Teacher Guide Template FAY FACULTY: Please use this guide (written and edited by Whipple Hill) as a general overview of features of the Whipple Hill (Fay Website). Some information may not be applicable, and not all questions will be answered through with this document. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 1 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Table of Contents Academic Section Page Overview ............................................................................................... 2 Academic Group Channels ....................................................................................................................... 4 Accessing a Class Page .................................................................................................................. 5 Changing the Look and Feel of your Page ................................................................................... 5 Adding New Assignments ............................................................................................................. 7 Edit assignments ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Adding Existing Assignments ................................................................................................................. 10 Adding News Stories.................................................................................................................... 11 Adding Announcements .............................................................................................................. 12 Adding Links ................................................................................................................................. 13 Adding Downloads ....................................................................................................................... 14 Organizing Links/Downloads .................................................................................................................. 15 Utilizing the Roster ...................................................................................................................... 16 Adding RSS Feed .......................................................................................................................... 16 Adding Events ............................................................................................................................... 17 Adding Syllabus/Grading Rubric/Expectations .......................................................................... 18 Adding Photos .............................................................................................................................. 19 Using the Message Board ............................................................................................................ 19 Adding a Thumbnail..................................................................................................................... 20 Appendix A: Acceptable File Types ........................................................................................... 21 Appendix B: Embedded Teacher Reports (Located in the Reports Channel) ...................... 24 Academic Section Page Overview Below is an example of a class page. **You will want to change this so that it displays an actual group page with Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 2 of 25 Teacher Guide Template your site's style** Students and parents of students enrolled in the class will see the page exactly as the teacher does, with the exception of not being able to edit the page or access restricted channels (i.e. reports, grading *, grade book*, and comments*). Class pages have a variety of channels available so that you can customize your online space to reflect your teaching style. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 3 of 25 Teacher Guide Template As a teacher, you have the ability to decide which channels you want to display on the page. Academic Group Channels Below are the available channels and a brief discussion of what they do: • Announcements - create announcements to be displayed on the course page, on the portal, or both. The announcements can have a set publish expiration dates, so you don't need to worry about manually removing them after they've stopped being relevant • Assignments – post assignments for students that will appear on the portal, on the assignments master page, or on the course page • Course Expectations – attach a course expectations as a downloadable file, or put one directly on the course page using text • Downloads – upload files for your students or parents to download. These files can be organized into sub-categories and reused in future years • Events – post events to share with students and their parents. These events can be displayed on the course page or rolled up to an events channel on the portal • External Video – embed video or HTML-based widgets from other sites including YouTube, Vimeo, and Twitter • Grading Rubric - attach a grading rubric as a downloadable file, or put one directly on the course page using text • Links –link to external websites and provide a brief description of the file or website that you're linking to • Message Board – organize and moderate an online conversation with your students • News – use this channel to keep your students up-to-date with current events, or use it as a communication tool to let parents know what is going on in the classroom • Photos – share pictures with your students and their parents. Photos are uploaded to Podium and displayed in a sideshow or gallery format. • Reports – use WhippleHill created reports to keep track of important information about your students, such as their emergency contact information, enrollments, or assignments in other sections. • Roster – quickly see the students enrolled in your class and go to their profile page by clicking on their hyperlinked name. You can also email all students, all parents, or all students and parents from the roster channel. • RSS Reader – this channel allows you to display an RSS feed from an external website. You might use this to bring in current news stories from CNN.com or use it to feed in new posts