Getting familiar with core digital tools

List of keyboard shortcuts while screencasting.

Adding the Screencastify extension to Chrome through the Chrome Store.

You will need to accept permissions to make adjustments to your drive, access your mic as well as your webcam in order for the product to record videos which it will store automatically in your drive.

Linking a Screencastify video in Google Sites and locating your video in Google Drive.

The dashboard has changed - new videos to come!

To create a new "assignment" follow the information from Screencastify.

Accessing Screencastify Submit:

From the extension - click the three lines in the upper left hand corner of the extension and look down the menu for Submit.

From the web - navigate to screencastify.com and select "my account". You should see submit as an option.

How to make a Bitmoji classroom without adding Bitmoji to your HDSB account.

Adding descriptive audio to a slide to support reading and understanding a task.

https://support.google.com/docs

Creating a new form, adding a question, adding collaborators and sharing a form.

Viewing responses, creating a spreadsheet, accepting responses and deleting responses.

Reviewing how to create a variety of types of questions including, multiple choice, short answer, and questions using a linear scale or Likert scale.

Demonstrates how to give feedback or embed a student specific teaching moment by creating sections in your form.

https://support.google.com/docs

Reviewing how to create, set the translate feature, add collaborators and share a document.

Providing feedback using the comment feature, suggesting mode, and editing history.

https://support.google.com/mail

Setting up your inbox using the labels feature for help in sorting messages. Moving to a priority inbox to customize the order in which messages are displayed.

https://support.google.com/contacts

Creating a label, adding contacts, adding multiple labels to contacts, sending an email with a contact list.

google support link for creating chrome profiles

Setting up a Chrome Profile for a child to help support younger students access their learning.

Note: This may be useful for families with more than one person using a device.

Adding a website to to a child's chrome profile and demonstrating how it simplifies accessing tools educators may be providing.

more videos coming!

Set up a Google Meet with a live streaming event, invite a presenter from outside the HDSB, and stream the presentation for students.

Screencastify is one of the amazing tools we have in HDSB. It allows students to capture so much more than what voice or writing alone can accomplish in some cases.

We have a signed NDA with the company and so student's data is safe and protected.

Have students add the extension to their chrome profile so they can access it at any time. All users (staff and students) should use their HDSB profile to login.

Screencastify Submit is a highly secure, easy to use tool that allows eduators to ask a question, provide a prompt, etc. and with the click of a few buttons collect an oral response from a student. It integrates seemlessly with Classroom so no more copying of links. Post directly from Submit.

The slide deck shows students what to expect when assigned a Submit task using a webcam. You can make a copy and post this on Classroom as a material.

See below for a video showing how to set up a Submit assignment.

To drag and drop using the Chromebook touchpad: Click the item you want to move with one finger. With a second finger, move the item. Release both fingers to drop the item at its new location.

More information here!