BYOC: Using Activities and Lesson Planning

Dr. Carol Michaels

Product Specialist and Certified Trainer

Education Technology Partners

Activities - one of the last steps in the BYOC curriculum writing process.

Allows for teacher individuality, creativity and autonomy.

Teachers can streamline materials. Alignment of LTs – piece of mind! Uploading of resources, documents, web

links, etc.

Activities are Added from the TOPIC Page:

Fill in Name, Description, and click on appropriate Learning Targets. Save.

Fill in District-determined fields such as:

-Student Expectations -Resources/Attachments -Learning Styles/Knowledge/Learning -Miscellaneous Options -Reviews/Publishing Comments

Fill in the remainder of the fields as determined by your district.

Bet You Didn’t Know…

Even when a course is published – teachers can always add and edit activities!

Educators can rate activities that belong to their colleagues with 1-5 stars! Reviews include a rating and comment.

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You can copy and paste activities from one topic to another!

You can keep your activities private, share them with other colleagues, make them visible to other educators in BYOC or the public.

If you need assistance creating activities, help is not far away!

Q & A

Using the Lesson Plan Feature

In order to use the lesson plan feature, teachers must have fully populated courses, including activities.

District Administrators must first:

1. Enable Lesson Plans 2. Optionally Create Lesson Plan

Schedules 3. Create Lesson Plan Templates 4. Have a current calendar/schedule

Using Classes – Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan Modes Lesson Plan by Class – Strongly Recommended Lesson Plan by Course – Not recommended, Legacy

Support Approvals, Not recommended Require Dates/Times – Use predefined schedules

Lesson Plan Schedules Traditional Bell Schedule – High School/Middle School Duration-based Schedule – Elementary School

Teachers then:

1. Create Classes 2. Add Lesson Plans 3. Edit and Enhance Lesson Plans 4. View/Print/Utilize Lesson Plans

Video: How to Create a Lesson Plan

List of Lessons by Date, Time, Class, and Focus

Calendar View of Lesson Plans

Lessons Divided by Days of the Week

Printing

You can also print or view lessons by the day or by the week.

Sharing

You have the option to share lessons with other teachers

You have the option to share the ability to edit

Questions?

Many Levels of BYOC SUPPORT

Documents and Videos: BYOC Admin Website: Help and Training Section Curriculum Help/ Training Documentation/Training Documentation Videos Resources

Direct Email Support: BYOC Admin. Website: Support Section – School Software Group help desk

Technical Support: School Software Group: (800) 596-0735 Sales, Training, and Professional Development: Education

Technology Partners: (314) 569-0351 Advanced Professional Development Suite: contact ETP for

details at (314)-569-0351