TRAINING PROCEEDURES Prior to training
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1. Average MATH 6 Questions 15 Fo ao Category Average Say The test that I gave my class covered 6 9 and the class average is 78 3 By expanding further we see the sub categories a b and c with the class average for each of those Exams Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Quiz Students Math 6 Math 6 3rd Period SOLs Undefined Subject W MATH 6 Questions 15 Say Looking at the scores I see that my class averaged 75 for 6 9a 90 for 6 9b and 68 8 for 6 9c 6 9a isn t great but its passing They did very well with the 5 questions from 6 9b but they failed 6 9c Remember I said that this report is investigative so let s investigate further I want to know what questions in 6 9c gave my children trouble so I expand 6 9c and go deeper into the data Exams Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Quiz Students Math 6 Math 6 3rd Period SOLs Undefined Subject mart questions 15 Category Question pelenka Bistracter i Distracter 2 Distracter J Hot Answered li e 212 W g 869 100 0 0 0 0 0 OCR 0 0 be e jj U Q AT0 B7 STe TALDEA 0 0 12 55 Lil e 13 U g 876 2 07 0 0 50 0s T Li ia W Oe oF ote 12 5 Say When I expand we see that questions 11 12 13 and 14 are from 6 9c Not only do we give you the percentage of those who got each of those questions correct we also give you the percentages for those who chose distracter2. Say This is our Reporting homepage Notice that there are basically four types of reports currently available SOL Performance by Student Student Performance by Question or SPBQ Exam Grade Sheet and Mastery Reports Also notice that under each report there are three tabs My Students My School and My District As a teacher Isaac Newton I have access to My Students while Principals would have access to My School and Central Office personnel would have access to the entire district and so they would select My District The first two reports SOL Performance by Student and Student Performance by Question are more hierarchical in nature These two allow you to dig down and really investigate the data The Exam Grade Sheet is a more traditional looking report while the Mastery Reports are designed to display mastery non mastery levels As I mentioned we have four types of reports but within those four there are many ways to filter the data and so there are really many more available I will show them all to you but we are going to start with SOL Performance by Student Under SOL Performance by Student click My Students Say Again you are prompted to select a subject and the test I just took was in Sci 5 Click Sci then 5 The test is a Unit Test click folder and the name of the test is FCHS Practice Test Unit Test Click Forrest is in m
3. point to the bracketed questions Looking underneath the Math 6 Header you see more bracketed numbers to the left side of the text Pointing to 6 1 Say These numbers correspond to the Reporting Categories 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 etc Pointing to sign Say This expansion symbol or plus sign indicates that there is more information available Click Math 6 9 Say Notice that 6 9 has sub categories a b c and d By expanding further Click a b c or d we get down to the questions themselves Say Let me explain what it is that you see First pointing to the Q this is the question number that we use to track our questions Second roll your cursor over one of the questions to hover notice that if I move my cursor over a question and let it hover I get a pop up window that quickly displays the question Point to icon Say Next is this trapezoidal figure This is a Bloom s Taxonomy Identifier All of our questions are tagged with Bloom s identifiers If you are not familiar with Bloom s that s o k because you can click on the icon and get a pop up reference guide Click icon and explain Y l a W 1 Knowledge 4 Analysis 6 Evaluation 5 Synthesis Recall data or information mg T f Key Words define describe 3 Application i identify know label list match name outline recall recognize reproduce select st
4. report Student Performance by Question or SPBQ Go to Reporting homepage and select SPBQ Go through the same steps Math 6 Quiz folder Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz On the left side expand down until you get to the question under 6 9c 4 liters equal how many milliliters Expand the right side to display who missed it and who answered correctly Go to Reporting homepage and select Exam Grade Sheet Tl tole Chena oradi a E Mir Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Approved 15 A cee Eran Oneshors Teacher MATH 6 Gel Guestions 15 Average 78 2 PATH 6 9 Gl Questions 15 Average 78 2 MQTH 4 99 E feuestions Average 75 0 tHE MaTH 6 95 O feuestions 5 average 90 0 ourse Average f i 5 Hne cn G 50 0 Ta MATH 6 3r El questions 4 Average 6 0 Math amp 3rd Period Students 8 i e gT a Ei 2 Averaga 87 5 Stadion Average i i E ey pasaja e TE G favere 100 0 EP armstrong Louis Student 5555 100 0 ot DOSE ters egual hii man nihili Ji eho vet ope E 0 14216 Which of the following represent W E G javerag E h d E Hsgmaer Jaden Student 5432 i Pall Shrii 2 1117 Exam Grade Sheet Once you find the same test as above explain that this report is more traditional in the way it looks Students listed down the left and questions across the top Grade Sheel Report viewer Exams Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Qulz Quiz Students Math 6 Math 6 3rd Period SOLs Undefin
