Weekly Tech News
August 10, 2017
Morning Trainings
- Every building will be offered 2 sessions each month. The first session is a JOT (just one time) that will quickly cover new tech that can be integrated into your class. The second session will be a playground where you can collaborate with others and practice using the tech from the JOT session.
- The JOT sessions will be required, but the playground sessions are optional.
- You will receive PGP for any session that you attend.
- Sessions will start in September.
- August will be used for new staff Canvas training.
Morning Training Schedule
Note: I will notify you via email if there are any changes to this schedule.
New Teacher Canvas Training
August 15,17, 22, 24, 29, and 31
Wolf Lake Tuesdays (first date required)
September 5 and 19
October 3 and 17
November 7 and 21
December 5 and 19
January 9 and 23
February 6 and 20
March 6 and 20
April 10 and 24
May 1 and 15
Albion Tuesdays (first date required) (There are two Monday sessions due to 3 Tuesdays in the month)
September 12 and 26
October 10 and 24
November 14 and 28
December 12 and 18
January 16 and 30
February 13 and 27
March 13 and 27
April 17 and 23
May 8 and 22
Junior High Thursdays (first date required)
September 7 and 21
October 5 and 26
November 2 and 16
December 7 and 21
January 11 and 25
February 1 and 15
March 1 and 15
April 12 and 26
May 3 and 17
Senior High Thursdays (first date required)
September 14 and 28
October 12 and 26
November 9 and 30
December 14 and 21
January 18 and 25
February 8 and 22
March 8 and 22
April 19 and 26
May 10 and 17
CN Tech Fellowship Program
Interested in Becoming a Tech Fellow? Apply Below!
https://goo.gl/forms/9zz1u8hWVNxUnbIg1
I will be selecting teachers for the program on September 1, and the program will begin the following week.
Tech Teams
Coding
Robotics
Beginning of the Year Canvas Tips
Cross Listing (combining multiple sections of the same course)
2. Copy the four digit number at the end of the URL. (web address)
3. Go back to your dashboard.
4. Open the second section of the course
5. Click "settings"
6. Click the "sections" tab
7. Click the blue section (it is the title of the course)
8. Click "cross list this course"
9. Paste the four digit code in the second box (it's a smaller box)
10. Hit enter (the course title should appear below)
11. Click the "cross-list this section" button.
12. Repeat steps 4-11 for your remaining sections of the course.
Set your Home Page
2. Click "view all pages" (if you already see a list of all of your pages, skip this step)
3. Locate the page that you want to be your home screen on the list
3. Make sure the cloud next to the page is green. Click the cloud to change it to green if needed. (this publishes the page)
2. Click the gear icon
3. Click "use as front page"
4. Go back to the course's home screen
5. On the right, click "choose home page"
6. Choose "pages front page"
Import from Content from Last Year
2. Click "settings"
3. Click "import course content" (on the right)
4. Click the content type dropdown
5. Select "copy a canvas course"
6. Fill in the responses
7. Import
Note: If you select specific content instead of the whole course, the select content option will appear next to the job under the current jobs list.