Naperville Community School District 203 Canvas Learning Management System Update September 4, 2012
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Naperville Community School District 203
Canvas Learning Management System Update
September 4, 2012Canvas is a web based Learning Management System
• Teachers can:
• Create and store assignments, lesson activities, audio and video
content.
• Collaborate with other teachers and students in their class
• Send individual, group, and course‐wide messages to students and
parents who can also subscribe to receive immediate notification on
parents,
events like grade or due date changes.
• Assess student work
.
• Students can:
• Create content, collaborate on projects, participate in discussions
• Communicate safely with teachers, collaborate on work with other
students
• Parents can:
• View their student’s upcoming assignments, due dates, missing work
andd communicate
i t with
ith their
th i student’s
t d t’ teacher(s)
t h ()What has been done since we last presented to the
BOE?
Deliver Innovative and Enabling Technologies
• Contracts negotiated and signed
• Phase I implemented (early adopters)
• Collaborative work by Learning Services, IT and Canvas staff
• Integration with Infinite Campus.
• Training for over 200 teachers performed by IT and other district
teachers.
• System available on the first day of the 2012‐2013 school year for
classroom use.
Operate Effectively and Efficiently
• Feedback so far:on the right things at the right time. Deliver in a
Work
• High
Hi h energy
timely, and
costd effective
interest
i t t from
f
manner both
b th students
t d t and d teachers.
t h
• Additional teachers requesting access based on peer
conversations.
• More than 7800 students logged in an utilized some functionality
• In the last 3 weeks, another 120 teachers have been trained and
have access via building based trainings.Security
• Content driven system with minimal data provided from our Student Information System (Student
Deliver
name, ID #, teacher name, Innovative and Enabling
teacher ID#, course Technologies
enrollment)
• Best practice security configuration
• 128‐bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, ISO 27001 Information Security Management
Systems certification, and Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70 Type II audits ( Same
technology banks use to protect financial data online)
• Quarterly security audits done by external auditor on Canvas systems
• FERPA compliant
• Controlled user access
• Requires unique user name and password to access
• Sessions are reset on each successful login so multiple users cannot access each other's prior
sessions
sess o s
• Role based security model with single sign on integrated with district active directory
• Courses and contentOperate
have access Effectively and Efficiently
control policies
• User passwords are not stored in plain text in the system and must be changed at least every 6
months Work on the right things at the right time. Deliver in a
• System‐level
S t l timely,
l passwords
costd effective
(e.g.,
( root,
tmanner
enable,
bl Windows
Wi d Administrator,
Ad i i t t application
li ti administration
d i i t ti
accounts must be changed on at least a quarterly basis.
• Teachers have control and authority over their virtual classroom
• Manage who can see what content
• Add parents as observers to their course with read only access to their student materials such as
• Assignments
• Syllabus
• Messaging base on student performanceDigital Citizenship
• Deliver Innovative
Virtual Classrooms and by
are monitored Enabling Technologies
the teacher or administrators for
pp p
inappropriate content
• Teacher can delete, lock topics, etc.
• Students cannot add content to the course for everyone to see
• Monitoring means that the teacher is immediately notified when content is
added (example would be responses to a discussion forum) The system
provides a record of who submits which content and comments, etc.
• Any inappropriate communications or content will be managed just as any
Operate
disciplinary action is Effectively
handled by districtand Efficiently
staff.
Work on the right things at the right time. Deliver in a
• The system timely,
does not “scan”
scan for inappropriate content,
cost effective manner
content keywords,
keywords etc.
etc
• Communications around this system have anchored to our electronic
communications guidelines
• Teachers set appropriate expectation around use with their studentsWhat’s next?
Deliver Innovative and Enabling Technologies
• Phase II
• Training
• Communications
• IntegrationsOperate Effectively and Efficiently
Work on the right things at the right time. Deliver in a
• timely,
Product cost effective manner
enhancementsImplementation Timeline
Deliver Innovative and Enabling Technologies
Operate Effectively and Efficiently
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