Universal Curriculum User Manual
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1. User Manual e define the following font type 2 Arial Times Courier font colour 3 black white red yellow green blue background colour 4 black white red yellow green blue no background font style bold 5 italics 6 or underlined 7 font size 8 e write your note in the text field 1 The size of the text field may be freely modified To modify the text field s size e drag one of the small squares 9 situated on the field s borders lt is also possible to move the text field and the text editor to another position on a lesson page To move the text area to another position on a page click on the grey stripe above the font and background options e drag the editor to a chosen place Young Digital Planet 2009 30 Universal Curriculum User Manual After closing the text editor you can still make changes in the inserted text To make changes in a written text e click on the text This will open the editor again Show area button The Show area button allows the showing of a certain area on a lesson page The tool has its own drop down menu opened with the Expand button 1 below the Show area button 2 with options to choose from 2 Showarea 3 Hide drawing 4 Hide content The Show area option shows a chosen fragment of a page and covers the rest of the page with the colour recently chosen from the Colour drop down menu2. Fram ple Led other types 3 rich in protein Ca Cin Young Digital Planet 2009 31 Universal Curriculum User Manual To show a fragment of a page e click on the Show area button e choose the Show area option from the drop down menu To restore the previous look of the page e click on the Show area button again The Hide drawing option shows only a page s lesson content and hides all drawings or text inserted in the page Ergai oi Tuna Ike other types of fish is rich in protein To hide drawings and text inserted in a page e click on the Show area button e choose the Hide drawing option from the drop down menu To restore the previous look of the page e click on the Hide drawing button again The Hide content option hides all lesson content and shows only the drawings and text inserted in a page Exariple Exarmpie tari Young Digital Planet 2009 32 Universal Curriculum User Manual To hide content on a page e click on the Show area button e choose the Hide content option from the drop down menu To restore the previous look of the page e click on the Hide content button again Eraser button The Eraser button deletes items inserted in a lesson page The tool has its own drop down menu opened with the Expand button 1 below the Eraser button 2 with options to choose from 2 Eraser 3 Scissors 4 Clear all The Era
3. indicating that the show answers button has been used The reset button resets all given answers in an exercise To reset all answers e click on the reset button The following pop up will appear asking for your confirmation Information x Do you realy want to resetthis activity T _ fy yes xno The check button opens the Activity Report and makes it possible to view the exercise s status at any time e correct and incorrect answers Young Digital Planet 2009 40 Universal Curriculum User Manual the number of answers still to be given apercentage result e total error count Activity report Results to do correct incorrect result error count To view the Activity Report click on the check button Young Digital Planet 2009 4 Universal Curriculum User Manual In the Activity Report there are some additional options available These include e marking correct answers marking errors e showing answers e removing errors e resetting the whole activity Activity report Results Options Options used to do mark correct Wf ej correct mark errors E3 incorrect show answers result Bi remove errors error count reset activity To view the additional options e click on a button in the form of a small arrow in the bottom left corner of the Activity Report To close the Activity Report e click on the cross button in the top rig
4. The Remove note option removes the added page To remove the added page e click on the Add note button e choose the Remove note option from the drop down menu This will remove both the added page and the extra navigation bar Young Digital Planet 2009 36 Universal Curriculum User Manual Disable feedback sound button Each teacher s lesson contains the same exercises as the student s lesson If a mistake is made 1 a feedback sound alerts you to this The feedback sound can be turned off by using the Disable feedback sound button 2 Controlling use of calcium O for strong bones Healthy skin teeth O and gums Healthy skin and eyes amp O Respiration and maintaining O nervous system a te RB aje Za D fe Toturn off the feedback sound e click on the Disable feedback sound button This will cross out the loudspeaker icon on the button 2 To turn the feedback sound on again click on the Disable feedback sound button again Young Digital Planet 2009 37 Universal Curriculum User Manual Changing lesson title The teacher can change any lesson title and any lesson page title To change a lesson title or a lesson page title e place the mouse cursor at the end of the selected title 1 e use the Backspace button on your keyboard to delete the whole title or just letters or words of your choice e type in the new title Sources of
