OpenClass Collaboration Platform in Home Base

OpenClass LMS Moodle Blackboard

Integrated Instructional Solution OpenClass Collaboration Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment Online Collaboration and Course Management Site OpenClass online classes are flexible spaces - a blank canvas for delivering multi-media assignments, creating collaborative spaces and student upload and download of documents. We imagine teachers using OpenClass for something like this: Upload a video recitation of the MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and requires students to write and upload a textual analysis of the letter, share with other students, engage in a threaded discussion or get comments and encouragement back from their teacher.

Collaboration among students Course management and assignment delivery including embedding video (think: flipped classroom) Feedback to students Management, collection and organization of student work Differentiation for individuals and groups of students Classes are controlled and customized by teachers OpenClass Collaboration Features and Uses

As with other parts of Home Base, once your district chooses to set up OpenClass, EVENTUALLY you’ll be able to access it through the PowerSchool single sign-on.

Signing In Single sign on – FUTURE Firefox/Chrome NO INTERET EXPLORER - No, No, No!!! First time must finalize your MCS google account X

Google Apps Username is I will give you password You can download Google drive onto your school computer. DON’T DOWNLOAD TO THE LAB COMPUTER.

OpenClass (Google Apps)

Google Drive

Logging in After Google Set Up Stay logged in to Google What browser?? Sign in with Google Apps

Sharing Docs Currently when something is shared with you You open the link that you receive via and Add to My Drive to see it in your Google Drive on your computer

OpenClass App When you click OpenClass icon – Select the option to Sign In Using Google Apps

Student Login Activate Google Account drive.google.com/a/students.macon.k12.nc.us is Default password Marcus requested that we not give out the password Type it in for them and let them change their password to their first ini + last ini + student id. After this logging in should be same for students and teachers

Toolbar 1. Profile drop down menu View Profile Settings Help | Community Forum 2. School drop-down menu Dashboard Current Courses OpenClass Exchange 3. Notifications

Dashboard 1. Course List 2. Course Options 3. Share Stream 4. Your Network

OpenClass Blank Canvas typically Class is controlled and customized by teacher Can put some cutesy things in, too Math II 024SX5 Math II MASTER Course Shell From DPI Course content created by you

Course Home 1. Course Menu 2. Content Area 3. Announcements 4. Upcoming 5. For Review 6. Modify Menu 7. Modify Page

Interfaces Can put grades into OpenClass Grades are NOT put into grade book yet from OpenClass Quiz capability – Quiz not Test Interfaces between OpenClass and Schoolnet are being built

Create a Course

Refresh After changes, refresh screen

Import Content Blackboard, Moodle, and Angel Create a course in OpenClass Export content from Moodle 2.0+ – Exported and imported as MBZ files – Allow 2 hours – 500 MB or less

To create a new syllabus: 1. In the Course menu, click Syllabus. 2. Click Modify Page, and select Manage. 3. Click Upload Microsoft Word Syllabus (.doc), to upload an existing syllabus (MS word document). 4. Click Add. 5. Click Choose File to select your Syllabus. 6. Click Upload & Convert File. The system renders your file as HTML. 7. (Optional) Click Modify Page, and select View to preview your Syllabus how students will see it.

Course Intro To add a course introduction: 1. In the Course Menu, click Course Home. 2. Click Modify Page, and select Manage. 3. In the Course Introduction text box. type your course introduction. You can format your course introduction text using the tools available in the Visual Editor. 4. Add an audio or video file by entering the file's URL in the appropriate field. 5. In the Introductory Audio/Video Text, specify the actual text that students must click on to view the audio or video file. 6. Click Save Changes.

Announcement To add an announcement: 1. In the Course Menu, click Course Home. 2. Click Modify Page, and select Manage. 3. Click Add Announcement. 4. In the Subject field, enter a short subject for your announcement. This is the text students click on to read the announcement. 5. In the Visual Editor, enter and format your announcement. If you'd like your announcement to link to a file, click in the Visual Editor toolbar. 6. Select Display Dates for your announcement. Enter a date directly into the text box (mm/dd/yyyy). 7. Click Add Announcement.

Course Menu Menu Items Different content types – Content Page – Threaded Discussion – Uploaded Content Document, video…

Nesting Menu Items

Access Admins Teachers Students Guest account – future Quizzes – Not as locked down as Schoolnet Assessments can be (when Secure Tester is improved)

Pilot You will be Piloting this We are connected to PowerSchool Tech Department has access to the Pif adapter Your courses have been pulled in so you can see how this works

Master Course Make a Master Don’t assign students to your master course Copy Course > Existing Course > select Course then Copy to Existing Courses

Other Chat – Enabled – Disabled county-wide Students are updated daily into your classes Can create a separate course other than PowerSchool courses – Staff meetings – PD

Exchange Main button > Click on Exchange K resources – Video Khan Ted Contains resources about things such as Crimea, Maylasia, etc. Not news feeds, but open education resources Add these items to the course you just created – Drag and drop these into your course

– Science of teaching = Schoolnet – Art of teaching = Exchange – Plan to integrate these

What You Must Do After Training 1.Have your teachers do the Training Survey for OpenClass when they complete training. 2.Download the Digital Learning PD Open MCS document from OpenClass Resources folder 1.Rename it to “Digital Learning PD OpenClass [your school initials]”. 2.Fill it out. 3.Create a PDF. 4.Click on "Upload Training Documentation Here!" on the Digital Learning Specialist page to upload the file. 3.Scan in your sign in sheets and upload them as in Step 2.d. 4.I suggest saving some of these links to your favorites/desktop/other to make this a bit less time consuming.

Digital Learning Specialist Resources 36 Macon County School site > Departments > Professional Development > Digital Learning Specialists – ev/dls ev/dls Bug Report – ology/homebase/issues ology/homebase/issues Vote for Enhancements

Resources Where are your resources for this training on macon.k12.nc.us?

Questions?

Feedback Vetting OpenClass