What is the use of Teaching plan Master Plan and how to use it?

Use of Master Plan:
The master plan of teaching plan is used when the school academic team plans the teaching plan and topic plan without the teacher’s intervention. The plan made by the academic team is reviewed by the Principal and confirmed. Then the plan is opened for the teachers to update the details with Remarks and Percentage of completion.

Note: We strongly recommend you to use a master plan setting all across the academic year to get the comprehensive reports properly. If settings are changed during the academic, the report will not show supervisor comments properly in the report. Hence, please decide on the settings before using the teaching plan.

If the Master plan is not enabled, Supervisors can give feedback only after the teacher updates the plan. There will not be a confirmed button. Giving feedback is only possible for supervisors.

How to use it:

Step 1: Login to MCB with system admin login credentials.

Step 2: Click on settings on the right panel as you click on the user’s profile picture.

Step 3: Click on Choose Teaching Plan Settings option under Academics

Step 4: Select the checkbox against the branch, Master plan and click on save.

Step 5: Click OK confirm the settings.

How to choose teaching plan fields as per the school’s preference?

When a certain field is chosen by the school in teaching plan, the selected fields will appear in topic plan creation and updation for all users in the school. Otherwise, the default fields available in the lesson plan would appear in topic plan creation and updation for all users.

School can choose the specific fields and give a customized title for the fields of the lesson plan as per the terminology used by the school in the lesson plan.

To choose specific fields and give customized names to the fields, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Login to MCB with system admin login credentials.

Step 2: Click on settings on the right panel as you click on the user’s profile picture.

Step 3: Click on Choose Teaching Plan Fields option under Academics

Step 4: Select the fields which you would like to use in the teaching plan and enter the display text as per your school’s terminology to show in the lesson plan while creation and updation. Click on Save button to save the settings.

To check,
Step 5: Click on Modules Hamburger and Choose Academics Module from the modules pallet.

Step 6: Choose Teaching Plan option under Subjects and Notes Menu.

Step 7: Choose Branch, Class, Subject and click on Get to view lesson plan available or create lesson plan.

Step 8: Click on + icon against the chapter to view the topic plan available and create the topic plan.

Step 9: Locate the fields chosen by you in teaching plan settings. While adding or uploading or updating the teaching plan, the fields chosen are only available with the Display text given.

How to Send SMS to Zero Paid Students?

Step 1: Login to MCB with login credentials.

Step 2: Select Communication on the dashboard and you will be directed to the Communication page.

Step 3: Click on “Voice SMS” on the top bar and select “Fee Due Voice SMS”.

Step 4: Click on “Send SMS to Zero Paid Students” and choose the required options and then click on continue.

Step 5: Select the All / Individual students,enter the message and click on “Preview & Send Voice SMS”.

Step 6: Zero Paid Students SMS is sent successfully.

For Samsung Phones

For Samsung Phones

Notifications not delivered is due to adverse device settings. The first thing that you will need to do in this particular case is to make sure that the notification settings of the phone is properly set.

1. Take note that if you have a Microsoft Exchange Activesync account set up on the phone then the lock screen notification will default to “Do not show notifications”. What you will want to do first is to navigate to Apps – Settings – Lock Screen and Security. Tap the Notifications on Lock Screen then tap Content on Lock Screen then make sure show content is enabled. Also if you have a company MDM software installed, please get MCB App whitelisted.

2. If you have battery optimizers such as Greenify, Clean Master etc installed please whitelist MCB App in them

3. You will also need to check the notification settings of MCB App

  • From the home screen, tap Apps.
  • Scroll to and tap Settings.
  • Scroll to and tap Notifications.
  • Tap to enable MCB App.

4. In case the settings are correct but the issue still occurs then the next step is to check if an app you downloaded is causing the problem. To do this you need to start the phone in Safe Mode. In this mode only the pre-installed apps. If the issue does not occur in this mode then it could be caused by an app you downloaded. Find out what app this is and uninstall it.

For LeEco/LeTV Phones

For LeEco/LeTV Phones

STEP – 1: Enable MCB App to run at start-up

  • From the app drawer, tap on ‘Settings. Click on ‘Permissions’ and select manage auto launch. Enable ‘MCB App’

STEP – 2: List MCB App as a protected app

  • From the app drawer, tap on ‘Settings. Select Battery and then tap on ‘Power saving management’.
  • Click on ‘App Protection’ and enable ‘MCB App’

Post this, you can also perform Test Notifications on MCB App by following the below steps:

  • Click on ‘Menu’ on the top left of the MCB App screen.
  • Click on ‘e-intercom’. Under ‘Step-1’ click on ‘Test Notification’. You will receive a test in-app notification.

If a Test notification is triggered on your phone, then the notification issue has been resolved.

For Huawei Phones

For Huawei Phones

STEP – 1 : List MCB App as a protected app. To do so, kindly follow the below steps:

From the app drawer, tap on ‘Settings’. Click on ‘Advanced Settings’, go to ‘Battery Manager’ and tap on ‘Protected Apps’. Enable ‘MCB App’ to protect the app.

STEP – 2 : Ignore Batter Optimization for MCB App

From the app drawer, tap on ‘Settings’. Click on ‘Advanced Settings’ and then select ‘Battery Optimization’. Enable MCB App to ignore optimizations.

STEP – 3 : Allow notifications from MCB App

From the app drawer, tap on ‘Settings’. Click on ‘Notification Panel & Status Bar’ and then on ‘Notification Centre’. Find MCB App and activate allow notifications and priority display.

Post this, you can also perform Test Notifications on MCB App by following the below steps:

  • Click on ‘Menu’ on the top left of the MCB App screen.
  • Click on ‘e-intercom’. Under ‘Step-1’ click on ‘Test Notification’. You will receive a test in-app notification.

If a Test notification is triggered on your phone, then the notification issue has been resolved.