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1. 33 Adding Standards from a File annan b wore ae eine eee ee athe etek 34 Deleting Standards 0 0 ccc eee eee ees 36 setting Up Assignments 0 00 eee ees 37 Viewing the List of Assignments 0 00 cee eee 37 Preferences That Affect Assignments 0000 e eee eee eee 38 t m Q estion TYNES c8 2 0 3208 toe steed cas ohne eee a ean Sarees 39 Creating Assignments in AccelTest 0 000 cee ee ee ee 39 Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 45 Adding Graphics to Assignments 00 eee ees 45 Adding Equations to Assignments 0 000 cece eee eee 46 Adding PIOUS TOsASSIGNIMGNIS ceii eee Lee beeen E ee 48 Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment 0 50 Creating a New Score Key for Assignments That Will Be Done on Responders OWINEO 2s 564 5t oe haat Aaa ene ae aes Se ee a oe ee a 50 Creating a New Score Key for an Assignment That Will Be Scored with Scanners 53 Scanning a Card with the Correct Answers a n naana aaa cece eee 56 Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key 57 Importing Assignments 0 0 0 ccc ee eee eee eee 59 Changing Editing Assignments 0 00000 eee ees 60 Adding Items to the Assignment 0 0 eee teenies 62 AccelTest User Manual ii CONTENTS Adding One Item to the End of the Assignment 20000005 62 Adding
2. and Print some operating Al Subjects J systems use the default pr inter without allowing you to Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned H inding Peri AccelTest Printed 5 7 21 2009 10 17 4M sel ect th e p rinter Reading II Sa Scorekey aan 7 21 2009 10 01 4m Verb Tenses L45 AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 9 38 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M 3 Click the File menu and choose Print 4 Choose a printer in your computer s print dialog box Then click OK or Print 5 Click OK when the program notifies you that the assignment has been printed 6 Click Done to close the assignment AccelTest User Manual 72 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the Responder or NEO 2 assignment that you want to preview The assignment will open 2 AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes A All Subjects New Assignment Title Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2
3. Look at the Categories preference and add Page 150 or edit categories to fit the subjects you teach You can set grade weights for categories decide whether a category s worst score should be dropped and choose how to calculate grades Review the Grading Scale preference You Page 151 may want to change the Grading Scale to fit your grading system Look at the Exams preference You may want Page 151 to adjust the percent and marking period the exam grade applies to Closing the AccelTest Software AccelTest User Manual Windows To close the software click the button or click the File menu and choose Exit Macintosh To close the software click the AccelTest menu and choose Quit AcceltTest GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System First do the following e Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer e Install check the charge of or replace batteries in your Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s To find instructions in the US refer to the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide or the NEO 2 Quick Guide In the UK go to http renlearn co uk renaissance zone rz inform user guides and download the 2Know CRS Installation and Set Up Guide or the NEO 2 wireless setup instructions The following instructions describe other tasks that will help you use Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s with AccelTest software
4. FNAME MNAME LNAME Ryan John Emerson Katrina Peters 23 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File About Importing Data from Other Desktop Renaissance Learning Programs AccelTest can also import data directly from the database for any Renaissance Learning desktop product such as Accelerated Reader 5 x 6 x Accelerated Vocabulary 1 x Accelerated Math 1 x 2 x MathFacts in a Flash 1 x STAR Early Literacy 1 x STAR Math 1 x 2 x and STAR Reading 2 x Note The steps below explain how to import students from desktop products If you want to import classes and students from the Renaissance Place version of these products see page 21 How to Import Students from a CSV File or Another Desktop Program 1 Click the Classes menu in AccelTest and choose Teg on ree Import from File It doesn t matter which tab you re Add Student viewing before you click this menu The Import eee Students Wizard or Assistant will start Export to File Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students 2 On the first panel choose whether to import students from a text file or a database from another Renaissance Learning desktop program Then click Next E Import Students Wizard Import Type How will you be importing the students C Import From a Comma Separated Value C54 Formatted File Import From Renaissance Learning desk
5. tab and in the Student ID Edit Class Report Eia MENE Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Middle Name Enroll Students Unenroall Students Last Name Anderson ID 134 AccelTest User Manual 28 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Deleting a Class Deleting a Class 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that you want to delete from the Class drop down list E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook 6 Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Mame Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Ehamil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley aiken Tari Ceaikh lin 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Delete Cla
6. Accel Test User Manual United States United Kingdom Europe the Middle East and Africa Renaissance Learning Technical questions or problems PO Box 8036 UK Tel 0870 120 0718 Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495 8036 Europe Middle East and Africa Tel 44 870 120 0718 Email support renlearn co uk Telephone 800 338 4204 Latest support information 715 424 3636 Website www renlearn co uk renaissance zone Outside the US 1 715 424 3636 Fax 715 424 4242 For product information and how to purchase www renlearn co uk Email general questions answers renlearn com Email technical questions support renlearn com Website www renlearn com Copyright Notice Copyright 2011 by Renaissance Learning Inc All Rights Reserved This publication is protected by US and international copyright laws It is unlawful to duplicate or reproduce any copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder This document may be reproduced only by staff members in schools that have a license for AccelTest software For more information contact Renaissance Learning at the address above 2Know Accelerated Math AccelScan AccelTest Advanced Technology for Data Driven Schools NEO NEO 2 NEO Manager Renaissance Renaissance Learning the Renaissance Learning logo Renaissance Place Renaissance Receiver and Renaissance Responder are trademarks of Renaissance Learning Inc registered or pending registration in the Un
7. AccelTest User Manual 95 USING THE GRADEBOOK Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook About the Scores and Status Messages in the Gradebook The Gradebook shows students scores for each assignment and their overall scores for the time period you ve chosen to view If you see more than one score in a cell with a between the scores the Gradebook is showing you the original score and the overriding score that you entered by double clicking the cell See page 94 Median or mean scores appear at the bottom of the window you can click the word Mean or Median to switch between mean or median scores E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Grade 3 Rossetti v All Subjects w Title i i Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyrns Anta Category i Quiz Quiz Homework In Class Start Date 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 Due Date 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 Points Possible 7 Assigned Scored 46 11 Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Eyans Samuel Gordon Jonathan Hanson Abigail lf an assignment has not yet been scored but it has been assigned to the student you will see Waiting if the assignment isn t due yet Pending if it hasn t started yet or Overdue if it is past du
8. Score With Responder NEO 2 Responder NEO 2 Manual Scanner Scanner Responder Scanner NEO 2 Scanner Points Last Saved 7 23 2009 8 33 AM 7 22 2009 9 26 AM 7 21 2009 11 49 AM 7 21 2009 11 15 AM 7 21 2009 11 04 AM 7 21 2009 10 17 AM 7 21 2009 10 01 4M 7 21 2009 9 39 AM 7 21 2009 9 39 AM 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Aligned 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Export Scoring Data 4 Choose whether to create a standard or custom export file e Standard All fields of information are included in this order Name ID Assignment Name Question Number Student Response Correct Response Points Earned and Points Possible For each student there is a row in the file for every question For example a standard export file may look like this NAME ID ASSIGNMENT NAME QUESTION NUM STUDENT RESPONSE CORRECT RESPONSE POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Del Del Del Del Del Castillo Castillo Castillo Castillo Castillo Deiondre Deiondre Deiondre Deiondre Deiondre Loo LOO 5 nog 100 LOON Miranda Miranda Miranda Miranda Miranda American Revolution 1 Revolucion 2 Revolution 3 Revolution 4 Revolution 5 Revolution 1 Revolution 2 Revolution 3 Revolution 4 Revolution 5 American American American American 101 101 101 101 101 American
9. Subject Engish tt is iCs New Assignment Fill in the details For your assignment see page 150 determines c Click the option that shows how This assignment will be Score your assignment with which options are available in z sales j students will see the questions Oscore key OResponder the New Assignment window Minssponde O NEO 2 only on the Responder or NEO To see the Scanner option O NEG 2 only e T you may need to change the 2 projected on a screen or on Projected Manual preference The scoring a printed copy If you want to methods available in the choose a Score Key see the second list depend on the type of assignment you chose in the first list If you choose Responder or a NEO 2 Only in the left column you can include multiple choice true false yes no numeric response and short answer items on the assignment Printed assignments can include all item types steps on page 50 ste Extended ASCII d Click the option that shows how the assignment will be scored VW characters such as If students enter answers using the Responder or NEO 2 or if they scan cards Spanish characters with their answers using an AccelScan scanner their responses will be scored or other international automatically If you choose manual scoring you must enter the points earned characters are supported in rth nts answers in the software NEO 2 assignments if yo
10. What Are S SSIONS 2 eee ee eee eee 115 Using the Teacher Paced SeSSION 1 0 0 ce ees 116 Starting a Session for Projected Assignments 0 000 cece ees 117 Starting a Session for Existing Assignments 0 0000 121 Starting a Session for Verbal Questions 00 0 cee ees 124 Starting a Session for PowerPoint Slides Windows Only 5 128 PowerPoint Sessions with an Existing Assignment 000 129 PowerPoint Sessions with Verbal Questions 0000 0 cee eee 132 Using the Student Paced Sessions 0 000 e cece eee ees 136 How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s 138 Multiple Choice True False and Yes No Questions 0 0 0 0 0c e eee 138 Numeric Response Questions 0 000 cece eee eee eens 138 Short Answer Questions 0 00 cc ee eee eee eens 139 Viewing Information on Past SeSSIONS 00 aaaea eee 140 NCDOMS ss an a aG ok a eae ea ey ere ee ee ae I Printing or Previewing AccelTest Reports 0 000 c eee eee 142 Report Descriptions n naaa wan oe Ree deans hee hae ee ae Baad 143 ANSWER KOV neakra pater ones Ain when wes We Bee ee ee ee eee a Bes 143 Assignment ANAIVSIS er 424s Ae enero eat bo ad eG Ree eee es 143 AccelTest User Manual iv CONTENTS ASSIONINGNE RESUNSS a caioecave e ce hated Nao ice ed he eee tes Beene eek 144 Assignment Standards 0 0 ccc eee eee 144
11. delete the equation at any time simply click the equation and press the Delete key on your keyboard E Item 1 of 5 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Question Solve the following equation Choices Answer Points AccelTest User Manual 47 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments Adding Plots to Assignments 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the plot Then click Plot E Item 2 of 5 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Question Oo Choices Ep E Doo CER Le Loo ooo Ef E Doo fR Points Answer A 2 The function plotter will appear Start by choosing the axes type This will determine what other options will be available Cartesian Plot Number Line Plot Polar Plot Function Plotter i Function Plotter Function Plotter Axes Type Te Axes Type v View Axes i View Axes B Limits i Limits l 4 a Axis Labels x Limits Ticmark Interval e a A r 7 Ring Interval Tic Label Interval Tie Label interea 7 Ring Label Interval C Grid Cartesian Plots These plots have X and Y axes When you add these plots you can choose whether to view the axes or up to 3 plots If you choose one of the plots you can then choose what to show such as a line segment point sine etc The r
12. 2 Inthe list on the left click the name of one student whose information you want to edit QO E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year BHA File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Class Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Name Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell B shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Ehamil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley evikene Tannie Cesikh lin 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Edit Student Reports Preferences Winde C 4 Edit the student s first name middle name last name iS ay aise and or ID as needed The middle name is not required Delete Student or rai A Import From File places in the When you have finished click OK Fle Gradebook on the Classes j E Edit Student Add Class
13. For more about how students answer questions see page 138 130 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 14 Wait for your students to answer the question The boxes in the lower left corner of the window will show you how many of the connected students have answered this question When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window Notice the viewing options you have during the session they are described below EJ Microsof Powerkoint PowerPoint Slide Show PPP res for Acceltest Mull ppt 2 gi Bie gie fria k ey h Gh GY Faotes Go Eiaeai 3 0 DosR Pres for Acombest Mul tet DEP 228 a 44 b 15 cC 7 Dene Cea Mulih ata Cee Quela of 15 22200 Q You will see a box for each student who has connected to the session Empty boxes show you how many students have not responded to the current question Filled in boxes show you how many have responded Click the graph button if you want to see how many students have chosen each answer If you have chosen to score the assignment the number of correct answers will be shown by a green bar the number of incorrect answers will be shown by red bars and the number of students who haven t responded yet will be shown by a yellow bar f you AccelTest User Manual 131 AAE la x I1 x4 ND Previous side metae h L Q Shop Arcepbrg Remporces are projecting the PowerPoint presentation for all
14. w Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term AccelTest User Manual 85 USING THE GRADEBOOK Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook Assignments 4 Make changes to the Gradebook assignment properties as needed Then click OK to save the changes E Assignment Properties Title Multiplication Division Word Problems Tem Category fin Class v c r Assignment is extra credit Assignment is an exam Assignment has a start date TE 7 26 2009 Assignment has a due date a4 200000 Term 7 28 2009 to 10 24 2009 Q Turn on Student Feedback Choose the term when the exam To see how this affects assignment will be done grades see page 99 Choose whether the assignment Check the boxes if you want start will be Homework In Class work a and due dates for the assignment test a quiz or extra credit This can Then enter the date or click the affect how the student can calendar button and click a date in complete the assignment and or the calendar the weight of the grade See the For Responder and NEO 2 Categories preference information assignments you can check this on page 150 box if you want your students to Choose whether to make the see their scores after completing assignment extra credit and or an assignments AccelTest User Manual 86 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Students Complete Assignments How Students Complete
15. 154 Other rights W required On Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 computers AccelTest users need full access to the Renaissance Learning and Renaissance Wireless Server folders in Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Windows XP or Users user name AppData Roaming AccelTest Windows Vista and 7 On OS X computers the Owner Group and Everyone must have Read and Write permissions to the Renaissance Learning and Renaissance Wireless Server folders in Library Application Support On all computers users must have at least read access to the AccelTest program location AccelTest User Manual PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference Novell Networks Grant the following rights to the data folder on your network server including all files RVWWCEMF read write create erase modify and file scan Unix Linux Networks Grant the following permissions to the data folder on your network server including all files Read Write and Execute drwxrwxrwx for the owner group and others If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read Write and Execute permissions to the owner and to that particular group only drwxrwx OS X Networks Grant the following permissions to the data folder on your network server including all files Read amp Write for the Owner Group and Everyone If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read amp Write
16. 2 such as essay questions the student must answer those questions on paper Students can answer the questions in order or use these commands to go back or to go to a specific question To do this press these keys Scroll through a question Press the up and down arrow keys Go forward or back one question On Responders press then press lt to go back one question or W to go forward one question You can press again when you want to use the arrow buttons to scroll within a question On NEO 2s press then press T to go back one question or v to go forward one question Press again when you want to use the arrow keys to scroll within a question Go to a specific question number Press Select on the Responder or find on NEO 2 then enter the question number Go to the beginning or end of the question on NEO 2 For NEO 2 only to go to the beginning of the question a 3 T To go to the end of the question press B V Switch scrolling between the question and answers in multiple choice questions on NEO 2 On NEO 2 only if both the question and the answer choices require scrolling you can press the tab key or the lt or gt keys to switch between the question and answer Then use the T and keys to scroll up or down 5 After the student answers the last question the Responder or NEO 2 will ask if the student is ready to submit the work If so the
17. American American American American B D D D D B 1 1 D 1 1 pi iyi oL i io a re Cu pM won r pM D B 0 1 D 1 1 D 0 1 ep 1 1 D 1 1 e Custom You choose the fields of information to include the order and whether to put each student s information in a single row Click the type of export you prefer then click Next If you chose a Standard export continue with the instructions on page 105 if you chose Custom see page 106 104 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest Standard Export a On the Export Summary if necessary change the file name b To choose where to save the export click Choose Folder select the location where you want to save the file and then click Save If you do not choose a location the default location is the last location where you saved an export or to the My Documents Documents folder if you have not done an export before t Export Scoring Data Export Summary Filename The American Revolution csv O Choose Folder Filetype CSV Comma Separated Values csv Exporting 100 records Ow Open containing folder after the export is complete Cancel Back c lf you want the folder where you are exporting the file to open after the export is finished leave the box checked This box is checked by default d Click Export If you chose to open the folder it will open aft
18. Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RES 1001 165 Using the Calculator in the Responder 0000 cece eens 166 Using the Galeulalor sensere i eee eee i rt LoS Bee 4 een a 166 Disabling the Calculator Function 0 00 cc eee ees 166 MAER lt 3 Sede te we Bh eh ede ee ee ye rs e we 167 AccelTest User Manual vi WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM How the 2Know Your Responder gt model number and firmware version determine which features the Responder supports For more information see page 14 AccelTest User Manual The 2Know classroom response system allows students to enter their answers to assignments on hand held Responders or NEO 2s for quick automatic scoring The system also allows teachers to send homework and notes to students AccelTest software allows you to create your own quizzes tests and assignments for any subject score assignments quickly and have the scores entered in its electronic Gradebook AccelTest can help you manage all your existing assignments quizzes and tests Classroom Response System Works The optional 2Know classroom response system includes a Renaissance Receiver and Renaissance Responders The Renaissance Receiver is connected to the teacher s computer Working with the AccelTest software it sends assignments homework and notes from the teacher to students Responders When students use the
19. Manuale eat ian tint hates pare acres ee coats dial eats Seat esac asa ate 4 Ie DINING Sotware 24 cs ais apts ert ee ee a eek ee eee oa GE 4 Free Online Wann ss 4ce a Yo obese Goa doves a eee dae a Sete eee i 4 NEeO MOIS Help hrern andene oa Resse Veda Bede ele SESS eee sa Ses 4 Getting Started 245268 de eed ertas oie SE a Ge eee Before YOU Starless ea eS E Ae ae oe Se AES Ee BS ba pe es 5 Getting Started with the AccelTest Software 0 0 0 cee eee 5 Starting the AccelTest Software 0 0c eee eens 5 Checking for Updates to the Software n nnana naa aaa 6 Getting the AccelTest Version and Serial Number 0 00000 eee eaee 7 Navigating the AccelTest Software 0 ccc eee eee 7 Tasks to Be Completed for AccelTest 0 00 ees 8 Closing the AccelTest Software nnna naana cee nes 8 Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System 9 Setting Up the 2Know Classroom Response System 0 000 e eens 9 Assigning a Unique Name to Each Receiver If You Have More than One 10 Changing the Administrator PIN 0 00 0 eee 11 Assigning a Student Owner to Each Responder 0000 eee ee eaee 12 Changing a Student s Personal Identification Number PIN fora Responder 13 Displaying a Forgotten Student PIN 0 cc eee ees 14 Resetting the Student Owner of a Responder 0 00 ee eee eee 14 Responder Models Firmware Ve
20. Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter
21. Open the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Windows computers Right click the a icon in the lower right corner of your computer screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start gt All Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server gt Renaissance Wireless Server Utility Click Start in the program to start the server if necessary e Macintosh computers If you see the icon in the dock click it to start the utility You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility Type 1234 and click OK to log in This is the default password If you have changed the password enter your new password Click the Device Settings tab Check or uncheck the box next to Calculator When the box is checked students are allowed to use the calculator on their Responders Click Update Device Settings Click OK when the settings have been updated 166 INDEX Numerics 1 to 10 grading scale 99 2Know classroom response system how it works 1 programs 3 setup tasks 9 using with Renaissance Place programs 3 2Know Toolbar 3 A About AccelTest 3 7 Accelerated Math libraries 164 AccelScan connecting 5 scoring assignments 90 Adding assignments to the Gradebook 77 Adding classes 18 Adding items to assignments 62 from libraries 62 from other assignments 63 Adding score keys 50 Adding standard
22. Print oreview setting AccelTest User Manual Report Name Student Record Student Standards What to Select Before Choosing the Report Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab Go to the Gradebook tab and select the student name s You can choose more than one student If no students are selected the report will include all students in the class 148 REPORTS Report Descriptions When You Would Use the Report Use this report to get a record of all assignments that each student has completed The report lists the assignments by subject and shows you the assignment category the score in points and percentage and the date it was scored Assignments from teacher paced sessions with verbal questions are listed separately This report may be useful in parent teacher conferences or in a student s portfolio Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Page break after student Use this report when you have aligned items on your assignments to standards see page 57 and you want to see how each student is performing on those standards A report will be generated for each student The report includes the standards agency and standard set For each standard the report lists the assignments with questions aligned
23. categories using the Categories preference see page 150 10 11 C ly Make sure your W students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name Students using gt Responders will get special notifications in these circumstances e If the assignment is for NEO 2s only students who try to use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device e If the assignment includes short answer items but your Responder version is 1 x or 2 X Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual 12 13 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Category 0 d Assignment is extra credit C l Assignment is an exam Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open the window will show the first slide in your PowerPoint presentation
24. once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 138 118 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 12 Wait for your students to answer the question The boxes in the lower left corner of the window will show you how many of the connected students have
25. permissions to the owner and to that particular group only Rights Required for Data Folders on Windows and Macintosh OS X Computers e Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 Computers If you put your data folder on your computer but not in the default location make sure you have full access to the data folder Macintosh OS X Computers If you put your data folder on your computer but not in the default location grant the Read and Write permissions for the Owner Group and Everyone If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read amp Write permissions to the owner and to that particular group only 155 PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference How to Choose a Different Data Location ae Where is the default data location The default location is on your computer s hard drive On Windows XP computers it is in the Documents and Settings folder under your personal folder in Application Data AccelTest On Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers the default location is Users your user name AppData Roaming AccelTest On Macintosh computers it is in Users your user name Library Application Support AccelTest The default location is in your personal folder so that other teachers can log in to this computer and use their own data folder T Pol i If you are using a gt Macintosh computer and you are selecting a folder on your network
26. that allows students to achieve that grade You don t e Pass Fail l i need to do this for the lowest grade since 0 is the e Ouistanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory lowest score for that grade You cannot enter criteria e 1to 10 for the grades if you choose the 1 to 10 scale 4 Click OK to save your changes Libraries Use this preference to install or delete Follow the steps below to install libraries To add Standards AcceltTest libraries or to add or remove standards see page 32 to align assignment items to standards standards see page 57 Libraries contain book files with items that 1 Click the Preferences mem and select you can add to assignments For more about Libraries Standards The Libraries dialog box will finding these libraries see page 164 If you Opel own a desktop version of Accelerated Math 2 If you want to install libraries click Add Then open such as version 2 x you can install your the folder where your libraries currently exist and Accelerated Math libraries in AccelTest see click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh When page 164 the program finishes the installation it will notify you You can also add standards that you can CIKO align your assignment items to This allows 3 Ifyou want to delete libraries select the libraries that you to get information about how students are you want to delete first To select one click its name performing on standards See the Class To select more than one hold do
27. 7 21 2009 11 15 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 4M Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 4M a Reading Quiz 5 Score Ke Scoreke Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 4M verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 6 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 4M a Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 Click Preview The Preview window will show you how the first question will look on the Responder or NEO 2 screen Click the left and right arrows to go to the next or previous question Click the up and down arrows to scroll up and down within a question When you ve finished previewing the assignment click OK 2 Responder Preview E NEO 2 Preview Grammar Assignment 1 3 of 7 Avoid 15 to meet as timid iS English Quiz Choose the best way to complete the sentence 4 Click Done to close the assignment AccelTest User Manual 73 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Exporting Assignments or Score Keys Exporting Assignments or Score Keys Follow these steps to export assignments Exporting can be helpful when you want to h If items on the share an assignment you ve created with someone who is using another database or W assignment are when you want to import the assignment into AccelTest at another computer To aligned to impor
28. 9 When students have finished their work or when time is up the teacher can end the session by clicking the Responder menu and choosing End Student Paced Session How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s Multiple Choice True False and Yes No Questions For multiple choice questions students press the letter button or key for the answer they want to choose then they press Enter For true false questions Responder users press True or False then Enter NEO 2 users press T for true or F for false then enter For yes no questions Responder users press yes or no then Enter NEO 2 users press Y for yes or N for no then enter Numeric Response Questions Students use the number buttons or keys to enter their answer then press Enter AccelTest User Manual 138 USING SESSIONS How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s Short Answer Questions Ie Short answer W responses can have up to 40 characters on NEOs or 25 characters on Responders cl an answer enter a between the numerator and denominator AccelTest User Manual To enter a fraction in On NEO 2s students type their answer and press enter On Responders students use common phone texting techniques to enter their responses For Responders with the model number RES 1001 you may have received overlay templates with your Responders like the one shown to the right students can place them over thei
29. ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments Find the graphic file in the folder where you have stored it Click the graphic file to select it then click Open The graphic will now appear in your question If you decide to delete the graphic at any time simply click the graphic and press the Delete key on your keyboard E Item 1 of 7 DER File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices Columns 2 ka Shuffle All ka Question Identify Country A Adding Equations to Assignments AccelTest User Manual 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the equation Then click Equation Item 1 of 5 DER File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices Columns 2 ka Shuffle All ka Question Solve the folowing equation A Choices i B Answer Points 46 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 2 Inthe equation editor type text and use the buttons to select the components of the equation that you would like to use For more detailed information refer to the help in the equation editor s Help menu 2 Equation Editor Embedded Object 3 File Edit View Format Style Size Help 3 When you exit the equation editor the equation will be inserted If you decide to
30. Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia Vevikenr Inecies Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah QO Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley Ceraith Olin 1 46 The Classes tab shows your classes and students Use these buttons to add students or classes or to enroll students in the selected class Use the Class drop down list to choose the class you want to view and work with This list shows you all students you ve added in your AccelTest database 17 1 24 This list shows you which students are in the selected class In the Classes menu you can choose other tasks such as importing editing exporting or deleting classes and students or unenrolling students from a class If you don t have the Classes tab selected when you click the Classes menu some options won t be available in this menu CLASSES AND STUDENTS Adding a Class Adding a Class Follow these steps to add a new class You may be able to W save time by 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest See page 17 importing classes and student information To Click Add Clas
31. Align Item This button is not available if you select more than one item 4 Inthe list at the top of the window click the next to the standards group you re interested in to see the standards in that group Continue to expand the standards or categories until you see one standard that you want to align this item to Then click that standard and click Add The standard will appear in the list at the bottom of the window Repeat this step for each standard you want to add AccelTest User Manual 57 If you change your mind and want to remove a standard you ve chosen to align the item to simply click the standard in the bottom list to iia highlight it and click Remove AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key Standards Alignment Available Standards E WIB NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS t WIC GEOMETRY WID MEASUREMENT WID a MEASURABLE ATTRIBUTES WID b DIRECT MEASUREMENT WID c INDIRECT MEASUREMENT WI D c 1 Estimate measurement using U S customary and metric measurements WI D c 2 Determine perimeter and area of regular shapes and the area of plane rectangular shapes WI D c 3 Determine perimeter and area of irregular shapes when given a reference tool such as a grid WIE STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Standards this item is aligned to WI D c 2 Determine perimeter and area of regular shapes and the area of p
32. Click Enroll Students E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students AccelTest User Manual Master Student List Mame Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia Ponkeae Tanni 4 Check the boxes next to the students that you want to enroll in the selected class Notice that the list shows which classes the students are already enrolled in You can also click Select All or Deselect All to select or deselect all students in the list After choosing the students to enroll in the class click OK C 2 Enroll Students Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin 4ustin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley Creikh li Select the students to enrol
33. If not click Cancel Click Done to finish changing the mode 68 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Score Keys Changing Editing Score Keys 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab x Tochange the mode 2 Double click the score key you want to change WF presentation and scoring method for E AccelTest Entire School Year a score key see page 67 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments_ Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Reading Quiz 4 Score Key 7 21 2009 11 13 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest i Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 4M Finding Perimeters AccelTest i Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 4M Reading Quiz 5 Score Key Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 4M verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M 3 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose the answers You can add or delete items changes your answers or change the point values To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press Delete on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key Windows or the k
34. If you chose to select the students on the next panel check the box next to each student who needs the assignment or click Select All to choose all the students Then click Next E Add Assignment Wizard DE x Select Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Adeehie Miki Select All Deselect All 9 Read the Summary If the information is correct click Done If not click Back to make changes If the assignment is a printed assignment a copy will be printed for each student after you click Done lf the assignment is a score key and the score key is meant to be scored with the AccelScan scanner the Form Numbers Report will be generated so that you have each student s number for scoring Depending on the setting of the Form Numbers Report preference you may be asked whether you want to preview or print click one of the options To print the report on your own see page 142 Your assignment will appear in the Gradebook to the right of previously added assignments The students that you assigned it to will have Waiting in the column under your new assignment or Pending if the assignment has not yet started Adding a Points Only Assignment 5 Enter the information for the points only assignment e Enter a title on the
