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Borderless Classroom GUIDE

Charles Elliott

Created on June 26, 2023

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Borderless Classroom Guide

Start

Accessing Aristotle

Click on the Borderless Classroom Extension

to access your Aristotle classes.

Use your school Google Account to sign into Aristotle.

DONE

Classrooms & Students

You should see all of your courses pulled from PowerSchool as your Classrooms with all of your students populated for you. You can also create manual classrooms as needed.

Click on "Create Classroom" to create a custom class.

Enter a name for your class.

Enter a unique Class ID (starts with @)

Change the Roster Type to Users

You can use this option to change the color as it appears on your dashboard.

After completing the fields, click "Start Class."

Click on "Settings" to start adding students.

Click on "Roster."

You can upload a CSV file that contains the usernames of the students in your class.

You can also add individual students one by one.

Your students' usernames will be everything before the "@" in their school email. For Example: If the student's email is celli1234@fcschools.net, the username to enter is celli1234.

Click "Save" and you will be able to pull the student(s) into your classroom.

DONE

Class Settings

Within your "Settings" you will be able to set up a schedule for your class, assign a co-teacher, and more.

You can use the gear icon to access the Settings for a specific class.

You can also use the "Settings" button within an open classroom.

You can adjust the general course information within the "General" section.

Open- students can use the Class ID to join your class. Closed- Only students listed on the roster can join the class.

You can use the Roster section to add or delete students from your roster. *Classes pulled from PowerSchool will update based on PowerSchool class lists.

Each classroom will allow up to 5 co-teachers.

Co-teachers are unable to change: - Enrollment - Roster - Co-Teachers - Block List

The "Default Class Duration" will start a class at the length entered each time you open your classroom.

You also have the option to set up a schedule so your classes will start automatically. It is HIGHLY recommend that you create daily schedules for all of your classes.

You can also setup different types of email reports to send to your school email once your sessions conclude.

Notifications teachers can use to know when students send a chat message or joins/leaves the class can be adjusted here.

"Class Notes" is a blank canvas to write notes about sessions or save links that you can easily access during class.

NEW Feature: The seating chart allows you to sort and arrange students in your Borderless Classroom to match your physical classroom setup.

DONE

Individual Student Controls

By selecting a student's tile, the educator will be presented with a live look into the student's device.

To interact with an individual student, start by clicking on their tile.

This will bring you to a pop-out window that shows the student's current screen.

You can use these controls to: - Zoom in and out of a student's screen - Reset the view - Take a screenshot

"Tab Management" shows a list of all the sites the student has open.

From Tabs, you can - FOCUS: takes student to that tab - BLOCK: block the student from that site for the class period - CLOSE: close out the tab for that student

You can also enter the URL of a site you want to automatically open for a student.

The "Chat" section will allow you to interact with specific students. The student gets a notification and can respond to your message.

The student's tile will appear with a red outline when they send a chat message to you.

The "Filtering" section is where you can enter sites you want to allow/block for the individual student.

Here is the screen that will appear for a student trying to access a blocked site. Note: As soon as you end your class or if the student is pulled into another classroom, the allow(s)/block(s) will reset completely.

DONE

Filter Settings

You can add sites to allow/block for the entire class. These sites will stay for each class period.

"Filter Settings" is where educators can add sites to their class's allow/block list.

This allows for more flexibility for educators and less reliance on IT.

DONE

The "Activity Feed", on the right-hand side of the dashboard, summarizes what is happening in the thumbnails throughout the class period.

You can also Block or Close sites for individual students.

DONE

The "Tab Management" section, located to the right of the activity feed, shows all of the currently open tabs across all of the devices within your classroom.

Hovering your mouse over the number of students on each site will show you the usernames of the individuals with that site currently open.

- Open: This will send all students in your class to a specified site. - Block: This will add the specified site to your in-class block list. - Close: This will close the site for anyone who has it open.

DONE

The "Multi-Select" tool allows you to apply settings to individual/groups of students instead of the entire class.

You will see a check mark on the selected student thumbnails indicating you have selected them.

Apply any of the class controls the same as you would for the entire class, and the changes will only be applied to those students you selected.

DONE

Class Controls

This section covers the controls found at the top of the page within your classrooms.

"Open Tab" enables you to send your class to a specified URL.

"Heads Up" will blank out the students screens. You can use the optional message to post a review questions, directions, etc.

"Send a Message" is a tool to help you communicate to whole the class with a click of the button. The message entered will pop-up on the middle of the students' screen.

Clicking the "Release Student(s)" gives the student(s) the option to leave the class.

Once students are released during a class session, they need to click on the "Borderless Classroom Student" extension.

The "Leave Class" button will now be available for students to click on to leave the class.

A released student's screen will appear as "Not signed in" on your open classroom screen.

The "End Class" button will close out the session, thus releasing the students of their in-class filter settings.

DONE

With "Test Mode", you have the choice to conduct tests with a lockdown browser, or you can allow students access to the internet for an open note test.

First, enter in the URL for the test.

From there you can pick your test mode: Kiosk Mode is AristotleK12's built-in lockdown browser. Full Browser Mode will open up the test in regular browsing window.

Educators also get to decide what happens if a student tries to close out of their test.

