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Clever - New Features for Fall 2022

Here's an interactive tutorial. ** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) ** https://www.iorad.com/player/2011588/Clever---New-Features-for-Fall-202…

Rhianon Gutierrez
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Digital Whiteboard Tools

What Digital Whiteboard Tools should I use? The district recommended digital whiteboard tools are linked in Clever under the "Collaboration, Creation, & Student Voice" section. These tools are Aww Ap…

Sarah Chang
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Getting Started with Google Classroom (Teachers)

What is Google Classroom?. Google Classroom is a tool developed by Google to help teachers create, share resources, and assign classwork with their students online. This tool allows learning to conti…

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How do I use Bookshare?

What is Bookshare and who has access? Bookshare is an online library of accessible ebooks for people with physical, visual or learning impairments. All schools have access to this tool for eligible s…

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How to Access Reading Horizons

What is Reading Horizons and who has access? The Reading Horizons Elevate® program helps older learners fill gaps in reading with assessment-driven explicit phonics instruction based on the principle…

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How to Run a Google Classroom Student List as a Teacher

27 STEPS 1 The first step is to open Aspen in Staff View and click Student top tab 2 Click Field set menu 3 Click Manage Field Sets... 4 Click New 5 Name your new Field Set as Google Classroom List 6…

Christina Carnes
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How to Run a Google Classroom Student List as an Admin

27 STEPS 1 The first step is to open Aspen in School View and click Student top tab 2 Click Field set menu 3 Click Manage Field Sets... 4 Click New 5 Name your new Field Set as Google Classroom List…

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How to Upload your Google Classroom List to your Drive to open it in Google Sheets

23 STEPS 1 The first step is to open My Drive - Google Drive and click New 2 Click File upload and find your Google Classroom file where you saved it on your computer. 3 Once it has been uploaded Cli…

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How to access & use Nearpod

What is Nearpod and who has access? What is Nearpod? Watch the Video.. Nearpod is a student engagement platform with ready-to-run lessons that can be delivered through both live and student-paced for…

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How to access Activate Learning

What is Activate Learning? Who has access? Activate Learning offers investigation-centered and project-based learning that allows students to drive their learning through their own questions and idea…

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How to access Adobe Express

What is Adobe Express and who has access? Adobe Express is an online and mobile design app that allows you to create stunning social graphics, short videos, and web pages that make you stand out. Thi…

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How to access Albert.io

What is Albert.io and who has access? Albert is an all-encompassing practice and assessment tool for grades 5-12, offering best-in-class content for all departments in one place - everything from AP®…

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How to access Canva

What is Canva and who has access? Canva is an online design and visual communication platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere. You can use Canv…

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How to access Clever

What is Clever?. Clever is a portal of teacher-approved applications that students and educators can use in the classroom. Clever-integrated applications are enabled with single-sign on and sync auto…

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How to access Clever at Home

What is Clever? Clever is a “portal” where you can access many apps used by your student’s school or classroom teacher(s). Visit www.bostonpublicschools.org/backpack to access Clever. See login instr…

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How to access CommonLit

What is CommonLit and who has access? CommonLit is a nonprofit education technology organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, especially students in Title I schools, graduate with the rea…

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How to access DBQ Online

What is DBQ Online and who has access? DBQ Online is the digital platform for the DBQ Project, which provides short units of study across grade levels to assist in teaching reading and writing in soc…

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How to access Defined Learning

What is Defined Learning and Who has Access? Defined Learning is an online platform with K0-12 interdisciplinary Project Based Learning tasks. BPS teachers will have the ability to customize performa…

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How to access EVERFI

What is EVERFI? Who has access? EVERFI delivers engaging digital resources, free of charge so teachers can equip students with real-world skills for success beyond the classroom. With 100+ interactiv…

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How to access EdOptions Academy

What is EdOptions Academy? Who has access? Edmentum provides extensive, effective online solutions for all learners paired with highly qualified, state-certified online teachers. Trusted nationally,…

