One lesson plan — topics and items

1What this page is for

What this screen is for

Everything students will see for one cohort is built here. The plan is laid out the way students will see it: topics (usually days or weeks) in order, and the items inside each topic in order.

The top of the screen

2The line under the title

Three facts about the plan, separated by dots:

1. Program — or No program set.
2. Cohort — Cohort <start> to <end> (class #<number>). The class number is the cohort's number in Transition Enroll. If the plan has no cohort it says, in bold, not attached to a cohort — students cannot see it yet.
3. Items — how many items are in the plan, posted and draft together.

3Attach, copy and delete

Attach and Copy open a side panel with a Cohort menu. See Side panel in this manual.

4Topics and items

Below the buttons the plan is shown in the order students will see it.

Each topic bar

The topic name (click to rename) and, on the right, the up and down arrows to reorder, + item to add an item to this topic and delete topic. Items without a topic are collected at the bottom under No topic.

Each item row

5At a glance

Four cards about this plan. They change as soon as you save.

The first three add up to every item in the plan.

6Add to calendar

Small links that put a date in your own calendar. Pressing one downloads a tiny calendar file (.ics); open it and Outlook, Google Calendar or Apple Calendar adds an all-day event. Nothing is sent to anyone.

Links only appear for days still to come. The dates are the same ones students get in their portal.

7What students see

Press the eye button to swap the editing view for the student view. It is drawn the same way as My lessons in the Student Portal, using the same rules:

• only posted items whose not-before date has arrived;
• topics with nothing visible are left out;
• items with no topic are grouped under Other;
• the full instructions and every link are shown;
• if nothing is visible yet, students read Nothing posted yet — check back soon.

The note at the top says which cohort sees it, and how many items are hidden and why (drafts, or waiting for a date). If the plan is not attached, the note says in bold that no student sees it yet.

Nothing can be changed in this view. Press Back to editing to return. The one thing it cannot show is each student's purple New tag, because that depends on when each student last visited.

8Print

Prints what is on screen, laid out for paper: the title, the line under it, the At a glance cards and every topic and item. Buttons, arrows and the ? marks are left off. Each link is printed with its web address so it can still be found on paper.

• In the editing view you get the staff copy, with Visible, Scheduled and Draft tags.
• Press What students see first to print the student copy instead.
• Choose Save as PDF in the print box to keep a file or email it.

The printout says the date it was printed, near the top.

9New and Edited tags

Small square tags after an item's title, so you can see at once what changed since you last opened this plan:

• “Last opened” is remembered on this computer and browser. The tags stay the same while this tab is open, even if you reload. They start fresh when you next open the site in a new tab or window.
• The first time you open a plan on a computer, anything from the last 7 days is tagged.
• Moving an item up or down does not count as an edit.

Students see only their own New tag in the portal, never these staff tags.

10Step by step

11If something looks wrong

12Flip-book edition

The same subject as a page-turning flip-book. Opens in a new tab.