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1 houghton mifflin harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Printed in the 08/13 RR_ MS81534 Your Quick Start Guide to Navigating Think 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGE2 Program Resources and Planning At Your Fingertips!Journeys Common Core 2014 online access gives teachers the power to: Access Digital Resources to support ALL students anytime, anywhere View lesson plans, assignments and assessment reports from the Dashboard upon log in Create, edit and view lesson plans with ease in mySmartPlanner Assign students activities with a simple click of a button Search and Browse by Common Core Standards, key words or program resourceONLINEPR eviewClick on Sample Now Choose your editionComplete the form and click on Register2341Go to start your online journey follow these steps.

2 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe3 The DashboardmySmartPlanner GadgetAssignments GadgetSearchHelp CenterSettingsResources GadgetBrowseReports Gadget 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe4 Dashboard SectionsThe DashboardThinkCentral has a new dashboard, where you can quickly find your resources, planner, assignments, and student performance SearchFind resources and lesson plans. Schedule them to mySmartPlanner or assign them to your BrowseBrowse resources by teaching sequence or by Common Core State Standard. Schedule them to mySmartPlanner or assign them to your you know? To access your resources, you can Search, Browse, or click an icon in the Resources 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe5 Dashboard GadgetsResources To view resources for a program and grade:1. Select the program from the drop-down list on the upper Select a Grade.

3 Click the left and right arrows to scroll through the resources. Click a resource icon to view the resource in a new tab or new to open the View Resources page. Browse 1. Click Browse to select a program and grade. 2. Click Open to find resources for your Center Click Help Center to access dashboard Help and Guides and Tutorials Click Settings to access your Classes and Students page and Account Search To find resources and lesson plans, type keywords or standards and press the Search icon to select resources or lesson plans. Program Journeys 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe6 Dashboard GadgetsmySmartPlanner Gadget view your teaching blocks and notes for today. The current teaching block is highlighted. Click the next day or previous day arrows to view teaching blocks for other days.

4 Scroll to view teaching blocks that are out of view. Point at a teaching block, and click the Notes icon to add or see your to open it. Note: You have to add teaching blocks in mySmartPlanner before they appear here. Assignments Gadgetview assignments in order of their due date for the current week and the previous to view all assignments. Note: You have to create assignments before they appear in the Gadgetview student assessment results, for assessments that were due in the past four weeks. each assessment shows the number of students in four bands: Scores over 70% Scores 50%-70% Scores under 50% Not submitted Click to open the Reports page. Note: You have to score at least one student s assessment before it appears in the list. 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe7 Dashboard SearchResource Details This is detailed information about the selected A thumbnail view of the resource.

5 StandardsThe Common Core State Standards associated with the resource. Search Results view a title, description, Common Core State Standards covered, and teaching sequence for the resource. Click a resource to view more details on the right. Did you know? To go back to the dashboard, click:Resources Resources are shown by Lesson Plans to show lesson plan results. Select a Lesson to view its program organization, instructional paths, and SearchBesides making a simple keyword search, you can run a smart search. 1. As you begin to type a filter keyword, such as pr for program, Search will suggest filter options. 2. Use the down arrow key to select an option. 3. To view values for that option, press the right arrow Press the down arrow key to highlight a value. 5. Press Enter to run your : You can enter multiple filter values in your search.

6 Press the space key after the first filter value selection to get a list of related filter options. 2013 houghton mifflin HarcourtPAGe8 Schedule and Assign from the DashboardCreate an AssignmentTo create an assignment with a resource, click on the lower right of a search result. Schedule a Resource or Lesson Plan 1. To add a resource or lesson plan to mySmartPlanner, on the lower right of a search result. click . 2. Select a teaching block in the popup window. To select a teaching block for a different date, click the calendar icon beside the date and select the date you want.