Health Science Reviewer Guide

iCEV’s comprehensive courses feature everything you need to start teaching right away, including media-rich presentations, detailed lesson plans, projects, activities, assessments and more.

But how do you get started with iCEV? How is this curriculum structured, and what Health Science courses does it offer for Proclamation 2024?

In this guide, you’ll gain an overview of the iCEV curriculum and how to successfully navigate it to complete your Proclamation 2024 review. Along the way, we’ll cover topics like:

What is iCEV?

How is the iCEV Curriculum Structured?

What are the Pedagogical Resources Available within iCEV?

What Courses are Available for Review for Proclamation 2024?

What are Some Best Practices for Utilizing iCEV?

By the end of this guide, you’ll have a better understanding of iCEV so that you can make the most informed decision when choosing the curriculum for your district.

How do I Obtain Login Information for my Review of iCEV?

iCEV is a digital curriculum provider that focuses on creating engaging course materials for use in Career and Technical Education (CTE). iCEV places a particular emphasis on helping educators meet their course standards, prepare their learners for industry certifications, and overall give them everything they need so they can focus on what matters ---

STUDENT SUCCESS!

To this end, iCEV offers educators a comprehensive curriculum solution that they can access on a subscription basis. With the iCEV curriculum, educators can teach courses in some of the most prominent CTE career clusters.

Typically, an iCEV course consists of lesson plans, videos, slide presentations, student handouts, projects, check for understandings, assessments and more. Each course is wellrounded, in-depth, and contains all of the resources necessary to fully educate your learners in a particular content area.

With these lesson materials, iCEV focuses on bringing experts to the classroom to provide insight into practical, real-world concepts and skills. This usually takes the form of demonstration videos, video interviews or career interviews with industry professionals.

The iCEV curriculum library contains thousands of hours of content spread across more than 200 courses.

Now that you have a general understanding of what iCEV is, the next step is to elaborate on the curriculum’s vernacular, to familiarize you with how it functions.

Although the iCEV curriculum is different from a textbook, the two share similar structures and components. Some of the components of the iCEV curriculum---as well as their textbook equivalents---include:

Course Playlists - Textbooks

Lessons - Chapters

Segments - Subchapters

While there are more components to the iCEV curriculum, these three are a good place to start in order for you to gain your bearings when navigating our platform for Proclamation 2024.

Course Playlists

Course Playlists contain all of the lessons for a particular topic, and could be seen as the equivalent of whole textbooks with the depth of content they offer. Each course playlist consists of all the content needed to meet the standards specified in a particular Proclamation 2024 subject area.

Lessons

Lessons are the chapters of an iCEV Course Playlist. Each lesson within iCEV focuses on a set of specified learning objectives, presents information in a video or multimedia format and includes supporting pedagogical materials and resources such as daily lesson plans, assessments, projects, and more.

Segments

Segments are portions of an individual iCEV lesson, similar to a subchapter within a textbook. For instance, a slide presentation-based lesson may include three segments of content in the presentation. Dividing the content into segments allows for learning objectives to be focused upon and tested for on an accompanying Check for Understanding specific to the segment.

What Pedagogical Resources

Now that you have a grasp on the structure of the iCEV curricul um, what comes next is to introduce you to the specific pedagogical resources that compose the various lessons, courses, and course playlists within iCEV.

Planning Resources

Planning Resources are documents designed to save you time and ease the planning process when preparing for class. These documents help you structure your class, meet course standards, and spend less time planning and more time engaging with students. These documents include:

Pre-built Lesson Plans are your roadmap to follow when using iCEV lesson materials. These step-by-step documents provide a daily scope and sequence of utilizing the iCEV lesson materials and include classroom management tips such as bell ringers, exit tickets, and considerations for special populations.

TEKS Alignments include a suggested pacing guide as well as show the TEKS which are met by each lesson found in the course playlist. Special Population Strategies Guide can ease the challenge of meeting the needs of every student by equipping you with strategies and tactics to help all students succeed.

