|
Feature |
New
Switched-On Schoolhouse 2009 |
Benefit |
| New Format for
the Homepage |
A fun new way to
view SOS, with helpful and interesting new bites of information
displayed in widgets of your choosing! |
Allows you and
your students to modify your Home page and easily access daily work
and tools with a single click. |
| MiSOS Themes |
All new, themes
for teachers. Themes for students have a new look and feel. Optional
widgets available for all. |
Allows you and
your students to personalize the look and feel of SOS. You even have
a customizable theme, so make it your own! You control what options
your students have available to choose among. |
| Daily Work Report |
One page summary
of the work done by your student(s) for the day. |
Lets you see
exactly which lessons, projects, quizzes and tests your student
spent time working on for a specified date. |
| Redesigned
Student Schoolwork Page |
Emphasis on
"Current Assignments", with a reminder to double-click to open
assignments, and blue links for active assignments. |
Makes it very
simple for students to see at a glance, which assignments they need
to work on today. |
| Simplified
Exclude Day Process |
More intuitive
flow to exclude a range of days or a repeating day as a school day. |
Simplified the
process to exclude days from your school calendar and added
on-screen instructions. |
| Modified Term and
Calendar Screens |
Expanded
instruction of calendar functions. |
Instructions
available on-screen immediately. |
| Pre-Installed
Sample Lessons |
We've made it
easier for you to access and assign the Sample Lessons. |
Forget installing
the practice lessons. They are already there for you. |
| Copy Curriculum
Capability for Students |
Students can copy
SOS curriculum onto their computer. |
Enables students
to copy curriculum directly onto their own computer, so they no
longer have to use the CD to access their schoolwork. |
| Context Sensitive
Help Feature |
Press F1 on a
number of the forms in SOS and go directly to the Help for that
form. |
One-click takes
you directly to help for the SOS window you are currently viewing.
Saves you search time. |
| New Lesson Plan
Icons |
Visual alert on
Lesson Plan screen for all assignment types. |
Identify, at a
glance, if an assignment is a lesson, project, quiz or test. |
| Single-Click to
Zero-Out an Assignment |
One-step method
to clear the work and grades in an assignment and mark it as
complete. |
Provides a
point-and-click, single step to clear work and mark it done. |
| Keyboard Shortcut
for "Save & Exit" Functions |
Provides a
streamlined method for grading student's work. |
Makes grading
simpler for you by using a one-click shortcut to "save and exit"
after
grading an assignment. |
| Additional Access
to Create Custom Assignments |
Use the Edit
Student Subject window to create a custom assignment for a student. |
Provides you an
additional option to creating custom assignments for your students. |
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SOS 8th Grade
History and Geography
(U.S. history)
and your