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5 Things in 5 Minutes or Less
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In partnership with Toyota
Hello.
My name is Kaya Jones. I am a PISD
alum, teacher and parent in the district.
Tip number one: Webdesk. Webdesk gives
students
access to all of their digital files and
content, including online textbooks.
The online textbooks are in a tile
called
"My Backpack" and this was added so
students have all of their course
resources in
one convenient location. Students will
access Webdesk by logging in with their
PISD
credentials. Tip number two: Google
classroom.
Students will access Google classroom
from their Webdesk.
When classroom opens they will see a
list of all classes that they have
joined.
When they click on a class it opens up
the stream page.
The stream will have any announcements
or important
events that their teacher has posted for
them and
it will have upcoming assignments that
are due.
The classwork tab is organized by topics.
Topics are like file folders where all
of the information for that week will be inside of that topic.
Students will get their assignments for
the week from
the Week--at-a-Glance document. This is an
example of an
elementary Week--at-a-Glance. It is laid
out by
day and each day has all the subjects
that students have for that day.
They have what they're going to learn, do
and
what they will need to submit. For secondary, students will get a Week-at-a- Glance
document for each class that they are
enrolled in
and it has the learning to do and also what
they need to
submit. Another cool feature
about Google classroom is students have
access to their Google calendar.
For this class the color is blue so when
I look at my Google calendar,
I am able to see assignments that are
due in this class. They are color-coded
blue.
Tip number three: Guardian Summaries.
Teachers will invite you to be a
guardian
in a Google classroom. If you are
a guardian, you will get a summary of
your students progress for the week as
well as missing assignments.
You are able to choose a summary that is
daily, weekly or you can choose
not to get a summary at all. Tip number
four
is Parent Portal. In Parent Portal, I can
log
on to the gradebook and see my student's
grades.
Grades will pop up on the right hand
side of the screen for each subject
and I can also turn on notifications.
I can get notifications of unexcused
absences,
attendance, grade summary and that will
be
a list of all the grades that your child
has for each class
and missing assignments. So
I like to receive a grade summary on
Sunday so i click on the day of the week
and then I turn on the emails that I
want that notification to go to.
You can also set up a class notification
so if you would like to receive a
notification if your student
scores lower than a 90 percent on
any assignment that is put into
gradebook. You can put that for each
class and then turn on those
toggle over to turn on those
notifications
and make sure you scroll all the way
down to the bottom and click
save so all of your information is saved
and you are
set up to receive class notification.
Tip number five is to know that we are
all in this together.
If at any time you need any assistance,
please reach out
to your child's teacher. We are here to
help you.
 
