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​Distance Learning Progression | Phase 1
Establish a Learning Management System 

Identifies the sequence of actions that must be in place for students to access materials and actively engage with content in a distance learning environment. ​

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Below you'll find articles, research, practitioner training, and campus/classroom examples from Dallas ISD leaders to suggest the next move you (or those you coach) might take.

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Leader Actions

4.  Leader identifies LMS for campus wide use or across grade level bands. PEI Indicator 1.4

Next Move: Review district approved LMS options and select a platform that is appropriate for each grade level. ​

​​LMS Checklist for Blended Learning with Fluid Continuity | University of Michigan

5. Leader determines criteria for course design/ expectations. PEI Indicators 1.3 and 3.3

Next Move: Model expectations and use the LMS as the campus hub.

​​How to use an LMS for teaching and professional learning | eSchool News

6. Leader determines how teachers will leverage the LMS during lesson planning. PEI Indicator 2.1

Next Move: Create a lesson plan template to support planning over a week versus day by day.

Distance Learning Weekly Planner | Adapted from The Distance Learning Playbook, Corwin Press, Inc.

Teacher Actions 

7. Teacher creates and designs a separate course for each grouping of students or by class period. TPR[OL] Indicator 3.1 | Access to Materials

Next Move: Ensure everything posted in your LMS has purpose and consistency in formatting for students in a virtual setting.

How to Align Your LMS With the Science of Learning | Edutopia Designing Your LMS to Make Distance Learning Better | Edutopia

8. Teacher leverages features of LMS appropriately for online engagement. TEI Indicator 1.4 | Access to Materials, Varied Learning Experiences

Next Move: Get to know all features available in the LMS so that the featured used best fits desired engagement from students.

PowerSchool Self-Paced Cornerstone Course [accessible for Dallas ISD employees] | Professional and Digital Learning Department  Google Classroom Set Up and Basic Features webinar | Professional and Digital Learning Department  Schoology One-hour video tutorial Schoology Help Center Schoology Basics Webinar | To access the slides click here.

9. Teacher posts the daily learning target and agenda for students in the LMS. TEI Indicator 1.5 and 2.1 | Access to Materials, Differentiated Learning Objectives, Routines and Procedures

Next Move: Create and post an agenda for students to follow to access daily learning tasks.

7 Easy Tips to Assure Standards Drive Your Instruction: Virtually or in Distance Learning | LSI School and District Solution ​Self-Paced Learning with Google Slides Webinar | To jump straight to the recording of how to create a weekly template click here and make a copy of the sample weekly template here.  ​Sample elementary daily agenda (Angie Lee) | PL Prep at Sam Houston Elementary

Student Actions

10. Students use LMS to access materials as needed. TEI Indicator 1.2 | Access to Materials, Routines and Procedures

Next Move: Explicitly teach, practice and communicate routines for accessing the LMS.

​Introducing New Digital Tools and Strategies | University of Michigan

11. Students know where to access all communication and daily agendas in the LMS to complete assignments.   TEI Indicator 3.1 | Access to Materials, Routines and Procedures

Next Move: Post explicit and sequential directions for all agenda items that are either written, pictorial, or in video format.

Announce Your Agenda | Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler Five Tips for Designing Remote or Asynchronous Learning, #1 Create a Dynamic Agenda | Social Science Space Keys to Success in Distance Learning | Nikki Healy, Edutopia ​ ​Google Classroom Agenda Demonstration (Alex Tiburcio and Claudette Monetmayor) | H.B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy

12. Students engage in at least one learning activity in the LMS each day.  TEI Indicator 2.4 | Access to Materials, Sense of Purpose

Next Move: Use a getting-acquainted first assignment to help students learn the LMS fundamentals.

Google Classroom | How to for Students | FriEDTechnology  Use a welcome assignment to teach or informally assess students’ basic technical skills (make a copy, insert an image, type in a text box, etc.) | John Stevens How to Plan When You Don’t Know What to Plan For, check out the section on designing discovery activities | Edutopia ​

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