CIITS Institute:Creating District Curriculum & Materials

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Welcome and Workshop Objectives

• Welcome & Introduction

• Learning Objectives:• Understand how to create district curriculum and instructional

materials in CIITS• Practice creating various district materials• Explore the existing Materials Bank.

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OVERVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Instructional Materials

In Classrooms, ‘Instructional Materials’ refers to:CurriculumCurricular UnitsInstructional UnitsLessonsResourcesAssessments

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Can only be created by those at the district level

Can be created at the district/school levels AND by teachers.

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Curriculum Material Types & Relationships

CURRICULUM– Curricular Units– Resources & Assessments

CURRICULAR UNITS– Instructional Units– Resources & Assessments

INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS– Lesson Plans– Resources & Assessments

LESSON PLANS– Resources & Assessments

RESOURCES

ASSESSMENTS

Terminology: Curricular Unit

Curricular Unit – A term that is used to represent how the school year is

broken up. This can differ by school type (Elementary, Middle, and High schools) and/or subject area.

– CIITS is so flexible that it can accommodate differences by subject, grade, school type and district standard.

• For example: Science K-5 may divide the school year in to six week cycles, while HS Accelerated Math may segment the year into Semesters.

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Terminology: Instructional Units & Lesson Plans

Instructional Unit – divides a Curricular Unit into smaller topics • A Curricular Unit can be divided into as few or as many units as are

appropriate.For example: a Semester can be broken up into 1 Unit, 25, 50 , or

100+ units.

Lesson Plan – unit of instruction that addresses a theme/topic related to the Instructional Unit.

Terminology: Resources & Assessments

Resource – can be a passage, book, picture, audio file or another instructional support material:

• A list of links to educational websites• PowerPoint presentation• Image file• Transparency

Assessment – how you will measure learning such as a rubric, unit test, or quiz. This is NOT a benchmark assessment.

ENTERING MATERIALS

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Defining Properties

For each material type, the first step is to Define Properties. When creating a resource, you will also enter a Resource Format.

Aligning Standards

You can easily find and align standards to your materials (except Curricular Units).

Adding Content

For most material types, there are three different options to add content: District Template (free-form text), File Attachment or URL. Each option varies in the information you are able to enter as well as how it displays in Schoolnet. You can only choose one option.

HTML Editor Toolbar

Formatting optionsMath/Science Equation EditorInclude imagesTable formatting optionsPaste from Word

Link Related Materials

Materials can be linked to each other. You may wish to create Resources first so they will be available when creating ‘higher level ‘materials

Organizers

Tagging materials by selecting organizers is a useful way to search for materials in Schoolnet. This can be done through the advanced search options.

Navigating to My Materials

Add items to my materials from the overview or detail view

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My Materials

My Materials is a combination of materials you have created and those you have saved from the Materials SearchDefault suggestions pushed to usersSame browsing/filter options as with Materials SearchSorting options

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Submitting an Instructional Material for Approval

Once you click submit:

•The instructional material will appear under “Pending Materials” for a district-level Materials Approver. If you are a Materials Approver, you can approve the material right away.

•Once approved, the material is available district-wide.

•District can submit material to the state for review/approval

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Try It Out: Create a Resource, a Lesson Plan, & an Instructional Unit

Get StartedCreate a resource.Find your resource in “My Materials.”

Next…Create a lesson plan.Link the resource you just created to your lesson plan.

Then…Create an instructional unitLink the lesson plan you just created to your instructional unit.

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Try It Out: Create a Curricular Unit and Curriculum

Get StartedCreate a Curricular UnitLink the Instructional Unit you just created to your Curricular UnitLink your resource to your Curricular Unit

Next…Create a CurriculumLink the Curricular Unit you just created to your Curriculum.

Then…Find one of the materials your just created in “My Materials.”Edit your material and save the changes.

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ACCESSING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Teachers Can Access Published Materials

In Classrooms Materials Search

Throughout Classrooms

On Classrooms Home Page (for selected section only)

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Search for Any Curriculum

Click

Click

Filter by grade and subject

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Suggested Materials

Even before you search… the “Materials Search” home page pushes suggested materials to eligible users, without any search function being performed.

Displays additional materials aligned to the same standards as upcoming scheduled lessons

Displays materials aligned to same standards that students struggled with on a recent assessment

Filter by course

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Logic for Suggested Materials

Suggestions will be based on aligned standards for:Upcoming assessments (materials aligned to standards on

upcoming tests that had lowest mastery rate)

Upcoming instruction (materials aligned to standards that have been scheduled on teacher’s lesson planner)

Recent assessment results (materials aligned to standards on recent test that had the lowest mastery rate)

Lesson Plans will be suggested over Instructional Units

System will randomly choose five materials from all available institution banks

If the user has no sections assigned or there are no suggestions available, Most Popular will appear

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Materials Smart Search: Pre-Search Quick Filters

Before searching, filter your search by Subject (multiple subjects can be selected) and/or Grade LevelFor teachers, subject/grade will be pre-filtered based on the courses they teach

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Materials Smart Search: Post-Search Filters

Can view by:SubjectGradeInstitutionMaterial type, etc.

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Materials Detail Page

View aligned standards and other materials tied to the same standardsCreate PDFRecommendSave in My Materials for laterBuild an Express Test (jump to Assessment Admin module, create test from standards aligned to selected material)

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Recommended Materials

View # of recommendations on materials search results pageClick into material to recommend it to othersCan only recommend – no negative counterpartMaterials with more recommendations will be considered more “popular” and will be suggested over less popular materials

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Standards Search

Search for standards that contain a specific keywordLocate all materials aligned to a particular standardSchedule standard on the planner

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Try It Out: Locating Instructional Materials

Questions for UnderstandingWhat material types are searchable?

What are the two ways a material gets into My Materials?

PracticeSearch for all resources across grade levels for a particular subject.

Browse for a resource by standard

Apply Your KnowledgeLocate some materials of interest and save them to My Materials.

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Wrap Up

Questions & Answers

Workshop Evaluation

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