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What is CONNECTschool™?
CONNECTSchool™:A web-based program that includes a searchable eBook, interactive teaching and learning tools, and customizable planning and study tools.
Highlights
• CONNECTschool™ Includes:– Complete interactive student resource
and teacher resource– Additional case studies– Audio glossary– Question Bank, Online Tests, and Answer Keys– Blackline Masters and Assessment Tools– Media Resources and more!
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Main Menu: eBook, Assignments, Teaching Plans, Teacher Resources
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Chapter and Unit Resources
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Activities and Administration
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Notices, Events, and RSS Feeds
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Toolbar: allows you to annotate, highlight, and gather resources
The Toolbar: A Closer Look
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Search boxBookmark
pageHighlight Dock
toolbar
Add “StickyNote” Options
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Toolbar: Bookmark Page
Allows you to bookmark a page for quick reference. Bookmarks are stored under “Teaching Plans”
Toolbar: Add a “Sticky Note”
Add “Sticky Notes” to any page.“Sticky Notes” can be made public for students to see.
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Toolbar: Highlight and save text
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Toolbar: Options
Change the look and feel of your Toolbar, Sticky Notes and Highlights.
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
Toolbar: Dock and Undock the Toolbar
Undock the Toolbar for easy access.
Navigating the CONNECTschool™ Homepage
CONNECTschool™ Features: eBook
eBook: An online version of the textbook
Interactive View: interactive online version
CONNECTschool™ Features: eBook
Interactive View: interactive element icons
Enlarge and add image to a
Teaching Plan for quick
reference
Listen to audio
View a video or launch an interactive
activity
CONNECTschool™ Features: eBook
Book View: PDF version of the textbook
CONNECTschool™ Features: eBook
Contains complete Teachers Resource and Lesson Builder
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teacher Resources
Teacher’s Resource tab: PDFs of Teachers Resource, BLMs, Assessment Masters, and PowerPoint Lectures
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teacher Resources
• Teacher’s Resource PDFs• BLMs• PowerPoints• Chapter PDFs• Videos• Animations• Interactive Activities
Lesson Builder tab: Preview and add resources to a Teaching Plan
Click to add resource to Teaching Plan
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teacher Resources
Click to preview resource
Create Teaching Plans to help organize your resources
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 1: Name your Teaching Plan
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 2: Add Items to your Teaching Plan by going through the CONNECTschool™ resources.
Add Teacher Resources or use the Toolbar (Bookmark, Sticky Notes, Highlights) to add content to your Teaching Plan.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 2: Add Items to your Teaching Plan by going through the CONNECTschool™ resources.
Example: Add a PowerPoint and a Video from the Teacher Resource Lesson Builder tab.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 2: Add Items to your Teaching Plan by going through the CONNECTschool™ resources.
The PowerPoint and Video are now listed in your Teaching Plan.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 3: Click the title of each entry to view the resource.
PowerPoint: download link
Video: embedded pop-up
Picture: embedded
Step 4: Choose which Teaching Plan resources you wish to share with students.
Toggle sharing with students by clicking “Not Shared” or “Shared”.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Step 5: Export Teaching Plans as a PDF by clicking “Export”.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Teaching Plans
Create online assignments for students
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Create online assignments for students
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Step 1: Name the Assignment
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Step 2: Add and Create/Edit questions
Step 2: Add and Create/Edit questions
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Step 3: Set Policies (attempts, feedback, availability)
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Step 4: Preview, Print and Assign
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
All assignments are listed on the main Assignments page
CONNECTschool™ Features: Assignments
Communicate with your students in the Forums
CONNECTschool™ Features: Forums
To send a message to your students, click “Add a new topic”
New messages will also be visible on the Homepage under “Notices”.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Forums
Create and edit quizzes
CONNECTschool™ Features: Quizzes
Step 1: To edit a quiz, click a quiz name.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Quizzes
Step 2: Add, create, or edit existing questions using the features in the “Edit” tab.
CONNECTschool™ Features: Quizzes
CONNECTschool™ Features: Grades
Grades are available for online quizzes and assignments
Grades can be viewed and exported as an Excel file
CONNECTschool™ Features: Grades
CONNECTschool™ Features: Files
The Files feature allows you to upload your own files (up to 2MB) to CONNECTschool
CONNECTschool™ Features: Files
Upload files and organize them in folders
Click “Support” at the bottom of any page
Help with CONNECTschool™
Thank You
