My Planner

Overview

My Planner helps you plan and manage your teaching activities on a weekly calendar.

You can add and view the following on My Planner:

Lesson Plans and Lesson Resources
Important Events such as testing days or parent/teacher conferences
Non-Teaching Days

NOTE: You cannot schedule Lessons on Non-Teaching Days.

When you add a Lesson to My Planner:

You can view Lessons on My Planner to help you plan and manage your preparation and delivery.
You can open a Lesson from My Planner.
ConnectED displays Today's Lesson on the Home page or the Manage and Assign page for one-click access to the Lesson and the associated Lesson Presentation.

NOTE: You must first create a Class before using My Planner.

Accessing My Planner

You can access My Planner at any time.

To access My Planner, on the Menu bar:

Click Manage and Assign (Figure 1).
Click My Planner on the submenu (Figure 1).

ConnectED displays My Planner for (a) the selected Class and (b) the current week . My Planner displays weekdays, Monday-Friday.

Figure 1. My Planner

Use the Class-selection drop-down box at the upper right to display My Planner for another Class.
Use the Calendar icon or Directional Arrows to select a different week.

Adding a Lesson Plan or Lesson Resources

You can add a Lesson Plan or a set of Lesson Resources to My Planner at any time.

Tip: Add known Non-Teaching Days to My Planner before adding Lesson Resources.

To add a Lesson Plan or Lesson Resources:

Display the desired Lesson Plan.
Click Add to My Planner at the upper right (see Figures 2 and 3 for examples; your ConnectED Content may look different).

ConnectED displays the Add to My Planner dialogue box (Figure 4).

Figure 2. Add My Planner: Lesson Plan

Figure 3. Add to My Planner: Lesson Resources

Figure 4. Add to My Planner Dialogue Box

NOTE: Your ConnectED Content may allow you to add (1) all Course Resources, (2) all Chapter Resources, or (3) Lesson Resources only.

Confirm the Book, Chapter, or Lesson Title.
Select a Class.
Select a Start Date. The default Start Date is current date; click the Calendar icon to change the Start Date.
Note the suggested duration of Lesson.

Click OK to add Lesson to My Planner.

ConnectED adds the selected Resources to My Planner beginning on the Start Date.

Tip: If you added Resources with multi-day Duration, your added materials may extend beyond the Start Date.

To View, Reschedule, or Remove Lesson

You can view, reschedule, or remove any Lesson that you have added to My Planner.

On the Menu bar:

Click Manage and Assign, then click My Planner.

ConnectED displays My Planner open to the current week.

If necessary, use My Planner navigation tools to display the desired Lesson (Figure 5).

Figure 5. Navigation Tools

Click Left or Right Arrows to move back for forward by week.

Click the Calendar icon to jump to a specific date.

NOTE: My Planner displays by week, Monday through Friday.

Identify the desired Lesson and click the Gear icon.

ConnectED displays the Actions menu (Figure 6).

Figure 6. My Planner Tools Menu

You can now View, Reschedule, or Remove the selected Lesson.

View

To view the selected Lesson:

Click View this Lesson.

Click the Lesson title.

Networks displays the selected Lesson.

To return to My Planner:

Click your browser's Back arrow to return to the selected week.

On the Menu bar:

Click Manage and Assign, then click My Planner to display the current week.

Reschedule

To reschedule the selected Lesson:

Click Reschedule this Lesson.

Networks displays the selected Reschedule Lesson dialogue box (Figure 7).

Figure 7. Reschedule Lesson Dialogue Box

Click the Calendar icon.

Networks displays the planning calendar.

Select a Date and then click Save.

Networks reschedules the Lesson on the selected Date.

Remove

To remove the selected Lesson:

Click Remove this Lesson from the Planner.

Networks displays the selected Remove from Planner dialogue box (Figure 8).

Figure 8. Remove from Planner Dialogue Box

Click OK.

Networks removes the Lesson from My Planner.

To Add an Event or Non-Teaching Day

You can add an Event or Non-Teaching Day to My Planner at any time.

Tip: Add known Non-Teaching Days to My Planner before adding Lesson Resources.

To add an Eventor Non-Teaching Day

Select the appropriate Class using the Class-selection drop-down box at the upper right.

NOTE: Select a Class if Event pertains to selected Class only. See also instructions in Step #3.

From My Planner, click Add Event at the upper right.

ConnectED displays the Add Event dialogue box (Figure 9 and Table 1).

Complete Add Event dialogue box and click Save.

ConnectED adds the Event to My Planner.

Figure 9. Add Event Dialogue Box

Table 1. Add Event Key
Field	Description
Name	Name or description of Event (limited to 250 text characters). Required.
Limit to this Class	Check if Event pertains only to selected Class. If not checked, Event appears on Planner for all Classes.
Start Date	Date Event first appears on Calendar. Click Calendar icon to select Start Date. Default date is current date. Required.
End Date	Date Event last appears on Calendar. Click Calendar icon to select End Date. Default date is current date. Optional.
Mark a Non-teaching Day	Check to mark date as Non-Teaching Day. You cannot schedule Lessons on Non-Teaching Days.

To Edit an Event

You can edit Event information at any time.

Go to My Planner and use the navigation tools to select the desired day/date (Figure 10).

Figure 10. My Planner Navigation Tools

NOTE: My Planner displays weekdays, Monday-Friday.

On the selected day/date, identify the Event to delete and click the Gear icon (Figure 11).

ConnectED displays the Actions drop-down box.

Figure 11. Edit this Event

Click Edit the Event.

ConnectED displays the Update Event dialogue box (Figure 12).

Figure 12. Update Event Dialogue Box

Edit Event information and click Save.

ConnectED updates the selected Event and displays My Planner.

To Remove an Event

You can remove an Event at any time.

To remove an Event:

Go to My Planner and use the navigation tools to select the desired day/date (Figure 13).

ConnectED displays the selected day/date.

Figure 13. My Planner Navigation Tools

On the selected day/date, identify the Event to delete and click the Gear icon (Figure 14).

ConnectED displays the Actions drop-down box.

Figure 14. Remove Event

Click Remove this Event.

ConnectED displays the Delete Event message (Figure 15).

Figure 15. Delete Event Message

Click OK.

ConnectED deletes the selected Event.

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