5. then they may proceed to take the test Explain the various tools buttons and functions Say We have tried to mirror the end of the year experience throughout the student interface and so our program offers the same tools as TestNav Demonstrate each tool as you go along a Highlighter Enables you to highlight parts of a passage or question mail ca Eliminator We try to foster the use of test taking skills and the eliminator button allows students to mark obvious wrong answers Eraser Allows students to erase highlighter eliminator or answer choice Use the highlighter to highlight a question Answer some questions Use the eliminator to cross out some of the answer choices Use the eraser to erase the highlighter and the eliminator marks Demonstrate and explain buttons Allows students to remove clear all answers as well as highlighter Navigates to previous page Navigates to the next page Allows students to mark a question for later review Takes the student to a Summary Screen Mark a couple of questions with the Review Me and jump to the Summary Screen to illustrate its purpose Question z Answered Mot Answered Point out the functionality of the Summary Screen Demonstrate how a student from the Summary Screen can see if they have not answered any questions Point out that any questions marked for Review Me are clearly visible Show how you can cl
6. Session Window Mew Test Session Exam E311 FCHS Practice Test Exam Type Unit Test Subject SCI 3 Science 5 Exam Status Approved Comments Test Session Name Session Select Test Session Type Craste Empty Test Session Acld al students to new Test Session Explain Test Session Window Say Once this window opens you will be prompted to first give the Test Session a Name The default name is Session 1 but you can name yours Period 1 or 1 Block or what ever you guys go by Next you will need to select the Test Session Type You have three options You can either set the session up to be delivered via paper pencil 1Test or 1Test Read Aloud Hew Test Session Exam E311 FCHS Practice Test Exam Type Unit Test Subject SCI 3 Science 5 Exam Status Approved Comments Test Session Name Create Empty Test Sessiol C Add all students te new Tes Read Aloud Paper Pencil Explain the three options for Test Sessions Say If you plan on giving a test using Paper Pencil then select that If you want to deliver a test on line then select iTest If you plan on giving this test on line but need all the students to be on the same question for IEP reasons then you will select 1Test Read Aloud Utilizing this option allows for on line testing but the questions and answers will not be jumbled Say I am going to select iTest Do so When
7. control over the progress of the test Explain the Light Icons Say All of the test sessions start in Red Light or Pending status This means that this test and session are set and ready but the students will not be able to download the test yet F Say In order for them to be able to download you must first put them into Yellow Light or Ready to download status Simply click on the yellow light to do that Now the students can enter their student ID number and download the test However they will not be able to begin the test yet 2 Say They will be allowed to begin only when you put them in Green Light or Open For Testing status Clicking on the green light will allow the students to begin Demonstrate iTest Say So far what I have shown you is what the teacher sees what you will see when you start to deliver your tests to your students Now I would like to show you what the students see I am going to demonstrate iTest and in order to do that I am going to minimize the browser and click the 1Test icon on my desktop Itest Ink When the program loads you will see 1Test s Student Login Screen Student Login Screen iTest Say Once the students get to the login screen they would simply type in their student number More often than not this is the same as their cafeteria numbe
8. in which you can add questions to a test Review Category Questions Demo while saying Say Going back to the category that we want questions from I am again going to Right Click the category or sub category and this time I am going to select Review Category Questions Do so When I do we get a new window and now we can view not only the question but also all of the answer choices Beta ipea Lo Seeger p Review MATH 6 9 All Eten Question G65 m vids T Category MATH 6 9a Passage mi Stabs Lecked CQussstlor 36 in yis Correct Answer 1 Petractey Fi Distracter 2 J Dittracter 3 4a lef 2s CL Gusition en exen Say So here is the first question in the category that we wanted to review Notice that at the top we see that we are in Math 6 9 the category is 6 9a and that the status is locked Locked simply means that this is an Interactive Achievement question and that it cannot be changed Also if this were an English question that was tied to a passage then the title of the passage would be shown here Point to the Passage line Here is the question Read question And here is the correct answer as well as the three distracters This format is great because you have the correct answer right in front of you which 1s particularly helpful especially for those who teach some of the higher level math courses Say Also if you were
9. question but the correct answer as well as the three distracters Close pop up Back now to the list of questions to explain the differing text Say You may have noticed that some of the text for the questions looks different All of Interactive Achievements questions are black and bolded Some of the questions are italicized This is a visual indication that these questions are released test items We do not sell the released test items but we can make them available to you for use within our system upon a specific request from central office Page layout continued Right Side Say Let me explain the right side of the screen now Notice that across the top there a few options If I click the drop down next to Select an Exam Click you will see that there are test folders labeled Post test Pre test Quiz Unit Test and Benchmark This is where you will find any quizzes or tests that you have worked on previously Select an Exam New hy La Post Test ia Pre Test J Quiz i Unit Test Say However you are here to learn how to build a test so I am are going to select sees Click New A new window will pop up 1 Herr Exam Subject MATH 6 Exam Type Exam Name Comments Conmnenns ao not aonoear an ihe fest Say You will be prompted to select an Exam Type Select Quiz from the drop down You
