1. Instructional Tools for Teachers: Creating & Sharing Instructional Materials
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2. Classrooms is a module of Schoolnet that:
What is Classrooms?
Classrooms is a module of Schoolnet that:
Provides teachers with standards-based instructional tools, lessons and best practices
Delivers class and student level data to the teacher’s desktop
Provides teachers the information they need anytime and anywhere 24/7
Highlight the focus of today – reporting on classroom assessments
Because it is web based, you can use Classrooms anywhere you have internet access. 2

3. Instructional Materials
In Classrooms, ‘Instructional Materials’ refers to:
Curriculum
Curricular Units
Instructional Units
Lesson
Resources
Assessments
Before we start, useful to understand..
Curricular Units are collections of instructional units. These can only be created by users with the Curriculum Manager role. CUs are the largest pieces (building blocks) that make up curriculum
Instructional units (use district specific term if applicable) are more granular chunks of CUs.
Lessons we all know. The lesson may be done fully in the Classrooms template or perhaps be an attachment to a file or a link to where the lesson actually lives.
Assessments should not be confused with standardized test and benchmarks (if applicable) found elsewhere in Schoolnet. Results from these tests can’t be loaded as data. However, they can include unit tests, quizzes, grading rubrics, etc.
Resources are a catch all for everything else. They can be attached to units or lessons or stand independently. Might include URLs, video titles (but not actual video clips), graphics such as maps, etc.

4. HOW CAN I CREATE MY OWN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS?

5. Creating Instructional Materials
Teachers can create:
Resources & Assessments
Lesson Plans
Instructional Units
Linking
Resources & Assessments can be linked to Lesson Plans and Instructional Units
Lesson Plans can be linked to Instructional Units
Saving
All materials are saved in your “My Materials” bank

6. Creating an Instructional Material
Not all fields are required, but including standards is essential.
In the lesson template, enter the information identified by the “*” required fields. If your lesson already exists in another document, you can simply copy and paste the fields into this template.

7. HTML Editor Toolbar Formatting options Math/Science Equation Editor
Include images
Table formatting options
Paste from Word

8. Navigating to My Materials
Add items to my materials from the overview or detail view

9. My Materials
My Materials is a combination of materials you have created and those you have saved from the Materials Search
Default suggestions pushed to users
Same browsing/filter options as with Materials Search
Sorting options

10. Try It Out: Creating a Lesson Plan
Questions for Understanding
How can you add a file attachment to a lesson?
Can you reuse the resource you created for the lesson?
What formatting options are available?
Practice
Locate a good lesson on the Web. Add it using the URL template.
Add a resource. Then edit a lesson created with the ‘Recommended Template’ to link this resource.
Apply Your Knowledge
Create a lesson with a resource aligned that you locate in My Materials or the Materials Bank.

11. HOW CAN I SHARE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS?

12. Submitting a Lesson (or other material)
Once you submit a lesson:
The lesson goes first to school materials approver.
If approved, it is available to other teachers at your school and can be submitted to district.
When approved at district level, it is available district-wide.
District can submit material to the state for review/approval

13. Approving Pending Materials
School-level users set up with the ‘Review instructional materials’ operation can approve materials submitted to their school and submit approved materials to the district level bank.
Once approved at the school, materials are available in the Materials Bank to other users in the school.