Transcript Create a Class

Easy Planner Plus, Version 2
Wireframe Modifications as Requested in 3/11/03 RFP
(Batch 1)
Sections Represented:
III.A.1 and III.A.2 – Creating a New Class using a Table of Contents
= Denotes new changes since last version.
Batch 1
Version 1.5
6:00pm 4/15/03
1. Title Page
Screen Flow Overview
Create a New
Class
A. Start with Recommended
Lessons in Calendar
Set Initial
Class Options
Choose Lessons
from TOC
Set Lesson
Chronology
(Optional)
B. Start with a
Blank Calendar
Class/Calendar
Description: The Create a New Class process is entered the first time a Planbook is created or when the Create a New Class option is
selected. After initial setup information is entered (Class Name, Start/End dates, Type of Scheduling), the teacher makes a decision
between starting with a Calendar populated with the recommended lessons, or with a blank calendar that can be modified later.
If a blank calendar is selected, the process ends. If the teacher decides to include Lessons in the Calendar, two more screens are
displayed. The second screen allows the teacher to choose items from the Table of Contents To be included. The third screen allows
the optional process of re-arranging the order or chronology in which the items are included in the Planbook/Calendar.
Page 2. Overview Diagram
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 1
Step 1 – Class Information and Initial Calendar Setup
Description:
This is the first screen of a 3-step process of
setting up a new Class.
Start creating a new Class by entering some preliminary information in Step 1 below. In
Step 2, you can choose which Lessons to include from the book’s Table of Contents, then
in Step 3 you can select the sequence they appear in the Calendar. Note: If you wish to
skip Step 2 and Step 3 at this time, choose “Start with a Blank Calendar”. You can add
Lessons to the Class later.
Functionality:
Class Name, Start/End Dates, and Types of
Scheduling retain current functionality.
Class Name:
(For example: Period 1 World History)
Class Start Date:
September
4
2003
Calendar Setup involves the choice between
starting with a populated calendar or with a
blank calendar.
Class End Date:
May
25
2004
Selecting the first option requires proceeding
on to the Table of Contents (Steps 2 and 3).
Types of Scheduling
Types of Class Scheduling:
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Note: need
suggested
wording from
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When clicked, Pop-Up
window appears with
information about
selection options.
Calendar Options
Calendar Setup:
Choosing the second option finishes the
Create a Class process.
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Note: this screen will be displayed as a full
screen the first time a Class is created and as
a Pop-Up Window when invoked form the Left
Navigation Menu.
1. Renamed buttons, used standard Windows
convention: Back, Next, and Cancel. Note: no
Back button in this screen since it is first in
sequence.
If Start with a Blank Calendar is selected,
this button changes to “Finish”. Otherwise,
you continue to Step 2, the TOC view.
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 1 System
Messages
Step 1 – Class Information and Initial Calendar Setup
Start creating a new Class by entering some preliminary information in Step 1 below. In
Step 2, you can choose which Lessons to include from the book’s Table of Contents, then
in Step 3 you can select the sequence they appear in the Calendar. Note: If you wish to
skip Step 2 and Step 3 at this time, choose “Start with a Blank Calendar”. You can add
Lessons to the Class later.
Class Name:
(For example: Period 1 World History)
Class Start Date:
September
4
2003
Class End Date:
May
25
2004
Types of Class Scheduling:
Calendar Setup:
Types of Scheduling
Calendar Options
?
Description:
This is the first screen of a 3-step process of
setting up a new Class.
(Pop Up Window)
Types of Scheduling:
Standard 50-Minute Class - This is
the most common form of
scheduling. Classes meet every day
for a 50-minute block.
A/B Block Scheduling - With the
Alternate-Day model, each class
meets every other day, for
approximately 85-120 minutes.
4/4 Block Scheduling - With the
Semester Plan, classes meet every
day for only half of the year. They
last for approximately 85-120
minutes.
?
Functionality:
Class Name, Start/End Dates, and Types of
Scheduling retain current functionality.
Calendar Setup involves the choice between
starting with a populated calendar or with a
blank calendar.
Selecting the first option requires proceeding
on to the Table of Contents (Steps 2 and 3).
Choosing the second option finishes the
Create a Class process.
Note: this screen will be displayed as a full
screen the first time a Class is created and as
a Pop-Up Window when invoked form the Left
Navigation Menu.
1. Renamed buttons, used standard Windows
convention: Back, Next, and Cancel. Note: no
Back button in this screen since it is first in
sequence.
Message Box
If you Cancel now the new Class will not be
created.