5. animations illustrations films simulations on each screen Young Digital Planet 2009 5 Universal Curriculum User Manual Activities functionality A lesson can be considered from different perspectives as a mixed set of screens There are 2 sets Student screens including activities and illustrations so called rich screens and Teacher screens with activities and illustartions put each on the separate page Student screens are built in such a manner as to react in a smart way to the students input into activities If a student makes 3 mistakes there is feedback with an extra help pop up appearing on the screen which contains an activity explaining a particular topic in an easier way Solving the whole activity correctly on a rich page causes an extra challenge activity pop up to appear giving the student an opportunity to further explore his or her knowledge on a specific topic The idea is not to show the student correct solution after few mistakes made The goal is to present the track of wrong thinking by ilustrating based on amusing feedbacks what has been done wrong Then student has to analyse problem and think of the correct solution by his her own basically to teach by forcing to think towards achieving knowledge and right skills Activities are constructed in an easy and intuitive way Each activity has control and reset buttons The control button allows the student to check his her result by showing
6. UNIVERSAL Curriculum Content amp eLearning Technologies for K 12 Education Universal Curriculum User Manual Lha HA Young Digital Planet Educational ePublishing Universal Curriculum User Manual Young Digital Planet SA 2009 Young Digital Planet SA ul Stowackiego 175 80 298 Gdansk tel 058 768 22 20 fax 058 768 22 11 e mail info ydp eu www ydp eu Young Digital Planet 2009 Universal Curriculum User Manual Table of contents Introduction Scope Lesson Assets Tools Student s content The first page _ Table of contents Navigation bar and Navigation arrows Lesson guide Lesson pages Exercises Lesson report Teacher s content The first page em Navigation bar Teacher s Panel Changing lesson title Exercises Young Digital Planet 2009 3 Universal Curriculum User Manual Introduction Universal Curriculum is a generic pool of high guality interactive resources covering the subjects of Science Mathematics Physics Chemistry and Biology taught at the levels of primary amp secondary education Its outstanding features include ready made high guality online content for students and teachers from one reliable source Maths amp Science curriculum coverage a rich variety of media advanced feedback and reporting system interactive whiteboard compatibility SCORM eLearning platforms compliance flexibility for easy localisation and adaptation tex
7. a pop up with a result report If the activity has not been solved on the whole of it has been solved correctly the activity report pop up shows the relevant information i e that the activity hasn t been solved yet or that it has already been solved in 100 respectively Tools Every lesson contains a set of tool icons at the bottom of the screen which enable the student an extra help and extra challenge activities and the teacher to enchance his her Interactive Whiteboard presentations Young Digital Planet 2009 6 Universal Curriculum User Manual Student s content After you have chosen a certain lesson the first screen will show you the lesson s table of contents ge Nutrition a balanced diet A balanced diet aye YG 210 D a A balanced diet means eating foods from the seven food groups a a ra Fibre These must be eaten in the right amounts A balanced diet is essential to Keep a person healthy Science Upper Primary Universal Curriculum DP All other lesson pages will be similar in appearance to that shown above They will contain texts films animations simulations and a number of interactive exercises helpful in mastering new information The instruction on how to use Student s lessons is described in the next paragraph Young Digital Planet 2009 7 Universal Curriculum User Manual The first page The first page of a Student s lesson l