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How to access Edmentum Courseware

What is Edmentum Courseware? Who has access? Watch the Introductory Video. Edmentum Courseware is an online content provider with full courses in all subject areas for grades K-12 through over 400 en…

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How to access Exact Path

What is Exact Path? Who has access? Watch the Introductory Video. Exact Path is an online solution that will import NWEA (MAP Growth) results, assign instruction, auto-group students, progress monito…

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How to access Gale & Nat Geo Kids

What are Gale and Nat Geo Kids and who has access? Gale. Gale, a Cengage company, is a publisher of a variety of digital resources. They provide authoritative reference sources, current magazines, ne…

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How to access Goalbook

What is Goalbook? Who has access? Goalbook Toolkit is an online instructional design tool that empowers educators to apply research-based best practices to transform instruction so that ALL students…

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How to access Google Classroom (Students)

What is Google Classroom? Google Classroom is an online classroom where students can access resources and assignments shared by their teachers. How does my child access Google Classroom? Google Class…

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How to access Illuminate

What is Illuminate? Who has access? Illuminate is an online, standards-based assessment and reporting platform. It allows teachers to administer grade-level, standards-aligned prebuilt assessments (B…

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How to access Imagine Learning

What is Imagine Learning and who has access? With Imagine Learning, BPS students will have the opportunity to work in a personalized educational pathway that targets student learning gaps, while also…

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How to access Learning Ally

What is Learning Ally and who has access? Learning Ally is an online tool that provides access to a library of over 80,000 human-read audiobooks for students who need support with reading. Participat…

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How to access Legends of Learning

What is Legends of Learning? Who has access? . Legends of Learning employs original research to drive student performance using standards-aligned games. The Netflix-style game-based learning platform…

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How to access Lexia

What is Lexia? Lexia Core5 and PowerUp offer the opportunity for students to engage in asynchronous practice of reading skills personalized to their learning needs. Students will take a placement ass…

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How to access McGraw Hill products

What is McGraw Hill? Who has access? McGraw Hill is a curriculum provider that provides curriculum for ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and more. Select BPS schools are currently using McGraw Hill…

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How to access Mystery Science

What is Mystery Science? Who has access? Mystery Science is a K-5, MA 2016 STE Standards-aligned supplementary curricular resource that offers open-and-go online video lessons and hands-on activities…

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How to access Naviance

What is Naviance and who has access? Naviance provides a comprehensive platform for students, school staff, district leaders, and families to collaborate and support student success. Students in grad…

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How to access Open eBooks

What is Open eBooks and who has access? Open eBooks is a library containing thousands of popular and award-winning titles that are free for children from in-need communities. It was created through a…

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How to access Read&Write for Google Chrome & OrbitNote (PDF Reader)

What is Read&Write for Google Chrome and OrbitNote (PDF Reader) and who has access? Read&Write for Google Chrome™ is a Chrome extension that provides personalized support to make documents, web pages…

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How to access ST Math

What is STMath and who has access? ST Math is a PreK-8 visual instructional program that leverages the brain's innate spatial-temporal reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems. ST Math’s uniq…

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How to access Savvas Realize

What is Savvas Realize? Savvas Realize, previously known as Pearson Realize (for Connected Mathematics 3: CMP3 and Investigations), is an integrated application that can be accessed via Clever or the…

Sarah Chang
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How to access Seesaw

What is Seesaw? Who has access? Seesaw is a learning management system that allows students to showcase their work through a digital portfolio that can easily be shared with families. After a teacher…

Rhianon Gutierrez
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How to access Sora by Overdrive

What is Sora and who has access? With Sora , all BPS students and teachers can borrow ebooks and audiobooks from their school or public library. All BPS teachers and students have access to Sora free…

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How to access StudySync

What is StudySync? Who has access? Watch the Introductory Video. StudySync is a comprehensive ELA curriculum. Teachers have access to both a full set of standards-based Core ELA Units, as well as an…

