It is time for our annual post on the semester switch. This post has important information on the End of Q2 and the First Semester. If you have any questions about copying materials for semester two, please contact me. I will be happy to set up an appointment with you.
1. Grading For Q2: All teachers will be able to continue to grade Quarter 2 work in Canvas until February 8th. While you will be able to grade work from Q2 until February 8th, please keep your level's grading timeline in mind. If you teach a full-year course and collected something with a Q2 due date, but plan on using the assignment as a Q3 grade, make sure to change the due date to a date within Q3 so that you can still grade and provide feedback on the assignment and push it to the appropriate quarter in PowerSchool. You can change the due date after you have collected the work.
2. Turn-Off Sync for Old Assignments: To avoid any confusion, make sure to go into your Assignments in Canvas and de-select the SIS icon indicated in the picture below. This will prevent any grade changes made in PowerSchool from being over-ridden if you run a sync from Canvas.
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- If you used announcements, don't copy these
- Select "Remove All Dates" so you start with undated content
- Anything you copy will be copied in the same state that is in the original course (i.e., published or unpublished - you can always unpublish before or after copying)
4. Publish Your Semester 2 Courses: You must publish your second semester courses just like you did semester one. Here are directions.
5. Start of the Year Checklists: The High School and Middle School Start of the Year Checklists are great resources for the new semester
Have you and your students updated Chrome recently? Here are directions on how to make sure you are running the most recent version.
