STUDY ISLAND. Preparing for State Assessments. Rolla Public Schools Sept. 09

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1 STUDY ISLAND Preparing for State Assessments Rolla Public Schools Sept. 09 Study Island 1 RPS - Nov. 2009

2 Objectives: Using Study Island in Your Class How Students Use Study Island Setting Up Your Class Working with the Class Page and Creating Assignments Printable Worksheets CPS and Study Island Reports Additional Features Using Study Island in Your Class Here are some ideas on how you can use Study Island (SI) in your class. 1. Class Time Allowing students to work on Study Island during class time gives you the most control and gives you the best opportunity to supervise SI s use. If there aren t enough computers in your class, try making it a center or part of a rotation that students can work on. 2. Blue Ribbons Give students rewards for earning so many blue ribbons or make a specific number of ribbons a requirement on their grade. 3. Homework Students can access SI from home or any computer with Internet access, you might consider making SI homework. 4. Extra Credit Offer additional points for completing sections of the program. 5. Class Lessons Use the built in CPS test mode to review GLEs with the whole class. 6. Review Problem Areas After students have completed various topics, use the reports to find low scoring concepts for individuals or for the class as a whole. 7. Create worksheets Use the Printable worksheet mode to create a Smart Notebook page, test, or review to do with students. Questions taken in the Printable Worksheet mode cannot be entered into SI reports. 8. Tutorials SI provides tutorial material for struggling students. How Students Use Study Island 1. Log-in to SI from home or school a. Username: firstlast.rolla b. Password: studentid 2. Click on a subject and select a GLE to work on OR click on a teacher-made assignment. 3. If this is the first time a student has used the program, students will need to take the Pretest first. Students must complete at least 10 Pretest questions to unlock the rest of the content in other topics. A minimum percentage of approximately 70% unlocks the other topics and earns a student blue ribbons. 4. Choose a session type. The default is Test Mode however; students may print a worksheet or enter Game Mode if permitted. Setting Up Your Classes 1. Log-in to SI at 2. Enter your user name and password a. Username: filast.rolla (i.e. bspurgeon.rolla) b. Password: 3. Click Class Manager to create, edit or remove classes and assignments. NOTE: A student can belong to more than one class (group). Study Island 2 RPS - Nov. 2009

3 To create a new class: 1. From the main menu, select Class Manager. 2. From the Class Manager, enter a title for your class. 3. Click Next. TITLES OF CLASSES: Bldg LastName Hourorgrade (year) To edit an existing class: 1. Click the Pencil icon (Edit Class) from the far right options under My Existing Classes. Add and remove students from your class! 2. Enter or edit a title. Please format the title of your class this way: TITLES OF CLASSES: Bldg LastName Hourorgrade (year) a. Example: MT Wilson 3 rd (0910), JH Skyles SC8 1 st (0910) 3. To add students, click the little triangle next to the grade level that you need to view. To assign a student to your class, click the checkbox in front of the student s name to add a checkmark. To remove a student from your class, click the checked checkbox in front of the student s name to remove the checkmark. 4. Click Save. 5. Click Back to Class Manager to return to the Class Manager after you have saved! Study Island 3 RPS - Nov. 2009

4 Working with a Class Page 1. Click the Class Page and Assignments button that looks like a folder with paper sliding into it. 2. Add a note for your classroom page by clicking Add Note and adding some information for your class SI page. 3. Class Page Activate: Choose Yes from the drop down menu. 4. Default for Students: Choose Yes from the drop down menu if you want students to see your class page first when they log-in. 5. Block all other material: If you want to block all other material except for the topic you assign, choose Yes under Block Other Material. You can only choose this AFTER you have made one assignment. **Warning: When you select Block Other Material, the navigation bar is blocked for ALL subjects. Other teachers working with the same students would have to create assignments as well in order for them to access their material. This option will also block parents from viewing their student s progress in the program as well. When you select Yes, a dialog box will appear asking if you are sure you want to do this. Type Yes and then click the OK button to confirm this setting. If you are in Internet Explorer, you might have to click the yellow bar at the top of the browser window and select Temporarily Allow Scripted Windows for you confirmation window to appear. Study Island 4 RPS - Nov. 2009

5 Creating Assignments 1. Click the New Assignment button in the Class Manager. 2. Fill out the required information like Assignment Title. Be sure to change the due date. Set a date that gives the students reasonable time to complete the assignment! Click the triangle next to your class if you want to give the assignment to individual students. The default assigns the assignments to all students in your class. Add assignment title i.e. Algebra Pre-Test, CA Practice with Punctuation Select the grade level and subject from the drop down menus for your assignment. An assignment can have topics from one subject. Click the Get Topic List button to see choose the topics to assign. 3. Click a checkmark in front of each topic you want to assign. 4. *Remember to select ACTIVATE from the drop down menu at the bottom of the page, otherwise your assignment will not appear. 5. Click Save Assignment. Your assignment is now available to your students! Study Island 5 RPS - Nov. 2009

