Bamboo Beat

Bamboo Beat

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Bamboo Beat episodes

  • Load up your digital backpack! Explore all the possibilities of Canvas Credentials

    Guest host Nicole Hiers chats with Elizabeth Miller, Regional Director at Instructure, and Michael Kocher and Da’Shira Jackson, Program Managers at Instructure. They discuss the world of gamification and credentialing, and how Instructure’s products support engagement in online and hybrid learning environments.


    Canvas Credentials Community Blog
    Canvas Credentials Discussion

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    53 min
  • Empowering Educators: From the Principal’s Corner

    Explore how the Principal's Corner can infuse connection and communication within Canvas. Guest host Nicole Hiers connects with Chasina Worman, Brittany Firestone, Dr. KC Testerman, and Mark Sluzky, Instructure’s Principal Learning Consultants, and Dr. Jackie Ashmore, Principal of Chaputnguak School & Amaqigciq School! The group discusses the benefits of a Principal’s Corner to empower educators and bridge relational gaps amongst teams.

    For more information, be sure to check out additional resources:
    What is a “Principal’s Corner” and why do you need one?
    Welcome to the Principal’s Corner

    • Check out one Principal’s Corner Template example in Canvas Commons and search for any number of more options in the Commons.
    • Training Portal Resource: “Non-Traditional Courses in Canvas”
      • Canvas can be used for so much more than just traditional classroom settings. This course will cover a variety of use cases for nontraditional courses in Canvas, particularly in a K12 environment. If you have a Training Portal Subscription, check out this course to get started on your Principal’s Corner.
        • Need help creating your Principal’s Corner? Services are available. See our Learning Services site for options.
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          35 min
        • Centering in on Cengage: An Instructure Training Services Portal Partnership

          Guest host Nicole Hiers meets up with Sam Christ, Instructure's Principal Learning Experience Designer, and Nancy Lowery, Cengage Marketing Manager for Instructor & Learning Management Systems. The trio talks about the new partnership Instructure now has with Cengage, as part of the LMS' Training Services Portal.


          To learn more, read this blog in The Community: Welcome-Cengage-to-the-Training-Services-Portal.

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          17 min
        • All About Those Analytics: Admin Analytics in Canvas

          Guest host and Instructure Customer Marketer, Shelly Ruff, huddles up with Product Manager Jacqueline Coolidge and K-12 CSM Michael Prosia to talk about the newest, FREE, feature in Canvas — Admin Analytics.

          Links for more information:

          • Knowledge is Power: 10 Ways Admin Analytics Transforms Teaching

          • The Community's Admin Analytics Resource Hub

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          26 min
        • Teacher Appreciation Week: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

          Guest Host Nicole Hiers, Principal Instructional Designer for Instructure, chats with Dr. KC Testerman, manager of Instructure’s Learning Services, to talk all about acts of appreciation teachers need and deserve. And from all of us at Instructure, thank you to teachers everywhere, both past and present, who give so much each day to help to shape our future.

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          25 min
        • Training Services Portal w/co-host Amber Williams and guest Janie Ruddy!

          Shelly and guest co-host Amber Williams huddle-up with Janie Solinski -Ruddy to talk about the new and improved Training Services Portal for Canvas. We also talk #ConfettiWithCanvas and talk mental wellness moments with our #CanvasFam!

          Submit your #ConfettiWithCanvas moments, and win stuff!! Let's Share the Shine!

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          38 min
        • It's me. Hi. I'm the host, it's me! + Confetti Moments

          Join the #ConfettiWithCanvas Contest, here!  

          Welcome back! Canvascasters has a new look for 2023. New logo, new host - Who Dis? In this short and sweet episode, meet Shelly and celebrate educators with the kickoff of the Canvas Confetti Moments!  

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          11 min
        • PARTNER PODCAST: Battle of Canvas vs. Google Classroom w/Marcus Painter and Matt Miller (Birdcage/Canvascasters/Ditch That Textbook)

          The Canvascasters Podcast co-host, Marcus Painter, appears on the BISD BirdCast Podcast to face-off against an old friend, Matt Miller!

          The challenge was fierce, but the conversation and ideas were better!  What a great episode!

          Check-out the following:

          https://ditchthattextbook.com/

          Follow the BISD BirdCast on Twitter:

          @BISDBirdCast

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          43 min

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        Join Nicole Hiers as she guides you through the world of teaching and learning. Each episode, Nicole will amplify client voices, explore effective teaching methods, and showcase the power of…