Updated 10/31/21

PowerTeacher Pro Tutorials

• PowerTeacher Pro: Part 1 Basics (8:03)
• PowerTeacher Pro: Part 2 Grading Assignments (10:48)
• Elementary PowerTeacher Pro: Grading Standards (13:06)
• Syncing Canvas with PowerSchool from Lexi Razor, JSD teacher

Canvas Tutorials 

Most of these tutorials are from the NEA Alaska Training with Anchorage School District middle school teachers Dawn Anderson and Kevin Klott 8/18/20. Thank you!

The Basics

• Canvas Basics (5:52)
• Cross-listing Classes (6:23)
• Canvas Settings (3:16)
• Authorizing Google Drive to connect to your Canvas account (2:17)
• Adding Modules and Assignments (7:29)
• Create an Assignment (Basic write-in text box response) (8:05)
• Create a Google Docs Cloud Assignment (7:26)
• Syncing Canvas with PowerSchool from Lexi Razor, JSD teacher
• Exporting a Canvas Course (2:10)

Doing More With Canvas

• Copying Content from One Class to Another (4:04)
• Using SpeedGrader (3:52)
• Making Self-Graded Quizzes (8:14)
• Creating a Test Bank (5:18)
• How to Create a Quiz From a Test Bank (5:20)
• Creating Discussions (4:18)
• Using Canvas to Email Students (4:56)
• Adding Emojis to Your Comments (2:38)
• Setting Up Your Free Pear Deck Account (3:07)
• Creating Pear Decks (4:52)
• Using a Pear Deck with Your Students (9:12)

Delivering Online Content 

• Simple fill-in worksheet using Google Slides and a PDF/image (4:30)
• Using Kami with Canvas (External Tool that allows you to easily write/draw on a PDF) (5:50)
• Flipgrid and Canvas (7:26) 
• Canvas and BrainPop Worksheets Using Kami (7:11)

Canvas Studio Tutorials

• Canvas Studio Basics (8:55)
• Video Quiz Using Canvas Studio (6:11)
• Captioning Your Videos (3:50) 
• Zoom Recording on Canvas Studio (5:23)
• Making and Changing Thumbnails in Canvas Studio (3:24)
• Editing Canvas Studio Videos (Overlays and Cut) (11:00) 

Zoom Tutorials

• Using Zoom Reports for Attendance (2:06)
• Zoom Settings (2:43)
• More zoom.us Settings (2:38)
• Using Zoom Breakout Rooms (4:16)
• Logging into Zoom from iOS Device (1:44)
• Using Zoom from a Mac Desktop (1:38)
• Zoom Recording on Canvas Studio (5:23) (Use this to record your lessons in Zoom and then share it to students in Canvas with Canvas Studio with captions! Same movie as above.)
• All Things Zoom (almost) from Mariel Odum, JSD teacher

Google App Tutorials

Google Keep – A Note Taking App

• Google Keep: A Busy Teacher’s Best Friend
• Google Keep Tricks for Teachers and Students
• 10 ways Google Keep can help streamline life at school
• 6 ways to help students be more productive by using Google Keep

Google Docs – Advanced Features

• Google Docs 101
• Voice Typing 
• Share “Make a Copy” Links
• Explore Tool
• Outlines/Table of Contents
• Commenting and Suggesting
• Tagging Users in a Comment
• Setting Preference Shortcuts
• “Force Copy” Trick for Google Docs (3:20) – This trick forces anyone who clicks on the link to automatically copy the document.

Google Slides – Swiss Army Knife Tool for the Classroom

• Collaborative Group Projects
• Hyperdocs
• Self-Grading Quizzes
• Pear Deck Add-on
• Slides to the Right Cha Cha Cha
• Slides to the Left
• Adding Video
• Publish to the Web
• Image Editing
• Custom Page Size
• Adding Audio
• Better Slide Themes

Google Sheets – Creative Applications

• Make Mondrian Art with Google Sheets
• Build Interactive Learning Databases
• 4 Creative uses of Google Sheets

Google Forms -Innovative Uses

• Choose Your Own Adventure (Non-Fiction)
• Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Fiction)
• Document Student Behaviors
• Seven NEW Ways to Use Google Forms In the Classroom

Google Sites – Digital Portfolios

• Google Sites Beginner Tutorials 
• Digital Portfolios for Littles (Elementary)
• How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites
• The Google Teacher Tribe Podcast–ePortfolios and Google Sites
• Creating ePortfolios

Google Tour Builder – Virtual Reality Projects

• Google Tour Builder uses Google’s Earth map technology to create interactive virtual tours, that include locations, images, videos, descriptions, hyperlinks, and more. 
• Google Tour Builder Library
• Literature Trip
• Virtual Washington, D.C. Field Trip
• Globe Theater Exploration
• Tour Builder Travel Project
• 4 Inquiry-Driven Tour Builder Projects
• Tour Rubric

Chrome Extensions

• Ten Chrome Extensions for Teachers
• Talk and Comment Extension
• Favorite Google Extensions for Teachers
• Screencastify Overview
• Text to Speech Extensions for Chrome
• Chrome Web Store

Other Videos

• How to Use Screencastify to Record Video Messages & Tutorials for Students (4:03)
• Bitmoji Classroom Tutorial
• The Modern Classrooms Project

Do you have a tutorial or resource to add to the list? Please email Liz Agnew at  jeaedexcellence@gmail.com.