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Infinite Campus Message Center
It is easy to send a message through IC.
Click here to access the video.
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Sharing Files via Infinite Campus or Remind
The best way to get files to students while at home is through Google Drive.
Click here for directions.
Click here for directions.
Flipgrid
Flipgrid is free for all educators, learners, and families. Engage and empower every voice in your classroom or at home by recording and sharing short, awesome videos...together!
Google Classroom
Think it may be easier to connect with your students via Google Classroom?
To get the classroom code to your students, use the Infinite Campus Messenger Center to share it! (see above)
Quick Video Tutorials for Google Classroom for Teachers:
To get the classroom code to your students, use the Infinite Campus Messenger Center to share it! (see above)
- Google Classroom Presentation - Everything you need to know to get started
- Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Teachers
- Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Students
Quick Video Tutorials for Google Classroom for Teachers:
- How to Create a Classroom (3 minutes)
- How to Add Students (3 minutes)
- How to Post to the Stream (4 minutes)
- How to Add Materials to the Classwork Page (4 minutes)
- How to Create an Assignment on the Classwork Page (7 minutes)
- How Students Complete Assignments (5 minutes)
- How to Grade Assignments (5 minutes)
- How to Create a Quiz in Google Classroom (7 minutes)
- How to Create Self-Grading Quizzes in Google Classroom (8 minutes)
- Google Meet Integration in Google Classroom (6 minutes)
- Google Classroom: Originality Reports (8 minutes)
Google Drive
Google Hangouts
Google Meet
Quick Video Tutorials for Google Meet for Teachers:
- How to Start a Google Meet (3 minutes)
- How to Invite People to a Google Meet (5 minutes)
- How to Join a Google Meet (4 minutes)
- Basic Use and Features of Google Meet (7 minutes)
- How to Record a Google Meet (7 minutes)
- Grid View Extension (5 minutes)
- How to Keep Students from Starting or Recording a Meet (5 minutes)
- Whiteboard Tools for Google Meet (8 minutes)
- How to record attendance with Meet Attendance extension
Remind
Screencastify
There are numerous ways you can use a screen recorder. You can record narration over your Google Slides or PPT as if you were in the classroom teaching. Then you can post the finished product (movie) to your Google Classroom, Website or send the link out via email.
Other resources for screensharing:
- Screencastify (district-approved)
- Flipgrid (district-approved; brand-new feature)
Other resources for screensharing:
Video Tutorials to Share with Your Students
Our students in the BM Broadcasting program are creating technical tutorials to help our teachers and students with remote learning. We will post them below.
Zoom
- Scheduling a Meeting with Zoom Website
- How to Join a Zoom Meeting
- Recording a Zoom Meeting
- Sharing Your Screen with Zoom
- Other Zoom Video Tutorials
While Zoom is an easy-to-use videoconferencing tool, it is also becoming a way for uninvited guests to take over the meeting and post unwanted content. If you are setting up a meeting, make sure those meetings are safe by going to Settings>Screen Sharing>Who can share?>Host Only.
Jamboard
Missed our Jamboard session? Now worries! Watch the workshop here.
Other fun stuff to consider when creating a Jamboard (that is not mentioned in the workshop video:
Other fun stuff to consider when creating a Jamboard (that is not mentioned in the workshop video:
- There are free templates available - just do a search! Maybe someone has already created something you can use or manipulate
- You cannot write within a shape added to Jamboard, but you can put a text box over it
OCR <-- What is this?! Something you really want to know about
Do you have a picture of a document that you need to type up? Well, you do not have to type it anymore!
- Upload the image into your drive (JPEG or PNG)
- Right click the image from the Drive (do not click to open it)
- Select "Open with"
- "Google Docs"
- Select "Open with"
- A Google Document will open - the image will be at the top and the text will be at the bottom! No need to type it...Google just did it for you!
Digital Breakouts
This is a great resource if you are looking to improve your Digital Breakouts.
This website walks you through creating a breakout and provides tools to create clues and tips on making the breakout more user friendly.
Click here to access the resource.
This website walks you through creating a breakout and provides tools to create clues and tips on making the breakout more user friendly.
Click here to access the resource.