Student Learning Assessment (SLA) User Guide
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1. Student Learning Assessment Evaluation de l appeontissage des Student Learning Assessment valustion de l apprentissage des l ves My Alberta Student Number is My Alberta Student Number is Yes am No I am NOT Please re enter your Alberta Student Number above Image 17 Prompt to confirm their name Image 18 Message shown after clicking No button 6 If they confirm the ASN they will be directed to an assessment landing page where they will be shown the assessment that the teacher has started with the respective sections listed underneath NOTE If upon clicking Go the student s receive a message indicating that the student has no active assessments their teacher needs to confirm e If they clicked on the Start Assessment button in their SLA Teacher Dashboard e lf the student made a mistake entering their ASN e lf the student is registered to take the assessment i e added to the class list Student Learning Assessment User Guide 15 Field Test 2015 Student Landing Page The student landing page lists the sections of the digital assessment that has been started for them Each section is a button A button that is green means the section is unlocked nt Evaluation e l apprentissage Ces l ves Student Learning Assessme English Literacy 3 How Plants Grow Hockey Homework Red tailed Hawk The Riddle Game 12 Questions 11 Questions i Locker 12 Questions fm Locker 10 Questions im Locked2. Image 19 Assessment landing page showing Assessment started by the teacher with the sections underneath 1 The student must click on the green button to start the section 2 When the student finishes a section they will automatically be redirected back to this screen as long as there are uncompleted sections remaining 3 When all of the sections are completed the student will be redirected to the language selection window and can close their browsers What a Student Sees if they Skip a Question lf a student skips a question i e either they viewed the item but didn t respond or skipped entirely using the item number navigation buttons an image will pop up prompting them to go back and answer the question or allow them to move on if it was intentional Whoops No Answer Image 20 Pop up when questions missed Student Learning Assessment User Guide 16 Field Test 2015 Student Finishes Digital Assessment Part 1 When a student gets to the last question in a section and clicks on the Finish button another window pops up e lf the student has responded to all of the questions the window will display the message All Complete and the Done button will be green Tooth Story All Complete Check Your Answers Done Image 21 Message indicating all questions have been answered e f any of the questions have not been viewed or viewed but not answered they will be shown the message A
3. User Guide 9 Field Test 2015 ae Teacher Dashboard English Literacy 3 Students registered for this assessment 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment 7 EGN Lint Sirius is Preget Beglith Liseracy 3 Mone amp Far 1 Digital Apiedareect kEm Trak Proga diia alors Image 8 Digital Assessment tab with test progress visible for each student open padlock circled in red Progress Indicators legend circled in green and a block representing a section in the Digital Assessment circled in purple The message box that appears when the cursor is over a closed padlock is also visible Each section has an open or closed padlock icon As a student completes each section and submits it the next section will automatically unlock Teachers can unlock sections for students to go back and finish missed questions by clicking on the padlock icon will only unlock for that student NOTE Teachers can t lock sections The only way to lock a section is for the student to return to it and re submit Removing a Student If a student leaves before completing their Field Test for whatever reason and will not be returning before the administration window closes mark them as Removed 1 Click on the student s Status button the button may read Not Started or In progress e Another button will appear below it that reads Remove student from assessment 2 Click on the Remove student from assessment button to change the st
4. Literacy 3 Image 27 Second section locked but no Complete label present as student did not submit Teacher unlocked third section so labeled In Progress circled in red When a Student Switches Browsers lf a student switches browsers example from Internet Explorer to Chrome after logging in without first closing the original browser window they will receive a message in the new browser window stating that they are already logged in to a different browser If they want to use the new browser they have to close the other browser window and log in again with the new browser Their progress will be maintained Student Learning Assessment Evaluation de l apprentissage des chives Duplicate Login Found We have determined that you have logged in from a different browser This session has now been closed Please close this window Image 28 Duplicate login message if in a different browser Student Learning Assessment User Guide 22 Field Test 2015 When a Student Tries to Sign in with a Second Window in the Same Browser lf a student opens a new window with the same browser and logs in without first closing the original browser window i e both in Chrome they will end up with duplicate sessions open However when they submit the section they are on the un submitted section in the other window would automatically close and the window will redirect to the language selection screen Student Learning Asse
