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You will now be able to see the state standards the item aligns to for the state you are in.

• From the Library or you Class Assignments Tab, click on the title of an item
• Click the Standards Tab
• View the standards for your state that align to this item

You can now use the checkmarks to select multiple students at once to turn Tech Quest on or off.

• Click on the Tech Quest Button in the top menu bar
• Select the Students Tab
• Click the checkmarks for the students you’d like to select
• Turn Tech Quest On or Off for the selected students (if you select all, it will only select all students showing on the page)

You can now assign items from the Prep for Online Assessment Unit to your students.

With the Prep for Online Assessments Unit, students will receive instruction on valuable digital literacy skills that take the “technology” out of the assessment equation. They will also be able to use digital literacy skills in an Online Assessment Skills Practice at the end of the learning path to help them apply their skills and learn how to take an online assessment.

• Visit the Library
• Under Browse by Category, click on the Prep for Online Assessments Tile
• Explore the different units and assign to your class

The content in this module will help students understand the role of technology throughout history, how technology has impacted communities, and how global trends impact changes in technology.

• Visit the Library
• Under Browse by Category, click on the IT Fundamentals Tile
• View the items in tiles Grades 6, 7, or 8
• They will have “Creativity and Innovation” at the beginning of their title

The items include a new video lesson, grade specific projects and reflections, and printable supplemental resources.

The content in this module will help students understand the role of technology throughout history, how technology has impacted communities, and how global trends impact changes in technology.

• Visit the Library
• Under Browse by Category, click on the IT Fundamentals Tile
• View the items in tiles Grades K, 1, or 2
• They will have “Tech & Communities” at the beginning of their title

The items include a new sing-along video lesson, full lesson plan, teacher led discussion slide deck, and student facing interactive practices.

Teachers can now create Class Groups in Teacher Center. Groups are helpful if you need to differentiate instruction, separate different skills being taught, or assign Spanish curriculum for any Spanish language learners in your class.

• Navigate to the Student Tab within a class
  
• Click the Create Group button
  
• Enter the details for your new Group
  
• You can access your groups from the left sidebar by clicking the down arrow next to a class that has groups in it.

The Library now shows all Digital Skill Tiles at once rather than a carousel so you can easily get to the content you want without having to scroll through.

In the Library, scroll down a little to view all Digital Skill tiles:

Teachers can now see a percentage score in the Gradebook which reflect progress completed for EasyCode Pillars assignments. The score will change as they continue their lesson as it is reflecting progress, for example if they have completed 4 out of 9 items so far, it will show 44%. When they return and finish the other 5 items, it will update to show 100%. 

Note: Right now, this only applies to groups that have already been created in the Original Platform. The ability to create groups from Teacher Center will be coming soon.

Teachers can now enroll students, assign curriculum, and adjust settings for their Class Groups:

From the Teacher Center Classes page, navigate to a group within a class.

Enroll Students:

• On the Students Tab, click Add Students.
• Only students who are currently in the main class will be displayed, select the students you want to enroll.

• Click Save Enrollment.

Assign Curriculum:

• On the Assignments Tab, click the Assign Curriculum to Your Class or Add Assignments button to be taken to the Library.
• Find the items you want to assign in the Library and click Assign.
• The pop-up will be defaulted to the group you were in, but you can see in the dropdown that it allows you to select class/group.
• Click Assign.

Adjust Settings:

• View the Group Settings Tab
• You can now adjust the following items independent of the Class Settings:
  • Group Name
  • Active Status
  • Assignment Sequence: Open or Forced
  • Minimum Score
• The following settings cannot be added or changed from within a group and must be done so at the class level:
  • • Tech Quest
    • Co-Teachers

You can now view and print your Class Roster, Login Cards, and Student Detail Report from the Actions Button Dropdown.

From the Teacher Center Classes page, navigate to a class and view the Student Tab. Click the Actions button to reveal the dropdown options:

Teachers can now reset items in gradebook which deletes the score and re-opens the item so students can take it again.

• In the Gradebook Tab of a Class, click on the score cell in the Gradebook.
• In the pop-up click the Delete button
• It will remove the score and the word ‘Reopened’ will populate the cell instead.
• Students will now be able to retake the item and earn a different score.

Note: This function does NOT work in the Tech Quest Dashboard, only the Class Gradebook for items assigned by the teacher

Note: If you click on a score and the pop-up invites you to ‘Launch Item Dashboard’ — you must reset/reopen the item through the dashboard, not through the Gradebook.

Teachers can now search by standard all the way down to the version number so that they can see all of the curriculum that adheres to that specific standard.

• In Library’s left sidebar, select Search by Standard.
• You can now breakdown your search all the way to sub-strand for eligible standards.

Now available is the second lesson of our 2nd Grade Cyberbullying module. 

Students will continue their journey with Truman and Poppy as they learn how to tackle cyberbullying.

To access and assign the new video lesson, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find this new item, Cyberbullying: The Legendary Shellphone Part 2 – Level 2, in the 2nd Grade unit:

The rest of the items to complete this module will be coming soon!

Any groups teachers have made in the Original Platform can now be accessed from the Teacher Center Classes page.

