User Guide – Pilot 2015
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1. l l l P P l l English Literacy 3 will assist with ensuring an optimal experience Estimated dates and times are sufficient ff Schedule Assessment optional Information provided here will NOT prevent you Sn ea from administering on a different day and time E 16 Sep 2015 9 00 AM 4 Click Save You should now see the selected assessments in your class list To change which assessments you will administer delete them or click Change Assessments SLA Grade 4 Change Assessments English Literacy 3 i WDelete Part 1 Digital Assessment Part 2 Performance Task l6 Sep 2015 9 00 Al Status Ready to Start Status Ready to Start Numeracy 3 Bee Part 1 Digital Assessment Part 2 Performance Task 21 Sep 2015 9 00 Ah Status Ready to Start Status Ready to Start SLA3 User Guide 11 Pilot 2015 Student Statuses By default all students in a class list that have an associated assessment are given a status of Scheduled During the administration period you may have students that have transferred schools are sick or are unable to participate in the SLA You can indicate individual student status in the SLA Teacher Dashboard if they are unable to complete all or part of the SLA Students that are marked as Absent Excused or Transferred will not be able to sign into the SLA Scheduled Student is scheduled for this assessment Absent Student is unavailable to participate in2. 2 Enter your Class Name Class Lists Create a class list to register students New Class Name 3 Add students from the Available Students list by clicking ges for each student The SLA Available Students LastName First Name ASN Ahmed Ugbad Elizabeth Cashtin Dayla Alize Audam Fatima Angel Sophia Dominik SLA3 User Guide 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 a 25 J mj O Add Add Add Add Add Add Add gt gt gt a a a a i a 100 Teacher Dashboard has provided you with a predefined list of all students currently enrolled in your school Note If you can t find a student in the Available Students list then click Find Students Not In List and search for them using their ASN This will be necessary if you are trying to add students who are not yet assigned to your school code Helpful Tip You can filter students to Grade 3 using the dropdown selection in the Grade column You can also use the other search boxes for Last Name First Name or ASN to find students Pilot 2015 Students that you added from the Available Students list will be moved to Added Students list on the right side of the screen Added Students Students will need their 9 digit ASN 000 000 000 to login LastName First Name ASN Grade Ahmed 03 x Ugbad 03 x Elizabeth 03 x Total S
3. Hawk Game Answered gt Start Assessment g 0 45 Administration Period a PA Begins 06 Aug 2015 Ends 31 Oct 2015 Scheduled Date ixr 0 45 15 Sep 2015 9 00AM 0 45 m l 2 If the status is Ready to Start then click to start the assessment Note Students won t be able to sign in until you start the assessment See Student Access to the Digital Assessment for information on how students sign in Monitoring Student Progress While the students are taking the digital assessment you can monitor their progress through the SLA Teacher Dashboard m Not Started In Progress Complete Requires Attention Locked How Plants Hockey Red tailed The Riddle Status Student Grow Homework Hawk Game a e a m Student Progress Status Students are given access to one section of questions at a time After they complete the first section the next section will be unlocked and the previous section will be locked To see the detailed progress for a student click on the assessment section in line with their name Not Started Assessment section has not been started by the student In Progress The student is currently working on this section Complete The student has submitted all their responses for this section During the sign in process an issue was identified with the student s computer See Student Technical Issues for more information Locked Assessment section is locked for the student New for 2015 the Submi
4. play the video animation and confirm they can hear and see the video If the student does not confirm they can see and or hear the video you will be alerted on the teacher dashboard Note Students should not proceed until the audio and video issues have been resolved If the student does proceed it could impact their ability to complete the assessment 5 Choose the first available assessment Finish all assessments before the administration period closes SLA3 User Guide 15 Pilot 2015 Student Technical Issues Alberta Education has outlined technical requirements to ensure an optimal assessment experience If a student s computer does not meet one or more of these technical requirements a warning message will be presented to the student and the teacher For a full outline of the technical requirements refer to the Ministry Application and Web Standards and SLA Technical Requirements http www education gov ab ca department ipr slas resources teachers admins Practice Questions Students can familiarize themselves with the interactive questions using the Practice Questions before they begin the SLA This will provide students and teachers with the opportunity to familiarize them with and practice each different interactive question type in advance of the SLA administration Practice questions do not reflect SLA question difficulty or complexity Skipped Questions If a student does not provide a response to a question a mess