5. entire class has completed their assessments This submits the Digital Assessment part for the entire class e Resume Assessment Allows you to resume a paused assessment for the entire class Student progress will be retained when they log back in Student Learning Assessment User Guide 8 Field Test 2015 Monitoring Student Progress 1 Click on the Show Test Progress button 2 Teacher Dashboard English Literacy 3 Students registered for this assessment 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment Seale Ce re et rape Saag D is Pregreia Ereglith Literacy 3 Miami i 5 Completed Pan 1 Digeal Arimen Pil F Beriman e T arih autan oe A Tet Er ae Er ee i i HHT F TETI ji Seen Wl Ut a are A a English Linao Arara 44 Prgms ede aor Image 7 View of Digital part showing progress of each student with Refresh button circled in red and Hide Test Progress button circled in purple 2 Periodically click on the Refresh button to update your screen screen updates will not happen automatically e You can hide their progress again by clicking the Hide Test Progress button The progress for each student is shown in blocks Each block represents a section in the Digital Assessment part Each block contains a number of vertical bars which represent a question See the legend for the description of the progress indicator colors on the bottom left of the screen Student Learning Assessment
6. student to the Added Students list Click Save to close the Find Students window Student Learning Assessment User Guide 5 Field Test 2015 peices Lis Yow Clabes h fs oe Create clani ba te negiber budes Aju lable Sree a hio Souder Selection Dow See inl F Cap ies LT i c enm m Em s aak a Hh E i Image 2 Edit Class Lists tab with a Class Name entered see red circle and Grade filter set to grade 2 see purple circle Available Students First Name Image 3 Available Students list with Find Student Not in List button see green circle 4 Please note the message below Student Learning Assessment User Guide 6 Field Test 2015 Added Students You must distribute the 9 digit Alberta Student Number e g 000 000 000 to each student They will input the ASN to start the assessment First Name Last Name Image 4 Message reminding teachers to distribute the ASNs to their student s 5 If you need to remove a student from the list of Added Students click on the X in the red box for that student Student Leaning Assesament Your Class Lists iis cD ii 3 Croate a class list to register students Glast Haine Aralas Students Gea lien Peed x Pt ba Lisi Added Students TE FERE You miM SAHRA Wie S diegl AEA e SHa hant a O io eh lini More dafe i ii k3 x hami The wall t tne AA bo riwi tie coe lami Hare AIN Ima
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8. dent s interface Student Learning Assessment User Guide 13 Field Test 2015 Student Learning Assessment valuation de l apprentissage des l ves Choose your language Choisis langue English Fran ais Image 14 Prompt for student to select language 3 Students are then be prompted to select the Assessment or the Practice Questions NOTE If they wish to do the practice questions first they will be returned to this screen upon clicking Finish Student Learning Assessment valuation de l apprentissage des dhives What would you like to do Try Practice Questions Take The Assessment Image 15 Prompt for student to select Assessment or Practice Questions 4 After clicking Take the Assessment the student will be prompted to enter their Alberta Student Number ASN e To start they must click in the first box or touch it if using a tablet and start typing their ASN Their cursor will automatically move to the next box as they type e When they are finished they must click Go Student Learning Assessment User Guide 14 Field Test 2015 LA EAE Student Learning Assessment Evaluation de l approntissage des bhives My Alberta Student Number is Images 16 Prompt to enter an ASN 5 They are then prompted to confirm that they have the correct ASN NOTE If they have not the name will not match and they should click the No am NOT lt name here gt button to try again
