Parent User Manual Features of INTERACTIVE CLASSROOMS @ Home () An Application for Student Home Version 1.0
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Table of Contents Using Features : Page No. 1 Home Application - Usage 5 a. Accessing Application 5 b. Browsing Multimedia Content 7 c. Features Multimedia Content 12 d. Lesson Plan 22 e. Glossary 24 f. Web links 25 g. Digital Library 26 h. Dynamic Quiz Let s Play 32 i. Assessment How to Create? 38 j. Assessment Download 46 k. Objective Test 48 l. Subjective Test 54 2 Reports 63 3 Parent Registration 69 4 Parent Login 72 5 View Content 73 a. Lesson Plan 75 b. Glossary 77 c. Web Links 78 d. Digital Library 87 e. Dynamic Quiz Let s Play 93 f. Assessment How to Create? 99 6 Reports 106 a. Content usage report 106 b. Assessment Report 111 NIIT Ltd Page 3
7 Miscellaneous 121 a. Deactivate Home Device 121 b. Child Details 123 8 Notice Board 126 9 Upload Image 127 NIIT Ltd Page 4
1. Home Application - Usage Home Application is software that a student can install in his/her own machine. It encompasses all features of ICR such as view and play multimedia contents, view lesson plan, web links, glossary. Using this application student or parent can create assessment paper and attempt it on his/her local machine. This application also provides reports to view score of assessment. This application works offline as well as online mode. To understand complete functionality of this application follows the steps given below. To Install follow the steps given in Installation Manual. a. Accessing Application To access application, follow the steps given below i. Application can be accessed by clicking on desktop icon. ii. Login window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 5
iii. User can enter Student or Parent s login id. Enter user name and password. Click on Login. iv. User gets applications main page. NIIT Ltd Page 6
Notification User first name Dashboard Assessment Assessment/Tracki ng reports Link for portal Content Playback Content Import b. Browsing Multimedia - Content i. On home page, user can click on Content. ii. It shows Content View screen. Select the class and click on View. NIIT Ltd Page 7
iii. It shows List of Subjects screen. Click on required subject to view chapters. iv. Chapter list appears as shown below. Click on chapter to open chapter content. NIIT Ltd Page 8
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vi. Click on topic Solving an Equation in Simpler Form. NIIT Ltd Page 11
vii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 12
c. Features Multimedia - Content Home Lesson Plan Glossary Web links Digital Library Assessment Quiz Back Next Interact Automate Topics Replay Audio On/Off Pause The core concept is covered by using multimedia, including animations and video. It provides richness of content gives the required challenge to the student and engages the student in his/her understanding. It also helps learners visualize abstract concepts by adding a visual element to the learning that enhances retention. NIIT Ltd Page 13
Automate Next Audio on/off Replay Previous The Automate feature provides alternate animations for a concept, which gives a different approach to the same concept. This feature is also an option for individuals who are not yet comfortable enough with the technology to use the Interact feature, which requires the user to be familiar with the use of a mouse. The Automate link opens a new window. The module is a pre-planned delivery of an aspect of the Interact module. In case there are multiple aspects, a menu will be provided. Click the menu option to access the module. NIIT Ltd Page 14
Other features of Automate: The Automate modules are supported by audio that can be toggled on or off by using the Sound button. If an Automate module has more than one example, then the user can go back to the list of examples by using the Home button. The entire sequence of explaining the example has been split into steps. These steps can be navigated by the use of the Next and Previous buttons. Any step can be replayed by using the Replay button. Close Replay Previous Sound on/off Home Next Note: While trying to open the Automate, content application may popup a confirmation window, click Ok button to continue. NIIT Ltd Page 15
3D (Interactive Three Dimensional Content) Some of the concepts lend to three-dimensional (3D) modeling. Links to interactive 3D models can be found across the selected Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry concepts or they embedded as part of the core content. Click on3dbutton. NIIT Ltd Page 16
It opens the model in separate popup window. User can click on the model, move around and interact the way they want. Or user can also use Movement buttons given on the top left corner of the pop up window. Zoom in /Out Moveme nt Toggle Buttons 3D NIIT Ltd Page 17
Following are few of the images that are arrived at after having interaction with 3D diagram. NIIT Ltd Page 18
