Round 2 LCSC Remote Learning November/December Tips

 This information is to support you in your eLearning for the Fall/Winter school year.  It contains links to useful documents and links to guide you in your technology usage.  If you find that the following does not help you to successfully participate in your teacher-guided instruction, please contact LCSC Tech Support at tech@lcscmail.com or call at 558-2727. You may also wish to visit LCSC's eLearning page @ https://lcsc.us/departments/elearning/.

• Login information and where to find it - Skyward (You must login to Canvas to access this information)
• LCSC eLearning Technology Support Page
• Online Textbook Information (You must login to Canvas to access this information)

• How to use a Chromebook

Allowing Microphone and Camera on Chromebook

Volume Trouble on Chromebook

• How to access Clever

• How to access DreamBox through Clever

• How to access Savvas through Clever

• How to add an additional Teacher to Seesaw

• Split Screen Information

• Two options for Chromebook

• https://youtu.be/DYvAvdd4LrU

• https://youtu.be/wl7ZW1fOwWQ

• Laptop and Desktop Options

• https://youtu.be/Y5dCz76UeMAY

• https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-split-your-screen-in-windows-10/

• Parent Information

• Login to Canvas @ https://lakecentral.instructure.com/login/ldap

• Login to Clever for Savvas, DreamBox, Learning.com (for Computers), etc. @ LCSC District Clever

• Login to Gmail @ https://www.google.com/

• Student Username: 

• Student Password: 

• Canvas Parent App Tutorial

• LCSC Canvas Parent Tools

• Monitoring Your Child's Learning Using Canvas LMS

• Canvas FAQ

Dashboard View and Sorting Student Assignments

You can now view your dashboard according to your organizational preferences by clicking the three dots in the top right hand corner of your dashboard screen.

As of now, you are probably seeing many assignments build up in your Canvas Assignment screen.  You can sort your assignments by date or by assignment type.  Hopefully, this helps you organize your canvas.

Assignments sorted by date

Assignments sorted by type

Canvas Calendar Tip & Mentor Information

Canvas Calendar Tip

To make sure you are seeing all of your teacher's assignments, click on the title to maximize the window to see all the assignment information.  You may not see it all in the original, smaller window version.

Click here for a video explanation from one of our Bibich teachers, Miss Frazier.

Calendar view when assignment is accessed.

Assignment view when title is selected after accessing from calendar.

Teacher Mentor Network

The Indiana Retired Teachers Association (IRTA), Indiana Retired Teachers Foundation (IRTF), and IDOE have partnered to create the Teacher Mentor Network (TMN). This network will offer assistance in alleviating some of the stress and angst that has been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on education.  

By clicking on this link, educators and parents will be connected to a member of the IRTA. Your connection will offer wellness support, curriculum suggestions, tutoring, cookie recipes, and, most importantly, an ear when you need it. 

Canvas Support Tips

Canvas is constantly creating updates to assist us during this remote learning phase of education. Below you will find resources that have been shared to help students and parents stay current on how to navigate in Canvas.

• Follow @CanvasLMS on Twitter and/or Facebook for lots of live streams (also recorded), like these:.
• The Timbs Family and Canvas: https://youtu.be/mFdYrQ-mWQk 
• Parent Pointers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqF2oo4O1SE 
• Parent Points Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPa5qCkPjLk
• Parent Video
• Parent Tips
• Passport to Canvas (Student Training Course in Commons) has been updated with New RCE and other enhancements: Blog Post for Passport to Canvas Updates

Google and Canvas Support

As we progress with the remote learning, students are being asked to submit assignments in Canvas and to submit their work from their Google Drive in Canvas as well.  Below are some tips on how to use your Google Drive in Canvas.

How to use Google Drive and Google Applications

How to add Google Drive to Canvas as a student

How to change your share settings

How to see your To Do List

Navigating in Pearson, Clever & Accessing Canvas Courses

We are continue to address concerns that students and parents are encountering during our distance learning window.  Please continue to reach out to your teachers and trainers with your concerns.  Thank you for working with us to do the best we can for our students during this time.  Below are some common issues that have been addressed.

Please check out the LCSC Technology Page for more support.