10. the Tree HE 5 Engish 5 535 Questions 1 Oral Language Subject related group Gio Questions 2 Oral Language Norverbal communica qu 0 Questions 3 Oral presentations m 0 Questions H Reading Fiction and Nonfiction qa 97 Questions 5 Reading Comprehension of Fictlon m 300 Questions 6 Reading Comprehension of Nonfiction qa for Questions 4 4 7 Reading Comprehension amp 22 Questions Me 8 Writing 20 Questions Me 9 Writing Editing m 29 Questions j Sth Grade Elements of Poetry 3 Passages 15 Questions j Sth Grade Historical Fiction 27 Passages 421 Questions Sth Grade Non Fiction 5 Passages 50 Questions j Sth Grade Wiring 5 Passages 43 Questions Direct them to expand these folders and build from there Explain that the reason for this is that more often than not English teachers are testing over many SOLs at once and also that English questions are often tied to a passage If teachers were to try and build an exam from the list above the folders then they run the risk of adding too many passages Insure that they understand that they MUST BUILD TESTS FROM THE FOLDERS AND NOT FROM THE LIST OF SOLS ABOVE THEM Note Allow them no more than 20 minutes here Circulate to access retention and proficiency Expect lots of Q and A during this time Keep a close watch on the time After 20 minu
11. 022 Username and password are not case sensitive Click the Question Mark icon located at the top right of the screen This is to test GOTO Assist capabilities Follow the instructions on the screen Once connection is made you can disconnect If no connection is possible then there is a Firewall issue and that will be addressed at a later date These steps are necessary to insure that you will be able to demonstrate the student test taking interface Test and our GOTO Assist customer service feature You are now ready to proceed with training TRAINING 1 INTRODUCTION Once all personnel are present introduce yourself and any other IA staff present Tell them that IA is a company comprised primarily of current and former educators Our CEO is currently the 8 Grade Principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Franklin Co Explain to the group what your connection to teaching is Briefly explain that A was formed from the realization that there needed to be a quality web based Benchmark testing application that could be used not only at the Division Level to create and deliver division wide benchmark assessments but also used at the Teacher Level to create and deliver teacher made tests and quizzes All tests are deliverable either online via 1Test our version of TestNav or paper pencil using bubble sheets and scanners 2 Have them access the internet and tell them to go to www interactiveachievement com Explain that this is our dotcom ho
12. 1 distracter 2 distracter 3 as well as those that were not answered We are trying to display the data in a way that will allow you to notice trends in your data I am drawn to questions 13 and 14 Looking at question 14 for instance I see that only 50 of my class got that question correct Not good But the good news is that everyone who missed that question chose distracter 2 There is a trend there and I want to investigate further so I expand again and get down to the question itself where we can perform item analysis Exams Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Quiz Report Meru Students Math 6 Math 6 3rd Period SOLs Undefined Le yia U gare S10 Question Details Question 4 liters equal how many milliliters Correct Asnwer 4 000 Distrmctcr 1 400 Distracter 2 Say Here is the question 4 liters equal how many milliliters The correct answer if 4 000 and 50 of my class got it right The other 50 all chose distracter 2 what 1s distracter 2 40 I know right now that my class 1s confusing the milli prefix Half correctly think it represents the thousands place while the other half think it represents the tens place I can use this information to guide my instruction and immediately address the problem Looking at this report my next question as a teacher is who got this correct and who missed it That leads us into our second
13. I do you will see that there are a few more options iTest Session Window New Test Session Exam E 311 FCHS Practice Test Exam Type Urat Test Subject SCI 4 Science 5 Exam Status Approved Comments Test Session Name Test Session Type Randomize Question Order for Each student Randomize Answer Order tor Each Student Download Password Cotienal e Cpotienal Add all students to new Test Session Say Notice that under the Test Session Type there are two check boxes that allow you to either randomize the questions and answers or not These options are defaulted to be selected but you can change those by clicking You also have the option of creating a Download and Submit password This feature is optional and is another layer of security If you utilize this feature then your students would not be able to download or submit the test until you give them the password The next step is to check the Add all students to new Test Session check box You will then need to click the Create Test Session with Students tab This will automatically add all the students who are in the class to the test session Explain the Testing Process Say O K you have created a test in Exam Builder and have set up a test session for that test The question is now How do I actually deliver that test to my students The answer is simple You will b
