publishing, and Adding a Page

  Transcript Hi friends. So, we've already started and we've done a lot of the logistics and managing of those pieces. Now we really want to dig into making the content available to our folks. The first thing is, you do have to publish your course, which we did already. But if you haven't done that, now would be the time to do so, so that your folks...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Accessing and Navigation Teacher Tutorial

# tactiq.io free youtube transcript# Accessing Canvas- Teacher Tutorial# https://www.youtube.com/watch/Mux5JQ5lX9A 00:00:00.000 hi knox county teachers my name is00:00:01.839 jennifer vosik and i currently serve as00:00:03.679 the 7th grade assistant principal at00:00:05.359 vine middle magnet school00:00:07.200 i have previously served as a tpac00:...

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Updated October 25th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Microsoft Teams Link in Canvas

  Transcript Hi, I'm Emily Butterfield, a sixth-grade science teacher at Beard Middle School, and I want to show you an easy way to add a Microsoft Teams link to your Canvas module to give just one link that students can access.  You can use this however you want, but anybody who has the link can join the meeting, so you can consider that. So here I...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Setting Up Discussion Posts

Transcript Hey everyone, welcome back! In this video, I'm going to be taking you through discussions: what they are, how they work, how you grade them, and how those of you that teach performance-based classes can really utilize this. It will help alleviate all the challenges that you're probably having right now, from going online to face-to-face. ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - How to use Canvas Commons

Transcript Canvas has a way for teachers to share content with each other that they've created, or you can actually share it publicly with the world. To get there, go ahead and click on comments. When you're looking at these courses, you can actually see there are little icons right here. So, this little red icon right here correlates up top, so the...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Adding People to Your Course

Transcript To add people to your course, select "People" in the left navigation menu. Click the "Add People" button and enter the SFU ID of the person you want to add. You can add multiple people by separating each ID with a comma. Under the "Role" drop-down, you get the option of adding a student, teacher, TA, designer, or observer.  If you select ...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Adding an Image to your Course

Transcript Hello and welcome to another video from the Lu Eye Technology team. In this video, I'll introduce a new enhancement from Canvas for your main dashboard. When you log in to Canvas, your main dashboard typically looks like this. You might already know that you can change the background color of a particular course by clicking on the icon he...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Setting up Notifications

Transcript Welcome to your next session in your Canvas overview. Today, we're going to set up some Canvas notifications. This is really important because when you're in a class, you want to be quickly notified. Often, when you haven't checked your email or Canvas for a while, it's nice to get a text or email at 6 o'clock at night reminding you about...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Getting to Know Canvas K-12

Transcript Man: LMS, it's short for learning management system, which is an official way of saying technology that unifies all your teaching tools in one easy place. Think about a classroom. Most have some basic things in common, chairs, desks, probably a chalkboard, maybe a television, but what happens in each classroom is unique, personalized, and...

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Updated October 30th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Canvas: Video - Using Microsoft Teams in Your Classroom

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Updated October 14th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Mastery Connect: Navigating and Viewing Item Analysis Reports

  Steps Go to the Mastery Tracker within your Canvas Course. 1. Click on Assessments2. Click on Scores Report3. The Item Analysis Report Appears   https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/Navigating-and-Viewing-Item-Analysis-Reports-745dc55a10f5432289dfa7e5df13a3a5    ...

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Updated September 3rd, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Changing Permissions for Librarians Counselors, & Encore Teachers

  Steps: Click on Admin2. Click on User Management3. Click Roles filter4. Check School Staff5. Type "name of teacher"6. Click on the teacher's name7. Click on Add Role8. Select the appropriate role of "Librarian", "School Counselor", or "Encore".9. Click on Add Role      ...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Creating Interactive Posts

  Transcript Create an interactive post for your upcoming Valentine's Day party by adding an event add-on where you can have parents add that event to their Google calendar or their outlet calendar. In addition, you can attach an image, a class list for Valentine's Day cards that one parents click on. It opens up to your list of students.  You can a...

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Updated October 17th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: Video - Create a Message

  Transcript Messages in Parent Square can be used to send direct messages to students, families or students if they are in high school and have students square. To send a message in Parent Square, you wanna log into your parent square account, and then on the left hand side over here of the navigation menu, you'll select messages and then new messa...

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Updated August 19th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Lucid: Video - Using Lucid Boards in Canvas Assignments

Transcript Hello in this video you will learn how to embed your Lucid designs into Canvas so that students can interact with them in the form of an assignment. Here on my Lucid homepage I have a couple of Lucid Spark documents that I have created. I'm going to be using this one in our example for today. This is a sorting activity that I prepared for...

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Updated July 29th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

ParentSquare: StudentSquare QR Code

  High School Students, download StudentSquare to communicate with your teachers.    ...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Quick Start

Quick Start Guide to Hapara Highlights – Highlights Quick Tips and Best Practices Hāpara Highlights is a tool that allows teachers to create online lessons that are meaningful, purposeful and engaging, while guiding students so they get the most out of their time spent online. Highlights also minimizes the logistical headaches that sometimes happen ...

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Updated November 20th, 2024 by Mark Slacin

Hapara: Sharing Files

How to Use the Share Files Feature in Teacher Dashboard The Share files feature in Teacher Dashboard allows you to quickly share Google Drive files with students. You no longer have to open every individual file in Google Drive and type student emails to share files with them. Instead, Share files makes it easy to send students resources while you’r...

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