Learn to set custom placement for students

Notes: This feature is specific to users on StrongMind's Instance of Canvas only.

When utilizing the StrongMind Custom Placement LTI, or excusing students from content within units, it is a recommended best practice that schools excuse graded assignments like Checkpoints, but content delivery activities like Direct Instruction and Workbooks, be left as “view the item”. StrongMind Unit Exams are not presently editable and are created using Backward Design - beginning with the end by first identifying the desired outcomes, goals or learning objectives for a course, then creating appropriate assessments based on the desired learning outcomes. Finally our designers cultivate activities that promote those learning outcomes. This means that students should be at least exposed to all content, to ensure mastery, to meet state standards, and to ensure content being tested aligns with content learned. If you choose to exempt students entirely from direct instruction content, it is possible to create alternative assessments that match content learned. To learn how to create alternate assessments in Canvas, access StrongMind Support.

How-To Guide:

• Select Courses on the left hand side in the global navigation. Then, Select All Courses.
  • If you're an admin, make sure you have selected the correct school
    and course within that school.

• Select the course you want to work in and select the Custom Placement tab.

• Select the student you wish to custom place.

• Select the Module and Lesson you would like to place your student in.
  

Click Review

Caution: When you click Review, it will give you a confirmation warning that this action cannot be undone. 

• Select Submit Changes when you are ready.