1. Schoolnet 101: Teachers Training Remake

2. Learning Goals
During this workshop you will learn about the three modules within Schoolnet:
Assessment Admin
Classrooms
School & District Data

3. Assessment Admin: Learning Outcomes
How to create assessments and items
How to search Item Central-location from preloaded CTE tests library
How to schedule a test: Manual/Express
We may only have time to navigate you through the three Schoolnet headings and START the creation of an assessment
Ask your CDC to share this PowerPoint with you 3

4. Log into Powerschool NCEdCloud Select
To start
Log into Powerschool NCEdCloud
Select

5. Schoolnet Home Page & Navigation bar
Look for these items on the home page:
Red schoolhouse= homepage
Welcome-your name and school
Blue Navigation Bar

6. Click on each Toolbar item and look at the drop down for each

7. Item Creation Resource
Item Types
Item Creation Resource 7

8. Activity 1: Create a Quiz NOW
Go to Find an Item
Teacher homepage
We are going to explore the home page from top to bottom
Show the My Classroom Section menu
For every “section” that you teach, you can drill-down into the following:
Reports 8

9. Find your Item or
Color code and key in this slide match the theme used to designate materials within Schoolnet (there is one more level, the Curricular Unit, omit this)
Facilitator should use a specific example from within School of a unit with lessons, resources and assessments linked (this can be something already in Schoolnet or created for training purposes).
Instructional Units can be created by teachers and used to group together a series of related lesson plans and resources. Instructional Units can cover a specific unit or time of content.
Lesson Plans are daily instructional plans that address a theme or topic related to a particular instructional unit.
Resources are additional materials that supplement a lesson and/or unit. These could include presentations used for instruction, video clips, documents, worksheets, activities for students, or anything else that could be used to improve instruction and learning within the classroom.
Assessments (documents) in the classrooms module are intended to be performance based or some for evaluating students learning that would not necessarily be created as an assessment that can be taken by a student within Schoolnet. Assessments or items created within the assessment admin module are not linked to instructional materials in the classrooms module.
**Note to share with participants: Instructional units and lesson plans must be saved to My Materials to be available for scheduling in the Lesson Planner. 9

10. Find an Item Select standard Expand subject below Expand Course
Expand objective(s)
Select objectives(s)
View results

11. View results Select all or just items you want on the assessment
Add items to test

12. Create an Express Test

13. Create an Express Test

14. Schedule a Test
Discuss Item Types 14

15. Assign Test to Sections/Students
Take class through item creation process. This series of slides are to be used as a guide through this process.  
Talk about the selection of the Subject – Grade Range – Standard Alginment
Talk through item development 15

16. Test Detail Item creation process
Most commonly used option is saving the item ONLY TO ME.
Co-Authoring is an option that will be discussed later??
Take a look at the item to ensure it displays the way you want
Show a preview – this is what the students see 16

17. Activity 2: Create an Express Test
Create a 5-10 question Express Test of your choice
[Trainer Notes:]
Use 10 minutes to have the class create an item of their own 17

18. Student Testing
Walk the class through the path to “find” the item they just created
Talk about searching for items
Compound search to filter through large numbers of items in a search result 18

19. Proctor Dashboard = Real Time Data Streaming
This section of the training steps you through creation of an Express Test –Your goal is to create a test that the “students” in THIS class WILL TAKE!  While they are taking the test, you will be projecting the Proctor Dashboard displaying the live feed of data from their tests.  This is VERY POWERFUL for them to see. 19

20. Class Progress
Bring up the Proctor Dashboard to display WHILE the students are taking the test.  It has a LOT of impact when folks can see that this is REAL TIME data being fed into Schoolnet.  So be SURE to do this WHILE they are taking it so they can see the results populating as they answer each question.
Assessment Admin>Dashboard>Locate the test created>Actions: Proctor Dashboard OR Assessment Admin>Find a Test>Locate Test>Click on Proctor Dashboard

21. Classrooms: Learning Outcomes
The structure of instructional materials in Schoolnet
How to create an instructional unit
How to promote materials
About the materials promotion and approval process 21

