Transcript Creating Teacher Websites

Creating Teacher Websites
The Classroom Management
System (CMS)
My Website - Do Now
Directions: In the space provided enter your full name and the name of
the course you teach. Enter a brief description of the course.
Your Name:
Course Name:
Course Description:
My Website “Do Now” Continued
List 3 topics related to the course you teach:
1.
2.
3.
My Website “Do Now” Continued
For each topic, list one note which provides information about the topic.
1.
2.
3.
My Website “Do Now” Continued
1. What is Policy 3160?
2. List three features:
Course Outline
• What is Policy 3160?
• What is the Classroom Management
System?
Course Outline Continued
• Requesting Passkeys
• Registering
• Setting up User ID’S and passwords
• Logging on to the Classroom Management
System
Course Outline Continued
• The Classroom Management System
(CMS)
• Creating a Profile
• The Asset Manager
• Importing a Photo
• Adding Courses/Classes
• Adding Course/Class Topics
• Adding Topic Notes
Course Outline Continued
• Adding Multimedia - music, videos, photos
and documents
• Creating Quizzes and surveys
• Classroom Calendars
• Policy 3160 – School District Standards &
Guidelines for Website Publishing
What is Policy 3160?
• Policy 3160 is the policy pertaining to School District
Standards for Website Publishing
• A copy of Policy 3160 is on the district webpage under
Documents and Forms
• A copy of Policy 3160 is included as a course handout
• All staff members who are publishing webpages are
required to adhere to the district guidelines for webpage
publishing
Policy 3160 Highlights
Content Standards:
• Website pages should be classroom/content
specific
• Webpage authors must insure that the site is
accurate and functional
• Websites must include a disclaimer statement
pertaining to questionable materials from outside
links
• Websites cannot include commercial advertising
Policy 3160 Highlights Continued
• Pages may include staff names & contact
information
• Websites must comply with District AUP
• Websites must be approved prior to
publication through the designated
approval process – See Your Principal!
Policy 3160 Highlights Continued
• FERPA Regulations must be followed when
publishing student information
• Written parental authorization is always required
prior to publishing any student information
• Student information shall be limited to first name
only, and shall not include contact information
• Exclude field trip details, inclusive of dates,
times, schedules
Policy 3160 Highlights Continued
• Follow copyright “Fair Use” regulations
• Websites that do not comply with Policy
3160 guidelines are subject to revocation
• Failure to comply may result in disciplinary
actions
What is The Classroom Manager?
The Classroom Manager (CMS) is a tool
that provides teachers with the ability to
develop and maintain their own websites,
create classroom pages, classroom
calendars, administer quizzes and
surveys, upload multimedia files and
communicate with students and parents
Getting Started
Before you begin using the Classroom Manager System, you must
first obtain a passkey and register to use the system.
Request a Passkey:
• Contact Sally Neumann at District Office or Corinne Morton at
Syntax Communications and request a Passkey.
• Sally’s email address is [email protected]
• Corinne Morton’s address is [email protected]
Register in the CMS
Once you have a passkey, you may move
forward with the registration process.
There are 10 steps.
• Using any internet browser, type in the
following address in the address bar:
http://teachers.swrschools.org
On the Staff Directory screen,
1. Click on “Register”.
2. Type in you Last name
3. Click the “Find Me” button.
4. Click on your name after it is displayed
5. Enter your “Passkey”.
6. Click “Submit”
7.
Create and type
in a username
8.
Create and type
in a password
9.
Verify your
password
by typing it in a
second time
10. Click “Complete
You will receive an email confirming your User ID and password.
Keep this for the next time you log on to the CMS!
Log On To The CMS
• Type in your
user ID
• Type in you password
• Click “Login”
• If you forget your
password, you can
request another
automatically.
CREATING A PROFILE
• After logging in, you will first access the Classroom
Manager page. This page provides you with the set up
fields that are necessary to configure your profile and
allows you to begin.
• This is the page that you will always return to make
changes to your pages.
• As you will see, there are various areas to which you can
add content and edit; you begin by imputing your basic
info (name, URL, uploaded photo, and the email address
you wish others to use – generally the district-assigned
address).
Creating Your Profile
•
Enter your profile information in the fields
provided under
the category called
“Manage Profile”
•
Enter your first name
•
Enter your last name
•
Enter your display name (First and last name)
•
Enter your URL – This is the first letter of your
first name and your full last name – no spaces
or periods
•
Enter your district email address
•
Click save - Fields are not saved automatically
.
The Asset Manager
• Before any files can be uploaded onto your site, they must first be
uploaded into a module called the “Asset Manager”.
• The Asset Manager is simply a folder system that stores the files
you wish to place on your site.
• When you attempt to upload a file, the Asset Manager will open a
window in which you establish your own folders for the different
media you wish to upload. A toolbar will appear at the top of this
window which allows you to create folders and upload files.
