On any concept page, access a number of functional tools from the toolbar, including language options, student responses in the Dashboard, and an interactive glossary.
Overview of Toolbar
From a concept page, you can access a number of functional tools from the toolbar. At any time, toggle the Teacher View On and Off.
Assign
Select Assign to Create an Assignment to share with students.
Results
Select Results to view the following:
- Course Assessments - Access summative assessment data for the concept.
- Concept Dashboard - Access formative assessment data for the concept.
Reference
Select Reference to access key content words and terms. This includes people, places, events, and general terms.
In Reference, each term includes the following:
- Details with a definition and key context sentences for the term.
- Video segment discussing the term.
- Images or diagrams to further explain the term.
Reference also includes the Immersive Reader functionality. Learn more about Immersive Reader.
Note that in addition to the toolbar, you can launch Reference from within a text when you encounter interactive terms. These terms include a hyperlink that opens Reference.
Language
Choose between English or Spanish as well as Reading Level, where available. (Reading Level A is on grade level; Reading Level B is below grade level.
- Reading Level A displays a Lexile range of 950L – 1150L text
- Reading Level B displays a Lexile range of 750L – 850L text
More Tools and Actions
Access Language and Level, Resources, Actions, Print Options, and Tools.
Language & Level - choose between English or Spanish as well as Reading Level.
Resources -
- Course Assessments - Access summative assessment data for the concept.
- Concept Dashboard - Access formative assessment data for the concept.
- Reference - Includes entries for key content words and terms, including people, places, events, and general terms.
- My Notebook - Highlight important concepts or vocabulary. The interactive text automatically adds to the interactive notebook. Add new or additional notes and the notebook saves and organizes it by Course, Unit, and Concept.
Actions -
- Assign to students.
- Share with colleagues or students.
- Add to Quicklist for easy access later.
- Save to My Content for easy access later.
- Create with Studio to use in a Studio project. To learn more about Studio see, Getting Started with Studio.
Print Options - get a printer-friendly version of the page for printing or saving as PDF for offline access. Choose to print the page (Print Page), all pages within the tab (Print Tab), or all tabs within the concept (Print Concept).
Tools - various tools are available to teachers and students to support learning in Social Studies Techbook.
- Whiteboard allows students to create visual artifacts to share with teachers and classmates. Learn more about the Whiteboard (Canadian Subscribers).
- Atlas is a multi-layered, interactive map that allows students and teachers to toggle between map types, such as biome, satellite, and outline; add overlays, such as landforms and major cities; and use modern varied data for regions of the world.
- Global News shares recent stories from the Global Wrap series – a weekly, current events service where students learn about events that are happening in the real world, in a safe, age-appropriate news report.
Teacher View - toggle On and Off to display teacher-only information, such as Teacher Notes and Model Lesson materials.