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As our 22-23 school years come to an end, StrongMind would like to thank you for all of your collaboration and feedback. Understanding your needs helps us to build a better product to help your school and students thrive. Below you will find some end of year best practices. You will receive more detailed documentation from your Customer Success Manager in the coming weeks regarding the end of the year. Thank you for your continued partnership.

Enjoy your "summer." We look forward to an outstanding 23-24 school year.

• Mark Any Missing Grades as a Zero: The quickest way is to hover over the title for an assignment, select the kebab, Select “Set default grade” and enter 0. Remember not to check the override box, as this will replace any existing grades.

• Export Final Grades: You can export your gradebook as a CSV or PDF file by selecting the Export Tab --> Export All Grades option at the top of the grades page. This way you will have a historical record of grades for your file.

• Conclude Courses: When a course is completed (end of the semester or school term) and you want to provide read-only access to the course, you should conclude the course manually in Canvas.

• Export Modified or Original Content You Want To Keep: You can share or transfer any content you wish to use again in the future. See below for export options.

Teacher time is precious, and Canvas has a variety of methods to save, share, and import existing content into other courses. Modified StrongMind modules, original modules, activities, pages and assessments can all be easily moved for use again and again.

Below you will find three easy options:

1. Exporting & Importing from Course to Course

2. Sharing your content to Canvas Commons

3. Importing Favorited Content from Canvas Commons

Select an icon to view the step-by-step directions.

Each year the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recognizes children and youth with exceptionalities who demonstrate their determination and achievements in multiple ways.

Presented each year at the CEC Convention & Expo, the Yes I Can Awards recognize 12 outstanding students with exceptionalities in six categories: Academics, Arts, School & Community Activities, Self-Advocacy, Technology, and Transition.

If you have served a student that stands out to you for their determination, overcoming barriers, or for their academic achievements, I encourage you to nominate them using this link: https://cec1785.wufoo.com/forms/z1jmanlf0tpi1lx/

Use can also use this link if you'd like to learn more about the Yes I Can Awards https://exceptionalchildren.org/awards/yes-i-can-awards-cec-national

*NOTE: If you choose to nominate a student, there is a question on the nomination that asks “how did you hear about the Yes I Can Awards”. You can enter "Jaimee Miller", who in addition to being our StrongMind Special Education Compliance Manager, also serves on the Honors Committee and am in the newest leadership cohort with CEC).

Rusty leads the Curriculum Department at StrongMind. He works in collaboration with the Product and Sales teams to ensure that projects are delivered efficiently and with quality. Rusty has extensive experience in the field of online learning over the past 12 years and brought a deep understanding of the student experience to StrongMind given the 15+ years he spent in the classroom. Rusty loves collaborating with his colleagues towards a common goal, sharing that "working as a team to achieve success is my favorite part of the job". Rusty works with a dedicated team of 54, some of which include: curriculum developers and editors, instructional designers, and alignment specialists.

One Thing Rusty Wants Our Customers to Know: "The Curriculum Team is very passionate about what we do, and we care deeply about the impact our products have on students' and teachers’ lives. We're committed to constantly improving our offerings and ensuring that our customers receive the very best content to support student learning.