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Okay...suppose you’re thinking about taking a course on the ol’ internet. You’re in the right place. Welcome...to the wonderful world of Schools.shmoop courses.
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How Do I Use schools.shmoop Courses…for Students. [Person searching on Shmoogle]
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Okay…suppose you’re thinking about taking a course on the ol’ internet. [A laptop appears in a girl's window]
- 00:11
You’re in the right place.
- 00:13
Welcome…to the wonderful world of Schools.shmoop courses.
- 00:16
Start by signing into your schools.shmoop account…
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- 00:18
…then click the “Join Classroom” button on your Dashboard. [Person using the Shmoop website]
- 00:22
As soon as you’ve entered the classroom code, or accepted the email invitation from
- 00:25
your teacher, you can get started.
- 00:27
And…you’re in.
- 00:28
Hey, that was easier than trying to get into a Starbucks restroom without buying a Frappucino… [Man walking to the restroom and an alarm goes off]
- 00:33
On the Overview page, you’ll see a link to the course content area.
- 00:37
Once you enter the courses, you’ll be directed to the syllabus in the last lesson you accessed.
- 00:41
The Syllabus gives you the breakdown of all Unit and Lesson titles, and lets you know
- 00:45
which ones you’ve conquered, and which have yet to be vanquished.
- 00:48
Then, inside each lesson, you can access the Introduction, Readings and Activities via [Person clicking through the introduction, reading and activities tab on the lesson page]
- 00:53
this trio of tabs right here.
- 00:55
You can also check out the Virtual Gradebook…where you’ll be able to see when your teacher
- 00:59
grades one of your assignments.
- 01:00
You’ll also be able to get a sense of your overall progress within a course. [The gradebook page]
- 01:04
If you’re doing well though, we suggest you do a “print page” before taping your [Laptop taped to the fridge]
- 01:07
progress report to the fridge… [The laptop falls]
- 01:10
Schools.shmoop offers full courses in a wide variety of content areas, including math,
- 01:14
ELA, Life Skills, Writing, and more.
- 01:17
You probably want to know what you’re getting into.
- 01:19
What’s in these courses?
- 01:20
Good question.
- 01:21
Every one of our courses is relevant, engaging, challenging, and totally comprehensive. [Examples of course pages]
- 01:26
In addition to a virtual textbook with in-depth readings and lessons…
- 01:30
…you’ll find activities and assignments...
- 01:32
…informative and entertaining videos to help all you visual learners out there… [Shmoop video playing]
- 01:35
…and unit and final exams for full-semester courses.
- 01:39
When you get to these bad boys, make sure you have the time and focus to sit down and
- 01:42
crank out the entire thing… there are no “do-overs”... [Woman typing manically]
- 01:46
So take Schools.shmoop courses for a spin. [Sail boat with schools.shmoop written on the side]
- 01:48
Once you’ve taken the plunge, you’ll feel like a self-assured captain on board the ship
- 01:52
of knowledge.
- 01:53
Sorry about the marine metaphor. [Bird poo lands on boy dressed as captain hook]
- 01:55
We must be itching to take a cruise. [Cruise ship appears]
- 01:57
Anyone have the number for Royal Caribbean? [Two people doing the titanic pose on the front of the cruise ship]
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