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1 GED User Guide

2 LOGGING IN 3 GED HOME PAGE 4 ASSESSMENT AND STUDY PLAN: SETTING SUBJECT MASTERY LEVELS 5 REPORTS: TRACKING PROGRESS 6 LESSON REPORTS 6 STUDENT ASSESSMENT 8 CLASS ASSESSMENT 10 TOTAL TIME ON TASK 12 VIRTUAL SEAT USAGE (DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) 13 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 13 CONTENT REVIEW 15 CLASS MANAGEMENT 17 ADMINISTRATOR SETUP (DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) 17 TEACHER SETUP (ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) 18 CLASS SETUP 19 STUDENT SETUP 20 PROGRAM SETUP OPTIONS: ACCOUNT, LOGIN, MASTERY, AND STUDENT SORT ORDER DETAILS 24 GED User Guide Page 2 of 25

3 Logging In 1. Go to If this is your first time logging in to Contemporary, it is highly recommended that you click the System Requirements link and review the required features and settings. You can then click the button to confirm that your computer has the necessary features to efficiently run the Contemporary programs. From the system requirements page, you can access links to download the required plug-ins at no additional cost. Figure 1: Login Page 2. Type your username and password in the provided text boxes. Then click. If you cannot remember your password, click the Retrieve password link, type the address you used to register for Contemporary in the text box, and click details will be ed to you.. Your login A page opens with icons for all of your licensed products (Figure 2). Click in the GED box. If this is your initial Contemporary log in, the class management popup opens first (refer to pages 17-22). After your initial log in the GED home page opens first (Figure 3). Figure 2: Selection page following login for a user with a license to ITTS, Pre-GED, and GED GED User Guide Page 3 of 25

4 GED Home Page Your home page consists of four main sections: Assessment & Study Plan, Reports, Resource Management, and Content Review. Each main section has sub-sections that open in tabs (see A, B, C, and D in Figure 3). Figure 3: Selection page following log in: A: Assessment and Study Plan section, B: Reports section, C: Resource Management section, D: Content Review section, E: The home page navigation links The links in the upper right corner are available at all times (see E in Figure 3): Home: click to return to Figure 2 Mail: click to access your GED (refer to page for details) Class Management: click to set and edit GED user details, and to modify student access to Contemporary programs (refer to pages 17-22) Options: click to update your account information, login information, your student sort order, or your mastery level percentages (refer to page 24-25) Help: click to access quick help for each section of GED Logout: click to safely end your Contemporary session GED User Guide Page 4 of 25

5 By default the Language Arts, Reading tab opens first in the Assessment & Study Plan section (Figure 3, part A). Click the categorized list of links along the left side of your screen to open different sections. The opened sub-section is always highlighted blue (see the Language Arts, Reading link in Figure 3). Assessment and Study Plan: Setting Subject Mastery Levels Use the Assessment and Study Plan category to view and set mastery levels for students in each subject (Figure 3). By default, all student mastery levels are set at and they must complete preliminary subject tests to determine their mastery levels. It is recommended for students to complete the preliminary subject tests. Alternately, you can allow students to skip the preliminary subject tests by setting their mastery levels manually. To manually set mastery levels: 1. Click a subject tab. 2. Select a school (district administrator s only), teacher (administrators only), class, and student from the dropdown menus. 3. Click the mastery level you want for each unit. There are three mastery level options: = Mastery = Partial Mastery = Non Mastery When you change a unit s a mastery level, its row remains highlighted yellow until you click (see Figure 3). After you click, a popup opens to alert you that if your student previously made progress on the units you are updating, their progress will be erased (Figure 4). Click to update, or to close the popup without saving any mastery level updates. Figure 4: Mastery Level update confirmation popup GED User Guide Page 5 of 25

