Learning in the Lou

This post was created to help supplement our weekly Zoom professional learning sessions. Canvas Communications In this post, we will focus on four different ways you can use Canvas to communicate with your students. Inbox Think of Inbox as Gmail but inside Canvas. You can use it to send messages to some/all of your students. Why use Inbox vs Gmail?  How many ways are you communicating with your kids now? Gmail, SIS, Zoom, etc? It is nice to consolidate all of it in one place. Make it easier for you and them. Resources Canvas offers an extensive guide for Inbox on this page . There are maybe six different topics to choose from. Quick Tips Protip - Right-click on Inbox and select Open link in a new tab .  Now you can toggle between your Inbox and your Canvas course. 1. Click All Courses in the upper left. 2. Select the course to enter a specific Inbox. Alternative method - see below You can keep your Inbox on All Courses to see all communicati...

There might come a time when you accidentally delete something from Canvas. Some of what you delete can be recovered! All you need to do is type  /undelete - see the image below. Open your course. 1. Click Home to make sure you are on the homepage. 2. After the address type /undelete 3. Click Restore .

Check back later this week for a tutorial on how to use breakout rooms in Zoom. Until then, try this video tutorial:

We have learned a lot over these past few days. This post is for those just getting started or somewhat new to Zoom. We have created a simple checklist to use before you start your first session. NOTE: It might not be a good idea to post your screenshots of your Zooms on social media unless you have permission to do so. Checklist Why are you doing this Zoom? Do those who are going to Zoom with you know the expectations? (example: share Lego creations they made that day, a reflection on a passage read, math help session, etc) Did you send the Zoom How-To post to the students/parents? Do you understand the recoding protocol required by the district? We have two posts about this - post 1 and post 2 . Is your Zoom studio set up? (Be mindful of what is on camera, do those in the background mind about being shown to the world?) Teacher First Steps We created this post to step you through the process of casting your first meeting.  Please note, there are many, many...

UPDATED - SUNDAY 5 APRIL We have enabled additional security measures for our Zoom meetings. Please take a look at the updated videos below. If you are just getting started with Zoom,  please refer to this post . Creating a more secure Zoom meeting In the Zoom Meeting - New Security Features Students Point of View - In Zoom Meeting Updating Your Zoom Client - Critical! Open the Client. 1. Click your profile picture in the upper right. 2. Click Check for Update . When I ran this on my mac I had only two updates, but my  PC had like 9! Things That Are Nice To Know Recurring Meetings So you have open office hours every day at 10:00. You could individually add each one or just create on meeting and have it automatically show up every day that week. Check out our short post to walk you through the process. Backgrounds I am a realist and understand most of us live in houses that can be slightly askew from time to time. Don't want to show those ...

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As you're setting up your virtual learning community, try to streamline the techtools you use to make it simple for students.  Here are some versatile tools where students can communicate, collaborate and create.  - Flipgrid  - Flipgrid is a social learning platform.  Teachers crerate a username, then create a grid for their class.  Share the code with students who can then upload videos. - Google Jamboard  - Google Jamboard is in your Google Suite.  It's  digital, collaborative whiteboard. - Padlet - Padlet is a collaborative space for students to collaborate on.  Teachers crerate a username, then create a padlet for their class.  Share the code with students, who can access to the padlet to post. Email mnussbum@lindberghschools.ws if you'd like help with any of these tools (or are looking for something else).