22. Instructional Materials: Structure
Instructional Unit
Instructional Unit
Lesson Plan
Assessment Document
Resource
Resource
Instructional Unit
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Resource
Resource
Assessment Document 22

23. Creating Instructional Materials: Material Types23

24. Create Material: Lesson Plan
Once new test is generated, click on Item Central and browse by items or passages
Grade, Standards, Created By, Classroom Items ect. Can continue to add filters. Once finished, click view results. 24

25. Material Properties 25

26. Material Properties

27. Material Properties Continued27

28. Formatting Considerations
Avoid using:
Multiple spaces (use either an indent or tab)
Multiple spaces do not translate well into HTML code.
“Copied and pasted” columns
The columns of text will turn into one column in HTML code.
Keep it simple
Simple can be elegant—the more complex the formatting is, the more issues that may arise when copying and pasting. 28

29. Activity 3: Practice
Create a lesson plan and attach/link a resource that is already available within the system
Naming convention – MM/DD/YYYY-lesson- initials
Ex: 06/27/2016-lesson-TK
Submit your lesson plan to the School Bank for approval

30. How to Share with Other Teachers: Submit a Lesson Plan for Approval
Share materials with other teachers

31. Approval Process
Designated administrators can approve materials or request revisions. Approved materials are available to other teachers.
On this page you can preview online test.
Return to Test Details, Add Instructions if needed, Edit (Actions) as needed, and follow path to Schedule (Like Express Test), Accept Quick Assignment, Save 31

32. Create an Instructional Unit

33. Practice Activity 4: Practice Create an Instructional Unit
Find the Lesson that you created earlier in this session and link it to this unit
Fast Alignments
Choose a subject and grade range for your material, then quickly find and align the standards you want using our flexible standards search and browse tool. Your alignments will always show at the top of the page, no matter how far down you scroll. Expand the levels of standards until you find the standard you want.
Subject and grade should default to what you enter in these fields on tab 1, but you can change them as needed to attach all relevant standards.
Flexible content
Type into a pre-configured material design template, add multiple attachments, insert a link to a website - one instructional material can contain all types of content!
Enter content in a variety of ways. You can use a template, enter content directly into the text box, upload a file as an attachment, or link to a URL. Use the menus within the Content tab whenever possible.
NOTE: You can only choose one content format for each individual material that you create. For example, if you choose district template, you cannot also choose File to upload a file. You can upload files as resources to be attached later.
This HTML Editor is the same as the one that is available in Assessment Admin.
Use the HTML Editor to:
Change formatting
Access the math/science equation editor
Include images
Insert a table
Paste from Word (use keyboard short cuts)
Linking materials
Use the linked materials search window to find and select other instructional materials to link to your lesson. (Tip: sort your search results by rating to locate the highest rated materials for linking!)
Remind the participants about the earlier chart that explained the structure of materials (what types are linked to others)
You have the option of creating a new material (review this process as well) or linking an existing material. When linking, be sure that material is linked (at the top of the screen in the screenshot on the left you see the red text indicated there are no linked materials and the arrow is pointing to what it looks like when a material is attached)
Instructional units – Attach lesson plans, resources, and assessments
Lesson plans – Attach resources and assessments
Can search in Public Materials Banks, My Materials, or create and link new materials; new resources become separate material 33

34. Discussion
In your classroom how would you create lessons and resources and group them together as an instructional unit?

35. Student Workspaces Understand the student capabilities to:
Create a new portfolio
Add and edit content
Make and view comments
Understand the teacher capabilities to:
Locate individual student workspaces
Create portfolios/workspaces
View and manage content
Add and view comments to student workspaces

36. Teacher Access

37. Section Chooser
When you copy and paste content into Schoolnet, it is best to use the keyboard shortcuts (like control C, control V). 37

38. Viewing a Student’s Portfolio

39. Student Access

40. Navigate to Workspaces (Launch) Create a new portfolio
Activity 5: Practice
Practice
Log in as a student
Navigate to Workspaces (Launch)
Create a new portfolio
Upload work items (1-2)

