Hi friends. So, we've already started and we've done a lot of the logistics and managing of those pieces. Now we really want to dig into making the content available to our folks. The first thing is, you do have to publish your course, which we did already. But if you haven't done that, now would be the time to do so, so that your folks can access it.

I'm going to give you a quick little overview. From your side as a teacher, you will notice that you have access to all of the different components in the course navigation. I think the very easiest way we tried to build this was that every single module has a number. All of the items within the module are numbered sequentially, so you can see how everything flows.

You'll notice that some of these have a little page icon. Those just mean those are pages; they're going to have one-way delivery of communication. This little airplane rocket ship icon will take you to the new quiz tool, because it's actually a very interactive quiz that we've created here.

Then you see this other one in this section with the talking bubbles. Those are actually discussion board topics. You will see again down here in classroom culture; they have a little rocket ship again. It's a quiz, but they are using a little bit different functionality, which is indicated by the difference in colors of the airplane or rocket ship.

We also tried to help folks by indicating any activities with a small red backpack. That way, whether it's you or the student looking at this, they will see the red backpack, which will trigger them to say, "Hey, I've got to do something; I've got to kind of get up and go."

Each module begins with a boarding pass. Those are all labeled as the 0.0 of that module, and they basically give you a general scope and sequence of what you're going to be doing during that module. It gives you your estimated time, your purpose, and some guiding questions. It will also provide a survey of what different items you are going to visit through and how many activities there are.

You can see that very easily. The last thing is, if somebody is very passionate about that topic, they may want to dig in with some additional resources. That is not necessary, but if someone wants to find out more, we certainly wanted to give them that information.

All a participant would need to do is scroll down to the bottom right-hand corner at the end of each page and select "next." Once they've gone to another page, you'll see that when this page comes up, it's the superintendent's video. You will not only have the next button, but you will also have a previous button over here on the left-hand side.

The other thing I would draw your attention to is the fact that this says it's locked. This basically means at the school level, because we have created this course and pushed out this content, it is locked. But you will still have a lot of options. It just means you can't edit this particular page.

Again, you can see the previous and the next buttons. All a student would need to do is come in here, press play on the video, watch it, and go to the next one until they reach the end of that module. The next boarding passes will trigger them that they've gone too far.

You do not need to make modules available. I think if teachers or students actually saw the list of modules, it might be very overwhelming on the front end. We've done it so that the front page, which is published, links to this very first boarding pass. This way, you don't have to have the module link available.

For example, I've already mentioned in an earlier video that we're going to begin ours on June 1st. You can come here to the title of the first module. I'm going to click on these three ellipses, the little three dots on the right-hand side. That should allow me, once it opens, to see how I might want to edit this module, this whole section of learning.

One of the things that you can do, one of the very nice features, is decide that you only want it to be available beginning June 1st. Right now, because it's in the gray marked area, it's not going to show up for our students anyway, and they can't even access the page. But if you decide you would like to do so, you can actually come here to edit and say you would like it to be locked until June 1st.

What this will actually do is allow them to see the titles of the items, but they just can't interact with them until June 1st. You can just select the blue button and update the module. The other option is that we have to publish the content for folks.

Another option is to just wait until June 1st and then click on the buttons to say they need to be turned on. Make sure that everything is green. If you click this top one, it should open, and if it doesn't, you just click it. If you click the entire module, it should open and publish it.

So you have two options. Again, one is to actually just wait and push publish on the date you want it to be available. The second option is if you want to set it up and forget about it, not worry about it until June 1st. You could come in and be as specific as not wanting it to open until, say, 1 o'clock p.m. for folks, and then just click update the module.

You will notice here too that all of these pages and other items that have the lock icon on them are locked because they are district pages. For example, one of the things that I might want to do is create another page where I embed our overall plan.

I can either do it from the pages feature or I can do it from here with the little plus. This will allow me to create a new page. Then, you click here for a new page and I'm going to title it "Plan for Teaching and Learning Supports Department." Then, I’m going to add the item, which will create a new page and populate it at the bottom of this module.

Now, it doesn't have any content in it. As you can see here too, it's not published, so even if everything else goes live June 1st and this does not have a green check next to it, then our folks still will not be able to see it, even though that whole module went live.

I'm going to go ahead and check that, and then I'm going to come in here. I want to put some content in this. This is where if you've already attached your Google Drive, you will be thanking me here. I'm going to go to edit because, as you can see, it's just completely an empty page. This toolbar is going to look very familiar; it's the same toolbar that we saw with our calendar appointments.

