Read&Write is a dynamic Chrome Extension Available for all members of Hall County Schools to support literacy. The tool can help with everyday tasks such as reading text aloud, understanding unfamiliar words, and even researching assignments.
In July 2024, Read&Write added additional features to their product that include:
The Read&Write Feature Tour is a great resource for teachers and students that shows videos of how to use each item on the Read&Write Tool Bar.
To find additional training guides and webinars (live and on-demand), please visit the Texthelp Academy .
Prior to 2024 the Book Creator / Canvas integration was primarily just single-sign-on. The features below are now included in the new integration:
Read all of the details of how to use Book Creator with Canvas here and how to improve your Canvas/Book Creator workflows here.
Also, the video below provides an excellent view of the new integration features as well:
Flip is no longer available as a standalone platform. Microsoft, the owner of Flip, has decided to integrate its functionality into Microsoft Teams for Education, leading to the discontinuation of the Flip website and app. As a result, all Flip content is now in read-only mode, and users have until September 30, 2024, to download any content, including student responses, from Flip.
Voicethread is the closest alternative to Flip that HCSD recommends and supports. It is a multimedia presentation and group interaction tool that accommodates various media types, including images, videos, audio (via microphone or phone), and text annotation. Similar to Flip, Voicethread centers interaction around a central piece of content, and then allows users to “thread” their responses. Importantly, Voicethread integrates seamlessly with Canvas and allows for connections to the gradebook.
So what exactly is VoiceThread, and how can you get started using it? Take a look at these videos and the resources below:
The Canva glow up includes a fresh homepage and editor designed for focused work. Canva made these changes to improve the way you create in Canva, and to make it easier to organize all of your designs, content, and documentation.
Click here to get to know the ‘glowed up’ editor and homepage, and/or watch the 3 minute video below:
Canva also provided an excellent ‘Back to School Teacher Toolkit‘ in case you missed it earlier in the year.
Finally, we wanted to include the latest edition of ‘Connecting the Dots‘ which is the periodic newsletter from Canva for Education.
Preferred language translation lets you effectively reach all families in their home languages—from direct conversations to district-wide notifications.
Reach families in the languages they understand.
With preferred language translation, messages are automatically translated into 90+ languages on the Remind app and on the web. Parents can select their home language for messaging on Remind, or teachers and administrators can manually update preferred languages for hard-to-reach families.
Support family engagement with two-way translation.
When you send a message to a multilingual group, all you need to do is compose your message in English. From there, you can see which languages your message will be translated into, confirm the number of recipients per language, and preview the translated text, all from one place—no copying and pasting from Google Translate required. Plus, translations are two-way so you can answer questions and build stronger relationships. When a parent responds to your message in their home language, it’s translated back to the preferred language you’ve set.
For more information on Preferred Language:
Preferred language translation FAQs
How do I send translated messages as a teacher, parent, or student?
How can I receive messages in another language?
How can I set a preferred language for my class participants?
Jamboard is going away and Lucidspark is here to help.
Import all of your Jamboard files into Lucidspark before October 1st, 2024 to ensure that your Jams remain editable.
Read how to here.
Step 1: Login to Lucid via LaunchPoint
Step 2: Click the blue + New button
Step 3: Select Import from the dropdown menu
Step 4: Choose Jamboard