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Adding a Zoom Link to Canvas Navigation

11/17/2020

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​First, you’ll go into your Zoom account by logging in with your Graniteschools.org email address.  Once you are logged in, you’ll see “Meetings” on the left menu.  Click there, and then choose your Personal Meeting Room.  Copy the Join URL link listed under Personal Meeting Room.  This is the link you want students to join each time for each class.  The passcode is whatever you have set it at.

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Next, go into Canvas and click on a course.  Choose Settings, and then click on Apps (the fourth tab across on the tabs in Settings).

Search for the app “Redirect”.  Click on the icon and then click “Add App”.  The configuration box will then appear.

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Once you are in the app configuration, you will change the name to be “Zoom”, or “Click Here for Zoom”, or “Mrs. So and So’s Zoom”, whatever your preference might be.  You will paste your zoom link into the URL field, and then check the boxes to have the app show in Course Navigation and in User Navigation.  Then Click “Add App”.  You’re done!

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The final step is you can change where your Zoom link appears in navigation by going to settings, click on Navigation and then change the order by dragging on the three dots.

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Category groups

11/17/2020

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​Greetings traditional graders (non-PBL’ers!  (if you are doing PBL this does not affect you)
 
For years now Canvas (Groups) and Gradebook (Categories) have had to match.
 
I have always suggested to use one of the 4 GSD defaults in Gradebook, so you do not have to do MORE work.   Many teachers throughout the years have made their own categories groups and “the district” has made these personal Category groups work with Canvas, and all has worked well.
 
It seems now that many of these teacher made “category groups” are not working as well as they have been in the past.  Meaning assignments from Canvas are not pushing over to gradebook properly and causing grade issues.  There seems to be NO PROBLEMS with teachers who are using one the 4 default Category Groups in gradebook.
 
Part of the reason teachers make their own Category Groups is so they can “weight” the groups as desired.  The GSD default ones are NOT weight-able.   The work around is to just make “heavier” assignments such as “assessments” worth more points.  (Also if you weight your grades in Gradebook and NOT in Canvas the grades will never match.)
 
In order to stop any future discrepancies please use ONLY 1 of the 4 default Category Groups in Gradebook.  If you need help switching your categories I will gladly show you on Friday AFTER you post midterms.
 
This does not affect Grade Scales. 
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Using canvas New analytics

11/11/2020

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​Have you ever wanted to know how which students are logging into your CANVAS courses and how long they are spending within your class?  Here are the directions for you:
  1.  Open CANVAS and go to any of your courses.
    2. On the left hand side of your main window in the navigation pane click on “New Analytics”.
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     3.  This will open a new window that will give you information on students and there CANVAS activity.
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    4.  Across the top you will see tabs that show you the averages for things like Course Grades, Weekly Online Activity, Students, and Reports.
    5.  You can sort it so that you can see specific students or periods.  It defaults to “All Sections” if you have your courses cross listed.  (You just need to click the drop down carrot to see the different options.)
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    6.  The Students tab will give you the information student by student with last time your page was viewed and how many times they have viewed.
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   7.  Under “Reports” you will see a number of reports that can be run that will give you further information on students and their usage in your classes.
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