Using School fusion

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Using School fusion

• A great interactive tool to aid in communication
  for students, parents and YOU!!!

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To Get Started

• The first time.
• Log in 1st initial, last name (i.e. tvest)
• Password password1

Later, I suggest you NOT log in until you get to
the page you wish to edit. It just works better
that wayif not, you may have to log in multiple
times.
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Change that password..

• Click on My Personal Settings (on the left
  side)
• Change your password from password1 to whatever
  you want (I suggest the one you use to get in to
  Integradejust remember, only you know it) and
  then repeat to confirm
• Click change password

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Whats Available.
Find Help here!!!!
Ask us to create a classroom for you, and you
will find it in Academics
Clubs in Clubs/organizations Athletic Teams
in Athletics..They work pretty much the same.
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Your teacher page Go to Academics, then
Classroom pages. Choose your subject, and then
class. Once you are open, log in.
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Features of the Classroom page General
Description/picture Announcements
InformationClasswork/Homework will
automatically show up on calendar once assigned
hereCalendar You can add assignments, quizzes,
tests, or any important information here, and any
student who is a fusion member in your class will
have them added to their personal calendar, and
will receive notices about them.Class files
Downloadable Word/Excel/PDF of any info,
directions rubrics, etc. you want
available.Class Links websites that might help
a student in your class
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In Update Class Configuration

• Clicking here will take you to your class
  central.
• You can make changes to your class name, set up,
  and etc.
• You can choose backgrounds, sounds (please dont)
  etc.
• You can also delete your class (but not the
  actual students) if you are tired of it?

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CC Make class changes

• You can change all the things left by filling in
  the blank, and clicking update General
  Information
• Go to background of class pages to find
  backgrounds to useor get your own and insert
  them.

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PencilEdit
Wherever you see a pencil, after a statement (Or
wherever) You can click that pencil to change
What the item says.or edit it. i.e. classroom
announcements can Be made to say Music
news Class announcements. Team
announcements Team news. You get the idea. As
long as you keep The use the same (like links
must be Web addresses, and assignments are
Something to be due) you can change What is
says.
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In Class Configuration, you can also set up
the Items you want to use from The variety of
choices listed. You can turn them on or off As
you wish, and by clicking The pencil, even change
What they say. (For example, Since I dont give
much Homework, I changed the Homework section to
Classwork) Notice that you Can do online
quizzes, and Add extra webpages as you Like. The
I by them tells What the item does.
Class Settings
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If you are brave, and want to make your multiple
classes into sections
Go to create sections for this class, (in
update class configurations), and click create
sections. Type in the name of each section, and
click create section Do this for each
section. Warning Doing this may make you have to
start over in the main class.
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The last thing on Configuration is the membership
information

• You can view all the people who are in your
  class. You can even give permission to a person
  to help you updatebut be prudent.
• If a student is having trouble joining, you can
  invite, or create an account for them.
• You can also email all your students by writing
  one email.

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On your page Your Class description

• Make sure you are logged in. If you are, you
  should see the red editing instructions. Click
  add class description or edit class
  description, and type in what you would like. To
  cement it in, click Add description.

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To add a picture
For Class Pictures, there are several
options. You can use a picture you may have
already saved. I suggest you create a folder
called fusion on your computer and then a
folder called fusion pics within that folder.
Then you can save any class pictures you take or
find in there, and will also know where they
are. a) Click on Browse. b) Go to where
it is saved and then click Open. c) Then
click on Add Picture. d) Remember, it
should be a small picture. It will resize it to
50 kbs or less.
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For Internet pictures

• Go to google.com or see the list under faculty
  and staffgtFusion Help for sites to find free
  clipart, backgrounds, and icons.
• Click right on the picture you want. (Make sure
  you have the full size image, not the
  thumbnail), and save image as
• Save it to your fusion pics folder.
• Then on your class page, click Add picture,
  then click browse, find the file in your fusion
  folder, and then click add picture.

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Add Class Announcements
After you click Add Announcement, this box will
come up. Add a title Ex Note from Mr.
Williams Then write your blurb in the box. You
can use the tool bar to change colors or bold,
make bulleted lists, etc. You can add a small
picture also, just like you did in the class
description. When you are finished, click Add
announcement. Make sure you double check for
errorsit wont fix them automaticallyyet.
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Add class assignments or homework
Fill out the assignment name and enter the
correct due date. Fill in the description box.
Then, click here to add assignment.
The cool thing about this section is that
anything you assign with a due date shows up
automatically on your little calendar. Once
there, the assignment also shows up on each class
members agenda that comes to them by email. It
also shows on the Master calendar in Overlay my
Personal calendar mode.
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The Calendar
To add directly to the calendar, just go to add
event, and click there.Another fill in will
come up. (See next slide)
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Adding Class Files.

• In the class files section, you can upload Word,
  PPT, Excel, and PDF files for others to download.
• I use this mainly for directions, items to be
  filled out (like field trip permissions), or
  rubrics for projects
• You must first have these files somewhere on you
  computer.
• I suggest you go to your fusion folder, and
  make a class files folder (you already have a
  fusion pics folder in here, remember?), and put
  a copy of any files you upload herejust so you
  know where they are.
• Remember that to download files, the student has
  to have those same programs (or converter).i.e.
  if a student doesnt have PPT on their computer,
  your PPT wont open at his home.

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Find the file (in your fusion files folder?) and
click Open to make it show up here.
In the description box, put in any title and
information you want, related to this file.
Then just click Add file. If you have many
papers on one subject, you can add folder
instead, and add the files under that.
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Now you have your very own class page!!!!
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Congratulations!

• You are now well on your way to creating a
  live, interactive website that will help
  organize your materials, and help students and
  parents keep current on what is happening in your
  class.
• It is just a case of a small tweak or update
  weekly, monthly, or etc. to keep up your website.

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