Tech Bytes

Summer Content and Activities

Clever Dashboard: All PUSD students can continue to access the applications on Clever in order to continue their learning during the summer. Please be sure to have your student login with their PUSD credentials.

LEARNs Summer Content: PUSD's LEARNs program has curated great content and activities for students to engage in throughout the summer. Please follow the link to our website to learn more.

ESY & Credit Recovery: If your student is attending either of these summer programs, please be sure to have them login to Canvas to connect with their teachers. PUSD is excited about the opportunities and services being provided to our students.

If You are Leaving PUSD

Returning Chromebooks, Hotspots, and Chargers

Only students leaving PUSD need to return their technology devices. Please follow these steps to return your devices:

• K - 12th Grade Students, please CLICK HERE to submit a ticket so that our Techs can reach out and make an appointment for you to turn in these devices at our Curbside Tech Support location.

Google Takeout

If you would like to take all of your work from your PUSD account and transfer it to a personal account, you can use Google Takeout. In order to start this process CLICK HERE. Students have until July 16th to transfer all of the content to a personal account.

Canvas Information and Updates

Thank you for your enthusiastic engagement during Summer 2020 Workshop Week! We hope that you are enjoying getting familiar with professional learning options in Canvas. Remember that our subscription gives you free access to the Canvas: Training Services Portal through 2020-21! You can continue to access trainings, free of fees.

To further support you:

1. Resources & Recordings: all resource docs and video recordings available from Summer 2020 Workshops are available below!
2. Canvas Templates: DRUMROLL! You can now access ALL three ready-made Canvas Templates within the Commons section in Canvas. Please watch the video below to to learn how you can import these templates and customize them. These templates are a great place to start building your courses. Enjoy!
3. PUSD "Start of School" Checklist: Coming soon, we will provide a checklist of essential blended components to start the 2020-21 school year. Follow Tech Bytes & the Academic Message for this Checklist.

Have questions about Canvas? Canvas provides amazing and responsive support through various ways. When logged into Canvas click on the Help button to find these resources:

• Canvas LIVE Support Hotline (Available 24/7 x 365)
• Chat with LIVE Canvas support(Available 24/7 x 365)
• Report a Problem (Ticket System)
• Search the Canvas Guides (Find Answers to Common Questions)

Powerschool Learning (PSL)

We are continuing to work with Canvas to get courses moved from PSL into Canvas. If you would like to export your own course and upload it in the Canvas, then you can CLICK HERE to learn how. PSL will no longer be accessible after June 30th

Hapara

Hapara is still working to address the issues that their extension was causing for our students. They are hoping to have an update on their progress next week.

Clever

Students will have access to Clever application throughout the summer. Some of the curricular applications might be temporarily available once we begin to prepare rosters for the 2020-21 school year.

Kyte Learning

Unfortunately, we will no longer have access to the tutorials within the Kyte Learning platform. Access to Kyte Learning courses will end on June 30th.

Google Classroom

Teachers will continue to have access to Google Classroom, through June 30, 2021, in order to transfer their content over to Canvas. Students no longer have access to Google Classroom.

Email: EdTech@pusd.us
Website: pusd.us/its
Location: 351 South Hudson Avenue, Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone: 626-396-3699