Activities In some concepts, there are video-based activities. These activities are embedded as part of the core content. Activity title Activity video Activity link Activity closure NIIT Ltd Page 19
Interact Message area Instructions area Reset Button The Interact feature allows teachers and students to interact with the content, thereby enabling them to experience the cause and effect. It provides tremendous flexibility in the teaching-learning process as well as in the choice of examples and approaches to the concept. This feature also makes the learning process livelier with active learner participation, and for the teacher, an easy way to demonstrate the concepts in action. As a result, the learners shift away from the rote method by making learning interactive. This tool helps in encouraging peer learning, making abstract concepts concrete with more visual explanation and giving the students the power to explore and learn. It empowers teachers to address student s curiosity and attention span and also to encourage novice scientific thinkers. NIIT Ltd Page 20
The Interact link opens an interactive module or a java applet in a new window. Depending on the concept, a set of variable parameters are made available to interact with the content to create causes and effects. It will help in clarifying different aspects of the concept. Parameters Note: While trying to open Interact content application will pop-up a confirmation window, click the Ok button to continue. NIIT Ltd Page 21
Apply In some concepts, the links to ready-made interactive Geometer Sketchpad sketches exist. These sketches help the teacher in apply the concept. The sketches are linked to the respective content by the Apply link. The instructions to use the interactivity built in the sketch will be available in the sketch. The Apply feature is similar to the Interact feature. In addition to providing the benefits of interactivity, the Apply feature allows users to customize the content as they wish. Using the Geometer s Sketchpad, users can quickly and easily construct concepts by creating their own diagrams and interactions. Note: Geometer s Sketchpad software needs to be installed on the computer to run this feature. (The Geometer s Sketchpad software is part of installer and should get automatically install with installation.) NIIT Ltd Page 22
d. Lesson Plan Lesson Plan contains features, as mentioned below: A. Getting Started i. Objectives: A list of the objectives to be accomplished for a particular concept. ii. iii. iv. Introduction: A background of the concept, detailing why the concept is important for students to learn, thus setting the context for learning. Summary: A recapitulation of what has been learnt in the topic. References: Additional reference materials on the topic that the teachers and students can refer to. NIIT Ltd Page 23
B. Assessments - i. Questions for Evaluation: Enable teachers to gauge the level of understanding of the class ii. Challenging Problems: Provide opportunities to engage bright students to further their learning iii. Reinforcement: Lists a set of questions that the teacher can ask the students to reinforce their understanding of the concept C. Curiosity Corner - i. Fascinating Facts: Provides trivia or interesting facts about the topic being learnt. ii. Frequently Asked Questions: Contains standard questions that keep coming up from students while learning a topic. iii. Misconception and Exceptions: Captures the most common exceptions and misconceptions for each concept, which makes the learning complete. D. Explore - i. Real-Life Applications: Is used to connect the learning to life outside the classroom. ii. Activities: Details some activities that students can undertake on their own or that can be taken up in the class. Note: Click the Answers button to access answers to Reinforcement, Questions for Evaluation, Frequently Asked Questions and Challenging Problems. NIIT Ltd Page 24
e. Glossary Alphabet access List of words Word s explanation Glossary contains a list of technical terms with their brief definitions and has been collated. This provides learners as well as teachers an easy access to the relevant term. On clicking the Glossary link, a new window opens. Clicking each word button displays the meaning or definition of that word in the bottom panel. A word can alternatively be accessed from the Alphabet menu at the top. NIIT Ltd Page 25
f. Web Links Web links are additional resources wherein the students and teachers are provided with a library of Web links to sites with content and resources directly mapped to the school curriculum. Salient features of Web links: A list of Web site links identified for the concepts that are available. The salient Benefits of the Web site are displayed on the right-top panel. The Features available on the site are identified on the right-bottom panel. A teacher can do Rating of web links. Web links get displayed as selforganizing links. Most admired links appears at the top. The link provides access to the Web site. Clicking the Web link opens a new window. Rating Panel Benefits of the website Features available in website NIIT Ltd Page 26
