Reveal Math and Inspire Science

Task Cards
For
The Digital Platform (OLP)
 Navigating the OLP
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Task One: Explore the Dashboard

1. Launch a Reveal or Inspire course.
2. You will see the course name on the dashboard. Take a few minutes to orientate yourself to
the following:
a. The eBook Options link(s)- how many eBooks do you see? List them here
b. The Additional Resources available for the course- list one
3. Click on the “Hamburger” Menu in the upper left
a. Take a look at the list of categories in the gray menu
4. Click on “Search for Resources” (in the upper right)
a. Put a topic in the search bar. What did you search for?
b. Explore the resources for the course
c. Refine by resource type. Describe the end result of your search.
5. Click on the username in the Black Bar on the Right. Explore the help menu.
a. Question: What types of help do you find and who do you find it for?
b. Close out of the help menu.
Task Two: Understanding the Flow or Course Organization:
1. From the “Hamburger” Menu in the upper left, choose “Course”
a. Once inside the course, click on the list view. (3 small horizontal lines)
2. How is the course you are looking at organized?
a. Open the Program Overview (click the ^) – What do you find there?
b. Open the Program Resources – Explore each part of the organization (blades) – What
do you find there?
c. Choose a Module to go to and open it.
3. Module Level Resources
a. Click the tabs along the top to see the pacing, standards, etc. for the module
b. Investigate the blades at the module level. What resources would be most important to
you?
Reveal
i. Find the Launch Module Video
ii. Find the Formative Assessment Math Probe under Review and Assess.
Inspire
iii. Find the Encounter the Phenomenon
iv. Find the STEM Module Project Launch
c. From the navigation bar towards the top of the page choose a lesson
4. Lesson Level:
a. Reveal Math: Instructional Path/Teacher Support
1. Each lesson is organized into a multi-part instructional model. Within these sections,
you will find a variety of learning resources needed to teach each lesson.
2. What resources would you use the most? Pick a favorite from Launch; choose from
Explore and Develop; Reflect and Practice; Additional Resources. Be prepared to
share why you choose these.

b. Inspire Science:
 1. Each lesson is organized into a multi-part instructional model. Within these sections,
you will find a variety of learning resources needed to teach each lesson.
2. What resources would you use the most? Pick a favorite from Engage; choose from
Explore and Explain; Elaborate; Lesson Library. Be prepared to share why you
choose these.

Task Three: Exploring the Presentation and the Student View

1. From the lesson page, click the Preview Student Page. Explore on your own. How is this
similar/different from the teacher view?
2. Close the student preview.
3. Launch the Presentation – There are two navigation tools for the presentation:
a. From the bottom of the presentation screen, see how many resources are in the
presentation and move through several of them.
b. Notice at the top left of the screen that some resources have more than one page,
arrow through to see all slides
c. Click “Open Tray”. What do you see? How does this benefit you in planning?
d. Take a few minutes to open a few.
4. Explore the Tools on the Top of the Presentation
a. Click on the hamburger menu at the top left. What is its purpose?
b. Use your cursor to highlight part of the term. Do this and highlight part of the text,
repeat and leave a note, repeat and put a place mark.
c. Click on the kabob (Digital olives) menu on the top right. What happens when you
enable the following resources
i. Teacher notes ii. Quick highlight iii Clear highlights
iv. Reset the activity v. Other Tools
d. Go to the top right on the navigation bar – click on the icon of the calculator or another
tool. Try it.
e. Try the open in new tab
f. Close the presentation from the top right
Task Four: Edit the Presentation
1. From the Lesson Landing Page, click on Edit.
2. Look at the number of resources. Notice the “add to student page” and the “include in
presentation” option on each slide.
3. Pick a slide and deselect both options. What happens?
4. Try the following from the edit screen:
a. Move one of the Resources to another place in the presentation by dragging it.
5. Click out of the presentation and Launch the Presentation. Do you see your edits?
6. Click out, go back into edit and restore to the original (this must be done manually).
Task Five: Exploring eBooks
1. From the gray menu on the left, click on “Dashboard”
a. Open and explore the eBooks from “eBook Options” on the right or search for ebook in
the search bar if not available on dashboard view.
2. From the gray menu on the left, click on “Course”
a. From the list view, click on the “Program Resources: Course Materials” blade
b. Find the “Teacher Edition, Correlations, and Pacing” – where did you locate this
information?
c. Explore the Teacher Editions
Task Six: Adding Teacher Resources
 1. Open a new tab on your browser and find a [YouTube, etc] video and copy the URL
2. From the Lesson Landing Page – choose a module and a lesson,
3. Go to the bottom and click on caret by Teacher Added Resource
4. Click on Add Content then click on web link.
5. Give it a name, paste in the URL and click add
6. On the tile, click on add to student page and include in presentation.
a. Preview the student page to locate the added content
b. Launch the Presentation to find the added content. Where is it in the presentation?
7. Go back to the added resource and uncheck add to student page and include in presentation.
8. Click on Add Content and explore the Browse Your Computer
9. Click back into Teacher Added Resources, click on the kabob menu of the resources you’ve
added and delete the resources.

