Tue, Aug 5, 2025

Penney Matos

Centennial HS's Digital Learning Coach

What is a DLC?

Status Dashboards

Having trouble with a site? Check out their dashboard:

Canvas Status
Clever Status
Google's G Suite Status
Kami Status
Lightspeed Status [Filter, Classroom Relay]
Respondus Status [Lockdown browser, StudyMate]

Just for Fun

Window Swap

Wish you had a view of somewhere else in the world without the hassle of traveling? Check out Window Swap! Where will you go today? Searching is a paid feature but using the button at the bottom of the page to hop from place to place is free.

For Everyone

AB Calendar in Canvas

High School students and staff now have access to a High School AB calendar in Canvas! The calendar also includes important district dates. Go to your Canvas Calendar and turn it on in your account. Show your students how to turn on theirs!

FISD's Phone Hub

Check out the FISD Phone Hub if you need instructions on setting up your name and voicemail on your FISD phone, or change the default ringtone so it doesn't sound like you're calling someone! This link is also in the FISD Portal and in WorkVivo Apps.

Recommended: Include your email address in your voicemail message. Encourage callers to email you instead.

Bye-bye BYOD Signs

If you see any signs mentioning BYOD around the building, please take them down and dispose of them. This includes mention of the FISD-BYOD wireless network too.

News and Noteworthy EdTech

CHS New Canvas Template

Here is the presentation from Monday with info about the new Canvas template. Please scroll through to the last slide. That's the to-do list. Reach out with questions!

Canvas Start-of-Year Checklist

I completely forgot to add this to the email about Canvas yesterday. Here's the CHS Canvas Start-of-Year Checklist!

If your team uses a Blueprint, the form to get it associated with your S1/S2 courses is the first item.
If you teach a single semester course (not year long), send me the URL for your course so I can separate your S1 and S2 courses. Right now they're combined!

Cosenza in Canvas

If you see this in Canvas, ignore it for now. It is something that was added at the district level but they don't think it was added correctly and it should hopefully be fixed (and gone for most teachers) in the next week or so.

First Five

The First Five is a free, daily educational resource provided by Edtomorrow, designed to help teachers build positive classroom connections and foster social-emotional learning within the first five minutes of class. You’ll find engaging content like memes, videos, mindfulness, and quick prompts, created for K-12 classrooms. These activities are delivered via email and are intended to be implemented within the first five minutes of class time, without requiring extensive preparation from educators.

Thanks to Kristy McCoy, FISD DLC, for this gem!

Designing for All: Best Practices for Creating Accessibility-Friendly Content

Accessibility-Friendly Content in Canvas

Throughout the year, work toward accessibility-friendly features in Canvas. This presentation shares tips and tricks including using the Accessibility Checker within Canvas. Reach out for support.

Goodbye Nearpod

Frisco ISD contract with Nearpod ends 8/31/2025 - Storage decreases from unlimited to 100mb.
Teachers will have to choose which lessons to save - others will be archived.
Sharing lessons will be disabled and LTI integrations will be deactivated.
Features disabled: Live annotation, student notes, individual student reports, district library, live to student paced, co-teaching, student accounts, Google Slides add-on
How to Downgrade District Nearpod User to Silver

Individual that wish to keep their Nearpod creations are welcome to purchase their own personal license [License Breakdown] [License Type]

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