g. Digital Library Digital Library is the repository of subject resources. Resources can be presentations, word documents, image files, etc. This repository can also include images of your writing on the Interactive whiteboard, captured and saved for future use. Digital Library is divided into two categories: i. School Resources: These are the resources which are uploaded by the school student or parent. These resources are visible in My Resources area as shown in the image given below. Once uploaded, a resource will be available only in the respective class, subject and chapter. ii. My resources area Click to view uploade d Click to view Nguru resource s Nguru Resources: These are the resources which are provided by the ICR application. These are some basic and important resources provided by the application to enhance the student knowledge and provide new ideas to student or parent also. Click to delete resource Nguru resources Button to upload resources Parent or Student name NIIT Ltd Page 27
To upload content, follow these steps: a. Click the Upload Content button as mentioned above. The following screen appears. b. To find the file that you want to upload, click the Browse button. c. A dialog box appears. Browse and select the file to be uploaded. (File size should not be more than 10 MB.). d. Click the Open button. NIIT Ltd Page 28
e. Next, Give the Topic name and Description. f. Click the Upload button. Wait until the file is uploaded. NIIT Ltd Page 29
g. Following screen appears if upload is successful. If you want to upload more resources then click Browse link else click Close button. Note: While uploading the file, you may get following message: Check the file size you are trying to upload, and make sure it is less than or equal to10 MB. NIIT Ltd Page 30
To view uploaded content, follow these steps: a. A list of school contributed resources appears under School Resources area. If you find only the Upload Your Content button, it means that no contributed resources are available for the chapter. b. To view content, click the link given under Title Heading. NIIT Ltd Page 31
c. The link will open with appropriate file type. NIIT Ltd Page 32
h. Dynamic Quiz Let s Play Dynamic Quiz is fun based Quiz. It picks up & displays Multiple Choice questions which are dynamically picked up from question bank. Questions are picked up from the selected chapter. Parent can use this module to get an understanding of student s knowledge for the respective topics. Student can also play quiz to test their memory and understanding skills. This module can be accessed through two different logins. a. Parent b. Student Follow the steps to play this quiz 1. System must be connected to internet. 2. Click on Quiz tab. 3. User is redirected web portal Quiz screen. 4. Select the topics by clicking on the checkbox available in front of topic. Questions would be picked up from selected topics only. Click Start Quiz button to play the quiz. NIIT Ltd Page 33
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How to play?? Question appears on the basis of selected topics. Let s see and understand different component of this module. 1. Quiz Screen Components: Question Question Solution Hint Answe r Following are the Quiz screen components: Question Counter: It shows the current question number and total number of available questions in the quiz. Question: It contains the text of the Question. Answer Options: It contains available options for an answer. Solution Hint: This is a hint to the user to answer the question. Hints may be available only in few of the questions. Skip: User may skip the question if required. NIIT Ltd Page 35
2. To provide an answer to a question, User has to click on top of any one of the available options. 3. If answer is correct then Background color of the option changes to green. You would hear a sound clip saying That s Correct. Rest of the options gets disabled. Skip button changes to the Next button. Explanation of the answer gets displayed below the next button. NIIT Ltd Page 36
4. If answer is wrong then Background color of the option changes to red. An audio saying Oops, That s incorrect plays. That s Incorrect!! gets displayed below the skip button. Note: User can attempt the same question multiple times. NIIT Ltd Page 37
5. End Quiz button displays at the bottom once user reaches to the last question. User can click on End Quiz button to end the quiz. 6. It redirects the user to the start page of the quiz. User can start quiz all over again NIIT Ltd Page 38
i. Assessment How to Create? Follow the steps to create an Assessment 1. Click on Assessment tab. 2. Following window appears. Click on Create Assessment. NIIT Ltd Page 39
