[Image:81903_22607_2.png]Book resources for a presentation Minimum version: FirstClass 8.3 Audience: Business professionals Experience: [Image:9203_22631_1.png] FirstClass applications used: [Image:9203_24337_3.png][ fcp://@fc.onlinehelp.com,%237600229/En/OnlineHelp/Client Help/Calendars ]Calendars [Image:9203_31709_1.png] Summary Looking for a simple way to organize the location and resources you need for your presentation? Consider using a FirstClass calendar. Instead of sending out printed memos and filling out request forms, you can use a group calendar in FirstClass to invite participants, reserve multimedia resources, and book locations. Here is a comparison of the conventional way you may book resources and how you would do it in FirstClass. [Image:92203_31828_0.png] [Image:9203_31709_1.png] Example Michael Green is vice president of Sales and Marketing at Husky Planes. Several times a year he showcases the company's newest products for his sales staff. His presentations usually consist of a promotional videotape from the Marketing department accompanied by a slide presentation. Michael schedules the presentation, invites members of the sales department, and books the boardroom and multimedia resources all at the same time. He doesn't have to leave his office to ensure that his presentation goes off without a hitch. Here are the steps he takes to handle the arrangements: STEP 1: Schedule presentation Michael schedules the presentation in the Sales Dept Calendar by creating a new event entitled New Product Promo. This is the new event he created. [Image:8102006_91145_0.png] STEP 2: Reserve venue Each resource or location Michael wishes to book has its own calendar. When he schedules an event, he simply enters the name of the resource calendar or location calendar on the Scheduling tab of the event he is booking. If there is a time conflict, it will show immediately and he can decide how to handle it. Michael reserves the company's mid-sized boardroom using the Scheduling tab. STEP 3: Reserve resources Michael also reserves a large screen television, a video cassette recorder, and a video projector. This is the Scheduling tab where he books the resources. [Image:882006_33623_2.png] When he entered his requests on the Resources tab for the New Products Promo event, a new event appeared in each item's calendar. Husky Planes' IT department monitors the resource and location calendars and ensures that requested equipment is ready for use when scheduled. This is the calendar for the video projector that John booked. [Image:882006_32721_0.png] STEP 4: Invite participants Michael invites the members of the sales department by entering their names on the Scheduling tab. From this screen, he sees who may have a time conflict. He adjusts the date and time as needed (the booked times for the resources and locations will also change automatically). The presentation will then appear in each of their personal calendars. This is the Scheduling tab where he invites participants. [Image:882006_33910_4.png] [Image:9203_31709_1.png] Variation If Michael has content he wishes to share before the presentation, he can attach it to the calendar event at the time of scheduling or type it in the text box on the event form. This is the event he created. He attached a file for review and included an agenda in the text area. [Image:882006_32224_4.png]

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Developing your lesson plan Task list Sample classroom Traditional course development Traditionally, you may use existing teacher guides to help you prepare your lesson plans for each semester. The guides outline the material to cover, questions to ask, handouts and support material to provide, and so on. However, these guides are usually paper-based and often difficult to drag around from home to school. Further, in order to share your teacher guides or lesson plan with other teachers, you may be handing them your original notes, or you may have to reprint a large number of documents. FirstClass ED is a lesson plan manager A lesson plan helps you prepare for instruction, provides a tool to give that instruction, and documents course content. FirstClass ED accomplishes these goals, and continues to support you in using pre-existing lesson plans. Furthermore, it lets you share your plans with each other by putting your lesson plans online. How to Creating your lesson plan Adding lessons/assignments to a module Creating drafts of a lesson/assignment Publishing a lesson/assignment Creating your lesson plan You create a lesson plan by adding modules, lessons, and assignments to Course Content. Course Content consists of a container for each module, where the lessons and assignments for each module are stored in the respective module container. To create a new module: 1       Open Course Content. 2       Click Create Module. 3       Assign a name to the module when prompted, and then click OK. 4       Choose the type of module you wish to create and click OK. Each module you create is immediately published to students by default. However the content of each module is not published until you manually publish each one. If you prefer that students not see each module you create right away, you will have to hide the module. To hide a module: 1               Open Course Content. 2               Highlight the desired module. 3               Click Hide Module. Adding lessons/assignments to a module You can add content to a module at any time. If the course already has content you can simply review content and update it as required. To add lessons or assignments: 1               Open Course Content. 2               Open the desired module container. 3               Click Create Lesson or Create Assignment. 4               Choose the type of lesson/assignment you wish to create and click OK. 5               Open the new lesson/assignment and complete the envelope field. The Publishing Control field is only visible to you. Once an assignment has been submitted, you will also see a Mark field. Caution Every assignment number must be unique. FirstClass ED may fail to work properly if you duplicate assignment numbers. However, you can have duplicate lesson numbers. This example shows a lab assignment for a Grade 8 Science class. Creating drafts of a lesson/assignment As the teacher, you have full control over these lessons and assignments. Until you publish them, you can make changes and modify each one as much as you like. The ability to control when students see the content enables you to maintain a draft for each lesson and assignment. Publishing a lesson/assignment The ability to publish a lesson or assignment enables you to control the flow of information to your students. When you publish a lesson or assignment, it is immediately visible to students in their Course Content view.   To publish/unpublish a lesson or assignment, open the assignment and choose the corresponding radio button in the envelope field of the lesson or assignment. Shortcut Click the Published field () directly on the pane for the corresponding lesson/assignment. In this example, the course is Grade 8 Science. Course Content includes five modules, but only one is visible to students. The Interactions and Ecosystems module has been populated with three lessons, one Science project, and a lab with three components: the instructions (lesson), the assignment that will be completed (assignment), and the teacher's guideline (lesson), which will not be published.