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SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE!
eMan congratulates teacher Katie Szalko and her students for "saving class time" by using video spelling assignments.

Listen and watch one of Pershing Elementary School's own fourth grade students demonstrates how he gets his spelling tests from his teacher.
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Migrate an eChalk Account when Teachers/Students Change Schools
Have you ever had a new teacher or student come to your school from another school in the district? If so, you want to be sure to migrate their eChalk from their old school to your school. Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast on how to migrate an individual's eChalk account to your school.
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Have You Tried the New Announcement Archive?
Learn about the recent enhancements and new features in
eChalk Version 12.5 which include:
  • New Announcement Archive Listing
  • New Configuration Option in 3rd Party Apps for Students by Grade(s)
  • Translation for Ajax - Mail

Download the "Learn About It - eChalk Version 12.5" guide
.
Or, watch a quick screencast on two ways you can publish your school's announcement archive listing.
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You can Reset eChalk Accounts for Multiple Users
How many times have your teachers or students forgotten their passwords? A best practice for maintaining account security recommends that site managers reset an individual's eChalk account instead of only changing the password alone.

When you need to reset eChalk accounts for multiple teachers or students you don't have to do them one at a time. eChalk Site Managers can watch this screencast to learn how to quickly and easily reset eChalk accounts for multiple users.
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Changing Passwords for Multiple Users
Ever need to change the passwords for multiple teachers or students at your school? Did you know you don't have to do them one at time? eChalk Site Managers can watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast to learn how to change the passwords for multiple users in one step.
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Save Time: Repeat Events on Your Calendar
eChalk Site Managers can save time by repeating events on their school's calendar. Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast to learn how.
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Save Time: Create Announcements to Appear in the Future
eChalk Site Managers can save time by creating announcements that will automatically appear in the future on the school's homepage. Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast to learn how.
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How To: Reset Passwords for Students in My Class
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how teachers can reset the passwords for students in their classes.
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How To: Add Members to My Class
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to add members to your eChalk Class.
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How To: Create a Class
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to create an eChalk Class for your students and parents.
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Manage Your eChalk "My Files" from iPad/iPhone
Watch this quick demonstration on how users can manage documents and files in their eChalk "My Files" area using their iPad/iPhone devices.

Publishing a Homepage Announcement
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to easily publish important school news, reminders, and updates on your homepage.
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Embed Twitter Widget on Your Homepage
Watch this screencast to learn how to embed your school's Twitter feed widget on your homepage.
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Add an Image to Your Announcement
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to add an image to your school homepage announcements.
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Create a Class Page Newsletter
Watch this screencast to learn how to create a class page newsletter to print or attach to emails.
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Save Time: Repeat School Announcements
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to create your announcement once and use it multiple times.
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Create a Class Page Survey
Watch this screencast to learn how to create a survey on your class page.
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Link to Website in Homepage Announcement
Watch this "eChalk in 2 Minutes or Less" screencast and learn how to add a link to a Website within the text of a homepage announcement.
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Will Teachers Use eChalk?
With the highest customer satisfaction & teacher activation rates, the answer is YES!  Read more...

SPECIAL GUEST FEATURE!
FOR STUDENTS, BY STUDENTS!
eMan congratulates students in Delphi Community High School for creating their own eChalk Screencasts.

Help your students "learn2echalk" with these terrific video tutorials created by students, for students.  There's certainly eChalk "PRIDE Inside!" at Delphi Community High School and it shows! Way to go!

Save homepage space with
announcement pop-ups!

Here's a quick look at how you can use eChalk's "Read more" feature to save homepage space with your school/district announcements. Like this... Read more...

Are you using eChalk's Class Email Alerts?
Here's a quick look at how your school can make it easy for parents to keep up-to-date with important class assignments and announcements. Read more...

Embed a Photo Album ANYWHERE in Your
eChalk Site!
Learn how to use the new Photo Album Embed Code to display your photo albums and slideshows anywhere in your eChalk site (even by teachers in their Classes/Groups)! Read more...

Need to Help Teachers with 1st Time Login?
Here's a quick look at how a new user activates their eChalk account and a brief tour to get them started. You can even embed this on YOUR school eChalk site! Read more...

Be sure to visit the Recent Screencasts area for more quick tutorials on various eChalk functions and features. If you'd like to see a screencast for a particular aspect of eChalk, let us know!

Visit the Learn2eChalk Library for
handy reference materials and
support tools.
Looking for ideas for your school or district Web site?

Visit one of eChalk's Winter 2011 Exemplary Homepage Schools.

Thinking about ways to improve the effectiveness of your school or district's homepage?

Check out
eChalk's Homepage Best Practices Guide for a few tips that make creating and maintaining a superior homepage a no-brainer!

What content makes your website "essential" for your community?

Use this Essential Content Checklist to determine if your school website has what visitors are looking for on your homepage, classes, and groups.

Need Ideas for Your Class Page? See what other teachers are doing in this list of example classes.

Not Sure How to Use eChalk Groups? See what other schools are doing in this list of example groups.

Visit eChalk's own sample Seaport School District to see examples of what's possible for your district, elementary, middle, or high school.

Watts Elementary School
Robinson Middle School
Noll High School
 
For other school homepages: take a look at our most recent list of exemplary schools from across the country.

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Did You Know?

eChalk offers a variety of on-site professional learning courses, workshops, and programs for schools and districts. Take a look in the Classes Directory to learn more.

eChalk Mobile is Here!
eChalk is excited to announce the launch of its new mobile application. Teachers, students, and their parents can access their eChalk classroom on the go with their iPhone, Android, and/or iPad devices! Learn more about eChalk Mobile or view this quick start guide

To download eChalk Mobile to your device, l
og in to your school site, click on your My Classes button, and look for the "eChalk is Mobile!" icon.


eChalk Version 12.0 is Here!
Have you seen all of the exciting enhancements for teachers, students, and schools in eChalk Version 12.0? Watch a quick tour of some V12 highlights and download new training handouts here...

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