VISION + Word = Efficient

1. VISION + Word = Efficient Creating Forms, Grading on Word, and Putting it All on VISION

2. Creating Forms with Fill in Fields Online - WORD • Example of Independent Reading Form – Part I, Part II, Part III • Example of WebQuest • What are some electronic forms you could use for your class or for other jobs? For parents? For building use?

3. How To – Begin • Open a new file. • Customize toolbar, if necessary, to include DEVELOPER. • Click on DOCUMENT TEMPLATE. • Click RESTRICT EDITING.

4. How To – Create Your Form • You will see a pane on the right that looks like this:

5. How To – Restrict for Student Input • Check the box for “Allow only this type of editing in the document under EDITING RESTRICTIONS: Default is No changes (Read only) • Select FILLING IN FORMS from the drop down menu.

6. How To – Choose Which Fill In Fields You Want • Use this box on the tool bar to choose from text boxes, drop down boxes, check boxes, etc. to add content to the form. • Play around in here. (I have only used the fill in forms with text.)

7. How To - Protect • When you have finished your document, you will need to protect it so that students can only enter data/text in the fields you have defined. • Save your document under an identifiable name • Click Restrict Editing in the tool bar:

8. How To – Allow Student Input • Click on Editing Restrictions, #2 and from the drop down menu, choose Filling in Forms: • When you are finished with your document, choose #3 Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. • It will prompt you for a password. Choose a password you will remember! • Save to your Documents and then you can use it over and over on VISION. • Students will only be able to fill in the fields you have designated. • Want to make changes? EASY! Just unprotect using the password!

9. How To - Site for Further Instructions • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/create-forms-that-users-complete-or-print-in-word-HA010030746.aspx

10. Upload Your Form to VISION • Create a place on VISION for your document – perhaps under a unit title. • Choose “Add a Resource” • Choose “Link to a File or Web Site” and choose your document per VISION instructions. • Need help with that? I can show you my BASIC knowledge or you can ask your TRT.

11. You Need a Place for Students to Turn in the Form • Choose “Add an Activity” • Upload a Single File • Students will fill out the form, save it to their documents using a name YOU specify, then upload it to VISION.

12. More Uploading to VISION • Student papers can be uploaded to VISION using the same thing as before except you do not have to create a form. • Instruct students on the protocol for saving papers (Last Name, Assignment or Block or….) • Simply, create a section on VISION labeled appropriately (Huck Finn Essays or Driving Awareness Power Points) and then choose “Add an Activity”, Upload a Single File:

13. Giving Feedback on Word • Click the REVIEW tab: • As you read the paper, add your comments using the NEW COMMENT feature. • When you are finished, save to a file (Student Papers Graded) and then email the paper back to the student. Enter the grade on VISION and CLARITY.

14. Benefits • No standing in line to make copies of a WORKSHEET or PROJECT • Time and Date stamp on Student Work • Quickly able to see who has and who hasn’t turned in work – Zs or 0s can quickly be entered into CLARITY for parent alerts • No lugging papers • No losing papers (or students telling you that you lost their paper) • Conservation of resources: paper, ink, and TIME!!!! ($$$$$) • No class time wasted on returning papers