Cancel anyway?
Next >>
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Cancel
Yes
No
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 2
Step 2 – Choose Lessons from Table of Contents
Description:
Second Step in the Create a Class process, if
teacher has selected option to include
Lessons in Planbook. Table of Contents is
selectable.
Choose which Lessons to include in the Class Calendar from the Table of Contents below.
Select All
Deselect All
Unit 1: Beginnings of the Modern World
Chapter 1: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600
Section 1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Section 2: The Northern Renaissance
Section 3: Luther Starts the Reformation
Chapter 2: The Muslim World Expands, 1300–1700
Section 1: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Section 2: Patterns of Change: The Safavid Empire
Section 3: The Mughals Establish an Empire in India
Unit 2: Absolutism to Revolution
Chapter 3: Absolute Monarchs in Europe, 1500–1800
Section 1: Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
Section 2: France’s Ultimate Monarch
Section 3: Central European Monarchs Clash
Section 4: Russian Czars Increase Power
Section 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Chapter 4: Enlightenment and Revolution, 1550–1789
Section 1: The Scientific Revolution
Section 2: The Enlightenment in Europe
Section 3: The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
Section 4: American Revolution: The Birth of a Republic
Select All
Functionality:
All levels of Table of Contents can be selected
or deselected for inclusion in Planbook.
Default is all items de-selected.
Selecting a top level item automatically
selects sub-items, and vise-versa.
Lower level items can be checked/unchecked
independently.
Select All and Deselect All buttons check or
uncheck all selections in the Table of
Contents.
Clicking on Next >> button accepts selections.
Note: Lesson length will not be available in
this TOC view, but the system will still be
able to alert you if you have scheduled
beyond the end date for your class (see
Page 4b).
Proceed to Step 3, where selected
items are ordered. Need at least 1 item
from TOC selected or message box is
displayed.
Deselect All
<< Back
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Next >>
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 2
Step 2 – Choose Lessons from Table of Contents
Description:
Second Step in the Create a Class process, if
teacher has selected option to include
Lessons in Planbook. Table of Contents is
selectable.
Choose which Lessons to include in the Class Calendar from the Table of Contents below.
Select All
Deselect All
Unit 1: Beginnings of the Modern World
Chapter 1: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600
Message Box
Section 1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Section 2: The Northern Renaissance
If you Cancel now, your new Class will be
created, but no Lessons will be included in the
Section 3: Luther Starts the Reformation
new Calendar. You can add Lessons at a later
Chapter 2: The Muslim World Expands, 1300–1700
time from the Planbook.
Section 1: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Section 2: Patterns of Change: The Safavid EmpireCancel now?
Section 3: The Mughals Establish an Empire in India
Yes
No
Unit 2: Absolutism to Revolution
Chapter 3: Absolute Monarchs in Europe, 1500–1800
Section 1: Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
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Section Message
2: France’s
Ultimate Monarch
Message Box
Section
Central
Monarchs Clash
Warning:
if you3:
return
to theEuropean
previous screen
your Section
current selections
will beCzars
lost. Increase Power
4: Russian
Please select at least one lesson from the
Section 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Go Back to previous screen?
Table of Contents.
Chapter 4: Enlightenment and Revolution, 1550–1789
OK
SectionYes
1: The Scientific
Revolution
No
Section 2: The Enlightenment in Europe
Section 3: The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
Section 4: American Revolution: The Birth of a Republic
Select All
Deselect All
<< Back
Next >>
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Cancel
Functionality:
All levels of Table of Contents can be selected
or deselected for inclusion in Planbook.
Default is all items de-selected.
Selecting a top level item automatically
selects sub-items, and vise-versa.
Lower level items can be checked/unchecked
independently.
Select All and Deselect All buttons check or
uncheck all selections in the Table of
Contents.
Clicking on Next >> button accepts selections.
Message Box: warns you that current data will
be lost if you click on the << Back button to
return to the previous screen.
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 2 –
Schedule Length Error Message
Step 2 – Choose Lessons from Table of Contents
Choose which Lessons to include in the Class Calendar from the Table of Contents below.
Select All
Description:
Error message displayed if the total
duration of selections runs beyond the end
date specified for the Class.
Deselect All
Unit 1: Beginnings of the Modern World
Chapter 1: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300–1600
1
Section 1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Section 2: The Northern Renaissance
Schedule Length Error
Section 3: Luther Starts the Warning:
Reformation
Chapter 2: The Muslim World Expands, 1300–1700
Warning: the total duration of your current Lesson selections
Section 1: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
runs 4 Days beyond the End Date you have specified for your
Section 2: Patterns of Change: The Safavid Empire
Class.
