Quick tips to make effective use of this site

Doing this allows your students to plan ahead. Changes can always be made later without difficulty.

Sometimes, based on class progress, your homework expectations may change. Doing this quick verification keeps everyone in the loop with the right information. Email notices will be sent out with the homework description. We want this to be as accurate as possible.

When you create or edit a class, one of the items is labeled: "Email homework notices sent?". If your class gets out at 2:30, I would recommend setting this to 3:00 or 4:00 to allow for last minute after-class changes to be made.

4) Did you know - that you can load up files specific to a particular class project or a particular days's homework?

Many of you have uploaded files for the class - as general class resources. 

But you can load files specific to a particular day's homework or a particular class project too! These files will only be seen when viewing that day's homework or that project.  This keeps the student from being overwhelmed with files he or she doesn't need.  Suggested uses: 

• powerpoint presentation of that day's lesson
• word document that contains the spelling lists for that day
• any other document that you feel is relevant only to that homework date or that

5) Did you know - you can load up required and recommended reading materials for a class?

Yes!  All you need is the ISBN number of the book.  It will show a picture of the book, the author, and its price - all linked to Amazon.com. When editing the class information, this feature is located at the bottom of the form.

This can make it easier for students to recognize the books - and offer another purchasing alternative.