In addition to these resources, iCEV has also added Materials Lists to the alignment documents of courses that involve lab work. These Material Lists specify which activities, projects and labs will require additional supplies to function, and what those supplies are.

Multimedia Lesson Types

Every lesson is composed of engaging multimedia designed to remove the physical barriers of the classroom and introduce students to valuable concepts and skills. Multimedia components of an iCEV lesson often include:

Videos bring the real world into your classroom by demonstrating knowledge and skills through industry leader and expert insight.

Slide Presentations present lesson content in easy to understand bullet points to provide your students with the information needed to master introductory to technical concepts.

Hybrid Lessons combine video and slide presentations to provide learners with a more wellrounded experience that balances the real-world expertise of industry leaders with the easy-tograsp concepts in a presentation lecture.

Instructional Materials & Interactive Assignments

Instructional Materials are resources designed to be used during class to introduce and engage students with course content. Interactive Assignments are student-facing resources you use during class to allow students to apply what they’ve learned and be graded on their performance. These instructional resources and assignments include:

Vocabulary Handouts help students identify and define terms essential to the comprehension and understanding of the lesson.

Key Concepts present the main ideas of a lesson in a modified Cornell note taking method to ensure students can identify the main concepts of a lesson, answer the Essential Questions, and have a blueprint for how to take good notes.

Student Handouts are used to support topics covered in the video/slide presentation in more detail to give students a deeper look at what they’ve learned.

Activities encompass a wide variety of short-term assignments, from filling out graphic organizers to full lab experiments. This assignment type offers opportunities for hands-on learning and can often be gamified.

Projects are more long-term, rigorous assignments focused on students applying and utilizing the concepts learned in a lesson to prove understanding.

Career Connections are video interviews with industry professionals designed to provide students with a closer look at the career opportunities related to concepts learned in the lesson.

Each activity and project is accompanied by accommodations, mod ifications, and extensions to help differentiate your instruction. These materials also allow educators to print and have a copy for students who need a printed version for IEP or 504 plans. In addition, there are also Text-to-Speech and Translate features included in the curriculum to help ELL students navigate.

Assessments

Assessments evaluate student comprehension of lesson materials. The different types of assessments on the iCEV platform include:

Checks for Understanding are five-question reviews of the main content presented in a lesson to ensure student comprehension of key points presented in the segment.

You can use the Custom Assessment Generator to create your own exam within the iCEV curriculum. This tool allows you to select lessons you wish to include in an assessment. You can then use the search bar to filter through keywords to create a fully customized assessment for your course.

Final Assessments are cumulative to the lesson and consist of 20 questions. Questions in this assessment type are more rigorous and require students to analyze, apply and synthesize the information presented in a lesson.

What Health Science Courses Are Available for Review for Proclamation 2024?

Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, and that means the need for trained healthcare professionals is on the rise. In order to meet this demand, iCEV offers comprehensive, in-depth Health Science courses to help train the next generation of medical workers.

Anatomy & Physiology

About the Course

The Anatomy & Physiology course is designed specifically with high school students in mind. To provide students with a base knowledge of scientific principles related to the field of Anatomy & Physiology, lessons focusing on common lab safety procedures, experimental design, methods for analyzing data, and more are included. Students in Anatomy & Physiology will explore a variety of topics, including the structure and function of the human body and the interaction of body systems for maintaining homeostasis.

The main focus of the course is an in-depth look at the systems of the body broken into at least three specific lessons per system. The first is an Anatomy slide presentation providing students with the appropriate location and terminology related to the system. This lesson is followed by an animated Physiology video providing a visual representation of the physiological processes of the system work. The final lesson in the series focuses on diseases and conditions which can be associated with the system. In these lessons, students can apply the skills they have learned in a practical context by utilizing patient scenarios that appear in the interactive activities.

In addition to counting as a Health Science credit, the Anatomy & Physiology course can also be used to count as a general science credit to fulfill student requirements.