35. PSSIGNINGING lt 5 4 620 ct iaice te e ace de a ae Sick Doe he wee a e a Gees cS Bt 144 Class Standards 2x0 are tse het os eh a ee fe ete whe GA ae ee 145 OFM NUMDO S aioe aiid ae oy ee Sa ee Sane Wa he She ae ae Pd esd 145 Free Response Grading Worksheet 0 0 cence eee eee eens 145 Gradebook Summary by Term 0 0 00 eee eens 146 GlOUDCASSIONIMGN cic 028 cure ae leat en adh Ae ee eee eRe eee eet teed aha 146 Overdue ASsSiGniments 25 04S ine oe eb ee eS aia te eee teeta eee oe 146 Program MOrma ON tisk ene toe ab Bart aus eae he eed ee ee ead eae eee ean 147 SIUCSMEGIAOC cock ees siou te oare ater ete ha oe dl etic dh a eee eS oe ee oe eee ES 147 odent Diss ts eo eed Sb le he oe es he ee ek ieee eile hhh Le 147 Student TACCONG sere ate a ints ids oY ra ae So ak eee Soe ah ae 148 otudentotandaldS reinen oe tes oe a se Sash eee hts died a al Sahota 148 PreverenCeS 4 244 6 60 44 6 os wae db oes eres 149 AccelTest Preferences 0 ccc eee ee eee eens 149 AWO DONC rra ee hea exon a ETE Nai Se fee ode Sener eS ea aes 150 Assignment Crealo essit a4 pecans Goh aecde he Gee ated ete et HSS 150 Categories 14 2 tn Seow 8 ee os Pere 86 he es 150 Data OCA Olle 2 acale ot actly eet a stant a Bs Wee a eons eee aed 150 DEVICES ites 35 068 testis NE tb eats danas boa deat aN hee as i oka de 150 EXONS era eid eats ata beaten eee aan ee aoa ian eee E EE 151 GIagding SCale i2 oo 83 ute ols eae Sou eee E eee See Soya EN 151 Li
36. Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Delete 4 Click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the assignment AccelTest User Manual 75 USING THE GRADEBOOK This section explains how to add or assign assignments print them score them and monitor grades in your Gradebook It also explains how students complete the assignments Viewing a Class Gradebook Click the Gradebook tab in AccelTest 2 Click the left drop down list to choose the class whose Gradebook you want to view 3 Click the second drop down list to choose the subject for the assignments you want to view or choose All Subjects E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder 6 Classes Reports Preferences Window Help D E EA v All Subjects O You can choose the W time perio d tos how Spell of i ol els a Structi and whether to show here rece de pP ercentag e scores or Assigned Scored O fen ais t points To choose the time period click the Gradebook Students ID__ Status menu and choose either Arnold Jacob 103M Show Entire School Year or Brooks Jamal 105 a specific term To choose the score type click the Gradebook menu and choose either Show Scores as Points or Show Scores as F 23 8 Camacho Luis 107 Davis Rebekah 109 Donne Benjamin 111 Espinosa Johanna 113
37. Responder Then Follow these steps to assign owners to Responders make sure the Support TO Owned Responders box is 1 Before you start assigning owners make sure you have added your students checked and click OK page 18 and your classes page 18 and assigned students to their classes page 19 The AccelTest software must be running and the class for which you want to assign Responders should be selected 2 Press the On Off button on the Responder that needs an owner assigned to start the Responder penaissance Responde 3 Press V to scroll down to Settings then press Select 4 Press W to scroll down to Assign Owner then O press Select The Responder will search for a Receiver 5 Ifthe Responder asks you to stay connected to the previously chosen Receiver press yes True then Select to continue If not highlight the correct Receiver and press Select AccelTest User Manual 12 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System 6 You will be asked to enter your AccelTest student ID AccelTest automatically Student IDs are also assigns an ID number to each student you add To see student ID numbers click W available in the the Classes tab in the AccelTest software Then refer to the ID numbers in the Student ID Report master student list on the left side of the tab E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year Seles File Edit Assignments Responder
38. Responder or NEO 2 assignments since they are not printed Options Check the Show item points on assignment box if you want students to see how many points they can earn for each question Leave the box empty if you don t want students to see the point values This option isn t available for Responder or NEO 2 assignments SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments E Assignment Properties SD Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Page Margins Bottom Answer Space Location No answer spaces O Separate answer sheet Answer space beside question E Assignment Properties Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Fi Show item points on assignment After changing the assignment properties click OK to save your changes Changing the Assignment Mode AccelTest User Manual You can change how an assignment or score key should be presented to students and how it should be scored Before you do this please note e You can only change the mode for assignments that haven t been added to a class Gradebook e When you change the assignment mode some items that are not appropriate for the new mode may be removed from the assignment For example if you change the scoring option to Responder items with more than five answer choices matching items ranking items items with graphics or plots or instructions may be removed To change the mode while viewing the assignment follow th
39. Section 2 Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects ka New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With i Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEG 2 7118 2009 9 10 AM Verb Tenses AccelTest Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printed Responder Fii4 2009 10 22 4M Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 21 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder Fii4 2009 10 16 4M Countries of Europe AccelTest NEG 2 NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 11 4M Science Lab 3 Score Key Scorekey Scanner Fii4f2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key Scorekey NEG 2 Fii4 2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key Scorekey Responder Fii4f2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual Fii4 2009 6 58 AM AccelTest User Manual 50 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment 3 Enter the title of the assignment Responder versus and choose the subject from the e a NEO 2 Only drop down list Then click Fill in the details For your assignment oe Score Key and click Te Responder assignments can Responder or NEO 2 Only for the sults be viewed and completed on either a Responder or a NEO scoring method You cannot 2 They can include multiple choose manual scoring Click OK choice true false yes no numeric response and short answ
40. Sessions with Verbal Questions 7 Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored E C Allow anonymous access Q C Run as a survey pollvoting 132 You can add ADA assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 150 s Make sure your ADA students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name AccelTest User Manual 10 11 12 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Enter the title choose a subject and enter the number of points to award for each item Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Enter As
41. To import a file follow these steps 1 Click the Assignments menu in AccelTest and choose Import Responder Gr New Assignment Pingo Find and open the file that you want to import Note For Windows computers you may need to click the drop down list at the bottom of the window and choose the file types you want to import such as AccelTest 2 x or 3 x assignments or XML assignment files Click the file name to highlight it then click Open If you chose an XML assignment file click the scoring method you want to use Then click OK E Assignment Import aB x Score your assignment with Responder NEO 2 Only Scanner If the assignments items are aligned to standards that you have not added the program will ask if you want to import the standards too Click Yes if you want to keep the alignments or No if you don t want to keep them or import the standards The assignment will open You can use the options on the screen to make changes just as you would when you create an assignment see page 39 or change one see page 60 When you ve finished click Done Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment Enter a name for the assignment and choose a subject then click OK 59 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Changing Editing Assignments Important You cannot change assignments once you have added them to a class Gradebook If you want to
42. add standards to standards in other AccelTest assignments If you choose this tab click the 7 your database see next to the standards agency that relates to the assignment Expand T col page 32 You can categories as needed until you see the standard for which you want to add align each item on an items Then select the items associated with that standard that you want to add assignment to standards by to the assignment and click Add clicking the item and clicking Align Item see page 57 E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Illinois NCTM NCTM 2000 Grades 3 5 2000 Reprinted excerpted Fr Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates Grade 3 Math Item Bank Estimate calculate with whole numbers Estimate and add subtract 3 4 digits numbe 1 Multiple choice 2 Multiple choice Multiple items selected Grade 3 Math Word Problems Cane Changing Editing an Item on an Assignment There are two ways to begin editing an item e Click the item to highlight it then click Edit Item e Double click the item When you do this a wizard will open to help you edit the questions in the assignment The item you chose will be the one shown Make your changes to the question the answers or the options for the question If you want to change another item click Next or Previous to go to that item When you ve finished your changes to all items click OK AccelTe
43. and to change the Receiver name if you need to distinguish your Receiver from others in your school Other Programs that You May Use with the 2Know Classroom Response System wh You can also download the 2Know Toolbar at www renlearn com neo downloads US or http renlearn co uk renaissance zone rz inform software downloads UK AccelTest User Manual AccelTest isn t the only software from Renaissance Learning that can use the 2Know classroom response system You can also use the 2Know Toolbar which you can install using the 2Know Toolbar CD that is in the back of the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide US The 2Know Toolbar allows you to quickly quiz or get feedback from your class or group For more information see the instructions installed with the program You can also use the classroom response system with Accelerated Math RP so students can enter their answers to assignments using Responders or NEO 2s If you use the classroom response system with Accelerated Math RP you must download and install the Renaissance Responder program from Renaissance Place For more information see the Accelerated Math Software Manual You don t need to install AccelTest to use Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s with the 2Know Toolbar or Accelerated Math RP You can only use Responders or NEO 2s with one program at a time WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM Tools to Help You with AccelT
44. assigning a student owner 12 calculator 166 changing a student s PIN 13 completing assignments 87 disabling the calculator 166 displaying a student s PIN 14 firmware versions 14 font size 165 models 14 preference 152 previewing assignments 73 reading notes 113 resetting the student owner 14 scoring assignments 89 short answer questions on 139 student feedback 78 support for owned Responders 152 updating the firmware 14 Rights 154 AccelTest User Manual 172 INDEX S SA Short Answer 39 98 Saving assignments with a new name 71 Scanner connecting 5 port 153 preferences 153 scoring assignments 90 sensitivity 153 Scanner settings 56 153 Scanning cards for scoring 90 Scanning correct answers for a score key 56 Scanning session ending 91 starting 90 School name 152 School year 153 preference 153 showing in Gradebook 97 Score keys aligning items to standards 57 creating 50 editing 69 exporting 74 for Responder or NEO 2 assignments 50 for scanner assignments 53 scanning correct answers 56 Scores as percentages in Gradebook 97 as points in Gradebook 97 in the Gradebook 96 overriding in Gradebook 94 Scoring assignments 89 AccelScan 90 free response items 91 manually 91 NEO 2 89 points only assignments 94 Responder 89 scanner 90 Semester grades 98 Semesters 153 Sending notes to students 111 Sensitivity of scanner 153 Sent 96 Serial number 152 Seri
45. choose Correct as is 6 gave her and her brother gave her brother and she gave her and she brother Correct as is Cores nets IQ Q The options depend on the item type For multiple choice items you can choose the number of answer choices you want to give the student the number of columns for answer choices and which answer choices to shuffle or rearrange for students The default shuffle option is All If you chose to add instructions before items you can edit the instructions here Enter the question here Enter the correct answer For multiple choice questions you must also enter the incorrect answers then specify the letter of the correct answer For matching and ranking items you must enter all choices For short answer items choose whether answers must be case sensitive enter each possible 43 Columns ka Choose the best way to write the underlined section If there are no mistakes Shuffle Mone ka Cheyennes father gave she and her brother a tent answer and press Enter or return after each one Enter the number of points students can earn by choosing the correct answer If you want to change the format of the text for printed or projected assignments only use the drop down lists to choose the font and or size and use the buttons to make the text bold italic or underlined Use the buttons on the right if you want to add a graphic equation or p
46. correct answers as well as the student s answer Auto print after student score Check this box if you want the report to print automatically every time a student s assignment is scored this applies only when the assignment is scored using an AccelScan scanner Print student assignment with report Check this box if you want to print students assignments with the report Batch print report Check this box if during scoring you want the program to wait until all scoring is complete and print the reports for all students together instead of printing them one by one as each assignment is scored 158 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences e Assignments Report Click the Sort Order drop down list and choose how you want to sort assignments on the report by title date changed the total points the assignment is worth or by whether the report has been assigned ina Gradebook e Group Assignment Click the Sort Order drop down list and choose how you want to sort assignments on the report by student name the number of points earned or the percentage of possible points earned e Student Record Check the Page break after student box if you want each student s information to start on a new page 4 Click OK to save your changes Setting Assignment Creation Preferences AccelTest has several Assignment Creation preferences that allow you to choose options for AccelTest assignments including default fonts layou
47. create another version of the assignment you can make a copy see page 71 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the assignment you want to change 2 AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help oOo Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Presentation Score With Last Saved Aligned 7 21 2009 10 17 AM Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 4M Verb Tenses L45 AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 9 38 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 When the assignment opens you can add edit move or delete items change the assignment properties title subject fonts layout and whether points are shown change the mode how the assignment is presented or scored or change the standards alignments that you ve set for the items in the assignment See the instructions on the following pages AccelTest User Manual 60 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Printed or projected assignments Finding Perimeters File Edit Assignments ld 4C ales C E Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 4M Page 1 Res
48. different month If you want to make today the date click Today under the calendar If you choose No for the due date you won t be able to assign the assignment now if you assign it later the program will ask you to set a due date When you re ready to continue click Next E Add Assignment Wizard Enter Start Oue Dates Do you want your assignment to have a start date _ 0 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 O Mo Do you want your assignment to have a due date a Yes o 28 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 No Cancel AccelTest User Manual 81 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook 7 If you chose a due date for the assignment choose whether to assign the assignment to all students or just some Then click Next This choice won t appear if you didn t choose a due date for the assignment If you chose to select the students on the next panel check the box next to each student who needs the assignment or click Select All to choose all the students Then click Next E Add Assignment Wizard aie x Select Students me Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao RhA sekim Miki 424 Select All Deselect All Ma 0O 0O E CI CI E a El 0O E 0O F CI 0O a 8 Read the Summary If the
49. down the Shift key and click the last name in the group AccelTest User Manual 102 AccelTest User Manual E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help All Subjects Points Possible Assigned Scored Arnold Jacob Brooks Matthew Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Greene Nathan Khang Bao Ling Lin Yao Mitchell D shon Click the Gradebook menu and choose Export Results Choose the file location and enter a name for the file Then click Save Click OK when the program notifies you that student results L Epot Resik a have been exported 103 In Class 10 25 2009 10 31 2009 17 12 8 In Class 10 25 2009 10 25 2009 4 12 8 In Class 10 25 2009 10 31 2009 17 12 0 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting In Class 10 30 2009 10 31 2009 Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending Classes Reports Pref Assignment Properties Remove Assignment Start Scanning Score Cards v Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages v Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest Exporting Detailed Scoring Data for One Assignment and Multiple C
50. for Gradebook Assignments After you add an assignment to the Gradebook you can still change the assignment s term category whether it is extra credit and or an exam start date due date and whether student feedback is on Follow these steps 1 View the Gradebook for a class See page 76 2 Click the name of the assignment for which you want to change the dates E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help All Subjects sS E Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 7 14 23 0 23 0 Grade Anderson Eric Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 0 4 3 Click the Gradebook menu and choose Assignment BUEN cicccos Reports Pref Properties Assignment Properties ae Remove 4ssignment Start Scanning Score Cards Export Results w Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages
51. in a Flash practice e Homework MathFacts in a Flash practice test history e Notes Ability to send MathFacts in a Flash e Synchronizing with AccelTest practice data to Renaissance Place e Ability to answer short answer Settings questions in AccelTest or the 2Know Toolbar e Calculator e Small or large font based on firmware selected 3 XX Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the Calculator 2Know Toolbar Support for owned Responders Homework Notes Settings Synchronizing with AccelTest Ability to answer short answer questions in AccelTest or the 2Know Toolbar Small or large font based on firmware selected MathFacts in a Flash practice and history features 15 s You can update AD more than one Responder at the same time If you follow these steps at more than one Responder at a time you can update a set of 24 Responders in as little as 20 minutes NEO 2s are not O updated in this way They receive their updates to the NEO 2 and its SmartApplets through the NEO Manager software AccelTest User Manual GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Updating Firmware or Changing the Firmware Version Being Used If you would like to update your firmware or just switch to a different version make sure your data is synchronized on your Responder before installing the update scroll down on the menu and select Synchronize Usually any changes you ve made to the
52. information is correct click Done If not click Back to make changes Your assignment will appear in the Gradebook to the right of previously added assignments The students that you assigned it to will have Waiting in the column under your new assignment or Pending for future assignments AccelTest User Manual 82 USING THE GRADEBOOK Assigning Assignments to Students Assigning Assignments to Students When you add an assignment to a class Gradebook you can choose the students that x Before you assign you d like to assign it to By following the steps below you can assign the assignments ADA assignments you A to more students in the class assignments add your 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 students and enroll students in classes 2 Select the student s who need the assignment e To select one student and assignment click where the column for the assignment and the row for the student meet To select more than one student and assignment select the square s where the assignment column and student row meet Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the students squares in the column for that assignment Ze AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Classes v all Subjects v Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz Quiz H
53. item click Next To go to a previous item click Back When you have finished click Done E Score Items Student Item Points Possible Correct Answer s Student Answer 2 Score Items Student Item Points Possible Correct Answer s Student Answer Allen Michael 1of5 1 D Allen Michael 4of5 1 1066 2 Score Items Student Item Points Possible Correct Answer s Student Answer Score Items Student Item Points Possible Correct Answer s Student Answer E Score Items Student Allen Michael Item 12 of 13 Points Possible Correct Answer s Points Earned 93 Allen Michael 2of5 1 True O False Allen Michael SofS 1 Latin French Icelandic German French Q USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 5 Notice the student s scores have been entered Repeat steps 3 4 for each student Ke Assignment 2 Science Quiz 1 SEE File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel 6 When you have finished editing scores for students click Done The students scores for the assignment will be shown in the Gradebook If you didn t score the assignment for some students you ll see Waiting in the Gradebook instead of a score Scoring Points Only Assignments Wh
54. items on assignments 64 Changing notes 113 Changing score keys 69 Changing student IDs 28 Changing student names 28 Changing the password for AccelTest 152 Changing the Receiver name 10 Checking for updates to the software 6 Class Standards Report 145 Classes 17 adding 18 changing the name 27 deleting 29 enrolling students 19 importing from Renaissance Place 21 removing students 20 tab 17 unenrolling students 20 viewing 17 Closing AccelTest software 8 Comma separated value CSV files 23 Completing AccelScan assignments 88 Completing assignments 87 Computer requirements 3 Connecting the AccelScan scanner 5 Connecting the Renaissance Receiver 5 Copying assignments 71 Creating assignments 39 CSV files 23 D Data Location preference 150 154 Database 150 Default Fonts preference 160 Default password 6 Default Student PIN 13 Deleting a class 29 Deleting assignments 75 Deleting libraries 151 Deleting notes 113 Deleting standards from the database 36 Deleting students 31 Desktop programs 24 Determining grades 165 Devices preference 150 Displaying a student s PIN 14 Downloading standards 151 Duplicate students when importing 25 E E Essay 39 98 Editing a class name 27 Editing assignments 60 Editing items on assignments 64 Editing notes 113 Editing score keys 69 Editing student IDs 28 Editing student names 28 Ending a scanning session 91 Enrolling
55. name and or teacher name 3 Click OK to save any changes you have made Reports The Reports preferences allow you to choose See page 157 the options you prefer to use for the AccelTest reports Responder Use this preference to decide whether you 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Responder want the program to support owned 2 Check the box next to Support Owned Responders Responders see page 12 to assign student if you are assigning Responders to individual owners to Responders If you don t support students See the notes to the left See the note in owned Responders students cannot this dialog box for more about the possible complete Homework with the Responders effects of changing this setting see page 87 or receive notes and they will l ecd to enerne reudan IDs dear ihe 3 If you chose to support owned Responders decide Gradebook to participate in sessions Note wneer ae RESPONTER 9 SyRCaronize auring This preference affects Responders only a session If the box is checked synchronizing is because NEO 2s are not owned and they BIOWwoU cannot be used for homework or notes 4 If you chose not to support owned responders Responders using version 2 x firmware also decide whether to allow AccelTest to connect to the cannot have assigned owners see page 14 Receiver when the AccelTest software starts If the l ee Connect to Receiver at Startup box is checked You can also use this preference to decide if l AccelTest will
56. next to the library Then open the subject and category and select the item s that you want to add to this assignment After choosing the items click Add E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Grade 10 LA Item Bank 4 Grade 10 Math Item Bank Grade 3 LA Item Bank Grade 3 Math Item Bank Grade 4 LA Item Bank 4 Grade 4 Math Item Bank Grade 5 LA Item Bank Build vocabulary Use the writing process Multiple items selected Communicate through writing m Edit using standard conventions Q E Use parts of speech in writing 4 Use pronouns in writing Identify and use verb tenses Show subject verb agreement 1 Multiple choice 2 Multiple choice H Show correct adjective usage Cane e Assignments If you choose this tab click next to the assignment that has the items you want to add Then select the items in the list Q After choosing the items click Add 2 Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Countries of Central America Identify the Artist Who Created the Work Multiplication Grade 3 17 Multiple choice 21 Multiple choice 22 Multiple choice 23 Multiple choice 24 Multiple choice Rounding Numbers Multiple items selected Cane 63 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments e Standards On this tab you can select items that have already been aligned to us To
57. on the next page and choose the term when students will take the assignment The program chooses the current term by i You can add default j t l eee e Click the Category drop down list and choose whether the assignment will categories using the Categories preference see be Homework In Class work a test a quiz or extra credit page 150 e Use the check boxes to choose other options for the assignment Assignment is extra credit You can check this box if the assignment is extra credit however you don t need to check it if you chose the Extra Credit category from the Category drop down list for more information see Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments on page 100 Assignment is an exam Check this box if the assignment is an exam This helps determine the weight of the assignment s score See the Exams preference on page 151 Each student gets his her own variation Check this box if you want the questions to be in a different order for each student This box isn t available for score keys Turn on student feedback For assignments that require students to use the Responder or NEO 2 make sure this box is checked if you want students to see their score at the end of the assignment The box is checked by default After choosing the options click Next cl AccelTest User Manual 78 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook E Add Assignment Wizard E
58. page 76 2 Click the name of one student E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments MCSA Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Start Student Paced Session fi Assignments Sessions Start Teacher Paced Session Send Note to All Students Send Note to Camacho Luis Note History for Camacho Luis Title k ations Sentence Struct Category In Class Grade 6 Rossetti Start Date Due Date Points Possible Assigned Scored 10 26 2009 10 19 2009 8 A6 2 23 0 10 3 2009 10 27 2009 16 23 0 Students Arnold Jacob Brooks Jamal A Camacho Luis ID Status 103 NM Waiting Waiting 105 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Rebekah 109 Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin 111 Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna 113 Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha 115 Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan 117 _ Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 113 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 3 Click the Responder menu and choose Note History for the student s name on the previous page The Note History will show you the notes you ve sent to this student so far a Students don t see ADA new notes or changed notes right away they have to synchronize first See page 113 AccelTest User Manual FE Note History for Camacho Luis New Great work on
59. points students can earn on the assignment and the date when you last saved changes The symbols in this column show whether items in the assignment have been aligned to standards means all items on the assignment are aligned ig means some items are aligned No symbol means no items are aligned SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Preferences That Affect Assignments Preferences That Affect Assignments When you create assignments you can choose from the Ze Window Help categories and subjects listed below If you would like to add other ORBIS categories or subjects you can use the Categories preference amp Categories Data Location see page 150 or the Subjects preference see page 154 in Donise the Preferences menu ae rading Scale Libraries Standards Default e Homework iaa p egistration Information Categories e In Class Reports gt i Responder Quiz Scanner Settings School Year Default e English Subjects Subjects e Geography e Grammar e History e Math e Reading e Science The Devices preference lets you choose the types of assignments you will have Responder NEO 2 projected scanner and or printed The Assignment Creation preferences set the default standard font for your assignments the layout and the default values for each type of item that you might include on assignments For example for multiple choice items you can choose the number of points you d normally gi
60. questions with Responders scroll to the 3 xx firmware version Choose the highest version number of the type you want to get the latest version Press Select Enter the Administrator PIN when the Responder asks you to do this the default is 1234 and press Enter The Responder will start updating the firmware The program shows you its progress as it does the update When the update is complete the Responder will show you the new version number Press any key to go to the Responder menu or the student PIN entry screen 16 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Using the Classes Tab To set up or view your classes or students click the Classes tab E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Different teachers gt may see different classes and students Accel Test requires every person who logs in to the computer with a unique user name and password to select or create a database You will see only the classes and students that are in your database col AccelTest User Manual Add Student Add Class Enroll Students B Master Student List Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson
61. standard it includes the description and a list of the assignments that have items aligned to that standard The list includes the number of students who completed each assignment the number of questions aligned to the standard the total number of points possible the total number of points earned and the percentage of possible points earned The point totals include the number of points possible and points earned for all students so they are larger than the points available on the assignment Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get the form numbers that students must fill in on their AccelTest scan cards The form number tells the software which student and assignment the card is for Each student has a unique form number for each assignment The form number is also printed on each student s copy of the assignment Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Some assignments have free response items that can t be scored automatically Use this report to fill in students points for these questions before you score the questions manually see page 91 This can help you score the items more quickly If you do not score these free response items manually and other items on the assignment have been automatically scored with the Responder NEO 2 or the scanner the program assumes that each student earned all points for the free response items In the report the AR column shows the point
62. student has not received the note yet it will not be sent if the student has received it the note will still be visible to the student 4 When you have finished viewing the note history click Close USING SESSIONS What Are Sessions In the AccelTest software the Sessions tab O lets you view and start sessions Sessions help teachers monitor in class student work that is done with the Responder or the NEO 2 h The Sessions tab E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year P i does not show Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help AccelScan Scanning sessions For more about AccelScan scoring see Grade 6 Rossetti j page 90 Title Type Last Submission Reading Quiz 10 4 Teacher Paced Scored 10 4 2009 9 42 4M Sentence Structure Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 50 4M Simple Equations Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 46 4M There are two types of sessions e Student paced sessions When you start a student paced session students can work on any of the Responder or NEO 2 assignments that are assigned to them in the Gradebook except Homework which is done separately on Responders only In a student paced session students don t need to wait for the teacher to ask a question they can answer the questions that are sent to them on the Responder or NEO 2 or that they see on a printed copy of the assignment The AccelTest software automatically scores the student s submitte
63. students in a class 19 Equations in assignments 46 Essay 39 Essay preference 163 Exam grades and overall grades 98 99 Exams preference 151 effect on grades 99 Exiting AccelTest software 8 Exporting assignment results 102 104 Exporting assignments 74 Exporting score keys 74 Exporting scores 102 104 Exporting student information 30 Extra credit 100 AccelTest User Manual 169 INDEX F Final grades 98 Firmware versions for Responders 14 Fonts on assignments 43 66 160 Forgotten student PIN 14 Form Numbers Report 145 Free Response Grading Worksheet 145 Free response items scoring 91 G Grade calculations 98 Gradebook 76 adding assignments 77 assigning assignments 83 assignment properties 85 cells 145 changing assignment dates 85 exporting assignment results 102 mean 97 median 97 note history 113 overriding scores 94 removing assignments 110 scoring assignments 89 scoring assignments manually 91 sending notes to students 111 show entire school year 97 showing scores as percentages 97 showing scores as points 97 showing term 97 unassigning assignments 108 viewing 76 viewing scores 96 Gradebook Summary by Term 146 Grades 98 and Categories preference 99 and Exams preference 99 and preferences 99 category weights 99 exam 99 exam grade percentage 98 extra credit calculations 100 final 98 semester 98 term 98 Grading scale 99 151 1 to 10 99 151 o
64. the the next question session as survey polling the bar for the correct answer is green and the bars for incorrect answers are red The yellow bar shows how many of the students haven t chosen an answer Click next to any question that has been completed to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green Use the list on the left to see which students have answered the current question If you chose to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect ones If the assignment is being scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow AccelTest User Manual 123 14 15 16 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Repeat steps 11 13 for each question on the assignment Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown Tell your students to press Enter one more time to fi
65. to the standard The list includes the number of questions aligned to the standard on that assignment the number of points possible for those questions the number of points the student earned and the percentage of possible points earned Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Using the AccelTest preferences you can adjust how AccelTest works for your school The preferences are listed in the Preferences menu E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports OCELE pe aaisa Help Eo a a aT Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Auto Update Assignment Creation b Categories Grade 3 Rossetti v All Subjects Data Location Devices nglish 101 Exars Exams tries of SoLEnglish 101 Exar Ir Grading Scale In Class Libraries Standards Password 1 Registration Information 2 2 R ao Final Responder Grade Scanner Settings School Year 1 12 29 2009 10 Waiting 64 6 B Brentwood Leah 90 Subjects 92 1 A Cline Charlotte Waiting 100 89 7 B Donne Benjamin 100 90 92 1 A Fuller Keisha Waiting 90 94 9 4 Hanson Abigail Waiting 80 92 3 A Khang Bao Waiting 100 97 4 A Ling Lin Yao Waiting 90 87 2 B 95 90 89 9 B The table that starts on the next page lists the preferences in AccelTest and tells you how to change them AccelTest Use
