View and Manage Classcraft Sessions

If your district purchases Classcraft licenses, then you may have Classcraft sessions available for your classes. All the Classcraft sessions available to you are listed on the HMH Ed Session Organizer page; the sessions can also be opened and managed on this page. See the instructions below for complete details.

 

To view and manage Classcraft sessions for your classes:

 

1.    In the HMH Ed™ banner, click the My Classes tab, and in the Classcraft class card, click View Class.

My Classes page showing the View Class button of a Classcraft class card

 

The Class Overview page appears.

 

Class Overview page

 

The programs that are associated with your selected class are listed on the page as well as any upcoming Classcraft sessions that may be available to you. Classcraft sessions are displayed as individual cards with the options to View Session Organizer (view and manage sessions) or Teach (open the session).

 

2.    Within any Classcraft Session card, click the View Session Organizer link. The Session Organizer page appears.

Session Organizer page showing the Sessions tab

 

The Session Organizer opens to the Sessions tab, which lists all Classcraft sessions available for your selected class.

 

3.    On the Session Organizer page you can select the sessions that are displayed as follows:

      From the Program list in the upper right corner, select the Classcraft program for which you want to view and manage sessions. The page displays the Classcraft sessions for your selected program.

Note: The Program list displays only those Classcraft programs for which you are entitled and that match the grade and subject matter of the selected class.

 

Session Organizer page showing the options at the top of the page

 

      In the Browse Modules list, select a module for the select program.

 

      Select Show completed items to view the Classcraft sessions that you previously opened and marked as completed. The completed sessions appear in the list on this page, and the option changes to Hide completed items allowing you to manage the sessions that are displayed.

 

      Select Show skipped items to view the Classcraft sessions that you previously selected to skip. The skipped sessions appear in the list on this page, and the option changes to Hide skipped items allowing you to manage the sessions that are displayed.

 

4.    Within a session card, do any of the following:

      Click the Teach button to open the Classcraft session with your class. The Classcraft session opens in a separate browser window. (See Classcraft Teacher Help for further instructions.)

 

      Click the Resume button to continue a Classcraft session that you have previously opened but not marked as completed.

 

Note: When you exit a Classcraft session, you see the dialog box shown to the right.

 

      If you select the Mark as completed option, the session is marked as complete and does not appear on your Session Organizer page.

 

      If you do not select the Mark as completed option, the session continues to appear on your Session Organizer page.

   Classcraft Exit dialog box

 

      Click the vertical ellipsis button ellipsis button to view the options for managing the session, including Mark as Completed or Skip.

Session card with the vertical ellipsis button selected and showing the option list: Mark as Completed or Skip

 

      Click the View Overview button to learn more about the session. A Session Overview panel appears on the right side of the page providing high-level information regarding the objectives and structure of the session and if available, links to accompanying materials from the equivalent HMH program.

Session Overview pane

 

      At the bottom of the Session Overview panel, click the View Before You Teach button to open a page that provides further insights into the Materials required and the Learning Objectives for this session.

Before You Teach page

 

5.    Click the Modules tab to view the complete list of lessons and sessions available in the selected module/unit.

Session Organizer showing the Modules tab

 

Within any session card on the Modules tab, you do either of the following:

 

      View Module Preview - Click this button to see the lesson outline for the module.

Module Preview dialog box

 

      View Session - Click this button to return to the Sessions tab.

 

Note: Sessions that are still in development (but soon to be available) are included in the list with high-level details for planning purposes only.