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With Flipgrid becoming part of Microsoft Teams and closing on September 30th, has anyone found a good LTI alternative to Flipgrid? Thanks!
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How do I insert Flipgrid into Canvas?
I have added the FlipGrip App to my Canvas course, but when I click on FlipGrid in the menu on the left or select it as an External Tool in an assignment, I just get an LTI Launch Error (see below). Other external apps, such as EdPuzzle, work fine. Note, I am not in student view even though the message says Please contact your instructor.
Just to complicate things, I added the FlipGrid app twice. After adding it once, I was not able to see it in external tools or in the left menu. After adding the app the second time, it showed up twice in both placed. I also don't now how to uninstall or remove one of the FlipGrid instances.
Has anyone else run into any of these problems or does anyone have a suggestion to troubleshoot them?
Thank you!
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...anvas Admin reminded me that I was logged in as an Admin and not the faculty. Once I impersonated her, Flipgrid loaded fine.
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...p Flipgrid located at EduAppCenter: Flipgrid? Once you have added the Flipgrid LTI to your course, you should be a...
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Same. I'm on here because I found out that Flipgrid should connect to Speedgrader, so I wanted to officially connect flipgrid...
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The only thing that worked for me was to: 1. Go to Flipgrid 2. Click on your profile picture at top right 3. C...
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I just started teaching a new course, so I decided to try to add Flipgrid to a fresh course. The only thing I did d...
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Thanks for the conversation about the Flipgrid LTI. I too am having the same issue right now with getting the m...
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Update: I figured out how to delete an external app. (It wasn't that hard.) I have since deleted both instances of FlipGrid...
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It appears that teachers may need to generate their own key and code and add Flipgrid to their own courses since it i...
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I cannot get FlipGrid to link, connect, talk to, or whatever it's supposed to do with speedgrader. The whole p...
I added the flip grid app to my course by following the directions within Canvas. I got a notification that popped up that said the app was added. It then says it should now appear on my side bar but it isn't. Where can I find it to access it?
I need to have my students be able to make video recordings of themselves speaking. The teacher and classmates need to be able to make comments via video recording or text. Basically, I need Flipgrid capability within Canvas. Flipgrid is not accessible to my students.
Thank you.
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How do I incorporate FlipGrid into Canvas discussions?
FlipGrid is a free video discussion tool that allows for threaded video discussions in your Canvas course. It's become very popular in both K-12 schools and college classes lately, possibly even more popular than Kahoot And Microsoft recently bought FlipGrid and opened up all the premium features to everyone for free (such as maximum allowed video length, now 10 minutes). My colleague James May posted a short 2 minute video about FlipGrid & Canvas that includes some comments from his students about using FlipGrid:
Try It Out for Yourself
Feel free to try it out for yourself and post a video reply to this FlipGrid discussion "grid": Using FlipGrid in Canvas.
How to Use FlipGrid as a Student in Canvas
Michelle Pacansky-Brock made a a couple of great videos showing students how to participate in a FlipGrid discussion in Canvas, either with their computer and a webcam:
If students do use FlipGrid with a laptop or computer, they may get errors that Flash is required. Here are instructions on how to enable Flash in Chrome and enable Flash in Firefox.
Or students can participate with their smartphone and the Canvas Student app (Android, Apple) and FlipGrid app (Android, Apple) installed:
These videos can help students not only see how to successfully use FlipGrid but also help assuage any fears some may have about recording video.
How to Set Up and Use FlipGrid as a Teacher in Canvas
Setting up and configuring FlipGrid for use in a Canvas course requires a few steps, but should not take too long, especially once you get used to using FlipGrid. FlipGrid has a nice handout explaining how to set up and use FlipGrid in Canvas.
It is missing a few things that may come up though: 1) what do you need to do when you roll over your course from one semester to another? 2) what if you have more than one instructor/facilitator, and 3) what if you share your course with someone else to use?
This video walks through setting up and using FlipGrid in Canvas, and it addresses those issues at the end:
But as to those 3 issues about using FlipGrid in Canvas:
- When rolling over your Canvas course from one semester to another, go back to each of your FlipGrid assignments and create a new grid to use.
- If you have more than one instructor/facilitator, click on the FlipGrid link in the course navigation menu and click on "Add CoPilot" to add another person who can administer the FlipGrid grids in the course.
- If someone else copies your Canvas course or if you import and use a Canvas course that someone else created and which uses FlipGrid, go to Settings -> Apps -> View App Configurations, and enter your own FlipGrid consumer key and shared secret as explained in the handout and video above. Then go to each FlipGrid assignment and create a grid to use.
Other FlipGrid Options: Captions and Email Notifications
A couple of things I didn't mention in the video: captions are not enabled by default in FlipGrid, and by default you will get an email notification every time a student posts a video.
To enable captions (which I recommend), click on the FlipGrid link in your course navigation menu, then click the pencil icon, scroll down, and toggle on the "Captions" option.
If you wish to turn off email notifications, toggle off the "Notify Me" option.
Pedagogical Uses for FlipGrid
When I've introduced FlipGrid to teachers and faculty, they are excited about it, and they get some of the obvious uses for FlipGrid such as an introductory discussion or using it in a foreign language course or the like. But FlipGrid has also been popular in STEM, history, and all kinds of courses. See for example these resources:
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Hello, Is it possible to integrate Flipgrid to CANVAS with a free CANVAS account? I tried to log in to my Flipgrid...
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I've heard conflicting answers - when Flipgrid is integrated into Canvas and used as an assignment, do students have t...
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Thanks! And I had forgotten that my colleague James May had already made a 2 minute video about FlipGrid that shares s...
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Flipgrid needs to be available as a system-wide LTI tool installation into the root level or Sub-Account level. W...
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...ather easy to keep thinking of ways (or excuses!) to use FlipGrid with students. I think FlipGrid is an amazing tool, and w...
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...hared her assignment that already had Flipgrid as the submission method in Canvas. However, the time limit was 1:30. So, I...
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I don't believe so. There is is an option in FlipGrid grids about requiring students to enter an email address, b...
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...iscussion (not Assignment, and organized as a Group Discussion), in the Flipgrid topics, under "Discussion" in Flipgrid, w...
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...ome digging that you have to click on FlipGrid in your course navigation menu and then the pencil icon to edit the s...
Why can I not add my Canvas class group when I use Flipgrid?? I see other students videos, but when I attempt to add my own, it says I can't do so. Very frustrating...
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I have added FlipGrid to my Canvas class. All my students except one can access our FlipGrid from Canvas. Why can that one student not access it? I gave her the join code and it says she has to join via Canvas.
I have one course in Canvas, but have 5 different sections of the course. How can I have a separate Flipgrid group for each class section/period? I had a hard time getting Flipgrid integrated in the first place.
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