1. Visit https://web.seesaw.me/ and log in. 2. Select "I am a teacher". 3. Select "Teacher Sign In with Google". 4. Enter your Meadowbrook email & password. 5. You will now see your students on the right (1). You can either see all of their work, individual students at a time, or isolate it by subject (2). If you are a specialist or teacher assigned to multiple grades, you can select the class you wish to view at the top left where it says "classes" (3).

1. Click on the green + symbol in the top right corner. 2. Post content to one or multiple students portfolio(s) (they use this same step to add to their own). You/they can add a photo, drawing, video, note, link, or upload a document/spreadsheet/slideshow etc... right from Google Drive. 3. To create an assignment, after clicking on the green + symbol, click "Create an Activity". You can also create a category such as "language arts" and add the activity to the category. Or click on "library" to choose from lots of existing activities shared by teachers from around the world. 4) After clicking "Create New Activity", give it a title. You then have the option to add written instructions and/or audio or video instructions. 5) If you choose to, you can add a template for student responses if you wish for them to be submitted in the same format. You can add a background (including graph paper for math practice) See example below: 6. Click save in the bottom right. 7. Click assign. 8. If you have multiple classes, you can assign them across grade levels, and/or individual folders or skills. 9. You can then assign to selected individual students or the entire class by selecting the Edit Students, Folders, Skills link.

SeeSaw has a huge library of assignments created by teachers around the world and curated by subject or skill. You can use these as inspiration when creating new activities, or you can personalize existing activities in this global library. It is also great to share assignments you create for others in the Meadowbrook and SeeSaw community for their use. 1. Click on the green plus button and select Activity or click on the activities tab in the right pane of the Seesaw interface and select Browse Activity Library. 2. Once in the Activity Library, you can select your personal library, the Meadowbrook library, or the Community library. 3. You can use the search bar (1) to find an existing assignment, or filter by grade level (2) or subject (3). Click on the heart icon (4) to select an activity you would like to look at again, modify for use, or use as is with your students. 4. When you open up the activity after clicking on the heart icon, it now exists in your personal library, and you can make a copy, edit, and assign it. NOTE: Making a copy of the activity replaces its author with you. This can help avoid confusion for students.

Content can live in multiple folders which can be useful for pulling specific pieces for events such as conferences. Changing the folder for the previously posted content To change or add a folder to existing content, click on the 3 dots next to what is posted and select "Edit Folders" to tag it to an existing folder or create a new one. You can also use this tab to change the name of the student it belongs to, edit the date, and more. Below, you can see the currently assigned folder (1), the 3 dots icon that brings up an options menu (2), and the Edit Folders options (3). When the Select Folders window appears, you can change the folder by selecting the box next to the folder or folders you want for your content. You can use the +Create a Folder! button to create new folders. Use the green check in the upper right corner when you are finished. When creating folders, you can use a number as the first character to organize the folders as you want them displayed. Also, inserting an emoji and a color on the folders and having the same emoji and color in other places that subject is represented helps students connect all the places where this subject's content belongs. ☎️ Creating new Folders or editing folders separately from content You can manage your folders by selecting the wrench icon in the upper right corner of your Seesaw page. This will open up your class settings window which has a manage folders option after scrolling down a bit. Once in the Manage Folders window, you can click on the arrow next to a folder to edit its color and name or delete it. You also have a + Create a Folder button if you would like to add new folders.

Screencastify allows you to edit a video after you've recorded it.  It will work best on a computer, not an iPad. Here are the instructions for using their editor: https://help.screencastify.com/category/133-editing-premium Finding your videos on Screencastify 1.  Click on the Screen Castify icon at the top-right of your Chrome window (1) then click on the left-hand menu (three bars) (2) 2. Click on My Recordings. 3. Click on the video you want to share with students. 4. In the top right, click on "Copy shareable link". On the top right, click on Copy shareable link. Making Activity in Seesaw & Attaching Video 1. In Chrome, open a new tab and go to seesaw's web page, web.seesaw.me, click on Login, then "I'm a Teacher". 2. Click "Teacher Sign In with Google". 4. Use your Meadowbrook account. 5. Click the green "+ Add" button. 6. Click "Assign Activity". 7. Click "Create New Activity". 8. Write a name & instructions for your activity. Then, click "Add Multimedia Instructions or Example" in the Student Instructions area. 9. Click "Link" (NOT "Video"!) 10. Paste your Screencastify video link into the box that pops up, using either Right Click -> Paste, or Command+V. Then, hit the green check mark to save. 11. Optionally, add captions or recording. When you are all set, click the green check mark again to save. 12. Click the blue "Save" button in the bottom right hand corner. 13. Click the green "Assign..." button. 14. Pick which class(es) you would like to assign this assignment & video to. 15. By hitting the "Schedule" button, you can choose a time, either immediately or in the future, for the activity to be available. When you have done so, click the green check mark. 16. Click the green "Assign" button at the bottom of the page.

1. Click on the green Add button. 2. Select a post or activity. (If activity, create a new activity and then add a template or instructions. Both a new post or the attachments in an activity will send you to the create new content window.) Once here, click "Upload" to get files from either your computer or Google Drive. 3. Select from Computer (1) allows you to browse for a file on your computer. Select from Google Drive (2) allows you to browse your Drive. You can also just drop local files into the Drop File (3) area. Once you have selected your content, you can select students and folders for the post next or when assigning an activity.

Click on your profile in the upper left corner of the screen. Click on the settings gear icon. Click on Account Settings. Click on Icon and select either Camera or Upload.

When typing instructions in a Seesaw activity, use a colon before and after the key word.  For example, :add: will insert an image of the Add response button in your instructions. This will only show up after you save your work.

Though we hope not to have to go remote, being prepared for this possibility allows for as smooth a transition in teaching and learning for our community. Setting up your Seesaw Daily Schedule The daily schedule should be posted as a "Post Student Work" in the Morning Meeting or Message folder. Pin the current daily schedule so that it appears at the top of students Journal feed. The daily schedule should include the date. Please construct your daily schedule in the Seesaw post interface rather than in an outside software. This enables Specials and others attached to the classroom to edit this schedule and post their links directly to it. All faculty hosting a Zoom session are encouraged to use their Zoom PMI. This allows tech help to better support faculty and families as well as being more consistent for families. The goal for setting up the Daily Schedule this way is to maximize student independence in getting to their classes and accessing their work.