Holt Calendar Planner
Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ)
Installing Holt Calendar Planner
To install Holt Calendar Planner, insert
the One-Stop Planner CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive of your computer,
click Holt Calendar Planner on the Home Screen's Tools list,
and follow the directions on the screen.
Caution: Do not change the default folder for installing Holt
Calendar Planner. |
Getting Started with Holt Calendar Planner
To get started, open the Holt Calendar
Planner application, then follow these steps:
1. Start a new calendar.
2. Adjust the general settings for the calendar.
3. Adjust the holiday settings for the calendar.
4. Set the pacing options.
5. Set the lesson plan filter.
6. Add lesson plans to the calendar.
7. Save the calendar.
In addition, you may choose to:
1. Add your own custom activities to the calendar.
2. Add notes to the calendar. |
What are my first steps with Holt Calendar
Planner going to be?
Welcome to the Holt Calendar Planner!
The Calendar Planner helps you create a customized school-year
calendar using lesson plans from the One-Stop Planner and your
own materials.
To get started, open the Holt Calendar Planner application, then
follow these steps:
1. Start a new calendar.
2. Adjust the general settings for the calendar.
3. Adjust the holiday settings for the calendar.
4. Set the pacing options.
5. Set the lesson plan filter.
6. Add lesson plans to the calendar.
7. Save the calendar.
In addition, you may choose to:
1. Add your own custom activities to the calendar.
2. Add notes to the calendar. |
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Can I manage multiple calendars?
| Yes, you can create a separate calendar
for each class you teach using a Holt textbook. Click "New" in
the Calendar toolbar to get started creating an additional calendar. |
Can I use the Holt Calendar Planner with
multiple classes?
| Yes, you can create a separate calendar
for each class you teach using a Holt textbook. Click "New" in
the Calendar toolbar to get started creating an additional calendar. |
How many calendars should I create?
| You should expect to create one calendar
for each class taught with a Holt textbook. |
Can I delete a calendar?
| Yes. From the "File" menu,
choose "Delete Calendar(s)" or click the Delete icon
(red X) on the Calendar toolbar. WARNING: You cannot "undelete" a
calendar after you have deleted it. |
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Can I annotate (add notes) to the calendar?
| Yes, you can write notes, and move
them around. After selecting a day from your calendar, click "Insert" in
the menu bar, and choose "Note" to create a note
for that day. |
Can I print my calendar?
| Yes; you have two choices to accomplish
this. From the "File" menu, choose "Print
Calendar View" to print the calendar in calendar format. Choose "Print
Calendar Report" to print the calendar in outline format. |
Can I export my calendar to share with
my supervisor or another teacher?
| Yes; from the "File" menu,
choose "Export Calendar for Sharing." |
Are there time lengths associated with
lesson plans?
| Yes. A lesson will automatically
spread across the calendar, according to its time length. |
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Can I export my lesson plan to a file
in an editable format?
| Yes; "RTF" formatted files
can be edited with most word processing applications. Choose "Export
Lesson Plan" from the file menu. |
Why is "Export Lesson Plan" in my menu greyed out?
| Before exporting a lesson plan, you
must first navigate through the content groups of the lesson
plan to a level that has a duration associated with it, and select
it. Then "Export Lesson Plan" will become active
in the File menu. |
How does Holt Calendar Planner manage
standards?
Standards are associated with each
lesson plan provided by Holt. Custom activities can also have
standards assigned (it is the responsibility of the person creating
the custom activity to ensure the correctness of the correlation).
Clicking the Standards tab shows you quickly see which standards
are met by the current calendar and which ones are lacking. Standards
that are not fully met are marked with a red X. |
What does the red "X" in Standards mean?
| The red X will display in Standards
if you have not yet scheduled your lesson plan to cover the requirements
needed to meet that standard. |
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Can I get a description of the standard?
| Yes. Simply click on the standard
to get a description of it. |
Can I add custom activities into the Holt
Calendar Planner?
| If you have a special activity that
you use in class, you may want to insert it into the
calendar as a custom activity. Like lesson plans, custom
activities can be associated with time estimates and standards.
They can also be added, reordered or removed from a calendar
day. |
Do I need the discs to make the Holt Calendar
Planner work?
| Accessing the resources available from
the Holt Calendar Planner requires the One-Stop Planner CD-ROMs,
since the resources are stored on the discs. |
Do I have to teach the whole chapter?
| No. You can drag the entire book, or
just specific units, chapters, or even just individual lesson
plans (sections) into the Calendar. |
What is the Resources tab for?
| Lesson plans come with attached resources.
In some cases, however, you may want to add additional resources
to a particular day in the calendar or reuse resources. Available
resources, organized by book and filtered by resource type, can
be found by clicking the Resource tab. Like lesson plans, resources
can be added, reordered or removed from a calendar day. |
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Can I reorder items?
| Yes. After clicking on a day
in the calendar to select it, choose "Reorder Items" from
the Edit menu, or, right-click or control-click the lesson plan
and choose "Reorder Item(s)" from the contextual menu
that appears. |
Can move activities around on my calendar?
| Yes. You can reorder items within the
same day by using "Reorder Items" in the Edit menu,
or move an item to another day with a simple drag-and-drop to
the desired day. |
Can I adjust the view of my calendar?
| Yes, you can view your calendar by
the day, week, or month. Use the popup "View" menu
at the top of the Calendar Planner window to switch between the
available views. |
When I set my class schedule, what is "traditional," "alternating" and "custom" modes?
| These modes affect how you set the
days that your class meets. "Traditional" means
the class meets daily; "alternating" means it meets
every other day within the week, and "custom" gives
you the option to flexibly schedule your lectures and labs as
needed. |
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What if we have snow days?
| The school year end date is flexible,
and may be adjusted at any time. You can also continually update
holidays or other calendar definitions as needed. |
What are the white and gray colors in
my calendar?
| White indicates a class day; gray indicates
a non-instructional day. |
Are there time lengths associated with
lesson plans?
| Yes. A lesson will automatically
spread across the calendar, according to its time length. |
What are filters?
| Lesson plan filters allow you to include
content and activities tailored to a particular learner group
and exclude those that do not apply. Excluded content appears
grayed-out in the Lesson Plan area and does not become part of
the calendar. |
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What are pacing options?
| Once a calendar has been created, program-specific
pacing options are available. Pacing options determine what content becomes
part of lesson plans. For example, a pacing option for a science
program might focus on one content strand and automatically exclude
another. Content that is not available under the pacing option
is grayed out. |
What is the Fast Track to TAKS?
| Fast Track to TAKS is a pacing option
which allows the teacher to schedule all the pertinent material
prior to the date of the TAKS test. Fast Track to TAKS disables
some items not pertinent to that filter. |
Where can I find help and more information
about how to use Holt Calendar Planner?
| You can access Holt Calendar Planner's
Help directly from the Holt Calendar Planner application. After
launching Holt Calendar Planner, press the F1 key (Windows only),
or click "Help" in the menu bar, and choose "Holt
Calendar Planner Help." |
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