From the Teacher Center Classes page, choose a class that already contains groups (which you previously created in the Original Platform). 

In the left sidebar, click the down arrow button on a class that has a group and select the group name to see enrollments, assignments, and gradebook.

Note: Right now, this only applies to groups that have already been created in the Original Platform. The ability to create groups, enroll students to it, and assign items to the group will be coming soon.

This allows a coordinator to select and view data for High School in the Adaptive Keyboarding Dashboard.

From the Coordinator Portal, select Adaptive Keyboarding from the Dashboards dropdown. 

Once in the dashboard, select High School from the dropdown in the top right. 

Here you can now view Adaptive Keyboarding data for the High Schools in your district.

Now available is the first lesson of our 2nd Grade Cyberbullying module. 

In this engaging animated video, students will join Truman and Poppy as they use their online smarts to tackle cyberbullying.

To access and assign the new video lesson, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find this new item, Cyberbullying: The Legendary Shellphone Part 1 – Level 2, in the 2nd Grade unit:

The rest of the items to complete this module will be coming soon!

We have added a printable activity book resource to the 1st grade Grand Keyboarding lesson to help students remember what they learned while having fun!

To access and the activity, view the Digital Citizenship: The Grand Keyboard – Level 1 item, click the Teacher Resources tab and select the Printable Activity Book to print for your students.

We have completed the 2nd grade Netiquette module!

Last month we released the two video lessons, and we’ve now completed the module with interactive practices so students can apply what they’ve learned and improve their knowledge of vocabulary terms and definitions related to digital citizenship and netiquette. 

Be sure to also check out the Teacher Resources to find printable support material or offline practice activities:

To access and assign the new modules, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find the new items in the 2nd Grade unit:

You can now assign the Spanish version of the Digital Citizenship: A Slippery Digital Footprint – Level 4. 

To access and assign the lesson, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find the item in the 4th grade unit and select Spanish from the left sidebar filter tool. 

This allows a teacher to enroll multiple students to a class at once.
Note: If your district is syncing student data through Clever or ClassLink, enrollments will automatically be done for you.

View the Students Tab within a class and click the Enroll Students button at top left:

Select multiple students to enroll. Use the left check boxes to choose one at a time or use the Shift function to select a group at once.

Click the bulk action buttons at the top right to Enroll or Unenroll the selected students.

The new visuals on right side still allow you to enroll/unenroll one at a time.
 

This allows a teacher to manually create and edit a new student account. 
Note: If your district is syncing student data through Clever or ClassLink, student accounts will automatically be created and enrolled for you. Student accounts created by the sync cannot be edited.
Note: If a district coordinator has disabled Teacher Permissions in the Coordinator Portal, this button will not show and teachers will not be able to add a new student

View the Students Tab within a class, click the Enroll Students button at top left:

Click the Create New Student button at the top right and fill out the new student information:

The student will automatically be added to the class you are currently in and will return you to the Student Tab to see your class roster.

To edit a manually created student, click on the pencil button either in the class student roster or in the school roster.  

This allows a teacher to see the student pathway for their class within their Assignments Tab. This is helpful for when you’d like to display the learning path to your students or go through lessons as a whole class together.

View the Assignments Tab within a class and click the View as Student button at the top left. 

A new tab will open of the student pathway view. Here you can can demonstrate what a student can do and launch learning items to view as a class.

Note: There is no Classes button because that depends on each student

This allows a teacher to assign multiple items to a class at once.

Visit the Library and view a list of curriculum either from a learning path, digital skill tile, search, etc.

Click on as many items as you like to select them (do not click the title or it will open the item rather than select it). You can also use the Shift function to select a group at once. The item will be highlighted in light blue when selected.

Click the Assign # Items at the top right to assign to a class.

This allows a teacher who has manually created Guided Practice or Web Link items or self-curated Units in the Original Platform to access and assign them from the Teacher Center Library.
Note: Right now, this only applies to items and units that have already been created in the Original Platform (items only include Guided Practice and Web Links – we will be discontinuing Journals and Activities). The ability to create items and units in the Teacher Center will be coming soon.

If you have existing Items or Units, visit the Library and access them from the left sidebar.

The My Items tab will allow you to view and assign any previously created Guided Practices and Weblinks:
 

The My Units tab will allow you to view and assign any previously created Units:

We have 2 new modules to help 1st graders learn and practice online safety and digital citizenship skills!

The Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying modules teach students how to create strong, safe passwords and introduces how identify and deal with cyberbullying.

In addition to the video lessons, the modules include interactive practice so students can apply what they’ve learned:

Be sure to check out the Teacher Resources to find printable support material or offline practice activities:

To access and assign the new modules, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find the new items in the 1st Grade unit:

We have 2 new lessons to help 2nd graders learn and practice online safety and digital citizenship skills!

The two videos are the first items in our upcoming Digital Citizenship module which will teach students how to use netiquette in online communications.

To access and assign the new video lessons, view the Library and select the Online Safety and Digital Citizenship Tile under EasyTech. Find the new items in the 2st Grade unit:

The rest of the items to complete this module will be coming soon!