HCPS Special Announcement

If scheduled at the school in eSchool+, your Canvas courses should be available.

• Navigate to Modules and then to the Curriculum and Course Overview to find the curriculum overview for your course. Begin modifying your courses and adding content only after curriculum has been received.

*Recommended Practice: Use the “star” feature to favorite your 2024-2025 courses.

• Navigate to All Courses (Courses > All Courses) and follow the steps to Customize My Courses List As An Instructor. Remove the “star” from 2023-2024 courses.

August 26, 2024: Students see course titles in Canvas with no access.

September 3, 2024: Teachers publish courses and content for full student access. Follow the steps below for each course prior to September 3, 2024.

Note: Students will have read-only access if courses are published prior to September 3, 2024.

1. Prepare Your Home Page

• Set the Front Page in the Course.
• Set the Course Home Page.
• Add a welcome message.

2. Course Navigation

• Customize student view by hiding/disabling unnecessary digital resources.
  

3. Publishing Checklist

• Publish the course.
• Publish the module headers.
• Publish individual content in modules.

We encourage teachers to reach out to their school librarians, members of the Office of Innovation in Learning, or contact Canvas support. Additional resources are located in the Innovation in Learning Resource Course. This contains information you need to navigate Canvas Priorities, support materials for the Priorities, Canvas Tools, Digital Resources, and HCPS Databases.

• Canvas Priorities Support in Innovation in Learning Resource Course
• Self-Enroll link for the resource course

Canvas provides a variety of 24/7 support and assistance. You have access to Canvas guides and live help 24/7 through chat and a call-in support line.

*Recommended Practice: It is always recommended that teachers contact Canvas support to receive support in cross-listing.

Cross-listing allows you to move section enrollments from individual courses and combine them into one course. This feature is helpful for instructors who teach several sections of the same course and only want to manage course data in one location.

• Follow the steps in the video: video. De-cross-listing is complex, so only cross-list when you are certain that you want your courses merged.
  Written Directions for Cross-listing
• Wait until the week of 8/26 to ensure that all curriculum has been pushed to your course.
• You should only cross-list BEFORE students do any work. Otherwise, cross-listed students will lose access to their assignment submissions and grades since these are stored in their original course site. We suggest doing this at the beginning of the semester prior to publishing your course to students.
• Merge courses before adding content. When the merge is complete, you will no longer have access to the original course spaces. If you have content in the child course, copy it into your sandbox before cross-listing.
• Cross-listing courses will not affect grade passback.

New features and updates will be highlighted in the Tech Tips that will appear in Canvas Announcements each week. Don’t worry if you miss a Tech Tip. In the Innovation in Learning Resource Couse, there is a Tech Tips Repository.

• Access the Tech Tips Repository

This message outlines changes to our centrally purchased educational technology resources due to expiring grants and rising subscription costs. These changes take effect on the noted dates.

Products No Longer Available

• Classkick (June 30, 2024)
• Explore Learning/Gizmos (Math only and Grade 5) (August 31, 2024)
• Gale Literature in Content (August 9, 2024)
• Legends of Learning (July 31, 2024)
• Nearpod (August 21, 2024)
• Pivot Interactives (June 30, 2024)
• ScholasticGO (June 30, 2024)
• TurnItIn (Only the AI component is no longer available) (July 1, 2024)
• Dreambox Math (June 30, 2024) All K-3 students will continue to have access to DreamBox. Schools can request a limited number of additional licenses for grades 4-7.

Finding Available Resources

The TrustEd Apps Dashboard in Canvas provides an up-to-date list of available resources. After current subscriptions expire, tools no longer centrally funded will be moved from "essential" to "supplemental" on the Dashboard.

How to Access TrustEd Apps Dashboard

Transitioning from Paid Features

For Classkick and Nearpod, resources linked within the TrustEd Apps Dashboard offer support on switching from paid features to their free alternatives.

Although transitioning from the subscription to the free version will result in limits and feature changes, resources have been made available to support teachers to continue using these tools effectively in their classrooms.