- Dallas County R-I School District
- COVID-19 Tech Resources
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Welcome to our COVID-19 Technology Resources Page. While we try to make the experience as smooth as possible we realize there will be some issues. Below is a list of resources we put together to help provide a successful remote learning experience. Click on the article titles below for more information. If you are struggling with technology and don't find a solution here please reach out to your teacher/student's teacher. If your teacher is not able to resolve the issue they will be able to contact our Technology Staff for further assistance.
COVID-19 Tech Resources
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Introducing Canvas Parent App!
Canvas Parent enhances the potential for parents to engage in their children's education. Parents can review upcoming or past assignments, check on grades, and receive alerts for student activity.
Parents can use the Canvas Parent app on Android devices using Android 6.0 or later and iOS devices using iOS 12.0 or later. -
Introducing GoGuardian Parent!
Congrats! Your school has just granted you access to GoGuardian Parent, a mobile app to help keep parents/guardians aware of your children's activity on school-issued devices and provide you with additional controls during out-of-school hours.
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Canvas Overview
This video provides a brief overview of Canvas navigation, communication, and grades from within the student's Canvas account.
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District Internet Survey
This link will take you to our internet survey. This information will allow us to help improve internet connectivity across the district.
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Drive-Up WiFi
Click the title above for more information about internet access from our parking lots.
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Google Account Single Sign-On App Information
Students may experience issues with single sign-on apps if their google account is not signed into the chrome browser. These apps include Canvas, Clever, Google Apps, IXL,KAMI and others. Click the title above for more information.
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Video Conferencing
Teachers may ask students to join them via video conferencing systems. The district primarily uses Zoom for video conferencing but also has made Google Meet and GoGuardian conferencing available as alternates.
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Canvas Student App for Mobile Devices
For the best results accessing Canvas from a tablet or mobile phone we recommend the Canvas student app. Click the title above for more information.
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Mobile Device Scanning to PDF
Use the Google Drive App to convert paper documents to PDF files. Click the title above for more information.