1. myMCPS Classroom
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2. 6-12 Gradebook Integration**
Speedgrader
Central Rostering
Comparison
Announcements
K-12 Parent Portal
Assignments
Calendar
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3. The Teacher Experience
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4. myMCPS Classroom Course Creation
Centrally created courses
Synced with Pinnacle Gradebook (Grades )
Nightly updates to reflect student enrollment changes
OASIS
Pinnacle
Gradebook
myMCPS
Classroom
For course & student rostering
To push graded assignments, quizzes and discussions
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5. Permissions
There are different sets of roles and permissions in myMCPS Classroom. Roles and permissions are defined at the course level and at a school/office level.
Course Roles and Permissions
The default roles at the course level include “Student”, “Teacher”, “Teaching Assistant” (ex. paraeducator), and “Observer” (ex. parent/guardian). Your role in a course determines your level of permission and ability to interact within the course.
School/Office Roles and Permissions
Prior to the start of school, each school will have staff who are designated as “school administrators” which would grant them the ability to manually create courses for varying purposes as well as access all the provisioned courses for their school.
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6. Dashboard Features: List of courses Practice:
Open your sandbox practice course by selecting the course from your dashboard
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7. Home
Features:
Options to create a new module or add existing content (useful for next year when making a copy of a class to use materials from a previous course).
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8. Announcements Features:
Add announcements to front page of class for students/parents to view.
Options to add pictures, delay posting, add “likes,” etc.
Link to URL, Embed image, math equation, YouTube, Khan Academy, External Tools (quizlet, Google App-Drive), Media
Practice:
Click on + Announcement
Type in any message
Add an image or video by selecting from the toolbar
Click save
You should now be able to view the announcement from the announcements page
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9. Assignments Features:
Add assignments which automatically sync to Pinnacle.
Upload multiple files: instructional videos, graphs, the assignment.
ASsign point value
Assign group within the course.
Submission type: online, on paper, external tool
Practice:
Select + Assignment
Enter assignment name
Add instructional video
Add image
Select More external tools-> Google App-> upload something from Drive
Add points
Add date
Select Save and publish
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10. Discussions Features:
Encourage dialogue through posting a discussion. Similar to “post question” in Google Classroom.
Access to Student Settings (uncheck edit and delete mode)
Practice:
Select + Discussion
Post a question
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11. Grades
Features:
Students will automatically be enrolled from Pinnacle at the start of the year.
Students will not have have to “join” like in Google Classroom
Practice:
Now that you’ve created an assignment, you will see it appear under grades.
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12. People
Features:
List of students
Can be used for grouping
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13. Files Features: Everything that’s been created or uploading Practice:
Select Upload to access Google Drive
YOu will not be able to access My Documents unless using a desktop OR you upload into Drive first
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14. Syllabus
Features:
As you add assignments it will be posted on this page. Upload document.
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15. Quizzes
Features:
Multiple formats including short answer and multiple choice
Will grade an automatically update to Pinnacle
Shuffle answers so students next to each other cannot view answers
Options for immediate feedback
Speedgrader- grade each student as you view it on the screen and can see if students haven’t submitted or if it was submitted late.
Practice:
Select + Quiz
Add a quiz name
Select the Questions tab-> add questions and answer-> update question
Select Save and publish
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16. Module Features: Unit of study
Students can view modules and see sequencing of work
Practice:
Select + module
Name module
Select + and add existing assignment
Select + and add existing quiz
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17. Settings
Features:
Transfer students can enroll into the page from here.
Change front page of course
Option to allow students to edit or delete on page.
Navigation option to remove items on course navigation menu
Practice:
Select the Course Details tab
Upload a picture
Change the name
Update course details
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18. Calendar Features: Click on date
Assignments can be sent to everyone or individually
Create assignments and post dates or click on calendar and create assignment first.
Events can span over several days by pulling the right side of the text box.
Practice:
Add event by clicking on a date
Select + Assignment
Select More options
Create a new assignment
Name
Post picture or text.
Add points
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19. Commons
Features:
Commons is a venue for myMCPS Classroom users to share resources created in the platform
Think of it as myMCPS Classroom’s version of Shared With Me in Drive
Over the summer it will populate with templates and resources that you can import into one of your courses
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20. Resources
Features:
Search Help Guides
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21. Parent Experience
Mobile Application
Desktop Application
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