41. Comment View
Teacher View
Student View 41

42. Why use Workspaces
Use the student workspace for classroom projects or for portfolios that stay with the student over time.
Student-created portfolios can be used to demonstrate a student's work, aptitude, experience, or growth in one or more of the student’s classes.
Teachers assign students the task of creating end-of- term portfolios to showcase exemplary work across classes.
Students add text and attach rich media to these portfolios to showcase their best work.
The portfolios stay with the students from one school year to the next so that the students’ new teachers can benefit from viewing a showcase of the students’ work.
Create Lesson Plan 42

43. How do you see yourself using this tool in your classroom?
Activity 6: Practice
Practice
Make a comment on one of your portfolios for your teacher to respond to.
Discussion
How do you see yourself using this tool in your classroom?
How could this hold your student accountable for their work?

44. Teacher Data: Learning Outcomes
You will learn to:
Understand how the home page gets you to all the data you need/want on a daily basis 44

45. Student Data on the Home Page: Reports
Understand and explain the method implemented at the site; if there is no sharing method currently, discuss all possible options
For teachers, the link is labeled Submit to School by default, but some sites are configured to bypass the school, and thus have a link labeled Submit to District instead
Once you submit a lesson:
The material goes first to an approver
If approved, it is available to other teachers at your school and can be submitted to the district
When approved at the district level, it is available district-wide
You can’t edit the material once it’s approved, but you can make editable copies of it
Let participants know if an approval process is in place and whether the materials go to the school or district; let teachers know not to submit materials unless somebody is approving them 45

46. Student Data on the Home Page: Materials Search

47. Student Data on the Home Page: Assessments

48. Practice: Activity 5: Practice Select a section
Select the Reports button
Benchmark Dashboard Tab
Drill down into the results
Select the Assessments button
Choose a different assessment
Download a PDF of the test

49. Reports: Student Performance
When you click New to create a new material, the Create Material page opens
Select the type of material you wish to create
Then define the properties of the material
Click Save and Edit 49

50. Student Data on the Home Page: Recent Assessments

51. Standards Mastery

52. Student Data on the Home Page: Recent Assessments
Lesson plan saved 52

53. Skills Analysis

54. Student Data on the Home Page: Recent Assessments

55. Item Analysis
Reports
Takes you to the Student Performance page where you can explore ALL of the assessment related reports for your sections
Walk participants through the tabs 55

56. Student Data on the Home Page: Recent Assessments

57. Student Data on the home Page: Standardized Tests
Select Materials Search
The search fields appear
Perform a material search
Search Results
Just click Search to see all available filters, or browse available materials
Discuss varying ways to Search by:  subject, grade, keyword, standard, material type, and more
Discuss TABS:  Schoolnet, OLE Sci/SS, SAS, More (external materials, and explain the differences)
Discuss how to save to My Materials 57

58. Practice: Activity 7: Practice Select a section and a test
View results
Hover over bar graphs to view details
View the following reports
Standards Mastery
Skills Analysis
Item Analysis
Test Dashboard
Click on Assessments
Easy access to the test definitions themselves
This is where a teacher can share grades with their Gradebook. 58

59. Student Data on the Home Page: Classroom Profile
While the participants are trying these things out, encourage them to really look at the data available by asking questions like:
How did your class do in comparison to the school and district?  
Where does your class need improvement? 59

60. Student Profile Overview
Report breaks test out by performance group on each standard within the test
It also gives you the # of times taught, # of times scheduled and most importantly, the # of times this standard has been assessed 60

61. Practice: Discussion: Activity 8: Practice! Select a class
Drill down to a single student
Discussion:
What information do you see about the students in terms of strong and weak standards?
How could you use this information in your classroom to improve your instruction and improve student outcomes?
Report breaks test out by performance group on each standard within the test
It also gives you the # of times taught, # of times scheduled and most importantly, the # of times this standard has been assessed 61

62. Questions?

63. **Home Base Support Center homebase.incidents@its.nc.gov
Contact Information
Tiffany Kinney
Shannon Hickman
**Home Base Support Center
Skills Analysis 63

64. Feedback Please!