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Welcome to the ARES Lesson Plan Library — a free shared library where Kenyan teachers can find, download, rate, and share lesson plans. This guide will show you how to use the site step by step, so you can get the most out of it.

1. Signing In / Signing Up

You need an account to view, download, vote, or upload. There are two separate dialogs — one for existing accounts and one for new ones.

Signing in (existing account):

  1. At www.sheql.com, click Sign In (top-right corner)
  2. Type your Teacher Email and Password
  3. Click Sign In

Creating a new account:

  1. At www.sheql.com, click Sign In (top-right corner)
  2. Click New User? Sign Up at the bottom of the dialog
  3. Type a Teacher Name (the name other teachers will see), your email address, and a password
  4. Click Sign Up

Important

A confirmation email will be sent to you. You must click the link inside that email before you can use the site.

Common problems and easy fixes:

  • No email arrived? Check your spam or junk folder.
  • Still no email? Try signing in again — the system will resend a fresh verification link.
  • Forgot your password? Click "Forgot your password?" on the Sign In dialog.
  • Still stuck? Contact the site administrator for help.

Once your email is verified, click Sign In and enter your email and password each time you visit.

2. Finding Lesson Plans

After signing in you land on the Dashboard — your main screen. Quick ways to find what you need:

  • Click any column heading (Class, Day #, Author, Rating, Updated) to sort the list
  • Type in the Search box (class name, topic, or teacher name)
  • Choose a Class from the dropdown filter
  • Tick Show only latest (in the filter bar below the search box) — hides older versions so you see only the most recent plan for each class/day
  • Click your Teacher Name at the top of the page to instantly filter the list to only your own uploaded plans

Click the View/Edit button on any row to open that lesson plan.

3. Viewing a Lesson Plan

On the lesson plan detail page you can:

  • Read the description and see the full version history in the sidebar
  • Click View in Google Docs to open the document in Google's online viewer — no download or Google account needed
  • Click View in Microsoft Office to open the document in Microsoft's online viewer — no download or Microsoft account needed
  • Click Download to save the file to your device so you can edit it in Word, LibreOffice, or Google Docs
Tip: You must open the detail page at least once before your vote buttons become active on the dashboard.

4. Downloading a Lesson Plan

On the lesson plan detail page, click the Download File button. The file downloads with a clear standard name, for example:

Mathematics_Day5_v1-2-3.docx

You can open it in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or any word processor.

5. Voting on Lesson Plans

Your votes help other teachers find the best plans.

  1. Open any lesson plan detail page
  2. Click 👍 if the plan is good, or 👎 if it needs improvement
  • You cannot vote on your own plans
  • Clicking the same button twice removes your vote

6. Saving Favourite Plans

On the dashboard, click the ★ star next to any plan to save it as a favourite. A yellow star means it is saved. Click again to remove it.

Use favourites to quickly find the plans you use most often.

7. Uploading Your Own Lesson Plans

Sharing your best plans helps every teacher. To upload:

  1. Click Upload New Lesson at the bottom of the dashboard
  2. Choose the Class and Lesson Day number
  3. Add a short description — optional, but very helpful to others
  4. Choose your file (DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, or ODT only — maximum 1 MB)
  5. Click Upload Lesson Plan

If a plan already exists for that Class and Day

A warning dialog will appear with four options: choose a different class name, use the next available lesson day number (shown automatically), archive the existing plan(s) with a deletion timestamp, or cancel.

The system saves your file with a clean standard name and sends you a confirmation email.

How version numbers work:

  • Every new plan starts at 1.0.0
  • A big improvement → the middle number goes up  1.0.0 → 1.1.0
  • A small fix → the last number goes up  1.0.0 → 1.0.1

8. Managing Your Own Plans

You can delete any plan that you uploaded. Open the plan and click the red Delete button.

Warning: Deleted plans are gone permanently and cannot be recovered.