GRADEBOOK
Task Seven: Setting Up the Gradebook
1. Click on Gradebook in the gray menu on the left side of the page.
2. Click on Get Started or if already started go to Settings
3. On the Gradebook Setting page, make some adjustments
a. Add 2 categories in addition to assignments (homework, etc.) and weight them.
b. Change a grading scale percentage
c. Determine what students should see.
d. Save your changes.
4. Look at the other tabs as well as Gradebook Setting.
5. You may want to revisit the Gradebook later in this session after assignments

CALENDAR
Task Eight: Exploring the Calendar (Use a course for which you added students)
1. Click on the Calendar from the menu on the left. What do you see on the calendar?
2. Click ahead several weeks. What is populated on the calendar?
3. From the gray menu on the left click on course and go to a module.
4. Click on the kabob menu next to edit on the module page. What do you see about the
calendar? (Please don’t add at this point)
5. From the module page, click on a lesson.
6. Click on the kabob menu next to edit on the lesson page. Click on Add to Calendar.
7. Alter the start and end date and add to the calendar.
8. Look at the lesson page. What changed on the page?
9. Scroll down in the lesson and open one of the blades.
10. Pick a resource and click on the kabob menu. Add the resource to the calendar on today’s
date through tomorrow. What changes on the resource?
11. Pick another resource and add it one day next week for three days.
12. Click on your calendar. Locate the resources and the lessons you added.
13. Click on the lesson. What happens? Edit the end date. Click on View. What happens?
14. Click your back arrow or go back to the calendar. Try the same thing with a resource. What
happens? Go back to the calendar.
15. At the top of the page, click on Add Event. Add a couple of events to your calendar.
16. Return to your course dashboard. Do you see the calendar and where?
17. Using a different browser, sign in as one of the students you created. Do you see any of your
calendar events? Where?
 18. Take a minute to turn to a colleague and discuss how teachers would use the calendar.
Note: You may want to return to the calendar after the next task to see how assignments look
on the calendar.

ASSIGNMENTS IN REVEAL
Task Nine: Assign from a Resource (Use the course for which you added students)
1. Click on Course in the gray menu on the left. Go to a module or a lesson.
2. Find a resource and click on the kabob menu (digital olives) on the resource- bottom right.
3. Click on Assign
a. Change the title of the assignment.
b. Alter the dates
c. Insert your instructions
d. Decide how many points this is worth
e. Assign to whole class or choose individual students
f. Choose your category
g. Assign
Note: You can assign to a class, individuals or a group)
4. What changed on the resource?
Note: You can use the kabob menu to assign any resource or instructional content from
anywhere in the course whether in the lessons on in the search.
Task Ten: Assign from the Assignment Page
1. Click on Assignments in the gray menu on the left.
2. What do you see on this page from your work above?
3. Click on Add Assignment. What kind of assignments can you add?
4. Click on Online Questions
5. Open a Test Bank of questions for any module
6. Choose something like a lesson check rather than a test.
a. Pick 3 to 5 questions
b. In the settings section, change one or two of the defaults.
c. Click on “view additional settings”. What does this allow?
d. Click Assign
7. Click on the Kabob Menu on the assignment you just created. What can you do from here?
8. If your course has LearnSmart / SmartBook, add a LearnSmart / SmartBook assignment.
9. Click on your calendar and note how the assignments show up.

