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Getting Started in Plano ISD Instructional Technology February 2013 Contents Logging In ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Setting up Your Class ........................................................................................................................... 1 Allocating Products to Your Class and Creating Groups ........................................................................ 3 Editing a Student’s Navigation Language.............................................................................................. 5 Student Login ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Creating your Avatar............................................................................................................................ 7 Viewing the Online Teacher Edition ..................................................................................................... 8 Previewing Net-text Activities .............................................................................................................. 9 Previewing Grammar Snap Activities ................................................................................................. 10 Creating Assignments ........................................................................................................................ 11 Interactive Whiteboard Lessons ......................................................................................................... 14 General Notes ................................................................................................................................... 15 Getting Started in Write Source After installing the WriteSource program from the App Depot, the program will be launched from the Language Arts folder in PISD Apps. You can also use the web address http://ws.hmhpub.com from home or school. Logging In Click the Login button. Teacher’s Login: PISD email address Teacher’s Password: employee ID number To locate your employee ID number, enter www.pisd.edu/employeeid in your browser’s address bar, and type your Social Security number and birth date in the fields provided. Setting up Your Class 1.) Click the Manage Class tab at the top of the Dashboard. 2.) Class Details is the first tab. Change the name of your class, if desired. 3.) Click the Students tab from the Class Management Screen. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 1 Select your grade level from the drop-down menu on the right side of the window. Select your students’ names from the list and click the arrow button to move the students from the Available Students box on the left to the Students in Class box on the right. To select more than one student, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click each name. Alternatively, you can use the Search for student name field by typing all or part of a student’s name. Click Save and Next when finished. Students may be assigned to only one class at a time. Because students are uploaded at the district level, never use the Create a New Student Link. Names of new students should be automatically uploaded every few days. If you find that a student who has been at your campus for a week or more does not have access to WriteSource, please email Nancy Watson – nancy.watson@pisd.edu. Please do not change your or your students’ passwords, even though it may look as though it is possible do so. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 2 Allocating Products to Your Class and Creating Groups 1.) After you have selected your students, click the Products tab. Check the first and third boxes to allow students to have access to all materials in English (Plano ISD did not purchase the Spanish products). Click Save and Next. Be sure to select the correct grade level when allocating products. 2.) If desired, you can create groups within your class to facilitate differentiation. Click Add a Group. Give the group a name and move the students (already in your class) to the Group List box. Click Save and Next. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 3 Profile Questions will appear on each student’s avatar screen. These questions can be changed as frequently as you wish. Use the scroll bar to see all questions choices. Students see only their own responses on the Profile Questions. They see a pie chart of all student answers for the class poll. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 4 Editing a Student’s Navigation Language Some students will see the navigation (i.e., the directions) in Spanish. To edit student language information, click the globe on the left side of your dashboard. Click Edit next to the student’s name. REMEMBER NOT TO CHANGE USERNAME, PASSWORD, OR STUDENT ID!! Scroll down to the Language drop-down menu and select English. Click Confirm to change the navigation language, then click Save. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 5 Student Login 1.) Students will install WriteSource from the App Depot and launch the program from the Language Arts folder in PISD apps. 2.) Select a state from the dropdown list (first time only). 3.) Enter the school name: (First time only) The school list is filtered using predictive text as the student enters characters in the school name field. State and school selections are saved to the computer, so the next time the students log into Write Source from the same computer, they should not have to select a school. (Students could, of course, subsequently log in to a different workstation, but would have to enter school information again.) Important Note: Locating the correct school name can be tricky for some schools because students have to start typing the entire school name – i.e. Thomas Wesley Andrews or Loreta Hickey. Additionally, some schools from different cities have the same name. It would be VERY possible for a student to select the wrong “Davis Elementary,” for example, because you have to scroll down in the window before the Plano Davis Elementary school appears. 4.) After the correct school has been selected, the students use their student ID# as both the user name and the password. Teachers must add students to a class and allocate products before students will see any assigned activities. Students can use Write Source from home! They can use the address https://ws.hmhpub.com/ (which teachers can post on their myPISD pages) and then follow the same login procedures noted above. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 6 Creating your Avatar Students can create customized avatars, but they have to earn points to “buy” their changes by successfully completing grammar games and activities. Customize your own avatar to encourage your students to get started on theirs. Click the Avatar in the upper left corner of your dashboard. Click the Customize Avatar button. Find the hairstyle, clothing, expression, etc. that you’d like to use. Click Save, then Back. Click the Customize Theme button to set the theme and background style you prefer. To return to your dashboard, click the Home (Dashboard) button. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 7 Viewing the Online Teacher Edition Click the View All link near the bottom of the screen. Double-click the cover of the desired book to open it. To use “highlighter” or “notes,” click the highlighter or notes icon once, then click anywhere on the page to activate. The notes and highlights will not be saved when you close the book. Since the ebooks open in a new window, you can click on the red “X” in top-right hand corner of the screen to close them without closing your entire dashboard. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 8 Previewing Net-text Activities Click either Net-text icon. Hover your mouse over any of the Net-text icons on the bookshelf to view its title. When you select the desired title, click the View this Net-text button to see its contents. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 9 Previewing Grammar Snap Activities Click either Grammar Snap icon on the dashboard to preview the activities. Use the Launch button to view that part of the lesson. These icons are only indicators of where you are in the Grammar Snap lesson. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 10 Creating Assignments From your dashboard, click either Create Assignment button. Complete each field (Due Date, Title, and Instructions) and click Next. Note: Because you have to name the assignment before adding any activities, it’s a good idea to preview the activities so you’ll have an idea of what to put in the Title field. Click Add an Activity. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 11 Select a Net-text AND/OR Grammar Snap AND/OR Custom activity to assign. Click Save when done. The selected activity/activities can now be seen on the Activities list. Click Next. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 12 There are three options for assigning the activity: whole class, individual students, or groups. If you have not previously set up groups, you can do so at this point. After selecting the appropriate students, click Next. Click Publish. Note: This is an important step! Students won’t be able to see the assignment until you click the Publish button! If desired, you can also make assignments from the Net-text preview screen. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 13 Interactive Whiteboard Lessons Click this icon for interactive whiteboard lessons. Select the desired lesson, then click the View Online button. A new window will open. It may take several seconds for the lesson to appear. Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 14 General Notes Grammar Snap Quiz Scores: The number displayed on the award ribbon is the number the student has answered correctly. Students’ answers do NOT record unless the student clicks “OK”. If a student uses the forward arrow key it simply takes them to the next question (assuming they will come back to previous question and click “OK” when they want to submit the answer). The software developers are aware this is unclear to students and are working on a better layout for the quiz question screens. Demonstrate to your students that, in order to get an accurate score on the Grammar Snap quizzes, they must click the OK button before proceeding to the next question. Listing of Assignments on Student’s Homepage: An assignment will show up on a student’s homepage until it is completed. Once it is completed, it’s dropped from their homepage. This will keep their dashboard much simpler to navigate. On the other hand, all assignments remain on a teacher’s homepage as this is how she’s accessing the “Manage Assignment” tab to view students’ work, comment on students writing, unlock quizzes etc. Portfolios: Any work that students save to a portfolio will be saved from year to year. For more information about Write Source, see http://www.hmhelearning.com/langarts/writesource/na/index.php and http://www.hmheducation.com/writesource2/ Plano ISD Instructional Technology | February 2013 Page 15
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