Lessons in This Course

• English Applications

• STEM Careers: Anatomy & Physiology

• Professionalism in the Sciences: Anatomy & Physiology

• Science Explained: Anatomy & Physiology

• Impact of Science: Anatomy & Physiology

• Lab Safety Procedures: Anatomy & Physiology

• Tools & Equipment in Anatomy & Physiology

• Experimental Design: Anatomy & Physiology

• Conducting Lab & Field Investigations: Anatomy & Physiology

• Analyzing Data: Anatomy & Physiology

• Communicating Findings in Anatomy & Physiology

• Developing a Model: Anatomy & Physiology

• The Human Body

• Understanding Homeostasis

• Metabolic Pathways

• Emerging Technologies: Science & Medicine

• Human Anatomy: Nervous System

• Nervous System: Understanding the Senses

• Human Physiology: Nervous System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Nervous System

• Human Anatomy: Skeletal System

• Human Physiology: Skeletal System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Skeletal System

• Human Anatomy: Muscular System

• Human Physiology: Muscular System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Muscular System

• Human Anatomy: Integumentary System

• Human Physiology: Integumentary System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Integumentary System

• Human Anatomy: Cardiovascular System

• Human Physiology: Cardiovascular System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Cardiovascular System

• Human Anatomy: Respiratory System

• Human Physiology: Respiratory System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Respiratory System

• Human Anatomy: Digestive System

• Human Physiology: Digestive System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Digestive System

• Human Anatomy: Urinary System

• Human Physiology: Urinary System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Urinary System

• Human Anatomy: Endocrine System

• Human Physiology: Endocrine System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Endocrine System

• Human Anatomy: Lymphatic System

• Lymphatic System: Blood Typing

• Human Physiology: Lymphatic System

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Lymphatic System

• Human Anatomy: Reproductive System

• Human Reproductive System: Hormones

• Human Physiology: Reproductive System

• Reproductive System: Embryological Development

• Human Diseases & Disorders: Reproductive System

• *Anatomy & Physiology Capstone

*This lesson was added to the course after Proclamation 2024 review to enhance student learning and application of concepts included in the course.

Health Science Theory

About the Course Lessons in This Course

The Health Science Theory course is designed to provide foundational knowledge of common skills and procedures utilized in careers in the healthcare field. Students will employ handson experiences for continued knowledge and skill development. To better understand health science theory and the healthcare industry, students will learn about safety procedures, medical records, proper terminology, the importance of the healthcare system and much more.

Some of the highlights of this course include the Skills for Health Science Professionals series, which introduces students to industry skills they’ll need to learn to pursue a career in healthcare. In addition, the Healthcare Industry lesson series provides students fundamental knowledge of the medical field.

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: Activities of Daily Living

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: Admissions, Transfer & Discharge

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: Ambulation & Positioning

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: Communication

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: CPR & AED

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: First Aid

• Skills for Health Science Professionals: Vital Signs

• Employability Skills in Health Care

• Health Science Safety & Regulations

• Medical Records

• Community & World Health

• Healthy Relationships

• Scientific Reasoning & Problem Solving

• Disease Prevention = Health Promotion

• The Healthcare Industry: Collaboration & Cooperation

• The Healthcare Industry: Culture & Diversity

• The Healthcare Industry: Ethics & Liability

• The Healthcare Industry: Importance of the Healthcare System

• The Healthcare Industry: Safe Working Environments

• Mathematics in Health Science

• Medical Terms & Terminology

• Homeostasis

• The Human Cell

• The Human Body: How Systems Work Together

• Principles of Body Mechanics

• Body Systems: Disease, Trauma & Congenital Defects

• Complementary & Alternative Health Practices

About the Course Lessons in This Course

The Medical Assistant course equips students with the necessary knowledge and skills to embark on a career as a medical assistant. Throughout the course, students will develop communication skills, gain insights into clinical ethics, cultivate safety awareness, and acquire valuable information about various medical assisting career opportunities.

