Welcome Back!

"Man, it feels like we haven't posted since last year!!"-  (Solid New Year's Dad Joke)

On behalf of the Educational Services Department, we wanted to welcome you all back to work and the final half of the 20-21 school year. This has been quite the year, and we are continuing to find ways to persevere through all the obstacles and hardships that seem to be coming at us. Hopefully, so time away was what everyone needed. It is great to see people and certainly students once again. We wish you the best of luck these next few months. 

Please continue to use this blog as a resource for updates and information each week. 

Thanks and have a great rest of your week,

Ed Services Department

Canvas Update from Faye

Please see below for some important updates regarding Canvas from Faye,

2 Canvas Updates:
1. Changes coming: in mid-January, there will be a change to the editing bar in Canvas (known as the Rich Content Editor (images attached) The new version can do the same editing tasks that you are used to, but it looks different. If you want to make the switch early*, you can do so by opening up your course settings -->clicking on the feature options tab at the top -->scrolling down and enabling RCE Enhancements. The next time you edit a page, assignment, etc, you will notice that the editing bar has changed.

*Please note: the student experience will also change with this update.
Student guide for the new Rich Content Editor
Instructor guide for the new Rich Content Editor

Current Rich Content Editor:



New Rich Content Editor:

2. New Student View: Student View is now available in many areas of Canvas (instead of just on the home page). It looks a little different and can be found in the top, right hand corner of most areas of Canvas. (image attached)

For more information about Student View, read THIS guide.

Application Day Learning

As we transition back from the recent adaptive pause in our Phase 4 learning structure, please remember the need to provide learning activities for students on application days. These days are to be days of learning for students. The expectations for each level can be found below.

Application Day Expectations for Hybrid Students

K-5 

• Student application and practice work must be provided for 5 clock hours of the day.  Extended Day Kindergarten should follow the same range of 5 clock hours and for half-day Kindergarten this would be 2 hours)

• Students should access their application learning though Canvas, unless materials have been printed and distributed to students on a face-to-face day

6-12 

• Students must be assigned application and practice work for their online learning day at the end of the face-to-face session 

• Students will access tools and links through Canvas on these application learning days

• Students may complete the application work any time at their pace prior to the next face-to-face session or assigned due date

• During the A/B application learning days, teachers will respond to student or family inquiries within 24 hours during plan times and other typical email check-in times 

Wednesday Expectations for Hybrid and Remote Students

K-5 

• The asynchronous Wednesday application activities will be posted by 9:00AM

○ Students should engage in 1 hour of activities from the Exploratory menu

○ Students should engage in 4 hours of activities from the core classroom. 

○ Half-day Kindergarteners are expected to do 30 mins from the

   Exploratory menu and 2 hours of core classroom activities.

6-12 

• On Wednesday, A Day, B Day, and Fully Remote students will log on to their teacher’s Zoom link for the 25 minute class period

• Instructional/Educational Activities for the day will include: 

• A whole group check-in to start the period 

• The teacher will explain: 

• Any new content being delivered 

• Identify/share key standards that need to be re-taught/revisited 

• Individual or small group breakout sessions