It will be the same thing if you want to add another discussion board. Again, we're going to come across here, and I want to find that plug because I want to get to my Google apps. It's going to be here under the ellipses, the three dots. I click it and then grab my plug.

This time, instead of Microsoft Teams, I'm going to select Google apps. What it's going to do then is open up my Google Drive for me. Now, I already showed you the plan that Sarah and I created, and what is going to populate here is now I'm going to find that it lives in our EdTech department.

We have a file folder where I have stored it, and it's our KCS Connect 101 plan. You get two options here. One is that you can just put the link in, which would just look like a hyperlink, and someone would need to click it open. Or what I'm going to choose this time is to embed it, which will actually put the document on this page.

Once I click embed, you will notice that the document will show up here. Again, we're in Canvas, so one of the things we have to be sure to do, even if it's hidden, is scroll down to the save section. Again, hit the blue button before we walk away.

So, I'm going to hit the blue button to select save. Now, when my folks go through, if they want to see what our overview is, they will be able to see it as they come to the end of the overview section because that's where I put it in the module. They would start with the boarding pass, then as they continue to click next and next.

Now, you can do things like make this page prettier by adjusting the screen size, etc. These are all features that you can use. As you're thinking about things, again, we'll go back over to modules. You will notice that in this overview module, I've got everything published; it's all locked until June 1st.

So again, they will be able to see the names; they just can't interact with everything. They can see the items, though, and you can find the actual page that I made here at the bottom. Now, I wouldn't necessarily want to grab this and put it at the very top because if people start at the boarding pass, they would need to go back previously to pick that up.

What I may want to do is every week, once we finish a section, once we finish overview, I may want to grab this same plan and pull it down into the next module. Or I could send it there. As you can see, I pulled it down, and maybe I just want to pull it down to the end of module two.

That can be the trigger for my folks every time, saying, "Hey, we're at the end of the module. Just as a reminder, here's what we're doing and what the next steps are." The other way to do this is by clicking on the three bars or three dots on the right-hand side and moving it.

What I'd like to do because it's now down in two and I really want it back in one, is move it to the overview module at the very bottom. Then I click the blue button and move it, and magically it all appears back up there.

If we go to sync anything at the district level, the things that are locked at the district will sync. It will not mess up any of the other items that you have added. If you have school-specific things or, for example, like for us, when we get to classroom culture, I want to ensure that our department is familiar with all the different components being offered.

For example, I want to be sure that as a whole department, we can discuss all these different five components, but we won't all learn all of them. I'm actually going to give a sign-up that's going to be a Google Doc, again embedded just like I did the previous one, so my folks can go in and sign up.

This way, we're sure that all five different components of classroom culture are covered. We're going to run it kind of like a jigsaw, so when we meet synchronously, everybody will be able to pop in and share what they have learned for that piece.

The way I'm also thinking about some of this is I'm going to rotate because we are all co-learners in this journey, and we will alternate who actually facilitates the discussion on that day. This way, there's definitely more buy-in. The goal of this is really to use some good vocabulary, get people on a common understanding, and then start having conversations at our school about what's best for students.

Hopefully, with this final video, you've been able to learn how to manage content. Again, we will provide support in various ways. One, you'll have all the information in the email, which if you don't want to find your emails every time, if you scroll all the way down to module seven, which is the leadership module, it doesn't have to be published for you to access it.

You will be able to access it off of the front page. I created a final link here called the KCS Connect 101 organizational emails, and I've just started a Google Doc where I have all the emails for you. One is the information and the emails. Two, are these videos.

Three, I will have linked the organizational emails as well as, if you happen to be here in Canvas and need help, these will be help guides. Canvas has some really great help guides. Finally, we will have some different live help sessions.

One available is on Wednesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30. That's just a Canvas help session, so teachers may be on there asking questions. They are just office hours, and you can hop in, ask your five-minute question, and come back out.

The second thing I’m doing is being a thought partner. If you are struggling with or wrestling with how this is going to look and sound for your folks, and you want to get into some conversation around that, I will be facilitating a dialogue for anyone interested. It will be every Monday from 1 until 2 p.m. and every Thursday from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m.

Links will be in our EdTech summer calendar. Hopefully, those will be supportive to you, so we can help you feel comfortable as we continue this journey. Please let us know how we can help, and have a great day.