The highlights of this course include the two main skills series, Medical Assistant Skills and Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants. The Medical Assistant Skills series focuses on teaching students the essential patient-specific and clinical skills they’ll need to succeed on the job. On the other hand, the Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants series instructs students on how to perform general office duties like managing patient registration, billing, and health records.

• Professional Standards & Skills in Healthcare

• Roles & Responsibilities of the Healthcare Team

• Communication in Healthcare Settings

• Ethical Principles in Healthcare

• Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants: Scheduling

• Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants: Medical Billing

• Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants: Patient Registration

• Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants: Health Insurance

• Administrative Duties of Medical Assistants: Health Records

• Medical Terminology for Medical Assistants

• Medical Assistant Skills: Patient Intake

• Medical Assistant Skills: Point-of-Care Testing

• Medical Assistant Skills: Medication Preparation & Administration

• Medical Assistant Skills: Lab Specimens

• Understanding Patient Populations

• Medical Assistant Skills: Safety Practices & Procedures

Medical Coding & Billing

About the Course

The Medical Coding & Billing course introduces students to the procedures, terminology, and medical codes used in the field. Students will also learn about the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and develop the necessary skills to maintain accurate records. Understanding the entire revenue cycle and its efficient management will be a focus of the course. By completing this course, students will be better prepared for entry-level positions in health care settings, such as coder, medical billing specialist, and patient access representative.

This course comes equipped with slide presentations, activities, and hands-on assignments designed to teach students about several different coding systems used in the medical industry.

The curriculum provides an overview of several of these medical systems, in order to illustrate to students how their coding knowledge can be used in the medical field.

Lessons in This Course

• Employability Skills in Medical Coding & Billing

• Careers in Medical Coding & Billing

• Legal & Ethical Responsibilities in Medical Coding & Billing

• Coding Systems

• Medical Coding & Billing: Integumentary System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Skeletal System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Muscular System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Cardiovascular System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Respiratory System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Digestive System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Endocrine System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Urinary System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Reproductive System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Nervous System

• Medical Coding & Billing: Mental, Behavioral & Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Revenue Management Cycle

• Health Insurance Models

• Patient Scheduling & Check In Processes

• Health Insurance Claims

Medical Microbiology

About the Course Lessons in This Course

The Medical Microbiology course is designed to delve into the microbial world, studying topics such as pathogenic and nonpathogenic microorganisms, laboratory procedures, identifying microorganisms, drug-resistant organisms, and emerging diseases. iCEV is proud to be the only curriculum provider offering a Medical Microbiology course for Texas’ Proclamation 2024.

This course comes with detailed instructional videos demonstrating how to perform various procedures in a laboratory setting, such as culturing techniques, gram staining and biochemical tests. In addition, the activities and projects within this course include compelling patient scenarios to showcase to students how the subject matter ties into real-life situations.

In addition to counting as a Health Science credit, the Medical Microbiology course can also be used to count as a general science credit to fulfill student requirements.

• English Applications

• *Introduction to Medical Microbiology

• STEM Careers: Medical Microbiology

• Professionalism in the Sciences: Medical Microbiology

• Lab Safety: Medical Microbiology

• Tools & Equipment in Medical Microbiology

• Science Explained: Medical Microbiology

• Impact of Science: Medical Microbiology

• Experimental Design: Medical Microbiology

• Conducting Lab & Field Investigations: Medical Microbiology

• Analyzing Data: Medical Microbiology

• Communicating Findings in Medical Microbiology

• Developing a Model: Medical Microbiology

• Microbiology Milestones

• Introduction to Microbes & Pathogens

• Infectious Diseases

• Microbes & Human Health

• Spread of Infectious Disease

• Infectious Disease Control

• Decontamination

• Culturing Techniques

• Microbe Morphology

• Gram Staining

• Biochemical Testing

• Osmotic Pressure

• Microbiology Lab Techniques

• Antimicrobial Resistance

• Evaluating Antimicrobial Agents

• *Medical Microbiology Capstone

*This lesson was added to the course after Proclamation 2024 review to enhance student learning and application of concepts included in the course.

