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Is there a way to observe students working on assignments during class period?
When I taught face to face, I was able to glance at student's work to check for understand and help them stay on track>
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Canvas does not have the ability to do realtime observation of student activity. That would require using some kind of remote surveillance software to record screen activity. My local school district uses GoGuardian so teachers can help keep track of what students see on their screens. It even works when the schools' devices are off site.
I'm going to mark my response as a solution, but there can be more than one. I hope our colleagues here in the Community can share other options for observing students in real time.
Canvas does not have the ability to do realtime observation of student activity. That would require using some kind of remote surveillance software to record screen activity. My local school district uses GoGuardian so teachers can help keep track of what students see on their screens. It even works when the schools' devices are off site.
I'm going to mark my response as a solution, but there can be more than one. I hope our colleagues here in the Community can share other options for observing students in real time.
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