The table below explains the meanings and usage of icons that appear throughout Beacon.
Icon | Name | Usage |
|---|---|---|
Switch Applications | Allows you to swap between Eduphoria applications or access the Applications Home. | |
Help | Opens the knowledge base where you can access tutorials and search for more information about specific topics in Eduphoria applications. (That’s where you are now!) | |
My Planner | Use My Planner to organize preps, create plans, and view your schedule on a daily or weekly basis. | |
Templates | Templates help other users quickly build out new curriculum content, such as courses, units, and lessons. | |
Courses | Courses are structured programs of instruction centered on a specific subject and grade level. | |
Strategies | Strategies are tags that can be applied to lessons and preps. | |
Attachments | Any document or attachment associated with a curriculum component. | |
Relationships | Standards, strategies, files, and other curriculum components that are linked to the component that you are viewing. | |
Information | Displays additional details such as the curriculum component’s duration, information, and a table of contents. | |
| Expand | Expands a section or row to show additional information or options. |
Collapse | Collapses a section or row to hide additional information or options. | |
| Preview | Opens the component in a preview window. |
Color Palette | Allows you to filter color coded blocks on the Planner. | |
Planner Orientation | Changes the Planner to be in vertical or horizontal orientation. | |
Calendar | Opens a calendar where you can select a specific date and display information based on that date. | |
Search | Allows you to filter a list or table to show entries matching the search criteria. | |
More Actions | Expands a drop-down menu containing more options. | |
Add | Opens a window where you can enter information to create something new. | |
Import | Opens a file manager window where you can select a file to upload to Beacon. | |
Link Existing | Allows you to link a resource that has already been uploaded to Beacon. | |
Edit | Allows you to make changes to the selected item. | |
Delete | Deletes the selected item. | |
Move | Click and drag to change the order in which things appear. | |
Editor | The Editor is a built-in word processor within Beacon. This handy tool allows you to create documents such as templates, course syllabi, unit outlines, lessons, activities, and more. | |
Indicates that the file is a PDF. Selecting a PDF file opens the file in the Attachment Viewer. See the Attachment Viewer section below for more information. | ||
Favorite / Primary | Indicates that the item has been marked as a favorite or as a primary file. | |
Tags | Tags are used in Templates to help identify and quickly locate certain templates using key terms. | |
Bold | Applies bold formatting to text. | |
Italic | Applies italic formatting to text. | |
Underline | Underlines text. | |
Link | Indicates a linked item or allows you to create a hyperlink from highlighted text, depending on context. | |
Unlink | Removes the relationship between two linked items. | |
Font Color | Allows you to change the font color. | |
Highlight | Applies highlights to text. | |
Eyedropper | Used to select a color, most often used to apply a color to fonts or highlights. | |
Bullet List | Starts a bulleted list. | |
Numbered List | Starts a numbered list. | |
Image | Opens a file manager window where you can select an image to insert or attach. | |
Table | Inserts a table. | |
| Standard | Indicates a standard or a section for standards. |
Unit | Indicates a unit or a section for units. | |
Lesson | Indicates a lesson or a section for lessons. | |
Resource | Indicates a resource or a section for resources. | |
Assessments | Indicates an Aware assessment or a section for Aware assessments. | |
Open | Opens a unit or lesson in a new tab. | |
Icons in the Attachment Viewer | ||
Menu | Expands or collapses the page navigation menu. | |
Page | Displays the current page number and the total number of pages in the attachment. You can enter a number in the current page field to jump to a certain page. | |
Zoom | Adjusts the zoom by increments. Use the plus sign to zoom in, use the minus sign to zoom out, or enter a percentage in the center to adjust the zoom. | |
Fit to Page | Adjusts the zoom so that the entire page can be seen in the viewer window. | |
Fit to Width | Adjusts the zoom so that the width of the page matches the width of the viewer window. | |
Rotate | Rotates the attachment counterclockwise by 90 degrees. | |
Download | Downloads the file to your device. | |
Opens the Print window, allowing you to print the file. | ||
More actions | Expands a drop-down menu with the following options:
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