Medical Terminology

About the Course Lessons in This Course

The Medical Terminology course is designed to introduce students to the structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, singular and plural forms and medical abbreviations. The course allows students to achieve comprehension of medical vocabulary appropriate to medical procedures, human anatomy and physiology and pathophysiology in order to prepare students for the medical profession.

A highlight of this course is the Morphemes series. Each Morphemes lesson contains a segment introducing students to the basic anatomic and physiologic principles of the system, followed by an in-depth look at the morphemes associated with the system. In the activities and projects of this course, a specific emphasis is placed on building terms and developing a strong foundation of medical terminology to be used in future health science courses.

• Employability Skills in Health Science Fields

• Medical Terms & Terminology: Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols

• Medical Terms & Terminology: Anatomy of a Term

• Medical Terminology: Translation & Communication

• Medical Terminology: Resources

• Morphemes: Immune System

• Morphemes: Respiratory System

• Morphemes: Cardiovascular System

• Morphemes: Nervous System

• Morphemes: Skeletal System

• Morphemes: Muscular System

• Morphemes: Endocrine System

• Morphemes: Urinary System

• Morphemes: Reproductive System

• Morphemes: Special Senses

• Morphemes: Integumentary System

• Morphemes: Digestive System

• Medical Terminology: Specialty Fields

Pathophysiology

About the Course Lessons in This Course

The Pathophysiology course aims to engage students by studying disease processes and their impact on humans with an emphasis on disease prevention and treatment. Moreover, students will learn to distinguish between normal and abnormal physiological functions.

Some of the most prominent features of this course include foundational scientific concepts slide presentations identifying lab safety techniques and equipment, as well as video lessons exploring mechanisms of pathology, pathogenic organisms and the disease process.

In addition to counting as a Health Science credit, the Pathophysiology course can also be used to count as a general science credit to fulfill student requirements.

• English Applications

• *Introduction to Pathophysiology

• Professionalism in the Sciences: Pathophysiology

• STEM Careers: Pathophysiology

• Lab Safety: Pathophysiology

• Tools & Equipment in Pathophysiology

• Science Explained: Pathophysiology

• Impact of Science: Pathophysiology

• Conducting Lab & Field Investigations: Pathophysiology

• Experimental Design: Pathophysiology

• Analyzing Data: Pathophysiology

• Developing a Model: Pathophysiology

• Communicating Findings in Pathophysiology

• Pathophysiology Milestones

• Mechanisms of Pathology

• Human Disease Factors

• Pathogenic Organisms

• Human Disease Defense & Prevention

• The Disease Process

• Human Diseases

• Public Health & Wellness

• Disease Diagnosis & Treatment

• Analyzing Medical & Epidemiological Data

• *Pathophysiology Capstone

*This lesson was added to the course after Proclamation 2024 review to enhance student learning and application of concepts included in the course.

Additional Health Science Content

TEKS-Aligned Courses

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Preparation Materials

Counseling & Mental Health

Practicum in Health Science

Principles of Health Science

Professional Communications

HealthCenter21 Courses

Anatomy & Physiology

Emergency Medical Responder

Emergency Medical Technician

Health Care Foundations

Health Care Readiness

Medical Assistant

Medical Office Assistant

Nursing Assistant

Patient Care Technician

Certification Testing Platform

Industry Certifications

Industry certifications hosted on the iCEV testing platform are developed by industry-leading businesses and organizations and are available to everyone.

As a testing platform, iCEV fulfills the following responsibilities:

• Provides secure testing technology for certification exams

• Regulates testing environment

• Works with secondary and post-secondary academic institutions, workforce development associations and the public at-large to offer certification options

• Provides certification verification to employers for potential job applicants

• Offers optional certification exam preparation materials

Industry Certifications Hosted on iCEV

Along with the four Health Science industry certifications listed below, iCEV hosts 13 more industry certifications on the certification platform.

