On-Demand Training for eLearn (Distance Learning)
This on-demand training is designed in a progression of topics that build upon each other. It is recommended that you begin with Topic 1 and move your way through each Topic. If you feel you are a more advanced user, feel free to jump down to the Exploration and Advanced sections or scroll down and select learning based on your personal needs. In addition, you can access training based on a specific digital tool by browsing the list at the right.
Foundational
Getting Prepared
- Distance Learning One-Pager for Students (English and Spanish)
- 10 Tips for Distance Learning
- How to Prepare for Distance Learning
- UDL Considerations for Distance Learning
- Managing Student Accounts
Update and Refresh your Computer
- Set Chrome as your Default Browser
- Clear Cache and Cookies in the Chrome Browser
- Update Microsoft Teams for Desktop
- Update your Camera Driver
Family Support Resources:
- ATLAS Knowldege Base
- eLearn Technology Support
- Family Learning and Technology Support
- Teams for Families YouTube Playlist
- LCD Tablets for Families YouTube Playlist
Connecting with Families
ATLAS Connect to Communicate with Families in their Home Language
Using Remind for initial connection with families and ongoing updates
Using Microsoft Forms to survey families
- Getting to Microsoft Forms
- Creating a survey
- Sharing a link to your survey
- Viewing the survey responses
Establishing Structures and Routines for Distance Learning
- CHAMPS for Online Meetings (PowerPoint Template)
- Considerations for students working from home
- Getting started – Remote Teaching and Learning
- Extending Classroom Management Online
- Virtual Classroom Jobs
Posting Daily or Weekly Schedules in Teams
- Why use interactive files (Hyperdocs) to schedule and manage online instruction?
- Creating Hyperdocs
- Posting your Hyperdoc schedule in the Class Materials folder
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Online Instruction
- Definition of Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Learning
- Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
- 10 Best Practices for Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
Teams Meetings for Synchronous Online Instruction
- Update Microsoft Teams for Desktop
- Getting to Microsoft Teams
- Creating a Team and Adding Members
- Scheduling a Teams Online Meeting
- Scheduling Office Hours in a Teams Channel
- Scheduling Office Hours with Multiple Classes
- Meeting Options for your Teams Meeting
- Launching the Teams meeting
- Managing your video and audio settings
- Online Meeting Norms
- Recording the meeting
- Sharing content during the meeting
- Sharing Desktop, Window or PowerPoint
- Control your Video Size and Windows During a Meeting
- Spotlight your Video during the Meeting
- Managing participants during the meeting
- Using the meeting chat room
- Using the whiteboard
- Using polls
- Download the Meeting Attendance List
- Breakout meetings through Channels for small group collaboration
- Breakout Room Tool within a Teams Meeting | Printable PDF
- Accessing Meeting Content Post-Meeting
- Update Permission Settings for Meeting Recordings
- How to Manage Chat and Meet Now for Students
- New Meeting Scheduling Process for Subs
Exploration
Developing Instructional Videos through Screen-casting
- Why create screen-cast videos
- Create a screen-cast video with Stream
- Creating a screen-cast video with PowerPoint
- Publishing your video to Microsoft Stream and getting the Share Link
- Embedding questions into a Microsoft Stream video
- Viewing results to Microsoft Stream embedded questions
- Create videos using your Camera App in Windows 10
- Editing Videos with Windows 10 Video Editor
Teams Assignments for Asynchronous Digital Activities
- Microsoft Teams Assignments Overview
- Creating a New Assignment in Microsoft Teams
- Importance of Assignment Instructions
- Attaching Resources and Student Work Files
- Assignment Point Values and Rubrics
- Assigning to specific classes and/or students
- Due date and late turn-in considerations
- Save, Assign or Schedule
- Reviewing Assignment work in progress
- Review, Score and Post Assignments
- Using an Existing Assignment from another Class Team
- Creating a Quiz Assignment
- Reviewing Quiz Results
- The Grades Tab
- Navigating Teams Assignments on a Mobile Device
- How a Student Turns in Assignments on a Laptop
- How a Student Turns in Assignments on a Mobile Device
- Use Office Lens to Capture Work and Turn In
- Use Office Lens to Capture Work and Turn in on a Mobile Device
- Adding Clever and Other Resources to Your Class Team
Advancing
Developing Collaborative, Digital Activities
- Using the Posts Area to Setup Collaborative Conversations
- Using the Files Area to Setup Collaborative Documents
- Using Private Channels to Setup Collaborative Spaces
- Using Document Commenting and Chat for Collaboration and Teacher Check-In
- FlipGrid for Collaborative Video Conversations
Providing Feedback in Various Digital Forms
- Feedback through Digital Praise
- Feedback through Document Commenting
- Feedback through Teams Chat
- 1:1 or Small Group Teams Meetings
Using Online Assessments to Target Instruction
- Creating a Forms Quiz
- Quiz Question Types
- Setting the Correct Answer to a Forms Question
- Using Images with a Forms Quiz Question
- Forms Quiz Settings
- Sharing your Forms Quiz in Microsoft Teams
- Reviewing the Forms Quiz Results
- Exporting and Analyzing Forms Quiz Results in Excel
Teams Advanced Features
- Background Effects – Upload a Custom Image for Your Background in a Teams Meeting
- Gallery Views – Use the 7×7 Large Gallery View and Together Mode in a Teams Meeting
- Guest Accounts in Microsoft Teams
- Insights – Track Digital Engagement in Your Class Team
- Notification Settings – Manage your Teams Notification Settings
- Post Messages Across Multiple Teams or Channels
- Teams Tab – Add Clever and Other Resources to Your Class Team
- Teams Settings and Controls to Support Digital Citizenship
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