INTRODUCTION TO E-INSTRUCTION

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1 INTRODUCTION TO E-INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE SYSTEM USING VERSION B. Spurgeon Sept. 2008

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating Classes... 3 Adding Students to a Class... 3 Taking Attendance... 3 Creating Questions... 4 Creating Fast Grade Questions... 5 Engaging Lessons... 6 Responder Codes... 7 Working the Reports... 7 Printing Assessments... 8 Working with Team Activities... 9 Exporting Tasks to IGPRO Uploading Rosters with CPS Online

3 Getting Started: 1. Create a new folder named CPS on your H drive before the first use to save your CPS files. 2. From the desktop, open CPS 3. Select New or Existing Data Base. Browse to your CPS folder if needed. Creating Classes: 1. Select the Prepare Classes & Students Tab 2. Click New icon. Select Class. 3. Select K-12 Next 4. Enter your name and 5. Enter a class name (i.e. 1 st hour or World History) 6. Click Next 7. Check Create Another Class 8. Enter a unique class name for each of your different groups of students. Taking attendance: 1. Click the Engage>Attendance tab. (You must have version 5.4 to do this!) 2. Select the class that you want to take attendance. 3. Choose Take Attendance. The Attendance window appears. 4. Click the Start button to allow students to respond with their response pads. When the pad ID number corresponding to a student s pad lights up blue, CPS marks a P (present) for the day on the attendance sheet in the Class Info area of the Report>Gradebook tab

4 Developing Questions in a CPS Lesson: 1. Click the Prepare Lessons and Assessments tab. 2. Click New. 3. From the pop-up menu, select Lesson. Enter a lesson name and description. 4. Click the lesson title from the Lesson tab. 5. Select New Question. 6. In the Question Author window, select a question template. 7. Use the Template menu, to add graphics to a question. 8. Click the Preview Button to view the question. 9. Click Save and Move to the Next Question. NOTES: You can copy and paste questions from other sources into the Question Authoring window using Ctrl C (Copy) and Ctrl V (paste). To set the default font, from the Main Menu, select Settings Default Font. Save and move to the next question. Character Map Use the template menu to add graphics Use the Preview to see what your question looks like! Create Questions with Graphics After you have selected a question template with graphics, left-click inside the graphic area and the Set Image Files window opens. 1. In the Question Authoring window, select Template Add Graphic. Select how you want the graphic to appear. 2. Click inside the Graphic area. 3. Click Browse. 4. Use the Look in drop-down list at the top of the dialog box to browse to the directory where you saved your graphic files. 5. Highlight a graphic file that you want to display in this graphic area Left click in the graphics area.

5 Fast Grade Lessons You can create a FastGrade answer key, distribute hard copies to the students, and have them respond for a quick grade.when you create a FastGrade lesson, please have a hard copy of the course material with you, preferably one that has the correct answers indicated. NOTE: Do not use more than M/C 5 for fast grade as the F, G and H buttons are used for scrolling. To create a FastGrade lesson: 1. Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab. 2. Select the database name or a lesson name, from the lesson side (left or top window) of the screen, you want to create a FastGrade lesson in. Click New in the Home group. A menu appears. 3. Select the FastGrade menu item. 4. Type a name for your FastGrade lesson in the Title box and optionally, a description or unique identifier. You can also add a picture file (jpeg, bitmap, or gif) that will appear when you engage the lesson in There It Is! mode. 5. Click OK. NOTE: Other: Allows placeholder questions for essays, short answer, etc. 6. Click the blue answer button that corresponds with the question type and correct answer for each question. 7. Repeat step 8 until you ve entered every question into the CPS FastGrade window. 8. Click OK. Engaging a Lesson (Please following the instructions on the Quick Reference sheet for engaging a lesson in a class!) You may engage a lesson in the following delivery modes: DEFAULT MODE Standard mode: The teacher controls the pace and progress of students through the questions as the questions are displayed on the Smartboard. A delivery session in the Standard mode uses CPS Engage toolbar to regulate settings and question flow. CPS will automatically engage a lesson in the Standard mode; therefore, you do not have to select Standard mode in order to deliver a lesson in Standard mode. The following modes must be selected through the Assessment Setup! Student Paced mode: Lets the teacher incorporate CPS lessons, existing hard copy material, or FastGrade lessons into one seamless activity that allows students to pace themselves. Student Practice: Operates in much the same way as the Student Paced mode. Student Practice mode allows you to use printout material; and Student Practice mode allows students to response to questions at their own pace. Teacher Led mode: Combines the Standard mode and Student Paced modes for one teacher-led session conducted at the students' pace. This mode is ideal for K-12 teachers who use multiple versions of a test

