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Practice By Topic using Quizzes.Next
My high school students dislike homework. The mere mention of the word leads them to break out in cold sweat as their minds wander to different excuses for why they will not complete the assignment. Fast forward to the day of an assessment and students who refused to do homework break out in cold sweat over not being…
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KWL Charts in Canvas Discussions
I am an Upper Primary teacher in Australia and I often use KWL charts as thinking proformas for formative assessment of student understanding. A KWL chart, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a three column chart split up into K-What students know, W- What students want to know and L- What students have learnt. It is a…
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Invigorating English – Encouraging Writing Within Canvas K-6
I love creating environments for students to write creatively. Seeing students engage with words and proudly share their work makes me burst with the joy of teaching. Recently I was asked to share some ideas on how to use Canvas for teaching writing. Here are some of the ideas that were shared: Writing Logs * Set up each…
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3/7/19: Blueprint courses & Commons
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for your participation in our blueprint courses and commons conversation! If you were unable to attend the webinar, you can watch the recording found here: K12 Admin User Group meeting: Blueprint/Commons We had some great presentations and you can find those shared resources below: * Tracy…
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Grading Schemes
We have implemented standards based grading in our district which is difficult sometimes when it comes to the grade books in Canvas. While the Learning Mastery Grade Book has great potential, it doesn't fit all of the requirements that we have, therefore, it is wonky at times. We have created grading schemes for teachers…
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Rethinking Teaching with Canvas Tools Available
Our school rolled out Canvas with training last school year and expectations for usage this school year. We have learned a lot as we have moved forward. There has been some frustration and also some excitement with this new learning management system. I received an interesting message from a Canvas salesperson this weekend…
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Book and Reading Reports
End of last year, I met a librarian who was keen to get book and reading reports captured in Canvas. I reached out to our APAC team, and we brainstormed and worked through a couple of options. Thanks to Deactivated user, @rsakai , pmillar, Debbie Thompson, and Deactivated user for your contributions to this article! Here…
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The Value of Relevant Learning
Our school's professional development focus for this year is on assessment. As we have been talking about what good assessment looks like I have been thinking about my own life and what assessment looked like as well. This week: * There was a focus on looking at the data analytics when using the LMS Canvas. * There was a…
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The Need for Coaches in Schools Today...
I recently saw an inspirational quote at my gym that read "To be different, you have to think differently". That rung true for me on many levels. And it is especially true when I think about how I run my classroom. Over the past 14 years I have made vast changes to both my classroom space and management style. But those…
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New to an LMS? Take the time to revamp for high agency learning
Recently Eric Sheninger posted the following graphic as part of a blog post about taking a critical lens to instructional design: I've been thinking about the above concepts on a regular basis as our teachers are going through the process of creating units in our learning management system, Canvas. I believe there are…
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Benefits of Digital Objective Testing
My thoughts on the benefits of digital objective testing: * Automated grading- My number one reason for loving digital assessments is the ability to automate grading. * Using digital testing gives teachers the opportunity to quickly perform pre-assessments that can guide teachers forward in a curriculum. * Using digital…
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Digital Testing Safeguards
In 2013 I wrote my first blog post on managing technology usage in the classroom. The fear of off-task behavior still seems to be one of the main reasons teachers are hesitant to use technology five years later. While the devices may vary, the concepts on how to teach students good internal management of appropriate use…
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Canvas Tips for Educators
As our upper school has started to robustly use the learning management system Canvas, I have a few tricks and tips that might be helpful on the educator side of things: * Things to be aware of when creating digital quizzes (here is a video explanation of information below😞 * Options for shuffling answers. If you create…
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Digital Course Design in a Nutshell for K12
As our upper school teachers start the process of using Canvas at our school, the tech department has started meeting with them to help them create their courses. Our CTO found a really great Canvas "how to" course in the Commons area of Canvas and we are having our teachers go through these modules and submit assignments…
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Why use a LMS? Why use Canvas k12?
During the last school year, our school announced that our upper school teachers would be required to use the learning management system (LMS) named Canvas in 3 significant ways forward: * All objective assessments would be delivered through the Canvas LMS * All students have the option to turn in papers digitally * All…