from your class blog. • Syllabus - attach a course syllabus as a downloadable file, or put one directly on the course page using text Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 4 of 25 Teacher Guide Template • Teacher Information – this channel allows students and parents to quickly find information about the teacher, such as their name and email address, and when users click on the hyper-linked teacher name, they go directly to the teacher's profile page. • Text – this channel can either display text or embedded HTML on your page. <Additional channels for other SIS products> • Audio – upload audio files that students and their parents can play or download directly from the page. Especially useful for language classes. • Comments – view existing and add new comments for students enrolled in the section. • Grade Book – view the grade book and record grades for assignments electronically. • Grading – record grades and comments for report cards electronically. • Schedule – view the meeting times of the course and take attendance, if applicable. • Video – upload video files that students and their parents can play or download directly from the section page. Accessing a Class Page There are several different ways to access your page: • From the My Groups channel located on the portal • From the My Groups page located on the left-hand navigation • From your profile, in the My Groups channel Once you get to one section page, you can navigate to other sections or other school years by using the drop down menus located at the top of the section page. Changing the Look and Feel of your Page There are a few options for changing the look and feel of your section page. To edit the page layout and channels on the page: 1. Click on the Customize hyperlink at the top of the page. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 5 of 25 Teacher Guide Template 2. To add content to your page, select the content type from the drop down box at the top and then click on Add Content. 3. To arrange content on the page, click and drag the channel to another spot on the page 4. To remove content channels that you no longer wish to display, check the Remove check box and click Save. The content channel can be added back at any time using the Add Content feature. 5. To change the page layout, select the new layout from the pre-made layouts at the bottom of the page. Once you’ve picked one you want to use, click Change. Then you can rearrange your content using the new page layout. You can also change the by editing the channel look of an individual channel options. 1. Click on Options in any of the channels on your course page 2. In the Content tab, you can change options for a specific channel, such as the number of items to be displayed. 3. In the Channel Appearance tab you can edit the channel style, title, whether the channel expanded or collapsed by default, and the height of the channel. Once you’ve made the changes, click Save & Exit. Changes will take effect immediately. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 6 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Adding New Assignments 1. To add a new assignment, click on the Add New link in the Assignment Channel 2. Chose the number of assignments that you want to create using the drop down box located at the top of the screen. When adding more than one assignment, you will see an abridged version of the add assignments screen. You can create up to 10 assignments at one time. 3. Select the sections that the assignment should be created for. Use the arrows to move the sections from the available column to the selected column and click on Next 4. Enter the brief description of your assignment, this field is required. This description is what will display on the student's assignment channel and the field is limited to 255 characters. As you can see from the image below, this text box allows HTML and text formatting. If you're copying from Microsoft Word, please remember to use the paste from word icon to paste in your text, and if you're pasting from anywhere else, use the paste from plain text icon. Using these tools will help prevent erroneous code from distorting the text. 5. Select an assignment type that best describes the assignment that you're giving. This is optional, but is useful for teachers who will be using the assignment reports located on the course page. If you don't see an assignment type listed and you think it should be added, contact your school’s WhippleHill Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 7 of 25 Teacher Guide Template tech support team and ask them to add it in. 6. Enter the Assigned and Due dates of your assignment. If you're adding the assignment to more than one section, you can either populate the default date, which will apply the default date to both sections, or you can give each section its own assigned and due date by filling in the boxes next to each section. -or- 7. Choose the publish option for your assignment. If you do not select a publish option, it will default to now. If you're adding the assignment to multiple sections, you need to select the preferred publish option for all section. When you select Publish Now, the assignment will be published immediately, even if the assigned date is in the future. Publishing on the Assigned Date will hide the assignment until the assigned date, and choosing No will hide the assignment indefinitely. 8. If you have more information about the assignment that you want to include but that didn't fit in the brief description field, you can enter it in the Detail field. 9. You can also include links to external sites that you want students to utilize while completing their assignment. A maximum of 2 links can be entered per assignment, if you have more than 2 links, you can include them in the detail section of the assignment. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 8 of 25 Teacher Guide Template 10. You can also include up to 2 downloadable files per assignment. A list of acceptable file types is in Appendix A. 11. Once you’re done you can either click Save/Exit or Save/Add more. Edit assignments You can edit existing assignments using the Edit Assignments link in the assignments channel. To edit information about a single assignment, click on Edit next to the assignment; this will bring you to the same screen you saw when first creating the assignment. To edit assigned or due dates in bulk, click on the Manage button in the Edit Assignments page and then click on Edit Dates This is especially helpful if the school was closed due to inclement weather and you need to push all assignments back one day. From the Edit Dates screen, you can edit dates for previous, active, or future assignments. Don’t forget about the shortcut keys, they’re very helpful in changing dates quickly! To see the shortcut keys, hover over the assigned or due date text box. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 9 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Adding Existing Assignments If you want to add an assignment that you used previously, or an assignment that another teacher has assigned, you can do so by adding an existing assignment. 1. Click on the Edit Assignments link in the assignments channel on the class page 2. Click on the Manage button and then click on Add Existing 3. Select the school year and/or teacher for the assignment you want to add, Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 10 of 25 Teacher Guide Template and then select the section or course that the assignment was originally assigned in under content location. Selecting the course library radio button will show all assignments for the course, and selecting a section within that course will show assignments assigned in the section. 4. On the right-hand side of the screen, the assignments that meet the selected criteria will appear. Choose the items that you want to publish again by checking the checkbox and chose the sections you want to add the assignment to, then click next. 5. In the next screen, enter the assigned and due date for each assignment and section and choose whether you want to publish the assignment or not and then click Save & Exit. Your existing assignment has now been added! Adding News Stories 1. Click Edit News from the News channel. 2. From the edit screen, you will see a listing of all current news stories and the ability to view expired and future stories. To add a new story, click Add New, to add an existing story, click Add Existing. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 11 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Author: Optional, you can put your name in this field. Headline: The headline of your story. Brief Description: The teaser for your story. Long Description: This is the place for the body of your story. Use the icons above the text box to help with underlining, bolding, creating links, etc. Publish to Locations: You have the ability to publish a story to more than one place. Any story you create can be “shared” with all of your other classes you teach. To do this, choose the secondary location from your dropdown menu. Then remember to click Add next to the box, otherwise the location will not be saved. Choose publish dates for all locations. Photos: You have the ability to add up to 5 photos to each news story. Once you have included all your information, click Save & Exit or Save/Add Another Adding Announcements 1. Click Edit from the Announcements Channel. 2. From the edit screen, you will see a listing of all current announcements and the ability to view expired and future announcements. To add a new announcement, click Add New, to add an existing announcement, click Add Existing. And to edit the Publish/Expire dates, click on Edit Dates. 3. When adding a new announcement, the following fields are available, fields with an * are required: Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 12 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Headline*: The headline of your story. Author: Optional, you can put your name in this field Description: Use this to enter the text for your announcement. Use the icons above the text box to format the text. Locations to Publish: You can publish an announcement to more than one place. Any announcement you create can be “shared” with all of your other classes you teach. To do this, choose the secondary location from your drop-down menu. Then click “Add” next to the box and choose publish dates and times for all locations. Once you have included all your information, click Save & Exit or Save/Add Another Adding Links 1. Click on the Edit Links hyperlink at the top of the Links Channel 2. Click on the Add New button at the top of the edit screen 3. Fill in the following information, items with an * are required Short description*: what will display in the links channel URL*: the web address that the link will go to Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 13 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Open in new window: whether the link will open in a new window Description: information about the link Photos: upload a photo if you want a photo to display with or as the link Publish to Locations: choose multiple locations to post this link. In this example, the teacher might want to publish the MLA citation guide to multiple sections of her classes Publish/Expire dates: enter publish/expire dates for your link if you do not want them to display indefinitely 4. Click on Save & Exit or Save/Add Another if you’re adding multiple links at once. Adding Downloads 1. Click on the Edit Downloads link from the downloads channel 2. Click on Add New 3. Fill in the following information, items with a * are required File: choose a file from your computer that you want to upload. A list of acceptable file types is included in Appendix A Description: a very brief description of what the file is Long Description: detailed explanation of the download Publish to Locations: choose other locations that you want to publish your download to Publish/Expire Dates: enter dates to publish/expire your download if you don’t want the download to display indefinitely Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 14 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Organizing Links/Downloads 1. When you’re in the edit screen for Links or Downloads, click on the Organize button at the top of the page 2. Create subcategories by clicking Manage Sub-Categories 3. Once the subcategories have been created, attach each of the downloads to its corresponding subcategory and click Save & Exit 4. In the channel options, you can now chose to organize items by subcategory, when you choose this, downloads will be grouped by their subcategories. