1. Register a Classroom Project
2. Create Student Pseudonyms (Login Names) and Passwords
3. Review Student Login Procedure
4. Review Building Basics
5. Review Copyright Rules with Students
6. Edit and View Student Treehouses / Manage Projects
7. Review Student Treehouses Before Publication
8. Classroom Treehouse Portfolio
9. Close Student Projects When Complete

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1. Register a Classroom Project
   • Teachers who are registered ToL contributors must first log-in as a treehouse builder and choose the link to "Register a Classroom Project" from the Treehouse Manager (preview the classroom registration form). If you are not already registered as a ToL contributor you will first need to register as a treehouse builder.
2. Student Pseudonyms (Login Names) and Passwords - protect student privacy Read more about student privacy below
   • Pseudonyms
     • To protect student privacy, create pseudonyms for students to use as Login IDs. Pseudonyms are posted on work that students contribute and students' names are not posted on the ToL unless a parent/guardian grants permission in writing. Please do not use real names for pseudonyms (see protecting student privacy: pseudonyms) Note that for any first time student login, the student will be prompted to add their name (see instructions for student login). Subsequently, student names will appear next to their pseudonyms when you view the students' work in the Classroom Project Manager (login required), but will not appear in any other context unless permission has been received.
   • Password options
   • 1) Students create their own passwords
     • Recommend that students choose a password that is secure but easy to remember. After students create their password when they login for the first time they should give their teacher a copy of their user ID and password. Soon we will list student passwords next to their project pseudonyms. For now, if a student loses their password, and you do not have a record of that password they should attempt to login, and then click the link that asks them if they would like another password sent to them. This new password will be sent to the teacher's email address.
   • 2) Teacher creates project password
     • Create the password and give it to students when pseudonyms are assigned. If you are registering several small groups, it may be advantageous to create passwords for these groups so that you can easily keep track of them.
3. Student Login
   • The first time a student logs in serves as their registration.
   • When students are ready to login, guide them to the Treehouse Builders Login Page and ask them to click the link for Login Help for Classroom Builders so they can view instructions. The initial login will differ depending on whether the student will create their own password or if their password was assigned to them.
     • You can reach the login page from: the treehouse page, the learning pages, the contribute page, and under the right sidebar's building treehouses menu.
4. Review Treehouse Editor Basics, Lessons and Building Assistance
   • Students can view How to Begin in order to go over the basics for creating a new page, editing an existing page, previewing pages and publishing their treehouses. The Treehouse Building Steps page walks though the process of creating a treehouse from planning to publishing, and links to lessons. Rolling over the "how to" buttons on How Rylan Created his Treehouse lets you find out how he completed each step. The Building for Teachers section has Treehouse Building Lessons, Guidelines and Education Standards. The Builders Toolkit provides assistance with the Builders Planning Guide, The Treehouse Editor, Using the ToL Easy Editor and Adding Media to the ToL. The toolkit also offers Tech Tips and Guidelines.
5. Review Copyright Rules with Students
   • It's very important that you review copyright rules with students so that students understand what image and media files they can use in their pages. Reviewing copyright rules from the beginning will help save students (as well as teachers and editors) from the frustration of having to remove media files from treehouse pages and the ToL database that ToL contributors are not authorized to use. Students and teachers will need to check and verify that copyright rules are being followed before the page is published on the ToL. Have students take the copyright quiz before they submit their treehouses for publication.
6. Edit and View Students' Treehouses / Manage Class Projects
   • Teachers
   1. To view, edit and add comments to students' treehouses, first login and then click the link for the Classroom Project Manager (login required).
   2. From the Classroom Project Manager, go to the section on the page called "Manage and Edit Classroom Projects and Treehouses" where you will see a list of student projects. To get to a classroom project's page where you can access individual student treehouses, click the link that says "manage project, edit/add comments to student treehouses" located next to the name of a class project.
   3. When you arrive at the classroom project page, students' treehouses will be listed and students' names will be displayed next to their pseudonyms. From here you can click to edit, preview, view the page history, and add comments to the students' treehouses. From each individual classroom project's page you can also add other ToL contributors as classroom project editors (for example a teaching assistant) and add additional students to a project.
   • Students
     1. For students to edit pages they first need to login and then find and select the page they would like to edit. Students should see How to Begin as well as the other links listed in step #4 of this page Review Treehouse Editor Basics, Lessons and Building Assistance
     2. Students can view comments about their page as well as add comments for their teacher and ToL editors by:
     • searching for a page to edit and then selecting the link for "comments/questions page history"
     • editing a page and going to the editing step for adding notes and comments (Step #7 for most treehouses).
     3. From Editing Step 1. About this Page, students can add other members of their group as authors of their page, which enables other group members to access and edit their page.
     4. Students (or teachers) can see all of the media that they have uploaded by visiting the media contributor page and locating their pseudonym.
     5. *Please Note: Soon we will have a system where more than one person cannot access a treehouse to edit it at the same time. For now It is important that students and teachers do not work on the same treehouse page at the same time because their work will be overwritten or lost. When several students work together it may be better to have each student in the group create their own treehouse page and then combine their treehouse pages later when they are ready to publish their work. If teachers want to edit student pages they should notify students that they will do so in advance.
7. Review Student Treehouses Before Publication
   • When students complete their treehouses, they will send them to you for review. You will receive an email notifying you that a student has submitted a treehouse for you to review. To review submitted treehouses, login and click the link to review submitted student treehouses (accessible from the Treehouse Manager or the Classroom Manager)
   • Please review student treehouses to make sure they meet the basic ToL requirements for publication before you submit them to the ToL learning materials editor. The emphasis should be on reviewing treehouses for personal information that should not be printed, making sure that the students followed copyright rules, and that pages follow the basic treehouse guidelines (see also Treehouse Page Design and Content).
   • If the student's treehouse needs more work (e.g. there are rampant spelling and grammar errors, missing copyright information, a lack of basic content) please return it to the student to revise. However, we can handle formatting changes (such as text color), so this should not be a big concern.
   • When you choose to submit the student's treehouse to the ToL or return it to the student to revise, you can add comments for the student that will then be inserted into the Page Communication and History section of the treehouse editor (in most treehouses, Step #7) so that there is a record of the communication about a page (as well as its publication history).
8. Optional: Create a Classroom Project Portfolio
• When the treehouse contributor pages "go live" all of a teacher's classroom projects will be listed on their contributor page. In addition, teachers can easily create a portfolio of student projects in order to showcase projects in a central location, or the ToL can create one for you (view example portfolio)
9. Please Close a Classroom Project When it is Complete
   • When a project is complete we would appreciate if you would close the classroom project so that students can no longer access the system to edit treehouses or upload media. We do not currently have open registration for students under 18 years of age and the terms of the students' registration are dependent upon the classroom project arrangement, which stipulates that the teacher is overseeing the students' contributions. Teachers can still access and edit student treehouses once the project has been closed. *Note that due to the way our database works, entire projects cannot be deleted, however individual treehouses can be deleted.