66. want to select the libraries that are already installed for your desktop version of Accelerated Math open your Accelerated Math data folder then the AccMath folder and then the Library folder When you click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh AccelTest will find and install the Accelerated Math libraries 164 OTHER RESPONDER FEATURES AND SETTINGS Changing the Responder Font Size NEO 2 font changes W are done in the Control Panel or via the NEO Manager software but they do not affect the Responder SmartApplet Font changes on NEO 2 affect Alpha Word Plus and some other SmartApplets AccelTest User Manual How you change the font size depends on your Responder model Look at the model number on the back of your Responder then follow the instructions for your model below Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RESP 1 Press the On Off button 2 Ifthe Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the Student PIN press Select your server Receiver or press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Press any key to continue 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Change Font Size then press Select Use the arrows to choose Small Font or Large Font then press Select Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RES 1001 If you are using a 1 x firmware versi
67. will get special notifications in these circumstances e If the assignment is for NEO 2s only students who try to use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device e If the assignment includes short answer items but your Responder version is 1 x or 2 X students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 Ca AccelTest User Manual 10 11 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Category O Fi Assignment is extra credit C l Assignment is an exam Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders
68. you are importing are the same as student names that are already in your database AccelTest will show you the duplicate student names one by one For each student you will have some or all of these options Update ID and Update All IDs These options are available when the student name is the same but the ID is different Clicking Update ID updates the student s ID in the database to the one that is in the file or folder you are importing Clicking Update All IDs does this for all student names that match names in the file or folder you re importing Update Name and Update All Names These options are available when the ID for a student in the import source matches the ID of a student in your AccelTest database Clicking Update Name changes the name of the student in the database to match the student with the same ID in the import source Update All Names does this for all students with matching IDs Make sure the student in your AccelTest database is the same as the one in the import source before doing this to avoid attributing a student s grades to another name Skip and Skip All If the student information that s already in your database is correct and you don t want to replace it or update it with information from the file click Skip to skip just this student without importing the student or Skip All to skip all duplicate students in the file 25 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File 7 Next choose whet
69. you have chosen to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of the student names The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question 122 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 12 Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 138 13 Wait for your students to answer the question When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window Notice the viewing options you have during the session they are described below E Teacher Paced Session Current Question 3 of 5 Stop Accepting Responses Name State Paints Total Questions Arnold Jacob 1 E 1 Round 84 to the nearest ten amp 2 Round 438 to the nearest hundred Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Greene Nathan 3 Round 9 551 to the nearest thousand Khang Bao Click Send Question to send a new For the current question use the graph to question to the students Click Stop see how many students have chosen each Accepting Responses when the time is up answer and how many haven t chosen an for this question and you want to go on to answer Unless you ve chosen to run
70. you want to select hold down the Shift key and click the last name in the group you want to select The first name the last name and all names in between will be selected E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook wc Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook O Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti ka Name Enrolled Students Adams Sarah Anderson Eric Anderson Eric 3 Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Brooks Jamal Cline Charlotte Brooks Matthew Davis Rebekah Camacho Luis Donne Benjamin Cline Charlotte Espinosa Johanna Davis Rebekah ze Fuller keisha Del Castillo Miranda Greene Mathan Donne Benjamin 137 Hanson Abigail Meee Khang Bao Espinosa Johanna 125 Knutson Jessica Evans Samuel 102 Ling Lin Yao Fuller Keisha 138 Martin Austin Gordon Jonathan 113 Mitchell B shon Greene Nathan 126 O Connor Nicole Hanson Abigail 139 Pagel David Jackson Cody 103 Pope Ehamil Johnson Myra 114 Randall Jason Khang Bao 127 z Ryan Ashley Vin lii 10A _ Crakk linin 4 Click the Classes menu and choose Delete lasses noports Preferences Student This option isn t available if you don t start Add Student from the Classes tab ae Import From File 5 Click Yes to continue when the prog
71. your essay Turn in reading logs Friday Field Trip on Friday You can re sort the list by clicking one of the column headings The dark column heading shows you how the list is sorted In this example the list is sorted by the date when the status changed You could click the Title heading to sort the list by note title Locked notes can t be deleted by students In the Status column Sent means you ve sent the note but you don t have confirmation that the student read it Confirmed means the student has seen the note on the Responder Deleted means you have deleted the note in the Note History it does not mean the student has deleted the note You may have deleted the note before or after the student saw it 114 Confirmed 10 4 2009 Confirmed 10 4 2009 Confirmed 10 4 2009 Close Click New if you want to send a new note to the student if you want to change a note click the note first in the list then click Edit Make your changes and click Send When you change a note the note will be sent again and it will appear more than once in the note history The original note will have the status Deleted To resend a note without changing it click the note in the list and click Resend Since you are re sending the same note it won t appear more than once in the note history To delete a note click the note in the list and click Delete If the
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73. 11 NR Numeric Response 39 98 Number line plots 49 Numeric Response 39 preference 162 O On demand sessions 4 Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory grading scale 99 Overdue 96 Overdue Assignments Report 146 Overlay for Responders 139 Overriding scores in the Gradebook 94 Overview of AccelTest 2 Owners for Responders 12 resetting 14 p Pass Fail grading scale 99 Password 6 changing 152 preference 152 Past sessions 140 Pending 96 Percentages showing in Gradebook 97 Permissions 154 Personal Identification Number PIN administrator 11 student 13 14 PIN administrator 11 student 13 14 Plots in assignments 48 Points on assignments 67 Points only assignments 80 scoring 94 Points showing in Gradebook 97 Polar plots 49 Port for scanner 153 Preferences 149 Assignment creation 159 Auto Update 150 Categories 150 Data Location 150 154 Devices 150 Exams 151 Grading Scale 151 Libraries Standards 151 Password 152 Registration Information 152 Reports 157 Responder 152 Scanner Settings 153 School Year 153 Subjects 154 using 149 Preferences that affect assignments 38 AccelTest User Manual 171 INDEX Preferences that affect grades 99 Previewing Responder and NEO 2 assignments 73 Print layout preference 160 Printing assignments before assigning them 72 Printing assignments for students 84 Printing reports 142 Program Information Report 147 Progra
74. 2 you may have changed it or set a different one 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings and press Select Press W to scroll down to Change PIN and press Select The student s name will appear and you ll be asked to enter a new PIN Enter the letters and or numbers for the new PIN 1 11 characters and press ENTER The Responder will identify the student owner by name and show the new PIN AccelTest User Manual 13 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Displaying a Forgotten Student PIN lf a student owner of a Responder forgets his or her PIN follow these steps to see the xm Entering the number i Administrator PIN If you make a mistake 1 Press the On Off button to start the Responder while entering the 5 Administrator PIN you can 2 Press press CLEAR to start over To 3 If your Receiver name appears click yes True and press Select If more than one change the PIN see page 11 Receiver name appears scroll to select the correct Receiver then press Select Enter your administrator PIN and press ENTER 5 The Responder will tell you the device is unlocked and it will show you the student s PIN Make a note of the forgotten PIN then press any key The student can use this PIN the next time he or she uses the Responder Resetting the Student Owner of a Responder When you need to reset the owner of a Responder follow these steps Press the On Off button to star
75. 3 It h the default pea anaainiibal choices Please note that you can i a cas K a A ES choose different options for each a e A anne item as you create or change 4 Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many assignments possible answers you want to include for each item by default This can be changed for each item g 5 Use the Columns drop down list to choose the default number of columns you want to use for answer the choices below the question This applies to printed assignments it can be changed for assignments 6 Click OK to save your changes True False Sets the default options for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment g true false items on assignments Creation and choose True False The Assignment including the instructions and Creation Options dialog box will open point values However please 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by note that you can change the default on printed assignments edit the text in the options for each item as you Instruction field create or change assignments 3 3 3 If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item 4 Click OK to save your changes Yes No Sets the default options for yes no 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment g items on assignments including Creation and choose Yes No The Assignment Creation the instructions and point values Options dialog box will open However please note that you 2 If you
76. Assignments When you create assignments see page 39 you choose how each assignment will be presented to students and how it will be scored This information determines whether students will use the Responder a NEO 2 an AccelScan scan card or simply an answer sheet to complete the assignment Using the Responder or NEO 2 Ea Some Responder firmware versions don t support homework or notes For more on types of Responders based on model number and firmware versions see page 14 cl The Responder remembers the last Receiver it was connected to in order to save you time If the Responder asks whether it should stay connected you can press yes to stay connected or press no to see a list of Receivers that you can connect to AccelTest User Manual If you chose Responder for scoring the assignment students can use either Responders or NEO 2s to complete the assignment If you chose NEO 2 Only students must use NEO 2s When you add the assignment to the Gradebook see page 77 you choose the category of the assignment In Class Homework Test Quiz or Extra Credit Completing In Class Assignments Including Quizzes Tests and Exams Using a Responder or NEO 2 For these assignments you must start a session so students can take the assignment in class For more information see page 115 Completing Homework Using the Responder Only When a teacher adds assignments to a class Gradebook
77. Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 0 4 3 Click Assign If students require printed copies of the assignment based on the choices you made when you created the assignment student copies of the assignment will automatically be printed at your default printer Printing Assignments for Students AccelTest User Manual When you create an assignment see page 39 you choose whether printed assignments will be used When you add the assignment to the Gradebook see page 77 or when you assign it to individual students see page 83 AccelTest prints the assignment automatically for each student You don t need to print assignments separately If you need to reprint an assignment for a student go to the Gradebook and click the square at the intersection of the student s name and the assignment then click Assign again Since the assignment is already assigned the program will simply reprint the assignment The program will only print the assignment if you chose to present it to students using a printed copy Responder assignments NEO 2 assignments and projected assignments won t be printed for students 84 USING THE GRADEBOOK Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook Assignments Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties
78. ER RESPONDER FEATURES AND SETTINGS Using the Calculator in the Responder Using the Calculator in the Responder wis NEO 2 also has a W calculator SmartApplet To find out how to use it see the NEO 2 Quick Guide Using the Calculator If you are using a 4 x or 1 x firmware version see page 14 the Responder has a calculator that students can use for simple math operations If you don t want students to use this calculator the teacher can disable the calculator for all students using the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility program see page 166 for instructions The calculator is not included on Responders using version 2 x or 3 x firmware Follow these steps to use the calculator in the Responder 5 Press the On Off button Press W to scroll down to Calculator then press Select If the program asks if you want to stay connected to the Receiver press yes True and press Select Follow these instructions to enter calculations e To enter numbers use the number keys e To add press A e To subtract press B e To multiply press C x e To divide press D e To calculate percent press E e To clear an entry press Clear e To get an answer press Enter To exit the calculator press Menu Disabling the Calculator Function AccelTest User Manual The calculator is enabled by default in this release of AccelTest Follow these steps to disable or re enable the calculator 1
79. Exporting Scores from AccelTest c By default each student s assignment record will be in a single row as shown in the sample If you want to have a row for each question as in the standard format remove the check mark next to Keep each student s assignment results in a single record row Click Next when you are ready to continue E Export Scoring Data Manage Records O7 Keep each student s assignment as a single record row a MAME ID ASSIGNMENT NAME STUDENT RESPONSE1 CORRECT Brown Deiondre 100 The American Revol B g Del Castillo Miran 101 The American Revol C g Evans Samuel 102 The American Revol p Johnson Myra 103 The American Revol g King Lydia 104 The American Revol p Little Julia 105 The American Revol p Pagel Danielle 106 The American Revol g Pyant Jermaine 107 The American Revol B Rossetti Alexander 108 The American Revol p Tucker Sierra 109 The American Revol g 1 2 3 4 gt 6 T a g n Displaying the first 10 of 10 records Cancel d On the Export Summary if necessary change the file name e Click Choose Folder select the location where you want to save the file and then click Save If you do not choose a location the default location is the last location where you saved an export orto the My Documents Documents folder if you have not done an export bef
80. Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Mame Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Kharil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan ashley Menken Tanis Ceikh hain 1 46 1 24 7 On the Responder enter the ID number of the student that should own this Responder Then press Select or ENTER 8 The Responder will identify the student owner by name and show a default PIN Each student s PIN is 1212 when you first assign the Responder owner If you want to change a student s PIN see the steps below Changing a Student s Personal Identification Number PIN for a Responder 1 On the Responder the student owns press the On Off button to start the Responder 2 Enter the student s current PIN and press Enter The default PIN is 121
81. How AccelTest Preferences Affect Grades 0 0 0 eee 99 Categories Category Weights 0 0 ccc ee ees 99 EXAMS fcc tt are thant ots St clos Qureh stam ears oar Ba aL er QS Pack cme a 6 Bap ota vanes 99 Grading Scales sreskem aes eae e ian a ee oes oh ho ethno aaa aa 99 Exile Credilvec c team tcete tacos coe tet deisel Geeta tee R ee tease aest 100 Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments 00000005 100 How AccelTest Uses Points Possible with Extra Credit 100 How Category Weights Work with Extra Credit 0000 eae 100 Exporting Scores from AccelTest 0 c eee ees 102 Exporting Results from One Class s Assignments in the Gradebook 102 Exporting Detailed Scoring Data for One Assignment and Multiple Classes 104 Standard EXPO 22 54 5a tiieans se atektatee tons A Saws 6654008 105 CUSIOM EX DOM 2 4tcnmettc oan fe kebar eaae ene Ouest Baek e ake Sass 106 Unassigning Assignments aa eaaa eee tees 108 Removing Assignments from the Gradebook 00 0 eee eee 110 Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 111 How to Send Notes to Students 0 0 ccc eens 111 How Students Get and Read Notes on Their Responders 113 How Teachers View the Note History for a Student Change Notes and Delete Notes 4 e 14 serene eee E ae ee ot ee Ghee malty E dy ati 113 Using SESSIONS ec ee ee NYO
82. Import Wizard Enter Server Address Enter your Renaissance Place server address 3 Enter the user name and password that you normally use to log in to Renaissance Place Then click Next AccelTest User Manual 21 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Classes from Renaissance Place 4 Click the name of the school that has the class that you want to import Then click Next E Renaissance Place Import Wizard Select School School Name East Elementary School Martin Middle School North Terra Grade School Roosevelt School Westfield Elementary 1 6 Cancel 5 Check the boxes next to the classes that you want to import Then click Next w Student IDs are not a imported AccelTest E Renaissance Place Import Wizard will give the student a new ID You can edit the ID by editing the student s information see page 28 Select Classes Class Name O Grade 3 Math G3M Rossetti 2009 2010 O Grade 6 Math G6M Nilsen 2009 2010 AO Grade 6 Math G6M Rossetti 2009 2010 O keyboarding keyboarding 2009 2010 ifs O Select All Deselect All C C Do not enroll students into the class To choose classes one by one Check this box if you don t want check the box next to each class to enroll the students that are that you want to import being imported into the class If To select all the classes listed the box is checked the class click Select All This checks the name is not pene and the box ne
83. Jacob 101 16 e You can export detailed scoring data for one assignment using the Export Scoring Data feature For each student who has completed this assignment in any class the file includes a line for each question on the assignment Each line includes the studen s name and ID the assignment name the question number the student s answer or Answered for some free response items the correct answer the points the student earned for the question and the number of points possible The file is in CSV comma separated value format which allows you to easily open the file in a spreadsheet program Follow the steps for the type of export you d like to do Exporting Results from One Class s Assignments in the Gradebook By following the steps below you can export students scores from assignments in the Gradebook Each studen s overall score for the assignment is exported If you want detailed scoring data on each question see page 104 The text file that is exported is tab delimited so you can use it in a spreadsheet program 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class see page 76 2 Choose the assignment s for which you want to export results e To select one click the assignment name at the top of the column e To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the assignment names e To choose a group of assignments click the first name in the group hold
84. Jacob Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Jamal Waiting Waiting Waiting Camacho Luis Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Rebekah Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan Waiting Waiting Waiting 2 Choose who will receive the note e f you want to send the same note to all students click the Responder menu and choose Send Note to All Students e f you want to send a note to one student click the student s name in the Gradebook Then click the Responder menu and choose Send Note to the student s name e f you want to send a note to a few selected EE Gradebook Classes Reports students hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the Start Student Paced Session d key Macintosh as you click the student names Sta ee EVE Sees You can select a group by clicking the first Send Note to All Students Send Note to Selected Students student name in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last student name in the group Then click the Responder menu and choose Send Note to Selected Students AccelTest User Manual 111 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 3 Enter a title for the note and the text body of the note If you don t want to allow students to delete the note check the Locked box O When you have finished click Send The notes will be sent
85. Key for an Existing Assignment Scanning a Card with the Correct Answers 6 If you want to enter the answers on a scan card and then scan it to mark the correct a YOu can only mark e an answers in the score key first fill in the answers on a card like the one below Be 7 answers to assisted response items sure to fill nine assignment title for your records When the card is ready click Free response items must be Scan Form in the score key window in AccelTest scored manually in the i E Gradebook see page 91 jam Hina Ausesament Tit Teaches Nie Grace e z ANSWERS Scanner settings If the Scan Answer Key window shows you that the scanner hasn t been found click Scanner Settings an d m ake sure y ou ve eS Scanner is ready Please insert a card selected the correct port the one that the AccelScan scanner is connected to on this computer E Score Assignments a Scanner Settings For AccelScan model 2110 or 2210 shown Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first as shown to the right For AccelScan model 1100 USB Insert the card face down with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first For AccelScan model 1100 Serial Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first 8 When you ve finished the message will close and you ll return to the score key If necessary change the points add items delete items
86. Math adopted 1997 Grade 6 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 7 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathemat Select All All Deselect All All HE am ESTESE LESTES LES LES ESES LES ESTES ES ES ESTESE 7 When the standards have been installed you will return to the Standards tab in the Libraries Standards dialog box The standards that you added will be listed Click Close to close the preference AccelTest User Manual 33 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database Adding Standards from a File 5 On the Install Standards panel click Browse Install Standards Browse to a Folder and select standards to install A Folder CH4ccelTest 3 0 Docs Content4Standards4TAccelTest SAMPLE 20070806 Standard Files Found 282 Cancel 6 Inthe dialog box that opens open the folder that contains the content with the standards you want to add Then click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh Click Next 8 On the next panel check the box next to each state or other agency for which you want to add standards Then click Next Install Standards Choose the agencies you would like to load standards From California Florida Illinois New York Tennessee Texas Select All Deselect All AccelTest User Manual 34 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database 9 Check the box next to each standard that you want to
87. Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan Hanson Abigail Johnson Myra King Lydia Lee Joshua Little Julia McKinney LeShandra Mitchell D shon Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Rossetti Slexander AccelTest User Manual 92 Ca 7 already be entered in this wizard if you scored the assisted response items using the Responder NEO 2 or the AccelScan Scanner Ds Some answers will w Free Response Grading Worksheet Teachers can use the Free Response Grading Worksheet in the AccelTest Reports to keep track of the points they are awarding for free response items until they enter the points in the Gradebook See page 145 ey 1 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 4 The Score Items Wizard lets you score each item in the assignment e For multiple choice matching and ranking items check the box next to the student s answer s e For true false and yes no items click the student s answer e For numeric response items enter the student s answer if necessary e For short answer items on NEO 2 or Responder assignments only you can view the student s answer and change how it is scored if necessary e For free response items that can t be automatically scored using the method you chose enter the number of points the student earned After entering the information for each
88. Multiple Items or Adding Items from the Libraries or Other ASSIONIMNGING 2 2 Soe ee a ee el eal Ye ates Se dre ati eae ea 62 Changing Editing an Item on an Assignment 0000 ce eee eee 64 Moving Items on an Assignment 0 000 ee 66 Changing Assignment Properties 0 0000 eee 66 Changing the Assignment Mode 2 00 cece eee eee 67 Changing Editing Score KeyS 0 0 eee eee 69 Copying Assignments 0000 c eee eee eee eens 71 Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment 00000 eee eee eee 72 Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments 0000 eee eens 73 Exporting Assignments or Score KeyS 0 000 cece eee ees 74 Deleting Assignments 0 00 ccc ee teens 75 Using the Gradebook cee ee ee ee ee ee ee TO Viewing a Class Gradebook 0 00 cee eee 76 Adding Assignments to the Gradebook 0 00 eee ees 77 Adding an AccelTest Assignment or Score Key 00000 c eee eee ees 78 Adding a Points Only Assignment 0 0 00 ccc eee ees 80 Assigning Assignments to Students 0 0 0 00 eee 83 Printing Assignments for StudentS 0 00 cece eee ees 84 Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook PSSIGMIMGING vex ciuccit a ne aes cay Peat oe oS Oe oe aly Bart he BEES a ae eee 85 How Students Complete Assignments 0000 cece eee eee 87 Using the Responder or NEO 2 0 0 00 ccc tee
89. P ercen tages Fuller Keisha 115 Greene Nathan 117 edian Click the Gradebook tab to view Click this button to assign a Class Gradebook assignments See page 83 Click this drop down list to Click the Gradebook menu for choose the class more options This drop down list lets you You set the ID when you add choose to see assignments from students IDs are important when one subject or all subjects It can you assign Responders to help you shorten the list you re students See page 12 viewing if you have many The status tells you if students Aae NIETIG need to retrieve Homework H or Click Add to add a new Notes N with their Responders assignment to the Gradebook for You ll see a column for each this class See page 77 assignment in the Gradebook AccelTest User Manual 76 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook Adding Assignments to the Gradebook You don t need to AD create points only assignments before adding them You can simply follow these steps to add them to the Gradebook AccelTest User Manual Follow the steps below to add assignments to a class Gradebook Before you do this you must do the following e Create your classes see page 18 or import them from Renaissance Place see page 21 e Add your students See page 18 or import them see page 23 e Create assignments see page 39 or import them see page 59 e Set up your school year See page 153 Y
90. Reports menu and choose the report name E AccelTest Rossetti Section 1 Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes seit pita Window Help Answer Key Assignment Analysis Assignment Results Rossetti Section 1 All Subjects assignment Standards id Assignments Class Standards srb Tenses LA Foundations of I Form Numbers omework In Class Free Response Grading Worksheet SE r E Gradebook Summary by Term 19 25 4 Group Assignment 5 0 25 8 Overdue Assignments Program Information Student Grad Allen Michael CPEE TAE Waiting Student ID Arnold Jacob Student Record Sent Student Standards ney Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes 28 20 Waiting 3 Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Zoe Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Waiting Waiting 5 5 4 Many reports are not available unless you have the Gradebook tab selected Some require you to select something in the Gradebook such as a student name assignment name or student results for an assignment before you choose the report For more information see the table that starts on the next page When you choose a report the program may ask if you want to preview it in the program or print it You can click Preview to see what the report looks like and check its contents in the Preview program before printing When you preview a report y
91. Responder settings will still be in place after the firmware update if they are not you may need to change the settings or assign an owner again Follow these steps to change or update firmware on each Responder 1 Press the On Off button to start the Responder If the Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the Student PIN press Then press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current Receiver server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Then press any key Press W to scroll down to Settings and press Select Press W to scroll down to Firmware Update and press Select If the Responder asks if you want to stay connected to the Receiver press yes and then Enter The Responder will find and display the available updates RESP Responders For Responders with the model number RESP on the back choose the most recent firmware version the highest number RES 1001 Responders For Responders with the model number RES 1001 on the back do one of the following e If you are using a 1 xx firmware version see the table on page 15 and you want to switch between the small and large fonts scroll to the even numbered version to choose the large font or scroll to the odd numbered version to choose the small font e f you want to switch the Responder to a MathFacts in a Flash Responder scroll to the 2 xx firmware version e lf you want the ability to answer short answer
92. Responders to complete assignments the Receiver sends their responses to the AccelTest software for quick automatic scoring When you purchase the 2Know classroom response system students use hand held Renaissance Responders to answer penaissance Responder questions to assignments They can also use them to get their assignments and notes from the teacher If you received this software with a NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Lab students can also use NEO 2s to answer questions to assignments though NEO 2 does not support homework and notes WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM How AccelTest Works How AccelTest Works You can use AccelTest to create assign and score the assignments that you want to give your students or you can use it to score assignments that exist outside of AccelTest You can also use AccelTest for in class assignments AccelTest also calculates overall student grades which are based on the dates teachers set for the school year and terms and on the grading scale teachers have chosen Using AccelTest to Create Assign and Score Assignments You create assignments Assignment gt questions can be in a variety of formats including multiple choice matching ranking true false yes no essay short answer or numeric response You add the assignments to your class Gradebook If you didn t assign the assignments as you added them to the class Gradebook
93. Setting Up the 2Know Classroom Response System About NEO 2 setup AD Although NEO 2s cannot be assigned owners students can use them to complete assignments either in student paced sessions or teacher paced sessions For homework and notes Renaissance Responders are required NEO 2s do not require firmware updates because they receive updates through the NEO Manager software AccelTest User Manual Perform these tasks to set up the 2Know classroom response system Task Where to Find Instructions Give a unique name to each Receiver so Page 10 students and teachers can tell them apart when they choose a Receiver on their Responders Change the Administrator Personal Page 11 Identification Number PIN used for logging in to the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility and for changing settings or owners for Responders Assign a student owner to each Responder if Page 12 you want to be able to send students homework and notes Perform firmware updates as needed Page 14 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Assigning a Unique Name to Each Receiver If You Have More than One When students complete AccelTest assignments using either a Renaissance Responder or a NEO 2 they need to select the correct Renaissance Receiver You should give each Receiver a unique name so students can be sure to choose the right one Each Receiver is named Renaissance Receiver un
94. The first name the last name and all names in between will be selected 4 Click the Classes menu and choose Unenroll SaaS e are Students This option isn t available if you don t start add Student Edit Student from the Classes tab eae aes 5 Click Yes to continue when the program asks if you re ae ee Pore Co Cie sure you want to unenroll the students i Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students AccelTest User Manual 20 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Classes from Renaissance Place Importing Classes from Renaissance Place By following the steps below you can import classes from your Renaissance Place programs When you do this the students and their class enrollments are also imported aot Wi di 1 Click the Classes menu in AccelTest and choose Se eae a pari y aa Import from Renaissance Place It doesn t matter Add Student or y ee Edit Student separated value which tab you re viewing before you click this menu See CSV file or from a Inport frorn Piles Renaissance Learning Rees desktop program see Add Class age 23 Edit Class pag Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students 2 Enter the server or IP address of your Renaissance Place server If you don t know the address contact your server administrator Then click Next E Renaissance Place
95. Then select the items in the list After more than one item choosing the items click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 to add from the Library Assignment or Fe Add Items Standards tabs To do this hold down the Ctrl key r ais Windows or the 3 key E enn of sabia America Identify the Artist Who Created the Work Macintosh as you click the E Multiplication Grade 3 items To select a group of items click the first one hold down the Shift key and click the last one If you select just one item you ll see the item to the right of the list If you select more than one you will not see the items You can click and drag the border between the two panes in this window to change the size of each y Template Library Assignment Standards 24 Multiple choice E Rounding Numbers Multiple items selected e Standards On this tab you can select items that have already been aligned to standards in other AccelTest assignments If you choose this tab click the next to the standards agency that relates to the assignment Expand categories as needed until you see the standard for which you want to add items Then select the items associated with that standard in the list After choosing the items click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 To add standards to ADA your database see page 32 You can align each item on an E Add Items Illinoi
96. User Manual Answer Key What to Select Before Choosing the Report Go to the Gradebook tab and select assignment name s at the top of the column student name s or the students scores You can choose more than one assignment student or score Go to the Gradebook tab and select one or more assignment names at the top of the column 143 When You Would Use the Report Use this report when you need answer keys for assignments For each student this report shows you the correct answer to every question on the assignment except for questions that can t be automatically graded for that assignment such as essay questions It also shows you the number of points possible per item Each student s answer key may be different if you chose to shuffle multiple choice questions when you created the assignment Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get detailed information about class performance on an assignment The report includes assignment information the number of students for whom the assignment was assigned and scored the average median high and low scores and the standard deviation In the Question Analysis Summary for each item the report shows the total number of student responses and the average points earned In the detailed question analysis for each item the report shows e the question and possible answers if possible with the correct answer in bold