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How to access Sworkit

What is Sworkit and who has access? . Sworkit is a fitness app. Under their Sworkit Youth Initiative, any teacher with a K-12 classroom, anywhere in the world, can get free access to Sworkit’s paid s…

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How to access TalkingPoints

SY 23-24: Please note that TalkingPoints is syncing with our latest rosters. It is a rostered application that reflects what has been shared and updated in Aspen. Family and student contact info shou…

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How to access ThinkLink

What is ThinkLink? Who has access? ThinkLink provides access to digital resources for the FOSS (Full Option Science System) research-based science program and is available to educators and students i…

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How to access Tumblebooks

What is Tumblebooks and who has access? The TumblePremium is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Math Stories, Read-Al…

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How to access Vista

What is Vista and who has access? Vista Higher Learning is a Specialized Language Publisher for World Language (Spanish, French, Italian, German), Dual Language, and ELL. Vista publishes print textbo…

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How to access n2y

What is n2y and who has access? N2Y provides standards-based academic content, weekly differentiated newspapers, symbol communication tools, skill-based learning activities, and self-regulation solut…

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How to access the BPS Lending Library (myTurn)

What is the BPS Lending Library and who has access? The BPS Lending Library is a collection of physical items available for loan by BPS teachers and school leaders. For SY 2022-23, the items consist…

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How to customize the Clever portal on my Teacher page

Navigate to your Teacher Page by clicking "My Page" in the top right hand corner of the portal. Click on the "Add resources button" in the right-hand sidebar. Search for a resource or paste a URL int…

Sarah Chang
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How to install Android apps on a Chromebook

How do I install an app from the Google Play Store? BPS has allowed a select number of Android apps to be installed from the Google Play Store App. If you are interested in installing a Google Play S…

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How to troubleshoot "Offline" status in Seesaw

Step 1: Update Chrome or Firefox Browser. Please make sure you are using an updated version of Chrome. Seesaw works best in this browser. Most common issues are resolved by updating the browser. Step…

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How to unblock Flash Player in Chrome

Open the three-dot menu and select Settings. Scroll to the bottom and click Advanced. Under Privacy and Security, click Site Settings. Under Permissions, click Flash. Enable the setting so the label…

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I am a co-teacher and I do not see my students in Clever.

I am a co-teacher and I do not see my students in Clever. Check with your school’s Aspen SIS manager to see if you are entered in the SIS as a co-teacher. Once your school's Aspen SIS manager adds yo…

Sarah Chang
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I have a student missing from my class in Clever

Sometimes a student is missing from your class in a learning application, such as Lexia or Pearson. These applications sync their rosters every night from SIS through a system called Clever. If you a…

Kevin Arias
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My students cannot login to an app in Clever

Option 1: The application is NOT showing up for one or more students. Start by checking the student's schedule in Aspen to verify that each student's schedule is accurate. The most common reason why…

Kevin Arias
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Problems accessing Youtube for parent and teachers?

Is your BPS student having issues accessing Youtube for classroom resources? Youtube has been turned on through BPS Technology for students and faculty for BPS Chromebooks for academic purposes. If Y…

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What are Clever badges and how do they work?

What are Clever Badges and how do they work? Clever badges are QR codes students can use to log into BPS-supported Chromebooks and applications on the Clever portal. Badges are associated with a stud…

Kevin Arias
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What is a Clever School Tech Lead and what can they do?

A School Tech Lead is a staff member in Clever with additional permissions to help manage the Clever accounts on a school-by-school basis. Some role privileges include: Viewing school usage metrics u…

Kevin Arias
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When I log in to Clever, I get an "Uh oh!" (sad robot) error message.

When I log in to Clever, I get an "Uh oh!" (sad robot) error message. Why can't I see anything? Access to Clever and what is seen by the user depends on the user’s role and how he/she is entered in t…

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