1. A New Perspective Under Used Teacher Tools

2. TEACHER TOOLS TRADITIONAL FOCUS Grade books are a storage location Attendance Assignments Grade Book

3. A NEW PERSPECTIVE

4. Newsletter Communication with students and parents as a group

5. NEWSLETTER  Communication  Assignment reminders  Field trip itinerary  Field trip permission  Teacher Conference reminder  Request for parent volunteers  Request for parent involvement

6. Newsletter Creation  Create a Newsletter  Select Newsletter in the Index Tab  Click on New

7. Newsletter Publication  Enter dates it should be available to view;  Check Publish;  Type in information for newsletter.  Save button at the top of the page

8. Student Portal View Go to Schedule Click on Newsletter icon within the schedule

9. Student Portal View Opens as PDF

10. Daily Planner A snapshot view of class activity. Assignment Book, Grade Book, Attendance Book and Calendar

11. DAILY PLANNER  What’s not to love?  Monthly View  Weekly View  Daily View  Quickly access attendance, assignments, grades, and calendar events!

12. DAILY PLANNER – Monthly View

13. DAILY PLANNER – Weekly View Attendance, assignemts and calendar events by week.

14. DAILY PLANNER Daily View Daily attendance at a glance as is the assignments for the day. Assignments for HS/MS schedule will show the periods assigned. Assignments for elementary will not show periods.

15. Assignment Details The beginning of the process to allow students to see assignments via the portal

16. Assignment Details Details entered in the Information for Students will allow students to see the assignment details via the portal. This should include: Description of the Assignment Additionally it can include: The Objective of the assignment References to online websites Attached Resource documents or assignments Begin by clicking the Show button

17. Information for Students This is the window used to communicate information regarding assignments that will appear in the portal. Description of assignment Objective of assignment References of assignment

18. References Adding reference web links to your assignments

19. References  Great way to add a new dimension to today’s learner.  Electronics popular in play  Digital popular in learning

20. Portal Views for Students

23. Reference Link through Portal

24. Resources Adding resources attachments to the assignments

25. Resource Benefits Teachers  Curriculum Delivery  Single location for teaching material and grades  Accepts 78 file types  Digital Repository via Campus Students  Curriculum Delivery  Single location for assignments and grades  Every teacher can use it  Digital Repository via the Portal *This option, to enable file attachments and attach files, is only available once the appropriate Digital Repository Preferences are set by the district. These preferences determine the number of files and the file size limit.

26. Resource Attachments Where can you find such fabulous features? Same section of Assignments: At the bottom of the window, in the section titled ‘Information for Students’ is the Attach Resource button *This option, to enable file attachments and attach files, is only available once the appropriate Digital Repository Preferences are set by the district. These preferences determine the number of files and the file size limit.

27. Resource Attachments (con’t)

28. Finished Look

29. Assignments Resource impact in the student portal - assignments

30. Student View of Portal

31. Portal –Student View Assignment Web Link Course Assign Date/Due Date Scoring Link -Click

32. Portal Assignment Details Details Course Name Teacher Contact Assign. Name Due Date Assign. Date Points Possible Course Description Web Link Attached Assignment

33. Resource-opening attachment

34. Resource Documents  Document Info  Format remains from teacher to student and from student to teacher  78 file formats available  Your school AUP should be posted and active (System Admin > Preferences)

35. Scoring Receiving digital work back from the students via Campus

36. Receiving Data from Students What if I want worksheets returned to me? We can do that, too! Student Work Product section: Enable Student Submission

37. Returning a Resource to the Teacher Student- opening an assignment, completing assignment and returning assignment to teacher

38. Back at the Student Portal

40. Process of attaching file

41. Student Work Product Receiving a student file; scoring assignment and entering grades

42. Receiving Student Work to Score  Scoring student assignment  Assignment  Open assignment  Save and Score

43. Scoring Assignments

44. Understanding student response Student Attachment

45. Scoring Assignments Student Response using WISIWIG editor

46. Scoring Assignments

47.  Endless Possibilities  Homework  Essays  Term Papers  Journal entries  Worksheets  Anything typed on a computer  78 file types *See Assignment Submission-Student Work Product located in Campus Community Resources Student Work Product All student homework, essays, journals, worksheets, anything in a digital format, can be returned to the teacher via the portal.

48. Foot note to all this fun  There is some behind the scenes work for the system admin to do in Campus.  Newsletter: Newsletter must be checked in System Admin> Portal Preferences  Assignment Detail: Digital Repository> Preferences> Digital Repository tab and the Instruction tab must be completed

49. Teacher Tools Q & A 2013 Infinite Campus Kansas Users Group