• The green “Upload” button prompts you to browse your computer for
files to place in the Asset Manager.
• Three browsing fields will appear at once (at the right of the
window), but you can add more to upload additional files
simultaneously.
• Once files are in your Asset Manager folder(s), they are ready to be
posted on your site.
Add Your Photo
1. Click on the
‘dummy’ image
that is on your
Classroom
Manager screen.
2. Move the cursor
over this image
and click.
Add Your Photo Continued
3. Click on
Upload
Adding Your Photo Continued
•
Click on Select to
browse
•
Find the file that
contains your photo
•
Click Upload
•
Click Add to add
additional files to your
folder and follow the
same selection and
upload procedures as
above..
Adding Your Photo Continued
• The file will be
uploaded and
will appear in
the middle
portion of
the screen
under
“Filename”.
Adding your Photo Continued
4. Click on the
filename and the
photo will appear in
the right panel.
5. Edit the photo using
any of the editing
tools in the Image
Editor section.
6. Click on the Insert
Tab to insert the
photo into your
webpage.
7. SAVE the page.
Adding you Photo Continued
The
Classroom
Manager
Profile
Screen will
display with
your photo.
Add Your Classes
• You can add an individual page for each of the courses, classes,
and/or subject areas you teach.
• A section titled “Classes” appears in your Classroom Manager page
immediately following your basic info, with a link to “Add a Class.”
• Every class page you create includes navigation (at left), which lists
links to your other Class pages, as well as Topics, Quizzes, and
Multimedia.
• Each page allows you to create introductory content, generally
designed to provide visitors with a basic narrative of the class that is
always updatable.
Note: You can also add or delete class pages on your own
whenever needed by simply going back to your Classroom Manager
(click “Back to Profile”).
Add Your Classes Continued
• Click on
“Add a Class”
Add Your Classes Continued
•
Click on the pencil
next to My New
Notebook and type in
the name of your
class.
•
Click on the area
“Your New Content”
and write a brief
introduction of the
course or class for
your visitors in the
Editor Screen.
Add Your Classes Continued
•
This is what the
Message Editor
screen looks like.
•
You can use any of
the editing tools
located in the
Message Editor to
format text and add
other special effects.
•
Click SAVE, located
on the top left of the
Welcome Message
Editor Title
Add Your Classes Continued
•
This is what the page
looks like after the
Class has been added.
•
Each class that you add
is listed under the
Classes section.
•
Click on the Edit or
Preview links to make
changes and preview
the changes.
•
Click on the Delete link
to remove the class.
Adding Topics
• Every page provides the ability to add content and address different
topics.
• The “Topics” navigation link appears just under the “Classes” list to
the left.
• Click on the “Manage Topics” link to add topics.
• A “Topics Manager” page will open.
• Create as many Topics as you like by adding fields in this page.
• Every topic you add will always appear to the left until you delete it.
• Delete Topics by going back into the Topics Editor through the
“Manage Topics” link.
Adding Topics Continued
•
Click on Add
Topic
Adding Topics Continued
• In the Topic Editor Screen,
Type in the name of the
Course in the section called
Topic 1.
• Click on ADD ITEM to add
topics
• Type in the name of the
topic in the blank field that is
added
• Continue to add as many
topics as you need
• Click SAVE when you are
finished adding topics.
Creating Topic Notes
• Once you create a Topic you can create multiple “Notes” or bulletins
which look like colorful sticky notes on the page.
• You can write information in them, as well as upload photos, audio
files and video to enhance the posting.
• You can continually update these notes or add new ones, archive
old notes and restore and update them again.
• These notes are great for assigning homework, extra credit projects,
or merely reviewing what was covered in class.
• You can choose from a handful of different colors to help
differentiate postings from one another and the viewing field is
expanded beyond what is seen on the webpage when the user
clicks on the view (book) icon at the top right of the note.
Creating Notes Continued
•
On the Profile Page, and for each
class, there are three color coded
buttons which are used to add a
note, add a topic, or restore a note
that has been deleted.
•
When you click on “Add Note” the
note will appear.
•
Click on the note to begin creating
the content for the note.
•
You can also edit the note by clicking
on the pencil icon that appears in the
top right of the note, or archive by
clicking on the filing cabinet icon on
the far right of the note.
•
The “Open Book” icon located next
to the name of the note to “View this
Note” in the form visitors will see it
on your page. The icon that looks
like two sheets of paper is the “Copy
this Note” function).
Creating Notes Continued
• This is what the Notes
Editor screen looks like
when you are working in
it.
• Enter the name of the
note in the Title field
• Enter your notes
information in the open
screen.
• Use any of the editing
tools to add special
effects, links, multimedia
etc, by clicking on the
icons in the tool bar.
• SAVE the note
Uploading Multimedia
• Multimedia files are uploaded through the Editor Screen of the “Add
Note” Tab.
• You can upload images, movies and documents using the Image
Manager, Flash Manager, Media Manager and Document Manager
icons which are located on the Editor Screen toolbar.