3. If system is connected to internet, user will be redirected to online Assessment creation Page. 4. Following window appears. Click on Add. 5. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 40
6. There are two types of Paper that student can generate: a. Static Paper Generation. b. Dynamic Paper Generation or Smart Assessment. a) To generate static paper follows the steps given below: i. Select Manual from Question Selection Criteria option buttons. ii. Select the Question Type. Options available are Objective and Subjective. iii. Select Level of Difficulty, Type and Marks. iv. Enter Instruction, Paper Title and Time Duration for the Paper. v. Select paper availability From and To date. NIIT Ltd Page 41
vi. Click on Next. Following screen appears. vii. Click on icon. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 42
viii. Select questions by clicking on checkboxes in front of each question. Selected question will be highlighted. ix. Number of questions with their marks and total marks is also displayed by question paper tracker. No of Questions Total Marks No of 1 marks Questions NIIT Ltd Page 43
x. Click on Submit button to generate a paper. xi. xii. Paper will be created. Student can download this Paper in Student Home device application after 10 mins. b) To generate dynamic paper follow the steps given below i. Select Dynamic from Paper Generation Criteria option buttons. ii. Select Question Type, options available is Objective and Subjective. iii. Select Level of Difficulty and Type. iv. Select topic by selecting checkboxes in front of each topics. v. Enter Instructions, Paper Title and Time Duration. vi. Select paper availability From and To Date. NIIT Ltd Page 44
vii. Select Next. Following window appears. viii. Enter the no of questions in Required Questions textbox. Click on Generate. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 45
ix. Click on Submit. x. Paper will be submitted. xi. Student can download this Paper in Student Home device application after 10 mins. NIIT Ltd Page 46
j. Assessment Download Once Assessment is created, parent or student can download Assessment using Student Home Application and attempt the paper in his/her local machine. Paper can be downloaded after 15 mins of paper creation. To download assessment, follow the steps given below i. Click on Assessment on home page. NIIT Ltd Page 47
ii. Following window appears. Click on Assessment Downloader. iii. Following message appears. NIIT Ltd Page 48
k. Objective Test Once paper is downloaded, student or parent can give test using test engine available in student home application. To give objective test, follow the steps given below i. Click on Content on home page. NIIT Ltd Page 49
ii. Following window appears. Select Class and click on View. iii. Following window appears. Click on a Subject. NIIT Ltd Page 50
iv. Following window appears. Click on Test link. v. Following window appears. Click on Take a Test. NIIT Ltd Page 51
vi. Following window appears. Click on a Start. vii. Following window appears. Start the test and once completed click on End Exam NIIT Ltd Page 52
viii. The test gets evaluated. A result screen appears immediately after submission. It shows student marks with few other details. It also shows a link to the answer sheet which gives a detailed view of how student has performed in the test along with correct solution for each question. NOTE: One test can be taken only once either by a student or parent. NIIT Ltd Page 53
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l. Subjective Test Parent or student can also create and download subjective paper. Once subjective paper is downloaded, student or parent can view or print the paper. Student can write answer of subjective paper in his\her notebook and submit it to parent. Parent can compare the answers submitted by student with the solution given in student home application to him. Parent can give marks to the student using student home application. To view or print paper by parent follow the steps given below. i. Login to student home application using Parent login name and password. ii. Following window appears. Click on My Content on home page. NIIT Ltd Page 55
iii. Following window appears. Select Class and click on View. iv. Following window appears. Click on a Subject. NIIT Ltd Page 56
v. Following window appears. Click on Test link. vi. Following window appears. Click on Preview. NIIT Ltd Page 57
vii. Following window appears. Click on Print to print the paper. NIIT Ltd Page 58
To view solutions by parent follow the steps given below. i. Login to student home application using parent login name and password. ii. Following window appears. Click on My Content on home page. NIIT Ltd Page 59
iii. Following window appears. Select Class and click on View. iv. Following window appears. Click on a Subject. NIIT Ltd Page 60
v. Following window appears. Click on Test link. vi. Click on Solution. NIIT Ltd Page 61
vii. Following window appears. Click on Print to print the solution. viii. Click on Evaluate. NIIT Ltd Page 62
