Creating Lessons

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Create New Lesson video

Quick Guide

Teacher Quick Guide

How-to

1. On the left, click on "Grades"
2. Under the heading "Entry", click on "Lesson Book"
3. A Lesson Book will be displayed, showing the current week’s lesson plans for each class. To make a new lesson plan, click "New" on menu bar at the top
4. In the "New Lesson" window, to the right of "Course:", select the course to create the new lesson for
5. To the right of "Title:", enter the name of the lesson. Note: All titles must be uniquely named
6. "Do no display in gradebook" will be checked by default. Only uncheck the box if the lesson is also an assignment to be graded
7. "Plan Start Date:" must be the first day the lesson will be taught
8. "Plan End Date:" must be the last day the lesson will be taught
9. If the course selected uses the Common Core:
   • Click in the Core Standards field and a list of Content Areas (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies) will appear on the left of the screen. At this time there are standards only for English Language Arts and Mathematics. Science and Social Studies will be added as they become available.
   • At the bottom left of the screen will be a grade level. The default value will be the grade level of the course. The set of standards to be displayed will be based on this value. The grade level can be changed by clicking on the drop down arrow.
   • Each Content Area is further divided into one or more Domains.
   • Each Domain has one or more Clusters. After selecting a Cluster, the standards will be listed on the right side of the screen with a light brown background color.
   • To select a standard, click the green plus sign at the top left corner of the standard. The background color will change to a blue background and the green plus sign will change to a red X.
   • The selected standard(s) will appear at the bottom of the screen.
   • To unselect a standard, click the red X. The background color will return to the original light brown and the red X will be replaced with the original green plus sign.
   • To save the selected standards, click the Submit button at the bottom right of the window.
   • The standards selection window goes away. The Lesson window will be on the screen with the selected standards listed in the Core Standards field.
10. If the course has curriculum units and GLE's:
    • Click in the field to the right of "Curriculum Unit:" and select the Unit to be taught with the lesson
    • Click "OK"
    • A list of activities that go along with the unit will appear after clicking ok. Select the activities to be taught with the lesson
    • Click "OK"
    • A list of GLE's associated with the Unit will appear. Select the GLE's to be taught with the lesson
    • At the bottom of GLE selection page is two options. Simply click "OK" to move to the next area or click "Append To Objectives" to append the GLE's selected to the "Objectives" area
    • A "Template" can be designed by an administrator to help create standardized plans.
    • In the "Prerequisites" area, list the topics that are needed prior to teaching the new lesson
    • In the text field to the right of "Objectives", fill in the objectives of the lesson
    • To the right of "Lesson", fill in the lesson information
    • Make note of any homework given in the field to the right of "Homework"
    • If any students have special needs, fill in that information to the right of "Modifications"
    • Click in the field to the right of "Instructional Methods:"
    • A box will appear listing the different types of instructional methods. Select all that are appropriate and click "OK"
    • Click in the field to the right of "Eval/Assessment:"
    • A box will appear listing the different types of evaluation and assessment methods. Select all that are appropriate and click "OK"
11. If all information is correct and you would like to copy this lesson plan/assignment to other sections, click “Copy To Other Sections”
    • After clicking “Copy”, select the sections that the lesson plan/assignment needs to be copied to.
12. If this is the only section this lesson plan/assignment is for, click “Save”

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