Community

The district controls all students' accounts and devices. Even I as a teacher can't install anything without IT department permission.  @Bobby2  just mentioned that I can use Chrome "Speak It" extension. I will send the request to the district. They can install it with one click on all Chromebooks. ... View more

I've never seen it in our district instance. I wonder If the district admin blocked it for some reason. We do not use Microsoft on our computers. We have Chromebooks and Macs. ... View more

How does immersive reader work on Pages? I've never seen that. What do you do to turn it on? ... View more

No, there no magic. I played with HTML for a while to figure this out. Thank you for reminding me of screencasting and captions. These are powerful tools! ... View more

Thank you for willing to try it! There is one more tip to help your ESL student to work on Canvas. The student needs to go to his/her Gmail account and change the Language setting ( add the language he/she speaks). Then the student can log in into Canvas using the Chrome browser. This way, the Canvas page will appear in the student's native language. There is an HTML code! Directions: 1.Create a Discussion on Canvas 2.Copy and paste the code 3.Make SURE to relink the buttons to your pages or discussions: Lesson # (on the top) Learn More (on the bottom) Learn How (on the bottom) Ask your teacher (on the bottom) Otherwise, your students will end up in my classroom discussions, or it will appear as a broken link. <p><strong><a class="btn btn-primary" title="Lesson 7 What Do Illustrators Do?" href="https://jsd.instructure.com/courses/23858/pages/lesson-7-what-do-illustrators-do" data-api-endpoint="https://jsd.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/23858/pages/lesson-7-what-do-illustrators-do" data-api-returntype="Page"> LESSON  # </a></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <pre><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>LEARNING OBJECTIVES<br /><br /><span> </span>SL.3.1d</strong> I can explain own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span> </span>SL.3.1</strong>c I can ask questions to check understanding, stay on topic, and link comments to others' remarks.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span> </span>SL.3.1b</strong> I can follow rules for discussion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span> </span>SL.3.6</strong> I can speak in complete sentences to provide details or clarification.<br /><br /><br /></span></pre> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p> </p> <div style="max-height: 55px; position: relative; width: 93%; top: -80px; left: 0px; padding: 20px; background: lightyellow; border: 2px solid #ffff1a;"> <table style="width: 106.186%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden; height: 50px;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 19.3498%; text-align: left;"><img src="https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/1299089/files/90107150/download?wrap=1" alt="" width="52" height="49" data-decorative="true" data-api-endpoint="https://canvas.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/1299089/files/90107150" data-api-returntype="File" /></td> <td style="width: 80.6502%; border-style: hidden;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Type your topic here</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </div> <div style="max-width: 98%;"> <div style="color: black; background: lavender; border: 2px solid #ffff1a; width: 96%; padding: 15px; min-height: 220px; overflow-x: hidden;"> <h2 class="p1"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In this discussion you will:</span></strong></h2> <ul> <li>Share opinion on the discussion board using the sentence frames below to explain your thinking</li> <li><span>Comment on the reasons of one other student(s) using sentence starters below</span></li> <li><span>Follow discussion rules and etiquette. </span></li> </ul> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><iframe src="https://h5p.org/h5p/embed/552372" width="1090" height="138" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><iframe src="https://h5p.org/h5p/embed/552373" width="1090" height="81" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong><a class="btn btn-primary" title="Lesson 6 Bats Loves the Night" href="https://jsd.instructure.com/courses/23858/pages/lesson-6-bats-loves-the-night" data-api-endpoint="https://jsd.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/23858/pages/lesson-6-bats-loves-the-night" data-api-returntype="Page"> LEARN  MORE</a></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong><a class="btn btn-primary" title="LEARN HOW ..." href="https://jsd.instructure.com/courses/23858/discussion_topics/30694" data-api-endpoint="https://jsd.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/23858/discussion_topics/30694" data-api-returntype="Discussion"> LEARN HOW</a></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong><a class="btn btn-primary" title="Ask your teacher" href="https://jsd.instructure.com/courses/23858/discussion_topics/30692" data-api-endpoint="https://jsd.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/23858/discussion_topics/30692" data-api-returntype="Discussion">ASK YOUR TEACHER</a></strong></p> <hr /> <p> </p> </div> ... View more