ix. Following window appears. Enter the Marks and click on Update Performance. x. Following message appears. NIIT Ltd Page 63
2. Reports There are two types of reports 1. Offline Reports These reports can be seen even if machine is not connected with internet. It shows Summary of assessment items and Usage Reports. It shows reports out of data which is not yet synched or replicated to portal.. 2. Online Reports You need to be connected to internet to see consolidated Assessment and Usage Data Report. To see reports, follow the steps given below 1. Login as Parent or student. 2. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 64
3. Following window appears. Click on Summary Report. This is one of the offline reports. 4. Following window appears. Click on Question Analysis. NIIT Ltd Page 65
5. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 66
6. Usage Reports is another offline report. If you want to view Actual Content Usage duration, then click on Usage Reports. 7. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 67
8. View Consolidated Assessment Reports is one of the online report for which internet connection is required. It automatically takes you to the web interface and displays all the assessments given till date. It would show all assessment that user would have given in school or home PC. Click on View Consolidated Assessment Reports to see them. 9. User will redirected to online web portal where he/she can see consolidated Assessment reports. NIIT Ltd Page 68
10. Another Online report is View Consolidated Content Usage Report. Click to see the details. 11. User will redirected to online web portal where he/she can see consolidated Content usage reports. Note: To view details of consolidated assessment report and content usage report go to Section Reports. NIIT Ltd Page 69
3. Parent Registration To register a Parent, follow the steps given below 1. Go to Web Portal www.niitnguru.com/school2home. 2. Click on Parent Sign Up link given on the page. 3. It shows Parent Registration Form. NIIT Ltd Page 70
4. Fill in the required details like School Code, Student Login Name and Student Password. You would have got this information from school in a printed information sheet which says ICR Student Registration Details. It should have been given to student/parent along with the installer media by the school. Click on Validate to check weather entered information is as per student s registered information? 5. If information is valid, then parent can enter his registration information including new user name and password required for the web portal. Click on Submit. NIIT Ltd Page 71
6. Parent Register Successfully message appears. NIIT Ltd Page 72
4. Parent Login 1. Go to Web Portal www.niitnguru.com/school2home. 2. Enter the School code, Parent username and password, click on Login 3. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 73
5. View Content To View Contents follow the steps given below 1. Click on + sign of View Content Node. 2. List of subject appears. NIIT Ltd Page 74
3. Click on a subject. List of chapter appears. Click on a Chapter 4. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 75
a. Lesson Plan Lesson Plan contains features, as mentioned below: A. Getting Started i. Objectives: A list of the objectives to be accomplished for a particular concept. ii. Introduction: A background of the concept, detailing why the concept is important for students to learn, thus setting the context for learning. iii. iv. Summary: A recapitulation of what has been learnt in the topic. References: Additional reference materials on the topic that the teachers and students can refer to. B. Assessments - i. Questions for Evaluation: Enable teachers to gauge the level of understanding of the class ii. Challenging Problems: Provide opportunities to engage bright students to further their learning NIIT Ltd Page 76
iii. Reinforcement: Lists a set of questions that the teacher can ask the students to reinforce their understanding of the concept C. Curiosity Corner - i. Fascinating Facts: Provides trivia or interesting facts about the topic being learnt. ii. Frequently Asked Questions: Contains standard questions that keep coming up from students while learning a topic. iii. Misconception and Exceptions: Captures the most common exceptions and misconceptions for each concept, which makes the learning complete. D. Explore - i. Real-Life Applications: Is used to connect the learning to life outside the classroom. ii. Activities: Details some activities that students can undertake on their own or that can be taken up in the class. Note: Click the Answers button to access answers to Reinforcement, Questions for Evaluation, Frequently Asked Questions and Challenging Problems. NIIT Ltd Page 77
