Activity Scheduling
A prospective user asked via email about creating a schedule in myhomeschoolplan.com and I thought the answer was worth sharing. (If you have tips on how you schedule activities please post in the comments.)
1. Generic Recurring Activities: There are activities where the description does not vary. An example would be “Reading for fun.” We create an activity called “Reading for fun”, make it a recurring activity Monday through Friday with an end date of the end of the quarter, and assign to all three kids.
2. Recurring Activities with Specific Descriptions: My wife creates a recurring activity for the quarter, for instance she will create an activity called “Life of Fred Math”, Monday through Friday. Then on Sunday night, she will go to the list for the week, and edit the description line for each day with the specific assignment, e.g. read chapter 1 (Monday), read chapter 2 (Tuesday) etc.
3. Specific Activities: On Sunday nights, she looks at the week and inputs any non-recurring activities. Perhaps we are going on a field trip, or there is a show on TV or a DVD she wants someone to watch.
We have found this to be a good method to make the most efficient use of our time. Anyone else have any tips?
Adding A New School Year
Have you been using MyHomeSchoolPlan.com since the spring? Getting ready to start a new school year?
Click on the School Years link and you can add the new school year. We’ve also added a ‘title’ so you can name the school year (we like to call it the 2009/10 school year for instance.)
Once you have added the school year and clicked save, you will see the ‘Edit Terms’ link, as well as ‘Add Existing Courses to School Year.’ The terms link will allow you to set up your calendar (quarters, semesters, etc.)
The courses link displays all of your courses from the previous year. Simply select the checkbox for any course you wish to add to this new school year. NOTE: You still need to enroll your students in the new courses, so after you have done this go to the enroll screen.
This is our first “new school year” so please let us know how it goes, and how we can make this better.
Here’s to a great new school year for you and your children, we hope in some small way we can aid you in having a terrific year.
PS and to new users who are using this for the first time, just go to the settings page and it will walk you through the set up process.