[ARCHIVED] Canvas and Rediker and grades
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11-04-2016
09:55 AM
We're rolling quite well with Canvas now, but wondering what other schools with our setup do with grades. Right now we have many of our faculty members grading in Canvas and then entering grades (again) in TeacherPlus.
Is that what you all do? Or does anyone have a better solution. Some have suggested Kimono, but they don't have it working yet.
Thank you!
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11-11-2016
04:28 AM
Two points, if you please:
- Following the lead of @emily_beckman , we did what Kristin does, where teachers enter all grades into Canvas, then, at the end of each grading period, teachers open TeacherPlus and enter the end total in the Grade column. It's not as much work as entering grades twice, and, as Kristin says, it eliminates possible double entry errors (for the most part).
- We tried Clever as a go-between for Admin Plus and Canvas. It was a complete debacle. While consulting on the phone with the Rediker people, we made numerous tries using the Clever Export Tool built into AdminPlus. Not only was information never getting to Canvas, incomplete data was being attempted to be transferred. After weeks of trying to iron this out with Rediker, we were on the verge of starting a new school year and turned to Canvas for help. Because of our Canvas tech, Tawny Mathi, who worked hours and hours to straighten out the data finally captured from Clever, we turned off all automatic syncs between Rediker and Clever, because the data would go back to being screwed up if the sync was held. So, when there are changes in AdminPlus, we manually go into Canvas to make those changes.
Rediker does have an Import Tool that would move our grades from Canvas to AdminPlus, but, to purchase that button would cost over $3,500.00 for the first year, and another $1,700.00 per year after that.
This has taught us something:
- Integration between competing companies is never as easy as you think it's going to be.
- Rediker wants us to use all their products (naturally), and will do whatever they can to keep us from going elsewhere for our school data needs.
We are looking at going elsewhere for our SIS needs now.
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