14. TRAINING PROCEEDURES Prior to training On the computer that you will be using for training 1 Install our iTest Program Note You will likely need to logon as an Administrator to install the program Ask whomever if you can get an Admin Login Insert the 1Test install disk into the d drive If it does not boot on its own then go to My Computer select d drive Select on the iTest CD folder Select Install folder Select the iTest by Interactive Achievement msi Windows Installer Package Follow the instructions on the screen for installation You will need to now go back to the desktop and click on the iTest icon to check to see if will run If 1Test student interface comes up you can close the program If you get a prompt saying something to the effect that the Net Framework needs to be installed you will need to go back to My Computer D drive 1Test CD and select dotnetfx exe and follow install instructions After install click the 1Test icon once again to insure it runs properly 2 Pull up browser Fire Fox is best but Internet Explorer will do Go to www interactiveachievement com This is our com home page Select Training Log in using Username inewton The password is a combination or algorithm that changes daily to keep folks out of our data base after training Example iachieve month day year so if you were training on September 5 2008 the password would be lachieve2022 9 5 2008 2
15. ad off the break down We can see that there are of questions in the Level 1 or Knowledge level in Level 2 Comprehension and in TF you decide that you want to add more rigor or higher level questions to the test then you can simply go find those levels and drag and drop them onto the test If you decide that the test is too rigorous then you can drag some of the higher level question off Say If you want to see what this test would look like if we were to print it off then you would go to Exam Menu Select Print Preview and then Print to PDF Exam Menu Print to PDF Exam E 8765 Draft 15 Questions z Mew Views by SOL View by Question a uE S EE S765 e Test Draft 14 Questions Edit IF E1 Knowledge G 3 Questions Duplicate Me MATH 6 9 Measurement G amp 2 Questio 34W Print Preview Submit l J A Ma NOTE It is very common for there to be a pop up blocker that will keep the test from appearing If so then along the top of the page there should be a Pop up Blocker notification bar Either right click and set it to Always Allow or if there is an Options button do the same You may have to go back to exam menu Print Preview and Print to PDF again Exam PDF worarrroven Wlath 6 8765 Pre Test 942 grams equals how many kilograms 942 94 2 420 9 42 Area is expressed in units divided tr
16. ates 2 Com prehension 1 Knowledge Say If you roll your cursor over the different levels you get a definition of the level as well as some key words Roll over one or two levels and read of some of the key words For instance Level 1 Knowledge is the recall of data or information and some key words that may apply include define describe identify know etc Close the pop up Say The next icon Eh looks like a piece of notebook paper This simply indicates that this question has been used on a test already That does not mean that it cannot be used again though You can use the same question on a hundred different tests However notice this one pointing to has a little lock on it This indicates that this question has been used on a benchmark or secure exam Questions that have this icon are not available for use on teacher made quizzes or test This is to retain the integrity of the benchmark process Say The next icon I want to explain is this one It looks like a little window By clicking on this icon Click icon you get a pop up that displays the full details of the question Question 9 563 36 m Status Locked Category MATH 6 9a Bloom s Taxonomy Question Detalls 2 Comprehension Question 36 in yds Correct Answer i Distracter 1 2 Distracter 2 Distracter 3 3 Say You can see not only the
17. discuss Tenn TOOT 2008 Schoo Year Arit subject E Mir Gibson s Unit 9 hez Exam Aporoved 15 Questions EMD ara Mores 4 gjah At Risk Pafista Mol Abik a Ethnic Groups All Ethnie Grops American imde Alaska Maive Asian Black or African American OHispanic White OMative Hawai lanier Pacific Islander Gender Sba and Female Female Only OMale Only Ciee Sub Group Colenes Say This function allows you to search by No Child Left Behind sub groups You can look only at those students with disabilities those with limited English proficiency or filter by ethnicity You can look at your males only or females only or combinations of all of these So you see there are actually many different reports embedded in our four main types of reports For the results on the test I took I want to keep All Ethnic Groups selected Close Sub group Say So back to the result of the test for the one class of mine who were tested If all you want is a grade to put in your grade book then here it is We hope that you do not stop there because there is so much more information available Let me show you When I clicked my class a list of my students and their scores came up on the left side of the screen On the right side different information is displayed Right Side Exams Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Quiz Students Math 6 Newton Isaac SOLs Undefined Subject
