Lesson Book Functions Guide

64 Pages·2016·4.02 MB·English

Switched-On Schoolhouse® 2016
Lesson Book Functions
Switched-On Schoolhouse® 2016 -Lesson Book Functions
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Contents
Welcome 5
AboutThisGuide 5
ManageandTrackAssignmentsandAttendanceWiththeLessonBook 7
UsetheAssignmentsWindowtoViewandManageStudentAssignments 8
Assignmentswindowfeaturesandtools 8
Sortstudentassignments 12
Blockorunblockallquizzesand/ortestsforassignedsubjects 12
Blockorunblocksingleassignments 13
Gradeassignments 14
Change(adjust)gradesforassignments 15
Printassignments 16
Viewandmanageskippedproblems 17
Assignalternatetestsandsupplementalassignments 18
ViewandprinttheUnitDetailsreport 21
ViewandprinttheAssignmentDetailsreport 23
UsetheTeacherAssignmentWindowtoGradeProblemsandPerformOtherTasks 25
OpentheTeacherAssignmentwindow 25
TeacherAssignmentwindowfeaturesandtools 26
Highlightlessoncontent 29
UsetheAssignmentNotepadtoseestudentnotesandprovidenotesaboutanassignment 29
Listentoassignmenttext 29
Viewcontentsofproblems 30
UsetheProblemNotepadtoseestudentnotesandprovidenotesaboutaproblem 30
Viewprobleminstructions 30
Viewanswerstoproblems 31
Skipproblems 31
Reassignproblems 31
Saveassignmentchanges 32
Printassignments 32
UsetheLessonPlanCalendarViewtoManageStudentSchoolwork 33
Displayassignmentdetailsforstudents 34
LessonPlanfeaturesandtools 34
Rescheduleschoolwork 36
UsetheDayDetailWindowtoManageDailySchoolworkforStudents 37
DayDetailwindowfeaturesandtools 38
Changeduedatesforassignments 40
Blockandunblockassignments 41
TrackStudentAttendance 42
Trackindividualstudentattendance 42
Trackattendanceformultiplestudents 44
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CustomizeSubjectCurriculumandSubjectSettingsForIndividualStudents 47
CustomizeSubjectCurriculum 47
EditStudentSubject-Curriculumtabfeaturesandtools 49
CustomizeSubjectAssignmentsSettings 50
CustomizeSubjectQuizzesandTestsSettings 53
CustomizeSubjectGradesSettings 56
Index 59
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Welcome
WelcometoSwitched-OnSchoolhouse®(SOS)HomeEdition!
SOScombinesatraditionalmastery-basedlearningwithmultimediaandacurriculumbuiltonaBiblicalworldviewtohelp
yourstudentsbuildasolideducationalfoundation.Foryouasateacher,SOSlaysoutyourlessonplans,doesover90%of
allgrading,retainsallstudentrecords,freeingyouupfrommuchoftheadministrativeworkload,soyoucanfocusonyour
students.SOSalsooffersyoutheabilityofcustomizingcurriculum,andsettingstobestmeettheneedsofeachofyour
students.
SOSisafeature-richapplication,givingyou lotsofflexibilitytomeetyourneedsaswellasthoseofeachstudent.Wewant
usingittobeagreatexperienceforyouandyourstudent,sowealsoprovidelotsofhints,tipsandhelpalongtheway!
Ifyouareafirst-timeSOSuser,wesuggestyoustartwiththedefaultsettingsforyourschoolandyourstudent.Theseare
settingsusedbythemajorityofteachersandstudentswhohavebeenusingSOSforthepastyearsaswellasoptionsused
bymanyschoolsovertheyears.Youcanthenchangethemasyoufindtheneed.Changestosettingsareappliedtoany
workthestudenthasalreadycompletedaswellasworkyettodo.
AboutThis Guide
ThisguideexplainsthebasicfeaturesandfunctionsoftheLessonBook,suchashowtoview,manage,andgrade
assignmentsforyourstudents,aswellashowtousetheLessonPlantorescheduleschoolwork,trackstudentattendance,
andmore.Italsoexplainshowtocustomizelearninginspecificsubjectsforindividualstudents.
Anotheravailableteacherguide,"Reports&ApplicationFunctions",explainshowtocreateandprintreportsandhowto
performadministrativefunctionsforyourSOSapplication.
Need some additionalassistance?
Onmanyofthescreens(windows)inSOSTeacher,youwillseea buttonoricon.ClickittoopentheSOSTeacherHelp
filetoseeinformationand/orinstructionsforthetaskyouaretryingtodoorexplanationsofthewindowyouareviewing.Or,
justpresstheF1keyonyourkeyboardtoopentheSOSTeacherHelpfile.
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Manage and Track Assignments and Attendance With the Lesson
Book
TheLessonBookisavaluableteachertool.Youcanuseittoviewandgradeschoolworkaswellaskeeptrackofstudent
progress.Youcanalsoeditsubjectsinthecurriculumorchangethestatusofassignments.Ifyouhavestudentsworking
withintimeframeworksyouset,theLessonBookoffersaspecially-designedcalendarformanagingtheirschoolworkand
activities.
TheLessonBookwidgetcontainsthreelinkstohelpyouperformyourdailytasks:
Assignments
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LessonPlan
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Attendance
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Note IfyouareusingtheSOS"Classic"themeforSOSTeacher,youseeaLessonBookbutton.
