- The Latest Email Scam Almost Tricked My Family
- When to Replace Your Old Charging Cable
- Canvas News
- Canvas Badges Coming
- Upcoming Canvas Webinars
- Canvas End of Year Procedures
- Canvas Certified Educator Program
- Google Workspace Updates
- Google Calendar: Improved Interface for Sharing Working Location
- Google Calendar: Require Email Verification When Booking Appointments
- Improvements to the New Look of Infinite Campus
- 10 End of the Year Templates to Help Students Thrive
- You Can Now Stitch Looms Together
- Create Location-Based Reminders in Google Keep
- Three Tools for Quickly & Easily Creating End-of-the-Year Slideshow Videos
- Plan Your Next Getaway With These 8 Google Maps Tips
The Latest Email Scam Almost Tricked My Family
The Latest Email Scam Almost Tricked My Family, from Hive Systems by Alex Nette
True story of how a 97-year old determined he was the target of a phishing scam. If a 97 year old can spot a scam, so can you! I love that this article explains what to look for in terms the average user can understand. Just a word of warning, the Diocese has repeatedly told me that multi-factor authentication for our network and Google accounts is coming soon.
When to Replace Your Old Charging Cable
When to Replace Your Old Charging Cable, from How-To Geek by Andy Nguyen
We tend to keep our chargers until they no longer work, but is that the best practice? Is it safe? Are your devices charging as fast as they could? As a bonus, the article also lists how to "roadie wrap" your cables to prolong their life. We can all relate to the over worked/under paid mantra mentioned in the video, can't we?
Instructure has acquired Concentric Sky, the makers of Badgr, which allows creating a digital badging system. Badging systems track achievements and award online badges. Badgr will be rebranded as Canvas Badges and will be included in Canvas LMS, so you'll be able to issue badges to your students when they achieve the goals of your choice. Detailed info will be coming later, but for now you can be thinking about how you might use them in your classroom.
Upcoming Canvas Webinars
Canvas End of Year Procedures
There are certain procedures to follow to wrap up Canvas for the year. Of course, because we only do these things once a year, it's hard to remember everything. Fortunately, Canvas has a list of resources and FAQs to help us out.
Canvas Certified Educator Program
Have you ever thought about becoming a Canvas Certified Educator? The process entails a series of online courses, aimed to strengthen an educator's hands-on experience teaching with Canvas. A list of FAQs can be found here. Click here for a list and descriptions of the CORE Course Learning Outcomes.
You can now set a different work location for each day, and you can set it right from the calendar view. You no longer need to open settings to change it. Your location appears right at the top of each day. Hovering your mouse over the location will change that day's location to "change". Clicking on Change will allow you to reset it. Unfortunately, it's not possible to change your location for part of the day - hopefully that will be a future update. Not sure how to even begin setting your working hours and locations? This link will help you. We are already seeing this new feature in Calendar.
Google Calendar: Require Email Verification When Booking Appointments
When you are using Appointment Scheduling in Calendar, you can choose to require those signing up for an appointment to verify their email addresses. First, appointment scheduling is the new version of appointment slots. Second, if you are wondering why you would want to add an extra step for someone signing up for an appointment with you, it's a security measure to prevent hackers from using those appointment slots to access your calendar and account. This new feature would require those signing up for an appointment slot to verify their email with a PIN code that is sent to them. You will need to turn this feature on if you choose to use it. When you turn it on, it will affect all future appointments until you turn it back off. Full details are available here. I'm not seeing this setting yet. It will be available in the next 2-4 weeks.
Improvements to the New Look of Infinite Campus
Infinite Campus began rolling out their new look in 2020 with the new Campus Instruction Tools. Last year they started allowing users to try the new look for the Campus Tools view as well. (That's the view we non-teachers use.) I switched over last fall, and I'll admit it wasn't all rosey while trying to determine where to find the tools I needed. Recent tweaks have definitely made it easier and far more convenient to access various tools, and after using it for most of the school year, I can pretty much find the tools I need in a short amount of time... and without simply searching for them. One feature definitely made things easier. The ability to star the features I use most often, and access them from a "favorites" menu saved me a lot of time, so I could still get my job done in an acceptable amount of time while learning the new look. Each feature has a star next to the title. Click it to add it to your favorites list. Access your favorites list in the star menu. If you haven't tried the new look recently, you may want to give it another try. It will become the default at some point in the future, however I no longer see a definite date for that, and now it's being referred to as an "extended open beta". Looking for more info about the new look, including a video to see what it's like? Here's an info page. Scroll down a little for the video.
10 End of the Year Templates to Help Students Thrive
10 End of the Year Templates to Help Students Thrive, from Ditch That Textbook by Matt Miller
These are quick, plug and play ways to help students reflect on what they have learned, their progress, and what they still need to work on.
You Can Now Stitch Looms Together
You Can Now Stitch Looms Together, from The Transcript by George Williams
This is an exciting breakthrough for Loom. We now have the ability in Loom to combine several videos into one video - even if the combined videos are recorded by different people. In true Loom fashion, it's an advanced feature, but still quick and easy to use. If you haven't yet embraced the wonderful world of Loom, it is probably the easiest screencasting and video recording program to learn and use, there's an extension to help you start a recording instantly, and you can share the video with anyone directly from Loom. You also have the option to download or share the video if you need to share it or use it a different way. Most of the tutorial videos I record are done in Loom. It's so handy to quickly show someone how to perform a task or grasp a concept. The best part? As educators we can use the pro version of Loom for free! Click here to sign up for Loom for Education with your ASA Google email account, wait a few days while they verify that it's an education domain, and all the pro features will be unlocked for you. Hint: I've discovered there are even more features available on the desktop app than on the online version accessed with the extension.
Create Location-Based Reminders in Google Keep
Create Location-Based Reminders in Google Keep, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Need a reminder to do something as soon as you get to work or home? Google Keep has location-based reminders for just that purpose. Back in the day, I would leave myself voice messages so I would remember the task I needed to do when I arrived. Now my phone reminds me when I arrive.
Three Tools for Quickly & Easily Creating End-of-the-Year Slideshow Videos
Three Tools for Quickly & Easily Creating End-of-the-Year Slideshow Videos, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
This used to be an annual question this time of year. Now, it just keeps getting easier and easier!
Plan Your Next Getaway With These 8 Google Maps Tips
Plan Your Next Getaway With These 8 Google Maps Tips, from The Keyword by Ben Voyage
Planning on a road trip for Memorial Day Weekend, or this summer? Take advantage of these Google Maps tips, such as finding the best gas prices in the area, using the most fuel efficient route, how to avoid tolls, figure out the best time to leave, find the best time to visit restaurants and attractions, and widgets to quickly access your trip. You can even plan activities with a group, and access directions offline for those areas with little cell coverage.
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