Quick Start Guide

1. Create Lessons
in 5 Minutes
QUICK START GUIDE
www.tes.com/lessons

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13 ideas for using Blendspace
BLENDSPACE QUICK START GUIDE
Why use Blendspace?
Save time by keeping all videos, links, documents and other digital media for your lessons in one easy (and
free!) place.
Ensure your students achieve their fullest potential by differentiating instruction and lessons according to
diverse needs.
Deepen student engagement and 21st century learning when your kids create their own Blendspace
lessons for individual and collaborative projects — the sky’s the limit!
Boost the fun factor when you present anything, whether during class time or meetings with peers.
Share your expertly crafted lessons and curated content that other educators can use with their students.
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This list is just a starting point – the possibilities are endless. Discover more ideas in our
Gallery of awesome lessons created by educators: www.tes.com/lessons/gallery
1. Deliver lessons composed of multiple digital
resources during class without losing any
instructional time.
2. Create lessons for students to review on their own
during class or at home (flipping the classroom).
3. Set up work stations where students go through
different Blendspace lessons or specific parts of a
lesson (or have some students review lessons while
you’re talking with the rest).
4. Provide remediation to students by having them go
back to lessons on concepts they didn’t understand.
5. Challenge more advanced students by adding optional
content to a lesson or providing extra lessons.
6. Make study guides on key topics.
7. Administer quizzes and track comments to assess
student understanding.
8. Use lessons as a virtual corkboard of student work
that can be shared with anyone including parents.
9. Task students with creating their own lessons within a
project (e.g. digital storytelling, autobiographies, web
quests, presentations, plus many more).
10. Enable students to collaborate with each other on
projects and presentations.
11. Prompt online discussions among students, allowing
them to share questions and comments in each lesson.
12. Make presentations during department/grade team
meetings, PLCs, PD sessions, workshops, and
conferences.
13. Store and share many links, videos, PDFs,
presentations, and other digital content in a more
engaging way.

3. www.tes.com/lessons
BLENDSPACE QUICK START GUIDE
How to create a Blendspace
1 Click New Lesson.
2 Title your lesson.
3 Search for relevant content in TES
(our marketplace of original teaching
resources created by educators),
YouTube, Google, Flickr, Gooru, and
other sites.

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BLENDSPACE QUICK START GUIDE
How to create a Blendspace
4 Drag and drop desired content from search results into a tile.
5 Add your own content by dragging
and dropping any file from your
computer to a tile or by clicking the
upload media/file tab.
6 Double-click tile to add a title, notes, and instructions.