SAM Brief Instructor User Guide
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1. GZ Percentage Final Score Points iaiia Scores Weights Exam and Project Scoring Method SAM Path Scoring Options Select the base scoring method for exams and projects Grade Each Separately Exams Projects 7 Grade Exam Only Highest Highest Display exam in Exam Assignment Type Display exam in SAM Path Assignment Type Display Cumulative Score 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 16 Modifying the Default Gradebook Display In the Section Settings dialog box under Default Gradebook Display select either Percentage or Points NOTE The default is Percentage Modifying the Student Gradebook Display In the Section Settings dialog box under Student Gradebook Display select what to display to students Final Score displays the weighted Final Score Assignment Scores displays the individual scores for each assignment Weights displays the Assignment Type Weights in percentages only NOTE All options are unselected by default Students do not see the gradebook unless one or more of these options are changed Modifying the Exam and Project Scoring Method In the Section Settings dialog box under Student Gradebook Display select what to display to students E Click the drop down menu for Exam m Select from Highest default Average or Lowest m Repeat for Project Modifying the SAM Path Scoring Options In the Section Settings dialog box under Student Gradebo2. Save your work right now this assignment will be automatically scheduled and you will not be able to edit it any further within this Wizard Do you wish to Proceed 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 14 Projects m Inthe Project Assignment Options dialog box enter and select from the various options Complete the project schedule and security options available date and always available password report available date etc Project Options Scoring And Delivery Options Max number of submission attempts 3 Set Pass Fail threshold Date Times And Security Specify when project is available __ Specify always available password Specify when students can view reports Never make reports available to students Make student reports always available beginning 12 00 AM 06 26 2014 Make student reports available Adjust Maximum Score and Step Weight Save Project Exit m Click Save Project Result The following message displays If you Save your work right now this assignment will be automatically scheduled and you will not be able to edit it any further within this Wizard Do you wish to Proceed Gradebook You can use the Gradebook to change Gradebook settings The default setting is not to display the gradebook to students You can display weights scores and the final score to students Selecting a Section Before viewing or maintaining a Gradebook first select the
3. have the Flash Player installed to launch an assignment Wednesday June 10 2015 Get Adobe Flash Player SAM an interactive online learning environment helps students master Microsoft Office and computer concepts essential to academic and career success Students observe practice and 4 Documentation train then apply their skills live in the application SAM s auto graded assignments and flexible reporting tools save you time and energy Get in depth information on using SAM The SAM Team amp Technical Support Access our QgleiSele Seti or contact REALES ok NOTES SAM requires that you use an email address as your account s username If your account also has a communication email address it displays by default You can enter another email address if you wish You need to do this only once SAM also supports single sign on SSO with Cengage Brain http www cengagebrain com enabling you to use the same username and password for both systems If you are a returning SAM user the first time you log into the SAM environment SAM checks Cengage Brain for an existing account If you have an account a prompt displays enabling you to enter your Cengage Brain password instead of your SAM password If you forget your Cengage Brain password click the Forgot your password link to retrieve it 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 4 Grace Periods Your students may have Gr
4. page OR m Click Save to save the changes you made in all tabs and remain on the same page Result the Sections page displays 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 9 Editing Section Students Edit the students for your section using the following procedure On the Navigation bar click Sections Result The Sections page displays Select a section Click Edit Result The Sections Edit page displays defaulting to the Properties tab NOTE If you do not want to edit the section click the Cancel button From the All Students or Wait Listed Student menus select the student s to add Click the icon to add them to the Enrolled Students menu Click the Display Expired toggle to view students whose grace period expired To remove a student click the minus icon next to the student Save your edits m Click Save and Close to save the changes you made in all tabs and return to the Sections page OR m Click Save to save the changes you made in all tabs and remain on the same page Result the Sections page displays Step 2 Click the Students tab to enroll students in the section Edit Section gt Chris Test Properties Textbooks Instructors Students Enrolled Students EA Display Expired OFF Searc Judd Christopher Judd Christopher 1 2 of 2 results Waitlisted Students 0 All Students 3 200 6 Creating Exams and Training Instructors can create SAM exams
5. section using the following procedure On the Navigation bar click Results 3 Click the Gradebook tab 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 15 From the drop down menu select a section Result The section s student list displays fa yradebook sta Katie Section 2 Fali 2010 v tsE Class Average Studen nrotied 5 i Gn Percentages Po Exam 34 Student Name a Final Score J Gutherz David 64 100 Of 156 Opsanhi Doreen 84 34 Of 60 Jones Lisa 91 50 Of 56 Smith Linda 78 130 Of 156 NOTE No results display when the selected section contains no students or no student results Instead of the table grid the following message displays No Students are enrolled in selected section or no student results exist Instructors can edit Section Settings and manage Assignment Types before student results exist Modifying Gradebook Section Settings Modifying Gradebook s Section Settings changes the default display for all sections Modify the Gradebook Section Settings use this procedure After you have started Gradebook and selected a section the table grid displays From the Section drop down menu select a section Click the Manage tab in the upper right corner of the window Result The Manage tab displays Click Section Settings Result The Section Settings dialog box displays Section Settings Default Gradebook Display Student Gradebook Display
