FORETHOUGHT 201 OBJECTIVES
1. Birdville eduphoria! Website
2. Review Forethought 101 Objectives
3. Advanced Forethought Features
 Editing your Schedule
 Copying Plans
 Printing and Saving to File
 Forethought Tabs
 Sharing Lesson Plans
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REVIEW FORETHOUGHT 101 OBJECTIVES
1. Planning for Learning:
review
the
elements
of aingood
lesson
plan
This
section
will
be covered
today’s
Planning
for(Checkpoints)
Learning session.
2. Getting into Forethought:
learn how to Log into the system
(Key in the Ignition)
Today,Your
weSchedule:
will log back in, edit
3. Creating
our
review
the
set upschedules,
your schedule and
according
to your
teaching day
(Roadmap)
basics
of using
the lesson
4. Using
the Lesson Planner:
planner.
learn how to use the simple, user-friendly,
web-based lesson planner (Engine Start-up)
Logging into eduphoria!
1. Birdville Homepage: Click on “Staff”
2. Click on “Eduphoria”
3. Log in with your BISD Credentials
(how you login to your school computer)
FORETHOUGHT 101: POINTS TO REMEMBER
Very Important!
Anytime you change
roles, campuses,
grade levels, or
subject areas: YOU
NEED TO UPDATE
YOUR PROFILE.
Objective 2: Getting into Forethought
FORETHOUGHT 101: POINTS TO REMEMBER
Add entries to your
schedule to build a
planner that reflects
the parts of your day
for which you need to
plan.
Objective 3: Creating Your Daily
Schedule
EDITING YOUR SCHEDULE
1. In Forethought 101, you setup your schedule.
2. Today, you will learn how to edit your schedule to
make any changes needed for the new year.
3. You can edit your schedule at any time
throughout the year.
TRAINING NORMS
1. Trust that we will go over each step you need to take
2. Be patient
3. Do not go ahead of the steps
4. Ask for help about the steps included in the
presentation
5. Submit the feedback and support form for any other
questions you may have
EDITING YOUR SCHEDULE
1. Go to bottom left of your
planner screen and Click on
“Change My Settings” then
“My Schedules.”
2. Click on the name of your
schedule, then click “Edit
Schedule.”
3. You may change the name
of your schedule, or just click
“Next” in the bottom righthand corner of the screen.
EDITING YOUR SCHEDULE
1. Remove any entries you do
not want to keep in your
planner.
Click on the name of the entry,
then “Remove Entry”
LINKING ENTRIES TO CLASS ROSTERS
For each course entry, we will
select the sections of students who
will receive the lessons we will plan
in that entry
Click on the name of the entry,
then “Edit Entry”
LINKING ENTRIES TO CLASS ROSTERS
Select all class section rosters
of
students
that will link to this
Click
Edit Entry
course.
Note: this feature allows Aware
to connect student data to
your planner. You will learn
more about this in October.
ORGANIZE ENTRIES
AND COMPLETE YOUR SCHEDULE
Once your schedule is complete, click NEXT
and then BEGIN USING FORETHOUGHT.
*You must follow these steps to save your
schedule changes
This screen allows you to add, edit and organize the entries in your schedule.
•Add Entry: Create a course with learning standards, mirrored course, or special entry
•Edit Entry: Modify information about a selected entry
•Move Up/Move Down: Change the order of a selected entry in your schedule
•Remove Entry: Removes a course from your schedule
VIEWING YOUR UPDATED SCHEDULE
•OPTION 1: Click on the next day that is not already bolded in your
calendar
•If a date has already been planned, the previous schedule will be
“stamped” to that date.
•OPTION 2: Delete the day’s plans so that the new schedule will be
applied
•Click on the blue and green icon
to the left of the Save button
•Choose “Delete Today’s Plans”
•Do not use this option if you
have already made plans on this
day. They will be deleted forever!
