Edline Tips & Tricks

To get your students used to checking their Edline Calendar you can post an assignment that contains a "secret code". Instruct your students to write down the code and bring it to you for extra credit!

Have a great tip you'd like to share? Please visit the Edline Tips Page and fill in your suggestion!

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Edline Support and Training

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Edline for Teachers

What's in Edline for 2011-2012

Now Available! Take the TrainU course on the new features in Edline:

Enroll in: "Edline for the Classroom Teacher"

Video overview of the new Edline Environment (5 minute video)

General overview of new Edline features (3 minute video)

Activate an account in Edline (3 minute video)

How to change your District e-mail address in Edline (2 minute video)

Summary of changes in Edline

Summary of changes in Edline

What's New in Edline (via Edline Help)

Superintendent's Bulletin on Edline Usage (July 2011)

How-To's with the New Edline

These online tutorials from the new Edline Help system will show you how to do common tasks in Edline.

How to Setup your Class Edline Website

How to Create Documents for Your Website

How to Add Content with the Document Page

How to Create News Events

How to Create Folders

How to Create Links within Edline

How to Upload Files to Edline

Print Documentation

Complete Listing of Textbooks available in Edline (current as of 9/16/2011)

Online textbook access is provided by publishers based on the courses where the books have been purchased. Where online access via Edline is part of our contract with the publishers access is provided keyed to the course number of the classes. Please review this listing and check the course code number for classes that should have access via Edline.

 

Video Tutorials

The following videos are available as part of the Edine for the Classroom Teacher Course now available on TrainU. View the videos here or enroll in the course and earn points!

Edit the Basic Properties of a Class Page in Edline

Add a Folder to Your Class Page

Posting News Items to Edline

Posting to Your Classrooom Calendar in Edline

Creating and Publishing Documents to your Edline page

Add a calendar item

Best Practices for Publishing to Edline

Best Practices for Managing Documents in Edline

Best Practices for Communicating via Edline

Linking Edline pages for other classes to your Edline page (Thanks to Wendy Swanson)


Edline for School Technical Staff and Superusers

The following documents support the administration of Edline and training in your schools:

NEW! Overview of Edline Changes for Teachers and School Superusers (recorded 8/12/11)

NEW! Troubleshooting and Maintenance of your Edline Database (recorded 9/15/11)

NEW! Cleaning Out Orphaned Parents from the Edline Database Step-by-Step (Word)

Activation Instructions and Training

 

Activation and Mail Merge Instructions (Updated for Word 2007)

Sample Parent Activation Letter (Updated for Word 2007)

Recommended Steps for Printing Parent Activation Codes

Options for Printing Activation Codes

Mail Merge Instructions (long version)

Mail Merge Instructions for Use in Teacher Training

Sample Teacher Activation Letter (Office 2003)

Sample Parent Activation Letter (Office 2003)

Sample Parent Activation Letter in Spanish (Office 2003)

Bulletins

District Bulletin--New Edline Features (PDF)

District Bulletin--Required Usage of Edline July 2011 (PDF)

District Bulletin--Teacher Expectations for Using Edline March 2006 (PDF)

Online Textbook Listing (current as of 8/23/2010)

Grades and GradeQuick

Visit Techsupport/Gradequick for Site Reporter support (Functional inside the District network only. Requires permissions as a school GQ Manager.)

Using Edline and GradeQuick From Home (short version--Word format)

Using Edline and GradeQuick From Home (long version--PDF format)

Maintenance

Troubleshooting and Maintenance of your Edline Database (recorded 9/15/11)

Verifying a Complete Upload

Database Maintenance and Management

Editing and Correcting User Names

How to Link Classes Together in Elementary Schools

Edline Summer Letter for Parents (Word format for customizing)

 

Training Materials

Edline Lesson Plan for Training Teachers

Edline PowerPoint presentation for Training Teachers (Right-click and save)

Online Textbook Listing (current as of 8/23/2010)