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Tech Bytes
March 16, 2021
Revised Check Out Process for Student Hotspots
If you have a student in need of a hotspot, please direct the family to fill out the FORM requesting a hotspot. A ticket will be created and someone will be in contact with the family once the student is approved to check out a hotspot.
The student's teacher, counselor, and other support staff including Instructional Coach, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Community Assistant may also be included in the response to the family to ensure the family is able to obtain the hotspot quickly.
Canvas/Aeries Grade Sync
The grade passback service has been fixed for secondary teachers. However, some teachers may experience inconsistencies in their attempts to push their Canvas grades to Aeries. If you are still having issues with grade passback, please try the tips in these videos (created by Muir teacher Ashley Butler).
Paper's new Assign feature helps students collaborate and supports asynchronous studying—all while giving teachers even more opportunity to get insights. Learn more in the video below.
Paper Parent Webinars
Paper is hosting Parent Webinars so parents can learn more about this great tutoring app. There's a separate page for the English and Spanish webinars and each have several dates and times that parents can choose from. Please share these links with parents.
ENG: https://pages.paper.co/webinars-for-parents-and-guardians
ESP: https://pages.paper.co/es-us/presentaciones-para-padres-o-representantes
Updates
Canvas Releases for March:
There have been recent updates with Kami's Canvas integration. If you see a pop up asking if you're the owner of a document, that is expected behavior and it's ok to proceed. If you are having issues with this integration, please contact Kami or Canvas Support.
There was recently an update to the Canvas Teacher iOs app. If you are having issues with this update, please reach out to Canvas for support.
Google Meet Landing Page - Google Meet is getting a new interface and workflow update for creating and joining Meets starting this week. Instead of only having the ability to Join or Start a meeting, users will now be able to plan ahead. Clicking on New Meeting will now give additional options to schedule or start your meeting. When you create your meeting using a nickname, be sure to type in your nickname and then "Join", not New Meeting.
Sharing video in Google Meet is still not working. It is a known issue that Google is working on resolving.
Teacher Resources
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