97. add Be sure to scroll down to see all available standards If you want to check all the standards click Select All to remove all check marks click Deselect All After choosing the standards click Install Install Standards Choose standards to install California ELA 1999 Grade 1 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 2 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 3 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 4 California Content o produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 5 California Content Standafts produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 6 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 7 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 6 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Kindergarten California Content Standards produced by C4 State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grades 11 12 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grades 9 10 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California Math adopted 1997 Grade 1 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Ma
98. aiting AccelTest User Manual 108 USING THE GRADEBOOK Unassigning Assignments e lf you want to clear an assignment for one student click where the column for the assignment and the student s row meet If you want to clear an assignment for a few students hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click this location for each student E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help All Subjects ountries of Cer n Class 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 7 Assigned Scored 23 0 Final Students ID _ Status Grade Arnold Jacob Waiting Brooks Jamal Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Waiting Donne Benjamin Waiting Espinosa Johanna Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Greene Nathan Waiting 3 Click the Edit menu and choose Clear E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire Schoo 4 The program will ask if you are sure that you File ZI Assignments Responder Gradebook Class want to remove the students scores even if the assignment has not yet been scored To continue click Yes The assignment will no longer be assigned for those students but it will remain in the Gradebook so you can assign it again later Students ID Status Con Arnold Jacob 103 Waiting AccelTest User Manual 109 USING THE GRADEBOOK Removing Assignments from the Gradebook Removing Assignment
99. aiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 3 Type the new score that you want to override the old one Then click elsewhere in the Gradebook For most assignments except points only assignments the student s original score will be shown in the upper left corner of the cell then you will see a and the student s override score in the lower right corner of the cell E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Grade 3 Rossetti All Subjects Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 7 23 0 Anderson Eric ie Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting
100. al number for AccelTest 7 Server settings 166 Sessions 115 definition 115 student paced 136 teacher paced 116 117 121 124 128 viewing results for past sessions 140 Setting a student s PIN 13 Setting the Administrator PIN 11 Setting up assignments 37 Setting up the 2Know classroom response system 9 Setting up your data 8 Short answer 39 on Responders 139 preference 163 Show entire school year 97 Show term in Gradebook 97 Slash between scores 94 Software updates 6 Standard grading scale A to F 99 Standards 32 adding 32 33 34 35 151 aligning assignment items to 57 deleting 36 Starting a scanning session 90 Starting AccelTest software 5 Student feedback on Responder or NEO 2 assignments 78 Student Grade Report 147 Student ID Report 147 Student names exporting 30 Student PIN 13 14 changing 13 displaying 14 Student Record Report 148 Student Standards Report 148 Student paced sessions 136 Students 17 adding 18 changing a name 28 changing IDs 28 completing AccelScan assignments 88 completing assignments 87 completing assignments for manual scoring 89 completing Responder or NEO 2 assignments 87 deleting 31 enrolling in a class 19 exporting assignment results 102 exporting names and IDs 30 importing from a file 23 24 importing with classes from Renaissance Place 21 AccelTest User Manual 173 INDEX note history 113 reading notes 113 removing from a clas
101. alifornia English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 3 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 4 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 5 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 6 California Engl anguage Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 7 California English Lanquage Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 8 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Kindergarten California English Language Arts Content Standards fro California EL4 adopted 1999 Grades 9 10 California English Language Arts Content Standards From California ELA adopted 1999 Grades 11 12 California English Language Arts Content Standards Fro California Math adopted 1997 Advanced Placement Probabiltiy amp Statistics California Mathematics California Math adopted 1997 Grade 2 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 3 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 4 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 5 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California
102. ame and ID and the assignment by name and it has a blank for the teacher s signature and comments The report also lists either the missed questions or all questions depending on the preference settings see page 157 For each question the list includes the points possible points earned and the student s answer If the list shows only missed questions the question text is included Depending on the preference settings for this report it may print automatically after the assignment is scored You can also choose to print the student assignments with the report Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Questions to display Show correct answers Auto print after student score Print student assignment with report Batch print Use this report when you ve aligned assignment questions to standards see page 57 and you want to see the alignments you ve set The report includes the agency and standard set name used for the alignments each standard code and description the number of questions aligned to each standard and the total points possible for those questions Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get a list of all assignments found in the Assignments tab It can give you a quick overview of the available assignments that you may want to use in your Gradebook The report includes the date the assignment last changed how it should be presented and scored the total number of poi
103. answered Blue filled in boxes indicate a student who has answered while empty boxes indicate students who have not answered When you want to end this question click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window 1 Identify Country A Below A Nicaragua i tatemala ici Honduras 0 El Salvador FO r AccelTest User Manual 119 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 13 After you stop accepting responses for a question and before you send the next question you can press the graph button on the previous page to see a graph like the one below The bars on the graph show you more information about the answers the students chose e The green bar shows the number of correct answers e The red bars show the number of students who chose each incorrect answer e The yellow bar shows the number of students who did not answer Click Done when you have finished viewing the graph E AccelTest Graph SEE Current Question Multiple Choice 2 of 10 14 Repeat steps 10 13 for each question on the assignment 15 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you will see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 16 Tell your students to
104. anual 53 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment 4 Enter the number of multiple choice and short answer items you want to include Short answer items and the number of points students can earn for each of these items When W can t be scored with you ve finished click OK the scanner When the cards are scanned to E Add Items score the assignment Template Library _Assignment Standards Accel Test assumes studen ts Item Types Number of Items Points Per Item Total earned all points on the short answer items until the teacher Multiple Choice 1 scores them manually see page 91 Short Answer Assignment Total Cancel 5 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose the answers You can either select the answers or scan a card that has the correct answers to the assignment If you plan to scan a card see the next step for more detailed instructions To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press the Delete key on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items You can select a group of items by clicking the first one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group AccelTest User Manual 54 AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Ass
105. as data When you do this you are no longer using the data you ve been using up to now Your original data folder is still there and you can select it again later but you are now using the student and assignment data in the new data folder Important You can select a data folder that someone else will also be using however only one person can use AccelTest with that data folder at a time e Create a new data folder to start over There will be no students or assignments in this data folder until you add them or import them You can switch back to your previous data folder at any time e Copy a data location somewhere else The new data folder will have the same data as the previous folder The previous copy of the data folder will not be removed but it will also not be updated Check Rights Before Choosing or Creating a Different Data Folder AccelTest User Manual You must have certain rights to the data folder that you will be using with AccelTest If you are not using the default location check your rights to the folder you plan to select before changing your data location You will need the rights described below Rights Required for Network Data Folders e Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 Networks Grant the Modify Permission to the data folder on your network server including all files If you want to assign specific rights to the folder make sure you include the Read Write and Delete permissions
106. ase on our table The balloon asi Unanswered you will see the percentage of students who entered the correct answer and the percentage who entered an incorrect answer For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer and how many didn t choose an answer On the left you can see which students answered the question If you allowed anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect answers You also will see the points earned and the student s answer User Manual USING SESSIONS Viewing Information on Past Sessions For student sessions the window shows students points and which students have worked on the assignment Verb Tenses LAS 1 20 2011 4 16 PM Student Paced File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help F 4of6 Multiple Choice Name o State Points Answer Questions E i Brown Deiondre 1 D 1D 2 Del Castillo Miranda Evans Samuel E Johnson Myra King Lydia O B C D Little Julia Pagel Danielle Pyant Jermaine a6 Rossetti Alexander 4 The woman screamed when the mouse 1D 3 The frisky calf ran and around the pasture across the floor uO 0 dashes 0 dashing 10 dash 90 dashed 5 Everyone clapped w
107. ate the number of students for which it has been assigned and scored and the number that still need the assignment scored For scored assignments the report shows the points and percentage earned and the date scored for each student For unscored assignments the report shows the status Waiting Pending Overdue Not Assigned or Sent for homework The report also includes the class average score median score standard deviation of points earned and the high and low scores Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Sort order for students Use this report to see which students have overdue assignments The lists includes all assignments in class quizzes tests and homework In the Gradebook overdue assignments have a score of 0 until they are scored Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting User Manual Report Name Program Information Student Grade Student ID What to Select Before Choosing the Report Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the repor
108. ation Number PIN and press Enter The default PIN is 1212 you may have changed it or set a different one On the menu the student must press W io scroll down to Synchronize and press Select The Responder may ask whether to stay connected to the Receiver or it may ask the student to select a Receiver When synchronization is finished the Responder will show how many new homework assignments and notes were downloaded and how many files were submitted from the Responder The student can press any key to continue In the menu the student must press My to scroll up to Notes and then press Select The Notes screen will list the titles of the notes the student has so far To view a note the student can use the arrow keys to scroll to it then press Select The note will appear on the student s screen After reading the note the student must press Menu to go back to the main screen If the note is not locked the Responder will ask if the student wants to keep it The student must then press either yes True to keep it or no False to delete it Then the student must press Select How Teachers View the Note History for a Student Change Notes and Delete Notes You can only choose AD one student because you can only view one student s note history at a time AccelTest User Manual Follow these steps to view a history of the notes that have been sent to a student 1 In AccelTest view the Gradebook for a class See
109. be sure to use an afp connection to the network AccelTest User Manual Follow these steps to change the data location using the Data Location preference Click the Preferences menu and choose Data Location EE indow Help Auto Update 2 The Data Location Preference Wizard will open The first panel Aecrrieck Chambon gt shows where your current data folder is First click an option to choose whether to use the default data location or Devices Exams a data location somewhere else The first option isn t available Grading Scale if you are currently using the default data location m Password Registration Information E Data Location Preference Reports b Responder Welcome Scanner Settings School Year Your current data location is here Subjects C Documents and Settings TP Application DatalAccelTest O You can change your data location using one of the Following options Select a data location somewhere else Cancel 3 If you chose the default data location go to step 4 If you chose a data folder somewhere else a dialog box will open to allow you to select a different location Find and open the folder where you want to store your AccelTest data Then click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh 4 Ifthe folder that you chose already has AccelTest data in it the program will ask whether you want to overwrite the existing data or just use the data that is alread
110. braries SlaNGaldS aah we Senet oie cee ey ke Be ee es 151 AS SW Ol Cli alone patted ac dnt erased ect Set Sebi Santon actos Oe a eed oe ee Be Sen eS ee el 152 Registration Information 0 00 0 eee ee eee 152 PODOS crests oth eA 4h A O he whe tet ey teak han otk aoe a ita ER 152 FRE SDOMOCE yi idles 244 Senha Gish wh oleh hea ade oe act hve atacand ae a A 152 SCAaNNelOCUINGS lt n hes 64 wake eee SiGe eben ew a Bh ee ees 153 SChOO Y Calico bod tee tedden eos eee eeee weee eles ae one se 153 Setting the Data Location Preference 0 0 0 e eee ee eee 154 Check Rights Before Choosing or Creating a Different Data Folder 154 Rights Required for Network Data Folders 0 0000 eee ees 154 DUDICCIS wisi oo he ae See eed bee Goad ewe ee ee eae ee ee 154 Rights Required for Data Folders on Windows and Macintosh OSA COMPUTES aig a be ee Bee ee CEES ee se Ree ee 8 155 How to Choose a Different Data Location 0 0 eee eee 156 Setting Reports Preferences 0 0 00 eee ee 157 Setting Assignment Creation Preferences 0 000 eee eee eee 159 About LibrarieS 00 ce eee ee ee eee te ee 1O4 Installing Accelerated Math Libraries 0 0 ccc es 164 AccelTest User Manual Vv CONTENTS Other Responder Features and Settings 165 Changing the Responder Font Size 0 00 es 165 Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RESP 165
111. ccelTest O Score key Points Only Cancel 77 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook 4 Click Next Then follow the instructions for the type of assignment you chose to add e lf you are adding an AccelTest assignment or a score key see the next section e lf you are adding a points only assignment see page 80 Adding an AccelTest Assignment or Score Key 5 Click the drop down list and choose the assignment s subject or choose All Subjects Then click the assignment that you want to add and click Next ae E Add Assignment Wizard Select Assigament asss Q Title Countries of Central America Countries of Northern Africa Figurative language similes metaphors Figurative language similes metaphors Grade 3 Math Word Problems Grade 6 Math Assignme Music Notation Quiz 1 Number Patterns Grade 3 Rounding Numbers Sentence Structure Simple Equations Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Score With Scanner Scanner Scanner Scanner Responder Responder Responder Scanner Responder Responder Responder Responder Points 15 Last Saved 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 11 10 22 2009 10 1or2712009 11 10 22 2009 11 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 11 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 Aligned a vi Ld Cancel 6 Now choose options for the assignment e Click the Term drop down list
112. celTest User Manual 14 AccelTest User Manual GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Firmware Versions for RES 1001 Responder Models Responders with the model number RES 1001 on the back may use version 1 x firmware version 2 x firmware or version 3 x firmware For these models the firmware on your Renaissance Responders serves three purposes e The firmware version that you select tells the RES 1001 Responders what functions and features you want on the Responder e Occasionally you may get firmware updates through your AccelTest software You can update the firmware on your Responders when you get new versions through AccelTest software updates e f you are using a 1 xx version of the Responder firmware you can switch between the even and odd versions of the firmware to switch between a small and large font There are three sets of firmware versions on your RES 1001 Responders Firmware Versions What Is Included What Is Not Included 1 XXx Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the MathFacts in a Flash practice 2Know Toolbar and history features Support for owned Responders e Ability to answer short answer Homework questions in AccelTest or the Notes 2Know Toolbar Settings Synchronizing with AccelTest Calculator Small or large font based on firmware selected 2 XX Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the Support for owned 2Know Toolbar Responders MathFacts
113. core Key for an Assignment That Will Be Scored with Scanners 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help iii Gradebook Classes all Subjects w New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With Paints Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEG 2 7118 2009 9 10 AM Merb Tenses AccelTest Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printed Responder Fii4i2009 10 22 4M Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 21 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder Fii4 2009 10 16 AM Countries of Europe AccelTest NEG 2 NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 11 4M Science Lab 3 Score Key Scorekey Scanner Fii4f2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key Scorekey NEG 2 Fii4 2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key Scorekey Responder Fii4 2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual Fii4 2009 6 58 AM 3 Enter the title of the assignment and choose the subject from the drop down list Then click Score Key and click the Scanner scoring method New Assignment Fill in the details For your assignment Title c Subject English This assignment will be Score your assignment with Score Key E O Responder O Responder O NEO 2 Only O NEO 2 Only Projected Printed Cancel AccelTest User M
114. d assignments 5 Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 162 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference Short Answer What It Does Sets the default options for short answer items on assignments including the instructions point How to Change It Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Creation and choose Short Answer The Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open values and the amount of space 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by for the answer on printed default on printed assignments edit the text in the assignments However please Instruction field note that you can change the options for each item as you 3 Areca ion the asa number of points that create or change assignments MERS CAT ene ey 4 Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the students answer on printed assignments 5 Click OK to save your changes Essay Sets the default options for essay 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment items on assignments including Creation and choose Essay The Assignment Creation the instructions point values and Options dialog box will open the amount of space for the 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by answer However please note that default on printed assignments edit the text in the you can change the options for Instruction field each
115. d like to change the instructions that are used by can change the options for each default on printed assignments edit the text in the item as you create or change Instruction field assignments l 3 3 If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item 4 Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 161 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Matching Sets the default options for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment matching items on assignments Creation and choose Matching The Assignment including the instructions point Creation Options dialog box will open values the number of questions 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by to be matched and the number of default on printed assignments edit the text in the possible matches Please note Instruction field that you can change the options for each item as you create or 3 aaa iio the Rican es Pa that change assignments students can earn for each numbered matching item 4 Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many matching choices you want to list on the right 5 Use the Questions drop down list to choose the number of items you want to match to the possible choices 6 Click OK to save your changes Ranking Sets the default options for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment ranking items on assig
116. d responses During a session teachers can see which students are working on assignments and how many questions they have answered so far e Teacher paced sessions Use teacher paced sessions for work that you want your students to do together in class Students must wait until teachers ask and send each question The assignments used in teacher paced sessions shouldn t be added to the Gradebook beforehand Accel Test will add them after you finish the session and it will automatically score the students responses During a session teachers may see which students have responded to each question and how many have answered the questions correctly AccelTest User Manual 115 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Using the Teacher Paced Session Use teacher paced sessions when you want students to use their Responders to complete the same assignment at the same time in class Do not add this assignment to the Gradebook first Assignments that you use in teacher paced sessions will be added to the Gradebook as you complete each session If you do more than one session for different students the assignment will be added to the Gradebook once for each session Follow these steps to use a teacher paced session for in class work 1 In AccelTest click the Sessions tab E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Gra
117. dards 2 Add Items Yes No oo sk O O D t Ye O Oo Assignment Total C Add instruction before items e Template If you choose this tab enter the number of items of each type that you want to add to the assignment and enter the points per item for each item type If you want to add instructions before the items check the box Note The item types available depend on how you chose to present and score the assignment Only printed assignments allow you to add instructions To finish click Add A wizard will appear to help you create the questions in the assignment Enter the information for each question or item then click Next If you chose to add instructions you ll also be asked to enter or edit those instructions When you finish the last item click OK 62 You can choose gt more than one item from a library or another assignment To do this hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items To select a group of items click the first one hold down the Shift key and click the last one If you select just one item you ll see the item to the right of the list If you select more than one you will not see the items You can click and drag the border between the two panes in this window to change the size of each AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments e Library If you choose this tab click
118. debook AccelTest User Manual 110 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders How to Send Notes to Students Follow the steps below to send notes to students using the Responder Notes may remind students of Homework tell them about grades provide encouragement or si Some Responder provide guidance AD firmware versions don t support You can only send notes to Responders that have assigned student owners see homework or notes For page 12 The program sends the note only to the Responder owned by the students more on types of Responders you selected so that other students won t see notes that aren t meant for them based on model number and firmware versions see You cannot send notes to NEO 2s because they can t have assigned owners page 14 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments MSAA Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help a Assignments Sessions Start Student Paced Session Start Teacher Paced Session Send Note to All Students Send Note to Arnold Jacob Note History For Arnold Jacob Title ations Sentence Struct Category In Class Start Date 10 3 2009 Grade 6 Rossetti Due Date 10 19 2009 10 27 2009 Points Possible 8 16 Assigned Scored 23 0 Students B ID Status Grade Arnold
119. debook Classes Grade 6 Rossetti v O Title Type Last Submission Reading Quiz 10 4 Teacher Paced Scored 10 4 2009 9 42 4M Sentence Structure Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 50 AM Simple Equations Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 46 4M Choose your class from the drop down list Click the Responder menu and choose Start E cadebook Classes Report Teacher Paced Session The Responder Session Start Student Paced Session Wizard will start Start Teacher Paced Session 4 Click one of the options to choose the type of assignment then click Next Then follow the instructions for the type of assignment you chose Delete Session e Projection assignments are those that you chose to present with a projector when you created the assignments See page 117 to continue if you chose a projection assignment e Existing assignments are other assignments you ve created in AccelTest If you chose an existing assignment see page 121 to continue e Verbal questions are for in class work that you want to do without creating an AccelTest assignment If you chose verbal questions go to page 124 e PowerPoint slides are an option on Windows computers only If you chose PowerPoint slides see page 128 to continue AccelTest User Manual 116 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Starting a Session for Projected Assignments 5 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subj
120. dent s first and last names The middle name and ID are optional e Add a header line to the file that identifies the information This line must start with either the symbol or no symbol If you are creating the file in Microsoft Excel and saving it in csv format it is easiest to use no symbol Then the header must list the names of the fields in the order they are in for each student record In the header use LNAME to show where the last name occurs FNAME for the first name MNAME for the middle name and ID for the student ID If the record includes information that AccelTest would not import use an X in the header to show where this information occurs For example suppose that you have a file in which each record shows the student s first name then the student s last name the student s ID and then the student s grade Since the program will not import the grade your file should look like one of these examples FNAME LNAME ID X FNAME LNAME ID X Ryan Emerson 3253 6 Ryan Emerson 3253 6 Luis Camacho 3192 3 Luis Camacho 3192 3 Lyle Johnson 3325 4 Lyle Johnson 3325 4 Note the X in the header to show where the grade is in each record The X tells AccelTest to ignore this information lf some students are missing some of the information include a comma to represent that field even though the information is not there In the following example Katrina Peters does not have a middle name in her record
121. do this you want to allow students to have the Responders synchronize during a session If 5 Click OK to save your changes you allow students to synchronize they can retrieve Homework or Notes during a session which may increase Responder and Receiver activity You may want to deselect this option if you have a large number of students using the Responders at the same time If you do not support owned Responders you can decide whether you want the AccelTest software to connect to your Renaissance Receiver when the program starts AccelTest User Manual 152 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Scanner Use this preference to set the scanner port 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Scanner Settings setting and the scanner sensitivity Settings The Scanner Settings dialog box will open The port setting tells the computer where to 2 The scanner status at the bottom of the dialog box find the AccelScan scanner that you ve will show you if AccelTest is detecting the scanner If already connected To connect the scanner it isn t click the Port drop down list and choose the see the instructions in the AccelTest Software computer port that the scanner is connected to Wait Installation Guide Then start your computer while the Scanner Status shows that the program is and AccelTest and open this preference searching for the scanner If AccelTest still does not detect the scanner make
122. e However if you are adding standards from a TestCheck library you would choose to add the standards from a file Click Next to continue and follow the instructions for the choice you made e f you chose to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web site see page 33 e f you chose to add standards from a file see page 34 AccelTest User Manual 32 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database Adding Standards from the Renaissance Learning Web Site 5 On the next panel check the box next to each state or other agency for which you want to add standards Then click Next Install Standards Choose the agencies you would like to Find standards For Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine OOOOOOOOOOOOOooso000 Cancel 6 Check the box next to each standard that you want to add Be sure to scroll down to see all available standards If you want to check all the standards click Select All to remove all check marks click Deselect All After choosing the standards click Install Install Standards Choose standards to install California Math adopted 1997 Grade 1 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathemat California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 1 California English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 2 C
123. e Important Unlike assignments marked Waiting Overdue assignments will be scored as a 0 For homework you will see Sent if the student has retrieved homework on his or her Responder but the student hasn t finished the homework yet AccelTest User Manual 96 USING THE GRADEBOOK Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook Changing How Scores Are Shown At the bottom of the Gradebook you ll see either mean or median scores If you want to switch from mean scores to median scores or from median scores to mean click the word in the lower left corner of the Gradebook on the previous page To view students scores for a different time period click the EA Classes Reports Pref Gradebook menu and choose either Show Entire School Assignment Properties Year or a specific term daa age Start Scanning Score Cards To change how the scores are shown either in percentages or points click the Gradebook menu and choose either Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Points or Show Scores as Percentages Show Scores as Percentages Export Results Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term k Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Viewing Students Scores for Each Item on an Assignment Show 4th Term To see the scores that students achieved on each item double click the assignment name on the previous page You will see a table of the items on that assignment and the students in the class The table will show the student s
124. e again and press Select to send the completed homework back to the teacher s computer for automatic scoring Any homework that wasn t completed won t be turned in during the synchronization Using the AccelScan Scan Cards AccelTest User Manual When you create assignments See page 39 and choose Scanner scoring you must also choose to use printed assignments When you assign the assignment to students in your Gradebook the program prints a copy of the assignment for each student Each student has a unique form number at the top of that assignment Make sure each student has a blank AccelTest scan card for this assignment Students follow the steps below to complete the assignment 1 The student fills in his or her unique form number at the top of the card and fills in the circles for the form number as shown below AccelTest vajt yvig TWEN 88 For Manual Scoring USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Next the student fills in an answer for each multiple choice question If the assignment has some free response questions the student must answer them on a separate piece of paper 3 The student or teacher scans the card for scoring as described on page 90 When you created an assignment see page 39 you may have chosen the Manual scoring method For this method you can have students fill in their answers on the assignment itself or a separate sheet of paper or even an AccelTest scan card Then t
125. e assignment includes instructions you can change the instructions shown in this field You can edit the question here You can edit enter or select the answers to the question For short answer enter each possible correct answer and press Enter or return after each answer Then use the check box to choose whether answers must be case sensitive 65 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Shuffle none w Choose the best way to write the underlined section If there are no trustakes Those are the most popular sports for kids Cancel For multiple choice questions like the one shown above you can edit the correct answer and each incorrect answer Enter the letter of the correct answer Enter the number of points students can earn by choosing or entering the correct answer If you want to change the format of the text for printed or projected assignments use the drop down lists to choose the font and or size and use the buttons to make the text bold italic or underlined Use the buttons on the right if you want to add a graphic equation or plot to the assignment For more information see page 45 Click Next gt to go to the next question or click lt Previous to go back In some cases lt Previous will take you back to the assignment instructions Click OK after editing the last question SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Moving Ite
126. e circles Each student s form number is unique for each assignment it is printed on that student s assignment Accel Test bal Le o YOAV SUN mmm i al fa Tes oe anf fae Hay rc J ae I 2 FF Fe Oe Ue A A i i etd l ahh hk bh i ImMGBSeeztz BDO i aj EEHEEHE HEHEHEEE Ta ko fy y W RA AccelTest User Manual 90 If you need to W change the AccelTest password use the Password preference see page 152 Cai USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 4 Make sure answers are filled in properly 5 For AccelScan model 2110 shown or 2210 e Make sure that all answers have been filled in and marked next to the correct problem numbers e Erase any stray marks e f any answers were changed be sure the old answers are completely erased Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first as shown to the right For AccelScan model 1100 USB Insert the card face down with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first For AccelScan model 1100 Serial Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first The program will tell you that the results have been sent click OK The card will come out behind the scanner Save it so you can use the other side If the assignment also has free response items you must score those items manually see the instructions below 7 Now the teach
127. e during the session they are described below E Microsoft PowerPoint PowerPoint Side Show PPP res for Acceliest ppt 7 A IB p Pl e Edit Qose Window Help SAE fe A Froris ga Cia J oe PP re fi Acca ope TJ DER tas E na FR Wirk F Where was Mary most of the time a College b Home with her mother and father c Living in town he The 3 ol 5 Diii Teg pone har kambr qu 6 H KG Previous e Meat ade EE E O m Ce Ce Oo Ce mee You will see a box for each student who has students to see wait to show the graph until after connected to the session Empty boxes show you you stop accepting responses so that students don t how many students have not responded to the see the correct answer before they ve responded sea ene Filled in boxes show you how many After you stop accepting responses you can choose ave responded the correct answer For multiple choice questions Click the graph button if you want to see how many check the correct answer s For true false or yes no students have chosen each answer If you have questions click the correct answer For numeric chosen to score the assignment the number of response questions type the correct number correct answers will be shown by a green bar the number of incorrect answers will be shown by red bars and the number of students who haven t responded yet will be shown by a yellow bar f you Click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go t