Center for Financial Responsibility

Personal Financial Literacy

Elanco

Veterinary Medical Applications

Express Employment Professionals

Career Preparedness

Southwest Airlines

Professional Communications

Certification Alignments

iCEV offers preparation content to help prepare individuals for certification exams not hosted on the iCEV testing platform. Content is aligned to industry standards set by the certifying agencies. iCEV offers preparation content for 14 of the following health science certifications:

• AMCA Clinical Medical Assistant Certification

• AMCA Medical Assistant Certification

• AMCA Phlebotomy Technician Certification

• National Nurse Aide Assessment Program Exam

• NCHSE National Health Science Certificate

• NHA Certified Billing and Coding Specialist Certification

• NHA Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Exam

• NHA Certified EKG Technician Exam

• NHA Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist Exam

• NHA Certified Medical Administrative Assistant Exam

• NHA Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant Exam

• NHA Certified Pharmacy Technician Exam

• NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician Exam

• NOCTI Health Assisting Exam

What Are Some Best Practices for Utilizing iCEV?

Now that you have a better understanding of the specific subject material that the iCEV curriculum covers, the next step is to learn how this material might be used to its fullest in various kinds of classroom settings.

How to Get Started with iCEV

Before jumping into the different classroom settings in which iCEV can be used, it’s important to give you an idea of how to ge t started with the curriculum. This includes how to select a course playlist, optimize your settings, and more.

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Setting Up Your “My Courses” Page

Customizing a Course

Visibility Settings

Assessment Settings

Managing Students in Your Roster

How to Export Grades From the iCEV Platform

Connect Your Learning Management System (LMS) with iCEV

How to Use iCEV for In-Person Instruction

How to Use iCEV for Remote Learning

How to Use iCEV for Hybrid Learning

How to Get Started with iCEV

Setting Up Your “My Courses” Page Customizing a Course

The first step to getting started with iCEV is to set up your “M y Courses” page. This page will be the hub where you can access information on each of the courses you’re teaching with iCEV.

Setting up this page successfully will include steps like:

• Adding a new course/certification

• Choosing a course playlist

• Adding a course

For a step-by-step guide on how to accomplish these steps, check out iCEV’s Setting Up Your “My Courses” Page »

Teaching is as much an art as a science. Successful educators know that courses are all different. Even two sections of the same course in the same semester may differ based on student needs.

iCEV’s fully customizable courses let you Add/Remove lessons and change the order of lessons to present materials in a way that supports student learning within your unique classroom. With iCEV’s course customization features, you can gain benefits such as:

• Better student comprehension

• Improved learning outcomes

• Improved instructor communication

• Increased course accessibility

For step-by-step instructions on customizing your course, explore iCEV’s Customizing a Course Tutorial »

Visibility Settings Assessment Settings

Changing visibility settings for coursework on the iCEV platform allows you to hide individual assignments, activities, or lessons from your student’s perspective of the platform. Doing this will enable you to better pace students as they work through content to ensure they understand what they are learning before moving on.

Learn how to adjust visibility settings for coursework and materials through iCEV’s Lesson Activity & Visibility Settings Tutorial »

Assessments are an essential part of your course. They allow you to gather valuable information about student learning while checking for understanding and challenging their knowledge and skills. There are many options to customize assessments to fit your instructional goals and students’ unique learning needs.

Within a lesson you can customize assessments by:

• Assigning a deadline

• Changing visibility to students

• Adjusting the number of assessment attempts

Receiving constructive feedback after taking an exam is one of the best ways to improve student performance.