b. Glossary Alphabet access List of words Word s explanation Glossary contains a list of technical terms with their brief definitions and has been collated. This provides learners as well as teachers an easy access to the relevant term. On clicking the Glossary link, a new window opens. Clicking each word button displays the meaning or definition of that word in the bottom panel. There is a provision for navigation through the Previous and Next buttons, in case the word list includes more than eight words. Previous Next A word can alternatively be accessed from the Alphabet menu at the top. NIIT Ltd Page 78
c. Web Links Web links are additional resources wherein the students and teachers are provided with a library of Web links to sites with content and resources directly mapped to the school curriculum. Salient features of Web links: Rating Panel A list of Web site links identified for the concepts that are available. The salient Benefits of the Web site are displayed on the right-top panel. The Features available on the site are identified on the right-bottom panel. A teacher can do Rating of web links. Web links get displayed as self-organizing links. Most admired links appears at the top. The link provides access to the Web site. Clicking the Web link opens a new window. Features available in website Benefits of the website NIIT Ltd Page 79
Web links are divided into two categories: 1. Standard Web links: These links are provided as a part of Nguru ICR application. The links have been identified by a network of teachers familiar with the school syllabus and who directly contribute to the learning process. Many of the sites go beyond the curriculum, giving students a chance to explore and learn more. Standard web links can t be added/modified/deleted at school level. 2. Custom Web Links: These are the links - which are added by the school teacher in the school ICR server. In case if teacher knows an important web link which is not part of the application then it can be added into application at school itself. So this is another collaborative feature of the application which allows knowledge sharing across school teachers. Once added this link would be visible to all the school teachers. Custom Web links can be deleted/modified at school by the owner teacher who has created it. Web Links How to ADD? :- 1. Click Add Web link icon available on the bottom of the web link page as shown below. NIIT Ltd Page 80
2. Following screen appears. 3. Enter the web link in the text box as shown below. Web link should always start with http:// or https:// or ftp: // NIIT Ltd Page 81
4. Enter the description of the web link in the text area as shown below. Teacher can enter the description up to 400 characters only. 5. Enter Keywords in the text area as shown below. All keywords that user enter must be comma separated. These keywords will help user in searching their own created web links later on. So keywords should be important concepts which are getting addressed with the web link being entered. 6. Select the relevant features which are available in web link. Twelve features are mentioned as shown in figure. Check the check boxes appropriately. NIIT Ltd Page 82
7. Click Add button to create the custom web link. 8. Following message appears. Click OK. How To Delete\Modify Custom Web Links? :- Steps to Delete a Custom Web links: 1. Click Remove Web link icons shown below. NIIT Ltd Page 83
2. A confirmatory message appears as shown below. Click OK to confirm or Cancel to exit. NIIT Ltd Page 84
Steps to Modify a Custom Web links: 1. Click Modify Web link icon as shown below. 2. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 85
3. Update the fields as per your requirement and click Update button. 4. Following message appears. Click OK button. NIIT Ltd Page 86
Web Links How to Rate? :- Rating flags are available in the front of every web link. 1. Green flag is used to rate positive and red flag is used to rate negative. -To Rate Positive - To Rate Negative 2. A teacher can click on any of the two flags to rate a web link. 3. A teacher can rate a web link only once. 4. Web links are ordered in a list according to their positive rating from top to bottom and they are self-organizing. Most rated web link would appear at the top. NIIT Ltd Page 87
d. Digital Library Digital Library is the repository of subject resources. Resources can be presentations, word documents, image files, etc. This repository can also include images of your writing on the Interactive whiteboard, captured and saved for future use. Digital Library is divided into two categories: School Resources: These are the resources which are uploaded by the school teacher in the school. These resources are visible in School Resource area as shown in the image given below. Once uploaded, a resource will be available only in the respective class, subject and chapter. Nguru Resources: These are the resources which are provided by the Nguru ICR application. These are some basic and important resources provided by the application to enhance the student knowledge and provide new ideas to teacher also. These resources help in the form of extra learning. School resources area Click to view uploaded resource Click to delete resource Button to upload resources Teacher s name Click to view Eguru resource s Eguru resources NIIT Ltd Page 88
