Creating Lessons as a Contributor

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Contributor Library Walkthrough

The Contributor Dashboard provides you with all the necessary training and support materials for you to start creating your first LE! Components Screenshot Definition & Descriptions Purpose Main Page [image.png](http://commune.beed.world/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/ROuVkkimage.png) This is the main page of the Contributor Library, letting you explore educational resources for use in your classroom. Click [here](https://journeys.beed.world/maya-institution-12298/ac-12298-12258-b71b53f259a8...

What are Learning Experiences?

BeED’s Learning Experiences (LEs) consist of engaging digital content that can be done for self-guided or independent learning. Through its interactive mapping feature, authors can create and organize media-rich lessons based on their preferred teaching methods such as Bloom’s Taxonomy, Flipped Classroom, Differentiated learning and more. These interactive content can then be linked to Places of Interest, used in the classroom or applied anywhere else, restricted only by cr...

Parts of a Learning Experience

Lesson Info Before starting an LE, you can access information about the LE by clicking on the Lesson Info tab. In this tab you will find information about the Place of Interest, the LE itself and the various concepts that will be taught in the LE. Main Map The Main Map is where you can get an overall view of the structure and content of a Learning Experience. You may choose to arrange your lesson based on a preferred teaching method, or simply in any sequence or arrangement that you wis...

Learning Experiences Main Menu

To create Learning Experiences, you must first be in an Educator or Admin role. Please ensure that you switch roles first before doing so. Once your role is changed, click on the Contributor tab in the menu bar of your main dashboard in your browser. Clicking on the Learning Experiences button will result in a drop down menu on the left side of the screen containing the following options: Bundle This is a list of content purchasable/downloadable as a bundle. LEs for sale here are meant t...

Creating Your First Learning Experience: Part 1 - Filling Up Basic Information

1. To create your Learning Experience, click on the Library icon listed in your Contributor dashboard. 2. Click on the + icon located at the bottom right of your screen. 3. Select the type of Learning Experience you would like to write. The different types available are as follows: Learning Experiences Learning Experiences (LEs) are mobile lessons that follow a 3-step learning process (Knowledge → Action → Reflection) These LEs can be used for - Outdoor learning, where acade...

Creating Your First Learning Experience: Part 2 - Structuring Your LE

Now that the basic information of our LE is sorted out, let’s optimize a little extra information. Click on the Lesson Creation tab located at the top of your Learning Experience. Resources Needed: Add any extra materials needed by the Learner to complete this Learning Experience, e.g. calculator, ruler, rubber gloves. Overall Timer: Toggling this option will turn the Learning Experience into a timed Learning Experience. Timed LEs have a timer that begins as soon as a Learner opens the L...

How do I insert math or chemical equations into my lesson?

Note: This is an add-on feature. Email us at contact@beed.world to get the equation builder for your institution. 1. To add equations into your lessons, click on: (a) For mathematical equations (b) For chemical equations 2. An equation builder will popup. Use these buttons to minimise, enlarge or close the builder. 3. (a) You can swap between categories by clicking on the tabs. (b) Select the symbols/formats you want to include in your equation. (c) You can also copy paste equations into...

Publishing Public

Setting your Learning Experiences as Public allows you to publish them on the BeED marketplace, otherwise known as the Nexus. By publishing on the Nexus, your Learning Experiences: - Can be purchased by other BeED users from anywhere in the world - Will need to go through the BeED vetting process for quality approval before they can be published - Can only use Creative Commons or Public domain media in order to refrain from copyright infringement. For more details on how to u...

Publishing Private

Setting your Learning Experiences as Private allows you to: - Share your Learning Experiences with members of your institution only. In other words, educators and learners that you have added to a hub will be able to see your LEs if you attach them to said hub. Note: These Learning Experiences can only be used for educational or personal purposes, and not for commercial usage. - Skip the BeED vetting process. - Use any sort of media as long as it complies with the pri...

What is SEO and why is it important?

The keywords you insert under SEO Title and Description help search engines such as Google and Yahoo! find your LEs. So make sure to include keywords such as the POI name, subject and topic in the SEO fields.

Creating Folders through the Browser

To better organise your work, you can create folders in your Library. - Click on “Explore” in your toolbar menu, and then select “Library”. - Click on the + icon located at the bottom right of your screen, and then select the “Create New Folder” icon. - Name your folder and click on “Create”. - Once you have created your folder, you can click on the three dotted icon located at the right of each folder tab to rename or delete your folder. - To organize and manage yo...

Creating Folders in the App

- In your library page, click on the + icon located at the bottom right of your screen, and then select “Create New Folder”. - Name your folder and click on “Create”. - Once your folder has been created, tap on the select icon located at the top right of your screen, and then tap on the LEs that you would like to move, and then tap on the folder icon. 4. Select the folder you want to move the LE into, and then tap on the folder icon. 5. You can tap the pencil icon to rename...

Can I save my questions to be shared/used later?

Yes you can. Questions are saved into a Question Bank that’s shared across your entire network of institutions. Currently, only Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) can be saved into the Question Bank. To do this: 1. In your Lesson, click on + Question Block button and choose Multiple Choice Question. Then, create a new Question Block. 2. Click on the Add to Question Bank icon on the top right corner of the Question Block. This will then add the question into the Question Bank, which can be used b...

How do I import a question from the Question Bank into my Lesson/LE?

To import a Question Block from the Question Bank: 1. In your Lesson, click on the Question Bank button. 2. Click on the checkboxes to select the questions to import. Then, click on Import.

How do I access the Question Bank?

You can access the Question Bank either through Journeys or the LMS: 1. In Journeys, navigate to Contributor. Click on the blue icon in the top left corner and select the Question Bank icon (the third icon that appears). 2. In BeED LMS, navigate to the Curriculum Builder and open any Lesson. Go to the ‘Content Creation' tab and click on Question Bank in the top right corner.

Can I organise questions in the Question Bank?

You can organise your questions in the Question Bank by making folders: 1. In the Question Bank, click on the three-dot icon next to an existing folder. You will then have the option to a. create new subfolders b. rename the selected folder c. delete the selected folders 2. Click on Create Folder. 3. In the pop-up menu, insert your folder name and click on Create. 4. To move questions into a folder, click on the checkmark next to the questions. Then, drag and drop them into a fol...

Viewing and Giving Feedback

You can view any of your learner’s answers once you have added them into a hub and they have participated in a Learning Experience attached to that hub. Progress Tracker You can keep track of how much your learner has done in each Learning Experience by looking at the percentage completion tracker listed in each Learner’s box in the hub. To see their progress for each LE, just click on the LE of your choice listed in the left column of the Hub. Personalized Feedback To view each...

Exporting Your Learner's Work

You can select to export individual work or a complete hub. Exporting Individual LEs: 1. On the Learner Feedback page, locate the learner on the left side panel. 2. Click the Export to PDF button next to the Learner’s e-mail. Exporting a Complete Hub: 1. Navigate to the Hub page by selecting Planner and Hubs. 2. Locate the Hub you would like to export. 3. Click Print to export the entire content of the Hub.

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