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Import Curriculum

Using one of the built-in import utilities, curriculum managers can create educational materialsMaterials is the generic term that encompasses curricular units, instructional units, lesson plans, resources and assessments. Public, shared materials are searchable in the Materials Bank. and add these materials to their repository. If users have been provisioned with the manage curriculum operationOperations are used to assign special site capabilities, such as editing page content or moderating forums. They are assigned to Roles., there are two methods that are available to import instructional content. You can verify your roles and operations by clicking My Account and looking under Other Roles and Operations.

ClosedTo import from a spreadsheet

Materials can be uploaded from a standard spreadsheet file to create a new curriculum, curricular unitThe largest "building blocks" of a curriculum., instructional unitThe generic name for educational material type that can be a “building block” of a curricular unit or stand alone as a thematic unit. Instructional units can cover a specific unit of time or content., lesson planA designed teaching approach to a specific portion (e.g., Understanding Quadratic Equations, Causes of WWII, etc.) of a complete curriculum., assessments, and resources. When importing spreadsheets into Classroom, all rows and columns are validated to ensure the material properties meet the required import specifications.

  1. Go to Curriculum Admin > Curriculum Manager.
  2. Click Import Spreadsheet File.
  3. Choose the material type: curriculum, curricular unit, instructional unit, lesson plan, assessment, or resource.
  4. Select file(s) and click Next. Material titles, descriptions, and author inherit the file names, dates, and other properties that have been added to the spreadsheet to create the materials. Content for each material property is encapsulated in quotation marks. Spreadsheet files must be stored using a Tab-Separated -Values (TSV) file extension and be 30 MB or less.There are two methods that can be used to import file(s):
    • Drag-and-Drop Operation: With the file locations open on your computer, simply drop the selected file(s) directly on the import container.
    • Manual Upload: Click to browse to locate the file(s) on your computer. Select and open each file.
    ClosedView Sample & Details

    "Mathematics""10""11""Pre Calculus - Grades 10-11""This is curriculum for Pre Calculus for Grades 10-11""State Leadership Team""State DOE""State DOE""False""False""36""Week"

    Example above shows a single curriculum material. Curriculum Manager creates a new material for every row that is included on a spreadsheet within the maximum file size of 30 MB.

    Property

    Definition

    Subject ID

    Use the subjects defined by system settings or standard document(s).

    "Mathematics"

    Low Grade

    Enter the lowest grade without a leading zero.

    "9"

    "10"

    High Grade

    Enter the highest grade without a leading zero.

    "9"

    "11"

    Title

    Enter a title for the material. The title displays on Curriculum Manager results.

    "Pre Calculus - Grades 10-11"

    Description

    Enter a description to identify the material.

    "This is curriculum for Pre Calculus for Grades 10-11"

    URL

    Populates content when creating Instructional Units, Lesson Plans, Assessment, and Resource materials using the URL option.

    "www.A2Zcurriculum.org/"

    Author

    The person or team accredited with authoring the materials.

    "State Leadership Team"

    Rights

    The person or team with copyrights to the material.

    "Sample State DOE"

    Publisher

    Original publisher of the material.

    "Sample State DOE"

    Keywords

    Use to quickly locate the material.

    "Shakespeare, Chaucer"

    Cost

    Indicates a subscription-based material or material that has a cost associated with its use.

    "True"

    "False"

    Restricted

    Indicates usage of the material is restricted to a specific grade, school, or district.

    "True"

    "False"

    Duration

    The amount of classroom time to cover the material content.

    "36"

    Duration Type

    The type of duration.

    "Week"

    "Day"

    "Hour"

    "Minute"

    Standards

    The standards aligned to the material. Available for Instructional Unit, Lesson Plan, Assessment, and Resources.

    "MA.6.1.B, MA.6.1.C, MA.6.1.D"

    SubType

    For resource materials only, used to identify the format of the resource.

    "Video"

    "Audio"

    "Image"

    "URL"

    Click sample file to download a sample file to your local computer. Each sample file is customized by material type and includes all of the columns and formatting specifications for required fields. Use a text editor or select another standard spreadsheet tool to add the material details to the file. Alternately, click Save File to save the sample file to your local computer to add the material details at a later time.

  5. Click Import.
  6. Click Close to return to the main content display. Imported materials are added to the display as drafts and are organized according to your most recent sort/filter settings. The upload process performs validation check on each row and column. Only files without validation errors are uploaded into Classroom. Use the on-screen messages to identify and fix errors. Once you have corrected all errors, save your changes and upload a corrected version.
ClosedTo import files

Materials can be uploaded from a specific file to quickly create a new curriculum, curricular unit, instructional unit, lesson plan, assessment, and resources.When importing files to Classroom header, select one or multiple files to create instructional materials. School districts determine acceptable files formats.

  1. Go to Curriculum Admin > Curriculum Manager.
  2. Click Import Files.
  3. Use the drop-down menus to make selections for Type, Grade, and Subject. The available material types include Instructional Unit, Lesson Plan, Assessment, and Resource.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Select file(s). Material titles, descriptions,and author inherit the file names, dates, types, and other pertinent information that were used to create the materials. All standard file formats are acceptable for importing except EXE, BAT, CFM, VB, VBS, NET, COM, and DLL file formats. Files must be 30 MB or less. Check with the system administrator at your school district if you encounter difficulties with importing a specific file type. Choose one or multiple files to create new material(s). There are two methods that can be used to import files:
    • Drag-and-Drop Operation: With the file locations open on your computer, simply drop the selected file(s) directly on the import container. When using Internet Explorer to browse to file locations, Drag-and-Drop is not a supported feature. You must manually select file(s).
    • Manual Upload: Click to browse to locate the file on your computer. Select and open the file.
  6. Click Import.
  7. Click Close to return to the main content display. Imported materials are added to the display as drafts and are organized according to your most recent sort/filter settings. The upload process performs a file-by-file validation check. Files without errors are uploaded and curricular items are created and added to the main content page. Files that cannot be validated are not imported. Use the on-screen messages to identify problematic files. Once you fix all of the issues that are associated with a file, save your changes and upload a corrected version of each corrected file.

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