Before you start – Communication and collaboration
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Preparation is important if you are going to teach this unit with your class. It is important to check that your students are set up with and have access to their NTLP or school managed Google accounts.
The following guidance explains some of the essential set-up jobs you should do before the first lesson with your students. This includes checking their Google accounts are set up, as well as the creation of the planning documents and websites that they will work on in teams.
Part 1 - Account management
If your school uses NTLP, you can request for our team to check and provide your class’ NTLP usernames and passwords, and if needed, get passwords reset.
NTLP users can contact support@ntlp.org.uk, but please give good notice (i.e. not the day before your lesson) as while we attempt to respond to job requests as quickly as possible, at busy times we cannot guarantee an instant response.
If your school has it's own Google domain you will need to contact your administrator for information about student accounts and passwords.
NTLP Account management
If students forget their password, all teaching staff in all schools should have the ability to reset student passwords for individual children in their own school. Here’s how:
The child should enter their username / email address as normal on the login page at ntlp.airhead.io
Click next and on the password entry screen, then click Forgot password
Tick the option for ‘Unlock by teacher in (name of school)’ and click next.
Authenticate the reset by adding your own username and password, then click Next to complete the process.
Part 2 - Set up a class group
It’s also advisable to get a Google group set up for your class, this will save a lot of time later and give you the ability to email the whole class and share documents or sites with them all in one go, via a group email address, for example: schoolname.class5@ntlp.org.uk
When you share a Google document or Google site with a Google Group it automatically shares it with all members of the group with the same levels of permission. This can save a lot of time adding email addresses when sharing.
NTLP users can contact support@ntlp.org.uk to request a Google group to be set up for your class, but again, please give good notice as while we attempt to respond to job requests as quickly as possible, at busy times we cannot guarantee an instant response.
If your school has it's own Google Domain, your administrator will be able to create groups for you in the admin console > Groups > Create Group
