 Compiling the projectOnce all of the team members have collected their information and stored it in their respective project conference, they need to put it all together. As the teacher, you will ultimately decide the format of the projects and the requirements.
 Compiling projects traditionallyTraditionally, you may have students submit duotangs, notebooks, or binders, with a certain number of pages devoted to each section. Or you may request an artistic display accompanied by a presentation.
FirstClass eliminates the need for paper, and lets teams submit their projects online.
Creating templatesPerhaps the easiest way to convey your requirements to students is to provide a template for them. You can indicate how you want the document laid out, where you want graphics and how many, what types of content to include, and so on. Here is a sample template you can use as a guide to creating your own.
  Note You can make your document read only by protecting it. This way, students won't be able to accidentally modify your template.
Compiling projects in FirstClassFirstClass supports graphics, text, voice, and links, making it easy for students to create any number of different types of projects. They can write stories, poems, display artwork, songs, presentations, and more; all within standard FirstClass documents.
For example, if your students are doing a presentation about alligators, they can choose their font, style and color to put the body of the document together. They can add graphics wherever they want, and even attach a voice message to the document as a wav file. The voice message could be as simple as the sound of an alligator, or as complex as the reading of the entire document. This is a great idea if you wish to showcase the projects in a conference for others to view.
This is a sample project about alligators.
 Using links
You can use links within the document to jump between sections, or create contents at the top of the document so those who read the project can navigate through it easily.
This is the same project using links.
 Once the document is put together, it can be printed if required. You can request that students post their final product to a Final Product or Gallery subconference within their project conference, an Assignments conference that you set up on your own Desktop, or print out the project and submit it in hard copy.
You can also use a mail rule for the Assignments subconference to handle projects that are late. You can create a Late Submissions folder inside the conference and set up a rule that says any mail received past the due date will be filed in the Late Submissions folder. This way you can penalize as necessary.
 The next stepNow the project is complete. You may require students to do a presentation of their projects, and you may wish to showcase the projects to peers, staff, or the community.
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