8. aa Angiosperms monocots and dicots Click here to reset the whole lesson Total You can also view the mistakes you have made in each exercise 2 and see if you have used any hints 3 It is also possible to go back to see the mistakes you have made 4 and reset the whole lesson 5 To go back to see the mistakes you have made e click on the appropriate button 4 To reset the whole lesson e click on the appropriate button 5 Young Digital Planet 2009 18 Universal Curriculum User Manual Teacher s content The Teacher s content can be used with interactive whiteboards or multimedia projectors After you have chosen a certain lesson it will be displayed in the same window The appearance will be different from that of a student s lesson Nutrition a balanced diet The seven food groups Ge Fibre aap The major difference between a Student s lesson and a Teacher s lesson is that the latter contains a Teacher s Panel 1 situated at the bottom of every lesson page The functioning of the Panel is described in the following paragraphs Young Digital Planet 2009 19 Universal Curriculum User Manual The first page The first page of a Teacher s lesson looks similar to this Gi Nutrition a balanced diet Fa The seven food groups and always contains the following e Lesson title e the same material as on the second page of a Student s lesson e Navigati
9. and high in tats Some Viamins in different foods To add remove a lesson page check uncheck a checkbox 2 next to a lesson title To confirm the changes e click on the OK button 3 To cancel the changes click on the cancel button 4 To reset all changes and restore the default settings e click on the reset button 5 You can do this at any time even after you have closed the Edit lesson window Young Digital Planet 2009 2 Universal Curriculum User Manual Colour button The Colour button changes the colour of pen tools and text Before you start drawing or writing anything choose a colour from the Colour button s menu To choose a colour e click on the Colour button 1 e click on a chosen colour black white red yellow green blue Thickness button The Thickness button changes the thickness of pen tools Before you start drawing anything choose a thickness from the Thickness button s menu To choose a thickness e click on the Thickness button 1 e click on a chosen thickness Young Digital Planet 2009 28 Universal Curriculum User Manual Text tool button The Text tool button allows you to make notes on lesson pages To write a note on a page e click on the Text tool button e draw a rectangle 1 anywhere on the page O SS 4 gt e this activates a text editor Young Digital Planet 2009 29 Universal Curriculum
10. button allows you to mark certain areas of course pages or to draw on them The tool has its own drop down menu opened with the Expand button next to the Pen button 1 with options to choose from Pen Marker Line Rectangle Rectangle outline eos SS ON Circle Young Digital Planet 2009 25 Universal Curriculum User Manual 8 Circle outline To use any of the Pen button options e click on the Expand button e click on the chosen option s button e draw on the page e pen v marker a g line rectangle c B L Irectangle outline circle circle outline O All Pen tools draw in the same colour and line thickness as chosen Colour and Thickness buttons see Colour button Thickness button It is therefore worth setting the colour and line thickness options before you start drawing Edit lesson button The Edit lesson button enables you to e change the sequence of individual lesson pages e add remove certain lesson pages To open the Edit lesson window e click on the Edit lesson button Young Digital Planet 2009 26 Universal Curriculum User Manual To change the seguence of individual lesson pages e drag a lesson rectangle 1 using the mouse to a chosen position The Seven food groups Sample foods and nutritional components Carbohydrates sample toods Proteins sample foods Foods high in tats Foods rich in vitamins Foods lows
11. calci 1 i 2 You can restore the default title of a lesson or a lesson page To restore the default title of a lesson or a lesson page e click on the reset button 2 next to the title Young Digital Planet 2009 38 Universal Curriculum User Manual Exercises After entering a page with an exercise the teacher can only see the exercise itself without any instruction The teacher can display the instruction for the students with the help of the instruction button 1 situated just below the lesson page s title The fi ji To display the instruction to an exercise e click on the instruction button This will display the instruction The functions of some minerals Tj 2 1 Click the parts of the diagram and answer the questions about minerals and food Click to answer Below each exercise in the teacher s content there are three useful buttons available i i IR he Ke 1 the show answers button 2 the reset button 3 the check button The show answers buiton is a hint button showing the correct answer s To show the correct answer s e click on the show answers button Young Digital Planet 2009 39 Universal Curriculum User Manual This will display the correct answer s 1 Sodium is needed to maintain nerve functions Which of these foods is high in sodium si At the same time the check button will change to a button with a red arrow
