Parent Decisions about the Online Learning Center

Student & Family Information

Private, customized, Jewish space

Entry by invitation only

Each member gets a personal ‘dashboard’ page.

Teachers see and access only those classes they have been assigned to teach.

Students and parents see and access only classes they have been invited to join.

The Educational Director can monitor and access the entire school.

What the student sees: What the teacher sees:

One class, two views:

The view is based on each person’s unique login

Practice Hebrew at home

Catch up after an absence

Communicate with the teacher

Watch Jewish videos without going to Youtube

Create blogs, projects, and discussions

Play Hebrew-based video games

Work at a convenient time and pace

Students engage in Jewish learning

using the kinds of technology they

use in the rest of their lives.

System requirements:

Hardware:Desktop or laptop Computer under 3-5 years old, running either• Windows 7 or newer• Mac OSX Leopard or newer

Internet:• High speed access• Use the most up-to-date Internet browser

• Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, or Firefox • Check your browser settings under ‘help’ or ‘about’ to see which version you are running.• Updating your browser is free

To optimize performance:• Adobe reader installed• Flash player installed• (free; links are embedded into our software)

Parent Decisions when using the Online Learning Center

This Invitation Only system uses EMAIL addresses

EVERY member of the Online Learning Center— Education Director, Teacher, Student–

and Parents if they are invited to separate parent groups--is recognized and invited using his or her unique EMAIL address.

www.behrmanhouse.com

Each email address and login will create a single profile

So, what email address should your student use?

How do you envision your involvement as your child uses the Online Learning Center?

• Accompany child into the OLC and oversee its use (esp younger children)

• Monitor student use (POS: parent over shoulder!)

• Remind and encourage student use

• Keep up to date on class activities using student login

• Join a parent group (at option of the school; requires separate registration and invitations)

So, what email address should your student use?

Considerations:

• Age of student and current access to email

• Comfort of parents

• Number of siblings in the school/community

• Number of siblings in a specific grade or class (twins, triplets)

• Do you want to be able to track progress of each student individually?

• Will parents be participating in separate groups in the OLC?

So, what email address should your student use?

A Question:

How do you envision your involvement as your child uses the Online Learning Center?

• Accompany child into the OLC and oversee its use (esp younger children)

• Monitor student use (POS: parent over shoulder!)

• Remind and encourage student use

• Keep up to date on class activities using student login

• Join a parent group (at option of the school; requires separate registration and invitations)

So, what email address should your student use?

Options for parents:

• Have student use a parent’s address

• Have student use an existing student address

• Create a student email just for use with the OLC• Any provider is fine; Gmail is easy to use

This is the email address that will be used to create a login profile and invite the student into each class.

Once you have decided on the email address your student will use, there is a three step entry process to get into your community’s space in the Online Learning Center:

1. Sign Up to register email address at behrmanhouse.com and provide that address to the educational director

2. Look for invitations from Jewisheducation@behrmanhouse.com in the email account

3. Click the embedded link to join school or class

Email registration is ONE TIME ONLY for each memberSeparate invitations will be sent for each individual class

The Benefit: Private secure environment the educational director can monitor and control.

The Result:Each member gets a personal ‘dashboard’ page.

Teachers see and access only those classes they have been assigned to teach.Students see and access only classes they have been invited to join.

The Educational Director can monitor and access the entire school.

Our Promise:Member email addresses used only for Online Learning Center business

Never shared outside Behrman House

Online Learning Center Invitations will come from

JewishEducation@behrmanhouse.com

www.behrmanhouse.com

Don’t miss invitations!Add this to your email address book and safe senders list

Getting Started

www.behrmanhouse.com

Are You Registered? Sign up at behrmanhouse.com to register your email address

This part of the process is ONE TIME ONLY

Uncheck newsletter subscriptions

Complete terms of use

A few details:

Personalize your profile:

Browse your own files for a photo

Add a photo!

Make sure the school has the correct email address for this profile

We recommend that students sign up and register at behrmanhouse.com before class invitations are sent

but it is not required

If a student has not yet signed up and created a profile, the invitation will include a link to do so.

Online Learning Center Invitations will come from

JewishEducation@behrmanhouse.com

www.behrmanhouse.com

Don’t miss invitations!Add this to your email address book and safe senders list

Check the email account for invitations.

Your student will get an email invitation with a link.

Click on the link to be allowed into the class

Now you can log in whenever you wish

Things to remember:

1. Every member must use his or her own email to be recognized individually.

2. Every member must first register that email address at behrmanhouse.com.

3. Registration information is ONLY for Online Learning Center business.

4. Email registration is ONE TIME ONLY.

5. Invitations come from JewishEducation@behrmanhouse.com.

6. Members must respond to the invitations by clicking the embedded link.

7. Each member will have his or her OWN profile and dashboard page.

8. Teachers and students will see ONLY classes to which they have been invited.

9. The Educational Director can see, and access, and edit ALL classes and posts.