User Guide : Preparation
: Preparation Contents Part : Part : What is Preparation? Book Resources Page 3. Accessing Pearson resources. Adding resources to Teaching Plans and Overview.3 Adding Pearson resources to Teaching Resources.4 Uploading school-based resources to Teaching Resources.5 Assigning resources to classes.6 Removing resources from Book Resources.7 Exporting lesson plans to HTML files 3 4 6 8 0 Part 3: Interactive Lessons 3 3. Accessing Pearson resources 3. Creating new Interactive Lesson folders 3.3 Adding resources to Interactive Lesson folders 3.4 Assigning resources to classes 3.5 Removing resources / folders 3 4 5 6 7 Part 4: Show / Hide Answers 8 4. Releasing e-book answers 8
Part : What is Preparation? Part : What is Preparation? Preparation is the section for teachers and users to customise lesson plans by adding or choosing specific resources. In this section, teachers can access book resources as well as upload their own materials to the lesson plans.
Part : Book Resources Part : Book Resources. Accessing Pearson resources All ready-made resources developed by Pearson are arranged according to book chapters. Step Under the Book Resources tab, select the chapter from the drop-down menu and click Go. Step - Click on a resource name to open it. 3
Part : Book Resources. Adding resources to Teaching Plans and Overview Teaching Plans and Overview is the section for teachers to access and share teaching plans and overview for curriculum planning purposes. The teaching plans, overview and other resources designed for curriculum and lesson planning are arranged by Books. These resources are for teachers sharing purposes only and WILL NOT be displayed in the Teaching section. Apart from Pearson resources, teachers can also upload their own school-based curriculum plans and related materials to this table. Step - Under the Book Resources tab, click Add plan to prompt the upload panel. Step - In the pop-up window, click the Add resources button. 3 4
Part : Book Resources Step 3 - Select the resource(s) from your local hard drive and click Open. 4 5 Step 4 - The selected file(s) will be shown in the Add plan window. Step 5 - Click Add to confirm. Step 6 - Click the Delete button to remove the item from the uploading list. Step 7 Click the X button to cancel the entire uploading process. 9 6 8 7 5
Part : Book Resources.3 Adding Pearson resources to Teaching Resources Teaching Resources is the table that shows all ready-made resources developed by Pearson available for a particular chapter. These resources can be used in lessons for teaching purposes. The list here corresponds to the resource list in the Teaching section. Users can customise this list by adding resources and assign them to any classes. Step - Under the Book Resources tab, select a chapter from the drop-down list and click to load the resource list. Step - Click Add resource to prompt the upload panel. Step 3 - In the pop-up window, users can search for particular resources developed by Pearson using the search function. Enter a keyword(s) in the Search resources box and click the Search button. 3 6
Part : Book Resources Step 4 - Users can open any of the searched resources by clicking the resource names. In case such resources span across more than one page in the search, click the arrows on the top right hand corner to navigate between pages. Step 5 - Select the resource(s) to be added to the Teaching Resources list. Click Add to confirm. 4 5 6 Step 6 - Select the class(es) to add the resources to and click Add to complete the process. The selected resources will be displayed at the bottom of Teaching Resources. You can easily call up this modified Teaching Resources list by selecting the class(es) you have assigned just now in the Teaching section. (For more details on this, please refer to the user guide on Teaching.) 7 7
Part : Book Resources.4 Uploading school-based resources to Teaching Resources Apart from ready-made resources developed by Pearson, teachers can also upload any school-made resources prepared by users themselves (e.g. ppt, pdf and doc files) to the Teaching Resources list. Step - Select a chapter from the drop-down list and click. Step - Click Add resource to prompt the upload panel. Step 3 - In the pop-up window, click the Upload button. 3 8
Part : Book Resources Step 4 - Select the resource(s) from your local hard drive and click Open. 4 5 Step 5 - The selected file(s) will be shown in the Add resource panel. Click Add to confirm the process. Step 6 - Click the Delete button to remove the item from the uploading list. Click the X button to cancel the entire uploading process. 9 6 8 7 9
Part : Book Resources.5 Assigning resources to classes Users can assign any school-based resources uploaded by themselves to an additional class(es) by editing the class list in the Add to class column. Step Under the Book Resources tab, go to a specific chapter and locate the self-created materials to be assigned to a class(es). Step - Click Edit. Step 3 In the pop-up window, select the class(es) and click OK to confirm. Step 4- The class list next to the resource(s) will be updated. The resources will also be displayed under the assigned class(es) in the Teaching section under the Book Resources tab. (For more details on this, please refer to the user guide on Teaching.) 0
Part : Book Resources.6 Removing resources from Book Resources Users can remove any uploaded school-based resources from either Teaching Plans and Overview or Teaching Resource. Step - Click the Delete button next to the resources. Step In the pop-up window, click OK to confirm. Step 3 - Click Cancel button to return to the list without removing the resources. NOTE: Ready-made resources developed by Pearson cannot be deleted from the default locations they are listed on.
