FAQs

FAQs

Here is your place to find answers to the most frequently asked questions. If you are having trouble with tech or finding what you need, here is a great place to search for answers first.

  • Blogging 101
  • Google Classroom Navigation
  • Book of the Month Assignment

Blogging 101

How do I log in to my blog? Be sure that you are on Edublogs.org. From there click Login and type in your username and password. DO NOT sign in with Google! Students were asked in class to write their login information inside the front of their planners. They were also asked to set up their accounts so that their log in matched their computer login. If a student needs to change their password, please contact me.

How do I see my Dashboard? Check the houses up at the top in the left corner. The individual house should be your blog name. If it’s not use the stacked houses to change to your blog’s dashboard.

How do I publish a post? Writing begins in Google Classroom. There is an assignment and usually a prompt to choose from when blogging. Drafting should take place in the Google Doc and submitted after the post has been published on the blog. To add a new post there are several ways to get started. The easiest is to hover on the +New at the top of the Dashboard and choose Post. Once there, go back to the Google Doc and copy the draft. Return to the new post and paste the writing in a paragraph block. (Title block is first, paragraph block is directly under that.) Type in a creative yet descriptive title, proofread for errors, then click the Publish button (top right, next to the gear wheel.)

What if my post won’t publish? Chances are you have already published a post that day. The system, for security purposes, won’t allow someone to post more than once a day. However, you can choose to schedule your post to publish on the next day and it will automatically publish.

Google Classroom Navigation

How do I join or leave a Classroom? To join a Google Classroom you can use the plus sign in the top right of the app or use a link sent by your teacher. If you are part of a quarter or semester course PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE until the teacher has entered all grades. To find codes for specific classes Mrs. Buen has shared a spreadsheet with all codes.

Are all my assignments on the To-Do list? No! This is not the best place to look for your assignments. Teachers may have recurring assignments that were only posted once, or they may provide a material with a task to complete and these do not show up in the To-Do list.

Why is Progress Book saying my assignment is missing, but I turned it in? There are a few reasons for this. First, check to see that you have, in fact, completed and attached work to the assignment. It is not a good idea to submit an assignment without completing the work. This will only slow down your learning and the grading process.

How is the ELA Classroom organized? The CURRENT WEEK topic is kept at the top and houses all the week’s assignments or materials needed. All other work goes to a unit topic. Once quarter grades have been submitted those assignments will be moved to a quarter topic. Any notes or materials students still need access to will stay in the skill’s topic.

Book of the Month Reading

How much do I need to read? At the start of each month, students choose their book; unless we are reading a whole class novel then they may choose an optional independent book. They will do the math for figuring out how many pages each night they will need to read. We also write down what page they should start on and end on.

What assignments go with the reading? September was about learning how to choose books that are just right for reading. October was about making sure we have created a reading habit and then we added the bookmark. The reading bookmark asks students to read fiction while practicing specific literature standards. Bookmarks are due at the end of the month.

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