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Two points, if you please: Following the lead of  @emily_beckman ​, we did what Kristin does, where teachers enter all grades into Canvas, then, at the end of each grading period, teachers open TeacherPlus and enter the end total in the Grade column.  It's not as much work as entering grades twice, and, as Kristin says, it eliminates possible double entry errors (for the most part). We tried ​Clever​ as a go-between for ​Admin Plus​ and ​Canvas​.  It was a complete debacle.  While consulting on the phone with the ​Rediker ​people, we made numerous tries using the ​Clever Export Tool​ built into ​AdminPlus​.  Not only was information never getting to ​Canvas​, incomplete data was being attempted to be transferred.  After weeks of trying to iron this out with ​Rediker​, we were on the verge of starting a new school year and turned to ​Canvas​ for help.  Because of our ​Canvas ​tech, Tawny Mathi, who worked hours and hours to straighten out the data finally captured from ​Clever​, we turned off all automatic syncs between ​Rediker​ and ​Clever​, because the data would go back to being screwed up if the sync was held.  So, when there are changes in ​AdminPlus​, we manually go into ​Canvas​ to make those changes. ​Rediker​ does have an ​Import Tool​ that would move our grades from ​Canvas​ to ​AdminPlus​, but, to purchase that button would cost over $3,500.00 for the first year, and another $1,700.00 per year after that. This has taught us something: Integration between competing companies is never as easy as you think it's going to be. ​Rediker​ wants us to use all their products (naturally), and will do whatever they can to keep us from going elsewhere for our school data needs. We are looking at going elsewhere for our SIS needs now. ... View more