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From Sandboxes to Workspaces: Supporting your organization of DX 

August 26, 2022 / / 0 Comments

We are moving away from departmental sandboxes (MS Humanities, HS English for example) and you will now have a Teacher Workspace for each COURSE (Humanities 6; English 9). While you now may potentially be part of multiple Workspaces, this should make the organization of each workspace easier. This also allows you to have the specific standards for your class attached to your Workspace so that you can create and share rubrics. The CAL will be an administrative member for each Workspace and they can add/remove the appropriate teachers in their department. Please note that all current sandboxes will be archived in August 2022. No data/units will be deleted by the DX administrators. 

Teacher Workspace Organization 

At the top of each Workspace is a section called “Finalized Course Materials”. The materials in this section will represent common units and assessments to be used by a CFL team and that are ready to be copied.   

 

The next section is called “Lesson Page Templates”. In this section there is a single unit with some examples of templates that can be used to quickly create lesson pages in a unit. CFL teams can add new lesson page templates to this as needed, and can then quickly create new lesson pages as they go. 

 

Other sections can be created below these two section, as needed. These extra sections can be organized in different ways, depending on the decision of the CFL team. For example, one section can be created for each teacher, or a new section can be created for past school years as a way of archiving. The more units and assessments that are in this section, however, the longer it may take for it to fully load.  

Preparing the Teacher Workspace: Copying materials from your current sandbox or classes 

Materials in your existing sandbox that will be used from August 2022 onwards must be copied into your new Teacher Workspace for each course. Additionally, any materials in classes that will be used from August 2022 that are not currently in the sandbox must also be copied into the Workspace. This includes Units and Assessments. 

Use the gear icon for the Materials section to quickly select from all content in your sandbox or class: 

You can then select only the materials (units or assessments) that you want to copy to your Teacher Workspace: 

Select the appropriate Teacher Workspace and choose “Copy Here” 

 

Copying Material from Workspaces to DX Classes 

At the start of the school year, or at the start of the unit, the appropriate materials can be copied (not shared!) by each teacher into their own DX class and can then be edited independently by each teacher. This includes due dates for common assessments as well as publishing/unpublishing pages for each class to view. 

In the past, we have suggested that CFL teams choose between “copying” and “sharing” a unit from the sandbox to their classes. We now suggest using the “copy” function exclusively so that each teacher has more control and flexibility over what is published and in setting assessment deadlines. If any lesson pages are added to a unit, these individual lesson pages can also be copied from the Workspace to a unit in the classroom (or vice versa) easily. 

More of a video/screencast kind of person? You can watch a 12-minute explanation of all this here: 

MS Online Learning Exemplars: End of Year

June 8, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Humanities

Captivate/Clarify: Krista ended the year with a choice writing unit, allowing students to showcase their creativity by allowing them to choose their genre while they all worked towards the common goal of incorporating and leveling up skills as graphic novelists. She laid out the tasks at the beginning of the unit so that students knew what was expected of them and met with students throughout the unit to support their creation process.

 

Captivate/Clarify: Verina creates daily screencasts for students and connects with them live multiple times a week. Her directions are clear and concise so that students know what is expected of them. She also differentiates, helping all students feel challenged.

 

Science

Captivate/Clarify: Ashlea provided a variety of ways for students to interact with the concepts of the last unit.

Clarify: Mona broke the final project down into 4 manageable parts, 3 research assignments and a 4th assignment to put everything together and share. She also provided text instructions accompanied by videos and live lessons.

 

World Language

Captivate/Clarify: Kevin used a variety of ways to present information to students. He ended the year with an autobiography project, allowing students to use their new Spanish skills in a creative way via BookCreator.

HS Online Learning Exemplars: End of Year

June 1, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Asia & the World II

Clarify/Care: Brian provides multiple ways for students to understand and interact by creating screencasts, meeting 1:1 with students, and facilitating peer feedback protocols.

 

Chinese

Care/Captivate: Before asking students to share about their own neighborhoods and houses, Chuyu models with her own video. The video gives students a window into her life while also providing the opportunity for authentic questions.

English

Clarify: Allison shares a weekly overview to the grade 10 newsfeed, sharing the weekly task list, and linking to the materials section that has all of the information students need in a clearly laid out format.

 

 

Film

Clarify: Dave clearly explains expectations and deadlines. He also communicates with students about where he is in the world and when he is available.

 

Science

Care/Clarify: Janice combines written instructions with audio instructions to clarify new tasks.

 

Visual Arts

Care/Classroom Management: As part of his daily instructions, Devin gives students a ‘question of the day’  to get them thinking and engaging in the discussion.