6 Once students have set mastery levels, they can choose to complete unit pretests, or individual lesson quizzes. Students are not required to complete pretests, quizzes, or posttests for units set at Mastery ( ). To view and print a student s GED Assessment and Study Plan for their set levels, click followed by. Reports: Tracking Progress Reports allow you to view progress at a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrators only), class, and student level. Click to print any of the reports, and the button to open the report details in an excel spreadsheet. Exported reports must be formatted manually. Lesson Reports Click the Lesson Reports link, or the Lesson Reports tab to view a student s overall unit progress for each subject (Figure 5). Select a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrator s only), class, student, and subject from the dropdown menus. A list appears with each unit the student has accessed, the total time spent on each unit, and their quiz status for the unit (Figure 5). The most recently accessed and completed units are listed at the top. Figure 5: Lesson Reports tab GED User Guide Page 6 of 25

7 The Time Spent per Session/Date column breaks down the total time displayed in the Total Time Spent column into session totals. The Quiz Mastery column displays dated links with (mastery) or (failed) icons (refer to the Options on page 24 for how to modify mastery percentage settings). The linked date represents the completion date of the quiz. Click the linked date or the mastery/failed quiz icon to open a popup with the student s completed quiz (Figure 6). Here you can see how students answered each question. If they answered incorrectly, you can compare their answer to the correct answer (Figure 6). Click the and buttons to scroll through each page of the quiz, or click the page numbers along the right side of the popup to skip to a specific page. Figure 6: A student s completed unit quiz. In this example, the student s incorrect answer is marked red, and the correct answer marked green. GED User Guide Page 7 of 25

8 Student Assessment Click the Student Assessment link or the Student Assessment tab to view a student s pre and posttest progress for each unit. Select a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrators only), class, student, and subject from the dropdown menus. A list appears with the selected student s cumulative and unit test scores for the selected subject (Figure 7). Figure 7: Reports: Student Assessment Each completed pretest or posttest column displays a (mastery) or (failed) icons with the student s total score (refer to the Options on page 24 for how to modify mastery percentage settings). Click the Skills link in the View Details column to see the pre and posttest results broken down by each skill the tests presented (Figure 8). GED User Guide Page 8 of 25

9 Figure 8: Reports: Skills Results for a Unit Pre and Posttest Click the Questions link to view the student s completed pre and posttests in clickable tabs (Figure 9). By default the Pretest tab opens first. Here you can see how students answered each question. If they answered incorrectly, you can compare their answer to the correct answer (Figure 9). Click the and buttons to scroll through each page of the test, or click the page numbers along the right side of the popup to skip to a specific page. Figure 9: A student s completed unit pretest. In this example, the student s incorrect answer is marked red, and the correct answer marked green. Note: Students that choose to complete individual unit/lesson quizzes do not complete unit pretests. GED User Guide Page 9 of 25

10 Class Assessment For a class overview of pretest and posttest results, click the Class Assessment link, or the Class Assessment tab. Select a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrators only), class, subject, level, and unit from the labeled dropdown menus. You can select All from any of the dropdown menus to broaden your overview (Figures 10 & 11). When you select a specific subject and unit, the class assessment displays each student s completed unit pre and posttest score (Figure 12), the date the assessment was completed, the total assessment time, and the total amount of review time. Each completed pretest or posttest column displays a (mastery) or (failed) icons with the student s total score (refer to the Options section on page for how to modify mastery percentage settings). Figure 10: Reports: Class Assessment with All selected for class, subject and unit dropdown menus. The displayed score is the average of all completed pre and posttests for the selected teacher s class groups. GED User Guide Page 10 of 25

11 Figure 11: Reports: Class Assessment with All selected for subject and unit Figure 12: Reports: Class Assessment with specific school, teacher, class, subject, and unit selected from dropdown menus. GED User Guide Page 11 of 25

12 Total Time on Task To view the total time each student spent using GED, click the Total Time on Task link, or the Total Time on Task tab (Figure 13) Figure 13: Reports: Class Assessment with specific teacher and class selected Select a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrator only), and class from dropdown menus. A list appears with all students from the selected class and their total, combined session time. To select a date range, type new dates in the provided text boxes, or click the calendar icons above the student list. Then click. The default date range is from the first date with recorded performance data to the current date. GED User Guide Page 12 of 25

