Working With Strategies

On the Strategies screen, you can perform all tasks related to managing categories and strategies. This article provides a walkthrough of each of these tasks.

Note: Only users with the Create District Curriculum Courses right can manage strategies.

Quick Guides

Adding a Strategy

On the Strategies screen, select New Strategy under the Category to which you want to assign the new strategy.
In the Title field, enter a name for the strategy.
In the Description field, enter information about the strategy that assists teachers in applying it.
Select Save to add the new strategy.

Editing a Strategy

On the Strategies screen, select the Pencil icon () for the strategy you want to edit.
(Optional) In the Title field, you can change the name of the strategy.
(Optional) In the Description field, you can edit any text, links, or uploaded files or add new ones.
Select Save to finalize changes to the strategy.

Activating or Deactivating a Strategy

On the Strategies screen, locate the toggle for the strategy you want to activate.
Select the toggle to change the status of the strategy. If the toggle is blue, then the strategy is active and available to apply to lessons and plans. If the toggle is gray, then the strategy is inactive and cannot be used.

Deleting a Strategy

On the Strategies screen, select the Pencil icon () for the strategy you want to delete.
Select Delete.
In the resulting Confirmation window, select OK to confirm.

Illustrated Guides

Adding a Strategy

Step 1: On the Strategies screen, select New Strategy under the Category to which you want to assign the new strategy.

Interface showing reading strategies with an option to add a new strategy.

Step 2: In the Title field, enter a name for the strategy.

Text formatting options for a new strategy, including bold, italic, and underline features.

Step 3: In the Description field, enter information about the strategy that assists teachers in applying it. Here, you can set the following format options:

Change the Text style to be a title, subtitle, body text, or bulleted list.
Select the Bold icon () to bold text.
Select the Italics icon () to italicize text.
Select the Underline icon () to underline text.
Select the Link icon () to add a URL link to the description.
Select the Upload icon () to add images and PDFs to the description.

Step 4: Select Save to add the new strategy.

Instructions for a group activity strategy using a ball to encourage student participation.

Editing a Strategy

Step 1: On the Strategies screen, select the Pencil icon () for the strategy you want to edit. Expand and collapse strategies to see their current content.

Edit icon highlighted for the Ball Toss Boogie strategy.

Step 2: (Optional) In the Title field, you can change the name of the strategy.

Highlighting the strategy title to edit.

Step 3: (Optional) In the Description field, you can edit any text, links, or uploaded files or add new ones.

Highlighting the strategy description to edit.

Step 4: Select Save to finalize changes to the strategy.

Save action highlighted for a strategy that a user has finished editing.

Activating or Deactivating a Strategy

Step 1: On the Strategies screen, locate the toggle for the strategy you want to activate.

Step 2: Select the toggle to change the strategy’s status. If the toggle is blue, then the strategy is active and available to apply to lessons and plans.

Interface showing how to toggle on a strategy.

If the toggle is gray, then the strategy is inactive and cannot be used.

A strategy that is toggled off, making it inactive.

Deleting a Strategy

Step 1: On the Strategies screen, select the Pencil icon () for the strategy you want to delete.

Step 2: Select Delete.

Step 3: In the resulting Confirmation window, select OK to confirm.