18. e following Contacting your representative Your representative will join you shortly I 7 Oo Say You may be asked to download or run the application Please follow the directions on your screen if so Once connected you will see the following window Your representative will arrive in a moment Please stand by mg Sele bad the software GoToAssist to start gt Your representative has amved Cs Start ScreenSharing Gol oAssist You are about to show your screen Please cose any windows showing confidential information You can stop screen sharing at any time from the ScreenSharing menu ERED BY GoToAssist Cancel Say Notice that you are being prompted to allow for the viewing of your screen As soon as you press OK our tech reps will be able to see your screen exactly as you see it This is EXTREMELY valuable in allowing IA to diagnose and troubleshoot any problems you may have You should now proceed to demonstrate the capabilities of GoToAssist with the help of our tech rep on the other end of the line The rep will help you in showing the different tools that are available Conclude the GoToAssit demonstration by emphasizing how beneficial this feature is you all users of IA Live remote assistance to all problems allows IA to constantly train and educate all users of IA s software After closing out your GoToAssist session you will be presented with an opportunity to leave
19. ed Ai Bie HOG raz q75 Student E g g Ti Ti amp en Louis P Hamaker Jaden Pn Billy P rert Clark Pnt Miguel 1 Mary Poe br RERE amp Elf g re XP Moore Mary T eit i amp i a nh me amp amp es q fe it amp amp amp amp amp ti amp Ee amp amp is Skee REE EE F ne MP strang Tom Explain that correct answers are green checks while incorrect are red letters Show how to roll the cursor over a cell and show pop up for correct and incorrect Also explain the superscript Show how you can throw in more columns to view by SOL Explain the Grad Sheet Report Viewer Show how to click on Bloom s Tax for a pop up guide Show how to click question numbers to get pop up of question details Under Mastery Reports click My Students Mastery Reports are used to provide teachers with specific information regarding their student s mastery and non mastery of the standards This report is especially effective at the end of a school year prior to SOL testing Teachers can access both Class and Individual Mastery reports displaying targeted data showing EXACTLY which SOLs and which students are in need of remediation Display and explain both a Class and Individual report CUSTOMER SERVICE Isaac Newton Logout Change Password ee Say Interactive Achievement has committed to being the 1 customer support company in the state of Virginia As educators ourselve
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21. ick on the question number and go directly to it both for those not answered and those that were marked for review Explain Submit and Exit Submit Selecting this will submit the test to be graded Selecting this will exit the test The test will not be graded Answers will be saved and the student can resume at any time Say Once the student is finished they have two options Submit and Exit Selecting Submit will grade the test 2 questions are marked Review Me You are about to submit the exam Enter the submit password and click Submit to complete the exam Submit Say If the test is not finished in the allotted time or there if there is a fire drill then you would want them to exit the test instead Exiting the test allows the student to stop the test and save the answers but it will not grade the test Are you sure you want to Exit Say The instant a child submits Submit your test and click DONE a test the results are immediately available in our Reporting feature Let s go there right now and see how Forest did on this test he just took Quit iTest and take them to Reporting REPORTING SOL Performance by Student Student Performance by Question My Students My Students ae Lnyschoo LL yschoo moet A Exam Grade Sheet Mastery Reports My Students E hy School biy School My District My District
22. ike Say We have tried to incorporate everyday computing techniques throughout our application and most everyone is familiar with dragging and dropping Adding Random Category Questions Demo while saying Say The second way to add questions to a test is to Right Click on the category you want to pull questions from You will get a drop down menu of options I am going to select Add Random Category Questions to Exam When I do I get a new window Add Category to Exam Category MATH 65 a Exclude Questons already used on 8765 JExclude Questions used on other exams Available Questions 10 How many questions do you wish to add to the exam Say This window tells me that currently there are 10 questions available to choose from I want to add 4 questions from this category so I type 4 into the field and click Add DO so What the software is going to do now is to reach in and randomly grab 4 questions from the 10 that were available and add them to the test You should notice that after the page refreshes we have gone from 1 question to 5 on our test Say Now if you think about it we have just been grabbing questions and dropping them onto the test and adding random questions to the test So far we have not actually seen the question details the question along with the correct answer and the three distracters That leads us into the third way
23. ipled F gt H J Explain the PDF Say Here is our test Read the title Notice that the questions are displayed in one column and that for the even numbered questions the answer choices are labeled A B C D and for the odd numbered questions they are labeled F G H J Questions are bolded while the answers are not The questions are written in 12 point Tahoma font for grades 4 and up and 14 point Tahoma font for 2 and 3 grades All of these details are important because again we are trying to mirror the end of the year experience as accurately as possible Close PDF Submitting and Approval of tests Exam El 8765 Draft 14 Questions re Mew View by SOL fiew by Question HE S765 re let Draft 14 Questions Bale oa I J gt MATH 6 9 Measurement m 8 Questions Duplicate Me MATH 6 9a Length t2 Questions ae 3 MATH 6 9b Weight Mass Gl 3 Questi eee 4 We MATH 6 9 Liquid volume 2 2 Questi Print Preview 4 ae MATH 6 9d Area Gl t1 Questions Sa 4 3 MATH 6 12 Measurement 6 Questions 13 MATH 6 12a Measurement Gl 5 Ques 41 MATH 6 12b Measurement 2 1 Questions Submit Say Now I ve seen the test and think it is a good one for my students The next thing that I need to do is to again go to the Exam Menu and select Submit I get a pop up that says Exam Successfully Sub
