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  • The gradebook's Grade that counts window with Highest attempt picked instead of Latest attempt

    Grading

    Choose which attempt counts in the gradebook

    When a student hands in work more than once, pick whether each class counts their latest or highest attempt. That grade goes to the Overall Score and your LMS.

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  • A 7th Grade Science class Overview with Room 114, Science Lab and Period 3, Mon/Wed/Fri under the class name

    Navigation

    Show where and when a class meets

    Add a room and a period or schedule in class settings. Everyone in the class sees them under the class name on its Overview, with the class's teachers.

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  • The New announcement form with the paperclip menu open on Upload from device, Import from Google Drive and Import from Microsoft OneDrive

    Tools · Integrations

    Attach Google Drive and OneDrive files to announcements

    The paperclip in a class announcement imports files from Google Drive and OneDrive, so a permission slip no longer has to be downloaded and uploaded again.

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  • An assessment's Assignment settings with Shuffle questions and choices switched on, beside Sparky's list of the quiz's five questions

    Activities

    Shuffle questions and choices for each student

    Turn on Shuffle questions and choices, and each student gets an assessment's questions and multiple choice answers in their own order.

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  • The What should Flint use Canvas for? window with Bring rosters into Flint and Send grades from Flint ticked, and Who can send grades set to Teachers and admins

    Integrations · Admin

    See what each SIS and LMS connection is for

    The SIS and LMS page shows whether each connection brings rosters into Flint, sends grades out, or both, and who can send grades.

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  • A class's Modules page with the module Week 1: Chapters 1–3 inside the published unit Unit 1: Of Mice and Men, each with its own Published button

    Activities · Curriculum

    Put modules inside modules

    Put modules inside other modules, up to three levels: a unit, its weeks and each week's lessons. Publish each level when students should see it.

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  • A class's Modules page with two published units, Unit 1: The Norman Conquest and Unit 2: Life Under the Normans, each listing its activities in teaching order

    Activities · Curriculum

    Organize a class into modules

    Group a class's activities and resources into modules in teaching order, then publish each module when students are ready. Students only see published modules.

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  • A class gradebook with a cell's Set status menu open, listing Missing, Incomplete, Late, Excused, Absent and Awaiting grading, beside a 50-point Test column

    Grading

    Grade straight in the gradebook

    Pick a rubric grade or type points in a cell, mark work Missing, Late or Excused, and add columns for paper tests. Blank cells no longer count as zero.

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  • The Activity Builder with Sparky's question card in place of the message box, asking what topic the lesson is about, with three options, a Something else box and Skip

    Sparky · Activities

    Answer Sparky's setup questions with a tap

    When Sparky needs details before it builds an activity, it asks one question at a time on a card. Tap an option, write your own answer, or skip it.

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  • The New announcement form for a museum trip, with Permission slip.pdf and Packing list.pdf attached below the Message box and the Attach files paperclip in its corner

    Tools

    Attach files to class announcements

    Click the paperclip in an announcement to attach up to 10 files, such as a permission slip. Students open each file from a card below the message.

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  • A class's Tools page, with the class name in the breadcrumb and sidebar and tool cards under the All tools, For teachers, For students and Hidden tabs

    Tools

    Open any tool inside a class

    Each class has its own Tools page. A tool opened there starts a chat in that class, so Sparky already knows the class and its students.

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  • The For students tab of the Tools page, with the Hide tool from students tooltip over the eye button on the AI Study Guide Maker card

    Tools · Admin

    Hide tools from teachers or students

    Admins can hide any tool from the people it's for, and teachers can hide student tools from their own students. Sparky stops suggesting hidden tools, too.

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