TEACHER WEB ORIENTATION
Getting started on the new webpage.
GET STARTED
1 BECOME A MEMBER
The vision for the team website is for it to be a multi-layered tool--a resource for parents, students, and teachers.
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This page is the web orientation for the teacher portion and will guide you through:
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Becoming a member
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Saving the page
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The teacher homepage
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The Blog/News
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The Forum
To begin, you'll become a member of the site. This will give you access to the teacher pages.
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Your request will need to be accepted--you can wait for this, or give the page admins a heads up you'll be getting started.
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TO BECOME A MEMBER
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In the upper right corner, choose "Log in."
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You won't have an account yet so choose "Sign Up" under the button.
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Select
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Select the account you would like to use (your school account)
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Select "allow" to give Wix permission to use your account.
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You will now see your Google account picture in the member image.
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The bell will notify you of any forum or blog post comments, etc.
2 SET YOUR PAGE
I recommend choosing one of the following options:
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Bookmark/favorite the teacher homepage, or
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Set start-up pages with the teacher homepage included.
BOOKMARK
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The Teacher Homepage is located HERE.
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Click the link above to navigate to the page & create a bookmark.
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Make sure your bookmark is on your bookmark bar so it's visible.
START-UP PAGES
Another option would be to set start-up pages.
This means you would set specific pages to open each time you launch Google Chrome.
Given the frequency you should find yourself on the website, this is the option I would recommend.
The tutorial below is video only.
Follow the mouse for the steps to set your start-up pages.
3 YOUR PROFILE
4 TEACHER HOME
5 THE BLOG/NEWS
6 THE FORUM
The forum is your dedicated area for on-going team discussion, brainstorming and planning.
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"There's just not enough time," and "I had something I was going to talk to you about, but I can't remember what it was" are both commonly heard in the halls and meetings.
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With dedicated topics and organized posts, conversations can be followed in an easy-to-find setting.
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Categories may be added at any time & include topics such as:
Teacher Home should work as the "hub" for the digital life of the 7th grade team.
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Here you'll find:
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TEAM DOCUMENTS
Life with Google and sharing documents created by various team members gets confusing, frustrating, and just a little messy.
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While our work will continue via Google, and documents should initially be generated in the Gold Team Drive, documents should be shared and accessed via the team site.
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Stand-alone documents (Late Start, Thursday Team, Intervention forms, etc), will be accessed via links on Teacher Home under the appropriate heading.
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​Events, long-term projects or other multi-document events will receive their own page accessed from Teacher Home & the appropriate category.
FORUM POSTS
While the ability to comment on posts themselves is not on the homepage, you're able to keep an eye on the three most recent conversations.
TEAM CALENDAR
The Gold Team calendar located on the Team Home page is directly editable from the page.
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Events impacting the team as a whole (school & team events, teacher absences) should be recorded here for planning purposes.
Your profile is your public introduction to our community. Use it not only to introduce yourself, but to show off the great things happening in your room, give updates on class activities, and whatever else you decide to include.
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Unless decided otherwise by the team, this is your area to use and personalize with content as you would like.
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There are some COMMON ELEMENTS TO INCLUDE.
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Those are:
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Profile Picture
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Once you ​sign in after joining the site, Google will automatically make your profile picture your Google account picture. If you would like your school picture, or one taken for you just let us know.
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Banner Image
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The banner image is the little rectangle that appears behind your profile picture. It is purely for decoration and personality, but will help give insight to you, your class, etc.
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Short Introduction
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Include a short written or video introduction about yourself. Highlight your content area, teaching experience, etc.
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Syllabus
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Upload your syllabus as an image. To do this, you'll need to send it to Potter as a PDF. She will change the file, upload to the site and you will be able to add to your profile.
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For a full tour of the member profile area, see the video below:
CREATING A MEMBER PROFILE
HOW TO POST
The blog is your primary method of communication with your students and parents on the team website--a way to keep a continuous open line of communication.
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Each teacher has the ability to author blog posts as themselves. When they do so, tagging the posts with their own name, "team," or any other categories the team creates.
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Blog posts will appear in chronological order, and tags will organize posts via topics.
The tutorial below will guide you through creating a blog post.
WHAT TO POST
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Classroom updates
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Deadlines
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School activities
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Study tips
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Time management skills
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Etc.
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General
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Tech Questions
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Web Tutorial Ideas
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Website Feature Requests
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Shelf
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Brainstorming
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