Locating Your 2020-21 School Year Canvas Courses

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When you next login to Canvas, you may be looking for your courses from last year (the recently ended 2020-21 school year). To find them click on the Courses button on the Global Navigation menu and then “All Courses” to arrive at http://pccsk12.instructure.com/courses. At the bottom of that page you will find “Past Enrollments.”

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The courses in “Past Enrollments” are view only, including the copies you made per our directions in another blog post. In order to edit your course and start making updates for the 21-22 school year, you need create a new course and copy last year’s content into it.

August 27, 2021 Update: You do not have to create a sandbox course. You can start at step 2 and import your old course directly into your 21-22, MiStar-created course.

 

Two ways to create a course

Give your course a name and then import existing content into the course.

1.

Giving the course a name

2.

Import existing content

3.

Image of selecting course content to copyTo watch these steps in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvR3xt3RIVw

Please reach out to a Technology Integration Specialist if you need assistance.

to ensure greater security, SMARTweb to require multi-factor authentication

SMART MFA

In an effort to make more secure the SMART web interface where staff go to view payroll information and perform business functions, the system will require multi-factor authentication starting July 1, 2021. The initial piece of information staff will be asked for is their email address, and after providing it, staff will need to retrieve an access code they are then emailed to continue to log into SMART. For more about this change, visit this explanation page.

 

SMART MFA details

2021 JULY REMC Free Virtual Courses with 10 free SCECHs // New Web series offering too

REMC courses

VIRTUAL COURSES, The REMC Virtual Courses offer an easy, convenient way for teachers to connect and collaborate during the summer from the convenience of their home. The Virtual Courses are free, offer free 10 SCECHs when completed, and are open to all Michigan school personnel. There are no registration or SCECH fees because REMC SAVE’s vendor partners provide support for all REMC professional learning opportunities.

Register by Friday July 2nd – Classes Begin July 5th

If you have questions or need further assistance with your course registration, please contact Erin Rommeck, REMC Event Coordinator.

NEW WEB SERIES:

Each offering includes a robust toolkit of resources to support teacher planning and student learning. Participants may choose to attend one or more of the seven sessions. To earn SCECHs, participants must attend the live webinar and complete the assigned task following the webinar. Two (2) SCECHs per session.

Blended Learning Sessions:

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Environments: Introduction

Session details and dates available:  https://bit.ly/3jDOBDO

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning: Help Students Demonstrate Mathematical Thinking K-2 

Session details and dates available: https://bit.ly/3zzgoh4

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning: Help Students Demonstrate Mathematical Thinking 3-6

Session details and dates available:  https://bit.ly/3pRD5bz

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning: Help Students Demonstrate Mathematical Thinking 7-12

Session details and dates available:  https://bit.ly/3vmZw9I

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Language Arts: Growing Early Literacy Learners K-2

Session details and dates available: https://bit.ly/3xec3xy

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Language Arts: Growing Literacy Learners 3-5

Session details and dates available:  https://bit.ly/3xx4suv

 

Teaching Strategies for Virtual and Blended Learning Language Arts: Growing Literacy Learners 6-12

Session details and dates available:  https://bit.ly/3gkyc7V

 

from this newsletter

iOS and GMail app

IOS Gmail update

For those that have an iPhone and use the Gmail app — IOS users must upgrade to the latest version for Gmail iOS app versions 6.0.210221 and 6.0.210222 before July 7, 2021 to avoid interruption. Google discovered an issue with two Google Gmail iOS app versions that could result in a disruption of functionality to users’ service. This is a proactive upgrade required to avoid the application from hanging, crashing, and going into unusual application states that may cause an interruption.

What do I need to do?

On July 7, 2021, IOS users will receive a prompt requiring them to upgrade to the latest version if they have the GMAIL app. If they don’t accept the latest version, they’ll experience an interruption in service until the upgrade is performed.

  • Download the latest version of the Gmail iOS app from the Apple App Store before July 7.

Network / MISTAR/ SMART outage July 2-4

Wayne RESA will be conducting disaster recovery systems testing during the Independence Day holiday break from Friday July 2nd (6 PM) through Sunday July 4th. This testing is critical to ensure that RESA will be able to continue to provide our districts with full services should a disaster-level event happen. Districts [including ours] should expect RESA service/system unavailability during this test. This includes SMART, MISTAR (and Parent Connection and Student Connection), Illuminate DnA and PolyPlot. Additionally, NO INTERNET service will be available within the district during this time period

Second Notice: End of the Year Tech Checklist

As you make plans to close up your classroom for the summer (and a well deserved break), please take care of the following items:

  1. Copy your Canvas courses so you don’t lose any content! https://tech.pccsk12.com/second-notice-end-of-the-year-canvas-support-action-required/
  2. Please comply with the directions of your principal and main office to turn in or secure all classroom technology equipment such as document cameras, microphones, interactive pens, and remotes. 
  3. Please also secure or take home all District-assigned devices (laptop, Chromebook, iPad, etc.), as well as all personally-owned devices..
    • If you are leaving the District, complete this form.
  4. Power off projectors/IFPs, sound amps, and desktop computers.
    • You may leave printer and copiers plugged in and powered on
  5. Follow the care suggestions for classroom audio

Virtual Academy Teachers: Please return monitors and other borrowed equipment, such as document cameras to the Board Office. You may drop off during these hours:

  • Through June 11: 1:30-3:00 pm each day
  • Week of June 14: Monday through Thursday, 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-3:00 pm
  • No drop off availability June 18-July 5

Thanks for your cooperation!

End of the Year Tech Equipment Checklist

As you make plans to close up your classroom for the summer (and a well deserved break), please take care of the following items:

  1. Copy your Canvas courses so you don’t lose any content! https://tech.pccsk12.com/second-notice-end-of-the-year-canvas-support-action-required/
  2. Please comply with the directions of your principal and main office to turn in or secure all classroom technology equipment such as document cameras, microphones, interactive pens, and remotes. 
  3. Please also secure or take home all District-assigned devices (laptop, Chromebook, iPad, etc.), as well as all personally-owned devices..
    • If you are leaving the District, complete this form.
  4. Power off projectors/IFPs, sound amps, and desktop computers.
    • You may leave printer and copiers plugged in and powered on
  5. Follow the care suggestions for classroom audio

Thanks for your cooperation!

Do you or someone you know use Google short links such as links.pccsk12.com/….?

Google recently announced they are ending their Go Links service after 11 years.  See https://killedbygoogle.com/ for more on this and other shuttered services.  Shortened links created at links.pccsk12.com are not expected to resolve to their associated actual URLs after June 15th. Please know the district’s Technology Department is working to migrate most of the links created via this service to another service and will have another posting on our progress later this month.