6. students cannot see the section You can use this to set up a template which you can then copy or while you are editing the section 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 6 Click Save Add New Properties Course Name Section Name Intro to Microsoft Office Fall 2015 Course Description Term Fall Content Version OFFICE 2013 Study Center Hide Section Student Auto Enroll Dropbox eS Cancel Result You created the section A dialog box displays asking if you want to edit section settings Click OK to add the textbooks instructors and students to the section Section Added Successfully You successfully added the Section Click OK to Add Textbooks Instructors or Students Result The Edit Section page displays Editing Section Textbooks Edit the textbooks for your section using the following procedure IMPORTANT Instructors can add more than one textbook to a section The SAM institution type Key Code or Site License and either the Key Code or number of licenses determine the number of e books student can launch Once students launch an e book it consumes an e book license Students have access to activities from other e books but can only read the initial e book they launch On the Navigation bar click Sections Result The Sections page displays 2 Select a section 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center S
7. Thank you The SAM Team You must have the Flash Player installed to launch an assignment Get Adobe Flash Player Documentation Get in depth information on using SAM Lab Admin Guide si Technical Support Access our ee aee or contact EAE olk Result The Sections page displays Click Add New Sections Search Edit Copy Deactivate Communicate m Section Name Content Version Creator Instructor s Result The Sections Add New page displays defaulting to the Properties tab 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 5 Enter the necessary information in the Properties tab An indicates a mandatory field Course Description Briefly describe the course content Term Enter the term in which the section will be available i e fall spring summer etc Year Enter the year the section will be available Content Version Select from Office 2010 or Office 2013 depending on what is available to your institution and what you intend to use in the section Student Auto Enroll If this box is checked students automatically enroll in this section If unchecked students will be wait listed until you accept them into the section Dropbox If this box is checked the Dropbox displays as part of the section Study Center If this box is checked the Study Center displays to students You can disable the Study Center any time Hide Section If this box is checked
8. ace Periods in certain Key Code institutions Grace periods enable your students to access SAM temporarily without entering their Key Codes This enables students to access their SAM assignments until the grace period expires for example students waiting for financial aid Your students can enter their Key Codes at any time during the grace period The Cengage SAM Admin Superuser sets the default grace period length based on institution type View students whose grace period expired in the Users tab or Edit Sections Students tab If a student s grace period expires neither you nor the student can view reports and scores For additional information on changing the default grace period duration contact your Cengage Learning Consultant Sections Creating a Section You can create new sections from the SAM website Your institution or department may have a standard naming convention for you to follow when naming sections Use these steps to add a new section Student View Home Users Sections SAM Assignments Results TE My Account Notifications Logout Software Welcome to SAM Wednesday June 10 2015 SAM an interactive online learning environment helps students master Microsoft Office and computer concepts essential to academic and career success Students observe practice and train then apply their skills live in the application SAM s auto graded assignments and flexible reporting tools save you time and eneray
9. and training manually or by using Express Creation With Express Creation instructors can create and schedule the exam and training at the same time Manual creation of exams and training supports the options to save the exam or training or save and schedule 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 10 SAM Assignments Instructors can create SAM assignments exam training projects either manually or with Express Creation NOTE You cannot create SAM Path assignments with Express Creation E Manual Creation used for exams training projects or SAM Path assignments when you think you may want to edit or copy assignments later Instructors create and save assignments first then schedule assignments later E Express Creation a convenient way to create and schedule exam training and project assignments associated to a chapter from a textbook in a section NOTE On the Assignments page in the Search text box instructors can enter text to filter the assignment list The list filters automatically to the text entered Scheduling SAM Assignments The following section shows you how to use Express Creation to schedule exams training or projects NOTE Schedule all existing exams training and projects from their respective tabs by clicking the Schedule icon Bi IMPORTANT When instructors set dates in the calendar for all assignment types or set times and passwords for all exams and projects the defau
