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HOW TO-Create an Activity

Published: September 23, 2015

Table of Contents

Logging In ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

Getting to the Topic Level .................................................................................................................................. 4

Creating an Activity ........................................................................................................................................... 7

Deleting an Activity ......................................................................................................................................... 10

Rating an Activity ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Copying and Pasting Activities .......................................................................................................................... 12

Publishing an Activity ...................................................................................................................................... 14

Viewing and Approving a Pending Activity (system administrator access only) .................................................. 15

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Logging In

1. Go to the administrative website.

a. admin.buildyourowncurriuclum.com

2. Choose your state and district from the dropdowns.

3. Enter your userID and password.

4. Click the grey button that says “login.”

a. If you have forgotten your password, click the "Forgot Your Password" link to

have it emailed to you

b. You may also contact a BYOC administrator in your district to have your password reset



Getting to the Topic Level

In order to add an activity you must first navigate to the topic level of an existing course or if you are in the process of creating a course you must first create a unit and a topic, before you can add an activity. To learn how to create those parts of your course see the How to: Create a Course training document.

1. After you login you should see the main course screen. Use the SEARCH OPTIONS

to find the course you would like to add an activity to.

2. When you find the course, click on the course NAME .

3. Once inside your course, navigate to the TOPIC you would like to add the activity

to. There are four ways you can do this.

a. QUICK NAVIGATE: If your course has two or more units you can use the quick navigate bar to jump to the topic.



b. BIG PICTURE: Under the CURRICULUM menu item, click on BIG PICTURE.

i. Then find the topic you would like to add your activity to and click on the TOPIC NAME.

c. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: Under the CURRICULUM menu item, click on SCOPE AND SEQUENCE.

i. Then find the topic you would like to add your activity to and click on the TOPIC

NAME.



d. And the fourth option, you can click on the unit where the topic belongs that you want to add the activity to. The list of units is under the course overview textbox.

i. Once you are on the unit page, click on the topic you would like to add the activity to. The list of topics is located under the unit overview textbox.

4. Once on the topic page, scroll down until you see the ADD ACTIVITY button and

click it.



Creating an Activity

1. Enter the name of your activity in the NAME textbox.

2. Enter a description of your activity in the DESCRIPTION textbox.

3. Choose any LEARNING TARGETS that can be assigned to this activity. The

DEPARTMENT, COURSE, UNIT, and TOPIC dropdowns allow you to do cross

departmental alignment, which is choosing learning targets from a course that is

different from the one you are creating the activity in.

4. Click the SAVE AND CONTINUE button on the bottom of the screen.



5. At the activity level there can be up to ten district definable fields. Enter the appropriate

information into each district definable field your district has created.

a. Common district definable fields at the activity level are: differentiation for advanced learners and differentiation for struggling learners.

6. Next you can add expectations and measurements for your activity. To do this, enter the

appropriate information into the STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AND MEASURES field. Then click

ADD EXPECTATION.

a. You can add multiple expectations and measurements as there may be multiple things you want the students to learn in this activity.

b. Expectations can now be reordered by using your cursor to drag and drop the item by the :: symbol in the first column.

7. You can also add a Resource and/or Attachment to your activity. Choose the TYPE of

attachment you are adding: FILE, WEB LINK, GOOGLE DRIVE, or NOTE. Adding a FILE allows

you to search your computer for a file to add as an attachment, i.e. a Word document or

PowerPoint. Adding a WEB LINK allows to you enter in a web address to add as an attachment,

such as a YouTube video. Adding a file from GOOGLE DRIVE allows you to browse your Google

Drive items, just like browsing your computer, and link them as an attachment. Adding a NOTE

allows you to enter in a brief note that will be treated as an attachment.



8. If you are adding a FILE, click SELECT to choose the type of file you will be adding. If you are

adding a WEB LINK, type in the name of the web address to link out to.

9. Enter in the DISPLAY NAME for the attachment.

10. Optionally, you can add in a DESCRIPTION for the attachment.

11. Select to whom you would like your resource to be visible. The options for visibility may

vary from district to district. Common options are:

a. MY DISTRICT: This setting allows only educators and administration from your district to view your resource.

b. ALL EDUCATORS: This allows any educators from another BYOC district to view your resource. People who have access to your resource at this level are teachers from any BYOC district, teachers from your district, and administrators.

c. THE PUBLIC: This allows the resource to be viewed by anyone browsing your curriculum, including parents, students, other teachers, and administration.

