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SpringBoardDigitalUserGuide–Students&Parents–CoreFunctions

TableofContents

Overview .....................................................................................................................2WelcometoSpringBoardDigitalUserGuides............................................................................................... 2ComponentsofSpringBoardDigital..............................................................................3StudentDesktop ......................................................................................................................................................... 3Components/Modules ............................................................................................................................................. 3QuickStartforStudents................................................................................................4

StudentSelfRegistration(ForSelfRegistrationDistrictsOnly) .....................................81.HowStudentsSelf-Register(Skipthissectionifyou’realreadyregistered) .............................. 8Bookshelf(eBooks) ....................................................................................................111.NavigatingtotheBookshelf: ......................................................................................................................... 112.InteractingwiththeeBook,includinghighlightingandmarkingthetext ................................ 133.UsingStickyNotes ............................................................................................................................................. 144.RespondingtoPromptsandQuestions .................................................................................................... 155.UsingAdditionalFeatures:AudioandDefine........................................................................................ 17StudentResources .....................................................................................................18

MyCalendar&Assignments ......................................................................................181.NavigatingMyCalendarandAssignmentsModule............................................................................. 18Assessments ..............................................................................................................221.AccessinganOnlineAssessment: ............................................................................................................... 222.StartingtheAssessment.................................................................................................................................. 233.ReviewingAssessmentResults.................................................................................................................... 25MyPortfolioandMyNotebook..................................................................................261.AddingWorktoYourPortfolio. ................................................................................................................... 26MyMessages .............................................................................................................311.InitiatingaMessagewithYourTeacher................................................................................................... 312.RespondingtoaMessageSentbyYourTeacherorAnotherClassmate.................................... 33MyProgressReports ..................................................................................................351.UsingMyProgressReports............................................................................................................................ 35NextUp:SBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–ELAorSBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–MathTools ................................................................................................................................................................. 37

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Overview

WelcometoSpringBoardDigitalUserGuidesTheUsingSpringBoardDigital–Students&Parents–CoreFunctionsfocusesoncorestudentinteractions.TherearetwoadditionalbutseparatecompanionuserguidesforbothELAandMathStudents:

• SBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–ELA• SBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–MathTools

Thisguidealsoincludesa‘QuickStartforStudents’sectionthataimstoquicklysummarizewhatyou’llneedtobesuccessfulinusingSpringBoardDigital.

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ComponentsofSpringBoardDigital

StudentDesktop

Components/ModulesBookshelf–InteractiveeBooksandJoina(New)ClassMyResources–TBDinfutureMyCalendarandAssignments–InteractivedailycalendarandassignmentsMyNotebook–LessonnotesMyMessages–Messagingplatformtosupport1:1interactionbetweenteachersandstudents,announcements,andgroupchatsforstudentcollaboration.MyPortfolio–CollectstudentexemplarsthroughouttheyearMyProgressReports–Assignment,assessment,andstandardsprogressreportstoprovideinsightintostudent’sperformanceZincReadingLabs(inPartIIofthisguide)–AccesstoZincReadingLabs

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QuickStartforStudents

HowDoIRegister?(Notneededifyoualreadyhaveanaccount)

HowdoIregister? Whatdoesitlooklike?! EntertheURLprovidedbyyourteacher.! Clickon“newtoSpringBoard?”(locatedundertheusernamefieldinthetopleftcorner)! Onthenextscreen,addtheAccessCodeprovidedbyyourteacher! Fourpiecesofinformationmustbesubmittednext:FirstName,LastName,Password,

andConfirmPassword! Yourusernamewillbeautogenerated;youcanchangeitlaterifyouwouldlike! IMPORTANTPOINTSTOREMEMBER:

! Ifyouforgetyourpassword,clickon“forgotpassword?”Youwillbetoldtoaskyourteacherforanewtemporarypasswordtouse.Youcanthenusethatpasswordtoenteryouraccount,andyouwillbepromptedtochangeyourpasswordfromthere.

