Welcome! Follow the tutorial below to get quickly oriented to your Atlas system, and build on your knowledge as you learn. You can progress at your own pace, and use the additional resources to go as deep as you want. The Atlas Support Team is here if you need help, contact us!
1. Get to Know Atlas
Objective: Understand and articulate the benefits of planning your curriculum in a collaborative and user-friendly environment.Audience: New Atlas users.
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Watch: Welcome to Atlas
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Read: Articulating the Why and How Behind Curriculum Mapping (2020)
2. Navigating Atlas
Objective: Explore your Atlas system and gain hands-on experience in developing the curriculum.Audience: New Atlas users, and those needing a refresher on curriculum development.
Lesson 1: Build a Unit Calendar - Learn how to create units and adjust when they are taught on your calendar.
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Watch: Atlas Login
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Watch: The Unit Calendar by Year
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Practice:
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Add three sample units to your calendar.
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Adjust the pacing.
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Send a unit to the Recycle Bin.
- Optional: Connect your course to a Google Calendar.
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Lesson 2: Develop a Unit- Learn how to access your unit planner and begin developing a unit.
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Watch: Unit Planning
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Read: Develop Unit Planner
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Practice: Open one of your sample units:
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Add standards or outcomes.
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Add an assessment.
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Attach an image, video, or document.
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Lesson 3: Develop a Lesson (if enabled)- Learn how to access your lessons and begin developing a lesson. This optional feature may not be enabled in your school's Atlas site.
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Watch: My Lessons
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Watch: Lesson Planning
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Read: Lesson Development
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Practice: create a sample lesson
- Add standards or outcomes.
- Create a lesson template.
Lesson 4: Browse curriculum - Learn how to see the curriculum your colleagues have created.
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Watch: All Curriculum > All Courses
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Practice: Click on the All Curriculum > All Courses tab in your Atlas site:
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- Use the filters to locate a colleague’s course
- Click into the course name to view the calendar
- Find the option to copy this unit under the Actions menu
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3. Reports in Atlas
Objective: Search for key topics, analyze standards & outcomes, and run horizontal/vertical alignment reports highlighting a variety of curricular connections.Audience: Teachers, admins, and leadership.
Standards Overview & Standards Analysis
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Practice: Open Standards Overview report:
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- Narrow down to a set of standards
- Select the grades level (up to 6)
- Look at alignments and which benchmarks not targeted yet.
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Practice: Open Standards Analysis report:
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Narrow down to your courses subject area.
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Which standards have not been aligned to in your courses?
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Assessment Methods Report
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Watch: Assessment Reporting
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Practice: Open the Assessment Methods report:
- Look at the assessments used in the course that comes before yours (e.g., if you teach ELA 8, look at ELA 7 to see how students were assessed last year).
Comparative Reports and Scope and Sequence Reports
Curriculum & Activity Search
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Watch: Search Curriculum
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Watch: Search Activity
4. Going Beyond
Objective: Explore the following additional resources to further your curriculum work.
We invite you to explore our Atlas Learn courses. These asynchronous, self-paced courses are designed to help you discover Atlas features and hone your curriculum writing skills, and you can earn a certificate of completion for each 1-1.5hr course. Simply click Learn at the top of your Atlas page to get started today!