13 Virtual Seat Usage (DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) To view the total amount of seats filled with students and how many are left for GED within your Contemporary license, click the Virtual Seat Usage tab (Figure 14). A seat is considered in use once a student logs in with a username and password and begins to use the GED program. For details about adding or removing student access to Contemporary programs, refer to Program Setup on page 22. Figure 14: Reports: Virtual seat usage The Seats Purchased column displays the total number of seats purchased for each school listed in your Site column and the Seats Used column displays the number of seats each school is currently using. Resource Management To view and edit the list of resources available to students, click a sub-section link under the Resource Management title. Then select a unit from the dropdown menu. Once the Resource Management section opens on your screen, you can click the labeled subject tabs to open different subjects (Figure 15). GED User Guide Page 13 of 25

14 Figure 15: Resource Management with the Science tab opened By default, all resources are available to students. To make a resource unavailable, click its checkbox. The green checkmark disappears and a popup asks you to verify that you want to mark your resource as inactive. Click confirm. to To add a new resource, click, enter the resource s details, and click Save. To edit a resource, click Edit next to a resource title, make your changes, and click Save. To delete a resource, click Edit next to its title, followed by Delete, and then in the popup box. GED User Guide Page 14 of 25

15 Content Review To view answer keys for all subject tests, unit tests, and lesson quizzes, click the Content Review link under the Content Review title. Once the content review tab opens on your screen, select a subject and unit from the dropdown menus (Figure 16). Figure 16: The Content Review tab Click the,, or button that correlates to the subject test answer key, unit quiz answer key, or lesson details you want to view. Use the tabs at the top of an opened assessment to navigate between pre and posttests, and multiple quizzes. Correct answers are highlighted green (Figure 17). GED User Guide Page 15 of 25

16 Figure 17: An opened Quiz answer key Click,, or to navigate through each of the answer keys and lessons chronologically, or click the numbers along the right side of the page to navigate to a specific page. GED User Guide Page 16 of 25

17 Class Management During your first login, the class management popup opens first by default. After your initial log in, click Class Management at the top of the GED home page (Figures 3, 5, 7, 10, 16) to edit administrator (district administrators only), teacher (administrators only), class, or student details, or to modify program access for students. Any changes or addition made to the class management system apply to all Contemporary programs (ITTS, Pre-GED, and GED). Administrator Setup (DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) School Administrators and teachers cannot access GED until you create their accounts. The Admin Setup tab opens first by default in the class management popup (Figure 18). Figure 18: Class Management: Admin Setup tab To add an administrator: 1. Select a school and *Add a New Admin* on the School and Admin dropdown menus. 2. Type the administrator s first and last name in the First Name and Last Name boxes. All other Admin Information fields are optional. If you leave the user name and password fields blank, a user name and password is auto-generated. 3. Click. GED User Guide Page 17 of 25

18 To modify an administrator s details: 1. Select a school and administrator from the dropdown menus 2. Make your changes and click, or click to delete an administrator from Contemporary. Teacher Setup (ADMINISTRATORS ONLY) Click the Teacher Setup tab (Figure 19). Figure 19: Class Management: Teacher Setup tab To add a teacher: 1. Select a school and *Add a New Teacher* on the School and Teacher dropdown menus. 2. Type the teacher s first and last name in the First Name and Last Name boxes. All other Teacher Information fields are optional. If you leave the user name and password fields blank, a user name and password is auto-generated. 3. Click. GED User Guide Page 18 of 25

19 To modify a teacher s details: 1. Select a school and teacher from the dropdown menus. 2. Make your changes and click, or click to delete a teacher from Contemporary. All of the teacher s classes are deleted and students from their class are placed on the Students in School list. Student data is directly correlated to their assigned class. If a class is deleted, all data that was recorded while students were assigned to the class is deleted. Class Setup Click the Class Setup tab (Figure 20) Figure 20: Class Management: Class Setup tab To add a class: 1. Select a school (administrators only), teacher (administrators only), and *Add a New Class* on the School, Teacher, and Class dropdown menus. 2. Enter a name for your class and optionally, enter a class description. 3. Click. You can add as many classes as you want. GED User Guide Page 19 of 25

