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Teacher Quickstart Guide

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Dashboard Sections

Dashboard SearchDashboard Gadgets

Search Result Details

Dashboard Gadgets

Dashboard Search

Dashboard Browse

The Dashboard

Schedule and Assign

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The DashboardHolt McDougal Online has a new dashboard, where you can quickly find your resources, planner, assignments, and student performance reports.

Dashboard SearchFind resources and lesson plans. Schedule them to mySmartPlanner or assign them to your students.

Dashboard BrowseBrowse resources by teaching sequence or by standard ID. Schedule them to mySmartPlanner or assign them to your students.

Did you know? To access your resources, you can Search, Browse, or click an icon in the Resources gadget.?

Dashboard Sections

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The Dashboard

mySmartPlanner Gadget

Assignments Gadget Reports Gadget

Search

Help Center Settings

Resources Gadget

Browse

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Resources To view available resources: • Select a Program. • Click the left or right arrows to scroll through the

resources.• Click a resource icon to view the resource in a new

tab or new window.

Note: To view more resources, go to the Account page and click Program Management. Select the programs you want to view.

Browse Click Browse, and select a program to find resources.

Help Center Click Help Center to access the dashboard Help pages.

Settings Click Settings to access your Class page and Account page.

Dashboard Gadgets

Keyword Search To find resources and lesson plans, type keywords or standards and press Enter.Click the Search icon to select resources or lesson plans.

Program:

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mySmartPlanner Gadget View your teaching blocks and notes for today. The current teaching block is highlighted. • Click the next day or previous

day arrows to view teaching blocks for other days.

• Scroll to view teaching blocks that are out of view.

• Point at a teaching block, and click the Notes icon to add or see your notes.

Click to open it. Note: You have to add teaching blocks in mySmartPlanner before they appear here.

Assignments GadgetView assignments in order of their due date for the current week and the previous week.

Click to view all assignments.

Note: You have to create assignments before they appear in the list.

Reports GadgetView student assessment results, for assessments that were due in the past four weeks. Each assessment shows the number of students in four colored bands:• Scores over 70%• Scores 50%-70%• Scores under 50%• Not submitted

Click to open the Reports page.

Note: You have to score at least one student’s assessment before it appears in the list.

Dashboard Gadgets

Did you know? Assignments are color-coded to indicate their status.

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Resource Details This is detailed information about the selected resource.StandardsThe standards associated with the resource.

Search Results• View a title, description, standards

covered, and program structure for the resource.

• Click the resource title to open it in a new tab or window.

• Click the background to view more details about the resource on the right.

Did you know? To go back to the dashboard, click:

Resources Resources are shown by default.Click Lesson Plans to show lesson plan results.

Dashboard Search

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Smart SearchBesides making a simple keyword search, you can also run a smart search. 1. Type a filter option and then type a

colon, such as Program: 2. Search will suggest values for the

filter option. 3. Use the down arrow key to select a

filter value and press Enter to run your search. You can also click on a filter value to select it.

Note: You can enter multiple filter values in your search. Press the space key after you select the first filter value to get a list of related filter options.

Program: “go math” grade:6

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Structure of a Lesson PlanThe Small Group Instruction shows a list of instructional paths. Click an instructional path to view its resources.

Lesson PlansClick Lesson Plans to view a list of lesson plans related to your keyword search.

Dashboard Search

View ResourcesWhen you click an instructional path, the other headings are not visible. To view Standards again, click the top heading, for example Small Group Instruction.

View Details• Click “i” to view resource details.• Click the resource title to open it

in a new tab or window.

Lesson Plan Results• View the title of the lesson plan, the

teaching sequence, the number of standards covered, the recommended duration, and the number of resources in the lesson plan.

• Click a lesson plan to view its program organization, instructional paths, and standards.

Resource Details View detailed information about the resource.Click ‘x’ to go back to the list of resources.

StandardsThe standards associated with the resource.

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Resource Details View detailed information about a resource from your search results:• Title• Description• Resource Type• Component • Component Type• Program Organization• Instructional Path• Media Type

StandardsView standards and descriptions associated with the resource.

Search Result Details

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ResourcesTo view resources, click one of the levels in the Program Structure list, for example, Collection 1.

This expands to show a list of lessons: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, and so forth.

Resources ListTo view resources, click a heading. • Click a resource title to open it in a

new tab or window. • Click the background to view more

details about the resource on the right..

• Click the program organization heading again to collapse the details.

Browse by Standard ID1. On the left, click Standards.2. Click a Standards set and

sub-menu links until the Standard ID appears.

3. Click any Standard ID to view resources aligned to it.

Resources DetailsResource Details shows information about the selected resource.

Click Standards to find the standards associated with the resource.

Browse a Different Program and Grade1. To open a list of programs and grades,

click Browse. 2. Select a program.

Dashboard Browse

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Schedule a Resource or Lesson Plan 1. To add a resource or lesson plan to

mySmartPlanner, on the lower right of a search result, click .

2. In the popup window, select a teaching block.• To select a teaching block for a

different date, click the calendar icon beside the date and select the date you want.

Create an AssignmentTo create an assignment with a resource, click on the lower right of a search result.

Schedule and Assign


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