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Table of Contents
Training Day Expectations ............................................................................................... 5
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 6
Section 1: Logging In
Logging in ......................................................................................................................... 8
Changing Passwords ......................................................................................................... 9
Exercise 1: Log in and change password ......................................................................... 9
Section 2: Managing Your Classroom
Overview .........................................................................................................................
Recording attendance .....................................................................................................
Creating a seating chart ..................................................................................................
Verifying lunch counts .....................................................................................................
Documenting behavior (discipline) ...................................................................................
Creating lesson plans ......................................................................................................
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Exercise 2: Create a lesson plan .................................................................................... 20
Creating master lesson plans .......................................................................................... 22
Section 3: Your Grade Book
Overview ......................................................................................................................... 24
Class Set up .................................................................................................................... 27
Exercise 3: Set up a grade book with Grade Calculation Method and User Preferences . 29
Setting up categories ....................................................................................................... 30
Adding assignments ........................................................................................................ 32
Exercise 4: Set up a grade book with categories and assignments ................................ 35
Entering and calculating grades ...................................................................................... 36
Viewing progress reports ................................................................................................. 37
Exercise 5: Enter grades into a grade book..................................................................... 38
Exercise 6: Delete information entered into grade book .................................................. 38
Section 4: Communications
Overview .........................................................................................................................
ParentsWeb ....................................................................................................................
Email ................................................................................................................................
Documenting parent/teacher conferences .......................................................................
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Exercise 7: Record a parent/teacher conference ............................................................ 47
Teacher web pages ......................................................................................................... 48
Exercise 8: Post a document to a web page .................................................................. 57
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