Logging pupils into Glow

Overview
I was previously a P6 teacher at Harrysmuir Primary School in West Lothian. After the Headteacher, Susan Mackenzie, and another member of staff received some initial Glow training, all staff were encouraged to use Glow to support their classroom learning and teaching activities. As Harrysmuir school is double-stream, it was initially decided to have one Glow Group per stage. Some teachers then decided to have one group per class.

Context
After initially setting up my class Glow Group, the first phase for me was to issue my class with their glow log ons. Initially I gave the pupils a glow label (made by Morna Matthews, the Glow Mentor). This label had their log on and local authority password printed on it by me. The pupils went to the glow website, via a link on their council homepage. First they logged on with their username and their local authority password. This then led the pupils to the change of password screen where the pupils re-entered their local authority password, then chose a new password, typed this in and then re-entered it. When creating a Glow password the criteria is at least 7 characters, one of which has to be non-alphanumeric (for pupils). Therefore when the pupils were choosing a new password I encouraged them to select something they would remember, for example red car1, or blue cat1. Our Glow Mentor decided that we should put a number at the end, so when it comes to changing the pupils password (every 180 days) they could simply keep the same password but change the number.

Ingredients
What did I need to set up Glow log ons?
1. Pupils’ Local Authority Glow log ons
2. Access to the P6B Glow Group

Recipe
Video Clips:
How to log into Glow [0.48]

How to create permissions for a Glow Group [1.32]

How to reset a pupils’ password [1.39]

Impact
The impact of this was that all children were successfully able to log onto Glow. The success of this in my class, allowed the Primary 6 pupils to buddy with other classes in the school to help them with logging onto and navigating around Glow, especially in younger classes. This helped to increase my class’s confidence with using Glow.

Click on the video below to hear how the P6 pupils felt about introducing other classes to Glow.

The views of the P6 pupils [0.11]

For more help with getting started with Glow visit the *Getting Started with Glow Glow Group.

To view the P6B Glow Group have a look at the following Cookbooks:
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