Winter Break Fun! Virtual Stickerboards 101

Ok, a fellow #EdTechie that I follow shared something FUN this week and I just had to share it with our readers before we all mad dash to the parking lot on Friday for our long winter's break! I am addicted and thought it might be a great 'over the break' activity to share with students that takes very little set up on your part.

🧩 If you LOVE puzzles or crafts, you have probably seen Sticker Poster Kits made by companies such as StickTogether. In my district, I most often see the giant posters in the library to engage students and provide brain breaks.

⭐️ The company StickTogether has VIRTUAL stickerboards for 🆓. That's right, you and your students can create and participate in a virtual sticker board synchronously or asynchronously. What fun it could be to see a 'surprise image' come together with your students, either in the classroom or while on winter break. 

Here is one I am working on with another group! I'm so excited to see what it will be.

🥳 So, OF COURSE, I am sharing a virtual board here with you!! Let's see if we can complete it. I have set the limit to 100 pixels per day as WE build the puzzle. Add all throughout the break and let's see if we can complete it. 

➡️ Find our puzzle here ⬅️

🎨 Creating your OWN is so easy! Follow these steps (or more information here):

1️⃣ Sign up at StickTogether with Virtual Stickerboards Platform with just your EMAIL, no password needed. Next, verify your email.

2️⃣ Choose an image and give it a title, 💡 but don't give the image away.

3️⃣ Configure your dashboard, set limits per day and get your link! That's it!!

How to create and share a Virtual Stickerboard with StickTogether.

🟩 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 🟥 ⬜️  Happy Stickerboarding! 🟩 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 🟥 ⬜️

Copy Canvas Course: 10-4 Roger That

I have a 10-17 (Urgent Business) for high school instructors who give semester credits for your course! Happy Holidays, at the end of the semester you will get the gift of a new course once the fall course concludes at the end of the semester. 

10-9: Let me repeat my message! It will soon be time to copy your fall Canvas course over to your spring semester course shell created for you! Don’t worry! Your fall course is not going away, it will just be concluded for the fall semester. You will still have access to it, but the students will not.

If that is a 10-4 (affirmative), let’s walk through how to copy your course over to your new course shell. This will include content such as assignments, modules, pages, discussions, etc from your previous course.

In your new spring semester course shell, click on your Settings link in your left course navigation.

On the right of the settings screen, click on Import Course Content link.

Under Import Content, click the drop down menu next to Content Type and select Copy a Canvas Course. When you select "Copy a Canvas Course" more options will open. 

Click in the Search for a course box and type your fall course name. Make sure to check whether you want all content moved to your new course shell or you can specifically select certain content. 

I HIGHLY recommend clicking Adjust events and due dates if you plan on copying any of the content to reuse in the spring semester.

Whatever you import will overwrite/replace any content in the new course.

Once you have all of your ducks in row, click on the blue IMPORT button! You can now continue where you left off in the fall once your spring semester has students enrolled! It could take a while to copy depending on the amount of content.

10-10: transmission complete.

Got time for a quick chat? You DO in Teams!

Two weeks ago, we blogged about using

Microsoft Teams as a virtual meeting platform  - this allows for unlimited time in a virtual meeting. If you are considering the switch from Zoom to Teams for virtual meetings, it may ALSO be a great time to utilize Teams Chat. 

So....we are following up our first post with information on Teams Chat. In Keller ISD, Microsoft Teams is a product that we currently subscribe to in our district.

Give Teams Chat a try by starting here:

1️⃣. Access TEAMS through either:

• the Application 
  From Launchpad (Mac Book) or Windows (Surfacebook), search Microsoft Teams and open the application.
  
  
• or KCloud 
  From KCloud, search Office 365 and choose Teams on the left.
  
  

2️⃣. In Teams, choose CHAT and NEW CHAT to begin a communication with an individual or group in your organization.

That's it! 🤩 Chatting in Teams is easy to start and great for a team that utilizes a communication tool throughout the work day!

For more help from Microsoft support, click here: Teams Chat.