Slate Planner allows you to plan, store and save your maths teaching. Find out how by clicking the links listed below.

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1 Slate Planner allows you to plan, store and save your maths teaching. Find out how by clicking the links listed below. Slate Planner Help Topics Accessing Planner Playlist Icons Adding a Stepping Stones Lesson to a Playlist Adding Support Resources to a Playlist 1. Accessing Planner To access Slate Planner you will need to have a Slate account. Sign up if required and then click (for assistance see other Help links) and the Slate home page will open (see below). Roll your pointer over the green Organiser icon and three link options will appear as shown below. Click on planner to open Slate Planner.

2 After clicking planner, Slate Planner will open. Any saved Playlists for the current day will be shown on first opening. Click dates on the calendar on the left to view other days (in the example below, playlists for 9 September are shown). On the calendar, any days with stored playlists are tinted green. Click the tab headings to view playlists for the selected day, week, or month. You can also click favourites to view any playlists stored there. 2. Playlist Icons Clicking the grey button allows you to view a saved playlist. Clicking the red button displays the playlist and locks it in for your teaching records. The padlock icon appears to the left of the taught playlist name. There are more playlist management icons that appear as relevant on the right side. These are listed below. click to save a recently renamed or edited playlist click to duplicate a playlist in the same location click to change the date of an untaught or duplicated playlist click to save a playlist in the favourites section click to delete a playlist

3 3. Adding a Stepping Stones Lesson to a Playlist Use the STEPPING STONES dropdown menu (top left corner) to navigate to your desired item. In the example below, the user has rolled their pointer over the STEPPING STONES dropdown menu and is about to click on Year 2. Note: In the example below, 13 October has been selected but this date can be changed after the lesson is added to the playlist. (See Playlist Icons.) Clicking on any year in the STEPPING STONES dropdown menu will open the first page of Module 1 for that year of the program. When ORIGO Stepping Stones opens up you can navigate to the desired lesson or item in the usual ways (using the panel on the left and tabs across the top of the screen). In the example below, the user has navigated to Year 2, Module 2, Lesson 2. To add this ORIGO Stepping Stones lesson to Slate Planner click the grey button on the right.

4 After clicking the grey button you will be taken directly back to Slate Planner where you will see that your desired lesson is shown under the date originally selected. In the example below, the user selected Year 2, Module 2, Lesson 2 for 13 October. You can double-click the default playlist name to rename it and/or change the date as you wish. You will need to click the icon to lock in these changes (See Playlist Icons.) You will also see that screen shots for teaching components for this lesson have appeared in the lower panel. In this lower panel you can click on the red icons to remove of any of these elements from your final lesson, the grey button to view these or the red button when you are ready to utilise the item/s.

5 4. Adding Support Resources to a Playlist Click the button. The words New Playlist will appear in the top panel. Next, use the SUPPORT RESOURCES dropdown menu (top left corner) to navigate to your desired item. In the example below, the user has rolled their pointer over the SUPPORT RESOURCES dropdown menu and is about to click on Flare. Note: In the example below, 13 October has been selected but this date can be changed after the playlist is created, named and saved. (See Playlist Icons.) When a selected ORIGO support resource opens, you can navigate to the desired item in the usual ways. In the example below, the user has navigated to Flare: Number Board. To add this resource to Slate Planner click the icon bottom right. After clicking the button you will not be taken directly back to the resource. To do this, click the red button. You can then use the dropdown menu (ORGANISER / Planner) to return to Slate Planner where you will see that your desired resource has been added to the date originally selected. Alternatively, you can use the SUPPORT RESOURCES dropdown menu to locate and more resources to add to the same playlist. You can then use the dropdown menu (ORGANISER / Planner) to return to Slate Planner to use the playlist icons to manage and save the new playlist.

6 In the example below, the user selected just Flare: Number Board for 17 September and has renamed the playlist. The will have to be clicked to save these changes. You can also see that a screen shot for this playlist has appeared in the lower panel. Use the grey button to view or the red button when you are ready to utilise the item.