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Digital Digest: Microsoft Publisher Sunsetting on October 1st

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Microsoft Publisher will be sunsetting on October 1st, 2026. If you want access to any of your saved files in Microsoft Publisher, please follow Microsoft’s suggestion of downloading all .pub as PDF’s before October 1st. You can find more about Microsoft’s suggestions for downloading files here.

If edits are needed, we suggest you use Kami or Canva to edit the PDF’s you downloaded. You can learn more about the PDF editing tools available in each software below:

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Classroom Manager (Classwize) Dashboard Update

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Classroom Manager (Classwize) has a new customizable dashboard. Teachers can now customize the layout of students on their dashboard and resize student tiles. Teachers can apply tools to a group of students within their class. Teachers can highlight the students, or use the checkbox next to the students’ name, and apply a tool. Tools include the following:

  • Focus rule
  • Pause the internet
  • Announcement
  • Open Tab
  • Screenshare

Watch this video for more information about Classroom Manager customizable dashboard.

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Making the Move to Canvas Studio

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Starting September 22, 2025, YouTube videos in Canvas may start showing ads and recommendations.

Teachers can keep the students’ experience uninterrupted and distraction free by making sure that any YouTube videos they use are added to Canvas Studio.

With the YouTube Player for Education integration, YouTube videos in Canvas Studio will stream:
• without distractions, recommendations, or links back to YouTube.
• with viewers remaining anonymous to YouTube through a “signed-out” viewing state.
• with captioning from YouTube to maintain accessibility

Take the time to ensure your YouTube videos are ready for this change.

Within your Canvas courses, teachers will now see YouTube Migration Tool in their Course Navigation.

Canvas also has a Step-by-step migration guide and an FAQs page.

Did you know, Canvas Studio is also a great tool for teachers to use with any YouTube video, even videos that are not housed within a Canvas course?

By using Canvas Studio to view YouTube videos with a public link, viewers also gain the benefits of the YouTube Player for Education integration!

 

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