Weekly Lessons Learned Archive

Students and Staff can now access Adobe Spark through the new tile in the AISD Portal!
My student can’t see Google content in BLEND.
What information is most useful to get my ServiceNow ticket properly routed and quickly addressed?
Should I set starting and ending dates for my courses in BLEND?
My students’ iPads just updated and now images are gone in BLEND!
How can I tell if my student’s iPad is registered and getting updates?

How do I set and/or change due dates in BLEND, and why is this important?
What new Playposit learnings have arisen this week?
How do I set BLEND notifications at the course level?
A site I need to use with students is showing up as “BLOCKED.” Is there a way to unblock websites for students?
My 3rd-5th-grade blueprint has content linking out to MackinVIA and/or Ebsco that my students cannot access. How can I help them?
Students are doing a lot of scrolling within one BLEND page. How can I create a link to something within a BLEND page (like a “Return to Top” link)?
Where are some of the district-pushed apps on the district-issued iPads?
How do I know if a student’s district iPad is not syncing with district settings?
How do I know if a student’s district iPad is not syncing with district settings?

3-5 Blueprint Update
How do I create custom sections in BLEND (Canavs) so that I can differentiate and assign things only to specific sections?
How can I use GoGuardian to support student engagement?
How do I create an announcement for my individual BLEND course?
How do I find past/archived Global Announcements that I closed from my BLEND Dashboard?
Why is my PlayPosit video giving me the error “Video Streams Fail to Load”?
How do you save videos you’ve created using PlayPosit’s built-in recorder?
How does ownership of PlayPosit bulbs work?
How do I change how my grades post in BLEND (Canvas)?
How do I put a BLEND (Canvas) page on students’ To Do lists?
How do I reduce the amount of past activities my students see in Seesaw?
Why can’t my students see the HMH leveled readers when they access HMH through the Portal from their iPads?
How do I download a student’s Seesaw journal?
What are some guidelines or best practices with Seesaw?

As rosters change in TEAMS, how does this impact systems that use TEAMS to auto-roster students? If a student transfers to my class, what if I need access to students’ previous work from a different BLEND course?
Need an easy way to copy a module or individual BLEND item from one course to another? If you are a Teacher or Co-Teacher in a course you can use the Copy To function.
Do you need help modifying or setting the “Due date” for a BLEND item (such as a BLEND assignment, graded discussion board, or quiz)?
UPDATED: To help make it easier for students to message me via the BLEND inbox, is there a way for me to create a link that I can embed on my BLEND homepage that will allow students to message me via the BLEND inbox?
I like New Quizzes because of their functionality in putting stimuli side-by-side with the questions attached to that stimulus. But I can’t add read-aloud support…can I?
Are you experiencing issues when duplicating a New Quiz or copying it from one course to another?
I need a link refresher! How do I link things in BLEND? How do I relink a button?
Need some resources on concurrent teaching?
Are you looking for resources to support MAP Growth testing with remote learners?
As rosters change in TEAMS, how does this impact Seesaw?

Remember all those links we’ve shared in past Weekly Lessons Learned Updates for the status of apps and websites? They’re now all consolidated into a new page on the AISD website!
GoGuardian – “Student offline” is sometimes seen by teachers when in an active session.
Grade filtering
What are some suggestions on how to provide continuity of instruction to the kids of a teacher who may be taking leave?
Any new Zoom learnings this week?
My students are turning in work via BLEND, and when I look in SpeedGrader, a student’s submission gives me this error:
Students on iPads are reporting issues with the visibility of images when using the Canvas Student App. What can I do to help?
Some students are getting an error message on their iPads that they “do not have enough storage” to turn in work via Seesaw. How can I help?
How do I know if a student’s district iPad is not syncing with district settings?

As the end of the grading period approaches, what are some timesavers for grading and tips for communicating missing work to students?
What are some best practices for adding grades and assignments in SIS Frontline TEAMS?
Zoom Odds’n’Ends
How can I get Zoom help?
BLEND (Canvas) Odds’n’Ends
What new learning has happened around Playposit bulbs and ownership?
Curious about the status of a system that AISD uses?