10. l networking applications during SAM sessions It may have a negative impact on overall workstation performance E For SAM Training each user may require up to 1 megabit per second of bandwidth to download and use SAM Therefore a lab with 30 students may require 30 mbps of available capacity during SAM Training sessions SAM Exams and Projects require significantly less bandwidth E If your institution uses a firewall confirm that standard HTTP Port 80 is open for the http sam cengage com site If your institution accesses the site via secure SSL confirm that Port 443 is open as well The Lab Administrator guide provides additional information Technical Support Go to www cengage com support for all of these and more E Live chat for students 24 7 E Training videos go to http www cengage com dcs E SAM Knowledgebase and Manuals Or Email your problems and questions at any time to http poweron cengage com magellan TechSupport login aspx 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 18
11. lt days and times that display are for the local time zone on their computers However assignments are set for the institution time zone As a result instructors could select a day and or time in the past Be aware of this situation when scheduling assignments Creating and Scheduling Assignments with the Express Creation Wizard Express Creation is a convenient way to create and schedule exam training and project assignments associated to a chapter from a textbook in a section NOTE You cannot create a SAM Path using the Express Creation wizard Instead use manual creation E For exam creation you can select tasks and or testbank questions Task based questions display selected by default To use objective based testbank questions you must select them individually E For training assignment creation you can select performance based tasks that are parallel to those used in exams For projects you can assign step by step activities that require students to show proficiency with Word Excel Access or PowerPoint Follow these steps to use the Express Assignment Creation wizard to create and schedule assignments for your section 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 11 On the Navigation bar click SAM Assignments Click Express Creation Express Creation 3 From the Select Section drop down menu select a section From the Textbook drop down menu select a textbook from which to crea
12. nstructors who need to create courses and configure assignments Exams Training Projects and SAM Paths This guide summarizes the detailed information found in the Instructor User Manual You can also reference the SAM Lab Administrators Guide for information about setting up the SAM environment For details about student activities your students can reference the SAM Student User Manual For details about browser and computer settings you and your students can reference the SAM System Requirements Guide Audience This SAM Brief Instructor User Guide is a resource for SAM instructors who are new to teaching with SAM and the Cengage support teams who assist them Objectives Instructors can use this guide to learn about SAM functionality in these areas E Working with courses Creating a Section E Adding Assignments Exams Training Projects and SAM Path E Setting up Gradebook Engagement Services Cengage Learning s Engagement Services offers a full portfolio of services designed to support instructors and institutions in fostering learner engagement and improving outcomes Digital Course Support services provide you and your students with an unparalleled ongoing user experience with SAM For more information contact your Cengage Learning Consultant or visit http www cengage com services 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 1 Logging into SAM Use the following procedure to log int
13. o SAM 1 In your browser enter http sam cengage com in the Address field and press the Enter key Result The SAM Login page displays Username Password Forgot your password Enter the username and password you received NOTE CengageBrain checks the username you enter If it finds it a prompt directs you to enter your CengageBrain password to login Click Login Result If this is your first login the SAM Terms and Conditions page displays The SAM home page displays on subsequent logins If this is your first time logging into SAM follow these steps 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 2 When the SAM Terms and Conditions page displays click Agree to accept the terms and conditions Agree Disagree Enter and Confirm your secret question and secret answer Please select a secret question and answer to complete your user registration In the event you forget your password the secret question and answer will be used to reset your password Required Fields secret question Select a secret question secret answer When finished click Submit 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 3 Enter and confirm your New Password Click Submit Result The SAM Home Page displays Student View SM Home Users Sections SAM Assignments Results Z My Account Notifications Logout Seii Software Welcome to SAM l You must
14. ok Display select what to display to students m Grade Each Separately Students receive a grade for each separate component of the SAM Path assignment m Grade Exam Only The Exam grade displays in the Gradebook If there are multiple exams in a SAM Path only the post exam counts towards the final score Display Exam in Exam Assignment Type Display Exam in SAM Path Assignment Type Display Cumulative Score One score displays for the SAM Path assignment If the SAM Path assignment is either a Training gt Exam or Exam gt Training type the exam score displays for the cumulative score If you selected Display Training and Post Exam only for incorrect tasks in the Pre Exam in the assignment options the cumulative score for Exam gt Training gt Exam is the Pre Exam the Post Exam If all tasks display in the Post Exam the cumulative score is the score number of questions students got right on either the Pre Exam or Post Exam Click Save Result Section settings update 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 17 Optimizing SAM For information about optimizing SAM refer to the SAM Lab Administrators Guide Follow these guidelines to help ensure that SAM loads and runs at optimal speeds E Exit other applications while using SAM especially during exams to ensure adequate bandwidth and critical system memory to provide the best user experience E Disallow or block socia