! IfbothyourMathandELAclassesuseSpringBoard,youdonotneedtoregistertwice–simplyjoinaclassfromyour“Bookshelf”tabbyaddingtheaccesscodeforthespecificclassyouwouldliketojoin

MyBookshelfMYBOOKSHELF

WhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?Ican...

! AccessanypagesfoundwithinmyStudentEditionviatheEbook! Interactwithanactivitybymarkingthetextthroughhighlighting,metacognitive

markers,oraddingstickynotes! Insertresponsestoquestionsorprompts,orattachlinksorexternaldocumentsto

myactivitypages! Submithomeworkorin-classassignmentstomyteacher! Searchforatermorkeyconcepttodiscoverwhereitiscoveredwithinmyentire

level! PrintPDFsofactivities,includingannotations

! Howdoesthisimpactmylearning?

! Icanuse“MyBookshelf”toengagewithcontentandlearningstrategies.! Icansubmitresponsestomyteacherandreceiveimmediatefeedback.

CLEVERDISTRICTS:! Youwon’tneedanaccesscode–youwillbetoldwhatyourusernameand

passwordaretoaccessyourSpringBoardDigitalaccount

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MyResources

MYRESOURCESWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

! Afutureareaforexpansion!Teacherscurrentlyassignresourcestostudents.ThoseresourcesappearinyouMyCalendar&Assignments.

MyCalendar&Assignments

MYCALENDAR&ASSIGNMENTSWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...! Completeandsubmitactivitiesthatareassignedtomeforeitherin-classworkor

forhomework! Viewupcominghomeworkassignments! Viewlessonplansthatmyteacherschoosetoshare

! Howdoesthisimpactmylearning?

! Icanmanagemyownworkandtimeappropriately.Icansubmitresponsesorworktomyteacherinordertoreceivetimelyfeedback

MyNotebook

MYNOTEBOOKWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...! Accessclassnotesorvocabularynotebookentries! Addnotesorvocabularynotebookentry! Searchfornotesorvocabularynotebookentriesfromthroughouttheyear

! Howdoesthisimpactmylearning?

! Icanmanagemyownvocabularynotebookentriesandnotes.! Icansortthroughmyentriestotrackmyownprogresstowardlearninggoals.

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MyMessages

MYMESSAGESWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...! Communicatewithmyteacher...anywhere,anytime!! Sendandreceiveimmediatemessagesdirectlytomyteacher! Receiveanalertinthoughtbubbleinleft-handsidenavigationbarthatletsme

knowwhenmyteacherhasresponded,andremainsopennomatterwhereInavigateinSpringBoardDigital

! Participateingroupchats! Howdoesthisimpactmylearning?

! Icanremainintouchwithmyteacher–evenoutsideofclass–toaskquestions.! Icanparticipateingroupchatsforcollaborativework.

MyPortfolio

MYPORTFOLIOWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...! Addanyassignments(ebookAssignments,assessments,etc.)tomyPortfolio! Constructreflectionsonanyassignment

! Howdoesthisimpactmylearning?

! Icantrackmyprogressonkeyconceptsandskills.! Icanwritereflectionsonmyworkthatallowmetoconsidermyselfasalearner.

MyProgressReports

MYPROGRESSREPORTSWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...! Checkmygradesandcourseprogress–whatIalreadyknowandwhatI

needtoknow! Howwillthisimpactmylearning?

! Icantrackmyprogressonkeyconceptsandskills.! IcanplanandprioritizewhattoworkonbasedonwhatIalreadyknow

andwhatIneedtoknow.

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ZincReadingLabs

ZincWhatcanIdowiththis? WheredoIfindthis?

Ican...• AccessZincLearningLabsdirectlyfromtheirmainSBDigitaldashboard• AccessassignedreadingandvocabularyassignmentswithinZinc• Exploreotherreadingsandvocabularyactivitiesonmyown

! Howwillthisimpactmylearning?

! Icanexpandmyreadingandvocabularyskills.! Icanchallengemyselftobecomeabetterreaderwithexpanded

vocabularypractice

SpringBoardDigitalRequirements

! SpringBoardDigitalrequiresinternetaccessandawebbrowsertobeviewed.