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 15 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Utilizing the Roster The Roster channel is very useful for communicating with students outside of the classroom. From this channel, you can click on a hyperlinked student name and go directly to their directory page. Depending on your school’s settings, you can view their contact information as well as get to their parent’s information. You can also e-mail the whole roster by clicking on the e-mail roster link. Clicking on that link will open up your default e-mail client (Mac Mail, Outlook, etc.) and populate the students e-mail address into the to: field. If you do not want to use your default e-mail client, you can click on the blue button next to the email link and copy the e-mail addresses for the students and paste it into the to: field of your e-mail. You can do the same for parents, and also e-mail both parents and students at the same time by clicking e-mail all. Tip: if you’re sending an e-mail to multiple users, it is recommended that you put their e-mail addresses into the bcc: field of the e-mail to lessen the chance of someone stealing email addresses or the message landing in the spam box of one of the users. Adding RSS Feed 1. Click on the Options link inside the RSS Feed channel 2. Enter the feed URL for the RSS Feed, enter the number of entries you want to display, and decide whether you want the links to open in a new window. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 16 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Adding Events 1. Click on Edit Events from the Events Channel. 2. Click on Add Event, located at the top of the edit screen and fill in the following fields, fields with an * are required. Event Dates*: choose either a single date and time, or choose to have this event be a recurring one. If it is recurring, click on the Recurring Event radio button and select the criteria for the recurring event Title*: title of the event Short Description: will appear directly under the event in the event channel Description: this is the longer description of the event, such as where it will be held, speaker bio, a required fee, etc. Contact Email: provide students and parents with a contact email for the event Contact Name: provide students and parents with the name of a contact for the event enter your own location Location: choose an existing building and room (if applicable) or Registration: will only appear if your school has purchased Event Registration through WhippleHill and there is an outstanding registration for the event. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 17 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Locations to publish: choose other locations to publish your event. Adding External Video 1. Click on the Options link located inside the External Video Channel 2. Copy and paste the video embed script from the external video website and click Save & Exit. Example of where to find embed code from YouTube.com Adding Syllabus/Grading Rubric/Expectations 1. Click on Edit Syllabus/Grading/Expectations from within the applicable channel. 2. Choose either Add New to add a new item, or Add Existing to add an existing item from a prior year or from another teacher. 3. Give the item a brief description. 4. Either enter in a long description or attach a file to elaborate on the syllabus/grading rubric/expectations and click Save & Exit. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 18 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Adding Photos 1. Click on Edit Photos from the channel and click on the Add New button at the top of the page. 2. Give the album a title and decide if you want it to be a featured album and if you want users to be able to download the images you upload. 3. If you’re uploading <5 photos, you can use the basic upload. Clicking on the Choose File button will open up a dialog box and you can choose which pictures you want to upload. 4. If you’re uploading >5 photos, you will want to use the bulk upload feature. Once you click on Bulk Upload a popup window will appear; click on Choose Photos and navigate to the photos that you want to upload. You can select more than one photo at a time using either the shift or control keys on your keyboard. Once you’ve selected the photos you want to upload, click on the upload button. 5. If you want to tag your photos or put in a caption, use the batch edit feature located below the upload section. 6. Choose the locations you want to publish your photo to. Using the Message Board 1. Click Start a New Topic from the Message Board channel. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 19 of 25 Teacher Guide Template 2. Enter the subject of the post and the message text, once posted, students will be able to respond to your posting Adding a Thumbnail You can choose to add a thumbnail image which will appear next to the group name on the Groups Page, My Groups Page, and My Child’s Groups Page. Click on the Upload Thumbnail link at the top of the course page. Browse for the image on your computer and then click Save & Exit. Please make sure that your image is a jpg file and is sized at 72x96 pixels. Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 20 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Appendix A: Acceptable File Types .a2w Alice Program (World) File (.a2w) .odb Open Document: Database .ai Illustrator Graphic (.ai) .odg Open Document: Drawing .aif AIFF Audio (.aif) .otg Open Document: Drawing Template .aup Audacity Project (.aup) .odf Open Document: Formula .avi Audio Video Interleave(.avi) .otf Open Document: Formula Template .b4u Before You Know It (.b4u) .odm Open Document: Master .bmp Bitmap .odp Open Document: Presentation .cards iFlash flashcards .otp Open Document: Presentation Template .cmbl Logger Pro File (.cmbl) .ods Open Document: Spreadsheet .csv Comma separated value file(.csv) .ots Open Document: Spreadsheet Template .cwk CWK (.cwk) .odt Open Document: Text .doc Word Document (.doc) .ott Open Document: Text Template .docm Word 2007 Document:Macro Enabled (.docm) .ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio (.ogg) Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 21 of 25 Teacher Guide Template .docx Word 2007 Document (.docx) .one MS OneNote (.one) .dot Microsoft Word Template .pages Pages Document (.pages) .ds Datastudio (.ds) .pdf Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) .dyn DyKnow Notebook(.dyn) .png Portable Network Graphic (.png) .dyz DyKnow Notebook(compressed)(.dyz) .pps PowerPoint Show (.pps) .eps Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) .ppsm PowerPoint 2007 Show:Macro Enabled (.ppsm) .epub Open Publication Structure eBook .ppsx PowerPoint 2007 Show (.ppsx) .ifc Ink Flash Card (.ifc) .ppt PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) .eqn KaleidaGraph - Macro file (.eqn) .pptm PowerPoint 2007 Presentation:Macro Enabled .Fla Flash (.Fla) .pptx PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (.pptx) .flp Flipchart File (.flp) .psd PhotoShop Document (.psd) .flv Flash Video File (.flv) .pub Publisher File (.pub) .fmp Filemaker Pro file (.fmp) .qda KaleidaGraph Data file (.qda) .fmz FormZ Project File (.fmz) .qpc KaleidaGraph Plot file (.qpc) .ftm Fathom Dynamic Statistics Document (.ftm) .qpl KaleidaGraph Layout file (.qpl) .fp7 FileMaker Pro 7+ .qsc KaleidaGraph Script file (.qsc) .ga3 Graphical Analysis (.ga3) .qst KaleidaGraph - Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 22 of 25 Teacher Guide Template Style file (.qst) .genius Genius File (.genius) .quizPack iQuiz File (.quizPack) .ggb GeoGebra .ra Real Audio files (.ra) .gif GIF .ram RealAudio Metafile .gsp Geometer's Sketchpad File (.gsp) .rb REALbasic Project .htm HTML (.htm) .rtf Rich Text Format (.rtf) .html HTML (.html) .sb Scratch Finished Product (.sb) .ics Outlook Calendar File (.ics) .sib Sibelius file (.sib) .indd InDesign Document (.indd) .sit StuffIt Archive (.sit) .isf Inspiration (.isf) .skp Sketchup file .jar JAR Archive (.jar) .smp Smart Music (.smp) .java Java Source Code (.java) .stm Stella Models (.stm) .jnt Windows Journal File (.jnt) .swf Flash File (.swf) .jpg JPG (.jpg) .sxc StarOffice Spreadsheet (.sxc) .key Keynote Presentation (.key) .sxd Star Office Drawing (.sxd) .kid Kidspiration .sxi StarOffice Presentation (.sxi) .kml Keyhole Markup Language Google Earth file .sxw StarOffice Wordprocessing (.sxw) .kmz KML- Zipped (.kmz) .t2k Teach2000 File (.t2k) .m4a MPEG-4 Audio (.m4a) .tif Tagged Image Format File (.tif) .M4V MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) .tk3 TK3 eBook (.tk3) .mht Web Archive File (.mht) .ttf True Type Font Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 23 of 25 Teacher Guide Template (.ttf) .mid Musical Instrument Digital Interface (.mid) .txt Text File (.txt) .mov Quicktime (.mov) .vcf Electronic Business card (vCard) .mp3 Mp3 File (.mp3) .wav Wave File (.wav) .mp4 Mp4 File (.mp4) .wma Windows Media Audio file (.wma) .mpg Movie File (mpg) .wmf Windows Metafile (.wmf) .mus Finale file (.mus) .wmv Windows Media File (.wmv) .mw Maplesoft Math .wps MS Works (.wps) .nb Mathematica Notebook File (.nb) .xbk Smart Notebook (.xbk) .nbx NBX (.nbx) .xls Excel (.xls) .nlogo NetLogo (.nlogo) .xlsm Excel 2007 Workbook:Macro Enabled (.xlsm) .notebook SmartBoard (.notebook) .xlsx Excel 2007 Workbook (.xlsx) .yka Yenka .zip Zip (.zip) Appendix B: Embedded Teacher Reports (Located in the Reports Channel) Please note that these report descriptions are for schools with Academic Groups only. If you have grading, comments, grade book, or assignment drop box, you will need to append this list of reports to include other teacher reports. Course Roster Description: This report displays contact information for students (and their parents) who are enrolled in the section. It displays the term, course name, teacher, room number (if populated), the student name and phone number, the advisor (if installed/populated), and the parents' name, Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 24 of 25 Teacher Guide Template phone number, and email address. Export To: PDF, Word, Excel Emergency Contacts Description: This report displays all emergency contact information for students who are enrolled in the section. It displays the student name and grad year, their phone/email contact information including: name, phone number, contact type, relationship, and order Export To: PDF, Word, Excel Roster Assignments Due – By Section Description: This report displays all assignments that are due in a particular week for students who are enrolled in the section. It displays in a grid format with the X-axis as the days of the week and the Y-axis as the student. At the cross-section, the course name and section identifier, the assignment category, title, and assigned date are listed. This report is a good way to see what your workload your students have during a particular week. Filter Options: Assignments Due the Week of, Include Unpublished Assignments Export To: PDF, Word, Excel Roster Enrollments Description: This report displays all courses that a student is enrolled in for the entire year. It displays the student name, the group type that they have enrollments for, the block, course/activity/advisory/residence name, head teacher or advisor, and the building and room that the course meets in. Export To: PDF Roster Major Assignments – By Section Description: This report displays all major assignments that are due in a particular week for students who are enrolled in the section. It displays in a grid format with the X-axis as the days of the week and the Y-axis as the student. At the cross-section, the course name and section identifier, the assignment category, title, and assigned date are listed. This report is a good way to see what your workload your students have during a particular week. Filter Options: Assignments Due the Week of, Include Unpublished Assignments Export To: PDF, Word, Excel Teacher Guide Template WHIPPLEHILL | Page 25 of 25