128. e software automatically scores assisted response and numeric response answers in those assignments and it can score short answer responses if you entered correct answers when you created the assignment However if the assignments also include essay questions you must score those items manually see page 91 89 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments Scoring Assignments with the AccelScan Scanner When students have filled in their answers on scan cards see page 88 the students or the teacher can scan the cards for scoring Before you follow these steps make sure the AccelScan scanner is connected to the computer as described in the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Starting the Scanning Session 1 Inthe AccelTest the teacher must first click the Gradebook EEA cases Reports Prel menu and choose Start Scanning Score Cards You can select this menu and item no matter which tab you re viewing in the software 2 The program will search for the scanner and will notify you ae Se when it s ready to start scoring Show Scores as Percentages v Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term Show Sth Term E Score Assignments Se Scanner is ready Please insert a card Scanner Settings Scanning Cards Now students or teachers can scan their cards by following these steps 3 Make sure the correct form number is filled in at the top of the card both in the squares and in th
129. e the number and percentage of students who chose each answer for assisted response questions or the number and percentage who responded for free response questions e alist of the students who answered the question incorrectly and the answer each of them chose or for free response questions a list of those who did not respond to the question The report can be used with assignments that were not created in AccelTest however the report will show less information for each item Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Include item details User Manual Report Name Assignment Results Assignment Standards Assignments What to Select Before Choosing the Report Go to the Gradebook tab and select assignment name s at the top of the column student name s or the students scores You can choose more than one assignment student or score Go to the Assignments tab and select assignment name s You can choose more than one assignment If no assignments are selected the report will include all assignments that have items aligned to standards Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report 144 REPORTS Report Descriptions When You Would Use the Report Use this report to give your students their assignment results The report tells students their score on an assignment It identifies the student by n
130. ect from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find Then click Next Responder Session Wizard w This list is limited to Select Assignment W the assignments All Subjects that you chose to make Projected when you i comte eee created assignments The ding Numb 9 18 2009 11 38 AM Sonnet Forms 9 18 2009 11 49 AM scoring method you chose when creating the selected assignment determines whether students can use Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions 6 Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored E JE Allow anonymous access Q Run as a survey polli voting AccelTest User Manual 117 You can add ADA assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 150 cl students know the Ds Make sure your Receiver name See page 10 to change the name Students using Responders
131. em Types e Multiple choice MC Matching M Ranking R True False TF e Yes No YN Free Response Item Types e Essay E e Short Answer SA e Numeric Response NR Creating Assignments in AccelTest Score keys and VW points only assignments On the Assignments tab you can also create score keys for scoring assignments that exist outside Accel Test see page 50 In the Gradebook you can create points only assignments when you add assignments to the Gradebook see page 77 AccelTest User Manual In AccelTest you can create assignments with different types of items For example an assignment may include both multiple choice items and true false items and it may include both assisted response and free response item types When you create your assignment you specify the item types decide how many items to add and enter the number of points students can earn for each item The available item types depend on the method you choose for presenting and scoring the items If you choose to present items with the Responder or NEO 2 the available item types are limited to multiple choice true false yes no numeric response or short answer If you choose a printed assignment with any scoring method all item types are available however if you use the Responder or NEO 2 as the scoring method students may need to answer some items on paper for manual scoring Such as essay items If you are planning to align
132. emaining options depend on what you choose AccelTest User Manual 48 AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments Number Line Plots These plots show positions on a standard number line When you add a number line you can choose whether to view the axes a point or a segment For the axes you can enter the limits that is the range of numbers shown on the line You can also choose the value of each tick mark on the line and the intervals for labeling tick marks for example 2 would mean every second tick mark would be labeled For a point you can enter the value of the point on the number line the size diameter of the point and whether to make it black white or transparent For a segment you can enter the value of each end of the segment the symbol you d like to use on each end the weight thickness of the line and the type of line Polar Plots When you add a polar plot you can choose whether to view the axes or one of three plots If you choose one of the plots you can then choose what to show a point text circle or cardoid For the axes you can enter the limits in terms of the radius the ring interval that is how far apart the rings are and the ring interval label For example 2 would mean every second ring is labeled Fora point you can choose the location size diameter and color For text you can choose the location enter the text and choose
133. en you add a points only assignment See page 80 the assignment itself is not in AccelTest and you don t have a score key Points only assignments are assignments that only require you to award a certain number of points to a student without scoring specific items To score these assignments follow the steps for overriding a score in the next section Overriding Scores in the Gradebook By following these steps you can override the overall score for a student s assignment in the Gradebook You can also follow these steps to score points only assignments 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class See page 76 AccelTest User Manual 94 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Double click the student s score If you re scoring a points only assignment double click the word Waiting in the row for that student When you do this you ll see the score in a text field so you can change it E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Grade 3 Rossetti al Subjects v Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 7 1 Points Possible Assigned Scored 23 0 Anderson Eric Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting W
134. ent correct in the Homework assignment category for students earning points on that assignment e When you choose the Extra Credit category as you add the assignment to the Gradebook the assignments in the Extra Credit category are treated like assignments in any other category The percent correct on these extra credit 100 w For best results W make the non extra credit category weights add up to 100 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated assignments is multiplied by the category weight However the Extra Credit category weight is not included when category weights are totaled so you can assign points possible on extra credit assignments if you use category weights to calculate grades The weights that you select for the Extra Credit category in the Categories preference determine how much the extra credit assignments will contribute to term grades If you choose a weight of 10 for Extra Credit and the total of the weights of your other categories is 100 any student with a perfect score on every assignment would earn a grade of 110 for the term However AccelTest sets a top limit of 100 for the grade The following detailed example shows calculations for grades when using Category Weights with Extra Credit assignments Tests Chapter 1 Test 82 100 Chapter 2 Test 80 100 Chapter 3 Test 78 100 Total 240 300 80 Homework Chapter 1 Homework 30 40 Chapter 2 Homework 20 30 Chapter 3 Home
135. eport that you d like to set the preferences for E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports MAGGIES Window Help Auto Update Assignment Creation Categories Data Location Devices Exams tries of SovEnglish 101 Exar Grading Scale ass In Class Libraries Standards Password Assigned Scored 1 Registration Information 2 2 Reports gt Answer Key Students Status Responder N Assignment Analysis Scanner Settings Assignment Results School Year Assignment Standards Brentwood Leah 90 Subjects Assignments _ _ _ _ _ lass Standards Cline Charlotte Waiting 100 Form Numbers Free Response Grading Worksheet Donne Benjamin 100 90 Gradebook Summary by Term Group Assignment Overdue Assignments Program Information Student Grade Khang Bao Waiting 100 Student ID Student Record Ling Lin Yao Waiting 90 Student Standards ean 95 95 3 lt 1 9 2009 12 29 2009 10 Arnold Jacob Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting 90 Hanson Abigail Waiting 80 AccelTest User Manual 157 AccelTest User Manual PREFERENCES Setting Reports Preferences Once you choose one of the Reports preferences you can click the drop down list and switch to the preference for another report When you do this any changes you chose for the first preference will still be saved when
136. er NEO 2 assignments Remove the check mark from items Projected Scanner AccelScan and Printed you don t intend to use Checked items will be available when you 3 Click OKt h create assignments run sessions or change i A a S assignment modes Items that are not checked will not be available AccelTest User Manual 150 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Exams Use this preference to set exam weight in 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Exams The student grades for terms semesters and the Exams dialog box will open entire school year Note The Exams 2 Exams will be a certain percentage of the grade you preferences is ignored if there are no exams choose term semester or final grade Enter the in the grading period percentage that you want Then click the grade that you want this percentage to apply to Semesters aren t available if you haven t specified semesters For more information about how grades are calculated see page 98 3 Click OK to save your changes Grading Use this preference to select the grading 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Grading Scale scale used to calculate term semester and Scale The Grading Scale dialog box will open school year grades in the Gradebook and 2 Click the drop down list and choose a grading scale reports Your choices are l 3 For each grade in the scale enter the lowest score e Standard A to F l
137. er items Short answer items can only be answered on Responders with firmware version 3 0 or higher see mam Er page 14 NEO 2 Only ax Leme assignments can include the same item types and they can l l only be viewed and completed 4 Enter the number of items of each type you want to include and the number of on NEO 2s points students can earn for each of these items You can choose multiple TO choice true false yes no numeric response and or short answer items When you ve finished click Add E New Assignment English w This assignment will be Score your assignment with a Score key QO Responder O Responder CONEO 2 Only Q CONEO 2 Only Scanner Projected Printed E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Item Types Number of Items Points Per Item Total Multiple Choice True False YesiNa Numeric Response Short Answer Assignment Total 5 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose or enter the answers and set the points for each question To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press Delete on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items You can select a group of items by clicking the first one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group AccelTes
138. er or the next student can scan the next card Ending the Scanning Session When you or your students have finished scanning cards click Done The program will ask you to enter a password to unlock AccelTest This is so students can t access the Gradebook or other parts of the program Enter the same password that you use to log in to the software the default is admin then click OK Scoring Assignments Manually Free response items ADA are numeric response questions short answer questions and essay questions Assisted response items are multiple choice true false yes no matching and ranking questions AccelTest User Manual Manual scoring is required when You chose Manual as the scoring method when you created the assignment see page 39 The teacher must score both assisted response and free response questions manually The assignment has free response items that were not scored by the scoring method you chose AccelTest will score the items that can be scored automatically using the method you chose Scanner Responder or NEO 2 for the other items such as essay questions the software will assume the student earned all points unless you score those items manually If you used the Scanner for scoring and the assignment has numeric response items the program will mark them incorrect unless you use manual scoring to enter the student s answers to those items Follow the steps below to score an assign
139. er the export is ready 105 USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest Custom Export a All fields of information are checked Remove the check mark from any field that you do not want to include in your export file You can t remove the check mark next to ID IDs must be included Click Next to continue fe Export Scoring Data Select Fields to Export h To select or unselect AWA all fields except ID F Select All which is always selected check Select All a Export Field Name NAME ID Student ID must be included ASSIGNMENT NAME STUDENT RESPONSE CORRECT RESPONSE POINTS EARNED POINTS POSSIBLE 7 of 7 Fields Selected Cancel b To change the order of the fields click a field O and click Move Up or Move Down until the field is where you want it to be When you have finished moving fields click Next E Export Scoring Data Sort Fields a When you see gt repeated next to Select a field to move a field in the list it Field Name means that the field will be NAME repeated for each question on ID the assignment in the ASSIGNMENT NAME students records In the next STUDENT RESPONSE repeated CORRECT RESPONSE repeated P step you ll decide whether to POINTS EARNED repeated keep all of this information in POINTS POSSIBLE repeated one row or in separate rows for each question AccelTest User Manual 106 USING THE GRADEBOOK
140. ese steps 1 Click the File menu and choose Change Mode 67 a The Devices Wy preference determines which options are available for presenting and scoring the assignment AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments If you want to change how the assignment will be presented to students click a different option in the left side of the window that opens Change Mode Wizard Choose the presentation and scoring mode for this assignment This assignment will be Score your assignment with O ScoreKey Responder O O Responder O NEC 2 Only O NEO 2 Only O Scanner Projected Manual Cancel If you want to change how the assignment is scored and also how students record their answers click a different option in the right side of the window The presentation method that you choose may limit the scoring methods available Click Next If your new method of presenting or scoring the assignment does not support some items that are already on the assignment the next screen in the wizard will list the unsupported items Those items including instructions will be removed from the assignment For example if you changed from a printed assignment to a Responder assignment matching items will be removed Read through the list to make sure you d like to continue changing the mode and allow the program to remove these items If you d like to continue click Next
141. est Tools to Help You with AccelTest Manual If you re reading this manual at your computer you ve already discovered that the AccelTest User Manual is in your Start menu under AccelTest Windows or in your program folder Macintosh When you are reading this manual on your computer all references to other pages or sections are links that you can click to go directly to that page section or procedure When you move the cursor over the link it will change to a hand pointing to the link The sections listed in the Contents and the page numbers in the Index are also links If you are using Adobe Reader you can also use the buttons in the Reader to go forward or back one page or to go to a specific page number This manual will help you use AccelTest software on both Windows and Macintosh computers In most cases the steps are the same for both operating systems When the Windows and Macintosh software is different this manual will provide the information for both Help in the Software While using AccelTest you can get help by clicking the Help menu and clicking AccelTest Help This menu is available no matter where you are in the program Use the contents and index in the help to find the information you need Check for Updates Online Training and Resources What s New About AccelTest Free Online Training Renaissance Learning provides free online training and additional resources for its products thro
142. etails Enter the details for your assignment Title Reading Quiz 4 Subject English Points Per Item 5 Category Quiz d Assignment is extra credit d Assignment is an exam Cancel Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report As students join the session and enter thei
143. ey Macintosh as you click the items You can select a group of items by clicking the first one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group AccelTest User Manual 69 Responder or NEO 2 score key Ke Reading Quiz 4 To change the correct answer for an assisted response question multiple choice true false or yes no first click the answer that is filled in so it is empty again Then click the new correct answer To change the correct answer for a numeric response item Responder and NEO 2 assignments only click the answer and type the new answer in the text field that opens To change the correct answer for a short answer item Responder and NEO 2 assignments only double click the item enter the correct answers and choose whether answers should be case sensitive in other words they must match the case of the correct answers you ve entered Q To change a point value click it to open a text field where you can type a new value 4 Click Done SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Score Keys Scanner score key To add more items or questions to the score key click Add Items Choose the type of items you want to add the number of items and the points for each item then click OK to come back to the score key The Edit Item button is not available for most score key items however it is available when you have a short answer item highlighted so
144. gnment category when you add an 2 Make your changes to the categories assignment to your Gradebook In this To add t iikiratedandi th preference you can also do the following a O a eo a e Assign a weight to each category to set SRR as eal a l how the assignments affect students final e To change a category name click in the field and grades make your changes e Decide whether to drop a student s worst e At the bottom of the dialog box click Category score for assignments in each category Weights or Total Points Earned to choose how e Decide whether to calculate students term Ta E a i you Si iaht and school year grades using the category i 2 eee e 2 e j ae 3 one aoe weights or the overall total points earned Sr re ee es eae ace certain the category weights add up to 100 e Decide how much extra credit should be Tf tisa Hiden i i worth if you ve chosen to use category A A TATO cece O a category check the box after the category weights l weight 3 Click OK to save your changes Data Use this preference to choose a different data See the instructions on page 154 Location location You may also copy a data location Devices Use this preference to choose which devices 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Devices you want to use to present assignments to 2 Check each device or method that you want to use to students or to score the assignments present assignments to students or to score the Choices include Respond
145. gnment will be imported of the software the using a Windows computer Click Save assignment may not be compatible Update AccelTest Click OK when the export is complete before importing the assignment AccelTest User Manual 74 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Deleting Assignments Deleting Assignments Follow the steps below to delete assignments you don t want to use again If the assignment has been added to the Gradebook for any of your classes you must remove it from the Gradebook before you can delete it see page 110 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click the assignment that you want to delete 2 AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit PSE Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignmen New Assignment A Delete x All Subj Import New Assignment Export Export Scoring Data Title Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Subject Yerb Agreement and Verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 11 49 AM Reading Quiz 4 Score Key Scorekey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 AM Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 4M Reading Quiz 5 Score Key 7 21 2009 10 01 4M Verb Tenses L45 AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 AM English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest
146. gram may ask you to choose a data location and enter your serial number See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide for details GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software 3 Enter your password If you haven t changed it the default password is admin Then click OK 4 If this is the first time you have started AccelTest the program will ask if you want to set up your school year and terms It s a good idea to do this right away so your E AccelTest Password Enter your password l grading periods are available To do this click Setup School Year Now and follow the instructions for the School Year preference on page 153 Checking for Updates to the Software If you update from ADA version 2 x to version 3 x the first time you start Accel Test after the upgrade the Data Migration Tool will convert your database to the newest format This may take some time AccelTest User Manual AccelTest automatically checks for updates periodically This helps ensure that you have the latest version of the software The Auto Update preference sets how often the software checks for updates see page 150 If you want to check for updates manually click the Help menu and choose Check for Updates The software will notify you if no updates are available If updates are available they ll be listed Click Download to get the updates Click Done when the download is complete The Acce
147. he Preferences menu and choose a preference To generate reports click the Reports menu and choose a report AccelTest User Manual 7 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Tasks to Be Completed for AccelTest Don t forget your ADA 2Know classroom response system setup See page 9 for a list of the tasks you should complete to start using the 2Know classroom response system After AccelTest is installed on your computer complete these tasks to set up your data and start using the software for your assignments Task Where to Find Instructions Create or select a data location database AccelTest Software Installation Guide You will be asked to do this the first time you i If you want to change your data start AccelTest after installing the software location see page 154 Set up your school year information so that Page 153 AccelTest can include it in your assignments automatically As you enter your school year information you will be asked to set up your terms and possibly semesters Add your classes Page 18 Add or import your students Page 18 Add the standards that you would like to align Page 32 items to on your assignments Review the Subjects preference and if Page 154 necessary add to or edit the subject list Use the Device preference to choose which Page 150 types of assignments you will use Responder NEO 2 projected scanner and or printed
148. he teacher must score the answers as described on page 91 Scoring Assignments There are four ways to score AccelTest assignments e Responder scoring If students used the Responders to enter their answers either for Homework or an In Class assignment session the software will score assisted response numeric response and short answer answers automatically For homework this will happen when the student synchronizes the Responder again e NEO 2 scoring If students used NEO 2s to enter their answers for in class assignments only the software will score assisted response and numeric response answers automatically Short answer questions are also scored automatically e Scanner scoring Students can fill in their answers on scan cards and teachers or students can scan the cards for scoring See the instructions on page 90 e Manual scoring Students can fill in their answers on the assignment or a separate sheet of paper and teachers can score them manually see page 91 Scoring Assignments with the Responder When students use Responders to complete assignments the software automatically scores assisted response numeric response and short answer answers in those assignments However if the assignments also include other free response items such as essay questions you must score those items manually see page 91 Scoring Assignments with the NEO 2 AccelTest User Manual When students use NEO 2 to complete assignments th
149. hen the monkey the toy piano 10 q 6 GS Tucker Sierra Click Next gt or lt Previous to go to another question or click the question If the assignment was scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow Click next to the color bar below a question to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green For numeric response and short answer questions you won t see all the answers entered but you will see the 141 0 Unanswered percentage of students who entered the correct answer and the percentage who entered an incorrect answer For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer and how many didn t choose an answer Use the list on the left to see which students answered the question If you allowed anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect answers You also will see the points earned and the student s answer REPORTS Printing or Previewing AccelTest Reports AccelTest has several reports that give you information about your assignments and your students work To generate a report click the
150. her to enroll the students you re importing in a class After choosing an option and a class if necessary click Next E Import Students Wizard Enroll Students Do you wish to enroll the imported students in a class Oc Do not enroll the students in a class E JO Enroll the students in an existing class o Enroll the students in a new class S Click this option if you want to Click this option if you want to import the students but you enroll the students you re don t want to enroll them ina importing in a class that already class now This is a good choice exists Then use the drop down if you are importing students list to choose the class that are actually in different Click this option if you want to classes To enroll the students enroll the students in a new in classes later see page 19 class Then click in the blank field and type a name for your new class 8 Read the information in the summary to make sure it is correct Then click Done to continue If you need to make changes click Back to go back and make your corrections AccelTest User Manual 26 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Editing a Class Name Editing a Class Name 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that you want to edit from the Class drop down list on this tab E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Hel
151. hort answer questions Responders need firmware version 3 x or higher if students will be answering short answer questions see page 14 When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored O C Allow anonymous access C Run as a survey polli voting Responder Type Responder O NEC 2 Only 124 a Ty You can add ADA assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 150 w Make sure your ADA students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name 10 Students using ADA Responders will get a special notification if the session includes short 11 answer items but their Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session If you chose to score the Ass assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Enter the title choose a subject and enter the number of points to award for each item Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Enter Assignment D
152. ignment Reading Quiz 5 File Edit Assignments ANSWERS Fillin Bubble 1 4 EIO O E E GG h 101000 90006 m OOO Ka fay a N es 0101000 m w a M N 2 a 3 4a 5 6 A 7 8 Free Response 9 OEKE PE im m G 9 Free Response 10 Free Response Points Aligned 10 Items Total Paints Multiple choice items are labeled AR assisted response Click the correct answer to each of these items Correct answers will be darker to remove one so you can select another answer click it again You can t enter answers for free response FR items Click Scan Form to scan a card that has the correct answers See page 56 To change a point value click it and enter a new value in the text field To add more items or questions to the score key click Add Items Choose the type of items you want to add the number and the points for each item then click OK to return to the score key Since score keys don t include the actual assignment items the Edit Item button is disabled for scanner score keys N To change the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your changes and click OK To choose or change the standard aligned with an item click the item and click Align Item See page 57 To continue go on to the steps on page 56 55 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score
153. ing 60 editor 44 61 Essay item preferences 163 existing and AccelTest 2 exporting 74 exporting results 102 104 exporting scoring data 102 104 fonts 66 importing 59 in class 2 layout 67 library items 41 margins 67 Matching item preferences 162 mode 67 moving items 66 Multiple Choice item preferences 161 Numeric Response item preferences 162 preferences 38 159 previewing Responder and NEO 2 assignments 73 Print layout preference 160 printing for students 84 printing one copy 72 properties 66 Ranking item preferences 162 removing from the Gradebook 110 Report 144 reprinting 84 scoring 89 scoring manually 91 scoring options 40 scoring with AccelScan scanner 90 scoring with NEO 2 89 scoring with Responder 89 Short Answer item preferences 163 showing points 67 subjects 38 66 template 41 title 66 True False item preferences 161 unassigning 108 viewing 37 Yes No item preferences 161 Assignments Report 144 Auto Update preference 150 Automatic updates 6 Book files 151 AccelTest User Manual 168 INDEX C Calculations for grades 98 Calculator in Responder 166 disabling 166 Cartesian plots 48 Categories preference 150 effect on grades 99 Category weights 99 150 Cells in the Gradebook 145 Changing a class name 27 Changing a student s PIN 13 Changing assignment dates in the Gradebook 85 Changing assignment mode 67 Changing assignments 60 Changing
154. ing the session they are described below 2 Teacher Paced Session Sees Name J Points Total Questions Allen Michael 0 2 E 1 Multiple Choice Arnold Jacob 1 6 Bhatt Shreya 1 5 2 True False 0 5 i it amp 3 Yes No lt Davis zoe i 4 Numeric Response a B 5 Multiple Choice itj 6 Multiple Choice Q 7 Multiple Choice Current Question Multiple Choice 7 of 7 Click Stop Accepting Responses when the If the assignment is being scored use the bar time is up for this question and you want to go next to each question to see how many on to the next question Then select the students chose the correct answer green correct answer and click Set Answer 0 how many chose incorrect answers red and Select or enter the correct answer as how many didn t answer the question yellow described in step 14 For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer Click next to a question to see the l and how many haven t chosen an answer percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment Use the list on the left to see which students the correct answer is green have responded 16 Repeat steps 11 15 for each question on the assignment 17 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the sessi
155. ion PowerPoint Sessions with an Existing Assignment 7 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subject from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find x This list is limited to Then click Next W assignments that you chose to present E Responder Session Wizard and score with Responders Sole eae arene or NEO 2 The scoring Q All Subject method you chose when Vitae aes creating the selected Title Last Saved i i i 9 18 2009 11 38 AM ass g nment determines Rounding Numb 9 18 2009 11 38 AM whether students can use Sonnet Forms 9 18 2009 11 49 AM Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s for NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions 8 Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box TH if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored O C Allow anonymous access C Run as a survey poll voting AccelTest User Manual 129 a Ty You can add ADA assignment
156. ion or on a separate the assignment properties when sheet or you can choose not to include answer spaces 4 Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual you edit the assignment See Changing Assignment Properties on page 66 160 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Projector Sets the projector screen size for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Layout projected assignments so that Creation and choose Projector Layout The they will display properly in the Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open assignment editor when you 2 Click the drop down list and choose the screen size that create or edit the assignments you are using at your computer Note that this does not affect how 3 Click OKt h the assignment will look when it is i i EE Irons Mae actually projected the software will use your projector s native screen size Multiple Sets the default options for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment g Choice multiple choice items on Creation and choose Multiple Choice The Assignment assignments including the Creation Options dialog box will open instructions the default point 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by values the default number of default on printed assignments edit the text in the answer choices and the default Instruction field number of columns for answer
157. ited States and in other countries PowerPoint and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Novell is a trademark of Novell Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries Macintosh and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the US and other countries gt QuickTime Any standards referenced in this manual software or reports are the property of their respective copyright holders Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and rece
158. item as you create or change assignments 3 If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item 4 Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the student s answer on printed assignments 5 Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 163 ABOUT LIBRARIES Your 2Know classroom response system package includes libraries of items to help you easily create quizzes tests and other exercises You can add items from these libraries to your assignments instead of writing the items yourself All library content will work with printed assignments but some may not be suitable for projected questions or questions sent to the Responder Matching ranking and multiple choice with more than five distractors will not work for projected assignments Some content items may be too large to fit on the screen and some may contain graphics that are only legible when printed Installing Accelerated Math Libraries AccelTest User Manual If you own a desktop version of Accelerated Math version 2 x you can install your Accelerated Math libraries in AccelTest As you follow the steps for installing libraries using the Libraries preference see page 151 you will be asked to choose the location of the libraries that you want to install If you have downloaded the libraries from download renlearn com open the folder where you saved the downloaded libraries If you