! ForOptimalViewingExperience,useChrome,Safari,orFirefox–orInternetExplorer9orabove.ExperiencehasnotyetbeenoptimizedforiPadandothertouchdevices.

! SpringBoardDigitalisoptimalwithWindowsOperatingSystemsrunningXP,

Vista,Windows7,Windows8,andAppleOperatingSystemsrunningMacOS10.2xandabove.SpringBoardDigitalisbestviewedonHTML-5compatiblebrowserslikethelatesteditionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andInternetExplorer9andhigher.

! SpringBoardDigitalisaccessibleonTabletsandothermobiledevicesthatrun

iOS,Android,orWindowsMobileoperatingsystems,thathaveaminimumofa7-inchcolorscreen,andthathaveacompatiblewebbrowser.(ThisincludestheiPad,AndroidTablets,theKindleFire,MicrosoftSurface,andtheNookHD.)

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StudentSelfRegistration(ForSelfRegistrationDistrictsOnly)

1.HowStudentsSelf-Register(Skipthissectionifyou’realreadyregistered)IfyouareastudentataCleverDistrict,youwillnotneedtoregister.Yourteacherwilladviseyouofthis.BeforeYouStart:IfyoualreadyhaveaSpringBoardaccountandaretryingtoregisterforanewclass/course,youcansimplyregister(oradd)thenewclassviaJoinaClass(seepage11ofthisguide).ForstudentswhoarecompletelynewtoSpringBoardandwhodonothaveapre-existingSpringBoardaccountwithinyourschoolordistrict:1.TypeinthedistrictURL/Subdomain:[yourdistrict].springboardonline.orgthatyourteacherhasprovided.2.Underusernamefield,clickthenewtospringboard?link.

3.Entertheaccesscodethatisassociatedwithyourclass(yourteacherwillprovidethistoyou)andclickcontinue.

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4.Typeinyour: • firstname• lastname• 6+digitpassword(required:1capital+onespecialcharacter+onenumber)(x

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Afterfillinginfields1-4,clickthecontinuebutton.

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Note:SpringBoardDigitalautomaticallycreatesaUserNameforyou.Pleasewritedownyouraccountinformationinanotebookorsomeplacesafe,includingyourusernameandpassword.

5.Clickcontinuetoverifyyouraccess. Onthemaindashboard,clickBookshelf.

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Importantnotes:

• JoinaNewClass:Ifyouhaveanotherclassaccesscodeforanothersubject,youcanenterthatclasscodeintheJoinaClassfieldandthenclickJoin.

• YearorSemester2:YouwillalsokeepyouroriginalaccountanduseJoinaClass

toaddnewclassesinanewsemesteroryear.

• MultipleAccounts:Wewanttodiscourageyoufromhavingorcreatingmorethanoneaccount.Forassistance,pleasespeaktoyourteacher.

Bookshelf(eBooks)TheBookshelf’seBooksallowstudentstointeractwithactivitiesthatteachersassigntothem.Studentworkandresponsesareavailabletoteachersin“realtime”andteacherscanprovideimmediatefeedback.

1.NavigatingtotheBookshelf:

1. ClickMyBookshelfonthestudentdashboard.

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2. TheeBookversionoftheStudentEditionisavailable.Clickyourassigned

gradelevel.Clickthebulletedlisticoninthesidenavigationpaneltoaccessthetableofcontents.Selecttheunitandactivityyourteacherindicated.

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2.InteractingwiththeeBook,includinghighlightingandmarkingthetext

1. Interactwiththeactivitybyusingthemarkingthetextfeatures.Selecttextandamenuwillappear.Clickmarkingthetextandselectanactionmarker.

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3.UsingStickyNotes

1. Usethestickynoteoptiontoaddobservations,developquestions,ortakenotesaboutatext.Selecttextandthemenuwillappear.Clickstickynoteandaboxwillappearforyoutoannotate.Clickthefourarrowspointingintominimizethesizeofthestickynote.