6 Working with Messages 1. Click Message Center from the main navigation bar on the left. Use the Message Center to read and send messages. You can send messages to individual students or to entire classes. 2. To send a message to one student, click new message. 3. Enter the student s username. Student s usernames are firstnamelastname.rolla. (i.e.anthonysederburg.rolla) Students can reply to your messages. Students will only be able to send to teachers. Printable Worksheets To print a worksheet for student independent practice (a good idea if a student needs practice but you don t want them to hurt their average percent correct) 1. A student or a teacher can select a topic from the left main menu bar. 2. Choose Start Studying. 3. Under Session Type, select Printable Worksheet. 4. Choose the number of questions you want on the worksheet. 5. Click Next. 6. Another window will open with the worksheet that can be printed out. At the top of the worksheet page you have a few more options. You can hide the Multiple Choice options so the answers will be written or you can open the worksheet in Word to edit questions and page breaks and save the worksheet for later practice. Answers and explanations are printed at the bottom of the worksheet. TIPS for editing in Word: To view Page Breaks, from the View menu, select Print Layout. To create a page break in Word, press Ctrl Enter. Preview the document before printing! Adjusting Difficulty Levels 1. Click School Stats. 2. Click Adjust Difficulty Levels. 3. Option 1: Adjust Passing Parameters 4. Option 2: Restrict Students to Easier or Harder Material. Open in word to customize a worksheet! Study Island 6 RPS - Nov. 2009

7 CPS and Study Island CPS (the clickers or remotes) can be used with Study Island for a whole class activity. Here are some things to remember: The einstruction CPS software should NOT be running at the same time as SI CPS. You will need Java 1.6 or above loaded on your computer. If you don t have it, you can download it from The data and stats will automatically import into SI s School Stats Reports when a teacher clicks End Session. Scores will effect their average percent in SI. TIP: Take Attendance using the CPS software to verify that all clickers are working. 1. From the Engage tab, click Attendance Take Attendance. Administering a CPS Session in Study Island 1. Make sure that the CPS software is installed (but not running) and the receiver is connected. 2. Log-in to Study Island. 3. Select the correct grade and subject from the Programs area in the left hand column. 4. Select the topic(s) you wish to use by putting a checkmark next to those subjects. 5. From the Session Type drop down, choose Classroom Response Systems. Then click einstruction Classroom Performance System (CPS) picture. 6. Choose how many questions you want to answer from the pop-up window. 7. Click Next. Study Island 7 RPS - Nov. 2009

8 8. Select the class and make sure each student is assigned to the correct pad. If a clicker number needs changed, simply backspace and enter a new Pad ID. 9. Click Next. 10. Choose the Teacher Led Mode. (Student Led will not display questions.) 11. Click Start Polling. TIP: You can enlarge the text size by clicking the zoom button in the bottom right corner of IE s window. 12. Click Stop Polling when all students have selected an answer. 13. Click Question Results to view a bar graph of the student responses. 14. When finished, click End Session. Reports within Study Island can now be viewed as needed. 15. Click Save for Later if you need to stop in the middle of a CPS session. Click here to zoom! Deleting Individual Test Sessions Teachers can delete individual test sessions by going to the School Stats page and pulling an Individual Student Report. 1. Click the number of sessions that corresponds with the topic in question (under the Sessions column). 2. Check the session you wish to delete. 3. Click Remove Checked Sessions. You can also delete entire topics by checking off the box to the left of the topic title and then clicking Remove Checked Records. Viewing Student Login and ID s: 2. From the Class Manager, click View Class Roster. 3. In the Class List Dropdown, select the class. Study Island 8 RPS - Nov. 2009

9 USING BUILT-IN REPORTS (School Stats) Study Island 9 RPS - Nov. 2009

10 Study Island 10 RPS - Nov. 2009

11 Additional Features My Attributes The My Attributes page allows users to change their user information, including username, password, and other attributes. Please note that the admin can block attribute changes from the Admin Page. My High Scores My High Scores allows users to see the highest scores that they have received while playing the games. Remedial Topics (Building Block Topics) If a student is having difficulty passing a topic, a hazard symbol will appear next to the topic, and often an additional topic will appear below. The remedial topic that appears is also referred to as a Building Block Topic. It has a lower difficulty level than the topic in which the student was having trouble. The student can no longer attempt the original topic until he or she has passed the Building Block Topic. Passing the Building Block Topic is represented by a white ribbon. Once the building block topic is passed, the student will need to go back and pass (earn a blue ribbon) the on-grade-level topic as well. Custom Material (Custom Tests) Teachers have the ability to create custom topics in the Study Island program which can include a lesson along with assessment questions and explanations. Once a teacher creates a custom topic, students can log in to Study Island and attempt the topics the same way they attempt the other Study Island topics. Students will click on the Custom Material link to access topics created by teachers. To get started creating a custom topic, log in as a teacher and click the Create New Topic link on the left side of the page. Follow the instructions on the screen to fill in the topic details including your custom questions and answers. Detailed instructions for creating custom material can be found online in the help section of the site. Just click on the Help link in the top right hand corner of the screen while logged into the program, then click Features then Custom Material. Study Island 11 RPS - Nov. 2009