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Streamline Your Classroom: The Power of Linking Instructure Mastery Tracker with Canvas

Are you looking to save time, get deeper insights into student learning, and create a more cohesive educational experience? By linking your Instructure Mastery Tracker with your Canvas account, you can transform your workflow and elevate your teaching.

This powerful integration brings the best of both worlds into a single, unified platform, giving you a seamless experience for managing your curriculum, assessments, and student progress.

Key Benefits of the Integration:

  • Seamless Assessment and Grading: When you create an assessment in Mastery Tracker, a corresponding assignment is automatically generated in your Canvas course. Once students complete the assessment, their scores sync directly to the Canvas Gradebook, eliminating the need for double-entry and saving you valuable time.
  • Real-Time Data for Informed Decisions: The integration provides a clear, visual overview of student mastery right within your Canvas course. The Mastery Tracker's intuitive "traffic light" system helps you quickly identify which students need extra support, which standards require more attention, and where your instruction is most effective.
  • Efficient Workflows: With a single sign-on and a unified interface, you and your students can navigate effortlessly between course content in Canvas and assessments in Mastery. This reduces administrative burden and allows you to focus on what matters most: teaching and learning.
  • Standards-Based Learning Made Simple: Easily align every assignment and assessment to specific learning standards. The integrated platform helps you track student progress toward proficiency on a per-standard basis, providing a clear roadmap for student growth and targeted interventions.
  • Enhanced Student and Parent Communication: The comprehensive reporting features allow you to generate and share individual student reports with a single click. This facilitates more productive conversations with students and their families about academic progress and areas for improvement.

By connecting your Mastery Tracker and Canvas accounts, you create a connected ecosystem that not only simplifies your work but also empowers you with the data

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We are all about that personalized learning journey here in digital teaching and learning, so in order to send you off into the summer in style, we offer you several pathways to craft your own summer learning journey with the Big 6. Pick your path, follow your curiosity, and come back inspired!

Adobe:

Take the first steps to incorporating creativity in your class with Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 or dive deeper into the creative waters with Adobe Creative Educator Level 2 self-paced courses from UEN. Find more details and registration links here: https://digitallearning.jordandistrict.org/2025/06/01/adobe-update-june-2025/

Canva:

Want to learn more about the ins and outs of Canva, but don't know where to starts? Have no fear! You are spoiled for choice in Canva's Design School. Check out the Canva Essentials self-paced course if you are new to the platform. Or if you ready to level up your game, check out the self-paced Teacher Essentials course to equip yourself with the essential skills needed to facilitate engaging learning with Canva.

Canvas:

Our friends at the Utah Education Network have a host of new self-paced courses to fill up your summer with learning. We have two options for your learning journey. Cover the basics with the Canvas Foundations class. This course will guide them in creating their own course using best practices to set up a visual home page, add engaging content, assess student learning, and communicate effectively using Canvas. Register here: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/browse/uen2025/courses/canvasfoundations2025

Or if you want to sharpen your skills a bit, check out the Enhancing Your Canvas Skills course. Participants in this course will learn to augment and elevate their Canvas skills by incorporating Universal Design for Learning guidelines as they create engaging homepages, discussions, and quizzes and incorporate LTI tools into instruction. Register here: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/browse/uen2025/courses/enhancing-your-canvas-skills-2025

Google:

As for your Google options, if you want to earn your Google Certified Educator and earn USBE or SUU credit, you can sign up for the Level 1 Google Course or the Level 2 Google Course through UEN and earn all the credit!

Find more details and registration links here: https://digitallearning.jordandistrict.org/2025/05/13/a-summer-of-google/

Nearpod:

UEN has a couple of options for you to brush up on your Nearpod prowess. If you are new to Nearpod, check out Getting Started with Nearpod. The course begins with an introduction to Nearpod and its basic features before diving into the strategic use of those features to meet instructional goals. Teachers will learn how to leverage media, discussion, assessment, and accessibility features in Nearpod to bolster their teaching. Register for the course here: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/browse/uen2025/courses/nearpod2025

If you are a Nearpod pro, check out Expanding Your Nearpod Skills course. This is all about using Nearpod strategically in your classroom by apply accessibility guidelines to their Nearpod lessons, implement Nearpod-infused classroom routines, facilitate meaningful collaboration with Nearpod, and use Nearpod to personalize learning. By the end of this course, teachers will have the knowledge and skills to employ Nearpod in powerful, creative ways that spark students' imaginations and deepen their learning. Register for the course here: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/browse/uen2025/courses/expanding-your-nearpod-skills-2025

Or you can register to attend the virtual Camp Engage, July 24-26th. At Camp Engage, you can learn how to create Nearpod magic alongside thousands of educators around the world. There is a wide range of topics for teachers and administrators with nearly 30-50 sessions per event. Register here: https://nearpod.com/blog/camp-engage-virtual-professional-development-for-teachers/

School AI:

School AI is Jordan's educational AI partner. They have some certification courses for educators. If you newer to the AI game, check out the Level 1 Certified Educator Course from School AI. Register here: https://community.schoolai.com/c/level-1-certified-educator/

UEN has a couple of options for educators who want to explore the big picture use of AI in the classroom. A good starting place is their course AI and Student Learning. This course will help educators navigate this new frontier by exploring different types of AI and their applications, the ethical challenges and dilemmas of AI in education, the impact of AI on teaching and learning, and the design of activities and assessments that incorporate AI. Register here: https://uen.catalog.instructure.com/browse/uen2025/courses/ai2025

This month’s website update invites you to embark on a personalized summer learning adventure with the Big 6 tools. For each tool, you’ll discover two self-paced learning journeys—choose the path that excites you most and unlock the treasure of new skills at your own pace. Whether you’re designing, organizing, collaborating, or creating, there’s an adventure waiting for every educator. As you set out on your summer learning journey, we wish you happy exploring and hope you discover treasures that will inspire your teaching next year. Happy learning!

 

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One of the exciting new features released in Mastery Connect this year has been the all new assessment dashboard experience experience for teachers! The new assessment dashboard will enhance the way you view the data from your students and help form your future lessons.

 

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Missed the March 14th PD Day? No worries! We've got you covered. Check out the slides to catch up on all the great Instructure tips and tricks we shared. We explored awesome ways to use MasteryConnect and Canvas to boost student engagement, and connected with fellow JSD educators. Catch up on the learning and connect with the Instructure tools.

March 14 Instructure by larisa.nageli