159. items on your assignments to standards it s helpful to add the standards first so you can align items to standards as you create assignments See page 32 Follow these steps to create a new assignment 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 39 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year E 5x File Edt Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects w New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With Paints Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEG 2 7118 2009 9 10 AM Merb Tenses AccelTest Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printed Responder Fii4 2009 10 22 4M Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 21 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder Fii4 2009 10 16 4M Countries of Europe AccelTest NEG 2 NEG 2 Fii4 2009 10 11 4M Science Lab 3 Score Key Scorekey Scanner Fii4f2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key Scorekey NEG 2 Fii4f2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key Scorekey Responder Fii4f2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual Fii4 2009 6 58 AM 3 Enter information about the assignment Then click OK a Enter the title x Assignment and we gt scoring options The b Choose the subject from the Devices preference Subject drop down list
160. iver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Renaissance Learning could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 8 2011 AT v 3 5 CONTENTS Welcome to AccelTest and the 2Know Classroom Response System ist 6birtardeaedeigedtitadaracan 1 How the 2Know Classroom Response System Works 0000005 1 How AccellTest WorkS 0 00 cee ee eens 2 Using AccelTest to Create Assign and Score Assignments 2 Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have 0005 2 Using AccelTest with Teacher Paced Sessions for In Class Assignments 2 Programs YOU WINUSE a cance Gk coe She eae BES ee b ton ae acme Whee 3 FOCOIICST SORWANC 2 sseoeeg ects ot ats 3 ee tgs Honan dee Goes SapSa ten nina ies nue Beas 3 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 0 0 00 0 eee 3 Other Programs that You May Use with the 2Know Classroom Response System 3 Tools to Help You with AccelTest 0 0 0 ccc eee eee 4
161. l in Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti J ii m g m m m m g m m m go g g m m Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan 19 Classes Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 QC seetar deselect v F CLASSES AND STUDENTS Unenrolling Students from a Class Unenrolling Students from a Class If you want to unenroll one or more students from a class follow these steps 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Using the Class drop down list choose the class that needs students unenrolled E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R R
162. l you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click the type of question you want in the bottom right portion of the session window If necessary click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go to the correct slide 133 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 13 Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the Students using assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a A Responders will get response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions a special notification see page 138 if the session includes short l l l answer items but their 14 Wait for your students to answer the question The boxes in the lower left corner of Responder version is 1 x or the window on the next page will show you how many of the connected 2 x Students will be asked to students have answered the question When you re ready to go on click Stop eee ieee F oe Accepting Responses in the session window about Responder firmware versions see page 14 15 Now you can select or enter the correct answers e For multiple choice questions check the box for the correct answer e For true false or yes no questions click the circle next to the correct answer e For numeric response questions enter the correct answer in the blank AccelTest User Manual 134 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 16 Click Set Answer Notice the viewing options you hav
163. lTest Help Ctrl Check for Updates ke Online Training and R sources What s New About AccelTest update file will be downloaded to your computer s desktop double click it to begin the update You may be told to restart your computer after the update is installed KF Auto Update Suto Update has found these available updates Check the ignore box For any items that you do not wish to download before proceeding Click cancel iF you do not want to download these Updates right now Description AccelTest 3 5 Update For Windows Ignore mK A if you decide not to download if you don t want to download some updates check the boxes any updates now click Cancel next to them before clicking Download AccelTest will only download updates that are not checked GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Getting the AccelTest Version and Serial Number Follow the instructions for your type of computer to see your AccelTest software version or serial number Windows computers Click the Help menu and choose About AccelTest AccelTest Help Ctrl Check for Updates Online Training and Resources What s New About AccelTest h Macintosh computers Click the AccelTest menu and KEETE choose About AccelTest About AccelTest Services p Hide AccelTest 3H Hide Others X3 H Quit AccelTest Q Navigating the AccelTest Software Click the tabs in the soft
164. lane rectangular shapes Remove 5 When you ve finished choosing standards click OK When you return to the assignment the symbol will appear next to the item E Finding Perimeters File Edit Assignments 1of3 Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 4M Page 1 Christina Rossetti Class Name Renaissance School lt Student Name gt Form Number 0 2 The floor of the longest trailer made for a semi truck is 53 feet long and 8 feet wide Which is the perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 32 f B 61 C 122 f D 212 f 3 Which is the perimeter of the square below 58 gt bi SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Importing Assignments Importing Assignments If you already have W an assignment with the name you ve chosen the program will notify you Click OK and change the name for the newly imported assignment AccelTest User Manual AccelTest can import two types of assignments Assignments that another user exported from AccelTest Since everyone who logs into the computer has a unique database this is a way to share assignments with teachers who have a different database Note If the assignment that you are importing has items aligned to standards those alignments will be imported with the assignment if you haven t already added those standards to the database the program will ask if you want to import them with the assignment XML assignment files
165. lasses Y Use the Custom W export to create a CSV file that you can import into your gradebook software The ability to customize the file can help you make it compatible with your software AccelTest User Manual By following these steps you can export detailed scoring data from one assignment The file includes results from all classes For each student the file includes scoring data for each question on the assignment The file is in CSV comma separated value format so that you can easily open it in a spreadsheet program 1 Click the Assignments tab in AccelTest 2 Click the assignment for which you want to export scoring data Le AccelTest Rossetti Section 1 Entire School Year File Edit ESSM Assignment New Assignment Delete All Subje Import Export Export Scoring Data Grade 3 Math Word Problems English Quiz History of the English Language Subject Verb Agreement and Verb Tenses Reading Quiz 4 Foundations of Modern Democracy Finding Perimeters Reading Quiz 5 Verb Tenses L45 Solving Equations Countries of Central America ses New Assignment AccelTest AccelTest AccelTest Score Key AccelTest AccelTest Score Key AccelTest AccelTest AccelTest AccelTest Presentation Responder NEO 2 Responder ScoreKkey Printed Printed ScoreKkey Responder Printed NEO 2 Printed Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help
166. less you rename it Assigning a unique name is especially important if you have more than one Receiver in your school You can choose a name that makes it easy for students to choose the correct Receiver such as Mrs Smith s Class or Room 245 1 Open the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility program e Windows computers Right click the fee icon in the task bar in the lower right corner of your screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start gt All Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server gt Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Macintosh computers If you see the fee icon in the dock click it to start the utility You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility TTT 2 Enter the Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN in the Server Login xy Tell students the dialog box and click OK If you haven t changed the PIN it is 1234 Wi Receiver name When you change the 3 Click the Server Settings tab name of your Receiver be 4 Click in the Network Name field delete the name and type the new name you sure to give students the new name so they connect to the right Receiver 5 Click Update Network Settings Click OK when the program tells you the settings have been updated You can then close the utility want to use 4 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility File Edit Tool
167. llow these steps to start a student paced session so students can use a Responder or a NEO 2 to complete assignments 1 In AccelTest click the Responder menu and choose Start Student Paced Session The Responder Session Manager window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a b Sense Gradebook Classes Reports Start Student Paced Session k Start Teacher Paced Session Delete Session Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs The default PIN is 1212 if you have not changed it NEO 2s never have assigned owners and don t require PINs On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student ID
168. lot to the assignment For more information see page 45 Click Next gt to go to the next question or click lt Previous to go back In some cases lt Previous will take you back to the assignment instructions Click OK after entering the last question SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 6 After you enter the questions the assignment will open in the assignment editor How the assignment looks in the editor depends on whether students will see a printed page or view the assignment on the Responder or NEO 2 If necessary use the buttons to change or preview the assignment as described below When you re ready to finish the assignment click Done Printed or projected assignments 2 Language Arts Assignment 3 File Edit Assignments adatoms Ean Foe Taian ten id gt bi AAEE Responder assignments Fie Edit Assignments I4 4 i7 gt bl Language Arts Assignment AccelTest Friday July 18 2008 9 48 04 AM Christina Rossetti Class Name gt Renaissance School Form Number 0 Choose the sentence section with a mistake If there are no mistakes choose Judy left early from B the party because didn t feel well D Correct as is B that him would go D Correct as is Jordan promised us and trim the bushes today B homemade dish tq Darryl and me brought a A Click Add Items if you need to add For assignments that will be viewed i
169. ly apply your selections from the tab you have selected Any selections you ve made on other tabs will not be used and ranking items On the Template tab when you add matching or ranking items note that the total points for those items are calculated by multiplying the number of items you add by the default number of answers to match or rank AccelTest User Manual i Points for matching There are two ways to add items to an assignment Adding One Item to the End of the Assignment To add one new item PS click the Assignments Fie edt Penne menu select Add Item A cle chic ce and then choose the Yes No item type The item types available depend on how you chose to present and score the assignment The new item will be added to the end To edit it see page 64 Numeric Response Adding Multiple Items or Adding Items from the Libraries or Other Assignments Click Add Items while Template Library Assignment Standards viewing the Item Types Number of Items Points Per Item Total assignment Then use Multiple Choice one of th e True False tabs at the nee top to niig decide Numeric Response whether to Short Answer specify the r number of items to add oo and the point values Template add sample items from the AccelTest libraries Library add items from an assignment you ve already created Assignment or add items you ve already aligned to standards Stan
170. ment manually You can also follow the steps to change scoring that was already done 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class See page 76 91 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Double click the name of the assignment you want to score the top of the column Q AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Grade 3 Rossetti v al Subjects Stay 88a Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 7 23 0 Anderson Eric Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 3 A window will open that shows each item number and each student s name For one student double click the square for the first item in the assignment Assignment 2 Science Quiz 1 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks
171. ms 3 Projector layout preference 161 Projector screen size 161 Properties for assignments 66 fonts 66 layout 67 options show points 67 title 66 Publisher libraries 151 Q Question types 39 Questions answering using Responders or NEO 2s 138 changing on assignments 64 moving on assignments 66 Quitting AccelTest software 8 R R Ranking 39 98 Ranking 39 preference 162 Reading notes on Responders 113 Receiver 1 changing the name 10 connecting 5 Registration Information preference 152 Removing assignments from the Gradebook 110 Removing students from a class 20 Renaissance Place classes importing 21 Renaissance Place programs and the 2Know classroom response system 3 Renaissance Receiver 1 changing the name 10 connecting 5 Renaissance Responder 1 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 3 152 Report descriptions 143 Reports 142 Answer Key 143 Assignment Analysis 143 Assignment Results 144 Assignment Standards 144 Assignments 144 Class Standards 145 descriptions 143 Form Numbers 145 Free Response Grading Worksheet 145 Gradebook Summary by Term 146 Group Assignment 146 Overdue Assignments 146 preferences 157 previewing 142 printing 142 Program Information 147 Student Grade 147 Student ID 147 Student Record 148 Student Standards 148 Reprinting assignments 84 Resending notes 114 Resetting the owner of a Responder 14 Responder 1 165 and homework 87
172. ms on an Assignment Click an item that you want to move to highlight the item Then click the Assignments menu and choose Move Up or Move Down You can only move one item at a time the menu options aren t available if you choose more than one item t Finding Perimeters Fie Edit BeeStiiieae Add Item gt Dor Add Items Align Item Move Up Ctrl h Move Down Ctrl Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 AM Changing Assignment Properties Click Properties while viewing the assignment Then click the tab that shows what you want to change Title Subject On this tab you can change the title or click the Subject drop down list to choose a different subj ect Title Subject Verb Agreement and Verb Tenses E Assignment Properties Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Subject English Fonts On this tab choose the font name and font size for the title and the body the questions and instructions You cannot change fonts for Body Font Times New Roman Responder or NEO 2 assignments E Ner Assignment Properties Title Subject Fonts Layout Options AccelTest User Manual 66 Layout On this tab enter the top bottom left and right page margins in inches Then click an option for answer spaces you can leave them out no answer spaces put them ona separate sheet or leave space beside the questions These options are not available for
173. naissance Wireless Server Utility program e Windows computers Right click the le icon in the task bar in the lower right corner of your screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start gt All Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server gt Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Macintosh computers If you see the al icon in the dock click it to start the utility You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 2 Enter the Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN in the Server Login dialog box and click OK If you haven t changed the PIN before now it is 1234 3 Click the Server Settings tab Click Set Administrator PIN 4 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility File Edit Tools Help Server is running Click Stop to shutdown the Renaissance Wireless Server i Device Settings Receivers Wireless Devices Network Name TP Receiver Users will use this name to locate and connect to this server using their wireless devices Encryption Off Oon Enabling encryption requires that each device share the key you enter in the above area Keys are limited to digits 0 9 and characters 4 E Update Network Settings B Set Administrator PIN Renaissance Place Settings The Administrator PIN is required to authorize Renaissance Place connection information is use of secure Featu
174. next page e Choose a subject from the Subject drop down list e Enter the total points that can be awarded for the assignment i You can add e Choose the term when students will complete the assignment j t e eee e Click the Category drop down list and choose whether the assignment will categories using the Categories preference see be Homework In Class work a test a quiz or extra credit page 150 e Click the check boxes to set whether the assignment is extra credit or an a exam If you chose the Extra Credit category you don t need to check the extra credit box for more information see Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments on page 100 Click Next after entering the information col AccelTest User Manual 80 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook E Add Assignment Wizard Enter 4ssignment Details Enter the details For your assignment Title Spelling Test O Subject English w Points Kc Term ist Term l Q C Assignment is extra credit 4s5signment is an exam 6 Next click Yes if your assignment needs a start date or click No if there is no start date Then click Yes if your assignment needs a due date or click No if there is no due date If you choose Yes for either date enter the date or click the calendar button and click a date on the calendar that appears You can use the arrows in the calendar to move to a
175. ng it in the list For teacher paced sessions you will see information about the students who completed a specific assignment A lt Previous 1 of 10 Next gt State Points Brown Deiondre oT 1 Del Castillo Miranda E y 1 Evans Samuel i Johnson Myra x King Lydia 4 Click Next gt or lt Previous to go to another question or click the question If the assignment was scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow Click next to the color bar below a question to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green For numeric response and short answer questions you won t see all the answers entered but AccelTest User Manual t Lang Arts Assignment 5 6 20 2011 11 37 AM Teacher Paced Scored File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Multiple Choice Questions E 1 Choose the best way to complete the sentence I think that window op 20 onward 0 underward 20 overward 60 inward E 2 I don t think James meant to step on your foot I think it was 0 E E 3 Kiki s eyes danced as she watched the children playing Her eager Ea E 4 Jim reads the newspaper to keep up on events A of air ca E 5 Mom put a red in a small v
176. nish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s Starting a Session for Verbal Questions w The Responder W types available depend on the Devices preference For example NEO 2 will not be an option for sessions unless you open the Devices preference and check NEO 2 For more information see page 150 AccelTest User Manual 5 On the next panel leave Include Short Answer Questions checked if you want to use short answer questions in the assignment Then click Next Some Responders may not be compatible with short answer questions see page 14 Choose whether you want the assignment to be scored and choose the responder type Click Yes or No to choose whether the assignment will be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer Click one of the responder type options to choose how students will enter their responses using either a Responder or a NEO 2 if you choose Responder or using a NEO 2 only Both Responder and NEO 2 sessions allow you to ask multiple choice true false yes no numeric response and s
177. nments Creation and choose Ranking The Assignment including the instructions point Creation Options dialog box will open values and the number of items 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by to be ranked However please default on printed assignments edit the text in the note that you can change the Instruction field options for each item as you l create or change assignments 3 If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item 4 Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many items you want students to rank in the questions This is a default value you can choose a different number as you create assignments 5 Click OK to save your changes Numeric Sets the default options for 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Response numeric response items on Creation and choose Numeric Response The assignments including the Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open instructions point values andthe 2 If you d like to change the instructions that are used by amount of space for the answer default on printed assignments edit the text in the However please note that you Instruction field can change the options for each l item as you create or change 3 eatin lee the cartes number of points that assignments students can earn for each item 4 Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the student s answer on printe
178. nted Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 4M Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKkey Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 4M verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 4M Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 Click the File menu and choose Save As 4 Enter anew name for the assignment You can also change the subject if necessary Then click OK E Save Assignment Specify a title and subject For this assignment Title ountries of Central America Subject Geography 5 You are now working in the copy of the assignment If necessary make changes to the items or properties When you have finished your changes click Done 6 If you ve made any changes click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment AccelTest User Manual 71 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab z Opening the 2 Double click the assignment that you want to print The assignment will open r assignment ensures that you E AccelTest Entire School Year can select the printer If you File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help simply select the assignment in the list before choosing File eo Gradebook Classes
179. nter Gradebook Details Fill in the details For your assignment Term ist Term w amp Category In Class w Assignment is extra credit El 4s5signment is an exam _ Each student gets his her own variation 7 Next click Yes if your assignment needs a start date or No if it does not Then click Yes if your assignment needs a due date or click No if there is no due date If you choose Yes for either date enter the date Q or click the calendar button O and click a date on the calendar that appears You can use the arrows in the calendar to move to a different month If you want to make today the start or due date click Today under the calendar If you choose No for the due date you won t be able to assign the assignment now if you assign it later the program will ask you to set a due date When you re ready to continue click Next E Add Assignment Wizard Enter StartiOue Dates Do you want your assignment to have a start date 9j21 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 No Do you want your assignment to have a due date a Yes Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 No Cancel 8 If you chose a due date for the assignment choose whether to assign the assignment to all students or just some Then click Next This choice won t appear if you didn t choose a due date for the assignment AccelTest User Manual 79 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook
180. nts available and whether the assignment has already been assigned in a Gradebook Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Sort order for assignments Report Name Class Standards Form 4 Cells in the Numbers W Gradebook A cell in the Gradebook is the square in the table where an assignment column and a student row meet After the student s assignment is scored the cell shows the score Before the assignment is scored it shows the status of the assignment such as Free Waiting for incomplete Response assignments that are not yet Grading due or Overdue for Worksheet assignments that are past due AccelTest User Manual What to Select Before Choosing the Report Go to the Gradebook tab and select the class The report will include all class assignments that have items aligned to standards Go to the Gradebook and choose the name of one assignment or the cells Squares for each student in the column for that assignment The report is only available for assignments meant to be scored with the AccelScan scanner Go to the Gradebook and choose the name of one or more assignments 145 REPORTS Report Descriptions When You Would Use the Report Use this report when you re aligned assignment questions to standards see page 57 and you want to see how well the class as a whole is performing on those standards The report includes the agency and standard set For each
181. o another are projecting the PowerPoint presentation for all slide Click Set Answer after choosing or entering the correct answer AccelTest User Manual 135 USING SESSIONS Using the Student Paced Sessions 17 Repeat steps 12 16 for each question on the assignment 18 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session 19 You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s Using the Student Paced Sessions w You can work in the gt AccelTest software during a student paced session but you cannot change to a different class on the AccelTest tabs until the session is over w a students know the Ds Make sure your Receiver name See page 10 to change the name AccelTest User Manual Student paced sessions allow students to work on anything that has been assigned to them in the class Gradebook except for Homework Students can complete these assignments without needing the teacher to lead the session or send the questions one by one Fo
182. odel number or firmware version required see page 14 Formore information about answering short answer questions on Responders see page 138 col USING THE GRADEBOOK How Students Complete Assignments 7 The student answers each item and presses Enter e For multiple choice items the student presses a letter key to choose an answer and then presses Enter e For true false items the student presses yes True or no False and then presses Enter e For numeric response items the student enters the number and presses Enter e For short answer items students with version 3 x or 4 x firmware use texting techniques to enter the answer and press Enter The student s answer can have up to 25 characters e For other free response items essay the Responder tells the student to enter an answer on paper 8 After the student answers the last question the Responder asks the student if the homework is complete If it is the student presses yes True then Select and the Responder shows the main menu If not the student presses no False then Select and the Responder goes back to the first question so the student can enter additional answers or check the answers he or she has already entered The student can repeat steps 6 8 above to complete other Homework assignments In the list of Homework checked assignments are complete When the student has finished all homework the student must return to the menu highlight Synchroniz
183. omework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 7 Assigned Scored 23 0 Students Anderson Eric Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 0 4 e To assign all available assignments to students select one or more student names instead AccelTest User Manual 83 w If you didn t seta AD due date for the assignment when you added it to the Gradebook the program will ask you to set a due date when you assign it Choose or enter a date and click OK USING THE GRADEBOOK Printing Assignments for Students To assign a specific assignment to the whole class click the assignment name at the top of the column AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 7 23 0 23 0 Anderson Eric Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Del
184. on see page 14 you can change the font size by choosing either the odd numbered or even numbered version of the firmware Firmware versions that end in odd numbers display a small font firmware versions that end in even numbers display a large font You cannot change the font size on Responders that are using a 2 x or 3 x firmware version Follow these steps to change your firmware version to select a different font size Press the On Off button 2 Ifthe Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the Student PIN press Select your server Receiver or press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Press any key to continue 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Firmware Update then press Select 5 When the Responder displays the available update scroll to choose the odd numbered 1 x version if you want a small font or the even numbered version if you want a large font then press Select 6 Enter the Administrator PIN when the Responder asks you to do this the default is 1234 then press Enter 7 The Responder will start updating the firmware The program shows you its progress as it does the update When the update is complete the Responder will show you the new version number Press any key to go to the Responder menu or the student PIN entry screen 165 OTH
185. on that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you will see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 18 Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s AccelTest User Manual 127 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Starting a Session for PowerPoint Slides Windows Only AccelTest User Manual 5 Click Select and use the drop down list at the top of the window to choose the drive where you can find the file When you ve found the file click it once then click Open Click Next to continue EZ Responder Session Wizard Select PowerPoint File Select PowerPoint File Select a PowerPoint file PK Look in O AccelTest A a PPPres for Acceltest Mult ppt S B PPPres for Acceltest ppt My Recent Documents a Desktop Cancel My Documents My Computer File name My Network Files of type PowerPoint Files ppt v 6 When the program asks you whether to use an existing assignment or verbal questions click a choice and click Next If you chose to use an existing assignment see page 129 If you chose to use verbal questions see page 132 128 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Sess
186. or change the assignment properties as described above Then click Done 9 Click Save to save your score key AccelTest User Manual 56 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key By following the steps below you can align items on your assignments to any standards you have added To add standards to your database see page 32 Once you ve done this you can use the Assignment Standards Report to see the alignments you ve set up and when students have completed the assignment you can use the Class Standards and Student Standards reports to see how students performed on the aligned standards For more about reports see page 142 1 If the assignment is already open go to step 2 If not click the Assignments tab and double click the assignment for which you want to set alignments 2 Click the item that you want to align to highlight that item You can only align one item at a time t Finding Perimeters Fie Edit Assignments Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 AM Page 1 Christina Rossetti Class Name gt Renaissance School Form Number 0 lt Student Name gt The floor of the longest trailer made for a semi truck is 53 feet long and 8 feet wide Which is the perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 32f B 61 C 1228 D 2128 3 Which is the perimeter of the square below 3 Click
187. ore t Export Scoring Data Export Summary Filename The American Revolution csv O File type CSV Comma Separated Values csv Exporting 100 records Ow Open containing folder after the export is complete Cancel AccelTest User Manual 107 USING THE GRADEBOOK Unassigning Assignments f Ifyou want the folder where you are exporting the file to open after the export is finished leave the box checked This box is checked by default g Click Export If you chose to open the folder it will open after the export is ready Unassigning Assignments By following these steps you can unassign assignments for students If the students i When you unassign A a have already completed the assignments their scores will be lost F an assignment it y Saye nyon 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 7 Gradebook unless you l j page 76 remove it see page 110 2 Select the assignment to unassign e lf you want to clear an assignment for all students in the Gradebook click the name of the assignment E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help All Subjects Assigned Scored Students ID _ Status Arnold Jacob Waiting Brooks Jamal Waiting Camacho Luis Waiting Davis Rebekah Waiting Donne Benjamin Waiting Espinosa Johanna Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Greene Nathan W
188. ossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Mame Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia Yew ikea Tanin Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah O Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller keisha Greene Mathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Ehamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley Crakk alii 3 Select the students that you want to remove from the class in the list on the right O To select one student click the student s name To select more than one use one of these two methods e lf the names aren t next to each other in the list hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the student names e If the names are next to each other in the list click the first name you want to select hold down the Shift key and click the last name in the group you want to select
189. ou can add assignments or score keys For more about score keys see page 50 Be sure to check your assignments before you add them to a Gradebook because you cannot change assignments once they ve been assigned to students Important note for teacher paced sessions Do not add assignments that you will use with teacher paced sessions on the Responder or NEO 2 or assignments that are projected When sessions are complete AccelTest adds the assignments with scores to the Gradebook so you should not add the assignments separately Projected assignments are always teacher paced and are only used with in class sessions so you can t add them as described below 1 View the Gradebook for a class See page 76 2 Click Add 3 Click the type of assignment you want to add e AccelTest assignments are assignments you ve created on the Assignments tab in this software see page 39 They include the questions and answers e Score keys allow you to use AccelTest to score assignments that exist outside of the program They include only answers not the assignment questions Score keys are also added on the Assignments tab see page 50 e Points only assignments are not on the Assignments tab in this software They are simply a record of points you award students for an assignment You do not need to create these assignments before adding them E Add Assignment Wizard Select Assignment Type What type of assignment do you want to add A
190. ou can scroll down to see other pages in the report If you d like to print it click Print in the preview window if not click Close when you re ready to close the window E Assignments Do you want to preview or print this report For each report AccelTest has a preference so you can customize report options Each preference lets you decide if you ll be asked whether to preview or print the report before printing Some preferences also let you choose other options for the report For more information see page 157 AccelTest User Manual 142 Report Descriptions REPORTS Report Descriptions The table below lists the AccelTest reports The table tells you what to select before you choose the report and it includes a brief description of each report Report Name For some reports gt that require you to select items in the Gradebook you can choose more than one assignment student or score To choose one Click it To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Windows or key Macintosh as you Click it To choose a group click the first item hold down the Shift key and click the last item Assignment Analysis Questions and ADA answers will not be shown on the Assignment Analysis Report if they are not in Accel Test or if they are in the form of a graphic or chart For questions that are longer than 3 lines or 150 characters only the beginning of the question is shown AccelTest
191. ou click OK Assignment Creation Options en O Body Font Title Font Arial Times New Roman The following table tells you how to change each of the assignment creation preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Default Fonts Sets the fonts that will be used by default when you create a new assignment The fonts apply only Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Creation and choose Default Fonts The Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open to printed or projected 2 Use the drop down lists to choose the font faces and assignments and you can change point sizes for the fonts that will be used in the the font used in a specific assignment title and in the body of the assignment the ae ine by a es instructions and questions assignment properties when you create or edit the assignment e EE ORI SANE ANES See Changing Assignment Properties on page 66 Print Layout Sets the default page marginsand 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment how or whether answer spaces Creation and choose Print Layout The Assignment should be printed The settings Creation Options dialog box will open apply oe to printed and P 2 Enter the top bottom left and right margins in inches rojected assignments and you ai change options for 3 Click one of the options for answer spaces You can specific assignment by changing include space beside each quest
