BYL Teacher Training and Resources

Please use this resource to understand how we resolve tech problems and our expectations of you/the family that you are working with:

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Finish up your lesson well

1. Did the student leave the lesson feeling confident about a new concept (if not, take a moment to address this)?

2. Does the student know what to do between sessions to maintain success (indicate homework)?

3. Leave the session with some words of encouragement, summing up what was learned and how this will help the student in their bigger goals.

4. Set some relevant homework for the next session and make sure you build in time at the beginning of the next session to revisit this task and provide feedback.

After each lesson, please ensure you complete your lesson notes before the next academic week begins.

Indicate the lesson status:

If the lesson was cancelled or if you had to leave the lesson due to technical difficulties, please indicate here:

Fill in the family/student notes:

Good notes should take no more than 5 minutes.

Click on the "share screen"  icon on the right-hand side of the comms dock. The icon looks like this:

After your student has shared their screen, their screen share window will appear as a small video. If they double-click it to present it, they might receive the following message.

This happens if you (the teacher) have Leading Mode on. This is the default mode at Boost Your Learning.

You (the teacher) need to double-click the shared screen to present it to all participants.

Expectation: Boost teachers can adapt to the needs of the student in the lesson. Sometimes, this means searching for something useful to respond to unanticipated student needs.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This video didn't show where you can access downloads from. If you download a resource mid-lesson from another website, it will appear here. Simply click on the file and drag and drop it into the lesson space.

You will be prompted to select the pages you would like to upload to the space:

How to use:

Expectation: This is a minimum requirement for teaching online.

NB: You must be using a whiteboard tab to upload PDF files

This video covers:

Uploading PDF files

‘I have something I think will help with this. Give me a moment while I upload this to our whiteboard.'

Basic troubleshooting checklist

In case you're having some technical issues in a Space, please follow the checklist below to troubleshoot the problems. Most issues are indicated in the Troubleshooting menu in the Space. If you cannot resolve the issues, please reach out to support@thelessonspace.com and provide the details listed here, and cc operations@boostyourlearning.co.nz

All troubleshooting issues will be itemised here:

You can click on your own profile and your students to find out more about the issues

Expectation: Lessons need to be interactive between the student and teacher. This is the minimum requirement to be able to use these tools.

How to use:

In your first session with a student, take a few moments to show them how to use the key annotation tools:

‘Let’s make sure you can use these tools so we get the most out of our lessons together.’

Pen, Highlighter, Textbox, Eraser

Ensure you are confident using all three tools in your Lesson Space Training Room before moving on.

If this is your first time/ or if you feel unconfident online. Please start here.

How to use:

You may say to your student:

‘Shall we use this document to note down our ideas and images so you have effective notes about our learning today’

1. Create a new whiteboard

2. Navigate to the library tab

3. Select organisational files

4. Select ‘New Student Set up’

This takes less than one minute and will give you the confidence that your microphone, speakers, and camera all work well.

Make sure you can communicate how to do this to your students if they encounter any sound or video problems.

Be careful to ensure you select to allow or always allow your camera and microphone to access the space, and encourage your students to do the same.

If a student or you accidentally block your camera, you can unblock this using the following steps (click the button below):

This is a very important resource. Please refer to this PDF for Set Up and also to help troubleshoot any tech issues you may be experiencing.

Access your lessons in one of three ways:

1. The email reminder sent 24 hours prior

2. Your Teachworks dashboard

3. Your Teachworks dashboard