5. SM berbos Education Student Learning Assessment User Guide Pilot 2015 For teachers and administrators SLA3 User Guide 1 Pilot 2015 Table of Contents AVE OW ONTI o E E E E NE EE E E 2 CHODE US ane aac eee E E A 3 WECOME aa e E E E E E S 3 SLA Homepageadta GlaiNtEcecrerieidinn e E R N 4 SLA Teacher Dashboard at a Glance sesssssssseresssssssrrrerssssssrrrresssssssrrreeessssserereessssseerreeesssseerereesssseerereee 5 Menu INAV Bat lOGvcsacccactcacctecicasciantnstuctebpeaciie ses sepevapeuose ree cuctsbeasine E E E EA E E 6 SLA Administration OVERVIEW sscsesseieneri nee E 7 Administration Period for the 2015 Pilot cccccccccssssssseeeccceceeeeesseecccccessauaussececeeessaeaeseeeeeeeesauaaaeeseseess 7 Administratiomat a GLANCE sacii E E E EE e EEEE RE E E 7 VS ALS aeS E e T E E T T ones 8 e TEE e E E A E E E A A A E A E E EA A E eteeesurncah cos 10 Choosing assec SENTS arn EE EE rr 10 SS N ee E A E E E EE 12 How TO Change Student StAtUSE S eriersiecrn n ER 12 Administering Part 1 Digital Assessment ssccescssssecsonssscncsssseccoussscucusescnsosssestouesscucusscneousrestenssseneues 13 Dieta ASSE SEn o IUES aE E EE EE atucgsasenesionaentee 13 Staro Part 1 DIB al ASSESS mEn aeea EEE 13 Monkonne Oen PrO TOS erea EER 14 W WE POSS Get a a a 14 Unlock a SECO nE A E E N A 15 Student Access to the Digital Assessment ccscsccsosssscncssssectoussecucusescneusssessoussscueussscneusssestoususes
6. age R Whoops will appear to remind them that they did not provide an answer No Answer At the end of each set of questions students will be provided an opportunity to review the questions they did not answer within that section of the assessment Next gt You can monitor the total number of skipped questions for a student by clicking on the assessment section for that student on the Digital Assessment dashboard See Monitoring Student Progress SLA3 User Guide 16 Pilot 2015 Monitoring Assessment Progress The SLA Teacher Dashboard has a home page that provides a series of progress indicators to assist teachers with overall monitoring for the Digital part of the assessment These indicators may help teachers and principals monitor the progress of the SLA Assessment Progress e O 21 w 17 0 0 Eligible Scheduled In Progress Complete x Absent 2 Excused 1 Transferred 1 Teacher Number of students added to class list s These indicators will only show after the administration period has ended SLA3 User Guide 17 Pilot 2015 Administering Part 2 Performance Tasks The Performance Task page provides resource documents for both teachers and students Refer to the Teacher Resources document available within the Performance Task page on the SLA Teacher Dashboard for detailed information on administering the performance tasks for your specific assessment The Student Resources documents are
7. amiliarize teachers and students with examples of content questions types and digital interactivity on the SLA Literacy Litt ratie Immersion Litt ratie Francophone Numeracy Nume ratie Digital Assessment Digital Assessment Digital Assessment Digital Assessment Digital Assessment 24 Questions 20 Questions 20 Questions 20 Questions 20 Questions Performance Task Performance Task Performance Task Performance Task Performance Task a Supporting Documents Supporting Documents Supporting Documents a Supporting Documents a Supporting Documents 7 The Empty Space L ours Polaire L ours Polaire 7 Pet Store 7 L animalerie Immersion Francophone Teacher Access Access the SLA Teacher Dashboard Language Selection Switch the application language between English and French SLA Student Access Student sign in for the SLA Student Portal Practice Questions Students can access practice questions before taking the SLA oe ee oe 1S Released Questions A selection of released questions from the 2014 SLA3 Pilot SLA3 User Guide 4 Pilot 2015 SLA Teacher Dashboard at a Glance Student Learning Assessment English Davis SLA3 Pilot Fall 2014 v Feedback Home lt Home zes Students Class Lists Register for an assessment by creating a Class List Assessment Preview Create Class List v Help and FAQs 6 Navigation menu Access other pages in the SLA Teacher Da
8. ermine their own method for local reporting SLA3 User Guide 18 Pilot 2015 Viewing the Digital Assessment Reports Following successful completion of the Fall 2015 SLA3 Pilot administration a digital interactive report will be provided to teachers for each student in the class list s they created Additionally a digital interactive class report will be provided for each class list s teachers created The SLA digital assessment reports will be made available by November 16 2015 through the SLA Teacher Dashboard New for 2015 a print function has been built into the SLA Teacher Dashboard to allow teachers and administrators to print individual student and class reports Schools are expected to share students SLA3 individual results with students parent s or guardian s SLA3 User Guide 19 Pilot 2015
