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LAUSD MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL: Whole-Class Edgenuity Educator Quick Start Guide

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Logging into Edgenuity

EDUCATOR TASKS: Log into the Edgenuity LMS using your login credentials.

Process Steps Screen Images 1. Navigate to https://lausd.learn.edgenuity.com/ 2. Click the Educators button.

3. Enter your full LAUSD email address and password to log in.

(i.e. [email protected], [email protected]).

Note: If you are having trouble with your username or password, please check with your district for login information.

4. View the Educator Welcome page.

Note: Navigate the system using the tabs along the top of the page. Hover over a tab to see the options from the dropdown menu.

The educator will be presenting and facilitating the Edgenuity lessons with the whole class.

Courses contain lessons for whole class instruction, practice, and assessment.

The facilitating computer must have speakers to play the video and audio content.

Students will need a notebook or paper and a writing utensil for use during class time.

You can access courses and view content from the Courses tab > Course Structures.

If you need assistance or have a question, check out our Support tab > Help Center.

KEY INFORMATION:


COMMUNICATE TO STUDENTS:

Facilitating Whole-Class Courses

EDUCATOR TASKS: Enroll yourself in courses you will be facilitating. Log into the Edgenuity LMS as a student using your login credentials. Access assigned courses and lesson content to project for the whole class.

Process Steps Screen Images ENROLL SELF IN COURSES 1. Go to the Administration tab. 2. From the dropdown, click on Manage

Educators Beta.

3. Locate and check the box to the left of your name / educator login.

Note: You can type your name in to search quickly.

4. Filter and search for the courses you want to assign yourself. 5. Locate and check the boxes to select the courses. 6. Click Enroll 7. Confirm and click OK.

LOG IN AS A STUDENT 1. Navigate to https://lausd.learn.edgenuity.com/ 2. Click the Students button.

Be prepared for class and have your notebook and pencil / pen ready.

Actively listen to the instruction and participate in whole class discussions.

Take notes and respond to questions as the class goes through the lessons.

Do your best work on quizzes and tests.


3. Enter your full LAUSD email address and password to log in

(i.e. [email protected], [email protected]).

Note: This will log you into your own student account, and will display assigned courses.

4. View the Student Lobby.

Courses assigned are located on the left side tab My Course List.

Announcements are on the Communications tab.

Grades and progress information are on the My Course Info tab.

5. Project your computer screen for the class.

6. Click on a course name on the left panel. 7. Select Course Map at the bottom center.

8. View the course structure on the left panel. 9. Click into a unit and lesson to view the contents in the main window. Lessons activities include:

Warm-up

Instruction

Summary

Assignment

Quiz Note: Activities are unlocked and you can move freely in the course as needed.


10. Click directly on a lesson activity, such as warm-up, to launch the player. 11. Follow the frames at the bottom, and click on the arrow to continue through the activity.

12: Hover over the bottom of the screen to:

Pause or rewind the video

Adjust the volume

Turn on closed captioning

13. Check out these helpful support features:

Click on in a lesson activity to access the

eNotes, Glossary, and Transcript.

Select the highlighter, headphones,

calculators, etc.

13, Once the activity is complete, click Next Activity at the bottom right of the screen. Note: Keep going and launch another activity!

During course instructional videos ensure students are attentive and engaged.

Lesson activities include interactive practice items and questions to check for understanding.

Students can discuss and respond as a whole group and in their course notebooks.

Lesson quizzes are 10 questions each and should be proctored in a quiet and secure

environment. Each student will answer the quiz questions in their own course notebook.

Optional: If you are comfortable with the lesson, consider taking a couple of minutes during

BEST PRACTICES FOR FACILITATORS:


Engagement Ideas for Whole Class Courses

WARM-UP Review the lesson goals presented with students.

Have students record the key vocabulary in their course notebooks (also available in the glossary).

Discuss and respond to interactive questions and practice items.

INSTRUCTION Students should take notes while engaging in the lesson instruction.

Use the built-in eNotes to model notetaking for students.

Ask for class volunteers to help complete interactive practices, such as drag and drop items.

Students will answer individual questions in their course notebooks.

Consider pausing halfway through the instruction to ask students to recap what they have learned.

SUMMARY Use the summary activity to have students check their notes.

Students can share out key points they heard restated in the summary.

Give students time to add key points to their notes as needed.

ASSIGNMENT Students will record answers to the assignment in their course notebook.

Consider having students work in pairs or small groups to complete the assignment.

If there is a reading passage, ask for a volunteer to read it aloud to the class. Have the class review the

details before working on the assignment questions.

Take a few minutes to review the correct answers to the questions after they finish. (Log as an Educator

to access the correct answers from Courses > Course Structures in the activity direct link.

QUIZ Create a quiet and secure testing environment for the class.

Remind students to respond to each question to their best ability.

Decide whether you will let students use their lesson notes on the quiz.

Give students enough time to answer each quiz question.

Determine how you will grade the quizzes (i.e. peer-grading) and record quiz grade in the gradebook.

For ongoing support: Visit the Help Center within your Edgenuity account or contact Edgenuity Support: 1.877.202.0338

Educators can take grades and average scores for some or all of the following lesson activities:

Formative assessments: Engagement, class participation, and lesson notetaking

Summative assessments: Assignments, short writings, quizzes, and test scores

*We suggest calculating an overall score for each lesson completed to report in the student’s gradebook.

COURSE GRADING:

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