SchoolPlus Online – Student User Guide
Content
What is SchoolPlus Online – first steps 2
Categories, courses, resources and activities 5
How to open homework 9
Advanced interactive homework 10
What is SchoolPlus Online – first steps
1. When you load www.schoolplus-online.com with a browser (it’s best to use Firefox or Internet Explorer), you’ll see this page:
2. In the upper right hand corner enter your name and password. If you don’t have it, press
New? Sign Up! and register by filling in the information shown here.
If you have any questions or problems, please email to . The administrator will help you.
3. Login with your username and password. If you forgot your password try the link
Lost password?. Password will be sent to you by email.
4. After successful login you’ll see Home page. In the middle of the page you’ll see
“My courses” section and “Categories” section.
Categories, courses, resources and activities
SchoolPlus online has a specific structure that helps both you and your teacher with all of your lessons and assignments. It will help you with both the written work you will turn in, and your online assignments. Let’s explain it:
Categories – you see this block on home page.
You can also return to the home page from any other page – just click on the “Home” link.
When you click on any of the categories (Mathematics, English or Russian), you receive list of sub-categories. Each sub-category could have other sub-categories or courses. A course is what a teacher will teach through the year or semester. A teacher might teach several courses in different sub-categories. Each course has assigned teacher.
For example, you see several courses Edison_Math… and the teacher: Mary Marvin.
The first time you need to pick your course from Categories,' block and click on it.
You’ll need to enter an enrollment key that your teacher will give you. After that you’ll become a participant of this course and you’ll see this course in “My courses” block. You need to enter the enrollment key only once to be enrolled on this course.
You can see your courses on the Home page in “My courses” block:
After clicking on a course in which you are a participant, the following screen will be displayed:
Let’s explain each area on this screen.
· Block “People” – menu “Participants”
When you click it, you will see all students enrolled in this course.
· Block “Activities”
Your teacher can organize your course either by topics, or by weeks. The topics
are the different things you will study. Or your teacher can list your assignments
by week. Your teacher will tell you which one you’ll be using.
Each topic/week consists of list of activities and resources.
Activities – an assignment, a quiz or other things your teacher asks you to do. The activity allows interactive entries by students, called submissions. So on this block you see different types of activities and resources for this course, and you’re able to see them all.
Resources are things like a webpage or a link to some site that your teacher wants you to look at.
· Block “Search Forums” – search messages in course forums
· Block “Administration” – you’ll be able to review your profile and grades.
· Block “Latest news” – all the news and interesting information about your course.
· Block “Upcoming Events” – you can see course events on a calendar
· Block “Recent activity” – your recent activity for this course.
How to open homework
When you click on a course in which you’re enrolled, you’ll see homework:
First task is Arithmetic – ratios. Just click on it and windows word or another page with task will be opened. Print it and do task on paper that you’ll bring to the class.
Sometimes your book homework might be listed here, if your teacher wants you to do it right in your book, or on the handouts you’ve been given.
But sometimes your teacher might want you to do some of your book homework online.
Let’s look at the instructions below for how to do online homework submissions.
Advanced interactive homework
Next task is an activity – it’s an assignment that requires you to type and enter your answer in the spaces provided.
These activities are problems your teacher has posted for you, or problems from your books that your teacher wants you to do online.
Your teacher will clearly describe each week what you have to do online.
First click on “Edit my submission”
Use button to make editor window bigger
Then you click “Save changes”
Don’t forget to do this!!
Now your teacher will be able to review and make comments on your work
Click “Save changes”
Now you will see your teacher’s comments.
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