Post a weekly agenda that can be seen by the students and parents. You can pin this announcement to the top, so it is the first one they see each time. You can replace it with a new agenda the following week.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can add links to each daily activity, so it is easy for students to know exactly where to go for each day.

Some may have yet to turn in a permission slip for a field trip, or you may want to remind students and parents to bring a sack lunch.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can enable comments for questions students and parents may have.

A great way to highlight birthdays in your classroom - an announcement dedicated to celebrating those turning another year older!

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: To stay ahead of the game, you can build your birthday posts ahead of time and choose the date they are posted to the Class Board.

You can ask Multiple Choice, True/False, or Short Answer questions as an activity in a lesson. These do not earn a grade in the gradebook but give you a way to assess learning in a more informal setting.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can embed images, videos, and audio recordings directly to the question (the example shown above has an embedded image).

One of the activity types of a lesson is called a "Page", which is essentially a document you can create, similar to a Word document. Students can read through the directions, click on any embedded links, and mark the activity complete when they are done.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can embed images, videos, and audio recordings directly to the question (the example shown above has an embedded image).

In many cases, especially for elementary classrooms, you may want to post activities for the entire day, acting almost as a schedule for the students.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can upload any image to use as the "tile preview," which are the images displayed on the tile as you see above. These were made using a generic word processing program and saved as images.

Simple Assessments are best for quick comprehension checks that are graded, or assessments that only contain multiple-choice, true/false, or short answer questions that do not require intricate scoring.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: You can include images, videos, and audio recordings in your questions as well.

Rubric Assessments are best for essays/papers, submitting artifacts or documents (Google docs, video, images...), or performance-based grades. The example below shows what a Rubric Assessment with a Google Doc attached looks like from a student's perspective.

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: Rubrics can be used when students don't actually need to submit work. For example, you can create a Rubric for a performance-based grade where there isn't any student upload needed.

Advanced Assessments are best for replicating activities that can be found on worksheets, longer and more detailed assessments, assessments that need many different question types, or when you want a variety of ways to score questions in an assessment (partial credit, alternate answers...).

💡 Tip from the Otus Team: There are over 60 question types that can be used on Advanced Assessments. Check out the beginner's guide to become more familiar with the structure before diving right in!