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Upcoming OTAN Activities – Week of April 14
Posted on 04/14/2025
Ways to Engage Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for All Learners
OTAN Tech Talk with Elisia Doonan, Friday, April 18, 1-2:00 pm.
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May 9, 8:00-4:30 pm | OTAN Canvas Regional Summit | In partnership with CAERC at Sacramento County Office of Education.
Registration Open for 2025 High School Equivalency and Proficiency Summer Convenings! CDE invites chief examiners, test site admin, school counselors and others with a connection to high school equivalency (HSE) and Proficiency exams to an in-person location near your region.
This Week’s Upcoming Activities
Monday, April 14, 12-1:00 pm | Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) Office Hours | Arrive to ask questions and get feedback and support in your CIP planning and review.
Monday, April 14, 2-3:30 pm | Canvas AI Translation Feature | AI Translations is an opt-in feature. Once enabled, this gives access to Canvas Discussions, Announcements and Inbox tools.
Tuesday, April 15, 11:30-12:30 pm | Accessibility Tools in Canvas | This session explores the Rich Content Editor in Canvas, emphasizing the creation of accessible content using alt text, appropriate color contrast, descriptive links, and closed captioning.
Coming Soon!
Monday, April 21, 2-3:00 pm | Canvas Enhanced Rubrics | Learn how to enable this feature, view your rubrics in the new environment, import and export rubrics.
Wednesday, April 23, 12-1:30 pm | Canvas Lucidchart and Lucid Spark (Mindmaps/Graphic Organizers)| Lucid creates mind maps and is a free opt in feature of Canvas.
Thursday, April 24, 2-3:30 pm | Canvas e-Portfolios for CTE | Teachers and Students create a collection of documents from educational projects, submissions, experiences, and other work products.
Thursday, April 24, 3-4:00 pm | Northstar Digital Literacy User Group | Join this user-driven group to discuss things that work and get advice on concerns and challenges.
