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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]

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You’re in the right place.

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Welcome…to the wonderful world of Schools.shmoop courses.

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Start by signing into your schools.shmoop account…

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…then click the “Join Classroom” button on your Dashboard. [Person using the Shmoop website]

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As soon as you’ve entered the classroom code, or accepted the email invitation from

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your teacher, you can get started.

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And…you’re in.

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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]

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On the Overview page, you’ll see a link to the course content area.

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Once you enter the courses, you’ll be directed to the syllabus in the last lesson you accessed.

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The Syllabus gives you the breakdown of all Unit and Lesson titles, and lets you know

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which ones you’ve conquered, and which have yet to be vanquished.

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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]

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this trio of tabs right here.

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You can also check out the Virtual Gradebook…where you’ll be able to see when your teacher

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grades one of your assignments.

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You’ll also be able to get a sense of your overall progress within a course. [The gradebook page]

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If you’re doing well though, we suggest you do a “print page” before taping your [Laptop taped to the fridge]

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progress report to the fridge… [The laptop falls]

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Schools.shmoop offers full courses in a wide variety of content areas, including math,

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ELA, Life Skills, Writing, and more.

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You probably want to know what you’re getting into.

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What’s in these courses?

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Good question.

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Every one of our courses is relevant, engaging, challenging, and totally comprehensive. [Examples of course pages]

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In addition to a virtual textbook with in-depth readings and lessons…

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…you’ll find activities and assignments...

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…informative and entertaining videos to help all you visual learners out there… [Shmoop video playing]

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…and unit and final exams for full-semester courses.

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When you get to these bad boys, make sure you have the time and focus to sit down and

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crank out the entire thing… there are no “do-overs”... [Woman typing manically]

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So take Schools.shmoop courses for a spin. [Sail boat with schools.shmoop written on the side]

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Once you’ve taken the plunge, you’ll feel like a self-assured captain on board the ship

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of knowledge.

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Sorry about the marine metaphor. [Bird poo lands on boy dressed as captain hook]

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We must be itching to take a cruise. [Cruise ship appears]

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Anyone have the number for Royal Caribbean? [Two people doing the titanic pose on the front of the cruise ship]

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