Select what happens to the tabs the students have opened when the test starts.

Optional: Educators will also have the option to apply an Outline with the test.

DONE

"Outlines" are saved settings that you can apply to studentsin your classroom.

You can select personally created outlines, clone default outlines created by the district, or create your own.

You are required to give your outline a name and can provide an optional description.

You can restrict all sites except for those you deem necessary.

Or you can allow all sites except for those you deem unnecessary.

You can set tab limits and what to do with open tabs for your students as well as choose which sites open when the Outline is applied.

You will also be able to use Outlines for application control on Windows devices.

The bottom of the student's tiles will turn yellow so you know who the outline is applied to.

The "Remove Outline" button will release the students from these settings.

You can also remove an outline individually by hovering your mouse over the student's tile.

DONE

"Historical Reports" can be used to see activity from previous sessions.

You will also be able to print out the individual student's activity for your Parent-Teacher conferences or any other time you need a report.

DONE

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Transcript

Accessing Aristotle

Click on the Borderless Classroom Extension

to access your Aristotle classes.

Signing in to Aristotle

Use your school Google Account to sign into Aristotle.

Classrooms & Students

You should see all of your courses pulled from PowerSchool as your Classrooms with all of your students populated for you. You can also create manual classrooms as needed.

Click on "Create Classroom" to create a custom class.

Enter a name for your class.

Enter a unique Class ID (starts with @)

Change the Roster Type to Users

You can use this option to change the color as it appears on your dashboard.

After completing the fields, click "Start Class."

Click on "Settings" to start adding students.

Click on "Roster."

You can upload a CSV file that contains the usernames of the students in your class.

You can also add individual students one by one.

Your students' usernames will be everything before the "@" in their school email. For Example: If the student's email is celli1234@fcschools.net, the username to enter is celli1234.

Click "Save" and you will be able to pull the student(s) into your classroom.

Class Settings

Within your "Settings" you will be able to set up a schedule for your class, assign a co-teacher, and more.

You can use the gear icon to access the Settings for a specific class.

You can also use the "Settings" button within an open classroom.

You can adjust the general course information within the "General" section.

Open- students can use the Class ID to join your class. Closed- Only students listed on the roster can join the class.

You can use the Roster section to add or delete students from your roster. *Classes pulled from PowerSchool will update based on PowerSchool class lists.

Each classroom will allow up to 5 co-teachers.

Co-teachers are unable to change: - Enrollment - Roster - Co-Teachers - Block List

The "Default Class Duration" will start a class at the length entered each time you open your classroom.

You also have the option to set up a schedule so your classes will start automatically. It is HIGHLY recommend that you create daily schedules for all of your classes.

You can also setup different types of email reports to send to your school email once your sessions conclude.

Notifications teachers can use to know when students send a chat message or joins/leaves the class can be adjusted here.

"Class Notes" is a blank canvas to write notes about sessions or save links that you can easily access during class.

NEW Feature: The seating chart allows you to sort and arrange students in your Borderless Classroom to match your physical classroom setup.

Individual Student Controls

By selecting a student's tile, the educator will be presented with a live look into the student's device.

To interact with an individual student, start by clicking on their tile.

This will bring you to a pop-out window that shows the student's current screen.

You can use these controls to: - Zoom in and out of a student's screen - Reset the view - Take a screenshot

"Tab Management" shows a list of all the sites the student has open.

From Tabs, you can - FOCUS: takes student to that tab - BLOCK: block the student from that site for the class period - CLOSE: close out the tab for that student

You can also enter the URL of a site you want to automatically open for a student.

The "Chat" section will allow you to interact with specific students. The student gets a notification and can respond to your message.

The student's tile will appear with a red outline when they send a chat message to you.

The "Filtering" section is where you can enter sites you want to allow/block for the individual student.

Here is the screen that will appear for a student trying to access a blocked site. Note: As soon as you end your class or if the student is pulled into another classroom, the allow(s)/block(s) will reset completely.

Filter Settings

You can add sites to allow/block for the entire class. These sites will stay for each class period.

"Filter Settings" is where educators can add sites to their class's allow/block list.

This allows for more flexibility for educators and less reliance on IT.

The "Activity Feed", on the right-hand side of the dashboard, summarizes what is happening in the thumbnails throughout the class period.

You can also Block or Close sites for individual students.

The "Tab Management" section, located to the right of the activity feed, shows all of the currently open tabs across all of the devices within your classroom.

Hovering your mouse over the number of students on each site will show you the usernames of the individuals with that site currently open.

- Open: This will send all students in your class to a specified site. - Block: This will add the specified site to your in-class block list. - Close: This will close the site for anyone who has it open.

The "Multi-Select" tool allows you to apply settings to individual/groups of students instead of the entire class.

You will see a check mark on the selected student thumbnails indicating you have selected them.

Apply any of the class controls the same as you would for the entire class, and the changes will only be applied to those students you selected.

Class Controls

This section covers the controls found at the top of the page within your classrooms.

"Open Tab" enables you to send your class to a specified URL.

"Heads Up" will blank out the students screens. You can use the optional message to post a review questions, directions, etc.

"Send a Message" is a tool to help you communicate to whole the class with a click of the button. The message entered will pop-up on the middle of the students' screen.