RESOURCES
Task Eleven: Searching for Resources
1. Keyword Search
a. From the main dashboard, click on the word “Resources” in the upper right.
b. Enter a search term such as “slope” or “percent”

2. Click on a resource to open, close by selecting x in the player.

a. Resources by type and location
b. Select box next to resource type “eBook”.
c. Use the pull-down menu to select a module.
d. Refine further using the pull-down menu for the chapter and lesson.
e. Add the resource type “Learning Resource” by selecting that box.
f. What Filters are available?
 3. Questions:
a. Talk with a colleague. What do you still have questions about? Add them here:
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Reflection: What are your general thoughts and questions from this exploration?

ASSESSMENT
Task One: Locating Pre-Built Assessments
1. From the main menu (grey bar on left of screen) click on Assessment.
2. Choose the Test Bank for the Module for which you want to view assessments. What types of
Assessments do you see?
3. Click on any Assessment to View the Questions.
4. Click on the three dots to the right of the question to preview the questions.
5. Choose Student Preview at top to view the test as students would see it when assigned.
Task Two: Renaming and Editing an Assessment
1. Rename the Assessment in the Title Box at the top.
2. Click on dots to the right of the question to preview the questions.
3. Delete a few questions by clicking box to the left of the question. Click Remove at the top right
4. Reorder questions by dragging and dropping questions in the order you prefer.
Task Three: Editing Questions
1. Click on the dots to the right of the question you would like to edit. Choose Edit.
2. Edit the question. Change the point value for the question at the bottom of the panel.
3. Press Save at the bottom of the screen.
Task Four: Adding Additional Questions
1. Add additional Questions by clicking on +Question at the top of the test questions.
2. Choose Add question from item bank.
3. Choose Module/Chapter from the dropdown list.
4. Click the boxes to the left of the questions you want to add to the assessment. Remember:
You can preview the questions using the three dots to the right of the question.
5. Click add at the top of the question selection.
6. Click Continue and then Save and Exit.
7. Add Three Questions from the Bank
Task Five: Adding Your Own Questions
1. Add your own question by clicking on +Question at the top of the test questions.
2. Choose Create New Question.
3. Select the type of question you want to add from the Resource Type Dropdown menu.
4. Create your question using the guided steps. You can also add information/rationale and
choose point value. Then click save.
5. Question will appear at the bottom of the test.
Task Six: Creating Your Own Assessment
1. Choose + New Assessment from the Main Menu
2. Enter a title for your Assessment and click on Create Assessment. Now you have 4 choices:
o Create New Question allows you to create your own question
 o Add Question from assessment lets you to add questions from pre-made assessments.
o Add Question from item bank lets you to add questions that are in the bank but not
already on assessments.
3. Add Questions based on what you learned in previous tasks. Try adding from all 4 types.
4. Use the filter icon in the right-hand corner to filter pre-made questions.
5. Use the search icon in the right-hand corner to Search for questions using a keyword.
6. When finished, press Continue.
7. Choose any test settings you would like to apply and then Save and Exit.
8. Your Assessment will now appear under My Assessments.
Task Seven: Assigning an Assessment
1. Choose Assessments from the Main Menu
2. Click on My Assessments. Find the assessment you would like to assign from this list. (You
could also assign from the premade test banks.)
3. Click on the dots to the right of the assessment you would like to assign. Choose assign.
4. Edit settings to meet the needs of the assignment. And click Assign.
5. Assigned Assessment will now appear in Assignments.

Reflection: What are your general thoughts and questions from this exploration?