Logging into Canvas from ClassLink:

• Go to LCS District homepage then click on the ClassLink button in the box next to district announcements.  The direct link is Login to Canva.
• Log into ClassLink and click the Canvas Icon
• If you are already logged into your ClassLink account, you will automatically be logged into Canvas.  If you have not already logged into ClassLink, you will login using the following:
  • Teachers: Use your LCS Email address and password
  • Students: Use your LCS Email address and password

• Getting Started with Canvas (Elementary)
• Getting Started with Canvas (Secondary)

Exporting Course Content for Second Semester
It's that time of year when teachers need to think about how they are going to set up their second semester or upcoming school-year Canvas courses. Here are some handouts to help you export and import your content into your next semester course shells.

1. How do I export a Canvas course?
2. How do I import a Canvas course export package?
3. How do I select specific content as part of a course import?
4. How do I import Thin Common Cartridge files as separate modules? 
5. How do I adjust events and due dates in a course import?
6. How do I view the status of current and prior course imports? 

Guardians

Get a Student Pairing Code

In order to create a parent observer account, you will need to have a "pairing code" from the account you wish to access. To get a pairing code, follow these steps:

1. Have the student login to their Canvas account.
2. The student will then click on their Profile button and click on "Settings."
3. On the right side of the screen, click on the "Pair with Observer" button.
4. Write down the 6-digit code.
    

Create a Canvas Observer Account

1. Go to the Leon County School District home page and click on "Parents & Students" in the upper right corner, then click on Canvas Portal. You can also click on the link to get to the Canvas login page (https://leonschools.instructure.com/login/canvas)
2. You will be taken to a login screen that looks like this:  
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3. Click on “Click Here For an Account” in the upper right corner.
4. In the next window, add your full name, home email address, create a password and add your student’s Pairing Code.  
5. Click the box agreeing to the terms of use.
6. Click on Start Participating.

To log back into your Parent Account, enter the email address and password you used to set up your Parent Account. Then click Log In. You should now see your child’s Canvas Dashboard.

For more information on creating a Parent Account, getting a Pairing code from your student or adding other students to your account, click on the links below:

1. How do I sign up for a Canvas account as a parent?
2. How do I generate a pairing code for an observer as a student? 
3. How do I link a student to my user account as an observer (adding another student)? 
    

If you need additional help setting up an Observer/Guardian Account, please contact the LCS Canvas Help Desk at CanvasHelp@leonschools.net.

Canvas/Log-in 
 

• Use your home email
• Use the password you created when you created your Parent/Guardian account.
   

For more information on creating a Parent/Guardian Canvas account, click on Creating a Canvas Observer Guardian Account.

• Canvas Support: LMS Quick Start Guide
   

This course was developed in direct response to the needs of Canvas clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this session for a quick start guide that will cover what we consider the essentials of getting an “on the ground” course into Canvas. Watching this will give you an upper hand on supporting students and teachers as they transition to digitally facilitated distance learning.

• Canvas Support: Overview (Instructors)

In this video, you will learn about navigating through Canvas and managing your dashboard and sidebar. Video overviews reflect current feature functionality in Canvas; they are updated based on workflow changes, not on minor or non-functional interface enhancements. Depending on your institution's Canvas theme, the Canvas interface may display differently than shown in this video, but the functionality is the same.

• Canvas Support: How to Use Assignments in Canvas LMS
   

Need help setting up, using, and understanding assignments in Canvas LMS? Join one of our powerhouse consultants to better understand the following: how to create an assignment, how to create LTI assignments (with things like Google and Turnitin), how to create an assignment that is assigned to a specific section, and how to create extra credit assignments.

• Canvas Support: How to Use Gradebook in Canvas LMS
   

Need help understanding and using Gradebook within Canvas LMS? Join one of our powerhouse consultants to better understand the following: how to read Gradebook icons, how to export Gradebook, how to use gpb/sync, how to excuse assignments, how to leverage Gradebook settings

• Canvas Support: Canvas for Math Instructors 
   

• Canvas Support: Elementary Centers in Canvas Courses (aka Station Rotation)
   

• Canvas Support: LMS Virtual Best Practices with The Canvas Pros

• Canvas Support: LMS Best Practices for Canvas Course Design

• Canvas Support: How to Import Course Content into Canvas LMS
   

•  Canvas Support: How to Cross List Sections in Canvas LMS (Canvas Admin)
   

• LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 1: Who's Afraid of the Online Classroom?