20 To modify class details: 1. Select a school (administrators only), teacher (administrator s only), and class from the dropdown menus. 2. Make your changes and click, or click to delete the class from Contemporary. Student data is directly correlated to their assigned class. If you delete a class, all students from the class are placed on the Students in School list, and all data that was recorded while students were assigned to the class is deleted. Student Setup Click the Student Setup tab (Figure 21). Figure 21: Class Management: Student Setup tab The Students in School list consists of all students registered for Contemporary (ITTS, Pre-GED, and GED) within your selected school. The Students In Class list consists of all students currently GED User Guide Page 20 of 25

21 assigned to your selected class. Any class groups that you create are accessible from any of the Contemporary programs. To add a new student 1. Select the school (administrators only), teacher (administrators only), and class from the dropdown menus. Make sure all of your selections where you want the student placed for Contemporary. 2. Enter the student s first name and last name in the provided boxes. All other Student Information fields are optional. If you leave the user name and password fields blank, a user name and password is auto-generated. 3. Click to add the student to the Students in Class list. Click if you only want the student added to the selected school. Students in the school list can be selected by any other teacher registered within the selected school. To add students to a class from the Students in School list: Click the students name on the list and then click. You cannot select students with an asterisk because they are assigned to another class. Click the Show Available Only radio button at the bottom left of the popup to limit the list to available students. To remove a student from a class list: Click the student s name, and then click. Student data is directly correlated to their assigned class. If you remove a student from a class, you cannot access the data that was recorded for them while they were assigned to the class. To access the student s data, you must readd them to the class they were removed from. To update a student s details: Click their name, make your changes in the Student Information field, and click. GED User Guide Page 21 of 25

22 To inactivate a student (administrators only): De-select the Active checkbox in the Student Information section. De-activating a student removes all of their details from teacher view, including all of their reported progress. Only district and site administrators can view deactivated student details. To re-activate a student, click a deselected Active checkbox. Program Setup Click the Program Setup tab to control which Contemporary programs students can access (Figure 22). Figure 22: Class Management: Program Setup tab 1. Select a school (district administrators only), teacher (administrators only), and class from the dropdown menus. 2. Students can access all programs with green checkmarks. Click individual checkboxes, or click the Select All checkboxes at the top of each column to select all students at once for a program. When students begin using a program, they us a seat for the program. If you de-select a student from a program, their access is removed for the program and the seat becomes available for other students. GED User Guide Page 22 of 25

23 Contemporary s feature provides an easy and safe way for you to communicate with students, teachers, and administrators. Contemporary is internal to the program and does not show any personal contact information. Please see the following ing guidelines: When you click the link on your home page (Figures 3, 5, 7, 10-15), a popup window opens (Figure 23). When you have a new message a home page. icon appears next to your Mail link on your Figure 23: popup window with the Inbox opened GED User Guide Page 23 of 25

24 Bolded titles are unread messages. To create a new message, click and then click the Add link next to the To heading. A popup opens with your available contacts. Click a contact name and then click Add in the bottom right corner of the popup. To select multiple contacts, hold down CTRL, and then click the contact names you want to add. Once you are ready to send your message, click. Click or to see a complete list of all messages you have received and sent. To delete a message, click the checkbox next to the title, and then click. To delete all sent or received messages at once, click the checkbox next to From at the top of the list before clicking. To close the popup window, click at any time. Use the arrows along the bottom of the popup to navigate through multiple pages of messages, and the Show dropdown menu to determine how many messages to display on your screen at once. Options: Account, Login, Mastery, and Student Sort Order Details Click the Options link on your GED home page and the options popup opens (Figure 24). Figure 24: Options popup for a Site Administrator GED User Guide Page 24 of 25

25 You must enter your address to make any changes in the options popup. To update your account or login details, type your updated details in the provided text boxes and click. First, Last is the default student sort order. To change, select the sort order you want from the dropdown menu and click. 80 percent is the default mastery percentage level for students. If you are a teacher, the default setting allows you to access and change the mastery level percentage by entering the percentage they want in the provided text box and clicking percentage will apply to all students assigned to your class groups.. This mastery level If you are a site manager, you can click the Set for all teachers radio button to assign a specific mastery percentage level for all students in your school (Figure 24). This selection removes the teacher s ability to edit their mastery level settings. District administrators cannot set mastery level percentages. GED User Guide Page 25 of 25