How to Use the Lesson Planner
Please follow the steps below to learn how to add a lesson to a class, view the lesson planner, navigate the content drawer and use a lesson card.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Log in to your account here:
Adding a Lesson to a Class:
Step 1
Choose a lesson that you would like to add to your class. Once you are on the Overview page, click on Add to class.
Step 2
Select a class that you would like to add the lesson to.
Step 3
After selecting a class, you will choose a location.
Saved is where materials are stored for later use in your class Content Drawer.
Prepping is for upcoming content that you will be teaching.
Teaching will contain materials that are available to your students immediately.
Step 4
Click on Save to add the lesson to your class.
Step 5
A confirmation pop-up will say "Successfully added to class". Clicking on View Class will take you to the Lesson Planner for that class.
Viewing the Lesson Planner:
Step 1
To view the Lesson Planner, click on the Everything menu and select Classroom.
Step 2
On the Classes page, click on the class the lesson was added to.
Step 3
Once inside the class, you will see 3 tabs: Lesson Planner, Student Activity and Details.
The Lesson Planner is the tab you're currently in.
Students shows the students connected to the class as well as any homework results awaiting teacher feedback.
Details will contain the information about your class that you entered when you created the class.
Step 4
On the Lesson Planner tab you will see 3 columns: Prepping, Teaching and Taught as well as the Content Drawer at the bottom of the page.
The Prepping column are for lessons that you are planning on using in the near future.
Teaching is for lessons that you want your students to have immediate access to.
Taught will contain past lessons after you have finished with them (your students will still have access to these lessons in their Past assignments folder).
Content Drawer will contain the lessons you added to the class for later use as well as folders pinned to the class, recommended lessons based on the level and age you selected in your settings for the class and Student Picks.
Navigating the Content Drawer:
Step 1
Clicking on Content Drawer will show the lessons that are currently stored here for future use.
Step 2
Clicking on a lesson in Saved from the Content Drawer will prompt you to move or delete the current lesson from the list.
Step 3
You are also able to view your pinned folders from within the Content Drawer.
Step 4
Recommended lessons are also viewable from within the Content Drawer.
Step 5
Student Picks can also be found within the Content Drawer.
Using the Lesson Card:
Step 1
For ease of use, you can drag the card from one column to another.
Step 2
Clicking on the lesson will also allow you to:
- move the lesson from one column to another
- add an optional Due Date or Note
- include or remove the PDF version of the lesson
- view students results
- post the lesson to Google Classroom
- copy and share the link to this lesson via an LMS or email
- delete the lesson from the Lesson Planner for this class.
Click Save once finished.
Step 3
You can also choose a specific date when the lesson is moved from each lane of the Lesson Planner from the Scheduling tab.
Click Save once finished.
Step 4
You can choose specific student(s) to send the lesson to from the Students tab.
Click Save once finished.
Student View:
Step 1
After logging into their Student Dashboard (https://ellii.com/students), students will click on Ellii My Classes and Teachers.
Step 2
The student will then click on the class the lesson was assigned to.
Step 2
Once in the class, students will click on the lesson to begin working on it.
Please reach out to us if you have any questions or suggestions.