This user guide provides information on:

Option 1: Viewing lessons in Smart Learning’s VLE Option 2: Downloading lesson packs to try in your own VLE

If you require further assistance please refer to our technical support page or contact us on 01223 477550. SAVE TIME... If you’d like to take a quick look at examples of student and teacher content without uploading content into your own VLE. This is the option for you! To view content immediately:

Select the ‘Try lessons in Smart Learning’s VLE’ button This will take you to Smart Learning’s VLE (created using Moodle):

Using this Demo Area

OPTION 1: View lessons in Smart Learning’s VLE

To access the content for the first time select the ‘Create new account’ option Enter the required details and submit You will receive an activation email including a link. Click this link to confirm your registration. Once you have confirmed your registration, you will be able to view example lessons from Years 7, 8

and 9.

If you’d like to upload our content into your own VLE, this is the option for you. To download our demo lesson packs:

Select the ‘Download lesson packs to try in your VLE’ button Then select an appropriate Year group from the following screen:

OPTION 2: Downloading lesson packs to try in your VLE

Once you reach the menu screen for your chosen year group:

1. Navigate through the menu, using the active links to access the free lesson packs:

Year 7, Unit 7.6, Lesson 2 (Teacher and Student content) Year 8, Unit 8.4, Lesson 1 (Teacher and Student content) Year 9, Unit 9.1, Lesson 1 (Teacher and Student content)

2. When you reach the page listing the lesson packs, click on the active links to access the pack(s) you

wish to try. You need to download the student content and teacher content packs for each lesson.

3. When you select the ZIP file you wish to download, opt to save this file to a suitable location on your

computer or network.

Links to the free lesson packs

Opt to Save the Zip file to your computer (don’t open it)!

We’ve provided step-by-step instructions for uploading our SCORM Packs into the following SCORM-compliant VLEs:

Frog Fronter RM Learning Platform (formerly Kaleidos) Moodle

Download step-by-step instructions If you have a different SCORM-compliant VLE or require further assistance, our Technical Support Team is available on: 0845 6121 454. Viewing content on your computer or network (without a VLE) You can view our content without using a VLE. Again, we’ve provided step-by-step instructions for this. Download step-by-step instructions for viewing content without a VLE

Uploading the free lesson Packs into your VLE

Once you’ve uploaded your free lesson packs into your VLE – there are lots of features to explore! For each lesson, the student content is presented in a HTML page. As students work through the content there are hyperlinks out to the following features:

Unit and lesson openers Flash Skills Demos Worksheets and supporting resources Interactive glossary Interactive games

Unit and lesson openers

Student Tutorial 3, Unit 7.6

The animated openers include short animations, PowerPoint slide shows and activities that set the scene for the student tutorial. These offer a great way to engage and motivate all students from the word go!

Animated opener, Tutorial 3, Unit 7.6

Flash Skills Demos

Exploring key features of our VLE content

Student content key features

Link to an animated opener

Student Tutorial 3, Unit 7.6

Each Flash Skills Demo offers a step-by-step walk-through of an ICT activity with accompanying audio instructions. Students will then carry out these activities themselves to progress through the tutorial.

Flash Skills Demo, Step 3.3, Student Tutorial 3, Unit 7.6 Worksheets and supporting resources

Throughout the student content, there are links to the supporting student worksheets and other additional resources. These provide everything that the students need to complete the tutorial.

Student Tutorial 3, Unit 7.6

Link to a Flash Skills Demo

Link to a student worksheet

Interactive games

Digital glossary Where ICT terminology is used within the student content, key words are hyperlinked to a glossary definition which includes audio support.

The student content also includes a selection of interactive games and activities that are designed to consolidate learning as students progress through the tutorials.

The teacher content includes everything you need to deliver a particular lesson. When in your VLE, the teacher content appears in a series of folders. This content includes:

• A clear, detailed lesson plan – with lots of support for non-specialists • Interactives* • Worksheets and resources folders • Openers* • Skills Demos* • Answers to interactives† • Glossary (pdf)†

* As relevant. † If you choose to upload content by unit, these files appear once (in the Unit zip folder) rather than in every lesson, for ease of use. Image library This is a bank of images for use with each unit of work. If you upload content by lesson, the relevant Image Library is included in the ZIP file for ease of use. Planning and mapping This includes three mapping documents for APP, Functional Skills and Learning Objectives.

Teacher content key features

The teacher content is organised as a list of files that support each individual lesson. The content includes copies of all the student materials (openers, interactive games and Flash Skills Demos) – so you can access them quickly in one location. The teacher content also includes a Lesson Plan, answers to the interactive games and documents to support planning and mapping.

At the end of each unit student and teacher content is provided for an assessment task. These are open-ended activities and therefore student progress in not automatically tracked. The activities are designed to combine and consolidate the skills covered in the preceding unit. Resources such as annotated model answers, assessment sheets and a lesson plan are provided in the Teacher content to support each unit assessment. The complete VLE Packs provide everything you need to deliver the requirements of the ICT Framework across Key Stage 3 using engaging, student-friendly content. Each VLE Pack includes an inspiring collection of topic-based units, which teach ICT through a series of skills-based student tutorials. Every unit is followed by an end-of-unit assessment activity. Year 7 – Units and Skills

Moving on Up! (Internet communication and e-safety) Where I Live (Multimedia presentations) Bizarre Facts (Searching the internet and collecting information) Endangered Animals (Designing a leaflet and creating a podcast) Extreme Sports (Financial modelling and marketing) Murder Most Horrid (Exploring databases) Game On! (Sequencing instructions and computer games)

Year 8 – Units and Skills

Environmental Tourists (Datalogging and information systems) Jump on the Bandwagon! (Website authoring and design) Information Superhighway (Searching the internet and collecting information) Band Manager (Spreadsheet modelling) GamePlan IT (Sequencing instructions and game design) Mind your own Business! (Planning, marketing, podcasting and video editing)

Year 9 – Units and Skills

Digital Detectives (Spotting scams, data and software protection, safe social networking) Mayhem Manor (Control, modelling, presenting, desktop publishing, ePortfolios) World Citizens (Communicating, collecting information, web design, databases, reports) Time Machine (Modelling, databases, researching, desktop publishing, mail merge)

Purchasing options

Individual Skills Packs Year Group Packs Key Stage 3 Bundle

End of unit assessments

An introduction to the complete VLE Packs

Would you like to see more? If you like the free lesson packs provided in this free online demo and would like to see more, please contact us on the details below. Tel: 01223 477550 Fax: 01223 477551 Email: admin@smart-learning.co.uk Alternative formats – the choice is yours! The Smart ICT Skills Builder series is also available in a paper format, for schools that prefer to use either a mixture of books and digital resources, or just books! Please contact us to discuss your requirements.