Creating a new Scheme of Work

In this guide you'll be shown how to create a new Scheme of Work

1 - Creating a new SOW

1.1 - First go to the SOW page on Databridge by clicking SOW in the list on the left.

1.2 - Click on Add SOW from the list on the right.

1.3 - This will open up a window where you can enter the initial info for the SOW

Title - This is the name for the Scheme of Work.

Subject - This is a dropdown based on the subjects saved to your Standard Values. Select the subject that the SOW you are creating is for.

Category - This dropdown allows you to choose what folder to save the SOW to.

The Topic, Aims, Evaluation and Notes textboxes are custom boxes that you can change the labels for, or remove if not needed. Any details entered here won't feed through to Session Plans, and is just to give more detail for the overall Scheme of Work.

Once you've entered the details, click Save.

The SOW will now appear on screen (if you've saved the SOW to a folder, you'll need to expand the relevant folder to see it).

2 - Adding details to a Scheme of Work

2.1 - Click on the SOW that you want to add details to.

From the window that appears, click on Action, and then from the dropdown, click View Sessions

2.2 - Select the Details tab.

From this tab, you can manually enter written overviews of your session plans for each subject - These fields are customisable by clicking Setup Fields from the navigation bar on the right, for both names of the fields, and the default text within them.

2.3. To make changes to the fields that appear on this screen, click Setup Fields.

2.4. To add a new field, click Add Field and give the field a name in the box that pops up.

2.5. To change the name of a field, click on the Field Name Text and enter the new name in the box that pops up.

2.6. To make changes to the field type, or default text, click the spanner icon on the far right of the relevant field.

2.7. From this window, choose the Field Type from the dropdown menu (e.g. Multiline text, checkbox, dropdown menu), and optionally include any default text within the Default Text Box - This is only applicable for text based field types.

When the details are correct, click Update.

2.8. When creating a new SOW, by default there will just be fields for Week 1. To add additional weeks, click Add Session and another box for Week 2 will appear below; Repeat this for as many sessions as needed.

If you don't write your Schemes of Work on a weekly basis, you can change the labelling of "Week" by clicking File in the top left of the screen, and then selecting Modify Plans/Weeks 

2.9. Click the Session tab. The fields on this tab directly mirror the fields within Session Plans. Any information captured here can be directly transferred to your sessions. 

2.10. Using the Students tab, you can add students to this scheme of work by clicking Add Student.

2.11. Use the Dropdown to filter the students and the Tick Box to add students to the scheme of work.

Click Select when done.

2.12. Navigate to the Links tab and select Link Session Plan(s).

2.13. Using this tab you can link sessions to this SOW.

2.14. When you link a session to the SOW, you can use the transfer text button.

By clicking this you have two options:

Transfer SOW to Session.

Transfer Session to SOW.

This will transfer any text from the text boxes of the SOW and override the text in the session plan, or vice versa. 

2.15. Select Save Changes.