Weekly Lessons Learned 1/20/23

Welcome to the Technology Design Team Weekly Lessons Learned! This is a recurring feature on Friday afternoons where the Technology Design Team will share top of mind resources and learning. Each week, we will post a few key things we hope you may find useful. We look forward to sharing our learning with you.

Some of the content may be specific to the realities of Austin ISD though, we hope, much will be useful to viewers worldwide. The Weekly Lessons Learned Archive contains a list of topics from and links to previous updates.

New resources for Canva for Education

Why are some of my grades missing from the BLEND gradebook?

• When you open the gradebook, it defaults to viewing the current grading period. If an assignment/quiz does not have a due date, it goes into a grading period called “no due date”. You will find the assignment by filtering to that grading period.
• Filter by grading period
• Full video on gradebook filtering
• Showing Concluded Students (silent screencast)

Due dates and availability dates are important.

• What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
• This videos demonstrates how and why to set due dates for assignments.
• BLEND/Canvas allows you to bulk update due dates.
• You can also edit assignment details on assignments individually.

What grading options are available in BLEND?

• BLEND allows teachers to set Late Submission policies
  • Setting a Late Submission policy affects all assignments in a course, including assignments with due dates in the past.
  • To exclude a specific assignment, mark the submission as something other than Late in the Grade Detail Tray.
• Teachers can set a default grade for an assignment.
• This “BLEND Tip – Late Work Policy” video will show you the steps for setting up this grading policy in your BLEND gradebook.
• Teachers can message groups of students directly from the gradebook.
  • Messages can target students who:
    • Haven’t submitted yet
    • Haven’t been graded
    • Scored less than [point value]
    • Scored more than [point value]

How can I set a publish date for a page in BLEND/Canvas?

• You may now schedule page publication and add the page to the students to-do list!
• This page shares additional information.

The Technology Design Team would love to hear from you!

Please reach out to your Technology Design Specialist if you would like a thought partner or support on your blended learning implementation.
Our team has been restructured for the 22-23 school year.
View a list of the current members of the Technology Design Team and the campuses each supports.

If you have a technical support issue (device repair or setup, access to systems, etc), please create a ServiceNow ticket to have a technician address your concern.