12. Select all teaching concepts that apply. Your list of available concepts is determined by your

district.

13. Select the level of sharing. You can allow other educators in other districts to view the



activity (ALL DISTRICTS) if the district option has been turned on, allow only educators in

your district to view the activity (MY DISTRICT), or allow no one else to view the activity

(JUST ME). You can also decide if others can edit this activity, if other districts can copy it,

and if you wish to receive emails. Finish by clicking the Save button.

Deleting an Activity

1. To delete an Activity, you must first be on the Topic edit page. Scroll down to the Activities

box and click on the EDIT icon next to the Activity.

2. Once you are on the Activity edit page, scroll down just past the Miscellaneous Options box,

and click on the DELETE button.



3. A dialog box will appear asking if you are certain you would like to delete the activity, if you

are, click OK.

Rating an Activity

Educators can rate activities that belong to their colleagues. Ratings are on a 1-5 scale with half star increments. The average rating appears at the top of the activity page with a link to the bottom of the page where you can enter a review. Reviews include a rating and a comment. You can review an activity only once. The author of a review, as well as System Administrators, can edit or delete the review. The three most recent reviews will show along with a link to show all reviews.

1. Click on the ACTIVITY NAME to see the Activity details page.

2. You will then see the details of the Activity, the area where you can rate the Activity, and

most recent reviews on the Activity.

3. To add your own review to the Activity, click on SEE ALL REVIEWS.



3. Then, under Review This Activity, mouse over the stars to choose how many stars you

would like to give this activity to show your rating. Enter in a comment, and click SAVE.

Both the rating and comment are required in order to save the review.

Copying and Pasting Activities

If you'd like to move an activity from one Topic to another, you must perform a copy and paste on the Activity.

1. From the topic edit page start by clicking on the ACTIVITY NAME for the item that you would like to copy.



2. Once you are on the detail page of the Activity, click on COPY in the upper right hand

corner.

3. Then go into the Topic that you wish to paste this Activity into, and click the PASTE

ACTIVITY button by the Activities section. (You can copy the Activity into any Topic, even

those that belong to other Courses or Units).

4. Once you click on Paste Activity, the software will add your Activity to the Topic and will

take you to the Activity edit screen where you can review the details of the Activity.

*Reminder* When you copy and paste an Activity, it creates a copy of the Activity. The

Activity will still exist in the original Topic. If you no longer want the Activity in the

original Topic, you must delete the Activity from the original Topic.



Publishing an Activity

In order for your activity to be seen on your district's public BYOC site, you must first publish your activity and have it approved by a system administrator of BYOC at your district.

1. To publish your activity, find your activity, and click on the EDIT icon to the right of the

activity name.

2. On the ACTIVITY DETAILS page, click on the SAVE & PUBLISH button.

3. Your activity is now available to be viewed in the Pending Activity area that system

administrators have access to in order to approve, edit or deny the publishing of activities.

The activity can still be viewed on the administrative site with the level of security you have

set for it, but it will not be available on the public site until it is approved by a system

administrator.



Viewing and Approving a Pending Activity (system administrator access only)

In order for an activity to be seen on your district's public BYOC site, the activity must first be saved and published and then approved by a system administrator of BYOC at your district.

1. To view activities that are waiting to be published, go to the CURRICULUM menu and click

on PENDING ACTIVITIES.

2. In the PENDING ACTIVITIES area, you can search for an activity by DEPARTMENT, AUTHOR,

ACTIVITY (keyword), or STATUS of the activity.

3. Once you have found the activity you wish to review, click on the ACTIVITY name.



4. On the PENDING ACTIVITY DETAILS page, you can review the details of the activity. There

are four options for editing the status of the activity from here:

a. PENDING would not publish the activity and leave it in the pending activity area for

further review

b. PRIVATE would keep the activity private so only the author and a system

administrator of BYOC can view it.

c. UPDATE would notify the author that updates need to be made on the activity.

d. PUBLISHED would clear all correspondence associated with the activity and make

the activity viewable by the public.

5. If you would like to publish the activity, change the STATUS to PUBLISHED and click SAVE.

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