​1. To filter your grades so that you no longer see 1st Quarters grades you will want to click on the drop-down by “View” towards the top.

​2. Click on “Filters” and then check mark “Grading Periods”.  

​3. This will open a Grading Period filter on the right-hand side. 

​4. You can then toggle the grading period to Grading Period 2, and only have to look at the Grading Period 1 assignments if you need to.  


No, more creating groups that don’t push to Gradebook, or seeing all the assignments and grades in a huge list.

​It is easy to filter Canvas so that you are only seeing the assignments and grades for a specific grading period.  Canvas is set up by semesters so if you do not filter by grading period you and your kids will have to scroll through all the assignments for the entire semester. 
Here is how you do it:

1. (This will need to be done in each course.) The default under the “Assignments” tab is “All Grading Periods.  This can be seen at the top of the page along the same lines as “+Assignment”.

 

2. Click on the drop-down arrow next to “All Grading Periods”.  This will open so that you see four separate grading periods for the class.  (Yes, I realize that you get new classes with new course numbers at second semester.)
           a. When you are ready to move to “Grading Period 2” click on that and it will hold.  
           b. You will notice unless you have assignments with “Due Dates” in for second grading period that it might be blank.  If you have assignments in with second term due dates those will now be what you are seeing in your assignments list.
         c. If you use multiple groups and have assignments in those groups they will be showing under their respective groups as you created, it.
 
3. Once you have chosen the respective grading period it should stay that way for you.  

4. Students will also, need to toggle their grading periods as well. 
 
5. This will make it so much easier to find the assignments you are using for second quarter.

8.  You have now made it so that you can see all your Google drive even when it is down.
9.  Access your Google Drive through the File Explorer.  (This process will create a new G: drive that is located through File Explorer.)
​10.  Once you are into the G: drive just click on “My Drive” and your Google files will be at your fingertips.

​Zoom is primarily a video conferencing program.  Yes, it will video; and yes, you can save and add that file to Canvas.  However, video recording is not what it is intended for.  If you are asking your digital learners to be online while you lecture and recording the lecture, yes, this is the way to go.
 
Loom is a video recording tool (and the one recommended by the district).  It allows you to choose between different cameras, and audio inputs.  It also creates files that are embeddable in Canvas and other documents.  Loom will also give you options to edit your videos and make them smaller and break them up.  Provides you more control over what you create and put out for students and parents.  If you are recording all alone in your classroom without the dreaded mask and putting up the file for students to view whenever, this is your better option.