Other Online Tools
How To Directions
While there are many wonderful online tools available, the resources below represent those that the Office of Instructional Technology believe offer the most benefit to teachers and students at this time. Pear Deck and Screencastify are highlighted because the district has paid for a license for all staff and students for the 2020-2021 school year.
Pear Deck
Pear Deck is a tool that works with both Google Classroom and Canvas and allows teachers to take their Google Slides or Powerpoint presentations and make them interactive to help engage students for either live or self-paced instruction. (It does lots of other things too.) Based on teacher and school request and a generous offer from Pear Deck, we are able to give all teachers a full paid license to Pear Deck for this school year.
Video (2/21): Share the Pear: Pear Deck for Blended Learning
Video (10/20): Pear Deck Basics
Video (10/20): Pear Deck and Canvas- Making an Assignment
Video (10/20): Pear Deck and Canvas- Student and Teacher View
Video (2/21): Pear Deck for Math Teachers
Video (3/21): Pear Deck Workshop for Math Teachers
Pear Deck Resources from Pear Deck
Pear Fair (Specific Training from World Educators)
Using Pear Deck in Canvas (Directions for Teachers)
Screencastify
Screencastify is a Chrome extension that allows students and teachers to create and edit videos that capture voice, computer screen and/or webcam. Videos will be saved in Google Drive and can be shared. The district will be providing a paid license for all staff and students for the 2020-2021 school year.
Canvas Course (8/20): Self-Paced Canvas Course to Learn Screencastify (for Staff)
Video (8/20): Sending a Screencastify to YouTube (4:11)(Docs Link with Directions)
Video (8/20 ): Screencastify with Soundzabound Music (4:07)
Video (5/20): EdPuzzle Integration (21:49)
Video (3/20): Beginner (28:56) (Slides Link)
Video (3/20): Engaging Ideas (31:54) (Slides Link)
Video (3/20): Screencastify Infusion with Other Tools (31:19) (Slides Link)
Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Spark)
This tool allows students to create images, simple videos or simple web pages. Students should login to Google Drive first with FCPS credentials, then open a new tab and go to the Spark page where they can click on Continue with Google to sign in.
Video (3/25/22): The Spark is Gone: Meet Adobe Creative Cloud Express (56:28)
Video (4/20): Adobe Sparks the Imagination: Creating Spark Posts (17:55)
Resource doc (3/20): From Michelle Rauch, Eastside Technical
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 1: Getting Started (1:42)
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 2: Header & Background (3:04)
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 3: Adding Text & Basic Photos (2:41)
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 4: Other Photo Options (3:00)
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 5: Buttons, Video Grid, Glideshow, & Split Layout (4:56)
Video (7/19): Creating an Adobe Spark Page 6: Themes and Publishing (3:49)
Book Creator
This tool allows students to create interactive virtual books. Students can log in with their FCPS Google account, but they will need a teacher code. Free account includes 1 teacher library with space for 40 books.
Vendor Support Doc: Getting Started Articles
Vendor Doc & Video: Inviting Students to Join Your Library
Desmos
Desmos is a free online software that teachers can use to promote student engagement and get real-time formative feedback in all mathematics classes. Desmos has several calculators that students can use, but it is more than that.
Video (3/21): Desmos for Testing & Classroom Activities
Presentation Site: NEW! Susan McGrath's Desmos Site
Video (4/20): Graphing and Calculators (48:17)
Video (4/20): Integrating Desmos (58:40)
Edpuzzle
Teachers can use this tool to add questions to videos to ensure students are watching. Free account available, but limited.
Video (5/20): Are Students Watching the Video? Edpuzzle! (12:55) (Slides Link)
Video (4/20): Voiceovers in Edpuzzle (2:13)
Video (4/20): Edpuzzle (30:59) (Slides Link)
Flipgrid
Create video boards where students can record responses to teacher prompts and respond to each other. Great virtual discussion possibilities.
Video (11/20): Beginner and How to Get Started (51:22)
Video (5/20) Mixtapes for End of Year Celebrations (22:07)
Video (3/20): Work Session/Ideas (36:05) (Slides Link)
Kami
Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool used by teachers and students to add text, shapes and drawings to PDF documents. Free account available with limited features.
Videos recorded 4/20 may include paid features that are no longer available to the district.
Video (4/20): Kami for Beginners (29:49) (Slides Link)
Video (4/20): Kami for Students (10:57)
Video (4/20): Using PDFs for Online Learning (26:27)
WeVideo
WeVideo is an online video editor that can be accessed on all devices, including Chromebooks. The free account offers limited features. Check with your school's STLP or video teacher to see if your school has licenses available for teachers during remote learning.
Video (5/20): WeVideo- Multiple Videos at Once (32:32)
Video (5/20): WeVideo - Text Overlays (19:53) (Slides Link)
Video (5/20): WeVideo - Upload to YouTube (12:45) (Slides Link)
Video (5/20): WeVideo for the Classroom with Student Accounts with Jeremy McGuire (32:26)
Video (4/20 ): WeVideo Basics (54:16)
Video (4/20): WeVideo for Beginners (21:20) (Slides Link)
Thinglink
Thinglink is an easy online tool that allows teachers to deliver interactive content to students. Using an image or video, teachers can add "hotspots" that provide texts, documents or slide presentations, videos, website links, and more.
Video (4/20): It's a Thing. Using Thinglink for Interactive Content Delivery (42:31)