Seesaw Tip - 7 Ways to Help Kids Know What to Do for an Assignment

 (Updated 2/25/2021 - scroll to the bottom to see the update!)  

      We all have a wide range of readers / learners in our classroom.  Use these 7 tips when creating an assignment to help support all students in knowing what they are to do to complete an assignment and make them more independent when using Seesaw.  Many of these tips can also be adapted in different ways to create more engaging lessons as well.  

Tip 1 - Record yourself reading the directions on the introduction page (the first page they see when they see an assignment).

Tip 2 - Record yourself (or type in) directions in the Comment Box on each slide.

Tip 3 - Use the Video Record feature in Seesaw to model the lesson or activity (and it will be embed automatically into the slide).

Tip 4 - Use the Mic / Screen Record feature in Seesaw to model how to complete the activity (and it will be embed automatically into the slide).

Tip 5 - (If you need more than 5 minutes) - Record your screen using another program (like Screencastify, QuickTime, Screencapture, etc.).  Upload it to Seesaw to embed into the slide.  (If it's too big, upload to Google Drive and put a link in from Seesaw to Drive.)

Tip 6 - Use Seesaw's Icon Shortcuts in the directions.  (You can click here to learn more about Seesaw Shortcut Icons.)

Tip 7 - Add a 'play' button for students to click next to each direction.  (This can also be adapted to have students click 'play' to have a page read to them, have them spell a word, double check what a picture is suppose to be (like 'cat' instead of 'kitten'), etc.

See all these tips from a student perspective....

2/25/2021 Update: Seesaw sent out an update at the end of February 2021.  You can now click on an image or text box and record or upload a voice recording!  Click here for more information!

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