BYOC: Using Activities and Lesson Planning Dr. Carol Michaels Product Specialist and Certified Trainer Education Technology Partners

Activities - one of the last steps in the BYOC curriculum writing process.  Allows for teacher individuality, creativity and autonomy.  Teachers can streamline materials.  Alignment of LTs – piece of mind!  Uploading of resources, documents, web links, etc.

Activities are Added from the TOPIC Page:

Fill in Name, Description, and click on appropriate Learning Targets. Save.

Fill in District-determined fields such as: -Student Expectations -Resources/Attachments -Learning Styles/Knowledge/Learning -Miscellaneous Options -Reviews/Publishing Comments

Fill in the remainder of the fields as determined by your district.

Bet You Didn’t Know…  Even when a course is published – teachers can always add and edit activities!  Educators can rate activities that belong to their colleagues with 1-5 stars! Reviews include a rating and comment.

Bet You Didn’t Know (continued)…  You can copy and paste activities from one topic to another!  You can keep your activities private, share them with other colleagues, make them visible to other educators in BYOC or the public.  If you need assistance creating activities, help is not far away!

Q & A

Using the Lesson Plan Feature  In order to use the lesson plan feature, teachers must have fully populated courses, including activities.

District Administrators must first:  1. Enable Lesson Plans  2. Optionally Create Lesson Plan Schedules  3. Create Lesson Plan Templates  4. Have a current calendar/schedule

Using Classes – Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Modes  Lesson Plan by Class – Strongly Recommended  Lesson Plan by Course – Not recommended, Legacy Support  Approvals, Not recommended  Require Dates/Times – Use predefined schedules Lesson Plan Schedules  Traditional Bell Schedule – High School/Middle School  Duration-based Schedule – Elementary School

Teachers then:  1. Create Classes  2. Add Lesson Plans  3. Edit and Enhance Lesson Plans  4. View/Print/Utilize Lesson Plans

Video: How to Create a Lesson Plan

List of Lessons by Date, Time, Class, and Focus

Calendar View of Lesson Plans

Lessons Divided by Days of the Week

Printing  You can also print or view lessons by the day or by the week.

Sharing  You have the option to share lessons with other teachers  You have the option to share the ability to edit

Questions?

Many Levels of BYOC SUPPORT  Documents and Videos: BYOC Admin Website: Help and Training Section Curriculum Help/ Training Documentation/Training Documentation Videos Resources  Direct Support: BYOC Admin. Website: Support Section – School Software Group help desk  Technical Support: School Software Group: (800)  Sales, Training, and Professional Development: Education Technology Partners: (314)  Advanced Professional Development Suite: contact ETP for details at (314)