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4.RespondingtoPromptsandQuestions

1. Studentscanrespondtoaquestionorpromptbyclickingthe+icon.Youwillhavetheoptiontorespondviaatextbox,submitalinktoyourteacher,attachafile,orcreateadrawing.

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2. Followthesamestepstorespondtoapromptorquestion.

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5.UsingAdditionalFeatures:AudioandDefine

1. Additionalfeaturesareavailableinthebooskshelf.StudentscanreadthedefinitionsforliterarytermsandlistentothecorrectpronunciationinEnglishorSpanish.Studentscanhighlightthetermandclickondefinethetermorchangethecolorofthehighlightedmaterialbyclickingonthehighlightedtext.

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StudentResourcesWhenresourcesareassignedbyyourteacher,you’llaccesstheminMyCalendarandAssignments.

MyCalendar&AssignmentsStudentsaccesstheirassignmentsinMyCalendarandassignments.Theycanseehomework,in-classassignments,andthestatestandardsthatapplytotheirwork.

1.NavigatingMyCalendarandAssignmentsModule

1. LogintoSpringBoardDigitalandclickMyCalendar&Assignmentsinyourdashboard.

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2. Thedateisindicatedatthetopofthescreen.Thereisalessonplansectionthat

willprovidekeyinformationaboutthelearningfortheday.Theteachercansharehisorherlessonplan,whichincludesthetitleofthelesson,learningtargets,standards,in-classactivities,andadditionalassignmentinstructions.Studentscanclickthehyperlinkanditwilldirectyoutothatportionoftheassignedactivity.

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3. Thehomeworkforecastwillshowyourupcomingassignmentsanddateitisdue.Clickthehyperlinkanditwilltakeyoutotheassignedsection.Pleasenotearedexclamationmarknexttotheassignmentindicatingthattheduedatehaspassedandtheassignmentinlate.

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Thehyperlinkredirectsyoutothesectionyouneedtocomplete.Thetopofthesectionindicatesiftheassignmentisanin-classassignmentorhomework.Enteryouranswerbyclickingthe+iconandyouwillhavetheoptiontorespondviaatextbox,submitalinktoyourteacher,attachafile,orcreateadrawing.Clicksubmittoteacheroncetheworkiscomplete.

ClicktheMyCalendar&Assignmentstabtoverifytheassignmenthasbeensubmittedtoyourteacher.Abluecheckmarkwillappearnexttotheassignmentindicatingtheassignmentwassentsuccessfully.

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Assessments

SpringBoardassessmentallowsstudentstotakeactivity/lessonquizzesandendofunitassessmentsthathelpthemunderstandtheirprogressonskillsandconceptspracticedwithinaunit.

1.AccessinganOnlineAssessment:

1. ClickMyCalendar&Assignmentsfromyourstudentdashboard.

2. Underthedateoftheassessment,alinktotheassessmentandanyinstructionsyouprovidedwillappear.Toaccesstheassessment,clickonthelink.

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3. Asummaryoftheassessmentdetailswillappear.

2.StartingtheAssessment

1. Clickstartexamtobegin.

2. Toviewthetimeremainingorbookmarkapage,clickontheiconsinthetopright.

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3. Tomoveontothenextquestion,clickthelinkatthebottomofthescreen.

4. Toreturntoorfindaspecificquestionontheassessment,clickonthetwoarrowsiconinthenavigationbarontheleft.Scrollthroughthequestionnumbersandclickonthedesiredone.

5. Oncecomplete,clickonSubmitandcheckyourscoreatthebottom.

6. Ifyouwishtoendtheassessment,selectYesintheconfirmationboxthatappears.

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3.ReviewingAssessmentResults

1. OnceyourteacherhasgradedandpermittedyoutoseeyourassessmentinyourMyCalendarandAssignments,youwillregainaccesstoyourassessmentforreviewbyselectingitintheAssessmentAssignmentsareaforthatparticularcalendarday.

2. AResultsscreenwillappearwithdetailsfromtheassessment,includingthescore.Toreviewtheassessmentandviewthecorrectresponses,clickreview.

