Many thanks to Pearson who figured out how to enable additional sharing permissions in Office 365 Groups! This exciting development means that you can now share files in your Groups with external users (i.e. people without an NCPA account). When sharing, simply choose the “Anyone” option (and uncheck the “Allow editing” box if you don’t want […]
Great news, everyone! We’ve enabled additional integrations with Canvas. You can now embed YouTube and TedEd videos directly into your assignments by using the Rich Content Editor (look for the downward-facing arrow). Quizlet, Wikipedia and Office 365 have always been options for you, too. For research, Canvas is now connected with our subscription to Britannica Online. […]
On Sept. 13 and 14, Cecilia S, John B, Tim, Maria T, Katrina, Amy L, and Jane took advantage of an NCPA PD session to get up to speed with Canvas. These one-hour sessions scheduled during office hours are a great way of learning practical knowledge to help you within and without the classroom. Here […]
The English and Chinese departments and MS STEM have been using OneNote Class Notebook distribute files and give students feedback. If you want to set up your own, it’s easy! Follow these steps: In Canvas, go to Class Notebook Follow the prompts to log in and set up your first class. You’ll get a chance to […]
We’re about a month into school, so it’s a good time to see where we are with our technology usage. Office 365 & Canvas Adoption Some good news here! Students are overwhelmingly logging in to Canvas – 88% access it daily, making it the tool you should use if you’re distributing content. Ditto for Office […]