Teachers have many things on their minds. A teacher's calendar sits on the desktop, together with a rolodex, pencils for writing journals or feedback. Desk drawers, which open and close, are labeled for Syllabus, Lesson Plans, Gradebook, and other TA functions. As part of the new graphical look and feel, the interfaces can be customized to each teacher's personal preferences. Teachers will be able to set their own defaults, such as setting the grade level and remembering the last subject, or setting default quarter definitions, or automatically displaying assignments on the daily calendar.
Teachers have the most complicated and dynamic schedules.
In January we supplied the ability to insert new staff days. The New TA User Interface Several teachers have given us ideas about how to customize the TA for elementary education. Some of the specific elementary concerns are the ability to mark student absent for half a day and customized individual progress reports. Elementary teachers have also asked for grading schema other the standard percentage system. And we will work with all of you better link syllabus and lesson plans in the elementary environment.