VIEWING YOUR UPDATED SCHEDULE
•WARNING: This will replace today’s plans with your current
schedule. Any changes you have made will be permanently erased.
•If you choose to delete the day’s plans so that you can
apply a new schedule, note that any plans made on this
day will be erased.
YOUR FORETHOUGHT LESSON PLANNER
FORETHOUGHT 101: POINTS TO REMEMBER
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Double-click to add
standards
Open attached files in
the lower right-hand
corner Resources Box
and add to planner
Customize by typing
into the lesson plan
Objective 4: Using the Lesson Planner
STANDARDS AND RESOURCES BOX
Selecting a standard will show details in the bottom-right corner.
Resources
Single-click to preview. Double-click to view entire resource. The
resource/activity can then be printed or added to the lesson planner
by clicking, “Use in Plans.” The resource will append the current
lesson plan entry, but it won’t replace any text already in the entry.
TEKS/TAKS
This tab displays associated TEKS (Knowledge and Skills statement
and Student Expectation), STAAR Reporting Categories, and
Knowledge and Skill for selected standard. TAKS Objectives may
appear also.
Performance For Aware Customers only: This shows a comparison graph of
student performance on the most recent State Standardized test or
District Local Assessment.
History
This tab displays all dates the standard has been used in lesson plans
during the current school year.
STANDARDS AND RESOURCES BOX
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Any resources or materials
attached to a student
expectation will appear in the
box in the bottom right-hand
corner of the screen.
•
Double-Click to open a resource
•
View resource in the window or
as an attachment at the bottom
of the window
Click “Use in
Plans” to
insert the
resource
into your
lesson plan
Week View and Copy Wizard
•To view your plans by week, click on
the calendar icon near the top right
of the screen.
•Click on “View Week’s Plans”
Week View and Copy Wizard
•You may edit your plans in this
view.
•Double-click on the date to return
your planner to the daily view.
•To access advanced copy
features, click on the Copy
Wizard Icon.
Week View and Copy Wizard
Copy Content
Notes regarding copying:
•Choose
to structure
copy content
forthat
an date, the first schedule in your list will be
•If no lesson
exists for
entire
used. day or week.
•Select
day
or week
•Lessonsthe
of the
same
course to
willbe
be copied in the order they appear in the
copied
target date. Additional plans will not be automatically entered. For example, if
you havethe
twodestination
U.S. History plans
•Select
day in
orthe source planner and only one in the
target to
date,
onlycontent.
the first will be copied. The second will not be added.
week
copy
•Confirm
your
selections
click
•Content will
be added
to anyand
existing
lessons (appended) that exist in the
target dates or weeks.
Finish.
•There is no "undo" when you copy lessons.
Week View and Copy Wizard
Copy
Instructional
Days from year
to year
We strongly recommend that you
do NOT copy the entire year.
There is no undo option! It is best
to copy a couple weeks at a time
by limiting the copy down to 10 to
15 instructional days.
Shift Lesson
Plans a Day
For occasions such as an inclement
weather day or an unexpected
event, lesson plans can be shifted
ahead one day. Shifting lesson
plans will move all content up one
day from the day selected to the
end of the instructional year.
To Copy One Entry
•To copy just one entry to another day (instead of copying the whole
day’s worth of plans), follow these steps:
•From the week view, double click on the day to return to the regular planner
view.
•Click on the notebook paper icon to send this lesson to another day in your
planner
•Select the date and course entry where you want the lesson to be copied.
Click OK.
SAVINGSAVING
TO FILE TO
AND
PRINTING
FILE
AND PRINTING
•When you click an option, a
window will pop up.
•You may either open the file
and print or save the file to
your computer.
•Click on the Printer Icon located on
the left side of the toolbar
•Select a printing option
•*Note: you can just save your plans
and do not necessarily have to print
•We recommend the option to “Print
Week Plans to PDF,” but you may
choose the option best for you.
