Oncourse Lesson Planner

Website to access plans:

https://www.oncoursesystems.com/

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Login information:

Username: emailPassword: oncourse

Overview and features:

Oncourse is a lesson planner software that is used to create, share, and submit lesson plans. Lesson plans can be copied and pasted, started from template, or created from scratch. Standards are attached through a linking process via a tool built into the software instead of being typed or copied. Lesson plans are viewable by administrators who can make comments but cannot edit your lesson plans. Templates can be created and shared to streamline the process of creating lesson plans. Lesson plans can be archived and can be copied from year to year with a few clicks. Lesson plans in this program are active, and plans can be bumped a day or more with one click.

Training Goals/and Objectives: Upon completion of this training, teachers will be able to

Adapt a district template to meet lesson plan needs Add standards to lesson plans Explain the process for sharing plans with colleagues Explain the process for posting plans to administrators Create a plan either from scratch or through copying and pasting Use the copy and paste tools to add to templates/plans Explain how templates and copy/paste can be used to save time Bump plans to move them around Access templates and shared plans Access comment area in lesson plans Access curriculum folders Access note pages and videos in OnCourse University ****For advanced users-explain how homework block can be added to webpages or homework

login *Optional- customize main page

Inclusion:Teachers will use the References and Objectives menu to add Co-teacher roles to your plans. Note – here it is called “Inclusion Teacher Roles”. When copying and pasting blocks, this data will transfer.

Linking Standards to lesson plans:In a lesson plan block, click on the standards blue flag to expand the list of potential standards. Note, some standards have subsets, some do not.

Once you have found your preferred set of standards, click the star in the upper right hand corner to add to “Favorite Standards Sets” to save timeClick on a green plus to add a standard to that plan. Use the search feature to use keywords to locate standards quickly.

Using copy and paste and templates to save you time!

- After setting unit goals and other options that will remain the same, copy and paste the block from day to day, week to week to reuse

- If daily objectives and standards are the same for multiple days, set that first, then copy and paste blocks

- Copy entire columns and rows if multiple classes will have the same plan for the day- If desired, set up a template for each unit, with unit goals pre-loaded to save time

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-- Hover over any row or column heading to get row/column copy and paste tools- 1- copy, 2- paste, 3- clear- You can copy and paste pages from your lesson plans, or copy entire pages from others’

shared lesson plans

-- 1- copy, 2- paste, 3- clear

Individual lesson blocks have the added feature of being able to copy just the standards as well (icon in top right corner).

Locating Curriculums

Accessing OnCourse University:Step by Step Guides and Videos are available from OnCourseAccess all that information here:

Expand topics on left to find videos and pdf documents to walk you through anything