Search Curriculum

From Search select Curriculum tab:

1. Enter your keyword or phrase in the Keyword text field.

Check Use Thesaurus to include related terms and synonyms in your results.

2. Search for terms in units, as well as in attachments linked to the Unit Planner.

• Check Curriculum to search Course curriculum.
• Check Lesson Plans to include text within those attachments identified as Lesson Plans in your search.
• Check Links to include the content of attachments - linked to the unit planners - in your search.

3. Filter your results by selecting one or more criteria from the drop-down menus. You may add unlimited filters throughout your search.

• The drop-down menus will be populated based on the criteria selected in previous menus. For instance, when a School has been selected, only those grades and courses associated with that School will be listed in the drop-down menus.
• Select one or more widget categories to view all relevant widget lists in the Mapping Category drop-down menu.

4. Click Search.

The keyword or phrase and, if the Thesaurus was used, the synonyms will be highlighted in red within the search results.

• View a unit or curriculum map by selecting an underlined unit or Course name.
• Sort the results by using the Sort By drop-down menu at the top of the results table.
• The mapping category(ies) in which the terms are located will be identified by italics.
• The name of the unit is listed at the top, along with the weeks in which it is taught.
• The name of the Course, User, school, grade, and subject are displayed along the bottom for each unit in which the term is found.

If your school aligns its curriculum to standards, you can use keywords and phrases to search across all standards in your Atlas system.

You’ll be able to view and search for :

• Which standards contain a particular topic or keyword?
• Where are standards containing a keyword targeted and aligned to units by grade?
• How do assessment methods for a particular standards topic vary by users?

1. Filter your results by selecting one or more criteria from the drop-down menus on the left. You may add unlimited filters to further focus your search.

2. From Search > Standards Alignment, enter your keyword or phrase in the Keyword text field.

3. Click Search. Your search term will appear in the results, highlighted in red within the Standard or Benchmark in which it appears.

• Any units or assessments targeting that particular Standard will be summarized below the text of the result with a link to a report for that Standard or Assessment.

• Save and View a Saved Search

  • To save a specific search, click Actions and select Save.
  • To access a saved search, click Actions and select Open Saved Report.

Your school may be aligning to school Values. If this feature has been enabled, Search the curriculum in your Atlas system by keyword or phrase to identify units that have aligned to your school Values.

When you want to know:

• Where are character building activities taking place?
• Where are we not teaching our core expectations?
• How are we building cultural competence in our school?

1. Select criteria from the drop-down menus:

• Filter school Values: Search for specific school Value Types and their description.
• Activity Description Keyword: Search school Values by keyword.
• Filter courses: Limit the results to specific Grade(s), Subject(s), school(s), etc.

2. Click Search to view results.

• Sort the results by using the Sort By drop-down menu at the top of the results table.
• The Mapping Categories(s) in which the the terms are located will be identified by italics.
• The name of the unit is listed at the top, along with the weeks in which it is taught.

The name of the course, User, school, grade, and subjectare displayed along the bottom for each unit in which the term is found.

From Search select Activity:

1. Enter your keyword or phrase in the Keyword text field and/or filter your results by selecting one or more criteria from the drop-down menus. You may add unlimited filters throughout your search.

The drop-down menus will be populated based on the criteria selected in previous menus. For instance, when a school has been selected, only those grades and Courses associated with that school will be listed in the drop-down menus.

2. Select one or more activity types to view actions pertaining to a set of events.

• Curriculum Updates: Changes that Curriculum Writers make to their course curriculum or unit calendar, including changes to standards, assessments, and linked resources in a course. Curriculum that is favorited or copied is also recorded here.
• Discussions: Open comments left on curriculum or reports.
• Reports Activity: Reports that are saved, shared, discusses, pinned, viewed, printed, or exported.
• Share Activity: Curriculum or reports that are shared with other users of the system.
• Site Updates: Changes made to the system by System Administrators, including changes to course assignments, the academic calendar, archive date, and School References.
• View Curriculum: Views of any curriculum map, unit map, or calendar through Browse. Views of curriculum through Develop are not recorded in activity.

3. Click Search. If you searched for a keyword or a phrase, it will be highlighted in red within the search results.

• Sort the results by using the Sort By drop-down menu at the top of the results table.
• The name of the unit is listed at the top, along with the weeks when it is taught.
• The name of the Course, User, school, grade, and subject are displayed along the bottom for each search result.

Use the Thesaurus to include related keywords and synonyms in your results. This special search tool allows you to help establish a more consistent vocabulary across your school’s curricula.

1. Enter your keyword in the text field.

2. Check Use Thesaurus. For example, a search for the keyword “essay” may also return units that contain the word(s):

• written material
• piece of writing
• exposition
• writing exercise
• writing composition
• written composition
• position paper
• written critique

In the search results, all search terms and related keywords from the thesaurus will be highlighted in red.

View and Modify Terms in the Thesaurus

1. Enter a keyword in the text field and click Thesaurus.

2. Type a new synonym in the text field and click Add to include the new keyword into the Atlas Thesaurus.

3. Click Done to close the window, and return to Search > Curriculum.

You may remove a term you have added to the Thesaurus by clicking Delete.