Building Blocks of

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• Building Blocks of
• Discovery Education streaming

Brad Fountain Brad_fountain_at_discovery.com
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Creating a Writing Prompt

• Log into www.unitedstreaming.com
• Click on the Teacher Center link

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• Click on the Writing Prompt Icon

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Creating and Searching
Click on the Search button to search for existing
Writing Prompts
Click on the Copy link to add the Writing Prompt
to your content or click on the Writing Prompt
link to view the prompt
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Creating and Searching
Click on the Create New button to create a new
Writing Prompts
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Create a Title, select a Subject Area, and Grade
Level
Out Damned Spot
Click on the Save/Continue Button BE SURE TO
TURN OFF POP-UP BLOCKERS FIRST!
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Saving to My Content Area
Choose to Save to Existing Folder (like My
Content) or Save to New Folder Then select the
Save Button
Select Done Button
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• Enter a keyword and choose image or clip art
• Then choose the Continue button

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• Click on the link to add the image to your prompt

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• Choose Your Page Orientation and Border Size

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• Enter the Writing part of your Writing Prompt
• 2,000 character maximum

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• You can then Preview your prompt or go straight
  to the Summary button

Give your students the Link next to point 2 so
that they can access your work!
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Creating an Interactive Quiz

• Log into www.unitedstreaming.com
• Click on the Teacher Center link

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• Click on the Quiz Builder Icon

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Searching for a Quiz

• Place a checkmark next to My Quizzes or
  Discovery Education streaming Quizzes

My Quizzes searches the quizzes that you have
already created. Discovery Education streaming
quizzes searches Discovery Education quiz databank
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Creating a Quiz

• Click on the Create New Button

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• Add in your information Fields marked with a
  are mandatory

Whats Shakin Shakespeare?
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• Fill in all of the boxes and check the Display to
  Students Box
• Choose your Quiz Options

Watch the video and then take the quiz
To understand Shakespeare the Man and how he
developed his writing style
Dont let Matt sit next to Hall!
Click on the Save/Continue Button BE SURE TO
TURN OFF POP-UP BLOCKERS FIRST!
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Save Quiz to My Content Area
Choose to Save to Existing Folder (like My
Content) or Save to New Folder Then select the
Save Button
Select Done Button
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Adding Material To Your Quiz

• Choose the type of Material You would like to add
  to your quiz

Shakespeare
Search My Content or Discovery Educations
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Check the boxes to add material to your quiz

• You can check as many boxes as you would like
  you only need to click on done after choosing ALL
  of your material first

NOTE You can toggle between full videos to
segments, to images, songs, etc by using search
box on left
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• Content is added below in the Current Media Box

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Adding Questions

• Create your own question or use one from the quiz
  data bank

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Creating your own questions
Choose your Question TypeMultiple Choice
(single answer) Multiple Choice (multiple
answer) Short Answer/Essay True/False
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• Enter your question
• Provide a hint (e.g. watch the movie)
• Provide a note when correct answer is chosen
• Provide a note when wrong answer is chosen
• Enter your quiz answers and select the correct
  answer
• Click on the Add Question Button
• Click on the Continue Button

Shakespeare expanded the roles of two characters
in his version of Romeo and Juliet. Those two
characters were _____.
Watch the movie
Great Job!
Oops try again
Mercutio and Nurse
Paris and Mercutio
Lady Capulet and Nurse
Friar Lawrence and Tybalt
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Choosing questions from the Quiz Databank

• Create your own question or use one from the quiz
  data bank

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Choosing questions from the Quiz Databank

• Enter a Keyword and click on the Go button

Shakespeare
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• Place a check mark next to the questions that you
  want to add
• Click on the question link to see how it is
  formed
• Click on the source video link to see the video
  that supports the question
• Click on the Add Selected Questions to Quiz button

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Preview your quiz

• Print out your quiz in Word w/or without the
  correct answers

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Summary Page

• Provide the code and/or link to your students.
• Students should click on link and then enter
  their first, space, and last name

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Creating an Assignment

• Log into www.unitedstreaming.com
• Click on the Teacher Center link

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• Click on the Assignment Builder

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Searching for created assignments

• Place a checkmark next to My Assignments, School
  Assignments
• District Assignments, or Discovery Education
  streaming Assignments
• Then click on the Search button

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Creating your own Assignment
Click on the Create New button to create a new
Writing Prompts
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• Enter in the Mandatory Information
• Title, Subject Area and Grade Levels

Shakespeare Assignment
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All the worlds a stage! Shakespeare has been
called the greatest writer of the English
language, but who was Shakespeare? What kind of a
world did he live in? Why is he so great? Watch
the videos attached in this assignment, and in
combination with your research, provide an inside
look at Shakespeares life and times, his use of
language, and the nitty-gritty of Elizabethan
drama.

• Enter in your instructions, objectives and
  teacher notes (for your eyes only) and then click
  on the save/continue button

To understand how Shakespeare developed his
writing style
Dont let Billy sit next to Suzy during this
session
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Save Assignment to My Content Area
Choose to Save to Existing Folder (like My
Content) or Save to New Folder Then select the
Save Button
Select Done Button
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Add Material To Your Assignment

• Add Videos, Segments, Images, etc
• Or
• Add Quizzes and/or Writing Prompts

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Add Material To Your Assignment

• Type in a keyword search streaming library or
  My Content then click on the Search button

Shakespeare
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Check the boxes to add material to your Assignment

• You can check as many boxes as you would like
  you only need to click on done after choosing ALL
  of your material first

NOTE You can toggle between full videos to
segments, to images, songs, etc by using search
box on left
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• Media is added to the Current Media and
  Activities Box

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Add Material To Your Assignment

• Add Quizzes and/or Writing Prompts -
• Type in a keyword

Shakespeare
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Add Material To Your Assignment

• Add a links to other websites

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• Add in your links and give them some description
• Click on the Close button

Discovery Interactive Atlas
streaming.discoveryeducation.com/hotbox/atlas/inde
x.cfm
Launch the Atlas and explore four countries that
Shakespeare Mentions in his plays
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Add Material Instructions (optional)

• For each asset that you choose (videos, websites,
  etc) you can add individual instruction.
• Click on the Continue button

Watch the video and come to class with a report
Listen to the Gcast quote from Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar. Name three more of his tragedies
and get a bonus if you can add a quote. Get even
more extra credit by staging a 2 minute play!
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Summary Page

• Provide the code and/or link to your students.
• Students should click on link and then enter
  their first, space, and last name