Here are some tips to navigate in Pearson.

1. Click here to access how to navigate Pearson.
2. Click here for a tutorial on accessing and submitting work in Words Their Way.
3. Click here for a tutorial on accessing and submitting work in Investigations.

**Click here information on troubleshooting Pearson known issue.


How to access Clever for LCSC students. 
1.  Go to your school website.
2.  Scroll down to the Quick Links section of the site.
3.  Click on Clever.
4.  Choose login with Google (This is the same username and password that you use for Canvas).
5. Click on the app you'd like to use from your Clever Desktop.

School websites: Click on and bookmark your school below for future reference.
Bibich
Homan
Kolling
Peifer
Protsman
Watson


Canvas Courses and Attendance Issues

Some people are reporting that all their student courses are not showing up on the dashboard or the calendar.  Here is some information on submitting attendance and finding all your courses including Computers, Library, and P.E., Art, Music, and Attendance.

Click here for printable Canvas Directions to see all Canvas Courses for this year on the Dashboard.

Click here for printable Canvas Calendar Directions.

Click here for video directions showing both 

Interactive Activities for Distance Learning

How to Access Distance Learning Programs from Home

CLICK HERE to see LCSC Elementary blog entry on how to log into Canvas and other password information.

Canvas Assignments: CLICK HERE for written directions on how to access your online assignments as a student.

Canvas Grades and Teacher comments/feedback: CLICK HERE for written directions on how to access your graded work and teacher feedback in Canvas.

Canvas Discussion Boards:   CLICK HERE for written instructions on using Canvas Discussion boards when assigned by your teacher. OR,

View the video tutorial below for help using Canvas Discussion Boards-

How to view all your Canvas Courses on the Dashboard:

Some students and parents have voiced concern that they can't see all of the courses for this year.  Below are directions to make sure you are seeing what you need on the Dashboard and the Calendar.

​Click here for printable Canvas Directions to see all Canvas Courses on the Dashboard.

Click here for printable Canvas Calendar Directions.

Click here for video directions showing both.

Nearpod: CLICK HERE for instructions on how to access Nearpod when your teacher assigns a presentation in Nearpod.com

CLICK HERE for Quick Start Video.        

How to Access Flipgrid: CLICK HERE to access step-by-step instructions to access Flipgrid.

How to Access Kahoot and Quizizz:  CLICK HERE for information on how to access these activity apps.

How to Conduct eLearning from Home

We have been given directives to hold eLearning from home.  Your child will be given assignments from their teacher on the following dates:

Week 1: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 & Friday, March 20, 2020
Week 2: Monday, March 30, 2020, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, & Friday, April 3, 2020.
Week 3: Monday, April 6, 2020 & Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

You should receive specific directions from your teachers through email, notes, home, or messages on Canvas.  
The teachers will be available for questions on the days listed above between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

***You may contact the teacher through email, Skyward, the Inbox in Canvas, or any other method that a teacher has directed you to do.

How do you get started?  Click here for username and password formulas for the elementary students use in the LCSC district, including Canvas as well as other online textbooks.


**If you have a LCSC Chromebook, Click here for directions on how to use it.

Access Canvas at https://lakecentral.instructure.com/

From here, you will have your student login with their school email and password.  To locate the school email, go to your child's Skyward account.  The password is the first initials of their first name and the first initial of their last name (Both should be capitalized).  Followed by their Student ID # also located in Skyward.  

If you do not have your Skyward login information,  enter their email address and click forgot password or login and it will email them.  If they do not get that em

ail, they can then email me directly.

Email skywardaccess@lcscmail.com if they need their username and password.  Email should include student name, grade, school and the parent's name.

Once in Canvas, students should then access the calendar on the far left hand side. You should be able to see anything due on the calendar. Students can also access assignments by clicking the teacher's homepage icon on the desk top and then selecting the red Assignments/Assessment tabs. There are other resources and useful material in the other buttons on the teacher's home screen.

 Watch the video below to see how to access your student Canvas account.

Watch the video below on how to Submit an Assignment in Canvas.
*Note, not all teachers are requiring students to submit assignments in Canvas. Check your child's Canvas calendar for more details.