24. mepage and encourage them to visit it sometime so that they can read more about the product and the question writers Direct them to the teacher login located toward the top right of the page Have them click the link Once all are on the database selection screen have them select Training from the list located in the middle of the page Once they are to the login screen tell them that they are all going to log in as a fictitious teacher Isaac Newton Everyone will log in using Username inewton Password use algorithm described previously 3 EXPLAIN THE PAGE LAYOUT Point out the simplicity of the layout and explain that early on we had a focus group of teachers give us input and that they suggested that we keep it simple and clean Explain that this is the view that teachers see because remember you all logged in as Isaac Newton who is a teacher Say Notice that as a teacher Isaac Newton has access to five different components or features As teachers yourselves this is what you will see when you log in 4 EXPLAIN EACH FEATURE BUTTON Add submit or review questions Create and modify exams Create and administer test sessions View test results and print reports View and edit teacher student and course Information Feature Update A Cre atng a New Test Session Note These are self explanatory but we have found it helpful for people to hear the descriptions spoken aloud Briefly explain each featu
25. mitted I go back to the Exam Menu and select Approve next Again a pop up comes up and states Exam Successfully Approved This test is now deliverable to my students This process may seem redundant but we extend the same approval process that our questions undergo as a way to insure that someone has taken a look at this test and that they find it worthy Often in large divisions teachers are not allowed to approve their own tests They can build tests but a Grade Level Leader will look at them and then approve them Allow them to build exams Say I ve shown you how to easily build an exam and now I am going to give you time to build some on your own You guys go ahead and select Exam Builder from the list of features Select the course that you teach and start building exams Remember you will want to start off by selecting New on the right side of the screen select the type of test and give it aname Once you have created an empty test folder you can then add questions to that test by dragging and dropping by and Adding Randomly or you can right click and Review Category Questions ASK Who here teaches English O K building exams for you 1s slightly different Let me show you what I mean Building English tests Go to them first and show them how they need to build tests from the folders at the bottom of
26. on as the bubble sheets are scanned you get instantaneous data We will spend quite a bit of time here today as well Administration Say The last feature is Administration This is a feature that allows for local roster maintenance For instance if you have a child that switches from your class to someone else s then you could access this feature to make those types of small changes here locally Note You will likely not cover the Admin Feature in any detail but it is worth explaining what the feature s purpose IS Say We are going to start in Exam Builder and at this point I would like for you all to watch my screen as I demonstrate first I will give you all plenty of time in a little while to explore building exams on your own Click Exam Builder Say You will be prompted to select a Subject from the drop down window I m going to choose Math 6 to start with Once the page refreshes you will need to explain the page layout Left Side First Say Notice that the screen is divided into two sides At this point the right side is basically blank This is where we will build our exam in a minute The left side is displaying a Tree structure This is the structure that we have incorporated to house and organize the items in our question bank Point to Math 6 Say Remember we are in Math 6 and we see that as a Math 6 teacher I have access to
27. r and again this is displayed on the teacher s machine in case the kids forget theirs For this test I am going to be Forrest Gump and his number is 1603 Type 1603 After the students enter their number they click Next The next screen shows a list of all the tests that Forrest is scheduled to take Exam List iTest Select Exam Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Session 1 FD Quiz Session 2 FCHS Practice Test Session 1 Period 4 Quiz Session 1 Say If your children do not see the test that you are giving then that means the test is still in Red Light or Pending status In order for the test that you want to give to be displayed you will first have to put the test into Yellow Light or Ready to Download status Once you have put them in Yellow Light status the test will appear on their list They can then click on the name of the test you want them to take and click Next If you have implemented the Download Password feature then the students will be prompted to type that in on the next screen and then they can download if not then the test will then start to download when they click Next Downloading Screen iTest Loading Question 10 of 10 Say They will not be able to begin to take the test however until you put the session into Green Light or Open for Testing status Once the session is Open