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10. ll be available by November 16 2015 This menu item may not be available until that time 6 Pilot 2015 SLA Administration Overview Administration Period for the 2015 Pilot Digital Assessment September 14 to October 9 2015 Performance Task September 14 to November 1 2015 Individual Student and Class Reports will be available by November 16 2015 Administration at a Glance There are three steps required to administer the SLA3 to your students 1 Create a class list This list will contain all the students you will be administering the assessment to Go to Creating a Class List 2 Choose an assessment Choose which assessments you ll be administering to the students in your class list Go to 3 Choosing assessments 4 Start the assessment When the Pilot administration period begins on September 14 2015 you will be able to start the assessment for your students Throughout the administration you can monitor the progress of your students from within the SLA Teacher Dashboard Go to Administering Part 1 Digital Assessment SLA3 User Guide 7 Pilot 2015 Creating a Class List The first step in preparing to administer the SLA is to create a class list This list should include all the students to whom you will be administering the assessment You may create as many class lists as you wish 1 Click Create Class List on the homepage or from under the Class Lists menu dropdown Create Class List
11. lot then you can skip this step Go to the SLA User Guide to the Extranet http www education gov ab ca department ipr slas resources teachers admins Access the application 1 Go to the SLA Homepage https public education alberta ca assessment 2 Click on the button in the top right hand corner of the SLA Homepage 3 Use your Alberta Education Account email and password to sign in 4 If you have not been granted permission to the SLA Teacher Dashboard choose the option to set up your Extranet Profile 5 Complete all the required steps to request access to the SLA Teacher Dashboard Note The principal at your school is the approving officer for that request He or she will have to approve any pending requests for access to the SLA Teacher Dashboard through their Alberta Education Account Once your request has been approved you will receive an email notification to the email address you associated with your Alberta Education Account You now have access to the SLA Teacher Dashboard Refer back to step 1 to sign in to the SLA Teacher Dashboard SLA3 User Guide 3 Pilot 2015 SLA Homepage at a Glance SLA Teacher Access English Student Learning Assessment Assessments SLA Grade 3 Fall 2015 Not Available Practice Questions Released Questions Released SLA questions contain approximately 50 of the total number of test questions from previously administrated SLA The purpose of released questions is to f
12. shboard See Menu Navigation for more details 7 Assessment term selection Change the assessment term 8 Language selection Switch the application language between English and French 9 Feedback Send feedback to Alberta Education about the SLA Teacher Dashboard Please provide as much detail as possible regarding the specific item you are leaving feedback for If you would like to provide Alberta Education with the ability to contact you as a follow up or for more clarification please check off the box For immediate support please call the Client Services Help Desk Telephone 780 427 5318 Toll free within Alberta 310 0000 Press option 9 for SLA support Sept Nov 2015 Email cshelpdesk gov ab ca Office hours Monday through Friday 8 15 A M to 4 30 P M The office is open during the lunch hour 10 Account Settings View your Alberta Education account details sign out sign in as another user and more SLA3 User Guide 5 Pilot 2015 Menu Navigation 2 Home as Students Class Lists Assessment Preview v Help and FAQs E HW Reports SLA3 User Guide Home Home page of the application Students View all students registered at your school Class Lists Access the Class Lists you created from this Assessment Preview Teacher preview to the assessment Help and FAQs View instructional videos for additional help Reports View your class and individual student reports Reports wi
13. t The assessment is not yet available for administration The Administration Period Not Open H administration period has not begun Ready to Start The assessment is available for the teacher to administer The assessment has been started by the teacher for the In Progress registered class list The assessment has been paused for the registered class list Paused be Students cannot sign in to the assessment while Paused All students in the registered class list have finished all the Complete sections of the assessment or have been marked as Absent Excused or Transferred by the teacher i f The assessment is no longer available for administration The Administration Period Closed 7 administration period has ended Starting Part 1 Digital Assessment 1 Click on the Part 1 Digital Assessment for Literacy or Numeracy S LA G ra d 3 Change Assessments English Literacy 3 AMEE prrsrnsenresennennennnnnsnnsnnrennennennnnnsnnnnnrenrennennennnnn nean Part 1 Digital Assessment Part 2 Performance Task 16 Sep 2015 9 00 AM Status Ready to Start Status Ready to Start SLA3 User Guide 13 Pilot 2015 Students taking this assessment 10 English Literacy 3 Part 1 Digital Not Started In Progress Complete Requires Attention Locked Assessment E 9 P q D Status Ready to Start How Plants Hockey Red tailed The Riddle Questions Status Student Grow Homework