To see all your plans quickly, click your Teacher Name at the top of the page — or tick Show only my plans in the filter bar on the dashboard.

Need Help?

Contact the site administrator if you have trouble with:

  • Receiving your verification email
  • Uploading or downloading a file
  • Any other problem on the site

Thank you for being part of the ARES teacher community. By sharing and rating lesson plans together, we are making teaching better for all our students.

Mwongozo wa Mwalimu

← Rudi kwenye Dashibodi

Karibu katika Maktaba ya Mipango ya Masomo ya ARES — maktaba ya bure inayoshirikiwa ambapo walimu wa Kenya wanaweza kupata, kupakua, kukadiria na kushiriki mipango ya masomo. Mwongozo huu utakuonyesha jinsi ya kutumia tovuti hatua kwa hatua, ili uweze kuipata faida kubwa zaidi.

1. Kuingia / Kujisajili

Unahitaji akaunti ili kuona, kupakua, kupiga kura au kupakia. Kuna vidirisha viwili tofauti — kimoja kwa akaunti zilizopo na kingine kwa mpya.

Kuingia (akaunti iliyopo):

  1. Katika www.sheql.com, bonyeza Sign In (kona ya juu kulia)
  2. Andika Teacher Email yako na Password
  3. Bonyeza Sign In

Kuunda akaunti mpya:

  1. Katika www.sheql.com, bonyeza Sign In (kona ya juu kulia)
  2. Bonyeza New User? Sign Up chini ya dirisha
  3. Andika Teacher Name (jina ambalo walimu wengine wataona), anwani yako ya email address, na password
  4. Bonyeza Sign Up

Muhimu

Barua pepe ya uthibitisho itatumwa kwako. Lazima ubonyeze kiungo kilicho ndani ya barua hiyo pepe kabla ya kutumia tovuti.

Matatizo ya kawaida na marekebisho rahisi:

  • Hakuna barua pepe iliyofika? Angalia folda yako ya spam au junk.
  • Bado hakuna barua pepe? Jaribu kuingia tena — mfumo utatuma kiungo kipya cha uthibitisho.
  • Umesahau password yako? Bonyeza "Forgot your password?" kwenye dirisha la Sign In.
  • Bado umekwama? Wasiliana na msimamizi wa tovuti kwa msaada.

Baada ya barua pepe yako kuthibitishwa, bonyeza Sign In na uingize barua pepe na password kila unapotembelea.

2. Kupata Mipango ya Masomo

Baada ya kuingia utafika kwenye Dashibodi — skrini yako kuu. Njia za haraka za kupata unachohitaji:

  • Bonyeza kichwa chochote cha safu (Darasa, Siku #, Mwandishi, Ukadiriaji, Imeboreshwa) ili kupanga orodha
  • Andika kwenye kisanduku cha Search (jina la darasa, mada, au jina la mwalimu)
  • Chagua Darasa kutoka kwenye dropdown ya kuchuja
  • Tiki Show only latest (katika upau wa kuchuja chini ya kisanduku cha kutafuta) — inaficha matoleo ya zamani ili uone tu mpango wa hivi karibuni kwa kila darasa/siku
  • Bonyeza Teacher Name yako juu ya ukurasa ili kuchuja orodha mara moja kuonyesha mipango uliyopakia wewe mwenyewe pekee

Bonyeza kitufe cha View/Edit kwenye safu yoyote ili kufungua mpango huo wa somo.

3. Kuona Mpango wa Somo

Kwenye ukurasa wa maelezo ya mpango wa somo unaweza:

  • Soma maelezo na uone historia kamili ya matoleo kwenye upande
  • Bonyeza View in Google Docs ili kufungua waraka katika kivinjari cha mtandaoni cha Google — hakuna kupakua au akaunti ya Google inayohitajika
  • Bonyeza View in Microsoft Office ili kufungua waraka katika kivinjari cha mtandaoni cha Microsoft — hakuna kupakua au akaunti ya Microsoft inayohitajika
  • Bonyeza Download ili kuhifadhi faili kwenye kifaa chako ili uweze kuihariri katika Word, LibreOffice, au Google Docs
Kidokezo: Lazima ufungue ukurasa wa maelezo angalau mara moja kabla ya vitufe vya kupiga kura kuwa hai kwenye dashibodi.