Part : Book Resources.7 Exporting lesson plans to HTML files Users can export the lesson plans and save them as HTML files for their own reference. Step Under the Book Resources tab, go to a specific chapter and click Save resource list at the bottom of the page. Step In the pop-up window, click Open to view the lesson plan in a new browser window. Alternatively, click Save to export the lesson plan as an HTML file and save it in the local drive. 3
Part 4: Show / Hide Answers Part 3: Interactive Lessons In the Interactive Lessons section, teachers will find a wide range of interactive resources that can be used in classes to motivate students participation. These ready-made resources developed by Pearson include Mind Map, Interactive Game, Pop Quiz, Flash Card and more. 3. Accessing Pearson resources All ready-made resources developed by Pearson are arranged according to Level and Folder. Step Under the Interactive Lessons tab, select the Level and Folder from the drop-down menu. Step - Click on a resource name to open it. 3
Part 3: Interactive Lessons 3. Creating new Interactive Lesson folders Teachers can create their own Interactive Lesson folders to store a specific selection of resources. Step - Click the Add new lesson folder button. Step - Users will then be directed to a new folder. Otherwise, users can also locate the newly created folder under the drop-down menu. In the new lesson folder, click on New Lesson Folder to rename it. Step 3 - Click on the space under the Description column to add a description for the folder. 3 4
Part 3: Interactive Lessons 3.3 Adding resources to Interactive Lesson folders 3.3. Adding Pearson resources Step Under the Interactive Lesson tab, locate the specific Interactive Lesson folder to be modified. Step To add Pearson resources to this Interactive Lesson folder, follow Steps to 6 of the section on.3 Adding Pearson resources to Teaching Resources. 3.3. Adding school-based / self-made interactive resources Step Under the Interactive Lesson tab, locate the specific Interactive Lesson folder to be modified as in 3.3.. Step To upload school-based materials (e.g. ppt, doc, pdf files), read the section on.4 Uploading school-based resources to Teaching Resources and follow Steps to 6. Alternatively, teachers can also create new interactive resources using the specially designed builders in the Resource Centre section. (For details on how to create such selfmade interactive resources, please refer to the user guide on Resource Centre.) 5
Part 3: Interactive Lessons 3.4 Assigning resources to classes Step - Locate the specific resources in the related Interactive Lesson folder. Step - Follow Steps and 3 of section.5 Assigning resources to classes. 6
Part 3: Interactive Lessons 3.5 Removing resources / folders Step Go to the folder to be deleted, or the folder that holds the resources to be deleted. Step To delete a particular resource, click the Delete button next to the resource and then click OK to confirm. Step 3 To delete an entire folder (together with all the resources inside), click the Delete button on the top right hand corner of the folder. Click OK to confirm. 3 7
Part 4: Show / Hide Answers Part 4: Show / Hide Answers Students have access to e-books on their ilearn platform with all answers hidden by default. In the Show / Hide Answers section, teachers can decide if they want to make these answers accessible to students. 4. Releasing e-book answers Step Under the Show / Hide Ans tab, select the e-book that you want. Click the chapters that you want to release answers for and click Save. 3 For technical assistance, please contact us by email: itsupport.hk@pearson.com or by phone at (85) 38 0668 About Pearson Pearson is the world s leading learning company. Our education business combines 50 years of experience in publishing with the latest learning technology and online support. We work in more than 70 countries. Courses are available as books, online and through multilingual packages, helping people learn whatever, wherever and however they choose. In Hong Kong and Macau, with Longman, Prentice Hall, and many other brands, Pearson is the leader in all education sectors, ranging from pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education through to adult learning. 8