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10. g Go they will be redirected back to the blank ASN screen 2 5 Administering the Performance Task Part Reminder Students do NOT need a computer for the Performance Tasks Teachers administer the Performance Task using the SLA Teacher Dashboard 1 From the Home tab click on the Performance Task part e This will open to the Performance Task tab for either Numeracy or Literacy 2 Click on the link s under the Teacher Resources heading to open the documeni s NOTE The guide is assessment specific so for example if you are administering both English Literacy 3 and English Numeracy 3 you should read the available guide for each as their content may differ Student Learning Assessment User Guide 19 Field Test 2015 3 Click on the link s under the Student Resources heading to open the document s Print and distribute to your students as described in the document s in Step 2 SLA Portal Eat Ons List English Literacy 3 Writing Task The Empty Space Version 2 aes Part 2 Performance Task ty hr Trion Status Ready fo Stari English Literacy J Fil Dep ema Part 2 Periormance Tatk mum udeni work to Alberta Eqiocator Tench Papources ipagini Reaeueces i snl Mae Wy Emei Cano at Emn See cet i A ia ee ae a ed a Image 25 View of Performance part with Show Presentation button circled in red basic instructions circled in purple and Teacher and Student Resource lists ci
11. ge 5 Class list visible under Added Students and Save button see red circle 6 Click on the Save button at the bottom to save your changes to the class list 7 Click on the Home tab and repeat steps 1 6 to add students to other class lists Student Learning Assessment User Guide 7 Field Test 2015 2 3 Administering the Digital Assessment Part 1 From the Home tab click on the Digital Assessment part e This will open to the Digital Assessment tab for either Numeracy or Literacy where you will see your class list 2 Click on the Start Assessment button to start the assessment 3 Have your students log in e See section 2 4 Student Takes Digital Assessment Part SLA Portal English Teacher Dashboard Dashboard gt HH Assessment English Literacy 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment ams Rr Tipp Satis Heady to Siart English Literacy 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment Pat 2 Pertormance Task students registered for this assessment 3 a Edit List ame ae Not Started Not Started Not Started Image 6 View of Digital Assessment part for English Literacy 3 showing class list and Start Assessment button circled in red 4 Starting the assessment will change the status to In Progress for the class and the following buttons may appear e Pause Assessment Allows you to pause the assessment for the entire class e Submit Assessment Only used once the
12. ion of the Digital Assessment and clicks on the green Done button they will automatically be redirected to the language selection screen and they can close their browser Pausing the Digital Field Test lf the teacher pauses an assessment while a student is on the assessment landing page they are automatically redirected to a page with a message telling them that the assessment has been paused Student Learning Assessment User Guide 18 Field Test 2015 Student Learning Assessment Evaluation de l apprentissage des hives Assessment is Paused Your assessment has been paused Please press Resume Assessment when you are instructed to do so Resume Assessment gt Image 24 Page students are redirected to when an assessment is paused lf a student is in a section when the teacher pauses it as soon as they try to move to another question they will automatically be redirected to pause assessment message page Once the teacher has resumed the assessment from their SLA Teacher Dashboard students can click on the Resume Assessment button in the pause assessment page and they will be returned to wherever they were if they were in a section they will also be prompted to click on the Start Assessment button again to return to it lf a student tries to sign in to the Student Access site while an assessment is paused when they click on the Yes am lt name here gt button after entering their ASN and clickin
13. lass list 1 From the Home tab click on the Digital Assessment part e This will open to the Digital Assessment tab for either Numeracy or Literacy where you will see an empty class list 2 Click on the Edit List button above the left hand corner of the empty class list e This will open the Edit Class Lists tab Student Learning Assessment User Guide 4 Field Test 2015 English Literacy 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment Status Ready to Stan Students registered for this assessment Completed Image 1 Edit list button circled in red in the Digital Assessment tab 3 Scroll through the list of students and click the Add button next to each of the students in your class the class list Grade filter will be defaulted to grade 2 This will copy them to the Added Students list NOTE The filters below the column names can be used to locate a particular student with a specific First Name Last Name or ASN NOTE If you need to add a student that is not registered to your school i e may be a home schooled student or new to the school you can search through all students in Alberta by clicking on the Find Students Not in List button This will bring up the Find Students window Enter their Alberta Student Number ASN in the ASN field and click the Find button to view the results Once you have located the student you want click on the Add button to automatically copy the
