My Big Campus Teacher Instructions (Intro Video http://youtu.be/azoixk6obqy Orientation Class: http://mybigcampus.com/topics/mbc orientation center) 1. Logging in a. Go to http://www.mybigcampus.com/ b. Select Login i. Enter user name and password (same as computer) students login the same way. ii. Enter the Name of your school Building 1. Lorane Elementary (Reading, PA) 2. Jacksonwald Elementary (Reading, PA) 3. Owatin Creek Elementary School (Reading, PA) 4. Reiffton School (Reading, PA) 5. Exeter Junior High School (Reading, PA) 6. Exeter Senior High School (Reading, PA) 7. Exeter Township Sd (District Office) c. Click Login (username, password, and school building needs to be entered before the login button will appear) 2. Editing your account information a. Click on the cog wheel icon at the top center of the page an option.
3. Creating Groups (Class) a. On the left Margin click on the Add Group link (if you want to edit a group that is already made you need to select the group name first and you will see the edit button at the top of the page) i. Enter the Group Title, Select the School, and the Group Description 1. HS and JHS Group Title should follow the pattern of Teacher Last Name, Class Name, Period, Class #, Section#. ( i.e. Smith Algebra Period 4 336/01). 2. Reiffton and Elementary should follow the pattern of Teacher Last Name, Grade, Class Name (i.e. Smith Gr. 3 Math/Rdg/SS/Science) ii. Click Save 4. Adding Students (Members) i. Select the group name on the left margin (note: after entering a new group (class) you will be taken to the group main page). ii. Select the link at the top right side of the page for Members. iii. Members need to be added one at a time. Enter the first or last name of each member you want to add and they will appear in a drop down list. 5. Adding Another Teacher to your Group (class) i. Enter the teacher as a member following the steps above and add the member. ii. After the member is added you will see an option under the member name to Give Admin Right. iii. If the member already has admin right the link will appear as Remove Admin Rights
6. Group Management/Areas a. Home (intro). (Click Edit at Top of page for first time). This page should contain general information about the class (title, grade level, teacher name, contact information, etc.) Announcements b. Announcements (areas below that can be added) This is the area that most of the information will be posted. This area can contain a variety of resources in different format. These are added with the newest information at the top of the page. Areas that can be added to Announcement i. New Photo/File ii. Quick Link iii. Library Item (all of MBC) iv. Your Stuff (the files you uploaded and added) v. Documents (MBC documents) vi. Bundle To add information select on the type of information to be added and enter the directions/message in the blank text box. For Your Stuff you must first load the documents prior to adding it to the announcement. (see Step 7 below).
Discussions c. Discussions Online discussion This is an area that can be used to have asynchronous (not live) discussions. (i.e: a students can post a problem they are having with homework and anyone else can respond when they login to My Big Campus). You can also use this section to create discussion groups between students. i. Go to the Discussion tab and select the Add Discussion button ii. Add the Title, Start Date (now or later), Post information, and Share any information. iii. Enter the Post that will display. This will include instruction or guidance that the students will need iv. Choose any information that will be attached to this post. v. Enter the names of the people that you would like to give access to this discussion. Leave it blank to give everyone in the group access.
Pages d. Pages Wiki type online editing. This is similar to an online document but it is for the entire group(class) or select members of the group(class) to edit together. i. Go to the Pages tab and select Add Page ii. Enter the Page Title, Page Content, and choose the permission per member
Resources e. Resources This area has the same ability to add resources just like announcements. However, this area is a location to store resources that are used during the entire course. (i.e.: Course Syllabus, general link) i. Go to the Resources tab and select Share to add items or New Folder ii. Select Share and upload or attach the information to be posted/shared. f. Calendar The calendar can be used to enter dates of assignments or other important dated message. When enter an items you can also tie it to the same resources as, Announcements and Resources. g. Members This is the area will students or other teachers can be added to the group (class). At this point you need to added member one at a time. i. Go to the Member tab and enter the name of the member to be added in the search box
Your Stuff 7. Your Stuff a. Navigate on the left margin to, Your Stuff. b. Click on the Add button to select the type of content to add. i. Adding Files or Images from your Computer ii. Add File. iii. Click on Click her to upload files iv. A window will appear to upload files.
c. Add YouTube Videos i. Select Add You Tube Videos ii. You will need to open a web browser and open a YouTube video and copy the url of the video. iii. Paste the url into the YouTube Video Address iv. Select Get Info. The title and description will display. d. Adding Websites i. Select Add Website ii. You will need to open a web browser and open the web page and copy the url. iii. Paste the url into the Website Address area iv. Select Get Info. The title and description will display.
Bundles 8. Bundles Bundles are a compilation of resources into one area that can be added to the announcements or resources pages in each group. Bundles could be as short as one lesson or as long as an entire unit. Bundles can also be shared between user and groups. 9. Select Bundles on the left margin 10. On the new window select Create New Bundle at the top of the screen. 11. Follow the on screen steps to fill out the fields that you would like to use for each bundle. Some area that you can add to bundles a. Information i. Title ii. Objectives iii. Summary iv. Type v. Tags b. Content i. File ii. YouTube videos iii. Links iv. Online Documents c. Standards i. State ii. Federal d. Cover Art e. Collaborators