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The Lesson plans tab, accessible from the Learning Library on the web, is where you can create custom lesson plans, view and assign lesson plans to a room, and modify lesson plan details.
The Room plans tab is where you can view all lesson plans in your school that is assigned to a room. You can also add and assign new lesson plans to rooms from this tab as well.
💡 Any staff role can take these actions.
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Lesson Plans vs. Room Plans
Lesson Plans are where you can view or create lesson plans to utilize across the entire program. Lesson plans can then be assigned to rooms which creates a unique copy. They are visible from the Lesson plans tab, accessible from the Learning Library on the web
Room Plans are where you can view the unique copy of a lesson plan assigned to a specific room. These are visible from the Room plans tab within your account on the web.
EXAMPLE: The Farm House Lesson Plan can be assigned to multiple rooms, such as Rooms A and B. Once it is assigned to Room A and B, it is considered a Room Plan!
Create a Custom Lesson Plan
If you want to create a custom lesson plan, see our resource here. If you're ready to assign an Experience Curriculum lesson plan to a room, continue reading below.
View and Assign a Lesson Plan to a Room
Viewing and assigning lesson plans allows you to get a holistic view of the plan for the entire week in a central spot. Assigning a lesson to a room creates a unique copy that is independent of the primary copy. If you edit a lesson before it's assigned to a room, the edit will apply once assigned. If you edit a lesson plan after it's assigned to a room, the edits will only apply to that room. A lesson plan that is not yet assigned to any room is the original copy.
Log in on the web
Click to open the Learning page from the purple side menu
Open the Library and then the Lesson plans tab
Locate the lesson to be assigned
💡 Use the search bar, scroll through the list, or use the Order by drop-down filters! Experience Curriculum lessons will automatically populate here after upgrading.Once you've located the lesson, click View and assign
Edit the lesson plan as needed
Click Assign to room
Select the Room using the drop-down menu
[Optional] Add an Assigned week
💡A room and week must be assigned on a lesson plan for it to appear on the appClick Assign
Choose the assigned room and click View to view the lesson plan, or click All room Plans and then View to view all lesson plans for every room at the program
🚩 If you create a lesson plan for a room with one assigned for the week, an error will occur. Only one lesson plan can be assigned to a room each week.
Edit a Lesson Plan
To learn how to edit a lesson plan, see our resource here.
View Room Plans
Log in on the web
Click to open the Learning page on the purple side menu and the Room plans tab will open by default
Use the search bar or Room, Date From, and Date To drop-down options to locate assigned lesson plans
Click View to open the weekly Lesson Plan and review it in further detail
If no Lesson Plans exist from that room based on your search parameters, you will see the option to Create new which will allow you to create a custom lesson plan
💡To view Lesson Plans in a room on the mobile app, review our View Lesson Plans on Mobile resource!
Add a Lesson Plan from Room Plans tab
Log in on the web
Click to open the Learning page on the purple side menu and the Room plans tab will open by default
Click Add room plan
Click Select from existing or Create your own
Once you've chosen, click Select
If you choose Select from existing, follow the steps to View and Assign Lesson Plans
If you choose to Create your own, follow the steps to Create a Custom Lesson Plan
Add a Learning Activity to a Lesson Plan
Learning Activities can easily be added directly to already created Lesson Plan templates or Room plans from the Learning Activities tab on the web, or from the Learning tab on the mobile app! This feature provides more flexibility when creating and managing lesson plans.
Learn more in our Learning Activities resource.
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