Sign Off Lessons

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Administrator Lesson Sign Off video

Quick Guide

Administrator Quick Guide

How-to

On the left, click on Grades, then under the heading Entry, click on Lesson Book.


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  1. New-To make a new lesson plan, click New on menu bar at the top. In the New Lesson window, select the course for which to create the new lesson. Enter the name of the lesson. Note: All titles must be uniquely named.

Do not display in gradebook will be checked by default. Only uncheck the box if the lesson is also an assignment to be graded. Plan Start Date: must be the first day the lesson will be taught Plan End Date: must be the last day the lesson will be taught

  1. 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.
  2. 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 unique "Template" for your district can be designed by an administrator using the 700 access. Simply copy and paste your information into the text area, name the template and save.
    • 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"
  3. If all information is correct and you would like to copy this lesson plan/assignment to other sections, click on the lesson in the Lesson Book.
  4. Print-Used to print lesson plans
  5. Tools-Has the following the part of information
  • Show Me
Lessons-will show the lessons for the week along with the status
Assignments-will show the assignments for the lesson
Accepted Lessons-will show if the lesson is accepted with a green header
Submitted Lessons-will show if the lesson has been submitted with a grey header
Rejected Lessons-will show if the lesson has been rejected with a red header
  • Copy Lessons-click on Copy Lessons and a Copy from section box will appear with all of the teacher`s lesson plans from all courses.
Click next and a Lessons and Assignments box appears with the lessons that were selected to copy. This should have the Title, Plan start Date, Plan End Date, Terms, and Section.
Click next-a Copy Lesson box will appear. The user may place a check in the box to the right of Create lesson per day or leave unchecked for only one day to copy. Click under the lesson to Copy to Section. The lesson will appear on the date the user selected.
  • Lesson Plans with Comments-Click on Lesson Plans with Comments and a box will appear-This will give the lesson and the comment written about the lesson. This may also be printed by clicking on the print button at the bottom of the page. In the setup you may change the dates desired to see the comments written about each lesson within a different date range.
  • A Pop up list will appear with several selections, select Quick Copy. A Copy List will appear.
  • Click on the line under Copy to Section At this point you can change the Plan Start Date and the Plan End Date by clicking on them and selecting the date from the calendar.
  • A choose sections to copy to box will populate. Select Quick Copy and a Copy Lesson box populates. At this point click under the Copy to Section. A Choose sections to copy to will populate. Make your selection to copy to by clicking in the square to the left of the course. Click OK.
  • Select Copy at the bottom of the page to copy your lesson. A Warning box pops up that warns you about what you are going to do.
  • There are three selections: Copy, Move, and Cancel. Copy is to copy a lesson(s), Move is to move a lesson to another date, and Cancel is to cancel this process.
  1. Search-Searches for lessons containing specific characters or words from previous lesson(s). Once the lesson appears click in the check box and click on the icon Quick Copy to begin the process quickly copying the lesson selected from the list located below the icons.
  2. Submit-submit the lesson for the week.

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  • Day is chosen the calendar located on the left side of the screen under the icons will show daily lessons. The arrow or calendar will change the date by the day each time it is clicked.
  • Week is chosen from the calendar located on the left side of the screen under the icons will show weekly lessons. The arrow or calendar will change the date by the week each time the arrow is clicked or the calendar is changed by the user.
  • Month is chosen from the calendar located on the left side of the screen under the icons will show monthly lessons. The arrow or calendar will change the date by the month each time the arrow is clicked or the calendar is changed by the user.
  1. Color Codes for Lesson(s)
  • White-Unsubmitted lesson(s)
  • Gray-Sumitted lesson(s)
  • Red-Rejected lesson(s)
  • Green-Accepted lesson(s)

Once a user has completed all of his/her lesson plans for the period of time required by the administration click Submit button at the top of the page.






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