MY ACTIVITIES
MY ACTIVITIES TAB
•You may save a lesson plan as an ACTIVITY for your own use
•Once you save a lesson plan as an activity, it will be linked to the
first student expectation identified
•Click on the gear icon to add this lesson to your activities
•You may access it by clicking on the SE in your curriculum and you
will see it listed in the resources box.
MY ACTIVITIES TAB
•You may also access your activities
from the MY ACTIVITIES TAB
•Located on the left of your screen
•These will be organized by course
name
•Click on the name of an activity to
open it up for viewing and editing
MY ACTIVITIES TAB
•In order
•You
mayto
edit
add
the
anactivity
activityjust
to your
like you
planner,
do in you
yourmust
lesson
locate
planner
the
first
in the curriculum
pane
of yourand
lesson
and
•YouSE
canlisted
still double-click
to add
standards
use planner
resources
in the
add
it from the resource box.
activity
•Be sure to hit SAVE before leaving the activity
•DO NOT hit PUBLISH or RETURN – we are not using these features
yet, but will be in the future.
•Once you hit DELETE, you will not be able to retrieve the activity –
be careful.
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE TAB
•You may open the SCOPE AND
SEQUENCE TAB to VIEW the
curriculum for any course
offered in Birdville ISD
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE TAB
•You will not be able to interact with the curriculum or add
standards and resources to lesson plans from this tab
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•You can view and print a shared planner. In addition, you can copy
lesson entries from a shared planner to your own planner. You
cannot edit a shared planner.
•Selecting staff members to view your planner does not
automatically give you access to view their lesson planner. Both
staff members have to share.
•Principals already have access to your planner. You do not have to
share with them.
•The Shared Planner is a separate feature from the Team Planner.
We will not use the Team Planner at this time, but will provide
training on that in the future.
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•Click “Change My Settings” then
“Share My Planner” in the bottom
left-hand corner of the screen
•Click “Add a Teacher”
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•Click “Add a Teacher”
•Search by name
•Click Next at the bottom right of
the screen
•If you cannot find someone, check to be sure you know their legal
name and that they have setup a lesson planner
•If the person you searched for is the only person with that name,
they will automatically be added. If there are multiple people, you
will select the correct one and click Next.
•Click Next once you have added all of the teachers with whom
you’d like to share your planner
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•You have now shared your planner
•Click “Return to My Planner” at the bottom right-hand corner of
the screen
•You can add or remove teachers at any time by returning to the
Share My Planner option under Change My Settings
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•Once a teacher has shared a planner
with you, you will see that planner in the
list on the left of your screen.
•Click on the name of the planner to open
it up
•Navigate to different dates by using the
calendar. Remember, all bolded days are
those with lesson plans already created.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•To copy one lesson plan from the teacher’s planner to your own:
•Click on the notebook icon in the top right of that particular entry
•Select the date in your planner where you would like to copy the
lesson
•Check the course entry in your planner where you would like it to
copy
•Click Ok. The lesson will now be in your planner.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•If you would like to copy multiple entries from a
teacher’s planner to your own planner, you will
follow the same steps as copying lessons within
your own planner.
•Click on the calendar icon and select “View
Week’s Plans”
•Click on “Copy Wizard” near the top right of
your screen.
•Choose to copy either a day or a week’s worth
of lesson plans
•Select the date or week you would like to
copy and select the date or week where you
would like the lesson(s) to land in your planner.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•You will verify that you have
selected the correct date and click
“Finish”
•You will now find the lesson in
your own planner on the date or
week you selected.
•The plans for all courses in the
teacher’s planner that are also in
your planner will be copied. Any
entries for courses that they have,
but you do not, will not copy.
WHAT’S NEXT? WHAT’S NEXT?
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and/or curricular concerns.
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WHAT’S NEXT? WHAT’S NEXT?
In future training, you will learn how to:
Create a Team Planner in Forethought
Track your coverage of standards and checklist items
Publish lesson plans to your Schoolwires website.
Use the Aware data management application within
eduphoria!