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13. irst tab To switch to a certain tab e click on its number or letter Exercises Animations films or slide shows 1 are often used as an introduction to an exercise 2 ia Structure of the atom QaRa gt Gis D Properties of elementary particles a Learn about ihe basic propenies of subatomic particles Particles and eter your comchimions below by choosing the appropriate answers Examine the properties of subatomic B ois 54510 Since the atom is an electrically neutral species Electron the number of electrons must be 7 i the number of protons in the nucleus An electron is about 7 times lighter than a profon or neutron The mass of the electrons Is a 7 part ofthe mass of ihe whole alom The mass of an atom att 0 1 675 10 i 3 Mautron BOO Ghar seo I Chemistey Uppet Secondary Universal Curriculum YDP Before doing an exercise it is worth watching an introductory animation film or slide show in order to understand the material To start an animation film or slide show Young Digital Planet 2009 12 Universal Curriculum User Manual e click on the Play button 1a You can stop the film at any time using the Stop button 1a or scroll to a certain time point using the slider next to the Play and Stop buttons Now you can start to do the exercise To do an exercise e follow the instruction given at the beginning of each exercise On each lesson page there
14. is an extra toolbar 4 situated in the bottom left corner The toolbar varies from one course to another but most of the courses contain the following extra functions e glossary e calculator e biography To display the extra toolbar e click on a button in the form of a little arrow situated in the bottom left corner of a lesson page This will display a bar from which you will be able to choose a suitable icon Under each exercise there are two important buttons available 3 the reset button e the check button The reset button resets all given answers in an exercise To reset all answers that you have given e click on the reset button Young Digital Planet 2009 13 Universal Curriculum User Manual The following pop up will appear asking for your confirmation Information x Do vou really want io resetthis activity ww yes Ge no The check button opens the Activity Report and makes it possible at any time to view the exercise s status correct and incorrect answers e the number of answers still to be given e a percentage result e total error count Activity report Results to do correct incorrect result error count To view the Activity Report e click on the check button Young Digital Planet 2009 14 Universal Curriculum User Manual In the Activity Report there are some additional options available These include e ma
15. lum User Manual Navigation arrows The Navigation arrows work in a similar way to the Navigation bar described previously in the manual To move to the next page or previous page e click on an appropriate arrow tooltips displayed after placing the mouse cursor over arrows will inform you if it is a next or previous arrow Arrow button The Arrow button turns off any activated option and restores the default look of the cursor In the picture below you can see that the currently used tool is zoom because the Zoom area button is slightly darker than the other two To restore the default look of the cursor after using a different tool click on the Arrow button 1 Young Digital Planet 2009 23 Universal Curriculum User Manual Zoom area button The Zoom area button zooms in on a page s elements by drawing a rectangle on the page area and releasing the mouse button the smaller the rectangle the bigger the zoom To zoom in on a page s elements e click on the Zoom area button e navigate the magnifier 1 to the place where you want to start the zooming in e release the mouse button To zoom out e click on the Zoom area button again Young Digital Planet 2009 24 Universal Curriculum User Manual Zooming in activates a small square 3 in the bottom right corner of the page where you can move to another part of the page Pen button The Pen
16. m User Manual Zoom in button The Zoom in button zooms in on and out of a lesson page The tool has its own drop down menu opened with the Expand button 1 below the Zoom in button 2 with options to choose from 2 Zoom in 3 Zoom out 4 Show all The Zoom in option zooms in on a lesson page To zoom in e click on the Zoom in button e choose the Zoom in option from the drop down menu The Zoom out option zooms out of a lesson page To zoom out e click on the Zoom in button e choose the Zoom out option from the drop down menu The Show all option restores the normal size of the lesson page To restore the normal size of a lesson page e click on the Zoom in button e choose the Show all option from the drop down menu Young Digital Planet 2009 35 Universal Curriculum User Manual Add note button The Add note button is used for adding extra pages on which you can make notes and draw The tool has its own drop down menu opened with the Expand button 1 below the Zoom in button 2 with options to choose from 2 Add note 3 Remove note The Add note option adds an extra page to a lesson page of your choice To add an extra page click on the Add note button e choose the Add note option from the drop down menu This will add an extra page and an extra navigation bar 1 with the help of which you will be able to switch between the lesson page and the new page
