Bloomboard Tip - Opening Tabs

When you are in Bloomboard, if you want to be able to see your goals while you work on your mid-year, it’s easy to open another tab. Just put your cursor on your name (in the black bar at the top of the page) and right click. Select “open link in new tab” and another Bloomboard page opens up, already signed in. Then you can just tab back and forth.  (From Mrs. Yolen)

Bloomboard - End of Year Summative - Reflective Questions

Copy paste these questions into Word.  Type your answers, then copy paste the answers back into the boxes.  After you have entered your answers into Bloomboard, click SAVE DRAFT at the bottom.  When ready, click SHARE in the black bar on the bottom of the screen to share with your evaluator.  Click here for a PDF Karen Bryer sent out from Bloomboard to help aid teachers with End of Year Summative Conferences.

BOX 1: Student Growth and Development:  

Results of each SLO indicator (IAGD) with evidence:   

A.) Provide your overall self-assessment of whether each SLO indicator (IAGD) was met (based on the results of your identified IAGD). Use the ratings:

• Did Not Meet
• Partially met
• Met
• Exceeded
• Does not apply

B.) Provide evidence for each indicator (IAGD) by describing what you did that produced the results. Describe what you learned and how you will use the results of the IAGD going forward.

BOX 2: Performance and Practice:  Describe what progress you made in your performance and practice focus area throughout the year and what supports would better enable you to make further progress going forward. 

BOX 3: Parent or Peer Feedback:  Provide evidence for the Peer or Parent feedback component below by describing what you did that produced positive outcomes or resulted in achievement toward a specified goal or strategy.  Describe what you learned throughout this year and how you will use the results of the Peer or Parent feedback going forward.



BOX 4: Whole School Measures of Student Learning or Student Feedback:  Whole-School Measures of Student Learning or Student Feedback (5%)  Space is provided below for you to reflect on how you've contributed to this component.

Uploading Documents to Bloomboard

Here's a step by step guide to uploading items to Bloomboard.

1. Go to supporting documents.

2. Click on ADD ANOTHER DOCUMENT

3. A box appears.  Click on UPLOAD... if you need to upload something.  If you uploaded something previously to your E-Portfolio, select LINK DOCUMENT....

4.  Go find the document to upload.  Click on it, then click OK.  

5. DO NOT CLICK CLOSE WHEN IT SAYS 100% UPLOAD.  Let the window close on its own.  If you close it, the document will not upload and you will have to start from the beginning.

6. You will then see the document uploaded.  You may highlight the document (if a PDF) or highlight lines of text (if a word document) to tag to the standards or your goals.

Thank you Monica for letting me take pictures as she uploaded a document.

Sharing Your Reflection for Bloomboard

After writing your reflection, you must 'share it' for your observer to see it.  You can do this two ways...

First way - at the bottom of the screen, click SHARE.

Second way....

1. When in your reflection, find the gear at the top right corner of the reflection window and click on it.
2. Click on WHAT's BEEN SHARED?
3. Next to Teacher Reflection, click on SHARE under the you column.
4. Then, your observer will be able to see your reflection.

Bloomboard Mid-Year Conference Prep

Please click the link below for a Google Doc I created to help with Mid-Year Conferences...

Bloomboard Mid-Year Conference Preparation

Directions on How to Scan and Email Files using the Scanner Feature on the Copy Machine

Print out of Reflection Questions for Mid-Year Conferences

Scanning Documents / Pictures Using Teacher's Copy Machine

1. Place document on the glass.
2. Click MAIN MENU.

3. Select SCAN AND SEND.

4. Select ADDRESS BOOK.

5. Find your name (if your name isn't listed, you can type in your email address).

6. (OPTIONAL STEP) Before scanning, you may assign a file name to the document.  (Of course you can change the file name once you have it saved on your computer as well.)  Click on FILE NAME and put in the name you would like the file to have.  (On the Staff Room copier, you will have to click on MORE OPTIONS and then find the FILE NAME button.  This picture was taken using the Library's copy machine - file name is listed as an option on the scan screen.)

- If you need to / want to, you can also change the file format to JPEG, TIFF, or other format at this point.

7. Click START.  (If you have something on the glass, click START SENDING once you have finished scanning everything you would like to scan).  Once its done scanning, you will receive an email within a couple minutes.

8. Open the attachment from your email, then save it where you can easily find it.

Taking a Picture / Screen Shot / Using Snip It Tool

Here's how to take a screen shot of something on your screen...

• Visit this site for ways to take a screen shot using different devices.

For PC Users...

• The program is called "The Snipping Tool."
• Open the program (you may type in the name in the search bar and hit enter).  The program should come up if its loaded on your computer.

For Mac Users...

• The program is called "Preview."
• Under FILE, select TAKE A SCREEN SHOT.
• Select the type of screen shot: select, window, full screen.
• Take the picture.
• The picture will be saved to your desktop.
• Keyboard Shortcut:  
• Hole COMMAND + SHIFT + 4.  The cursor will turn into a + sign.
• Click and drag around want you want to take a picture of.
• Release.  You should hear a camera sound.  It will be added to your desktop as a PNG file. 
• To Convert from PNG to other formats:
• Some sites or programs can only read JPEG files.  If you run into this problem, just double click on the image.  Under FILE, select EXPORT.  Then change the PNG file to JPEG (or whatever format you need it changed to).