vMiniWB.com: Training Workshop for teachers

Printed training notes for the presenter

Setting expectations

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Logging in for the first time

• vMiniWB.com -> Teachers: -> Google Sign in page

• Continue to teacher screen >

Set up a new class

• Enter a new class name (no punctuation or spaces)

• 'Create join code' (option at top)
• Copy to clipboard
• Send the code to your students

• Note that the code is only valid for 5 minutes.
• Note that you can use the QR Code button to project a QR code for students to use instead.

Guidance to give to students

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The two key things are probably to stress:

1. "I will need you to save a bookmark, so you can start vMiniWB really quickly on future occasions." and
2. "In order to remember your account, vMiniWB needs to use cookies, so please make sure you're not incognito."

Your first session

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Our training now

• Get into groups of at least 3, but ideally of 4.
• One person can be teacher and login for the first time. The other 3 can watch and help this (thus learning how to do this for their turn later). You should use a laptop as 'teacher'.
• The 'teacher' can follow the instructions above to create a training class and create a join code.
• The other 3 should then pretend to be students, joining up with the 'join code' from the 'teacher'. They could use a mobile phone, a tablet or a laptop to be a 'student'.

Suggested training 'tasks'

These instructions are targeted at the 'teacher'. The 'students' should co-operate as cooperative pretend students.

1. Clear the student screens and use the top left admin board to draw a noughts and crosses board. Hold 'shift' or '/' to draw straight lines.
2. Play turns individually, so students in blue, teacher in red to grasp the interaction.
3. Hold 't' and click on a student board to 'tick' if they win. Hold 'x' and click on a student board to add a 'cross'.
4. Experiment with sorting the boards by pressing i, r, h, c, v, s, f, b or e (See help for details). I mostly use i, but sometimes r.

Swap roles

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Advanced teacher skills 1

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Advanced teacher skills 2

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Training summary

• Login as a teacher with Google-sign-in.
• Create a class, create a join code and share it.
• Black = Scaffolding. Blue = Students. Red = Marking.
• <Ctrl> +/- to zoom in out. Remember (I)ntelligent sort and (R)eorder by feedback.
• Hold keyboard letters and click: (T)ick, (X) is cross, (G)rid, (A)xis, Shift for straight line, (0) zero for circle, (L)ock, unloc(K), (U)ndo.
• Save black template screens with <Ctrl> <Alt> 1 etc. Press Q1 to (Q)uick load template 1 etc.
• Exit class and 'Organise class students'.
• Use 'Teacher auto-login'. Better still, put a bookmark on your desktop or on your browser bar.
• Read the 'Help' and 'Top tips'.
• There's a link to this training from the vMiniWB.com home page, at the bottom.