Second Semester Tech 2022-2023

Tech
Highlights for
Second
Semester

Technology Innovation Fund

● The strategic planning committee is looking to establish a

technology innovation fund

● No set amount yet
● The goal is to allow staff an opportunity to try something

that could be scaled for use in our larger district if it is
successful on a smaller scale

Technology Innovation Fund

● This is different than what would normally be purchased

as part of curriculum materials

● Be thinking of ideas and I’ll share out a Google Form to

collect those in the near future

Quizizz

● If someone wants to collaborate on a Quizizz assessment

or assignment let me know

● The focus feature could come in handy. Even though it

doesn’t lock down the browser, it sends you alerts if a
student clicks out of the quiz

● Can assess multiple standards in different ways using

one quiz

● Can import existing Google Form/Quiz

Canva for Education:
District License

●Another option for you and students to use to create projects to
show learning (Infographics, book covers, posters, etc.)

●You can create a template and share with students, then they
finish and submit in Canvas

Canva for Education

Information was in District Scoop 1/11/2023

●

Canva Link - invitation

●

Canvas - Turn on Canva in Settings

●

Getting Started with Canva

●

Teachers - Create Canva Assignments in Canvas
LMS

●

Students - Complete Canva Assignments in
Canvas LMS

Infinite Campus

● We will be using the new interface next

school year

● You can give it a try and see if you have

any questions after using it for awhile
○ Let me know if you run into

problems with something and we
will make note of that

● Training will be provided at a later date

so you are ready to use it in the fall

Canvas

Timeline of Course Availability

● First semester Canvas courses will

turn off Friday, February 3, 2023.

● Second semester courses may be

published on Friday, January 13,
2023.

Suggestions to help kids with
semester transition
● Work with kids to unstar the

Semester 1 course for your class

● Put a link at the top of your Semester

1 Homepage to get kids to Semester
2 easily

Copy a Course

1.

Open the course you want to copy to.

2.

In the course navigation, click on Settings.

3.

On the right, choose Import Course Content.

4.

Choose Copy a Canvas course.

5.

Search for the course. Once the course is located, answer the following:

○Decide if the entire course should be copied

○Decide option whether the entire course should be copied

○Decide if due dates for assignments and events should be adjusted

6.

Click Import.

Video Example

Help kids navigate easier

● Thumbnails should be easy to read
● Module layout should have newest posts at the top
● Title should state the name of the course
● Emojis are helpful to note assessments ✏

● Due dates should be entered so they show in the

calendar
○ Calendar to add work
○ Due dates on assignments

Course Card

Course cards are visible
on a student dashboard.
Double check a card
easily identifies the
name of the course.

Rename
Courses

Courses are titled the
same as on Infinite
Campus. To change the
title, go to Settings >
Course Details

Title

1)

Name: Write Class Name

2)

Course Code: Write Class Name

Making New
Thumbnail

Note even though you change the color, the student can change
the color on their dashboard to whatever they want. The words
stay the same but the color can be changed on the student end.
Creating Image:

1)Click on Link (Template)

2)Make your own copy

3)

Change the subject

4)

Change the color

5)

Find image related to subject matter

6)Snipping Tool (Take photo)

Social Studies- blue

Foreign Language-pink

Science- green

Music & Art- orange

Math- red

PE/Health-gray/black

English- yellow

Other-purple

Library/Flex/Counselor (no need for image)

Can make
one as a
PLC and

share

Uploading
Thumbnail

1)

Open Canvas

2)

Click on Course

3)

Settings

4)

Course Details

5)

Click on image right hand
circle

6)

Choose Image

Navigation

Settings > Navigation

Only include items you
want students to
access in the course

Copy a Module

From a sandbox course to another course or from one course to another.

1.

In the course menu, click on Modules.

2.

To the right of the module to be copied, click on the three vertical dots
(kebab menu).

3.

Choose Copy To...

4.

Begin typing the name of the course you want to copy the module to.
Select the course. Click Copy.

○Note: You need to be a teacher of a course that you are copying
the module to.

5.

After the module is copied, drag it to the desired location in the course.

Module Page

Modules alignment order: Needs to be
at top of page

Title: Date Name of Subject:

✏

11/4 Surviving Economics Wrap Up

Emoji: Standardize 3 (Please use at start)

●✔

Assessment: Everyone must use

●📋

Agenda & ✏

assignment: Not mandatory (at this

time) but don’t use other icons for these items.

●Feel free to use anything else, but place at end.

Module Page

Calendar/Dashboard

Weekly Google Doc: No
daily assignment dates
●Doesn’t show up in
dashboard/calendar

Posting assignments but
no due dates
●Doesn’t show in
dashboard/calendar

Posting assignment with
due dates but with nothing
to submit
●Shows up on calendar
but item never goes
away

Home Page Buttons

● Double check the links work
● Double check throughout the school year as

modules change

Update to Google Assignments
(LTI)

Two options to choose from within the External Tool > Google Assignments LTI

Cross-list Courses

1.Open parent course (course you will cross-list courses to)
a.Note: This course should be one of your sections (not a course you have created)

2.Change the name of the course to reflect it is the parent course
a.Examples: Social Studies 2022-2023 or 1st grade Media 2022-2023

3.Still in the parent course, go to Settings > Sections.
a.Copy the course number, a number that resembles this: 2023-1234567

4.

Open a course you want to cross-list with the parent course
a.Click on Settings > Section > click on the section name

b.On the right, choose Cross-list this section

c.Paste the number you copied from instruction 3a above into the course number box

d.Click Cross-List this Section

5.For more information on how to cross-list courses, check out these step-by-step instructions
and video tutorial

*Remember cross-listing
courses is optional!

Canvas Resources

• Canvas 101 -- 3-hour Canvas

course introducing staff to

Canvas in the spring of 2021

• Canvas 201 -- 2021-2022 course

created with more Canvas

information

• All new 2022-2023 staff should

be added to both courses

Canvas 101 and 201

• Canvas tips from the past two

years written for Take 5. Look

for more tips this school year.

Canvas Tips

• To get a question answered

quickly any time of day, click

on Ankeny CSD Help &

Support > choose Chat with

Canvas Support. The district

pays for this support. You will

chat with a Canvas expert and

hopefully get a quick answer

so you can continue working.

24/7 Help

• Step by step instructions

using Canvas(created by Chris

Stotz, Southview Middle School Tech

Integrationist)

“How To” Manual

Canvas Suggestions

1.

Work with your PLC and others across the district in creating
courses
○

Example: all K-5 digital learning teachers collaborate in their sandbox
courses and then import courses into their rostered Canvas courses

2.

Teach students how you have your Canvas course set up and your
expectations

3.

Use Announcements to communicate with students

4.

Keep Assignment Names and Due dates the same in Canvas and
Infinite Campus

5.

Use an emoji to identify assessments
○

Example: ✅

Assessment

Work Time!

This is a lot of information in a short
amount of time. Please ask questions,
email, set up a PLC/individual meeting
for more information on any of the
items or other tech related questions.