6 Responder Codes: Blue answer has been selected Yellow indicates change in answer Green indicates same answer selected Red indicates invalid selection Responder Buttons: F Scroll through questions G Move backward one question H Move forward one question Be sure to set the max points as these are the points exported to your gradebook!! Viewing Reports: 1. Select the Report->Reports tab. 2. Click on an assessment. 3. Click the Generate button. 4. Select a report to view. 5. Click Preview. Regrading Assessments: 1. Click the Report>Reports tab. 2. Select the assessment you would like to re-grade. 3. Click Edit in the Reports group. The CPS Assessment Options window appears. 4. Click the Re-Grade Questions button. The CPS Re-Grade Assessments window appears. The Correct Answers tab contains each question included in the session with a distributed number and percentage representing which answer options the class selected. The correct answers that were previously selected will be represented by a check in each question s answer option box. 5. Click one of the other possible answer options to change the correct answer, or click the omit box to exclude that particular question from being calculated in the grading process. 6. When you have completed all changes, click OK to save them and close the window, or click Cancel to close the window without saving

7 Printing CPS Lessons from CPS: 1. Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab. 2. Select the lesson, from the lesson side (left or top window) of the screen, you want to print. Click Print in the Lessons group 3. The CPS Print Questions window appears. Alternatively, right-click on the lesson name to access the pop-up menu. Choose Print Questions from the pop-up menu. The CPS Print Questions window appears. 4. Click inside the box in front of the questions you want to print, or click Select All in the lower left corner to include every question on the printout. A checkmark will appear in the box in front of the questions you selected. 5. Click Preview. NOTE: If you want an answer key, an area for including a name, an area for including a date, or a combination of any of the available options included in your printout, check the box or boxes at the bottom of the CPS Print Questions window that coincide with your preference

8 Exporting Tasks from CPS to IGPRO (Gradebook) SAVING THE ASSESSMENT RESULTS 1. Have the students take a test in CPS. 3. Select the REPORT REPORTS tab 4. Select GENERATE. Select the Integrade Pro Export. 5. Click PREVIEW. 6. From the File menu, select SAVE AS. 7. In your H drive, CPS folder, create a folder called IGPro Exports and save the test results with a name that includes the hour. (i.e. Geometry test 1-5 th hour) NOTE: DO NOT add any periods to the filename as the extension should be.gbk. IMPORTING RESULTS INTO IGPRO 1. Open your gradebook in Integrade Pro 2. Select the class in which the task is to be imported. 3. From the File menu, select Import Into Gradebook. 4. Click Next. 5. Click the Local button. 6. Locate the.gbk file containing the CPS assessment results that you previously saved

9 USING CPS ONLINE SYNCING YOUR ROSTERS 1. From the Settings menu, select CPSOnline Login. 2. Select that you are an Existing User and K-12 as the institution. 3. Enter your username and password (these will match the first time that you login!) If this is your first time logging in, you will be prompted to change your password. Use an existing password that matches all of your other passwords or use BULLDOGS! Sample Username: BSpurgeonhs USERName: Password: 4. When asked to Sync classes, select Yes! 5. Select all of the classes that you want to Sync. 6. When asked to Download Assessments, say NO until the curriculum specialists release an assessment. That s it! Your rosters should now be updated! To shut off the automatic Sync option throughout the school year: 1. From the Prepare Classes & Students tab, select Edit. 2. Select the Online Class Options tab. 3. Unselect Automatically sync class with CPS Online for each class. 4. Click SAVE before continuing to the next class. To sync classes with updated rosters: 1. From the Prepare Classes & Students tab, select Sync

10 CPS QUICK REFERENCE ADMINISTERING AN ASSESSMENT IN YOUR CLASSROOM NOTE: Verify that you are running version 5.4 as there is an important new Attendance feature on the Engage tab so that you can take attendance without starting a Teacher Managed engage session. If you do not have this version, please inform your Building Tech Contact! 1. Attach the receiver s USB cord to your computer. 2. Open CPS. Verify that you are in your PERSONAL CPS Database. (i.e. yourname.cps) 3. Detect the CPS Receiver: From the Settings menu, select Delivery Options Receiver. Select Detect Receiver. 4. Take Attendance to verify that all of the clickers are working: From the Engage tab, select Attendance. Select the appropriate class. Click the Take Attendance button. Click START. NOTE: You must be running version 5.4 to see the Attendance tab. 5. If you need to change a clicker number for a student, from the Prepare tab, select Classes & Students. Select the desired class, then select the desired student. Change the student s Pad ID. Then, click SAVE. (Don t forget to do this or you will have to reset the student each time that you open CPS!) 6. If you need to add a student, from the Prepare tab, select Classes and Students. Click Sync. 7. Take Attendance again! 8. From the Engage tab, select Lessons and Assessments. 9. Checkmark the assessment that you want to administer. 10. From the Advanced button, set the MAX POINTS to use for your gradebook. Be sure to do this before selecting the class! 11. If you are giving a paper copy to the students, from the Assessment Setup, select Teacher Led or Student Paced. Otherwise, skip to step Verify that you are on the correct class by selecting the class from the drop down menu. Be sure to do this!! 13. Click the Engage teach button. 14. Click START. Be sure to verify that your class is correct before Engaging the lesson! Be sure to set the max points BEFORE selecting the class! Verify that you are in your personal database!