From the Assistant Princiapl - Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing

CANVAS UPDATE

Moving into week 7 parents will have access to some learning tasks in Canvas in their child’s subjects. They will be able to see the task itself, their child’s response or submission to the task, the result for the task and feedback from the teacher about their child’s learning for that task. The aim of this is to provide parents with more insight on the ability of their child’s learning during the term.

Grades, marks and feedback are used for tasks that are not on the formal assessment plan for each course. Most of the time assessment is understood as a way to provide information about student learning and achievement at a point in time and the progress students have made, however in this context assessment is used for the purpose of providing feedback about a students’ progress in order to determine the next steps in learning.

Canvas provides far more detail about the progress students have made for parents. As a learning community we are in the early stages of our Canvas journey. Some subjects may have more content, class lessons and student work than others. We have aimed to continue our commitment to providing two points of feedback for each child via Canvas this term. 2025 will see Canvas used more and more for teaching and learning and replace the current Google Classrooms.

The College appreciates your patience as we learn together during this time of transition to the Canvas Learning Management System. Please look out for the email with your login details throughout Week 7. If you’d like more information on Canvas, the link to the information can be found here.

ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING

As the end of Term 2 draws closer, we are all anticipating our Years 7 to 10 end of Semester 1 reports. Students have been mindful that everything they do counts towards their Grade. This includes classwork and any homework tasks teachers have provided for students. 

The College aims to ensure that with access to Canvas, parents are able to see more of their child’s progress throughout the term. Compass will continue to provide formal assessment grades and College Reports to both parents and students. It is important that students check their marks and grades throughout the term.

Josilin Kalifa 

Assistant Principal - Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing