Great how-to on the best way to access student performance information on division benchmark assessments: http://bit.ly/benchmark-teacher
Analyzing Results from Division Benchmark Assessments
categories: Schoolnet
View a Whole Class Average in Power Teacher Pro
categories: Power Teacher
There is a way to see a whole class average for an assignment. On either the Score Assignment screen or the Scoresheet, make sure you have chosen to “Show Metrics” from the gear icon near the top-right of the screen.
Canvas Rubrics
categories: Canvas
The Rubric feature in Canavs allows you to create and share commonly used rubrics. You can add standard criteria or write your own. The rubric is integrated with the Speedgrader so that you can easily use the rubric when grading. More info here: How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
Why teachers matter more in a flipped classroom
categories: Flipped Learning
Interesting post titled “Why teachers matter more in a flipped classroom” http://www.jonbergmann.com/whyteachersmattermoreinflippedclassroom/
EdPuzzle has Closed Captioning choice
categories: EdPuzzle, Flipped Learning
Trouble with Google Drive sync in Canvas?
categories: Canvas, Google Drive
We continue to have some staff and students experiencing what appear to be somewhat random issues with accessing Google Docs in Canvas. Sometimes they are unable to access a Google Cloud assignment and get just an empty white box, other times they end up in a loop requesting over and over that they authorize their Google Drive. Canvas is aware of the problem and working on a fix. In the meantime, here are some troubleshooting tips: http://www.acpsk12.org/canvas/canvas-tips/drive/
Students submitting Google docs via Canvas – which way is best?
categories: Canvas, Google Drive
There are two ways students can upload Google Drive files to Canvas, here is a super-cool chart to help you and your students understand the two methods: Google Doc vs. Website URL
Removing students in Hapara
categories: Hapara
Students are showing up in my Hapara that aren’t in my class! You can remove a student from Hapara following these steps:
Click on the class with the extra student in it.
Click on class info (blue menu across the top, far right).
Click in the box next to the student’s name.
Click on Remove (red, top of student list, right hand side)
Confirm that you want to remove student.
Text to Speech in Schoolnet
categories: Schoolnet
Did you know Schoolnet has a Text to Speech feature that you can easily activate for individual students or for all students? Learn about Text to Speech in Schoolnet here
Combining Rolls in Power Teacher
categories: Power Teacher
If you click on the blue button marked “Show Multiple Sections” you can take attendance for both sections of your co-taught class at once – give it a try