192. own or calculated e Categories Category Weights e Exams e Grading Scale Categories Category Weights Using the Categories preference see page 150 you can assign a weight to each assignment category so that some types of assignments have more of an effect on the student s grade than others If you do this the software will first calculate the percent correct within each category Then to determine grades it will calculate a weighted average of the percent correct within each category Exams Using the Exams preference See page 151 you can choose to count exams as a specific percentage of the term semester or final grade Grading Scale Using the Grading Scale preference see page 151 you can choose which grading scale to use and you can set the minimum percentage correct required for each grade in the scale The available scales are e Standard A to F e Pass Fail e Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory e 1to 10 99 Extra Credit AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments You can use extra credit assignments to allow your students to improve their grades There are two ways to do this and you can choose either method when you add an assignment to your Gradebook and assign it to students See page 77 e You can select the Extra Credit category and use this category for all of your extra credit work This is the preferred wa
193. p Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Mame Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Ehamil Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley eke Tari Ceaikh lin 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Edit Class This option isn t available if you don t start from the Classes tab Reports Preferences Windo Add Student Edit Student Delete Student Import From File Export to File Add Class Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students 4 Make your changes to the class name Then click OK E Edit Class Grade 3 Reading GSR Rossetti AccelTest User Manual 27 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Editing Student Names or IDs Editing Student Names or IDs 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest
194. ponder assignments Christina Rossetti gt Class Name gt 2 Verb Tenses LA5 Renaissance School Form N File Edit Assignments Id aas gt I C D E F G The floor of the longest trailer made for a semi perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 32 ft B 61 A He claim he didn t break the chair B He stirring the pot of soup 0 it wouldn t stick C They talks to their flowers to make them grow Which is the perimeter of the square below c To add items see page 62 the questions will look on the screen In the preview window use the arrow buttons to go to the next and previous questions When you ve finished click OK To change an item see page 64 To move one see page 66 To change the assignment properties see page o i oe Use the and buttons to go to the next or previous page or question Use the lt j and F Q To set the standards for an item click it and click buttons to go to the first or last page or question Align Item See page 57 To go to a specific page or question enter the O For assignments that will be viewed on the question or page number and press the Enter or Responder or NEO 2 click Preview to see how return key on your keyboard AccelTest User Manual 61 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Adding Items to the Assignment You can only use one tab in this window When you click OK AccelTest will on
195. press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s AccelTest User Manual 120 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Starting a Session for Existing Assignments 5 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subject from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find ini This list is limited to Then click Next ADA assignments that you chose to present E Responder Session Wizard and score with Responders E or NEO 2 The scoring all Subjects method you chose when creating the selected Title Points Last Saved g g i 9 18 2009 11 33 AM assignment determines ea pe Seated Sonnet Forms 9 18 2009 11 49 4M whether students can use Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s for NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions 6 Next choose whether you want the assignment to be scored Click Yes or No to choose whether the assignment will be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no co
196. r 6 terms the program will ask you to choose the number of terms per semester from a drop down list If your terms aren t grouped into semesters click Not Applicable If they are choose the number of semesters Click Next to continue 7 Check the information in the Summary If it is correct click Done if not click Back to go back and make changes AccelTest User Manual 153 PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference Preference What It Does How to Change It Subjects Use this preference to add subjects edit their names or delete subjects When you create assignments see page 39 you must choose a subject In the Gradebook you can choose to view assignments from one subject or all subjects Some reports also provide grades by subject Click the Preferences menu and select Subjects The Subjects dialog box will open e If you are adding a subject click Add and type the name of the subject you want to add Then click OK e To edit a subject scroll down the list until you find the subject and click it Then click Edit change the name and click OK e To delete a subject that is not being used scroll down the list to find the subject and click it Then click Delete You can t delete subjects that have been used for assignments Click OK Setting the Data Location Preference The Data Location preference lets you do any of the following e Choose a different data folder that already h
197. r IDs if necessary you ll see them listed on the left side of the session window You will see numbers instead of names if you chose to allow anonymous access The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click the type of question that you want in the top right portion of the session window 125 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 12 Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 138 13 Wait for your students to answer the question The list on the left will show you which students have responded When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window 14 Now you can select or enter the correct answers e For multiple choice questions check the box for the correct answer at the top of the window e For true false or yes no questions click the circle next to the correct answer e For numeric response questions enter the correct answer in the blank field provided e For short answer questions look at the list of student responses below the question number Check the box next to the correct answer AccelTest User Manual 126 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 15 Click Set Answer Notice the viewing options you have dur
198. r Manual 149 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Auto Update AccelTest software automatically checks for updates that you can install so that you have the latest version of the software This preference shows you when the program was last updated and lets you choose how often Click the Preferences menu and choose Auto Update The Auto Update Settings dialog box will open The last date Auto Update was run is shown at the top 2 Auto Update is checked by default To disable it the program checks for updates If you have remove the check mark in the Auto Update Enabled chosen to ignore some updates you can also box reset the ignored updates so that you ll have the chance to select them again 3 Click the Frequency drop down menu and select how often you want updates daily weekly or monthly 4 Click Reset Ignored to if you want the chance to install updates that you previously chose to ignore You will then be able to see these updates once again so you can install them 5 Click OK to save your changes Assignment The assignment creation preferences allow See page 159 Creation you to choose the default options for the appearance of your assignments and for the item types Categories Use this preference to create or change 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Categories categories for assignments You choose an The Categories dialog box will open assi
199. r Responders to help them see which buttons to push for each character For Responder model RESP the letters are printed on the Responder As on cell phones the very first letter that a student enters or the first letter after or or is capitalized by default with the lowercase letters following i e 2ABCabc After that letters default to the lowercase letters followed by uppercase letters i e 2abcABC For example to enter the word The students would press the 8 button twice for T the 4 button three times to get h and the 3 button three times to get e Students press Select to enter a space or go to the next character and they press Clear to delete the previous character After entering their answer students press Enter The table below shows what buttons students press to get each character Responder Key Characters in Order or Function 1 1 lt gt 7 amp 8 2 2ABCabc 3 3DEFdef 4 4GHIghi 5 5JKLjkI 6 6MNOmno 7 7PQRSpqrs 8 8TUVtuv 9 9WXYZwxyz 0 0 Select space or next character Clear back or delete Enter takes you to next question 139 USING SESSIONS Viewing Information on Past Sessions Viewing Information on Past Sessions The Sessions tab in AccelTest lists the teacher paced and student paced sessions that you have completed You can see more information about a session by double Clicki
200. r assignment Cotegory O d Assignment is extra credit C Assignment is an exam Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report As students join the session and enter their IDs if necessary you will see them listed on the left side of the session window see on the next page If
201. r the file in the File Name field Then click Select Folder open the folder where you want to save the file and click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh Click Next to continue E Export Students Assistant Type in the name of the Export File Type the name of the File to be exported and click Select Folder to choose the location where the file will be saved File Mame ATStudenthames Select Folder File will be saved bo CH Exports 47 Studenthames bet 4 Click Finish to create the file AccelTest User Manual 30 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Deleting a Student Deleting a Student Follow the steps below to delete a student When you delete a student you lose all z ov can export information for that student This includes the student s classes and grades Wi assignment results for a student so you 1 Make sure the students that you want to delete have been unenrolled from their have a record of the student s grades See classes see page 20 page 102 2 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest In the list on the left select the students who need to be deleted from your database To select one student click the student s name To select more than one use one of these two methods e lf the names aren t next to each other in the list hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the student names e If the names are next to each other in the list click the first name
202. ram asks if you re sea gare port Co rile sure you want to delete the students Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students AccelTest User Manual 31 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database Before you start adding or importing your assignments you should add the standards that are relevant for your school or district By doing this first you ensure that the standards are available when you align items on your assignments to the standards that apply To align items to standards see page 57 This makes it easy for you to get reports that focus on student performance for those standards Follow these steps to add standards to your database 1 Click the Preferences menu and choose PPE Window Help Libraries Standards mie Assignment Creation gt s Categories Click the Standards tab pC Click Add The Install Standards Wizard or Assistant will a Grading Scale rene Password E Libraries Standards o x Registration Information Reports gt Responder Scanner Settings B School Year tied ss Standard version Subjects Libraries Standards 4 The first panel of the wizard will ask you to choose whether to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web site or from a file Click the option you prefer In most cases you should choose to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web sit
203. re derived from the assignment scores Semester grades are computed by averaging term grades Final grades for the year are computed using semester or trimester grades if there is no final exam If there are no semesters in the school year only term grades are used For example 1st Term Grade 81 2nd Term Grade 75 3rd Term Grade 82 4th Term Grade 86 1st Semester Grade 81 75 2 78 2nd Semester Grade 82 86 2 84 Final Grade 78 84 2 81 The Exam AD preference is ignored if there are The Exam preference settings determine how final exam grades are included in the grade calculation See page 151 For example if final exams are 30 of the term no exams in the grading grade and a student earned 75 on the exam penon Term Grade 81 X 70 56 7 Final Exam 75 X 30 22 5 Grade including exam 56 7 22 5 79 2 AccelTest User Manual 98 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated If final exams are 20 of the semester grade and a student earned 72 on the exam Semester Grade 78 X 80 62 4 Final Exam 72 X 20 14 4 Grade including Exam 62 4 14 4 76 8 You may choose different categories weights and grading options for each term in the school year This gives you the flexibility to change how you compute grades during the course of the school year How AccelTest Preferences Affect Grades AccelTest User Manual Three AccelTest preferences affect how grades are sh
204. renaissance zone rz inform user guides and download the 2Know CRS Installation and Set Up Guide or the NEO 2 wireless setup instructions If you have AccelScan scanners make sure they re connected See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide or the AccelScan User s Guide Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Starting the AccelTest Software ra from version 2 x to version 3 x the first time you start AccelTest after the upgrade the Data Migration Tool will convert your database to the newest format This may take some time AccelTest User Manual w Ifyou have upgraded Important When you start the computer log in with your own user name and password so that you see the correct classes in AccelTest Users who log in to this computer with a different user name and password will be asked to select their own database For more information see the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Follow these steps to start the AccelTest software 1 Follow the instructions for your operating system Windows Click Start gt All Programs gt AccelTest gt AccelTest Macintosh Open the Applications 60060 Ei accettest folder Then open the AccelTest ie feo EB tye A folder Double click AccelTest in outs aeanans that folder O j eS AccelTest Equation Fditer Equation Editor Help F 4 library ATSoltwareManual pdf Read Me tal If this is the first time you have started AccelTest the pro
205. res such as device required for wireless device access to a firmware updates and resetting a user s PIN Renaissance Place server AccelTest User Manual 11 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System 5 In the dialog box that appears your 4 Set Administrator PIN current PIN has already been entered Enter the new PIN you want Administrator PINs must be 4 8 characters in length Valid characters include 4 E and 0 9 to use in the last two blank fields Then click OK Administrator PIN 6 Click OK when the program notifies you that the PIN was changed cece EZ successfully Confirm PIN Assigning a Student Owner to Each Responder Although students can use Responders without owning them you do need to assign student owners to send homework or notes to students NEO 2s do not have assigned owners Some Responders also cannot have assigned owners see page 14 Make sure the AD Responder preference is set to support owned Responders This is the default setting but it can be When you assign an owner to a Responder only that student can use that Responder When you start the Responder the student will be asked to enter his or her Personal changed To check the Identification Number PIN This helps ensure that only that student uses the preference setting click the Responder the student or teacher can change the student PIN see page 13 Preferences menu and choose
206. rrect answer When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored E Allow anonymous access Q C Run as a survey poll voting AccelTest User Manual 121 T You can add AD assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 150 8 9 C ly Make sure your students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name Students using Responders will get special notifications in these circumstances e If the assignment is for NEO Ca 2s only students who try to 10 use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device e If the assignment includes short answer items but your 11 Responder version is 1 x or 2 X students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for you
207. rsions and Updates 0005 14 Firmware Versions for RESP Responder Models 0000005 14 Firmware Versions for RES 1001 Responder Models 15 Updating Firmware or Changing the Firmware Version Being Used 16 AccelTest User Manual i CONTENTS Classes and Students 0 0 eee eee ees 17 Using the Classes Tabs ino ad Sas ooea nko ait aet ate oa gi ea eee eS 17 Adding a Clas Se ceara ea S ee ee ee 18 Adding a SUIS IME S ean Gad pi a A deat a Wed BA a R aad wend 18 Enrolling Students in a ClaSS 0 0 0 eens 19 Unenrolling Students from a Class 2 0 0 ee 20 Importing Classes from Renaissance Place 0 000 c eee eens 21 Importing Student Names from a File naaa 23 About Comma Separated Value CSV Files nnna naaa aaa 23 About Importing Data from Other Desktop Renaissance Learning Programs 24 How to Import Students from a CSV File or Another Desktop Program 24 Editing a ClaSSiNaM Gite dq iaciarhta ean ei haw wee Aa eats be 27 Editing Student Names or IDS 0 eee 28 Deleting a Class 4 048k oriee piara ee Ret kak wee Rea Re coed SaaS 29 Exporting Student Information 0 0000 cc ees 30 Deleting a Student 20 0 eee nes 31 SLANG ANOS aoaia ii ae eat ee tom we ee ae A aA 32 Adding Standards to Your Database 0 0 cc eee 32 Adding Standards from the Renaissance Learning Web Site
208. s assignment to standards by E NCTM clicking the item and then NCTM 2000 Grades 3 5 2000 Reprinted excerpted fr clicking Align Item see E Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates page 57 aak 3 Math Item em E Estimate calculate with whole numbers E Estimate and addsubtract 3 4 digits numbe 1 Multiple choice 2 Multiple choice Multiple items selected Grade 3 Math Word Problems AccelTest User Manual 42 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 5 If you entered the number of items and point values on the Templates tab a wizard will open to help you create the questions in the assignment Enter the information for each question or item then click Next gt If you chose to add instructions you ll Responder and NEO 7 2assignments don t have all options available If students will view questions on the Responder or NEO 2 you cannot change the number of columns or the font and you cannot add a graphic equation or plot Be sure to limit the questions for Responder assignments to 150 characters if possible including spaces and punctuation so students don t need to scroll to read the question y AccelTest User Manual also be asked to enter or edit those instructions When you finish the last item click OK E Item 5 of 16 Instruction Question Choices Answer Points Choices 4 w rR
209. s 20 sending notes to students 111 unassigning assignments 108 unenrolling from a class 20 Subjects 66 154 Subjects preference 154 System requirements 3 T Tab delimited export files 102 Tabs in AccelTest 7 Teacher name 152 Teacher paced sessions 116 existing assignments 121 PowerPoint slides 128 projected assignments 117 verbal questions 124 Template for Responders 139 Term grades 98 Terms 153 showing in Gradebook 97 Text files for import 23 TF True False 39 98 Title of assignment 66 Training 4 True False 39 preference 161 U Unassigning assignments 108 Unenrolling students from a class 20 Updates 6 Updates for AccelTest software 6 Updating Responder firmware 14 Using AccelTest for assignments you already have 2 Using AccelTest for in class assignments 2 Using AccelTest to create assign and score assignments 2 V Verbal questions and teacher paced sessions 124 Version of AccelTest 7 Viewing a class Gradebook 76 Viewing assignments 37 Viewing classes 17 Viewing past session results 140 Viewing scores by item 97 Viewing scores in the Gradebook 96 W Waiting 96 Webinars 4 Y Yes No 39 preference 161 YN Yes No 39 97 AccelTest User Manual 174 INDEX About Renaissance Learning Renaissance Learning Inc is a leading provider of technology based school improvement and student assessment programs for K12 schools Adopted by more than 7
210. s Mathematics 2003 Grade 9 10 Stage I 1 0 0 Illinois Reading 2004 Grade 3 Illinois Readin 1 0 0 Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 4 Illinois Readin 1 0 0 Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 5 Illinois Readin 1 Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 6 Illinois Readin 1 Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 7 Illinois Readin 1 Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 4 Illinois Readin 1 i 1 i Writing sdemked 2002 resiced FOE oa 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 D a 12 30 1899 12 30 1899 0 12 30 1899 0 12 30 1899 0 12 30 1899 a 12 30 1899 17an oo 0 a 0 a 4 Click Delete 5 When the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the standards click Yes 6 Click Close to close the preference AccelTest User Manual 36 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS This section explains how to create print change or delete assignments or score keys that you will use for your class Viewing the List of Assignments To view the list of assignments you ve created so far or to create new ones start by clicking the Assignments tab When you create assignments you choose the types of items questions to include the number of items and the point value for each item If you want to use assignments that you already have outside of AccelTest you can create a score key to score them quickly within the program E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year L 5x File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Report
211. s 87 Completing In Class Assignments Including Quizzes Tests and Exams Using a Responder or NEO 2 2 s 5 5 24 2 bao eh ed we es VERE Ee es 87 Completing Homework Using the Responder Only 00005 87 Using the AccelScan Scan Cards 0 0c cee eee 88 For Manual SCOnnG 1 ec k eases bedi Oe eee ee eh ee ee ted ee ee ee ae 89 Scoring Assignments 5 o 5 5 c Sed ar cunt Boo aleseaiore Bad Get Saw A aah ae oe 89 Scoring Assignments with the Responder 0000 c eee ee eee 89 Scoring Assignments with the NEO 2 1 6 ee 89 Scoring Assignments with the AccelScan Scanner 00 00 cece eee 90 Starting the Scanning Session 00 ee ees 90 Scanno Cards eaea Sa 85 as weve ace eS ss eiBre Ronse Saha es Sees ha Hee 90 Ending the Scanning Session 00 0 cee eens 91 Scoring Assignments Manually 0 0 00 cc ee eee 91 scoring Points Only Assignments 0 0 00 cee eee eee 94 Overriding Scores in the Gradebook 0 0 ec eens 94 Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook 020000 96 About the Scores and Status Messages in the Gradebook 96 Changing How Scores Are Shown 0 000 eee teens 97 Viewing Students Scores for Each Item on an Assignment 97 AccelTest User Manual lil CONTENTS How Grades Are Calculated 0 ccc eee eee 98 Term Semester and Final Grades 0000 eee eee ee 98
212. s Help Server is running Click Stop to shutdown the Renaissance Wireless Server i If you are using e ADA NEO 2s click the Renaissance Place Settings button if you are Network Name TP Receiver O using the Accelerated Reader Users will use this name to locate and connect to this SmartA pp let or the two server using their wireless devices MathFacts in a Flash Encryption Off Oon SmartApplets on NEO 2 Click the button to set the server name or address for your Enabling encryption requires that each device share the key you enter in the above area Keys are limited to Renaissance Place server so oe to wl ciara EE the SmartApplets can communicate with your O ens server The Administrator PIN is required to authorize Renaissance Place connection information is use of secure Features such as device required for wireless device access to a firmware updates and resetting a user s PIN Renaissance Place server AccelTest User Manual 10 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Changing the Administrator PIN The Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN is used when you reset the student owner for a Responder when you view a student s forgotten PIN on the Responder when you update Responder firmware or when you log in to the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility at the teacher s computer Follow these steps if you need to change the Administrator PIN 1 Open the Re
213. s Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects O w New Assignment O Score With WEG 2 Title Type Estimation Verb Tenses Last Saved 7 18 2009 9 10 AM Presentation Points Frinted Aligned AccelTest AccelTest Printed Projected Projected NEG 2 Scorekey Scorekey Scorekey Printed AccelTest AccelTest AccelTest AccelTest Score Key Score Key Score Key AccelTest Using Variables to Solve Problems Countries of South America Countries of Central America Countries of Europe Science Lab 3 Science Lab 2 Science Lab 1 American Revolution Responder MEG 2 Responder NEG 2 Scanner NEG 2 Responder Manual 7 14 2009 10 22 AM 7 14 2009 10 21 4M 7 14 2009 10 16 4M 7 14 2009 10 11 4M 7 14 2009 9 45 AM 7 14 2009 9 44 AM 7 14 2009 9 44 AM 7 14 2009 8 58 4M O Click this drop down list to choose which O The list shows how you plan to present User Manual assignments you want to see You can list assignments from all subjects or just specific subjects Choosing one subject helps shorten the list you re viewing if you have many assignments Click New Assignment to start creating a new assignment or score key Score keys are for an assignment that you already have outside AccelTest Although the assignment isn t in the program the score key will let you score it using AccelTest 37 and score each assignment It also shows you the total
214. s are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report 136 Notes about students using Responders e NEO 2 Only assignments are not available when students are using Responders Students who use Responders during a student paced session will only be given the opportunity to complete Responder assignments They will not see NEO 2 Only assignments e If an assignment includes short answer items but the Responder version is 1 x or 2 X Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 a AccelTest User Manual 4 USING SESSIONS Using the Student Paced Sessions If the student only has one non Homework assignment available in the Gradebook the Responder or NEO 2 will ask if the student is ready to work on the assignment The student should press yes Responder or Y NEO 2 and then press Enter If the student has more than one non Homework assignment in the Gradebook the Responder or NEO 2 will ask the student to choose the assignment to work on The student must press the letter for an assignment and press Enter The Responder or NEO 2 will show the student the questions in the assignment one by one The student must choose or enter the answer to each question and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 138 If the assignment has questions that can t be completed on the Responder or NEO
215. s from the Gradebook By following the steps below you can remove an AccelTest assignment from a class a If you want to export P Gradebook When you do this all student scores and assignment information are lost ADA student scores before removing an 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 assignment see page 102 2 Click the title of the assignment AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder fefta Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignment Properties Remove Assignment Grade 6 Rossetti Start Scanning Score Cards Export Results Title ntence Struct Category v Show Scores as Points Class Start Date Show Scores as Percentages 3 2009 Due Date 12712009 Points Possible v Show Entire School Year Assigned Scored Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Students ID Stat Show 3rd Term Arnold Jacob 103 Show 4th Term waiting Brooks Jamal 105 waiting Waiting Waiting Camacho Luis 107 Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Rebekah 109 Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin 111 Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna 113 Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha 115 Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan 117 Waiting Waiting Waiting 3 Click the Gradebook menu and choose Remove Assignment 4 The program will remind you that student records for this assignment will be lost To continue click Yes The assignment will be removed from the Gra
216. s on this tab import classes see page 21 3 Type the name of the new class in the E PF To import student information dialog box Then click OK aa see page 23 l Next add your students as described below then you can enroll them in the class by following the steps on page 19 Adding a Student Follow the steps below to add students to the database Click the Classes tab in AccelTest See page 17 Click Add Student on this tab l Enter the student s first Student IDs are name and last name You Ra Add Student Wa Shown in three i places the can enter a middle name First Name Gradebook on the Classes but it s not required A Saas tab and in the Student ID suggested ID has been report entered for you you can raat CE change this number to the ID student s ID for your school or district IDs can include numbers only After entering the information click OK 4 If you want to add more students click Yes in the alert that appears Then enter the name and ID for each additional student and click Add When you ve finished click Done If you don t want to add more students click No in the alert To enroll the student s in classes see page 19 AccelTest User Manual 18 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Enrolling Students in a Class Enrolling Students in a Class 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that needs students enrolled from the Class drop down list 3
217. s the student earned so far on the assisted response items if they have been scored Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Report Name Gradebook Summary by Term Group Assignment Overdue Assignments AccelTest User Manual What to Select Before Choosing the Report Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab Go to the Gradebook and choose your class Nothing you can choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab 146 REPORTS Report Descriptions When You Would Use the Report Use this report to get your students grades by subject for each term or semester and the school year as a whole The report gives you a separate set of grades for each subject It lists the grades for each subject on a separate page The report shows grades the way you ve chosen to display them in the Gradebook either by points or percentage Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get an overview of student progress for each assignment in your Gradebook The report shows information about each assignment including the due d
218. s to the database 32 33 34 35 151 Adding students 18 Administrator PIN 11 changing 11 Aligning items on an assignment to standards 57 Answer Key Report 143 Answer space 160 Answering questions on Responders or NEO 2s 138 Assigning a name to a Receiver 10 Assigning an owner to a Responder 12 Assigning assignments to students 83 Assignment Analysis Report 143 Assignment creation preferences 159 Default fonts 160 Essay 163 Matching 162 Multiple Choice 161 Numeric Response 162 Print layout 160 Projector layout 161 Ranking 162 AccelTest User Manual 167 Short Answer 163 True False 161 Yes No 161 Assignment editor 44 61 Assignment properties 66 answer spaces 67 fonts 66 layout 67 margins 67 options show points 67 subject 66 title 66 Assignment Results Report 144 Assignment Standards Report 144 Assignment subject 66 Assignments 37 adding equations 46 adding graphics 45 adding items 62 adding items aligned to standards 42 64 adding items from other assignments 63 adding plots 48 adding to the Gradebook 77 aligning items to standards 57 answer spaces 67 assigning to students 83 categories 38 changing 60 changing mode 67 completing 87 completing for AccelScan 88 completing for manual scoring 89 completing with the Responder or NEO 2 87 copying 71 creating 39 creating score keys 50 default fonts 160 deleting 75 edit
219. score for each item If the square for each item is blank the item hasn t been scored yet if you want to start scoring the assignment for a student double click the first item for that student see page 91 2 Assignment 1 English Quiz 1 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan Hanson Abigail Johnson Myra King Lydia edian Notice that there is a column for each item on your assignment The points per item and an abbreviation for the item type are at the top of each column These abbreviations are used e MC Multiple choice e YN Yes No AccelTest User Manual 97 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated e TF True False e M Matching e R Ranking e NR Numeric response e SA Short answer e E Essay When you ve finished viewing the scores for each item click Done How Grades Are Calculated In the last column of the Gradebook you ll see the overall grade for the time period you re viewing the entire school year or a specific term By default AccelTest calculates grades by dividing points earned by the points possible on each assignment The software then chooses the appropriate letter grade based on the scale you ve chosen in the Grading Scale preference Term Semester and Final Grades Term grades a
220. signment Details Enter the details for your assignment Title Reading Quiz 4 Subject English Points Per Item 3o Category Quiz d Assignment is extra credit Fi Assignment is an exam Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait unti
221. ss PEE kopoi preferences winds This option isn t available if you don t start from the Add Student Edit Student Classes tab Delete Student 4 Click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want aha uel ot port Co rile to delete the class Add Class Edit Class Import From _ Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students AccelTest User Manual 29 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Exporting Student Information Exporting Student Information By following the steps below you can export student names and IDs to a text file The If you want to export ay file will have the header LNAME FNAME MNAME ID and each line will include one Wr students assignment scores student s last name first name middle name if it s available and ID in this format instead see page 102 Smith Olivia Marie 135 1 Click the Classes menu and choose Export to File oe ane The Export Students Assistant will start Add Student Edit Student 2 Click an option to choose whether to export all students Delete Student or just those in one class If you choose Selected aed UCU Class click the drop down list and choose the class ae Then click Next EPEAN Delete Class E Export Students Assistant Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenrall Students Select Students to Export All Students Grade 3 Rossetti Cancel 3 Enter a name fo
222. st User Manual WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM Programs You Will Use 3 Using Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s students complete the assignment in class at the pace you set in the session These assignments may or may not be scored depending on the choice you made as you started the session If you chose to score the assignments the software will score them automatically and the scores will appear in your Gradebook after the session is complete Programs You Will Use AccelTest Software Before you install and use the programs listed below make sure that your computers meet the minimum system requirements for the AccelTest software the 2Know classroom response system and AccelScan To see the requirements visit www renlearn com requirements The AccelTest software is included with the 2Know classroom response system and with NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Labs classroom bundles or class sets You can use this software to create assign print and score assignments for students view student scores and print reports To install this software refer to the Acce Test Software Installation Guide Renaissance Wireless Server Utility The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility is installed with the AccelTest software It helps you manage and monitor communication between your computer and the Renaissance Receiver You can also use it to set the administrator Personal Identification Number PIN for Responders
223. st User Manual 64 ely Some items can t be W edited right away If you can t edit an item it may be a dynamic library item If so you can substitute another similar library item by clicking New Instance You can change the item by clicking Edit These buttons are only available for dynamic library items Responder and NEO 2 assignments don t have all options available If students will view questions on the Responder or NEO 2 you cannot change the number of columns or the font and you cannot add a graphic equation or plot Be sure to limit the questions for Responder assignments to 150 characters if possible so students don t need to scroll to read the question AccelTest User Manual E Item 3 of 31 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help z hal Instruction Question Choices 4 O ka choose Correct as ig Choices 4 Their are B Them are That are D Correct as is AMSWer Points o For multiple choice matching and ranking items choose the number of answer choices you want to give the student For matching items you must also choose the number of items to match For multiple choice items choose the number of columns for answer choices printed assignments only For multiple choice items choose which answer choices to shuffle or rearrange for students If th