Considering that, iCEV offers various options to provide students with instant assessment feedback. The options you can select to incorporate into your assessment include:

• Show only the score

• Show the score and missed questions

• Show the correct answers to missed questions

To learn how to adjust assessment settings, explore our Show Details Options Tutorial »

Managing Students in Your Roster How to Export Grades From the iCEV Platform

Once you have your course organized and structured, the next priority is adding students to your roster so they can access the interactive materials and resources. In four easy steps, learn how to invite and register students for your course through our Adding Students to a Course Tutorial »

The ability to easily access grades and report on student achievement is paramount as you prepare your students to enter post-secondary education or the workforce after graduating.

Within the iCEV platform, you can view student grades at the course level or lesson level in three easy steps.

After each semester or throughout the year, you may need to remove students from your course roster to open enrollment slots for new or next semester’s students.

Learn how to remove students from your roster by exploring the Roster Management Tutorial »

Learn how to view student grades and generate downloadable reports through the Lesson & Course Grade Reports Tutorial »

Connect Your Learning Management System (LMS) with iCEV

iCEV integrates with Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and more. As a certified Learning Tools

Interoperability (LTI) product , you can integrate iCEV into any Learning Management System (LMS) that utilizes LTI 1.0, LTI 1.1, or LTI Outcomes Service 1.X.

Learn how to seamlessly integrate iCEV with your preferred LMS through the videos and tutorials below:

Schoology Integration Guide »

Ensuring your LMS is connected properly saves you time, provides easy access to data, and more effectively manages student learning experiences in your classroom. Learn more about iCEV’s LMS integrations and stay up-to-date on the latest iCEV integration features.

Blackboard Integration Guide »

Canvas Integration Guide »

Google Classroom Integration Guide »

Moodle Integration Guide »

Now that you have an understanding of the basics of getting started with iCEV, what comes next is for you to learn how to use iCEV in several classroom settings.

With its well-structured, flexible course materials, it’s easy to engage students in your classroom using the iCEV curriculum. There are a few main strategies to accomplish this.

Using a Flipped Classroom with iCEV

Besides traditional instruction, you can also use iCEV to flip y our classroom. A flipped classroom is one where students are int roduced to learning material prior to coming to class, whether through videos, readings, labs, or other activities.

This frees up class time to be used to deepen understanding through discussions with fellow students or projects and activities facilitated by the instructor.

When it comes to flipping your classroom with iCEV, you may:

• Have students watch an instructional video prior to coming to class. They can complete a digital worksheet alongside the video so you can make sure they have watched and understood the course material.

• In class, you can start a class discussion for students to review the concepts presented in the video.

• Afterward, have students complete the Activity or Project that accompanies the segment specified in the iCEV lesson plan.

• Lastly, get your students to complete that segment’s assessment in class.

Make sure to use the digital lesson plans that correspond to each iCEV lesson. These lesson plans lay out a scope and sequence for each lesson, and can be used to assist in planning for a flipped classroom model.

Using a Blended Classroom with iCEV

Alternatively, you can try using a blended classroom in place o f traditional classroom instruction. “Blended” classrooms incorporate both teacher-led and student-led learning experiences, which take place both online and in classroom settings.

There are many advantages to teaching a blended classroom, including the opportunities it offers for small group instruction, h ow it allows each student to take charge of their own learning experience, and how it lets students move at their own pace and lea rn in the ways that best fit them.

Some of the blended learning classroom models include:

• Station Rotation - where students are split into small groups and complete learning objectives by rotating through different stations around the classroom.

• Individual Rotation - where students rotate through stations around the classroom, but on individual schedules set by the teacher, rather than in small groups. If you design each station to suit a particular kind of learning style, this can be a great way to keep students learning in the ways that suit them best.

• À la Carte - where the instructor develops a list of potential activities or projects students can choose from to complete. Students will then go on to complete their choice of activity within a set time period. This allows for greater student choice in their own education.

You can implement any one of these models by drawing from the many curriculum resources iCEV provides.

For instance, if you wished to try the Individual Rotation model with iCEV, you could have each station in your classroom contain a different iCEV resource. One station could have a video for students to watch, another a teacher-led demonstration, the next a quick activity, and the last a group project for students to work on.