15. s e CENGAGE d7 LESTIN August 2015 SAM Assessment Training and Projects for M crosoft Office SAM Brief Instructor User Guide 4 Contents Introduction to SAM Audience Objectives Engagement Services Logging into SAM Grace Periods Sections Creating a Section Editing Section Textbooks Editing Section Instructors Editing Section Students Creating Exams and Training SAM Assignments Scheduling SAM Assignments Creating and Scheduling Assignments with the Express Creation Wizard Gradebook Selecting a Section Modifying Gradebook Section Settings Optimizing SAM Technical Support 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM e e e he O N uo QA 10 10 11 11 11 15 15 16 18 18 Introduction to SAM SAM Skills Assessment Manager is a web based application that measures student proficiency in Microsoft Office software and technology related topics SAM teaches Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint Access Outlook Windows and Internet Explorer in addition to Foundational Computer Concepts SAM uses skill based assessments interactive training real world projects and just in time remediation to help students master essential computing skills Visit SAM Central at www cengage com samcentral for more information Cengage Learning created this SAM Brief Instructor User Guide to serve as an introduction for new SAM instructors It provides directions for i
16. te an assignment Result The Express Creation wizard opens Express Creation S TC BE sc neces once 010 Chapters 1 e 3 4 5 Creating Formatting and Editing a Word Document with a Picture gt Exam Assignment Chapter 2 34 Training Assignment Chapter 2 34 Project Assignment Chapter 2 Project Assignment Chapter 2 Project Assignment Chapter 2 Project Assignment Chapter 2 O5 From the Chapter tabs select the chapter from which to create an assignment Select from the following m Exams You may select multiple tasks or testbank questions within a single exam Training You may select multiple tasks within a training assignment Projects Select a project In the Assignment box enter a unique name for the assignment 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 12 Exams By default all tasks are selected testbank questions are not selected m Deselect and select tasks to include in the assignment m Select testbank questions to include in the assignment My Microsoft Word Exam Tasks 34 WD2275 Start Word WD2270 Open an existing document WD2274 Save a document WD2071 Close a document WD2268 Exit Word WD2137 Modify document properties WD2271 Print a document gt O WD2082 Undo and redo an action Select all appropriate exam assignment options Complete the exam schedule and security options available date always a
17. treet Boston MA 02210 SAM 7 Click Edit Result The Sections Edit page displays defaulting to the Properties tab NOTE If you do not want to edit the section click the Cancel button Click the Textbooks tab to add textbooks to this section Edit Section gt Chris Test Properties Textbooks Instructors Students Active Textbooks EE Title Student readings Remove e Microsoft Word 2013 Illustrated Complete Microsoft Word 2013 Illustrated Brief OM 8292 Result The Textbooks tab displays From the appropriate drop down menus select the appropriate series and subject NOTE You can also search by the ISBN or Title Result A list of textbooks display Click the icon to add them to the Active Textbooks menu NOTES m Textbooks with an e reader display with an e icon m When you add e books to your section students do not see them by default Result The textbooks display in the Active Textbooks section Click the Student Readings toggle to enable student readings IMPORTANT You can turn off the textbooks to hide readings during exams or to hide these from students so they do not launch them You can still create content and assignments from these textbooks Students just do not have access to them Save your edits m Click Save and Close to save the changes you made in all tabs and return to the Sections page OR E Click Save to save the changes you made in all tabs and remain on the same page Res
18. ult the Sections page displays 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 8 Editing Section Instructors Edit the instructors for your section using the following procedure On the Navigation bar click Sections Result The Sections page displays Select a section Click Edit Result The Sections Edit page displays defaulting to the Properties tab NOTE If you do not want to edit the section click the Cancel button Click the Instructors tab to add instructors to the section SAM assigns you to the section automatically Edit Section gt Chris Test Properties Textbooks Instructors Students Active Instructors za Last First Name Ownership Remove Instructor Candidates 2328 Click the icon to expand the Instructor Candidates section Result A list of instructors display Search for the instructor you want to add to the section Click the icon Result The instructor displays in the Active Instructors section 7 Expand the Active Instructors Click the Ownership toggle to make instructors owners m Only the creator or supervisor of the section can assign owner status to other instructors m Clicking the icon again reverts the user to instructor only status Optional Click the minus icon to remove an instructor from a section Save your edits m Click Save and Close to save the changes you made in all tabs and return to the Sections
19. vailable password report availability dates passwords etc v Exam Options _ Pass fail Specify time limit C Allow SAM exam to be retaken Randomize tasks questions Display results at end of exam Dates Times And Security Specify when exam is available Specify always available password Specify when students can view reports Never make reports available to students Make student reports always available beginning 12 00 AM 06 26 2014 ia Make student reports available Save Exam Click Save Exam Result The following message displays If you Save your work right now this assignment will be automatically scheduled and you will not be able to edit it any further within this Wizard Do you wish to Proceed 2015 Cengage Learning 20 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210 SAM 13 Training By default all training assignments are selected Deselect and select training if required Complete the following E Inthe Instructions text box enter exam instructions m Select the Training Options tab and enter all appropriate training options E Complete the exam schedule and security options available due dates and always available password gt Training Preview v Training Options Instructions DATES TIMES AND SECURITY Specify when training is available d Specify always available Password Specify when training is due ex Click Save Training Result The following message displays If you
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