4. Kupakua Mpango wa Somo

Kwenye ukurasa wa maelezo ya mpango wa somo, bonyeza kitufe cha Download File. Faili itapakuliwa na jina safi la kawaida, kwa mfano:

Mathematics_Day5_v1-2-3.docx

Unaweza kuifungua katika Microsoft Word, Google Docs, au kichakataji chochote cha maneno.

5. Kupiga Kura kwenye Mipango ya Masomo

Kura zako zinawasaidia walimu wengine kupata mipango bora.

  1. Fungua ukurasa wowote wa maelezo ya mpango wa somo
  2. Bonyeza 👍 kama mpango ni mzuri, au 👎 kama unahitaji kuboreshwa
  • Huwezi kupiga kura kwenye mipango yako mwenyewe
  • Kubonyeza kitufe kile kile mara mbili huondoa kura yako

6. Kuhifadhi Mipango Unayopenda

Kwenye dashibodi, bonyeza ★ nyota karibu na mpango wowote ili kuuhifadhi kama unayopenda. Nyota ya manjano inamaanisha umeihifadhi. Bonyeza tena ili kuiondoa.

Tumia mipango unayopenda ili upate haraka mipango unayoitumia mara nyingi.

7. Kupakia Mipango Yako Mwenyewe ya Masomo

Kushiriki mipango yako bora kunawasaidia kila mwalimu. Ili kupakia:

  1. Bonyeza Upload New Lesson chini ya dashibodi
  2. Chagua Darasa na nambari ya Lesson Day
  3. Ongeza maelezo mafupi — si lazima, lakini yanawasaidia sana wengine
  4. Chagua faili yako (DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, au ODT pekee — kiwango cha juu 1 MB)
  5. Bonyeza Upload Lesson Plan

Ikiwa mpango tayari upo kwa Darasa na Siku hiyo

Dirisha la onyo litaonekana na chaguzi nne: chagua jina tofauti la darasa, tumia nambari inayofuata ya siku ya somo (inayoonyeshwa kiotomatiki), weka mipango iliyopo kwenye kumbukumbu na muhuri wa kufuta, au ghairi.

Mfumo utahifadhi faili yako kwa jina safi la kawaida na utakutumia barua pepe ya uthibitisho.

Jinsi nambari za toleo zinavyofanya kazi:

  • Kila mpango mpya huanza na 1.0.0
  • Kuboresha kubwa → nambari ya kati inaongezeka  1.0.0 → 1.1.0
  • Kurekebisha kidogo → nambari ya mwisho inaongezeka  1.0.0 → 1.0.1

8. Kusimamia Mipango Yako

Unaweza kufuta mpango wowote ulioupakia wewe. Fungua mpango na ubonyeze kitufe chekundu cha Delete.

Onyo: Mipango iliyofutwa inaondoka kabisa na haiwezi kurejeshwa.

Ili kuona mipango yako yote haraka, bonyeza Teacher Name yako juu ya ukurasa — au tiki Show only my plans katika upau wa kuchuja kwenye dashibodi.

Unahitaji Msaada?

Wasiliana na msimamizi wa tovuti kama una shida na:

  • Kupokea barua pepe yako ya uthibitisho
  • Kupakia au kupakua faili
  • Tatizo lingine lolote kwenye tovuti

Asante kwa kuwa sehemu ya jumuiya ya walimu wa ARES. Kwa kushiriki na kukadiria mipango ya masomo pamoja, tunafanya ufundishaji uwe bora zaidi kwa wanafunzi wetu wote.