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Here is a brief introduction to some great new tools that we have at our disposal. Take a minute to learn about something new, and think about how you might use them in your classroom!
New Applications: WeVideo and Soundtrap
New Applications: WeVideo and Soundtrap
These tools are coming soon, and a banner will pop-up on Canvas with details when they are ready district-wide. If you have a great idea and can't wait, please see Patrick for early access.
Soundtrap is an online music studio that mixes production features with an exciting collaboration and sharing platform. This is a great way to get your students producing music, podcasts, or audio spots without much need to "train" them.
Like Soundtrap, WeVideo is a great application that allows for powerful video production on a platform that offers collaboration features, editing tools, and visual effects in an easy-to-use platform.
Familiar Tools, New Information: TurnItIN and Dyknow
Familiar Tools, New Information: TurnItIN and Dyknow
TurnItIn is a powerful anti-plagiarism tool that runs your student's work against vast databases of online content and displays the results in an easy-to-understand similarity score.
For years, the district has subscribed to TurnItIn, but we have now activated the new Plagiarism Framework LTI within Canvas to accept more filetypes and make it easier to use than ever. Check it out in this video!
Dyknow is a great monitoring, filtering, and analytics tool for your classroom. You can use it to share/force-out links to the entire class, do some short-cycle monitoring, or to supervise your students' computer use. Use the tips below to discretely manage and steer your students' online activity in a way that reinforces (not replaces) responsible technology use and good decision-making on the part of the students.
Use data to inform your decision making. If you are new to Dyknow or just haven't used it this year, start a session, but don't worry about doing anything. After a week or two, click on Analytics and can review some interesting data on student online habits in your room!
Create blocking plans to avoid whack-a-mole situations. The best uses of Dyknow is ones that are thought out in advance, and don't target specific student's personal usage and drives a wedge between you and individual students.
Think about why you are initiating a monitoring session. Once you've determined why you plan to use it on a given day, think about whether an "allow-only" plan or "block-only" plan is most appropriate.
Respect the schedule! Our Dyknow reps are inputting our schedule so that inactive classes end at the bell, but that won't catch everything. Please don't begin a session before students are in your room or extend them beyond the end of the period.
Remember, if you find that your students are blocked, don't stress. You can take them back! If you think there is a rostering inaccuracy within Dyknow, please let Patrick Kennedy know so this can get corrected ASAP.
Create blocking plans to avoid whack-a-mole situations. The best uses of Dyknow is ones that are thought out in advance, and don't target specific student's personal usage and drives a wedge between you and individual students.
Think about why you are initiating a monitoring session. Once you've determined why you plan to use it on a given day, think about whether an "allow-only" plan or "block-only" plan is most appropriate.
Respect the schedule! Our Dyknow reps are inputting our schedule so that inactive classes end at the bell, but that won't catch everything. Please don't begin a session before students are in your room or extend them beyond the end of the period.
Remember, if you find that your students are blocked, don't stress. You can take them back! If you think there is a rostering inaccuracy within Dyknow, please let Patrick Kennedy know so this can get corrected ASAP.
New Canvas FEATURES: Quizzes.Next
New Canvas FEATURES: Quizzes.Next
Do you know about Canvas's new question engine? Quizzes.Next is a new tech-enhanced, interactive questioning platform that has recently graduated from the beta testing phase and is available for your immediate use! Click on the "+Quiz/Test" button from within the Assignments from the navigation bar in one of your courses to get started. Check out this link for more details on getting started: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-15057-4152780597
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Tech Tuesday Task #2
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Share how a creative way that you might use Soundtrap, WeVideo, Or Quizzes.Next in your classroom!
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