28. re just by pointing to the buttons Do not click any at this time A very brief verbal descriptions will do for now Question Maintenance Say The first feature listed is Question Maintenance This is where you can add your own locally created test items This is also the feature we access when we add more questions to our own question bank Note You will likely not cover Question Maintenance beyond the description above unless the district has asked prior to training that this be covered Most districts do not immediately allow their teachers to put local items in the system from the outset Exam Builder Say Next is Exam Builder This is where you will go to access the questions in our data base in order to build quizzes and exams We will spend much of our time today learning how to use this feature Test Center Say Next is Test Center This is where you will go to set up test sessions for the exams you want to deliver to your students You will use Test Center to set up tests sessions for both iTest our on line testing vehicle and paper pencil tests I will cover this with you a little later on Reporting Say Our fourth feature is Reporting Once your students have tested either paper pencil or on line you will access this feature to get immediate results that are disaggregated for you The instant a child hits Submit if they are testing on line or as so
29. ring your class to the computer lab and once they are seated at computer they will click the 1Test icon located on their desktop On your computer the one that you will use to monitor the class s progress you will login to Interactive Achievement and go to Test Center In Test Center you will select your course Sci 5 the exam you want to give FCHS Practice Test Unit Test find your name and click the class that you are testing Once you have done that you will see the class displayed on the right side of the screen This is what you will see on your computer Session 1 Panding Not Active 12 State ID Student ID Student 10010013 1603 Gump Forrest O of 10 Not Active 10010012 1602 Lee Robert E O of 10 Mot Active 10010022 1612 Lewis Ralph 0 of 10 Not Active 10010024 1614 Lisa Mono O oF 10 Not Active 10010010 16005 Marc Anthony O of LO T Mot Actie Explain the layout Say Here is my class Notice that the student s State ID numbers and their Student Numbers are displayed as well as there names All of this information is handled by a SASI import so you will not have to enter or keep track of any of that information yourself And if a student says I forgot my number then you have it displayed right here on your screen Say Notice too that there are these traffic lights at the top of the page These lights give you complete
30. s to add questions to your tests You can Drag and Drop questions onto tests you can right click and add them randomly or you can right click and Review the category and add questions from there That s all there is to it Now let s look at the right side of the screen again Explaining the three tabs on the right side View by SOL Exam fez 5765 Draft 15 Questions Exam Menu C View by SOL View by Question Views by Blooms Taxonomy HE S765 re Teast Draft 15 Questions aI MATH 6 9 Measurement ol 8 Questions 2 MATH 6 9a Length B f2 Questions ole MATH 6 9b WeightiMass G1 3 Questions 3 We MATH 6 9c Liquid volume 2 Questions 4 Je MATH 6 9d Area 1 Questions 3 1 MATH 6 12 Measurement B 7 Questions t We MATH 6 12a Measurement amp 6 Questions r J MATH 6 12b Measurement 2 f1 Questions Say So here is the test that I built Point to Right now we are viewing by Point to View by View by Question SOL tab SOL and we can see that we have for 6 9 and that there are _ for the sub categories a b c and d We also see how many questions we have from other categories as well If you think about it so far we have added questions to the test but we have not arranged the questions in any particular order That leads us to the next tab View by Question Click tab 21 765 Draft 15 Questions Tew
31. s we understand the importance and necessity for immediate and thorough customer support in schools Our customer support tools can be accessed at anytime In the upper right hand corner of each page of our application you will find three icons These are your help tools The first of these icons is a red book This icon links to IA s user manual Press the red book Icon This is a downloadable 14 page pdf document that explains the IA software step by step All users are encouraged to keep a copy of the user manual handy The second icon is a video camcorder This icon is a link to our video tutorial page Press the camcorder icon Please access these videos to watch short tutorials on all aspects of IA s product The Third icon is a question mark This icon is a link to IA s live remote assistance feature called GoToAssist Go ahead and click on the GoToAssist icon The following will appear Welcome to Interactive Achievement Support Your Name Phone Number Please fill in your name above then enter your question in the box below and click the button to POWERED BY GoToAssist Say GoToAssist will allow you to connect live with an IA customer service representative First you must fill out the required information your name number and question When complete please hit the Click Here button By clicking the Click Here button you are connecting with our customer service reps You will first see th
32. tes you will need to call there attention and move on to cover Test Center Reporting and Customer Support Say Now that you have built an exam or two I want to show you how to set up a test session and add your students to that session so that you can then deliver the tests to them I am going to ask that you to just watch as I demonstrate I will start by going to Test Center on the main menu bar Click Test Center on menu bar at top I am prompted to select a school Isaac Newton is a teacher at IA Western Elementary so that s where we will go Next I am prompted to select a subject Mr Newton is a Math and Science teacher so I will select Science 5 I am then prompted to select an exam FCHS Practice Test Unit Test Once you get to this point if you do not see the test you are trying to set up a session for then you did not approve the test back in Exam Builder so you will need to go back and approve the test Once I select the exam you will notice that all the names of those who teach Sci 5 are listed Your name will be listed here once you leave our training data base and enter you own division s data base later in training So here is Isaac Newton By expanding you see that he teaches two Sci 5 classes I am going to Right Click the class 2 Period that I want to test select New Test Session and when I do I get a new window New Test