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UsetheAssignmentsWindowtoViewandManageStudentAssignments
Use the Assignments Windowto Viewand Manage StudentAssignments
TheLessonBook>Assignmentswindowislikelywhereyou,astheteacher,spendmuchofyourtime.
ToopentheAssignmentswindow,fromyourHomepage,intheLessonBookwidget,clickAssignments.
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FromtheAssignmentswindow,youcan:
Gradestudentschoolwork.
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Reassign,skip,remove,andblockandunblockassignments.
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Zerooutthegradesforanentireunitoraselectedassignment.
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Changeassignmentduedates.
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Viewandprintunitorassignmentdetailreports.
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Customizeasinglesubjectforastudent.
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Openanassignmenttoviewitscontents,addnotes,readandgradeproblems,andmore.
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Assignmentswindowfeaturesandtools
TheAssignmentswindowhasseveralfeaturesandtoolssothatyoucanviewandmanageaselectedstudent's
assignments.
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Assignmentswindowfeaturesandtools
Item# Feature Description Dothefollowing...
1 Studentlist Containsthenamesofallregisteredstudents. Fromthelist,selectthenameof
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thestudenttodisplaytheir
assignments(subjects).
2 TeacherTo- Displayseitheralistofyourgradingtasksoralistof Toseeassignmentsthatrequire
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Dolist problemsyourstudentshaveskipped: grading,clicktheGrading
Taskstab. See"Grade
GradingTasks-Containsalistofassignments
l assignments"onpage14.
thatrequiregradingbyyou.Thetabdisplays
thetotalnumberofgradingtasksyouhave. Toseeassignmentswith
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skippedproblems,clickthe
SkippedProblems-Containsalistof
l SkippedProblemstab.See
problemsyourstudentshaveskippedintheir
"Viewandmanageskipped
assignments.Thetabdisplaysthetotalnumber
problems"onpage17.
ofskippedproblemsinyourlist.
Togodirectlyintoan
Note:Whenyoucompleteatask,itisautomatically l
assignment,double-clickit.
removedfromyourto-dolist.Ifyoudecideyoudon't
wantorneedtodothetask,clickthecheckboxnextto
ittoremoveitfromthelist.
3 Student Displaysalistofallsubjectsassignedtoastudentina Todisplaytheunits,clickthe
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Schoolwork schoolterm.Youcanseegradesforsubjects,units, Subjectname.Tohidetheunits,
section andassignmentsthatthestudenthasalready clicktheSubjectnameagain.
completedaswellasviewschoolworkyettocome.
Todisplaytheassignmentsina
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Subjects-Alistofallthesubjectsyouassigned unit,clicktheUnitname.Tohide
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toastudent.Ifthestudenthascompletedany theassignments,clicktheUnit
workinasubject,thegradeearnedforthat nameagain.
subjectisalsodisplayed.
Toviewanassignment,click
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Units-Alltheunitsassignedwithinasubject. anyassignmenttitle.
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Noticethattheyappearinasmallerfontthan
subjecttitles,enablingyoutoquicklyandeasily
seethedifferencebetweensubjectsandunits.
Noticethatifastudenthascompletedanywork
inaunit,thegradeforthatunitshowsuphere.
Assignments-Clickanyunitnameontheleft
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sideofthescreentodisplayalltheassignments
forthatunitappearontherightsideofthe
screen.Atthesametime,theunitnameis
highlightedontheleft,showingthatyou're
lookingattheassignmentsforthatparticular
unit.TotherightoftheAssignmentTitle,you
seetheAssignmentType,DueDateofthe
assignmentandthescorethestudentachieved
ifithasbeencompleted.
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Assignmentswindowfeaturesandtools
Item# Feature Description Dothefollowing...
4 Subjectsand EditSubject-OpenstheEditSubjectwindow See"CustomizeSubject
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Unitstools whereyoucancustomizethecurriculum(add, Curriculum"onpage47.
(buttons) delete,rearrangeunitsandassignments,or
See"ViewandprinttheUnit
removesubjects)forasubject.EditSubject l
Detailsreport"onpage21.
alsoallowsyoutocustomizetheAssignments,
Quizzes/Tests,and/orGradessettingsfora l See"Blockorunblockall
singlesubjectforastudent. quizzesand/ortestsfor
assignedsubjects"onpage12.
UnitDetails-Viewandprintdetailed
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informationaboutaunit.Itincludesthedatethe
unitwasfirstaccessed,lastaccessed,the
amountoftimethestudenthasbeenworking
ontheunit,individualassignmentinformation,
suchastitle,type,duedate,score,completed
date,datelastgraded.
UnitFunctions-Thefunctionsavailablewhen
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youclickthisbuttoncanalsobeaccessedby
right-clickinganysubjectorunit.
EditSubject-SeetheEditSubject
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descriptionabove.
BlockAll-Blocksallquizzes,tests,orboth
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inthesubjectorunityouselected.
UnblockAll-Unblocksallquizzes,tests,or
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bothinthesubjectorunityouselected.
ViewUnitDetails-SeetheUnitDetails
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descriptionabove.
SetUnitGradetoZero-Marksthe
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selectedunittoagradeofzero(0)and
changesthestatusofallassignmentsin
theunittoCompleted.Youmaywanttodo
thisif,forexample,youwanttomanually
entergradesforeachassignmentinthe
unit.Thestudentcancontinueworkingin
thesubject.
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