Home BaseIIS Webinar: Using Curriculum Manager in Schoolnet

February 6, 2014

Ashley Secor, M.Ed.IIS Content Specialist

LaVerne Weldon, Ed.D.IIS Education Consultant

Dan Urbanski, MAOMIIS Education Consultant

Agenda

Topic Presenter

Welcome Dan Urbanski

Recap – Instr. Materials Creation & Review Process

Key Features of Curriculum Manager

Curriculum Manager Roles and Permissions

LaVerne Weldon

What Does Curriculum Mean In Schoolnet?

Understanding Resource Hierarchy In Schoolnet

Creating Curriculum and Curricular Units

Linking Other Units and Resources

Ashley Secor

How To Bulk Upload District Materials

Experiences from LEA with Experience Using Curriculum Manager

Dan Urbanski

Q & A

Wrap-upDan Urbanski

Log into Home BaseSelect Schoolnet

Home Base Login Page

Student Information System Landing Page

Where To Access Curriculum Manager Tool

Roles and Permissions

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/homebase/getting-ready/implementation/category?category=User%20Roles%20and%20Acces

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Roles and Permissions – Important Note:

• Access to Curriculum Management should be a ‘Thoughtful Decision’

• Role should only be granted to users at the District Level.

– Allows users to create / edit / delete curricula and curricular units

– Allows users to map courses to curriculum

What Does Curriculum Mean In Schoolnet?

Hierarchy for Curriculum Management

• Curriculum: A syllabus covering an entire course.

• Curricular Unit: How the curriculum is broken up. This is typically a ‘bucket’ of time such as a marking period or month.

• Instructional Unit: A more granular component of a curricular unit

• Lesson Plan: An individual lesson plan to be included in an instructional unit

Curriculum

Curricular Unit Curricular Unit

InstructionalUnit

InstructionalUnit

Lesson Plan

AssessmentResource

Lesson Plan Lesson Plan

Hierarchy for Curriculum Management

Sample Curriculum Structure

Curriculum: Science Grade 01

Curricular Unit: 1st Twelve Weeks

Instructional Unit: Weather and Seasons

Resource: Classifying Poster

Lesson: Seasons

Instructional Unit: Animal Needs

Curricular Unit: 2nd Twelve Weeks

Curricular Unit: 3rd Twelve Weeks

Resource: Four Season Activity Sheet

Creating Curriculum Resources in Schoolnet

Support Documentation

Search For Support Materials Inside Instructional Materials Tab

Support Documentation (cont)

Home Base Training Support

(Home Base / DPI Website)

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/training/

- Has a Wealth of Support Materials

- Includes the Home Base Weekely Newsletter

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