17. on bar e Teacher s panel Young Digital Planet 2009 20 Universal Curriculum User Manual Navigation bar The Navigation bar helps you to move between lesson pages To use the Navigation bar e click on the button with a small arrow in the top right corner of the page page 1 17 a 23456785 This will display abar with page numbers and arrows Click on any page number to be moved to this lesson page Use the arrows to move to the next page or the previous page right and left arrows respectively Teacher s Panel The Teacher s Panel looks like this w E o a E a aL aii and contains a number of useful buttons Open Close buttons Navigation arrows Arrow button Zoom area button Pen button Edit lesson button Colour button Thickness button 2 Pot See SY E Text tool button Young Digital Planet 2009 21 Universal Curriculum User Manual 10 Show area button 11 Eraser button 12 Undo Redo buttons 13 Zoom in button 14 Add note button 15 Disable feedback sound button Open Close buttons After opening a Teacher s lesson the Teacher s Panel is closed and looks like this To expand the Teacher s Panel e click on one of the Open Close buttons For expanded Teacher s Panel see Teacher s Panel To close the Teacher s Panel e click on one of the Open Close buttons Young Digital Planet 2009 22 Universal Curricu
18. ooks similar to this kan Nutrition a balanced diet 1 Lesson contents A balanced diet Carbohydrates Proteins Fats Vitamins Minerals Fibre Water Lesson report and always contains the following Lesson title Table of contents Navigation bar Navigation arrows Lesson guide Selada Upped Primar nha Curriculum vor The Navigation bar the Navigation arrows and the Lesson guide are also accessible from other lesson pages Young Digital Planet 2009 Universal Curriculum User Manual Table of contents The Table of contents gives the names of each lesson page and access to them To enter a certain page e look for it in the table of contents e click on the button next to its title Navigation bar and Navigation arrows Both the Navigation bar and Navigation arrows help you move between lesson pages In the Navigation bar you can choose a certain page you want to move to whereas if you click on a Navigation arrow you will be moved to the next or the previous page To move to a certain page e click on its number in the Navigation bar To move to the next or the previous page e click on the arrow on the right or on the arrow on the left respectively Young Digital Planet 2009 9 Universal Curriculum User Manual Lesson guide The Lesson guide sets suggested learning goals for students To open the lesson guide e click on the Lesson guide button A pop
19. pears next to the instruction and an error counter 4 is started If a student feels he she is not able to do the exercise it is possible to choose the show answers option from the Activity Report A keyhole appears next to the error counter fe W 4 However the use of this as well as each other option is monitored by the program so the teacher will be informed about using this option by the student Note that resetting the exercise resets neither the keyhole nor the error count Young Digital Planet 2009 16 Universal Curriculum User Manual For giving 100 correct answers 1 a bonus 2 is often given in the form of additional tables etc wi Choose the symbols that represent atoms of the same element aly 25 164 1 J Isotope characteristics A graphic indication 3 also appears next to the instruction this time in form of a small green tick Young Digital Planet 2009 Ly Universal Curriculum User Manual Lesson report At the end of each lesson there is a Lesson Report indicating the total score from each exercise and from all exercises altogether 1 Lesson report Plants autotrophic tissue organisms Planttissues En Broohytes liverworts Hepaticophyta Bryophytes mosses Click here Bryophyta and go back to see aa de sb de NG h nt the mistakes you Pteridophytes ferns Pterophyta 1 have made Click it Your answers Angiosperms A s
