THE ALL-TIME EASIEST QUICK START CHECKLIST

FIRST, SAVE THIS DOCUMENT INTO YOUR COMPUTER OR TABLET. YOU CAN USE IT WHENEVER YOU’RE IN EDGENUITY.

1. Open your browser. Go to https://clever.com/in/desoto2. You should see this:

3. Enter your MSIS # (lunch number) as the user name AND the password.

4. Click the Log In button.

5. You should then see this:

If you are, for example, in biology, then click on the biology course. If you’re in Algebra, click on the Algebra course even though it’s not nearly as much fun as biology. Don’t tell Ms. Thompson I said that.

You will be directed to the last part of a lesson on which you were working. IF IT IS YOUR FIRST DAY, YOU’LL BE TAKEN TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE LESSON. EACH LESSON HAS FIVE BASIC PARTS: (1) Warm-up which is a short introduction; (2) Instruction; (3) Summary; (4) Assignment; and (5) a Quiz.

This is the Instruction section in Formulating Scientific Questions Lesson. Click on Warm-up. The lesson will begin with a video. Take notes because you are allowed to use those notes later on quizzes and tests.

6. The red arrow points to an orange plus mark. Click on that, and you have a super-easy way to take notes.

There are TWO places where Edgenuity gets information for quiz and test questions – The Glossary of Terms (vocabulary) and the teacher’s lecture. What the teacher says is recorded word for word in The Transcript.

THE EASY WAY TO TAKE NOTESPUTTING VOCABULARY TERMS INTO eNOTES

7. Start with the glossary. Click on the Glossary tab. All the vocabulary terms in the lesson’s word list will appear. This lesson has only one term – scientific question.

8. Highlight and copy (Ctrl C or Right click and select Copy) all the word list terms.

Now, add the word list terms to our eNotes.

9. Click the eNotes tab.

We’re going to paste the vocabulary term or terms we highlighted and saved into eNotes.

10. Put your cursor in the Add New Notes box and LEFT CLICK.

Now you have a blinking cursor where the copied material will be pasted.

11. Paste the highlighted/copied material. The best way is to hold the Ctrl key down and tap the V key. Your vocabulary terms will appear in the box.

Like they say in commercials, “But wait! There’s more!” We must SAVE that pasted material.12. Click the SAVE button. Never, ever forget to click the save button.

DON’T FORGET THIS STEP!

13. This is what happens. Your vocabulary terms are saved forever. They’re there for your quizzes and tests.

Can I get an “Amen”?

THERE’S NOT USUALLY MUCH VOCABULARY. IT’S QUICK AND EASY. THE TRANSCRIPT FROM EACH OF THE FOUR SECTIONS BEFORE THE QUIZ IS LONGER. YOU COULD JUST KEYBOARD IT IN AS THE LECTURE PROGRESSES, BUT YOU BETTER BE FAST. REALLY FAST.

PUTTING THE TEACHER’S TRANSCRIPT INTO eNotesNot a high-speed, low-drag keyboarder? Me neither. I just click on the transcript tab and highlight, copy, and paste the instructor’s verbage in into the e-notes. Then I can spend my time listening to what Professor Edgenuity is saying.Here’s how to do it.

14. Click on the Transcript tab. There’s the script from which Professor Edgenuity is reading. And you thought he/she was a real teacher! Ha!

15. Highlight and copy the whole thing. You’ll have to do this for each of the four lesson sections: warm-up, instruction, summary, and assignment.

16. Click the eNotes tab and transfer the copied transcript to the Add New Notes box.

17. Press the SAVE button. You’ve saved the transcript into your eNotes forever. They’ll be there for you when you take a quiz or a test.

Is this cool or what? Oh, and hit the SAVE button. BIG HINT: ALL the quiz and \test questions come from

You can use these notes AND the glossary terms on the following quiz. If you get a grade less than 70 on a quiz or unit test, there are two automatic re-takes. Nice, huh?

After passing the quiz/test, move to the next lesson. If you haven’t passed the quiz or test after the second re-take, you will have to move on to the next lesson. The software will not allow you to keep re-testing.

So, there it is. If you have trouble, shoot me an email at brent.lavers@dcsms.org.

One last thing: Hit that eNotes SAVE button as often as your think about it.