Create Material

You can create new 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. (i.e., Lesson Plan, Instructional Unit, Resource, and Assessment) to add to My Materials and schedule to the Lesson Planner and/or submit them for approval and inclusion in a public Materials Bank. New materials created with this process will display content, links, and attachments.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

To create a material:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Go to Instructional Materials > Create Material, and then select the type of material you want to create.
   • Go to Classroom > Lesson Planner > Create Materials.
2. Select a subject and grade range for the material (required).
3. Select standards for Standard Alignment (recommended). If you have already selected the subject and grade range, then standards that match that subject and grade range will be pre-selected in the standards search window.
4. Enter a title and description for the material (required).
5. Select the material's format from the Format dropdown, and click Yes or No to determine if the material is student-facing (required). (For Resources only.)
6. Enter the material's intended duration, and enter keywords related to the material to make it easier to find in searches (optional).
7. Specify properties, if desired.
8. Under the Create Content heading, use the Text-Based Content, Custom Sections, Attachments, and Website Link pills to select the type of content to create first. Add content to your material. You can customize display names under Attachments. You can add all types of content from the main screen, without overwriting previous content. When adding attachments, you can drag-and-drop the files you want to attach, or you can select them. An icon indicating the type of attachment (image, PDF, etc.) will appear next to each attachment you add.
9. For Lesson Plans and Instructional Units, use the "Search for Materials to Link" link to find and link other instructional materials to your new material. Depending on the type of material you are creating, only some materials will be available for linking. You can link Resources and Assessments to a Lesson Plan or Instructional Unit. Lesson Plans can be linked to an Instructional Unit. You can link private, unshared materials to a private unshared material you are creating or editing, but private materials cannot be linked to public, shared materials you may be editing.
10. Identify organizers by clicking the check boxes next to organizers that are associated with the material (optional).
11. Click Save to create the new material, or click Cancel to delete what you entered and return to the screen you were on previously.
12. After you have created a material, you can go back in to edit it, add to it, and/or submit it for approval.