1. Rubicon ATLAS A User’s Manual:

2. Rubicon ATLAS How to Log on and How to Edit: Essential Questions Enduring Understandings Knowledge Standards Unit Titles

3. Logging on to Rubicon ATLAS Go to website: nyc-magnetschools.rubiconatlas.org

4. Logging on to Rubicon ATLAS Find name in drop down menu If this is your first time logging on, use password “learning.” You will then choose a password you will use from now on. If you forget your password, click on the password reset button and a new password will be sent to your email used to register for institute.

5. Finding Your Map When you log on, you will see the maps assigned to your school. For grades Pre-K through 5, maps are interdisciplinary by grade. For Middle School, maps are by subject and grade.

6. Working in a Unit When you click on the map you wish to work in, you will see a list of all of the units for that map, alone with the time frame for each unit. Click on name of unit you wish to work in to open.

7. Editing Essential Question Click in Essential Question box and type Essential Question you have created for this unit. The tool bar above the box allows you to change font, size, color, and spell check what you have written.

8. Editing Enduring Understanding Click in Enduring Understanding box and type Enduring Understanding you have created for this unit. The tool bar above the box allows you to change font, size, color, and spell check what you have written.

9. Editing Unit Rationale Click in Unit Rationale box and edit/expand rationale for this unit. The tool bar above the box allows you to change font, size, color, and spell check what you have written.

10. Adding a New Assessment Method Click on “Add New Assessment Method” A box will pop up.

11. Adding a New Assessment Method Write a title for your assessment Use the drop down box to choose the method of assessment. Use the drop down box to select type of assessment. Describe the assessment in the Assessment Description text box.

12. Editing a Created Assessment Click on the pencil to the left of the assessment you wish to edit. Follow instructions for creating an assessment for any section of the assessment you wish to change (title, method, type, description).

13. Editing Interdisciplinary Knowledge Click on the subject areas being addressed in this unit. Write the unit knowledge for each subject area in the text box.

14. Editing Interdisciplinary Knowledge To access the content from the Scope and Sequence, click on the “link” button. If the paperclip icon is red, it means that there are things linked to the unit. If it is gray, it means nothing has been linked yet. A pop-up box will show you the linked documents for this section. Clicking on the file will allow you to download them.

15. Editing Interdisciplinary Skills Click in the text box to enter the skills for each of the content areas covered in the unit. The tool bar above the box allows you to change font, size, color, and spell check what you have written.

16. Adding Standards Click on the “Add New” button above the Standards text box. Choose the type of Standards that the Unit is addressing (CC, Science, etc).

17. Adding Standards A list of Standards will appear. Simply choose the Standards that relate to this unit. Repeat for other content Standards.

18. Renaming Unit At top of unit plan, there is a button that will give you the option to rename, add a new unit, or delete unit. Click “rename” and change name in the pop- up box that appears.

19. Changing Unit Time-Line When looking at all units on a map, you have the option to change the time-frame for each unit. By clicking on the blue bar, you can move or change the length of time a unit will take to complete.