33. to enter your own questions if you had local test items that you wanted in our system then all you would have to do is to type in the question the correct answer and three distracters Obviously this is not how the students will see this question displayed when they take the test When your students take an iTest test the on line tests their questions and answers may be jumbled In other words Little Johnny s question 1 may not be the same as Little Suzie s Furthermore his answer A may not be the same as her A I will elaborate a bit more on this later when we talk about Test Center Say Notice that at the bottom there are several navigation buttons and a check box If this question had already been added to this test then there would be a check inside this little box Point out box This one has not so if I decide I want this question to be added to the test I simply click the check box Do so When I do I get a window that says Add Question to the Exam I click OK and the question will be added By clicking Next I am able to scroll through all the questions in this category and add or remove questions by simply clicking the check box To exit simply click Cancel Do so Now once the page refreshes again you will notice that any changes I made will be reflected Say I just showed you three easy way
34. ty Cuestion view by Bloom s Taxonomy E 6765 Are Tast Draft 15 Questions Le L 674 942 grams equals how many kilogr t aps Lei 2 0 879 Area is expressed in u Wao C 3 0 867 3 4 Ibs _oz wela Ly J 4 9 14216 Which of the following represent W 2 Led 5 875 One kilogram equals how many grams U a i 6 0 865 36 in yds WEG e D 076 4 liters equal how many millilit ahs Le 6 877 A soccer field is 40 Feet wide W Ej g Say This feature allows us to arrange the questions in any order by dragging and dropping Click and hold question to move Simply click and hold a question to drag it where you 9 99 want it to appear on a printed test The third tab is View by Bloom s Taxonomy View by Bloom s Taxonomy Exam 8765 Draft 15 Questions ee Views by SOL ee ee ew by Bons Taxonomy 1B 8765 Are Jast Lraft 15 Questions M 1 Knowledge E 3 Questions Ak FIATH 6 9 Measurement Gl 2 Questions Me MATH6 12 Measurement Ovi Questions LI 2 Comprehension 3 Questions 6 HE FATH 6 9 Measurement E 2 Questions 6 HE MATH 6 12 Measurement E t1 Questions JA 3 Application 9 Questions 1 4 MATH 6 9 Measurement E 4 Questions H k MATH 6 12 Measurement amp iS Questions Say By selecting this tab we get a clear visual representation of the level of rigor that we have on this test Quickly re
35. will need to give the quiz a name Type a name Keep in mind that once everyone starts building tests there will likely be a lot of tests in the folder along with yours so you should name all of your tests something unique so as to make it easier for you to find Notice the Comments field This can be used to either leave yourself a note or 1f you are building a test collaboratively you can leave a message for the others that you are working with Notice too that Comments do not appear on the test You then click Add Click After the page refreshes you should notice on the right side of the page we now have our test listed Basically what I did was create a test folder Pointing to the new test and reading the name You will notice that right now the test is in Draft status and that there are zero questions on it So now that we have this empty test the question is how do I get the questions from the left side of the page over to the right side and onto the test The answer is that there are several ways and all of them are very simple Explaining how to add questions to a test Drag and Drop Demonstrate while saying Say The first way is to simply grab a question and Drag it over to the right side and Drop it Notice that when the page refreshes we now have question on our test You could drag and drop as many questions as you would l
36. y 2 period class so I select it There is his score Say In order for you to get a better idea of what data 1s available I am going to switch back to Math 6 where we have a full class s data not just 1 student Go to Math 6 Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Say Notice that we have another split screen The left side lists the Who the teacher the class the student and the right side displays the What the sol the question etcetera Let s look at the left side first Left Side Term 2007 2006 School Weer Active phe Subject W MATH 6 E Mr Gibson s Unit 9 Quiz Approved 15 Queshens Sub Groups AN Sub Groups Exam Students dip Math 6 Srd Period Average 73 554 eu Armstrong Lous Average 35 75 am Hagmaler Jaden Average 100 0 Fu Hil Eily Average 93 3 kent Clark Average 80 0 aR Martin Miguel Average 40 0 Say Here is the class that I tested The average for all my classes who took this test is displayed next to my name By expanding I get a list of all my classes and we see that only one of my classes has taken this test and that the class average is 78 3 By expanding the class period I see a full list of all the students in that class and their score I mentioned earlier that there are many ways to filter the data and get many different reports from one type and here is one way Show Sub Groups Option and
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