HS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 7

March 16, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Asia & the World

Captivate/Clarify: The grade 9 team provides clear learning objectives with engaging ways (EdPuzzle & Quizlet) for students to interact with new content.

EAL

Care/Clarify: Deb uses formatting to provide clear & concise directions and focus areas. She also provides multiple ways for students to check-in and connect.

Film

Clarify: Dave gives his Film HL classes weekly plans that are concise with clear expectations.

MS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 7

March 16, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Choir

Captivate: Stephanie’s choir students sang ‘together’ by submitting individual audio files that she then stitched together.

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Math

Care: With an upcoming 4-day weekend, Jill makes it very clear to her students that she appreciates their hard work but expects them to take a break and not do any work.

 

PE and Health

Care/Captivate: Mel provides an Active task each time students have PE in which she gives clear learning outcomes, engaging options, and ways for students to connect with each other. She also shares a video with them where she connects with them on a more personal level.

MS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 6

March 9, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Concert Band

Captivate: Students in Nate’s classes are in the middle of a 12-lesson unit that allows them to respond, create, and perform. Nate provides lessons in a variety of formats to support student learning.

 

Robotics and Coding

Captivate, Clarify: In this unit, Kim provides her students with an engaging project with clear learning objectives. She organizes the lessons using the Materials section of DX to provide structure.

 

Science

Captivate: Students in Ashlea’s grade 8 class used Thinglink to create fossil visuals and presented them in videos. She then used EdPuzzle to help students review (see embedded video).

HS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 6

March 9, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Concert Band

Captivate: Students in Nate’s classes are in the middle of a 12-lesson unit that allows them to respond, create, and perform. Nate provides lessons in a variety of formats to support student learning.

 

Math

Classroom Management, Care: David provides an overview of the next month of learning for his grade 12 DP Math class.

 

PE and Health

Care: Angela provides an engaging way for students to check-in about how they are doing during this period of eLearning while also sharing information about teenage sleep in organized format.

 

Theater

Captivate, Classroom Management: Jeff is using the Materials section to organize the resources for daily lessons in Theater 1 into units and pages. This allows him to share lessons as tasks on the newsfeed and provides organization and clarity for students.

MS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 5

March 2, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Chinese

Clarify/Care: In this Chinese lesson, Vicky & Yan provide an objective, clear instructions and estimates for how long each task should take them. They also provide a short video to help students with pronunciation and flashcards to help them practice.

Humanities

Captivate: Blaze created an instructional video full of small nuggets to remind the grade 7 students to stay engaged while learning about the compare and contrast essay.

Participation Tracking

Classroom Management: Jeff has developed a spreadsheet and system that allows him to track student participation and attendance, helping him to know when he needs to contact students and parents. View/download template here.

Visual Art

Care/Consolidate: Jenny uses a short video to connect with and encourage her students, reminding them of what they have done so far and affirming both those students who are caught-up and those that are still working to get everything done.

HS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 5

March 2, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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PE and Health

Care: Cale is using Flipgrid to take attendance, connecting via video with his grade 10 students and giving them various daily prompts to respond to in their videos.

Math

Care/Clarify: Chikae reorganized DX to make the lessons easier for her Algebra I to navigate, creating a video to walk them through the changes and gathering feedback on their effectiveness from students.

Science

Care: Elicia is gathering feedback from her grade 10 students in order to make adjustments and set herself new goals.

Social Studies

Care/Clarify: Hannah and Jeff provide instructions and resources for grade 9 Asia & the World students in a variety of formats (including video) using the materials section in DX. They are also responsive to the needs of their students, extending deadlines to help their students stay caught up in their classes.

HS Online Learning Exemplars: Week 4

February 26, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Art

Captivate/Clarify: In Emily’s Thinking Like an Artist class, she takes attendance by asking fun yet simple questions for students to engage with. She also provides clear, step-by-step instructions for the day’s task and gives students a preview of what is coming up.

Chinese

Care/Clarify: In this DX assignment for grade 10 Lang & Lit, Tracy provides students with the opportunity to the Covid-19 outbreak through the See, Think, Wonder visible thinking routine. She also includes COLOs and clear instructions and provides a model.

English

Care/Consolidate: In this DX post for English B HL II, Monique gives her students encouragement on the work they have done so far while also giving them the opportunity to connect with her and their peers via Zoom. She also summarizes what they have done up to this point and previews what is to come.

Science

Clarify, Care: In this DX post for grade 9, Janice provides students with objectives for the task and uses headings & formatting to organize the information. She also connects with students in the comments.

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