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Plainedg dge e Public School ols Website ite “A Glimpse of What is To Come” Launch h Date = 0 07-01 01-20 2013 Presentation to the Board of Education Edward Salina, Superintendent of Schools

BlackBoard Engage • BlackBoard Engage is the leader in website design and development of Learning Communities • BlackBoard Engage excels at producing the most the cutting-edge websites, keeping in mind the most important factor, our students • Along with their innovative designs, BlackBoard Engage webpages remain exceptionally user friendly • Above all else, BlackBoard Engage places all of the information a Student could need within arm’s reach • The next slide is an example of the direction the Plainedge Public Schools Website will be going within the next two months

Plainedge Public Schools Powered by BlackBoard Engage

What the BlackBoard Engage System Offers Us • Along with the Innovative Design features BlackBoard Engage also offers: – Individual School Websites – Individual Teacher Websites

School Websites • Each School in the District will receive a new website • These websites will be specific to each school and share the same features as the district website

Teacher Websites • The real power of BlackBoard Engage can be found within the Teacher Websites • Each Teacher will be given an individual website dedicated to the classes he or she is teaching • These websites act as mobile classrooms that can be accessed at any computer, they will contain: – Homework Assignments – Study-guides – Schedules and due-dates – Grades – And so much more

Students and Parents • Each Student will have their own specific BlackBoard Engage account which keeps track of the classes they have as well as Email, grades, attendance and more • A student can log into his or her account from any Plainedge School District Website and when they do they will be brought to their own personal webpage • On this webpage the student will have access to: – A list of the classes they are attending and links to those specific websites – Their storage folder – Grades – Calendars • Parents will be able to link their accounts with their children and have access to everything that the students have • Parents will be able monitor grades and schedules from the first day of classes until the end of the term

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