So, looks like online instruction might be the wave of the future after all. But that’s ok. Our teachers were and are tough. They stepped up to the plate for sure in the very abrupt transition we all just lived through. Anyhow, it seems like this might be the new normal to some extent for at least some of the time. We know you already lived through this shift to online instruction and have the battle scars to show it. Now that we have a little more time, let’s take some time to reflect on what we can do before we start again in the fall (or before we’re in the fall semester and have to go back home again) to take our online teaching game to the next level.

• LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 2: Curriculum in the Online Classroom
   

How is it different from a material? How is it different from instruction? Why does this matter? Curriculum, very simply put, is a course of study. A curriculum guides us as teachers and instructional leaders through the scope of what to teach and when to teach it. In traditional public education, we’re relatively lucky in that some of this work is figured out for us by our state-adopted standards.

• LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 3: Pacing and Timing in the Online Classroom
   

Hi there! Let’s start with a quick question—what are the things you do in your class every day that make it a “class?” Odds are, it has little to do with thenumber of problems, words, or stories you assign. It’s far more intentional than that. It’s about how you hook and engage the students, how they respond, practice, and connect, and how you find out where they are at in their understanding so you know what to do next.

•  LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 4: Rubrics in the Online Classroom
   

Today we are going to talk about using rubrics in the online classroom.So, you probably already use rubrics regularly in your traditional classroom. In this video, however, we plan to go over some distinct characteristics of rubrics so that we can ensure we are using a common language of best practice(ASCD, 2013). Then, we’ll talk about how rubrics help instructors and studentsonline and provide you with some tips for creating and using them in your course.

• LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 5: Teacher Presence in the Online Classroom
   

Today we’re going to take a moment to reflect on what teacher presence looks like in the online classroom versus the traditional educational setting. The good news about this topic is that people tend to think at first that talking about teacher presence in online instruction means being on video—something that makes many of us cringe—but that’s really not always the case. The caveat here is that some age groups and some courses do require us to be a little more of an “online celebrity” for the purposes of instruction—teachers of the youngest students, ESOL students, and language students, and several other areas I’m looking at you here.

•  LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 6: Cognitive Presence and Online Classroom Engagement
   

Today’s Micro-PD session is going to be a little different. The focus is on cognitive presence and student engagement online. We’re going to start this out by defining our main academic terms: Cognitive Presence, Engagement, and Cognitive LoadCognitivePresence is the level of ability one has to make meaning and communicate meaning from interacting with a medium.Engagement, when we talk about the classroom, is the degree of interest, curiosity, or attention a student has with knowledge.

•  LCS Micro-PD S1: Video 7: Communication in the Online Classroom

Communication and the Online ClassroomIn today’s video we’re going to talk briefly about what communication with parents looks like in the online classroom. To begin, let’s just think about what we know about communication in any environment. Basically, we know that whenever people are “in the know” we all start to work better.

• Canvas LMS Tutorial - Using Modules to Build a Course
   

• Canvas LMS Tutorial - Setting the Homepage
   

• Canvas LMS Tutorial - Locking and Unlocking Modules
   

•  Canvas LMS Tutorial: Canvas Quizzes and Quiz Banks
   

• Canvas LMS - Creating Custom Navigation Buttons
   

• Canvas LMS - Creating Equitable Learning Experiences in Canvas
   

• H5P Tutorial - Create Interactives for Your LMS or Website
   

•  Microsoft Teams and Canvas – Using Microsoft Teams in Your Classroom
  
  

• Remind Tutorial - Teacher Messaging Tool

• Canvas LMS for Students
   

In this video, you will learn about your Canvas Dashboard and Global Navigation links. You’ll also learn about navigating a course and accessing assignments.

• Canvas LMS for Parents