14. t button for students and teachers has been removed as student work is Requires Attention automatically saved as they progress through the digital questions SLA3 User Guide 14 Pilot 2015 Unlock a Section Sections will lock after the student proceeds to the next section You can unlock a section if the student needs to review their work 1 Click on the section you want to unlock for that student 2 Clickthe wUniock button in the pop up window Hockey Homework Locked a Unlock Testlet Progress Answered Current Question Not Answered O Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 O Question 4 O Question 5 O Question 6 O Question 7 O Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Student Access to the Digital Assessment Students can sign in to the SLA Student Portal by going to https public education alberta ca assessment From this page they can do practice questions or begin the digital assessment comprised of digital interactive questions See SLA Homepage at a Glance for more information Students will 1 Click on Start Assessment for the SLA Grade 3 assessment 2 Enter their 9 digit ASN number ASNs can be found in your class list for each student Note If you haven t started the assessment in the application then students won t be able to continue past this step 3 Confirm their identity associated to the ASN 4 Test the audio and video on the computer Students will
15. the SLA g Student is not capable of responding to the assessment or participation would be Excused harmful to the student Transferred Student transferred to another school For more information on student statuses refer to the General Information Bulletin http www education gov ab ca department ipr slas resources teachers admins How to Change Student Statuses 1 Clickonthe to expand the table row Students A Students will need their 9 digit ASN 000 000 000 to login Last Name a First Name Grade ASN Status Ahmed 03 x 2 Use the dropdown menu to change the status for the appropriate assessment s Note The Performance Tasks do not require a student status Students A Students will need their 9 digit ASN 000 000 000 to login Last Name First Name Grade ASN Status Ahmed pa Literacy Digital amp Scheduled Numeracy Digital 8 Absent SLA3 User Guide 12 Pilot 2015 Administering Part 1 Digital Assessment As the Pilot administration period begins on September 14 2015 you can begin the assessment for your class list The Part 1 Digital Assessment must be completed by October 9 2015 Digital Assessment Statuses The status of each assessment will change depending on the administration period and your class list s progression See the full list of status definitions below Part l Digital Assessment lf Sep 2015 11 00 AM Status Ready to Star
16. tudents 3 4 Click on the x button to remove students from the Added Students list if necessary 5 Click Save once you ve added all your students to your class list Note Following successful completion of the SLA Administration a report will be provided to you for each student in the class list s you created Additionally a class report will be provided for each class list s you created SLA3 User Guide 9 Pilot 2015 Your Class List Your Class List page is the control center for administering the SLA In this example the class list is named Mr Smith 2B From this page you can edit or delete your class list choose which assessments to administer and change the statuses of the students in this class list Mr Smith 2B ee iW Delete Students A Students will need their 9 digit ASN 000 000 000 to login Last Name First Name Ahmed Ugbad Elizabeth Cashtin Dayla a 10 25 50 100 SLA Grade 3 Choose assessments Choosing assessments 1 Click the Choose assessments box SLA3 User Guide 10 Pilot 2015 2 Choose the assessments you will administer from the pop up window Choose assessments English Literacy 3 Numeracy 3 Litt ratie Immersion 3e ann e Nume ratie 3e ann e Litt ratie Francophone 3e ann e Save Cancel 3 Schedule a date and time you will administer each assessment optional Note This is an optional step This information
17. writing templates for students to use while doing the performance task activities 1 Click on the Part 2 Performance Task for Literacy or Numeracy S LA G ra d 3 Change Assessments English Literacy 3 List Part 1 Digital Assessment Part 2 Performance Task Status Ready to Start Status Ready to Start m a OOOO cOoOOoOoCOOCOoOOoOoOOoOOoOODOoCODOOCOOOODUOoOOOOODOoOOOOoOOOOoOC 5 2 Review all the Performance Task resource documents 3 Click on Show Performance Task Slides These slides should be projected on your SmartBoard or projector for the entire class Performance Task The Empty Space 4 Go through all the slides with the class and have students complete the activities English Literacy 3 e 5 Click Complete on the teacher dashboard when you are Part 2 Performance Task Status Ready to Start finished administering and marking the Performance Task Complete Marking the Performance Tasks Teachers will locally mark students responses to the Performance Tasks using the assessment materials provided through the Teacher Dashboard so that they are better able to apply the provincial standards Schools do not report the performance task results back to Alberta Education for the 2015 Pilot Student results for the Performance Tasks are to be reported at the local level which should follow shortly after the administration of the SLA3 As such schools and authorities can locally det
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