Creating your course of study is easy!
After you have changed your temporary password to a permanent one, you will gain access to Central. The first thing you will see is your member dashboard. The word “Student” will be on the left side of the page. Find the name of the student you are seeking and click on the eye icon next to his/her name. This will open that student’s course page.
Look for the blue button labeled “Add Courses.” When you click on this button it will scroll you down to a drop-down menu titled “Select Course Level.” Click the down arrow and select “Elementary K-6.” This will open another drop-down menu titled “Select Course.” When you click on that down arrow, you will see “English/Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science, Social Studies/History, and Unlisted Course.” To set up each course you need, click on that course title and click save.
Some families like to set up the ELA subject areas as separate courses, i.e. Reading, Vocabulary, Phonics, Grammar, Spelling, Composition, and etc. rather than entering all of the ELA materials in one ELA course. If you prefer setting them up separately, choose “Unlisted Course” from the menu, name the course, and then click save. “Unlisted Course” option is also used for extra-curricular courses such as Bible, P. E., Piano, Spanish, and such that aren’t included in the course menu.
Once you have added all your courses, you are ready to add your resources for each course. Click on the pink button that says, “Resource Needed.” From here you begin selecting the type of resource and adding the needed information about that resource. Please be sure to add the publisher and the pages/lessons/chapters in that resource. There are a variety of types of resources you may use. It is not necessary to add things like teacher’s editions or answer keys to the list. Be sure to give us enough information so that we can easily see what your curricula and basic instructional plans for the year are.