Customize and Share Dynamic Lessons

Depending on how your institution is set up, you may be able to customize and share Dynamic Lessons with instructors at your institution.

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Dynamic Lessons is your National Geographic Learning program formatted into slides. They contain teaching tools such as audio, video, and interactive activities. You can share the pre-made lessons or customize your own.

Video Tutorial: Customize and Share Dynamic Lessons

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Video Tutorial: Customize and Share Dynamic Lessons

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  1. Click Switch to teacher view in the top navigation bar.

  2. Click Class Content.

  3. In the Class Content tab, select your program from the program dropdown menu.

    The Class Content tab contains a dropdown menu from which you can select your program.
  4. Select the Unit you want from the dropdown menu.

    The Class Content tab contains a dropdown menu from which you can select the unit within the program you want to access.

    From here you can share Publisher Lessons, or customize a lesson and share that with your instructors.

Share Publisher Lessons

  1. Under PUBLISHER LESSONS, click Three-dots menu icon. on the slides.

    1. Click Duplicate.

      Dynamic Lessons screen with the Duplicate button on the Publisher Lessons slides.

      A copy of the slides is created under MY LESSONS.

  2. Under MY LESSONS, click Three-dots menu icon. on the slides, and turn on Share slides..

Share a Customized Lesson

  1. Click the slides under PUBLISHER LESSONS.

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    Preview the content of a slide

    Click the slide.

    Rearrange the order of slides

    Select the slide you want and move it to the position you want.

    You can move the slide to a different position within that section, or to a different section.

    Delete a section

    Click Delete section.

    Hide, delete, or copy a specific slide to another unit or lesson

    Click Three-dots menu icon. on that slide and select the action you want.

    When you delete a slide, it is removed from that lesson.

    When you hide the slide, it will not display during presentation, but you can unhide it when you want.

    Hide, delete, or copy multiple slides

    1. Click Bulk update icon..
    2. Select the slides you want to edit.
    3. Click Hide, Copy to, or Delete at the bottom of the page.
  2. After you have customized a lesson, click Go to previous page. next to the lesson name to navigate back to the Class Content tab.

  3. Under MY LESSONS, click Three-dots menu icon. on the slides, and turn on Share slides..

    Dynamic Lessons screen with the Share toggle on the My Lessons slides.