Training for Teachers

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Training for Teachers
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Go to your schools web locker site
http//(your school
name.schoolweblockers.com) Your user name is the
first letter of your first name, the first 4
letters of you last and your teacher ID. So John
Smith with the ID 2222 would be jsmit2222 Your
password is the same
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This is your home page. You will see all the
classes you teach as well as your home
directory. First, click on My Profile over on the
left hand side of the page. Here is where you can
change your user name and password, add an email
address and/or a website url. Notice on the right
hand side there are multiple buttons that say
update talk channel. This is how you can
communicate with all the students in your
classes. The general lets you talk to all the
students in all your classes and then you have
individual classes you can talk to as well. If
you want to enable this feature, click on active
for one or all of the talk channels and click
update talk channel.
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Click on home. Once again you will see all the
folders for the classes you teach and your home
directory. The home directory is private and
cannot be viewed by others. Please click on the
home directory. In the home directory, you have
the ability to upload files, download files, and
delete files. Lets practice. Click on the
browse button, choose a file, and click the
upload button. The file should now appear
below. You can organize your files by the date
they were uploaded, file size, or file name.
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Lets give the students an assignment Find that
file in your home directory. Now click on the
box to the left of the file name. Scroll to the
bottom of the page and click on copy selected
files. A new window should open. Now find the
class you wish to assign the work. Click on the
box to the left of the assignments folder. You
can select as many classes as you want. Scroll to
the bottom of the page and click on copy files to
selected folders. Now if you are finished, exit
out of that window. You have now assigned all the
students in that class the homework.
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In this home directory, you can create as many
sub folders as you need to organize your work.
To do this, click on add a directory, give it a
name, and you now have a folder you can use for
all your presentations. Please note when classes
change, the folders are emptied out, but the home
directory is not touched. Please be sure to save
any files you may need throughout the semester,
year, or years in your home directory.
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Now click on My Classes over on the left hand
side. This is a list of all the classes you
teach. If you click on any one of those class
names, it will take you to the roster of all the
students enrolled in that class. You can view
student information here. Click on the last name
of any of the students, and you will be able to
see their login information and email address if
the student has chosen to put one in. If a
student forgets his or her login information,
this is how you can look it up.
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Now click the back browser once and you should be
back in your class roster. If you scroll to the
bottom of the page, you can see the buttons for
adding a student and deleting one. Here is where
you make any minor changes. Your school will
send us updated information periodically for
larger changes that need to be made, but if you
choose to make changes on your own, you can do it
here.
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Click the back browser one more time. Now you
should back in the list of all the classes you
teach. If you chose to activate your talk
channels, you will see a link that says
talk. Depending on which channels you updated,
you might have a talk link for general and
class only General lets you talk to all the
students in all your classes, while class only
lets you talk only with the students in that
class.
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Please click on Assignments over on the left hand
side. Here you will see a folder for all the
classes you teach. Click on the class you just
posted the homework assignment for. You should be
able to see the file you just assigned now in
this directory. You can also upload assignments
here, but remember, once the class schedule
changes, everything in this folder is deleted so
make sure you have a copy of it in your home
directory to use again. Also, you can delete
assignments in this folder too. If you want to
give the students a deadline and take away access
to the file after the deadline, click on the box
to the left of the file name and scroll to the
bottom of the page to click on delete selected
files. Now the file has been deleted from all
your students folders.
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Now click on Homework. Once again you will see a
folder for all the classes you teach. Here is
where you will retrieve any assignments your
students turn in. Click on one of your class
folders. Anything showing in this directory has
not yet been given a grade. You will be able to
view the file name, owner, and date it was
posted. The great thing about this folder is
files wont override one another. If you have 20
students turn in a file and they all name it
hmwk1, you will just have 20 files named hmwk1
sitting in this folder. You dont have to worry
about having the students come up with unique
file names To view the file, click on the file
name.
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You can also give a grade on the assignment by
clicking on make assessment. Go ahead and click
on that You can write in any comments that will
be sent directly to the student who will have the
option to respond. If you choose to give an
assessment, that file is immediately transferred
out of your homework folder and into the graded
homework folder. Now click on the graded homework
folder, and choose the same class you just gave
an assessment to. The file should now appear in
this folder. To view the grade or message, click
on assessment. Here is where you can view what
you said to the student, and what the student has
said back. Note There is a way to lock the
thread, meaning cut off communication with the
student about this particular assignment.
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Click on Assessments Now click on the same class
you graded an assignment for. Here is also
where you can see all the files you have
graded. They will be organized by the most recent
response. So anything you have just graded will
appear on top and any assignment the student has
replied to will be towards the top as well. You
can also sort by file name and grade. To view
whats been said back and forth, click on the
file name. Here is where you can also lock the
thread or reply to the message.
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Click on Message Boards This is where all the
students and teachers in the whole school or
district can communicate. Anytime something is
posted, it is stamped with the persons name,
date and time. Theres a legend at the bottom of
the page that is color coded based on
position. There is also a topic that is for
questions about the web lockers. Web Lockers
staff check these message boards for any
questions you may have about your locker.
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Now click on Calendar You can post things on your
calendar and your students calendars Click on
any of the dates. A new window should open, now
click on add item. Youll notice in the left hand
column you have the option of posting something
on my calendar only or any of your class
calendars. Choose one of your classes and post a
test. Make sure you type something in the
subject line, otherwise it wont show up. Once
you are finished, click add item. You can now
exit out of the window you were just in. If a
student logs in , they will be able to view what
you just posted.
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact
Kelly Agrelius with School Web Lockers at
858-874-0464 or kagrelius_at_schoolweblockers.com