2. Table of Contents Click on the link to get to the topic Home Page My Big Campus Lingo Home Button Activity How to Follow a person Conversations Account Button Profile Groups Schoolwork Bob Campus

3. Home Page After you login, you are brought to the Home page. The layout is similar to other social media sites, so it should be familiar to most people. This guide will help you locate and become acquainted with the features of My Big Campus.

4. Groups Profile Home Button Account Manager Bob Campus Home Page of My Big Campus Schoolwork ConversationsActivity Here are all of the features you will use in MBC.

5. My Big Campus Lingo Activity = Newsfeed Bob Campus = Help Desk Conversations = Messages Groups = Classes Schoolwork=Assignments

6. Home Button The purpose of the Home button is it will bring you back to the Home page. As a new user to MBC, this button will come in handy as you become familiar with the MBC features.

7. Activity Activity is located in the middle of the home page. It is where you can post updates about yourself to the people who are following you and to see the activity of the people you are following. To access the Activity click on the Home button in the MBC heading or on the Activity button located in the left sidebar.

8. How to Follow a person Following a person means his/her activity will show up in your Activity feed. To follow a person, click on his/her name and you will be directed to his/her profile. In the profile heading there is a Follow button, click on it. Now you are following that person.

9. Conversations To send a private message to someone you are following, a student or teacher you need to click on the Conversations button located in the left sidebar. Another way to send a private message to someone is to go to their profile and click on the Message button This drop screen will appear then you can type your message and send.

10. Conversations To compose a message click here. These buttons allows you to access your Inbox, Starred message or Trash. This is the search box for your Conversations. When you click on the Conversations button, this screen will appear.

11. Account Button The Account button is to help you access and manage your account. Clicking on this button will bring you to a drop screen. Any changes or preferences you need to make to your account can be done in this drop down menu. You also use this menu to logout of your account.

12. Profile Click on the Profile button, located in the left sidebar to bring you to the profile screen. Click on the tab menu to add information to your wall, add photos, write in your blog, edit your “About Me” and to see who you are following and who is following you.

13. Groups (your online classes) In My Big Campus the class you are enrolled in is called a group. Groups is located in the left side bar. When you click on Groups a list of your groups will appear. As the teacher you are the leader in the group. You will add all of the students who are enrolled in your class. Click on the group name(which is the title and course number to the class you are teaching) to access your online class.

14. Schoolwork The Schoolwork button is located in the left sidebar. Schoolwork is where you will: Create assignments Grade assignments Export assignments to Power School

15. Click here to create an assignment Click here to export your grades to Power School. Type You can assign: Assignments Quizzes Assessment Practice Quizzes Polls Simple Assignments Click here to see what you need to grade Click here to create an academic report

16. Create an Assignment This is the screen you come to when you click on You will click on these tabs to create an assignment. MBC will not let you move to the next tab until you save the information. This is where you click on to choose the type of assignment you would like to create.

17. Needs Grading This is the screen you come to when you click on After you grade your assignments you will click on this button to export your grades to Power School

18. Export Grades This is the screen you come to when you click on Click here and select the Group you need to export the assignments Select the Start and End Date. Scroll to the bottom of the screen.

19. Export Grades This is the screen you come to when you click on Click Power School Click here and your grades will export to Power School

20. Bob Campus Bob Campus is your help desk for MBC. He is available 24/7 and he will answer all questions. He is there for students who need help with homework or would like to chat about anything. Teachers can access Bob as a resource to improve his/her MBC skills. To access Bob, click on his blue name in his introduction.

21. Bob Campus This is Bob Campus’ profile. Click on the tabs to find out more about Bob.

22. Bob Campus Click on the Wall tab to see what Bob is up to. Type out a post to Bob here. Click here to have Bob’s post show up on your activity feed. Send Bob a private message by clicking on Message.

23. The End Click around on MBC to familiarize yourself with the layout and the features. The more time you spend getting to know how to use MBC the more successful you will be in teacheing your online courses.