• Upload photos using the icon of two mountains and the sun; videos
and audio files using the multimedia icon which looks like a play
button.
• File formats must be compatible with icon you select.
• The current upload file limit is 50 mb, so if you are attempting to load
files that are higher, you will get an error message and the fie will not
be uploaded
Uploading Multimedia
• When you click on the Add Notes section on your profile page, the
Edit Screen opens and the toolbar appears on the top of the screen
• Once a multimedia file is uploaded into a Note, icons for sound,
video or photos appear in the Note to alert the viewer.
• Once the visitor clicks on the appropriate icon, they can view or
listen to that file.
• You can even copy and paste video links (from YouTube and other
appropriate sites) directly into the note field using the html button
under the editing window.
Quizzes & Surveys
• You can create quizzes and surveys for your students to
complete online as study aids and for extra credit.
• There is a section entitled “Quizzes” on the left of every
Class page.
• Click on the “Add a Quiz” link below that header and
begin to create the quiz on the Quiz Manager Screen.
• The “Quiz Manager” page provides the ability to develop
single word or phrase answer quizzes, long-form answer
quizzes, and multiple-choice. You can include a brief
description and instructions under the quiz header.
Quizzes & Surveys
• You can use this tool to create quizzes or to create surveys on
topical issues for discussion in class or just to gauge class sentiment
about a topical issue.
• You can add or delete questions by using the “Remove” button
under each question in edit mode.
• You can view this Quiz as it appears to your students by clicking on
the “View Mode” link above the Quiz header.
• Once your students have typed in or clicked on all of their answers,
there is a “Submit Answers” button at the end of the quiz.
Quizzes & Surveys
• Prepare the quiz in
advance to insure that
questions are added
to the Quiz Manager
in the desired
sequence.
• Click on Add a Quiz
Quizzes & Surveys Continued
• On the Quiz Manager Screen,
enter the following information:
– Quiz Name
– Quiz Description
– Instructions
• Add the questions in reverse
sequence order, starting with
the last question and ending
with the first to insure proper
sequencing.
• Click on “Name Field” to create
two fields for student first and
last name
Quizzes & Surveys Continued
• Select the type of
questions to be added to
the quiz from the left side
of the Quiz Manager
Screen.
• Select Single Line Text
Box for single word or
phrase answers.
• Select Multi-Line Text Box
for long form answers.
• Select Multiple Choice
to select from a list of
possible responses.
Quizzes & Surveys Continued
• For Multiple
Choice, enter the
question
• Add the subtitle,
if applicable
• Click “Add Item”
to add question
responses for
students to select
• Click SAVE
Creating Class Calendars
• The Classroom Calendar feature provides teachers with the ability to
post individual class activities including exams, projects or
homework due dates, topics to be covered during a given week, or
even an actual period-by-period, or hour-by-hour schedule to give
parents and students a look at what’s ahead.
• Anyone who wishes to view your calendar can click on the Calendar
icon that appears under your photo under every one of your Class
pages.
• You can create or edit calendars for each class (in edit mode) by
clicking on this icon. Once you click on this you can enter
information either using daily, weekly or monthly views (menu at the
top right of page, above the monthly grid).
Creating Class Calendars
•
Adding information is as easy as highlighting and double-clicking a field.
You can even set tasks to recur on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or
annual basis by clicking on the “Options” button which appears when you
double click, to enter dates or edit a field. You can set a start and end date
for this.
•
You can also view or edit previous or future days, weeks, and months using
the arrow keys at the top left of the calendar grid to get to a particular day,
week or month.
•
Note: No matter how you input your information in this tool, it will always be
pulled into a monthly grid for easy viewing.
* Important! Always refer to your Classroom Manager page (back to profile
on top right of your Class page) to edit, delete, preview, activate or
deactivate a Class, Quiz or Multimedia file. You can also access the
Calendars for your different classes in Classroom Manager
Calendars
• On you profile
screen and under
the appropriate
course, click on
calendar
Calendars Continued
• Use the Forward and
Back Navigation buttons
on the top left of the
calendar screen to locate
the Month on which to
make your calendar
entries.
• You can also search by
day, week or month using
the search options on the
top right of the calendar
screen
Calendars Continued
• The Calendar shows
events that are
already scheduled.
• Click on the event to
see the details.
• To add a new event,
double click on the
day
Calendars Continued
• Double click on the
time
• Enter the event
information
• Click SAVE when you
are finished
• Click options to alter
the default times or to
add additional details
Calendars Continued
• Enter the description
• Alter the start and end
times or start and end
dates
• Add additional details
in the “more details”
section
• Click “All Day” or
“Recurring”
• Click Save
Calendars Continued
• To delete an event,
click on the event
• Click on the red X
located to the right of
the event window to
delete the event
Thank You
Sally S. Neumann
(631) 821-8115
[email protected]