On the other hand, if you want to try the À la Carte model, you could find those lessons within the iCEV curriculum that offer multiple different projects or activities. Simply give your students the choice of which activities they wish to complete in order to test their skills.

Reinforcing Hands-on Learning When Using Digital Curriculum

Whether a curriculum is digital or print, reinforcing the hands-on learning components that make CTE impactful can be challenging.

When students experience online instruction, the best way to keep your students on their educational toes is by incorporating hands-on learning to amplify the learning experience.

Four ideas to reinforce hands-on learning and allow students to apply what they learned include:

1. Have students demonstrate the skill, process, or concept covered in the video or slide presentation component of the lesson.

2. Find field trip opportunities where students are exposed to the concepts learned in class.

3. Games are a great way to make learning fun and interactive. Incorporate games into your lessons to further enhance student understanding of the material.

4. Giving students a choice is a great way to make learning more hands-on. When students have a say in their learning, they’re more likely to be engaged and motivated. To give students a choice, try to create options for each activity or project.

Read the full article to learn how you can create an engaging, impactful learning experience:

4 Tips to Better Engage Students When Using iCEV »

How to Use iCEV for Remote Learning

Remote, or distance learning, is where the student and educator are not physically present in a traditional classroom environme nt. Remote learning can occur synchronously with real-time peer-to-peer interaction and collaboration or asynchronously with selfpaced learning activities that take place independently of the instructor.

When it comes to using iCEV to teach a class remotely, there are a few different methods you can use to make the course proceed as smoothly as possible.

Leverage Your LMS Integration

When implementing iCEV for remote instruction, your Learning Management System (LMS) becomes invaluable as it serves as your students’ digital classroom environment. From your LMS, you can assign coursework, record student grades, create engaging learning experiences, and other features dependent on your chosen LMS.

Learn how to integrate iCEV with your preferred LMS at www.icevonline.com/integrations »

Use Distance Learning Resources

iCEV offers a Distance Learning Guide designed to address the most prominent challenges remote instructors face when implementing iCEV. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll explore solutions for remote learning challenges, including:

• How to check for comprehension

• Best practices for submitting assignments

• Facilitating class discussions

• Conducting group projects

• Providing feedback

After reading this guide, you’ll be equipped with strategies and tactics to ensure your remote course engages students in high-quality learning experiences to prepare them for their futures.

How to Use iCEV for Hybrid Learning

Whether your school regularly implements hybrid learning or changes unexpectedly occur, iCEV allows you to effectively engage students in high-quality learning experiences that equip them with valuable knowledge and skills.

As a digital curriculum solution, iCEV is designed to fit any le arning environment, including hybrid modality. Hybrid, or blend ed learning, combines traditional face-to-face classroom instruction with online learning.

Some of the ways you can use iCEV in a hybrid learning environment include:

• On days when students are remote, you can have them watch instructional videos or go through slide presentations on their own in order for them to learn about new concepts.

• When students are in the classroom, you can have them take part in class discussions or hands-on activities so they can develop their newfound understanding and skills.

Because the iCEV curriculum is completely digital, it has the fl exibility to be used when in-class instruction becomes impossib le due to weather or other emergencies. In cases like these, students can even participate in collaborative activities or projects by scheduling online video calls.

Overall, combining classic teaching techniques like presentations and lectures with engaging educational technology gives students new and exciting ways to learn. On top of that, you’re better able to fit the unique needs of all your students regardless of their learning environment.

iCEV makes hybrid learning easy for both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

How Do I Obtain Login Information for My Review of iCEV?

By this point, you should have a better grasp on what iCEV is, how it works, and what subject areas it covers for Proclamation 2024. With all of that in mind, the next step is to get the review process started!

Contact iCEV support team to request a curriculum sample for review. You can reach them at 800-922-9965 or by emailing us at customersupport@icevonline.com

For more information on how to reach iCEV for support, check out our Contact Us page.