224. student must press yes Responder or Y NEO 2 and then press Enter If not the student must press no Responder or N NEO 2 and press Enter and each question will be shown again so the student can change his or her answers If you ve chosen to turn on student feedback after the student completes the assignment the Responder or NEO 2 will show the student s score in points and percentage The student can press any key to leave this screen 137 USING SESSIONS How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s 7 The Responder or NEO 2 may show Session Complete after the student finishes the assignment The device will return to the main menu Responder or the SmartApplets list NEO 2 and the student can repeat steps 2 6 to complete other assignments 8 The teacher can see which students are connected in the Responder Session Manager window As students choose and work on assignments the window will show the teacher which assignment each student is working on the question number the student is viewing the number the student has completed and the number of items on the assignment Responder Session Manager Service Port Connected Student Assignment Current Completed Total Brooks Matthew Grade 3 Math Word Problems Davis Rebekah Grade 3 Math Word Problems Espinosa Johanna Grade 3 Math Word Problems Greene Nathan Grade 3 Math Word Problems Khang Bao Grade 3 Math Word Problems 3 2 17
225. students to see wait to show the graph until after you stop accepting responses so that students don t see the correct answer before they ve responded Click Send Question to send a new question to the students Click Stop Accepting Responses when the time is up for this question and you want to go on to the next question Click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go to another slide Since the short WF answer item type isn t available for verbal PowerPoint sessions the program doesn t ask you to choose the responder type Either Responders or NEO 2s can always be used for this type of session AccelTest User Manual USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 15 Repeat steps 12 14 for each question on the assignment Be sure to click Next Slide or Previous Slide as needed to show the slides that should accompany each question 16 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 17 Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s PowerPoint
226. sure the AccelScan is on You may need to adjust the scanner oe i l ae l if it has a switch and plugged in You should also sensitivity to allow for differences in the way students mark scan cards If the AccelScan is Onec ie Cente ye PSG uISMenS ior a AccelTest at www renlearn com requirements too sensitive to stray marks decrease the sensitivity If the AccelScan does not 3 If you need to change the scanner sensitivity click recognize some marked answers increase the pointer and drag it to the left to decrease the sensitivity sensitivity or drag it to the right to increase sensitivity 4 Click OK to save your changes School Year Use this preference to enter your school year 1 Click the Preferences menu and select School information including the start and end dates Year for the school year the number of terms and 2 Read the text in the Welcome panel of the Wizard or the start and end gales for the terms If you Assistant Then click Next fa vas k oe gt a e 7 an 3 Enter the Start and End dates for your school year the school year affects the calculation of TOU n pe ME CAlES OF cllen Ine calendar oe HOD student grades Your school year and terms and click the dates you can also click Today in the should be set up before you start scoring CAE Cal CHER e student assignments 4 Select the number of terms in your school year and click Next 5 Enter the start and end date for each term and click Next 6 If you entered 4 o
227. t However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab 147 REPORTS Report Descriptions When You Would Use the Report Use this report to get information about the following e School teacher and AccelTest serial number e Renaissance Receiver connected if any e AccelScan scanner connected if any e Some preference settings School Year Categories Subjects Grading Scale and some Reports settings e Gradebook display e The computer setup e The AccelTest program Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get each student s final grades for each subject for each term or semester and the school year The report includes blanks where you can fill in the student s tardies and excused or unexcused absences It also includes the dates for each term You can use this as a report card if you don t have standard report cards or you can use it as a reference when you create student report cards Preferences page 157 Print oreview setting Use this report to get each student s AccelTest ID Students who don t own their Responders need to enter their IDs when they participate in a teacher paced or student paced session students who use NEO 2s also need to enter their IDs during sessions You set each student s ID when you add the student see page 18 or edit the student s information See page 28 Preferences page 157
228. t User Manual 51 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Reading Quiz 4 File Edit Assignments ANSWERS Fillin Bubble Total Points Oo For multiple choice true false and yes no questions click the correct answer to fill in the circle When you click in the answer area for a numeric response question you can enter or change the answer When you click a short answer question the item wizard opens so you can enter correct answers and choose whether answers must be case sensitive To change a point value click it to see a text field then type the new point value To add more items or questions to the score key click Add Items Enter the number of items of each type you d like to 6 Click Done when you ve finished 7 Click Save to save the score key AccelTest User Manual 52 Aligned add and the point values for those item types then click Add to return to the score key The Edit Item button is not available for most score key items however it is available when you have a short answer item highlighted so that you can edit the possible answers To change the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your changes and click OK To choose or change the standards aligned with the items click the item and click Align Item See page 57 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Creating a New S
229. t assignments see page 59 standards those alignments are exported with the 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab assignment If the teacher who imports the assignment 2 Click the assignment that you want to export doesn t have those standards 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Export added the program will give the teacher the opportunity to 2 AccelTest Entire School Year import the standards with the File Edit ESFE Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help assi gnmen t Assignmen Mew Assignment ees Delete AN Subje Import Export Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 11 49 AM Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 4M Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 4M Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 AM AccelTest English Quiz AccelTest 7 21 2009 9 38 4M Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Cai AD assignment from the 4 latest version of AccelTest and you try to If you export an P In the dialog box that opens go to the drive and folder where you want to save the exported assignments or score keys If necessary change the file name Make import it into an older version sure it ends with an at3 extension especially if the assi
230. t the Responder Press lf your Receiver name appears click yes True and press Select If more than one Receiver name appears scroll to select the correct Receiver then press Select Enter your administrator PIN and press ENTER 5 The Responder will tell you the device is unlocked and it will show you the student s PIN Press any key Press WW to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Reset Owner then press Select 8 Enter the administrator PIN again and press ENTER The owner will be reset so no student will own the Responder To assign a new owner see page 12 Responder Models Firmware Versions and Updates Firmware is the software that runs inside your Responders and Receiver The firmware version that can be run on your Responder depends on your Responder model which is shown on the label on the back of each Responder Firmware Versions for RESP Responder Models Responders with the model number RESP on the back use version 4 x firmware Occasionally you may get firmware updates through your AccelTest software You can update the firmware on your Responders when you get new versions through AccelTest software updates RESP model Responders have all features available including math facts practice assigned owners notes and homework For these Responders font size can be changed in the settings not by changing the firmware version For more information see page 165 Ac
231. t used options for various question types instructions number of points and the amount of answer space provided for free response questions To select these preferences click Preferences choose Assignment Creation and then choose a preference E AccelTest Grade 3 Math G3M Maxwell Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports gees Window Help Auto Update i Assignment Creation d Default Fonts Categories i Print Layout All Subjects v New Assignment Data Location Projector Layout Devices Exams Title Type Pres Grading Scale Algebra I Quiz 1 AccelTest Print _Libraries Standards Countries of South America AccelTest Proj Password Book 1 Quiz AccelTest NEC Social Science Quiz 1 Score Key Scor Multiple Choice True False Yes No Matching Ranking Numeric Response Aligned Registration Information Art 101 Exam Score Key Scor Reports English 101 Exam AccelTest Res Responder Short Answer In Class Geography Quiz Score Key Scor Scanner Settings Essay School Year Subjects AccelTest User Manual 159 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Once you choose one of the assignment creation preferences you can click the drop down list and switch to another assignment creation preference When you do this any changes you chose for the first preference will still be saved when y
232. tems Click an item that you want to move click the Assignments menu and choose Move Up or Move Down You can only move one item at a time the menu options aren t available if you choose more than one item Ds You can also move AccelTest User Manual more questions items to the assignment Then enter the information for the new item s In the dialog box that appears enter the number of each item type that you want to add and the points for each item Then click OK You can also click the Assignments menu click Add Item and click the type of item To enter the text for each item click it and click Edit Item To change an item click it first to highlight it then click Edit Item C To change the assignment title subject fonts page layout or options click Properties The layout includes the page margins and where answer spaces if any will be located The options determine whether the point values are shown on the assignment 44 on the Responder or NEO 2 you can only change the title and subject Q Click Align Item to associate a standard with a specific item See page 57 E For assignments that will be viewed on the Responder or NEO 2 click Preview to see how the questions will look on the device In the preview window use the arrow buttons to go to the next and previous questions When you ve finished click OK Use the P and 4 buttons to go to the next or pre
233. that you can edit the possible answers Oo To change the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your changes and click OK To choose or change the standard aligned with an item click it and click Align Item See page 57 To scan a form with the correct answers so that these are changed in the score key click Scan Form For detailed instructions see page 56 5 Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the score key changes AccelTest User Manual 70 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Copying Assignments Copying Assignments By following the steps below you can copy an assignment or score key that you ve created This can be helpful if you want to create a variant of an assignment that is already in a class Gradebook You cannot change the original assignment once you ve added it to the Gradebook but you can edit the new copy that you have not used yet In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the assignment that you want to copy The assignment will open 2 AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Title Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 4M Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 4M Finding Perimeters AccelTest Pri
234. the justification left center or right For a circle you can choose the radius line weight range location line style and units radians degrees or revolutions Click Update after changing your plot settings Click Close to go back to your assignment item where the plot will be inserted If you decide to delete the plot at any time simply click the plot and press the Delete key on your keyboard Fe Item 2 of 5 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Question Choices hl Ceres 49 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment If you are using assignments that were created outside of AccelTest you can still use AccelTest to score them To do this create score keys for the assignments The assignments themselves will not be in AccelTest but the score keys will provide the correct answers to the software The steps for creating a score key depend on how you will score the assignment If you will have students enter their answers on Responders or NEO 2s follow the steps on page 50 If you want students to mark their answers on a scan card and then scan each card to score the assignment see page 53 Creating a New Score Key for Assignments That Will Be Done on Responders or NEO 2s 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti
235. the teacher chooses the assignment category One of these categories is Homework Any homework in your Gradebook that is set up to use the Responder as the scoring method is available to students on their Responders but not NEO 2s which don t support Homework If you re not sure what scoring method is selected for a specific assignment click the Assignments tab find the assignment and check the Score With column Students can follow these steps to retrieve and complete homework on their Responders Students must own their Responders to follow these steps see page 12 1 If the Responder isn t already on press the On Off button 2 The student enters his her Personal Identification Number PIN and presses Enter or Select The default PIN is 1212 you may have changed it or set a different one 3 Onthe menu the student must press WD io scroll down to Synchronize then press Select or Enter When synchronization is finished the Responder will show how many new homework assignments and notes were downloaded and how many files were submitted from the Responder The student presses any key In the menu the student presses My io scroll up to Homework then the student presses Select or Enter 6 The Responder lists the homework assignments The student uses the arrows to scroll to one assignment then the student presses Select 87 More information about short answer items and Responders For more about the m
236. thematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 2 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 3 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 4 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 5 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 6 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 7 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Algebra 1 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathematics Fra Select All Deselect All EISEDOOODOOEEYYSOOOOoOO 10 When the standards have been installed you will return to the Standards tab in the Libraries Standards dialog box The standards that you added will be listed Click Close to close the preference AccelTest User Manual 35 STANDARDS Deleting Standards Deleting Standards Follow these steps if you want to delete some standards that you have added This can be helpful if you find that you don t need some of the standards you have added removing them can help you focus on the standards you do use Important If you delete standards that you ve selected when aligning assignment items
237. to standards those alignments will be lost Make sure you know which standards you have used for alignments before deleting standards 1 Click the Preferences menu and choose ZA Window Help Libraries Standards METUA Assignment Creation gt 2 Click the Standards tab neni ata Location Select the standards you want to delete aia i i Grading Scale e To choose one click on it Password e To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Rasietvalion mornas Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click the ay j stan da rds Scanner Settings School Year e To choose a group of adjacent standards click the first Subjects standard in the group hold down the Shift key and click the last one in the group to highlight the whole group E Libraries Standards a leg Libraries Standards Standard Version Date Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 1 Stage 4 I 1 0 0 35 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 11 12 Stage 1 0 0 3 5 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 2 Stage B Ill 1 0 0 3 5 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 3 Stage C I 1 0 0 35 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 4 Stage D Il 1 0 0 35 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 5 Stage E Ill 1 0 0 35 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 6 Stage F Ill 1 0 0 35 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 7 Stage G I 1 0 0 3 5 2003 Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 8 Stage H I 1 0 0 3 5 2003 Ilinoi
238. to the students you chose E Send Note Title Field Trip on Friday lon Friday c JE Locked O After you send a note you ll see an N in the Status column for the students For locked notes you ll see a lock at the lower right corner of the N When the student has read the note on his or her Responder as described below the N will disappear 2 AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help H waa J ountries of Cer Simple Equations Sentence Struct In Class In Class 10 3 2009 10 3 2009 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 10 19 2009 10 27 2009 3 Assigned Scored 23 0 A eB Students ID Status Grade Arnold Jacob Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Jamal Waiting Waiting Waiting Camacho Luis Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Rebekah Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan Waiting Waiting Waiting AccelTest User Manual 112 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders How Students Get and Read Notes on Their Responders Students follow these steps to view notes from their teachers on the Responder Students can only view their notes on the Responders they own If the Responder isn t already on press the On Off button The student must enter his or her Personal Identific
239. top application Cancel AccelTest User Manual 24 AccelTest User Manual CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File 3 On the next panel click Select File or Select Folder Find and select highlight the file or folder that you want to import students from Then click Select OK or Choose The button name varies depending on your operating system and the type of item that you are choosing 4 After you ve chosen the file or folder notice that the panel in the wizard will show you how many students were found in that location To continue click Next 5 Check the boxes next to the students that you want to import Then click Next FE Import Students Wizard Select Students ame O Brooks Matthew C Burke Leah E Camacho Juan O Collins Adam J O Collins Sherrica O Contreras Miguel O Davis Benjamin O Dela Cruz Miranda E Dobbs Rebekah O Duncan Morgan CO Emery Samuel O Espinosa Luis O Fanning Jamal E Fisher Keisha MM arrin Tse B C A 353 To choose students one by one To select all the students listed check the box next to each click Select All This checks the student that you want to import f box next to each student you want to enroll students in classes as you import them make sure you only select only students who are in the same class To remove the check mark from all students listed click Deselect All 6 If any student names that
240. ugh the Renaissance Training Center Visit www renlearn com training and choose from a variety of learning opportunities including e Webinars Using the Internet and a telephone attend guided software training with a Renaissance Coach e On Demand Sessions These short tutorials cover essential step by step guidance on specific software tasks Need More Help e Knowledge Base Search the Renaissance Learning Knowledge Base on the Web at support renlearn com techkb for technical support information e Email In the US send general questions to answers renlearn com send technical questions to support renlearn com In the UK send general questions to answers renlearn co uk send technical questions to support renlearn co uk e Phone See the front of this manual for the telephone number for your area AccelTest User Manual 4 GETTING STARTED Before You Start This section gives you the procedures you ll need to start using the 2Know classroom response system and Accel Test Before you start using AccelTest and the 2Know classroom response system check the following e Make sure you ve installed the AccelTest software See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Make sure you ve connected the Renaissance Receiver to your computer For instructions in the US see the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide or the NEO 2 Quick Guide if you have a NEO SmartOption Mobile Lab In the UK go to http renlearn co uk
241. ultiple Choice and ranking items On the Template tab when you add matching or ranking items note that the Matching total points for those items is calculated by multiplying the number of items you add by the default number of answers short Answer to match or rank Essay a i True False YesiNa Ranking Mumeric Response Assignment Total On Add instruction before items e Library If you choose this tab click next to a library Then open the subject and category and select the item s to add to this assignment Q After choosing the items click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Grade 10 LA Item Bank Grade 10 Math Item Bank Grade 3 LA Item Bank E Grade 3 Math Item Bank 4 Grade 4 LA Item Bank Grade 4 Math Item Bank o 5 LA Item Bank Q Build vocabulary Use the writing process Multiple items selected H Communicate through writing El Edit using standard conventions LJ Use parts of speech in writing 4 Use pronouns in writing Identify and use verb tenses E Show subject verb agreement Oe we 2 Multiple choice H Show correct adjective usage AccelTest User Manual 41 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest e Assignments If you choose this tab click next to the assignment that has wux You can choose the items you want to use
242. ur or the students answers in the software NEO 2s have been updated to If you choose Responder as the scoring method students can use either a system 3 9 or higher using the Responder or NEO 2 to complete the assignment but if you choose NEO 2 NEO Manager software Only as the scoring method only NEO 2s may be used AccelTest User Manual 40 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 4 Inthe Add Items dialog box click one of the tabs at the top O to decide whether to 4 You can only use specify the number of items and point values Template use sample items that are WW one tab in this in the AccelTest libraries Library use items from an assignment you ve already window When you created Assignment or use items that you ve aligned to standards Standards click OK AccelTest will only apply your selections from the e Template If you choose this tab enter the number of items of each type that tab you have selected Any you want to include on the assignment and enter the points per item for selections you ve made on each item type Some item types may not be available depending on the other tabs will not be used type of assignment you chose If you want to add instructions before the items for printed assignments only check the box To finish click Add E Add Items emner toe Assignment Standards Item Types Number of Items Points Per Item Total Points for matching M
243. utstanding satisfactory unsatisfactory 99 151 pass fail 99 151 preference 151 standard 99 151 Graphics in assignments 45 Group Assignment Report 146 H Help 4 History of a student s notes 113 Homework completing with Responder 87 IDs student exporting 30 in report 147 Importing assignments 59 Importing classes from Renaissance Place 21 Importing students from a file 23 24 from desktop programs 24 In class assignments 2 Installing AccelTest software 5 Installing libraries 151 Installing standards 151 Item scores viewing 97 Item types 39 ltems changing 64 moving on assignments 66 L Layout of assignment 67 Learning AccelTest 4 Libraries 151 164 Accelerated Math 164 adding items to assignments 62 deleting 151 downloading 164 installing 151 searching for 164 AccelTest User Manual 170 INDEX Libraries Standards preference 151 Library items in new assignments 41 M M Matching 39 98 Manuals 4 Margins 160 Matching 39 preference 162 MC Multiple choice 39 97 Mean 97 Median 97 Models for Responders 14 Moving items on assignments 66 Multiple choice 39 preference 161 N NEO 2 completing assignments 87 previewing assignments 73 scoring assignments 89 student feedback 78 Network name 10 New class 18 New student 18 Notes changing 113 deleting 113 history 113 reading on Responders 113 resending 114 sending to students 1
244. ve for each item the number of choices you use most often and the number of columns For more on these preferences see page 159 E AccelTest Grade 3 Math G3M Maxwell Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Peis Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Auto Update i Assignment Creation Default Fonts Categories Print Layout All Subjects k New Assignment Data Location Projector Layout Devices Multiple Choice True False Exams Title Type Grading Scale Algebra I Quiz 1 AccelTest Libraries Standards laine Countries of South America AccelTest Password Matching Book 1 Quiz AccelTest ee ee eee Ranking Social Science Quiz 1 Score Key egistration Information 4rt 101 Exam Score key Reports English 101 Exarn AccelTest Responder Short Answer In Class Geography Quiz Score Key Aligned Numeric Response Scanner Settings Essay School Year Subjects AccelTest User Manual 38 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Item Question Types Item Question Types When you create assignments in AccelTest you can choose from the item types listed below You choose the number of items to include from each type and the point values The item types that are available for a specific assignment depend on how you ve chosen to present the assignment to students and score the assignment Assisted Response It
245. vious page or question Click J4 or F to go to the first or last page or question To go toa specific page or question enter the page or question number and press the Enter or return key on your keyboard SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 7 Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment The jm After you create an assignment will be added to your list on the Assignments tab ADA assignment you can print it see page 72 to check it carefully before assigning it to students To add the assignment to a Gradebook so it is assigned to your class see page 77 Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments As you add questions for a new assignment or edit them for an assignment you ve already created you can add a graphic equation or plot the following sections explain how You cannot add graphics equations or plots to Responder or NEO 2 assignments Adding Graphics to Assignments 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the graphic Then click Graphic O FZ Item 1 of 7 Seles File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Question Identify Country A A Choices A Guatemala B Belize El Salvador Answer Points Cancel AccelTest User Manual 45 To limit the size of W your assignment files choose graphics with a small file size SETTING UP
246. ware to switch between AccelTest screens E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti w Mame Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yan Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Kharnil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan ashley Lr i Riker Tansan Zenikbh hain Assignments Click this tab to create Gradebook Click this tab to assign or print change or delete assignments assignments and monitor student scores Sessions Click this tab to start or monitor Classes Click this tab to add edit or teacher paced or student paced sessions delete students and classes and to manage class enrollment You ll find other tasks in the menus at the top of the screen For example to set preferences click t
247. wn the Ctrl key Standards Assignments Standards and Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the Student Standards Reports library names or to select a group click the first library in the group hold down the Shift key and click the last library in the group Click Delete Then click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the libraries 4 Click Close to close the dialog box AccelTest User Manual 151 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Password Use this preference to change the AccelTest password It s a good idea to change the password after you install the program to Click the Preferences menu and select Password The Change Password dialog box will open 2 Type your current password in the Current Password keep it secure The default password is field Sm 3 Press the Tab key and type your new password in the New Password field 4 Press Tab again and type your new password in the Confirm Password field 5 Click OK to save your new password Anyone who logs into the program must use the new password the next time AccelTest is started Registration Use this preference to see your AccelTest 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Information serial number and to change your school or Registration Information The serial number is at teacher name the top of the dialog box that will open 2 If necessary change the school
248. work 40 50 Total 90 120 75 Field Trip Library 8 10 Museum 7 10 Total 15 20 75 Extra Credit Report 1 7 10 Report 2 3 10 Total 10 20 50 Tests 80 correct X 50 weight 40 0 Homework 75 correct X 30 weight 22 5 Field Trips 75 correct X 20 weight 15 0 Extra Credit 50 correct X 10 weight 5 0 Total 82 5 Without Extra Credit assignments this student would have a grade of 77 5 for the term Note that the Extra Credit category is not included when the category weights are totaled making the assignments truly extra credit Note If you check Drop Worst Score in the Categories preference an Extra Credit assignment that happens to be the lowest score will not contribute to the grade 101 USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest Exporting Scores from AccelTest There are two ways that you can export information about student grades in AccelTest ely e ot bes PreApon e You can export one class s results for one or more assignments using the Export files are tab Sie i Results feature The file includes the assignment name category such as In Class a delimited files In tab delimited files the program and total points as well as each student s name ID and score The file is saved in puts a tab after each piece of text format here is an example information This format can be imported by many Names ID Grade 3 Math Word Problems spreadsheet programs In Class lh 17 Arnold
249. xt to each class students aren t enrolled in a class when they are imported To remove the check mark from but you can enroll them into a all classes listed click Deselect class after importing them All 6 Read the Summary to make sure you ve chosen the correct classes Then click Next 7 Click Done when the program tells you it has finished importing students AccelTest User Manual 22 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File Importing Student Names from a File Do you want to W import information from Renaissance Place instead See page 21 to import entire classes including student names and class enrollments Instead of adding students you may be able to import their names from another program you re using You can import text files with information separated by commas CSV files or you can import students from the database for a desktop Renaissance Learning program About Comma Separated Value CSV Files AccelTest User Manual A comma separated value CSV file is a text file that separates information within each line of data with commas The file must have the information in a specific order so the student names and IDs are imported correctly Follow these guidelines e Your file must have only one student record per line Use a comma to separate each piece of information The maximum line length is 255 characters including spaces e Each record must contain at least the stu
250. y there Important If you overwrite the existing data it cannot be recovered Make sure you know what is in the existing data and make sure no one needs the data before you choose to overwrite it Click one of the options then click Next E Data Location Preference Open an existing data location There is an existing data location in this location G iTammyAccelTest How would you like to proceed Use the existing data at this location Overwrite the existing data with the current data Cancel 156 PREFERENCES Setting Reports Preferences lf the folder you chose does not have data in it you will be asked whether you want to copy your current data there or create a new empty data location with no students classes or assignments Click one of the options then click Next de Data Location Preference Open an existing data location There is no data in this data location How would you like to proceed Create a new empty data location Copy your current data location here Cancel 5 If you chose to copy data or to overwrite existing data the program will show you its progress copying the data 6 The Summary panel will show you the data location you have chosen Click Done Setting Reports Preferences AccelTest has several Reports preferences that allow you to choose options for AccelTest reports To select these preferences click Preferences choose Reports and then choose the r
251. y to handle extra credit if you are using category weights to compute grades See the Categories preference on page 151 e You can check a box to designate an assignment in any category homework test or quiz as an extra credit assignment You may prefer to do this if you are using points possible to compute grades How AccelTest Uses Points Possible with Extra Credit Assignments designated as Extra Credit contribute to each student s points earned but not to the total points possible so that students can improve their score See the example below where the student earned 5 points out of 0 possible on the extra credit assignment When you give assignments for Extra Credit it is possible for students to earn enough points so they achieve a term or semester grade above 100 However AccelTest limits the grade to 100 Homework Chapter 9 10 Quiz Chapter 8 10 Homework Questions 7 10 Homework Chapter 2 10 10 Homework Chapter 3 9 10 Extra Credit Homework 5 0 Test Chapters 1 4 9 10 Total 57 60 95 How Category Weights Work with Extra Credit Category weights work differently depending on how you designate an assignment extra credit e When you add an assignment in another category to the Gradebook Homework Test Quiz etc and check the box to make it extra credit extra credit assignments improve the percent correct within that category For example if you make a Homework assignment extra credit this increases the perc
252. you assign the assignments later If students need printed copies of the assignments they will be printed when you assign them The assignments are scored in one of three ways Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s during a student paced session and the assignments are then scored automatically by the software Students enter their answers on AccelScan cards and you use the AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring You score the assignments manually Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have 1 You create a score key for the existing assignments The assignments aren t in the AccelTest software only the score key is You add the score key to your class Gradebook You assign the score key to your students The assignments are scored in one of three ways Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s during student paced sessions and the assignments are then scored automatically by the software Students enter their answers on AccelScan cards and you use the AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring You score the assignments manually Using AccelTest with Teacher Paced Sessions for In Class Assignments You create the assignment You start a teacher paced session and select the assignment You can project the assignment use PowerPoint slides ask students questions verbally or use printed copies for students AccelTe
253. you click OK Report Options Answer Key O Print Preview Setting il Cancel Follow these steps to change the report preferences 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Reports and choose the report for which you want to change preferences The Report Options window will open Click the Print Preview drop down list to choose what will happen when you choose the report Ask means the program will ask if you want to preview the report or print it every time you choose the report Always Preview means the program will always open the preview window when you choose the report You can print the report from this window Always Print means the program will always print the report without showing you the preview window first Some reports have additional preferences in the Report Options window Assignment Analysis Report Check the Display item details box if you want the report to include the number of students who chose each possible answer to each assisted response question Assignment Results Report Use the following options Questions to display Click this drop down list and choose whether to list all questions or just missed questions The list shows the possible points the points the student earned and the student s answer if possible For missed questions the list also includes the text of the question Show correct answers Check this box if you want the list of missed questions to include the

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