Section 3: The Mughals Establish an Empire in India
Unit 2: Absolutism to Revolution
Please remove some of your Lesson selections, or extend the
Chapter 3: Absolute Monarchs in Europe, 1500–1800
End Date of your Class by 4 Days to accommodate your
Section 1: Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
selections.
Section 2: France’s Ultimate Monarch
Section 3: Central European Monarchs Clash
OK
Section 4: Russian Czars Increase Power
Section 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Chapter 4: Enlightenment and Revolution, 1550–1789
Section 1: The Scientific Revolution
Section 2: The Enlightenment in Europe
Section 3: The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
Section 4: American Revolution: The Birth of a Republic
Select All
Deselect All
<< Back
Next >>
Page 4b. Create a Class – Step 2 – Schedule Length Error Message
Cancel
Functionality:
1. When user presses Next, the system
checks to see if the length of the lessons
selected falls within the specified Class End
Date.
2
If it does not, the error message is
displayed as shown.
2. Error message now includes a specific
number of days by which the user is over
the specified Class End Date.
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Step 3 – Set Lesson Order (Optional)
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 3
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This step is Optional: you can modify the chronology in which Lessons will appear on the Calendar by moving items up
or down on the list. Highlight the item and use the “Move Up” or “Move Down” buttons to set the order. Hint: you can
select multiple contiguous items by holding down the Shift key while clicking. (For Macs, hold down the Option key while
clicking).
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 2: The Northern Renaissance
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: Luther Starts the Reformation
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 1: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2: Patterns of Change: The Safavid Empire
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3: The Mughals Establish an Empire in India
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 1: Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 2: France’s Ultimate Monarch
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 3: Central European Monarchs Clash
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 4: Russian Czars Increase Power
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 1: The Scientific Revolution
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 2: The Enlightenment in Europe
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 3: The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 4: American Revolution: The Birth of a Republic
Multi-select list.
Description:
Last Step in the Create a Class process.
Teachers can set the order/chronology in
which selected Lessons will be presented in
the Planbook/Calendar.
Functionality:
Each item from the list is selected and then
the Move Up and Move Down buttons are
used to change their order on the list.
Note: only contiguous items (items that can be
selected with shift-click) can be selected
and moved up or down.
1. Changed wording to make it clearer that
this step is “Optional”.
2. Removed Delete button. This eliminates a
data problem that occurred if user used
<<Back to return to previous screen – a
deleted Lesson would inaccurately reflect in
the Step 2 TOC.
Move Up
Move Down
Revert to Default
Optional: “Fail Safe” option returns list
to original order.
<< Back
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Page Title: Create a Class – Step 3 – System
Messages
Step 3 – Set Lesson Order (Optional)
This step is Optional: you can modify the chronology in which Lessons will appear on the Calendar by moving items up
or down on the list. Highlight the item and use the “Move Up” or “Move Down” buttons to set the order. Hint: you can
select multiple items by holding down the Ctrl or Shift keys while clicking.
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 1: Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance (1 day)
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 2: The Northern Renaissance (3 days)
Unit 1, Chapter 1, Section 3: Luther Starts the Reformation (2 days)
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 1: The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire (1 day)
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2: Patterns of Change: The Safavid Empire (1 day)
Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3: The Mughals Establish an Empire in India (1 day)
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 1: Spain’s Empire and European Absolutism (2 days)
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 2: France’s Ultimate Monarch (1 day)
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 3: Central European Monarchs Clash (2 days)
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 4: Russian Czars Increase Power (2 days)
Unit 2, Chapter 3, Section 5: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy (2 days)
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 1: The Scientific Revolution (1 day)
Message Box
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section 2: The Enlightenment in Europe (1 day)
Are you
wish revert
to the default
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section
3: sure
Theyou
Spread
of Enlightenment
Ideas (2 days)
order?4:AllAmerican
previous changes
will be lost.
Unit 2, Chapter 4, Section
Revolution:
The Birth of a Republic (1 day)
Yes
No
Description:
Last Step in the Create a Class process.
Teachers can set the order/chronology in
which selected Lessons will be presented in
the Planbook/Calendar.
Functionality:
Each item from the list is selected and then
the Move Up and Move Down buttons are
used to change their order on the list.
Message Box
Note: you can only select and move adjoining
Lessons.
OK
Message Box
Note: this selection is already at the
top/bottom of the list and cannot be moved in
Move Up
the desired direction.
OK
Move Down
Revert to Default
<< Back
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