The following set of instructions is a guide for Blackness staff creating a new Team to be used for issuing  homework to their classes. Please follow the instructions to ensure all Teams are created equally.

Part 1 – Creating the Team

1. Log in to Glow, click on the Blackness Launchpad, click on Teams App
2. Click on Install Web App, click on run
3. Choose Join or Create a Team
4. Choose Create a Team then Class
5. Name the Team with your registration class (e.g. 4a), a space and then your name (e.g. Mr Cameron)
6. Click Next

 

Part 2 – Populating the Team

1. Click on the Glow-Launchpad tab at the top of the browser
2. Select Management Console at the top of the Glow page
3. Select the Student option from the choices
4. Select your year group (e.g. P5 (20/21)) in the drop down menu where it says Student
5. Highlight the Username of the pupil you want to add to Teams, right click on it when highlighted, then select copy.
6. Click back on the Microsoft Teams tab in your browser, right click in the Search for Students box, choose paste.
7. Repeat for all your pupils.

Part 3 – Creating the Channels

1. Click on the ellipsis beside the Team name, choose Create Channel, name the channel “Chat“
2. Repeat this step and create 2 new channels called Useful Websites and FAQs
3. Click on the ellipsis beside Useful Websites and choose Manage Channel (Screenshot 1, below)
4. Change Channel Moderation to On, uncheck Allow members to reply to channel messages
5. Repeat for FAQs channel
6. Repeat for General, but you just need to select Only owners can post messages

Screenshot 1.

Part 4 – Adding Homework

1. To add homework, Click on General Channel, then click on the Assignments tab at the top.
2. Click on Create and choose Assignments from the 3 options that pop up.
3. Add title and instructions.
4. Click on Add Resources, choose Upload from this device and find your file for homework grid stored on PC. Click on Attach.
5. Immediately under the Date Due and Time Due boxes there is an option to edit
6. Choose edit and set the time the Assignment will be live for pupils and when the closing date will be for submission.
7. When finished, click on Assign for the assignment to go live or Save to continue working on it later.