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Create New Lesson

with Lesson Builder

Updated 15 April 2015


Contents

• My Lesson

– Create New Lesson

• Add Resources

– Add MC Online Subject Resources

– Add Upload (Personal Resources)

– Add Youtube Video, Web-Based Resources and Search Tools

– Add Assessment (from Test Bank and My Test)

• Other Settings

– Edit Lesson

– Delete, Rename and Re-order Resources


CREATE NEW LESSON


Create New Lesson

• To create a new lesson

package using the

Lesson Builder, there

are 2 ways :

1. Click on My Tools and

then Create Lesson.

2. Or if you are in My

Lessons, click on the

Create button.


Create New Lesson

3. Fill in the necessary Lesson

package details. (Anything in

* is a mandatory item.)

4. Click the Create Lesson

button.


Create New Lesson

• When your lesson package

has been created, you will

see the lesson folder

structure on the left.

• On the right, you will see the

resources available for you to

add to your lesson package.


ADD RESOURCES OVERVIEW


Add Resources Overview

MC Online Resources Subject Resources, Game, Resource Management

Upload Personal Resources, Convert Doc to Flash, Upload MediaFiles, Offline Homework

Audio / Video Record audio, Podcast, YouTube

Web-Based Resources Britannica, Wikipedia, Scribd, Authorstream, Issuu, 5Min, Vimeo, Docstoc, Howcast, WebLinks

Search Tools Google Search, OCW Search

Assessment Tools Test, Oral Buddy, Survey & Poll

Collaborative Tools Discussion, Chatroom, Html Editor, Mindomo

Note

• Some of these resources requires the use of plugins. These need to be

installed.

• The following guides will provide instructions for the most frequently used

resources.


ADD MC ONLINE SUBJECT

RESOURCES


Add MC Online Subject Resources

• MC Online Subject Resources are the individual tutorials, activities and/or

quizzes you can find on the My Subjects Learning Channels.



1. Click on MC Online Resources.

2. Click on Subject Resources.



3. You can search by using

either :

– Keywords

– Or clicking on the folders

and drilling down to the

particular tutorial, activity

or test/quiz.

4. The contents of the

folder selected will be

displayed on the right.



4. The contents of the folder

selected will be displayed

on the right.

5. Click on the title (eg.

Electricity in Daily Life) to

preview the resource.

6. To add the resource into

the lesson package, click

on the checkbox on the left

of the resource, then click

the Add button.

7. Click Return to Lesson

Folder to add more

resources.



• The subject resources is now added into your lesson package.

- You can rename or delete the resources by clicking on the green pencil icon

(edit) or the red cross mark (delete).

• Clicking Preview Lesson allows you to see what the lesson package will look like

when assigned to your student.

• Click on Return brings you back to “My Lessons”.

• To add more resources, click on the “caret” at the right-end of “Add Resource”.


ADD UPLOAD


Add Upload

• Using Upload resources, you can upload resources such as MS Office files,

PDFs, audio or video and images, etc into your lesson package.

• You also have the option to convert MS Office formats into a Flash-based

document so that your students can view these files in the browser. This is

useful when teachers do not want to let their students download the MS

Office files in an editable form.


Upload Personal Resources

1. Click Upload.

2. Click Personal Resource.



3. Click Choose File

to select your

resource.

4. Select your

resource and then

click Open.



5. Type a Title for your

resource.

6. Type a short description

for your resource.

7. Click Upload Resource.

Note

• Most types of resource can

be uploaded. Keep your

uploaded resources to less

than 5MB.

• PDF resources will be

displayed within the browser.

MS Office files will be

downloaded to the computer.



• This resource will be

added.

• Click Preview

Lesson to view it

from the student’s

perspective.

• Click on Return to

save and end your

Lesson Builder

session.


ADD YOUTUBE VIDEO, WEB-

BASED RESOURCES AND

SEARCH TOOLS


Add Youtube Video

1. Click Audio/Video.

2. Click Youtube.


Add Youtube Video

3. Type in your search

phrase and then click

Search.

4. Click on the Title of

the video to preview.

5. Click Select to add

this Youtube video

into your lesson

package.

Note

• You can to click on

Search, not press the

ENTER key after typing

the search term.


Add Youtube Video

• This video will be added. It will take its title and description based on the

Youtube video. You can change both title and description by clicking on the

green pencil icon (Edit).

• Click Preview Lesson to view it from the student’s perspective or click

Return to save and end your Lesson Builder session.


Add Web-based Resources and Search Tools

Note

• The sequence of steps for Web-Based Resources and Search Tools is the

same as for Adding Youtube Videos.


ADD ASSESSMENT TOOLS


Add Assessment Tools

• In Assessment Tools, you can insert existing Tests or Oral Buddies (created

by MC Online) into your lesson package. You can also create your own Tests

or Oral Buddies or Survey & Poll.


ADD TEST


Add Test

1. Click Assessment Tools.

2. Click Test.


Add Test – From Test Bank

3. To use MC Online’s

created Test, click on

Test Bank.

4. Drill down the respective

folders to find the Test

you want to include. (eg.

Primary 3, Science)

5. As you click on the

respective folders, the

test titles listed on the

right will change to list

the resources available.


Add Test – From Test Bank

6. Click on the title of the

test to preview it.

7. Click on the checkbox

next to the title to select

the test you wish to add

to your lesson package.

8. Click the Add button.

(This is found at the top

and bottom of the page.)

9. Click Return to Lesson

Folder button when you

are done.


Add Test – From My Test

• To add tests you have created, click My Test.

• Follow Steps 4 – 9 in the previous slides.

Note

• Tests from the MC Online Test Bank can be Flash-based or HTML-based.

Flash-based resource requires that Adobe Flash player be installed in your

computer.


OTHER SETTINGS


Other Tools – Edit Lesson Settings

• If the details of your

lesson package need to

be changed, you can do

this by using Edit

Lesson Settings.

• In the lesson setting

above, the subject

should be “Science”

instead of “General”.



1. Go back to the lesson

package you are going to

edit. (My Lessons > Select

your Lesson > Click Edit).

2. Click on the Gear icon in

Lesson Folder(s) on the left

side of the Lesson Builder.



3. Click on the Subject field.

4. From the drop-down list,

choose the correct subject.

5. Click on Update Settings to

save the changes.

6. When you preview the lesson

package, the lesson should

now show the correct subject

and the lesson will be listed

under “Science” instead of

“General”.


Other Tools – Delete a resource

1. To delete a resource, select the resource by clicking on its checkbox.

2. Click on the RED X on the right of the resource.


Other Tools – Delete multiple resources

1. To delete multiple resources, select the resources by clicking on the

checkboxes.

2. Click on the Delete button under the Add Resource row.

Note

• There is no “Trash” or “Recycle Bin” to under the delete. You will have to add

the resource into your lesson package again via Add Resource.


Other Tools – Rename a resource

1. To rename a resource, select the resource.

2. Click on the green pencil icon.

3. Rename the resource, and click Save Changes.

Note

• You can only rename one resource at a time.


Other Tools – Reorder your resources

1. To reorder your resources, click and select a number from the drop-down list.

2. If you have multiple folders, you can reorder the folders by clicking and

selecting a number from the drop-down list next to the folder’s title.


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