Canvas

For several years, teachers were required to maintain a class website. That requirement was rescinded last year to pave the way for Canvas to become the platform that will house assignments; replace Remind by pushing class announcements to students and parents through email and/or text message; auto-grade a variety of assessments; sync grades with Teacherease, and integrate with either Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive.

The Why: Out of necessity, teachers are currently using a variety of learning management tools (Google Classroom, Class Notebook, Moodle, teacher websites...) making it inconvenient for students to keep up, near impossible for parents, administrators, and support staff to access coursework and resources, and difficult for the district to establish coherent and consistent PD and support. This requirement unites the district on a common digital platform, which is imperative to the success of MPSOne (our 1:1 initiative) and is beneficial to all stakeholders—students, parents, teachers, and administrators.

Students & Parents

 Consistency - 24/7 access to all their assignments from one place

 Student and parent app for on-the-go access to all courses

 To-Do list helps students stay organized by listing assignments in the order they are due and let’s parents see assignment details as well as all upcoming assignments—listed by due date

Teachers

Limits the need to manage make-up work

Instant content delivery from anywhere

Discreet differentiation

Courses can be reused and revised year after year

Lesson sharing

O365/Google integration 

Administrators

Analytics that can inform decision making

Access to students’ assignments

Platform to make announcements, house resources, gather feedback, and facilitate staff discussions