Outstanding! What the website you've used? LearningApps.com? ... View more

I love H5P! But, for some reason, it takes a lot of time for me to make them. Maybe I just need more practice. Looks, like you've designed all your lesson on 3Tabs Page. I am so happy to see that it can be used effectively!!! Thank you for sharing your work! ... View more

Gideon, I love how you've embedded Quizlet into the Canvas page! It's awesome! Thank you for sharing! ... View more

Thank you very much! I appreciate it! ... View more

Lately, Many teachers are under a huge demand to teach online and, of course, teach effectively. I'm receiving many emails from teachers. They are asking me to send the HTML code for 3Tabs Page that I've used.   So, I decided to post it here, and anyone who wants to use it can copy and make it work in their classroom.   Good Luck! Please, let me know how it works in your classroom!  I appreciate your feedback!   Three Tabs Page Instructions: Create a Page in Canvas Copy and paste the Code Embed the Video/Instructions instead of the Red Text.   <div class="enhanceable_content tabs"> <ul> <li><a href="#tab1">Page 1</a></li> <li><a href="#tab2">Page 2</a></li> <li><a href="#tab3">Page 3</a></li> </ul> <div id="tab1"> <h2>Video 1</h2> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Listen/Watch the video and be ready to answer the questions :</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Post ANY VIDEO or Instructions: Youtube, EdPuzzle, etc.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam</strong></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <div id="tab2"> <h2>Video 2</h2> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Listen/watch the video and be ready to answer the questio</strong><strong>ns :</strong></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Post ANY VIDEO or Instructions: Youtube, EdPuzzle, etc.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam</span></strong></p> <p> </p> </div> <div> <div id="tab3"> <h2>Video 3</h2> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Listen/watch the video and be ready to answer the questions: </strong></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Post ANY VIDEO or Instructions: Youtube, EdPuzzle, etc.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam</span></strong></p> </div> </div> <div> <p> </p> </div> <div> <h3>After listening to the text and answering the questions on your page<span style="color: #800000;"> click on the next page to continue practicing.</span></h3> <h4><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Reminder!</span></strong></h4> <p><strong>Follow the assignment's instructions!</strong></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> ... View more

Bobby, Thank YOU!  I've  just read  your  Differentiation and Personalised Learning  blog. It's awesome !  Great thoughts, and useful strategies from   @amber_hainline    Differentating Assessments (k-12) in Canvas: Helping All Learners be Successful. I have a lot to learn, and I love it! I use  differentiation strategies in my work also designing canvas cources on mastery paths. ... View more

Bobby, I appereciate the great list of resouces you've provided  and being supportive of me!  You are right. I'm using Canvas because it works out for me to reach the goals I have. Like Gideon, I think about students' engagement, how to motivate them and revord their learning. It shouldn't be boring, or discuraging. My another pedogogical goal is differentiation and personalizing learning. We are all different, and need to be taught differently. I think, Canvas is one of the greatest tools to utilize UDL principals. By the way, how do you add hashtgs on the post for the referencing? :smileyplain:I don't know how to do it. ... View more

Gideon, Embedding Web 2.0 Tools post is so powerful! Thank you for sharing it with me. It will save me a lot of time on research. I'm sure I'll ask you more questions when I begin designing "missions" for my students. I am very grateful for your help and support. ... View more

Gideon, Thank you for sharing with me the awesome example of highly effective instructional design that targets pedogogy, content and technology goals.  It's very important for me to see different appoaches of using Canvas effectively to reach all of the students. Your desighn is perfect ! I'm very crateful for your input. It's very easy for me as a teacher to stuck just with one model, there so many necessary things we have to do in school, teacher's focus is always on the content. There's almost no time to think about the instructional design of the course, and see different possibilities to reach the content goal in more effective way. We need people like you, and your great ideas! ... View more

Bobby, Thank you! for the kind words! It means a lot for me. In our scholl I'm only a teacher who is using Canvas.  ... View more

Gideon, You've shown us a brilliant example of great designing to engage and collaborate in Canvas. I love how you developed Missions and used badges to track personal learning path! ( reminds me Breakout EDU) Thank you for sharing. I will try to do something like this  for my students. Looks like a lot of work, but I really like it. May you share the examples  of the students' hangouts ? I'm not a geat designer and do not know coding, but I will try my best. I was triying to use badges last year, but for some reasons is doesn't work (on the "Complete Module" part). ... View more