20. rking correct answers marking errors e showing answers e removing errors e resetting the whole activity Activity report Results Options Options used to do mark correct Wf ej correct mark errors E3 incorrect show answers result Bi remove errors error count reset activity To view the additional options e click on a button in the form of a small arrow in the bottom left corner of the Activity Report To close the Activity Report e click on the cross button in the top right corner of the pop up Young Digital Planet 2009 15 Universal Curriculum User Manual After making a first mistake 1 the student is provided with meaningful feedback and an indication of a correct answer 2 cles 3 be Tenan Lena xamine the properties df subatomic Vik bee Gerais Symbol particles and enter your conclusions mips charge below by choosing the appropriate answers isio a Since the atom is an electrically ne JELAS the number of electrons musthe largerthan wl the number of protons in the nucleus re An electron is about YV times lighter than 4 h a proton or neutron The mass ofthe electrons is a v part ofthe mass ofthe whole atom The mass of an atom 1 o 5 is Vi The charge on an electron equals the charge on a proton but with the opposite sign Neutrans have no electrical charge lt gt DD At the same time a graphic indication 3 in the form of a small red cross ap
21. ser option functions like an ordinary rubber It erases fragments of items if you drag it over them To erase a fragment of an item e click on the Eraser button e choose the Eraser option from the drop down menu e drag the eraser cursor over an item To undo the deletion e click on the Undo button see Undo Redo buttons The Scissors option deletes a whole item To delete a whole item e click on the Eraser button Young Digital Planet 2009 33 Universal Curriculum User Manual e choose the Scissors option from the drop down menu e click on the item with the scissors cursor To undo the deletion e click on the Undo button see Undo Redo buttons The Clear all option deletes all items inserted in a lesson page To delete all items e click on the Eraser button e choose the Clear all option from the drop down menu To undo the deletion e click on the Undo button see Undo Redo buttons Undo Redo buttons The Undo 1 and Redo 2 buttons look like this Pad The Undo button undoes the previous action It is possible to undo all actions one after another in the same order as they were done To undo an action e click on the Undo button The Redo button redoes the previous action It is possible to redo all actions one after another in the same order as they were undone To redo an action e click on the Redo button Young Digital Planet 2009 34 Universal Curriculu
22. tbook independent curriculum related content operational system independent XML technology online and offline delivery The content offered for each subject is flexible enough to be adapted to any national curriculum language particular textbook or specific teaching concept Universal Curriculum is available for end users in the United Kingdom and worldwide through the educational portals www yTeach co uk and www yTeach com Young Digital Planet 2009 4 Universal Curriculum User Manual Scope Sea pawai SI Upper Primary 32 10 13 years sc in 80 topics Lower Secondary 137 topics 101 topics 99 topics 111 topics 13 16 years ir ng 114 topics 100 topics 100 topics 119 topics 16 19 years Almost 1100 interactive topics Almost 30000 learning objects Lesson A lesson consists of approx 10 12 screens Every lesson contains a so called zero page which is the starting point for the lesson and serves as an explanatory page and table of contents with links to particular topics in the lesson At the very end of a lesson a score page can be found that shows the results of the solved activities the number of errors that have been made in particular exercises and the information whether the student has used a hint to see the activity solution All results can be printed using the print button Assets There are approx 10 12 illustrations in each lesson 1 3 interactive activities and 2 3
23. up similar to this will appear Learning goals At the end of the lesson you should understand what is meant by a balanced diet g Know which foods are good sources of carbohydrates proteins Tats Vitamins minerals fibre and water explain why each of these seven food groups is important for health Young Digital Planet 2009 10 Universal Curriculum User Manual Lesson pages Each lesson page has its own title at the top 1 Eglence Upper Primary Universal Comeulem amp YDP Lessons usually begin with an introduction which consists of atext 2 and a supporting film 3 with a voice over 3a Read the introductory text and then start the film To start the film e click on the Play button 3a You can stop the film at any time using the Stop button 8a or scroll to a certain time point using the slider next to the Play and Stop buttons Often some additional materials are accessible from extra buttons 5 e g illustrations tables supporting animations etc To enter additional material Young Digital Planet 2009 11 Universal Curriculum User Manual e click on a suitable icon tooltips displayed after placing the mouse cursor over icons will inform you if it is an illustration film etc Usually two or more tabs each labelled with a number or letter split a lesson 4 The second tab most often contains an exercise covering the material presented on the f
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