14. nswer these questions followed by the list of questions that have not been answered The questions they did not view will display in grey and the ones they viewed but didn t answer will be orange Tooth Story Answer these questions 0000 Check Your Answers Image 22 Message listing questions that have not been answered e Clicking on a question number will take them straight to that question Student Learning Assessment User Guide 17 Field Test 2015 e Clicking on the blue Check Your Answers button will return them to the first question in the section e They will also have a grey Done button if they don t want to answer the questions e lf the student clicks on the Done button without answering the questions the message will change to the All Complete message with the green Done button 2 When the student has answered all of the questions or chooses not to and indicates they are done clicking on the green Done button will return them to the assessment landing page to complete the other sections e A completed section will have a checkmark and the word Complete next to it and will be greyed out to indicate it is now locked Sloe Ledine AJar eee E I riii Bs e n 1 FROCK ayY HOoMeworr Co 11 Gains amp at Image 23 First section now grey with complete next to it circled in red English Literacy 3 3 When the student submits the last sect
15. our SLA Teacher Dashboard 1 3 SLA Teacher Dashboard Access Request You need to request access to the SLA Teacher Dashboard Please see the following document for detailed instructions SLA User Guide to the Extranet Student Learning Assessment User Guide 3 Field Test 2015 Section 2 Administering Field Tests 2 1 Accessing the SLA Teacher Dashboard To access the SLA Teacher Dashboard starting May 1 201 5 click on the following link https extranet education alberta ca assessment You will be prompted to log in to your Alberta Education Account see section 1 3 above NOTE If you teach at more than one school you need to select the applicable Extranet profile to log in with Language Selection first time log in only You will be prompted to select a language French or English You can change the language using the language drop down on the blue menu bar near the top of screen 2 2 Adding Students to a Class List The name of your class list s will be what you provided in the Class To Be Tested ID field when you requested a Field Test s NOTE If you did not enter your class name exactly the same for both parts of a Field Test i e the Digital Assessment and Performance Task then they will each be registered to a separate class list NOTE Students need to be added to class lists for Digital Assessments ONLY You will be unable to start the Digital Assessment until students have been added to the C
16. pear e The status for the whole class will update to Complete a checkmark will appear on the tab for that Assessment part e And the Submit Assessment button will disappear and be replaced with a View Results button SLA Portal Fngish 2 Teacher Dashboard English Literacy 3 Students registered for this assessment 3 Maree z Cempihried E EH caz is om Part l Digital Assessment e Engish Literacy 3 i T i i CF p T i A Ter Twit iat i irz Wy T Bagi Athra Peno MaE T TET r mi B a4 4 2 H ist l Image 12 View of Digital part after clicking Submit Assessment button showing updated Status for class circled in red View Results button circled in purple and checkmark on tab circled in green Viewing the Preliminary Results of the Digital Part Clicking on the View Results button will bring up a preliminary report of the results for each student The preliminary results show using icons which questions each student got correct partially correct or incorrect Teachers can click on the icons to open a new window that will allow them to view the question The window contains three tabs e One tab for the question with the correct answer selected e a second for the question showing the student s response e anda third with additional question information Student Learning Assessment User Guide 12 Field Test 2015 Fe Teacher Dashboard Dashboard gt Asse
17. rcled in green 4 Launch the presentation by clicking on the Show Presentation button The presentation is a slide show and is meant to be displayed using a projector or SMART Board It will launch in a new browser window e The circles visible beneath the slide correspond to the slides in the slideshow and will change color as you progress They can be used along with the Next and Previous buttons to navigate through the slideshow The Empty Space Image 26 View of a presentation slide 5 After all Performance Tasks have been completed collect student responses for the Performance Tasks and follow the instructions as described in the documeni s in Step 2 to return the student responses to Alberta Education Student Learning Assessment User Guide 20 Field Test 2015 Section 3 Feedback lf you wish to provide feedback on the assessments themselves re layout difficulty etc the SLA Teacher Dashboard or Student Access re design functionality challenges experienced overall experience for both teacher and students etc you can do so at any time through the SLA Teacher Dashboard by using the Feedback button in the top right corner on the Home and Edit Class Lists tabs Try to include as much detail as you can in your Feedback If you are referencing a particular tab page please specify it If your Feedback is regarding a particular assessment please specify which assessment and a
