Canvas Training offered through the 2018-19 School Year

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The subscription service of live webinars on Canvas topics offered this summer – Canvas Training –  has been extended through this school year!

The training is live webinars with question and answer is staffed by Canvas experts who can help gain a deeper understanding of Canvas. This subscription now runs now to June 30th. This will continue as a link under the Help menu in Canvas.

If you want to sign up now, please follow the directions below:

  • Visit the Training Account Creation. page and sign up for an account using your district email
  • After creating your account, log into the Training Portal.using your newly created credentials
    • For faster access, click ?/Help on the far left ribbon and select Canvas Training.
  • You should now see a calendar of available training sessions which you can sign up for at any time
  • Our Getting Started in Subscription Training Guide. (below) explains our different training series, as well as the recommended training curriculum for a variety of roles (admin, K12 instructor, support etc.)
  • To explore the full listing of our training offerings and download training agendas, please see our Offerings Space

Learn about Canvas Training:

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Summer 2018: Level up your Blended Learning Classroom

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In our third year of a Blended Learning June offering, we are excited to have funding for 150 Hall County teachers to receive a $450 stipend upon successful completion before June 22nd.

This year we are able to further customize the participant experience. To “level up” your Blended Learning classroom participants select and collect 100 points.

Canvas Beginners please plan to attend one 3-hour face-to-face Canvas training session on May 30th (AM or PM) as part of your course requirements.

Sign up via Catalog. If you are on the Wait List, please be patient and remember to check your email through the first week of the course for any openings!

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Subscription Changes 2018-19

In a continual effort to limit subscriptions with low usage and offer in-demand subscriptions we have adjusted some of our subscriptions:

  • Nettrekker is not being renewed for 2018-19
  • HooNuIt/Atomic Learning is not bein renewed for 2018-19.
  • FlipGrid is being purchased district-wide for 2018-19.
  • Nearpod is moving from limited to district-wide licenses in n2018-19.
  • High School Databases: Gale’s Science in Context and Interactive Science are available through Canvas and available to all 9-12 students in 2018-19.
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Gizmos, from Explore Learning

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Gizmos are science and math simulations for middle and high school.

Hall County teachers and students will both need to sign in to LaunchPoint first and then click the Gizmos tile.

 

Teachers will then need to create a class prior to students creating their accounts.  The process for both teachers and students are outlined in the two attached pdf documents and can be followed after signing in to LaunchPoint.  Please use the following guidelines when completing the username and password portion of these steps:

Teachers – username – firstname.lastname@hallco.org

Teachers – password – Hall Co password

Students – username – Student ID# (XXXXXX)@hallco.org

Students – password – Hall Co password

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