3. Ifyouchoosetoreviewtheassessment,thecorrectanswerishighlightedinyellowwithacheckmarknexttoit.Thesubmittedresponseishighlightedinredwithanxbyit.

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MyPortfolioandMyNotebookTheMyPortfoliotabenablesyoutoselectyourbestworkandtrackyourprogressthroughartifactsofyourlearningthatarehousedintheportfolios.Thisenablesstudentstoengageinmetacognitionandreflectionthroughconstructedreflectionsonassignments.

1.AddingWorktoYourPortfolio.

1. Asthestudent,youwillneedtoaddworktoyourportfolioforteacherstomonitorandassess.Addteacher-assignedworktoyourportfoliobyclickingthestariconatthetopofyourteacherassignedeBookwork(clickstar;thenyesbutton).

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2. Studentsaddtheirownpersonalnotebookworktotheirportfoliobyclickingthestariconatthetopoftheirnotebookentry(clickstaricon;thenyesbutton).

3. ToaccessyouronlineportfolioclickMyPortfolioonthestudentdashboard.

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4. Selecttheportfolioitem/workyouwishtoviewandaddreflectionstotheportfoliocontent.

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5. Studentscanmaintainanelectronicnotebookthatislinktoassignments,reflectionsonactivities,andvocabulary.ClickMyNotebooktogetstarted.

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6. Youcanaddaclassnotetoyournotebook.Clickthe+iconundertheselectedcourseandanotebookentryscreenwillappear.Enterthetitleoftheentryandaddcontentbyclickingthe+icon.Submittheentrytoyourteacherbyclickingthecheckmarkoraddthecontenttoyourportfoliobyclickingthestaricon.

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MyMessagesStudentsuseMyMessagestomessagetheirteacher,ortorespondtoTeacher-initiateddiscussions,includinggroupdiscussion.Allmessagessentbystudentsinteacher-prompteddiscussionarealwaysvisibleandmonitoredbyyourteacher

1.InitiatingaMessagewithYourTeacher

1. ClickMyMessagesonyourdashboard.

2. Selectyourclassbyclickingtheclasslabel(orrightarrow).

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3. Underteachers,clickyourteacher’sname.

4. Inthemessagingfield,typeyourmessagetoyourteacherandthenclicksend.

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Yourmessagewillappearintheupperfieldandyourteacherwillgetanalert(areddot)thatamessageiswaiting.

2.RespondingtoaMessageSentbyYourTeacherorAnotherClassmate

1. Onyourmaindashboard,takenoteofthereddotnearthemessagingbubbleicon.Itisanalerttoletyouknowthatyouhaveoneormoremessagesawaitingyourattention.

2. Clickthemessagebubbleicontoslideopenthepanel.Thenclickyourclasswiththereddoticon.

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3. Onceyourclassisexpanded,you’llseewhosentyouamessage(whetheritisyourteacherorastudentfromyourteacher-initiatedgroup).

4. Clickyourteacher’sname(oryourgroupname)andread/respondtoyourmessageinthepopupwindow.

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AlternativelyyoucanclickMyMessagesfromyourdashboardandrespondfromthatinterface,inthesamewayyoufirstsentyourmessagetoyourteacher.

MyProgressReportsYouwillbeableuseMyProgressReportstoreviewyourscores/gradesonteacher-gradedworkintheeBookorotherresources,assessments,oryourembeddedassessmentswork.

1.UsingMyProgressReports

1. ClickMyProgressReports.

2. InCreateaReport,clickSelectClassandthenselectyourperiod.

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3. ClickReportType.You’llbeabletopickfromStudentProgressReport

(Yourebookandhomework),UnitAssessmentReport(yourassessmentwork),orStudentEmbeddedAssessmentReport(yourprogressonEmbeddedAssessmentwork).

Inthisexample,we’llchooseUnitAssessmentReport.

4. OnceyouchooseUnitAssessmentReport,selecttheavailableunitreportsinthethirdpulldown.

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5. ClickShowReport.Yourreportwilldisplayandyou’llbeabletoreviewit.

NextUp:SBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–ELAorSBDUserGuide-Students&Parents–MathTools