Offline Classroom Presentation Tool App Teacher's Guide, Study notes of Teaching method

Download Offline Classroom Presentation Tool App Teacher's Guide and more Study notes Teaching method in PDF only on Docsity! National Geographic Learning Offline Classroom Presentation Tool App Teacher’s Guide Version 01/01/2021 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. System Requirements 2 For Desktop devices 3 3. Sign in for the first time 5 4. Dashboard and content download 6 How to download a CPT to use it offline 6 How to download an eBook to use it offline 8 5. How to launch and complete an activity 9 6. Profile 13 7. Icons 14 8. Toolbar 15 Zoom 15 Solutions 16 Tools 16 Page view 17 Page number 18 9. Downloading updates 18 10. Online / Offline modes and synchronization 19 11. Support 19 Version 01/01/2021 4 • 3 buttons to download the offline CPT app for desktop: click on the one that corresponds to your device operating system (MAC, Windows, or Linux) to download it. Once the file is downloaded, make sure you install it as you would install any other application by launching the executable file. Important notes: • Due to security controls, you might have to allow the download of files from an unidentified developer. • Each download should be performed in every device where it will be installed. Version 01/01/2021 5 Once the app is downloaded and installed, this is the app icon (regardless of device/operating system): 3. Sign in for the first time Upon opening the app for the first time, you will need to sign in and be connected to the Internet. Successful login to the app will be possible only with a valid teacher account. You will be asked for your username and password, which are the same as the credentials you use to access the online Classroom Presentation Tool through your web browser at learn.eltngl.com. Version 01/01/2021 6 4. Dashboard and content download After login, you will land on the dashboard with a view of all the titles available for your institution which are represented by tiles. After clicking on a title, you will see links to the Classroom Presentation Tool and eBook(s). How to download a CPT to use it offline Before you begin the download, you will need to have a reliable high-speed internet connection that can support the download of large files. The installation files for the Classroom Presentation Tool tend to range from 2-4 GB and can be as large as 8 GB. These best practices will improve your success downloading large files: ● Use a wired internet connection when available instead of a wireless connection ● Download during off-peak hours ● Pause other streaming services and game activities if your network shares bandwidth ● Make sure your preferred browser has been updated to the latest version Version 01/01/2021 9 5. How to launch and complete an activity Once you open the CPT, the Table of Contents dashboard is displayed with all the units available. Hover over a unit and the Unit photo card will flip over to reveal the content options. Usually these are: a. Student’s Book b. Workbook Click on the Student’s Book or Workbook. This will open a specific Unit content screen, split into different Lessons. Version 01/01/2021 10 From this screen you can easily switch to another unit by clicking on the unit on the left or click into a Lesson to see the CPT pages and activities. From any page you will be able to switch to the corresponding page in the Workbook by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Sample content of the Workbook is as follows: Version 01/01/2021 11 Click on the icon in the upper right side of the screen to go back to the Student’s Book. You can launch all audio , video ,and activities from the page. To launch an activity, click on the three vertical dots in front of the activity number. They will turn yellow when placing the mouse on top of them as an indicator that you are about to launch an activity. Once an activity is launched, complete it and check the answers using the buttons on the right side of the screen: Version 01/01/2021 14 7. Icons Click on the Download icon to start the download process of a CPT or an eBook. Click on the Remove icon to remove a CPT or an eBook. Click the Question mark icon to open the Help page. Click the Audio icon to play the accompanying audio for the lesson. Click the Video icon to play the accompanying video for the lesson. Click on the Activity icon, three vertical dots in front of the activity number, to launch an activity. Click on Check Answers to show whether your answers were correct or incorrect. Click on Show Next to view the correct answers one by one. Click on Show All answers to view the correct answers all at once. Click on the Close icon to close the activity and go back to the page. Click on the WB icon to switch to the corresponding page in the Workbook. Click on the SB icon to switch to the corresponding page in the Student’s Book. Click the Back Arrow button to navigate back one page. Version 01/01/2021 15 Click the Forward Arrow button to navigate forward one page. 8. Toolbar The toolbar on the right side of the application contains robust tools you can use in your presentation to write, highlight, zoom, display the solutions, etc. Zoom Click on the Zoom option to choose from the following Zoom options: ● Magnify tool: Specify an area to zoom by using the mouse to select the area. You will then be able to navigate around the whole page while zoomed in. ● Zoom In: Once zoomed in, you can navigate around the page and also launch activities. Version 01/01/2021 16 ● Zoom Out: Click on Zoom Out to reduce the zoom. ● Zoom Off: Turn off the Zoom and return to the default page view by clicking the Zoom icon again. Click again on the Zoom icon to minimize the Zoom options. Solutions Hover over the Lightbulb icon on the right-side menu and the word Solution will appear. Click on the icon to reveal the solutions of the activities in the Workbook page. Click the Solution icon again to show the Workbook page with the answers, shown in blue. Tools Click the Tools button on the right-side menu to access editing and timing tools such as the Pen, Highlighter, Eraser, Area selection, Undo, Redo, Hide Edits, and Timer buttons. Click the Move button to move the Toolbar around the page within the application in any direction. Click the Pen button to open the pen option menu and select a pen size and color. To change the cursor back to the pointer, click the Pointer button.