18. ssessment part if applicable i e Digital Assessment or Performance Task Please also include your name and some way for us to contact you as we may need additional detail Everything received through the Feedback button will be collected and reviewed daily during the assessment window so that if problems or questions are submitted they can be actioned right away if needed The Feedback provided will be used to help us improve the application and assessments Note If you have questions or problems that are impeding your ability to administer the Field Tests or from students being able to take them please call or email the Client Services Help Desk Telephone 780 427 5318 Toll free within Alberta 310 0000 Email cshelpdesk gov ab ca Office hours Monday to Friday 8 15 A M to 4 30 P M Student Learning Assessment User Guide 21 Field Test 2015 Appendix When a Student Closes their Browser before Fully Submitting a Section lf a student closes their browser before submitting a section whether all the questions have been answered or not the teacher can manually unlock the next section for the student from their SLA Teacher Dashboard However Complete will not be visible next to that section in the student landing page but it will still be greyed out indicating it is locked Once the next section is submitted the incomplete section will automatically unlock again LA EE Eiai Leary bee ea re es ery English
19. ssment User Guide 23 Field Test 2015 Change Log Version Version Changed By Description Carriere Guide to 2015 Field Test 04 14 2015 Elaine Editing Draft Carriere and Darren Lozinik Student Learning Assessment User Guide 24 Field Test 2015
20. ssment gt Q Report Home Edit Class Lists English Literacy 3 Students who took this assessment 3 Part 1 Digital Assessment Mr Tripp Name Status Y Complete Preview Questions Sam Test 302 EngLiteracy No scoring data is available for removed student English Literacy Assessment 2 Sam Test 302 EngLiteracy English Literacy Assessment 2 English Literacy Assessment 1 1 EECCECCCCCOCCCEO BOOO0E8000H English Literacy Assessment 1 1 Answer Legend a E correct Oo Partially Correct Sam Test 302 EngLiteracy English Literacy Assessment 2 gggggggccEccEEccEAA CAOCCA Incorrect 7 o English Literacy Assessment 1 1 a Image 13 Sample view of preliminary results for each student NOTE Totals are not provided because the difficulty of each question is different A partial score does not necessarily mean a half mark No official reporting will be provided for Field Tests 2 4 Student Takes Digital Assessment Part For a list of supported browsers and operating systems please refer to page 6 of the document Ministry Application and Web Standards and SLA Technical Student Login 1 After the teacher starts the Digital Assessment from their SLA Teacher Dashboard students can go to the following website to log in httos public education alberta ca assessment 2 Students will be prompted to select a language by clicking on one of two buttons English or French This will determine the language of the stu
21. udent s status to Removed e The entire row will turn red Student Learning Assessment User Guide 10 Field Test 2015 P Silai Assessment Students registered for this assessment 3 D Refresh Completed Not Siareg Image 9 View of Digital part showing button that comes up when you click on a student s Status button red circle gt Start Assessment Students registered for this assessment 3 Edit List Z Refresh Name Status Completed Removed Not Started Not Started Image 10 View of Digital part showing student record as Removed To add a student back in if needed 1 Repeat the steps to remove them e The button that appears below will now read Add student back to Assessment Students registered for this assessment 3 GF Edit Lisi Removed sp nT chir 5 kti Ian ee ee rrr Py i SEN LK 10 ASSESSM l Not Started Image 11 View of Digital part showing option to Add student back to Assessment Student Learning Assessment User Guide 11 Field Test 2015 Submitting for the Class All students must show a status of Complete or Removed before you can submit the assessment for the class by clicking on the Submit Assessment button Once the Digital Assessment part is submitted for scoring for the class e The Digital Assessment window tab window you are in will refresh and change again e The progress indicators will disap
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