To upload content, follow these steps: h. Click the Upload Your Content button as mentioned above. The following screen appears. i. To find the file that you want to upload, click the Browse button. j. A dialog box appears. Browse and select the file to be uploaded. (File size should not be more than 10 MB.) NIIT Ltd Page 89
k. Click the Open button. l. Next, Give the Topic name and Description. m. Click the Upload button. Wait until the file is uploaded. NIIT Ltd Page 90
n. Following screen appears if upload is successful. If you want to upload more resources then click Upload more... link else click Close button. Note: While uploading the file, you may get following message: Check the file size you are trying to upload, and make sure it is less than or equal to10 MB. NIIT Ltd Page 91
To view uploaded content, follow these steps: d. A list of school contributed resources appears under School Resources area. If you find only the Upload Your Content button, it means that no contributed resources are available for the chapter. e. To view content, click the link given under Topic Heading. f. The File Download dialog box appears. NIIT Ltd Page 92
g. To open the file, click the Open button. Note: Some files like,.jpg,.pdf,.html,.jar may open directly in the browser window. NIIT Ltd Page 93
e. Dynamic Quiz Let s Play Dynamic Quiz is fun based Quiz. It picks up & displays Multiple Choice questions which are dynamically picked up from question bank. Questions are picked up from the selected chapter. Teacher can use this module to get an understanding of student s knowledge for the respective topics. Student can also play quiz to test their memory and understanding skills. This module can be accessed through four different logins. c. Teacher d. Student e. Management f. Parent Follow the steps to play this quiz Click on Quiz tab. 1. Following window appears. Select the topics by clicking on the checkbox available in front of topic. Questions would be picked up from selected topics only. Click Start Quiz button to play the quiz. NIIT Ltd Page 94
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How to play?? Question appears on the basis of selected topics. Let s see and understand different component of this module. 7. Quiz Screen Components: Question Question Answer Options Solution Hint NIIT Ltd Page 96
Following are the Quiz screen components: Question Counter: It shows the current question number and total number of available questions in the quiz. Question: It contains the text of the Question. Answer Options: It contains available options for an answer. Solution Hint: This is a hint to the user to answer the question. Hints may be available only in few of the questions. Skip: User may skip the question if required. 8. To provide an answer to a question, User has to click on top of any one of the available options. 9. If answer is correct then Background color of the option changes to green. You would hear a sound clip saying That s Correct. Rest of the options gets disabled. Skip button changes to the Next button. Explanation of the answer gets displayed below the next button. NIIT Ltd Page 97
10. If answer is wrong then Background color of the option changes to red. An audio saying Oops, That s incorrect plays. That s Incorrect!! gets displayed below the skip button. Note: User can attempt the same question multiple times. NIIT Ltd Page 98
11. End Quiz button displays at the bottom once user reaches to the last question. User can click on End Quiz button to end the quiz. 12. It redirects the user to the start page of the quiz. User can start quiz all over again NIIT Ltd Page 99
f. Assessment How to Create? Follow the steps to create an Assessment 1. Click on Assessment tab. 2. Following window appears. Click on Add. 3. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 100
4. There are two types of Paper that student can generate: a. Static Paper Generation. b. Dynamic Paper Generation or Smart Assessment. c) To generate static paper follows the steps given below: xiii. Select Manual from Question Selection Criteria option buttons. xiv. Select the Question Type. Options available are Objective and Subjective. xv. xvi. xvii. Select Level of Difficulty, Type and Marks. Enter Instruction, Paper Title and Time Duration for the Paper. Select paper availability From and To date. NIIT Ltd Page 101
xviii. Click on Next. Following screen appears. xix. Click on icon. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 102
xx. Select questions by clicking on checkboxes in front of each question. Selected question will be highlighted. xxi. Number of questions with their marks and total marks is also displayed by question paper tracker. No of Questions Total Marks No of 1 marks Questions NIIT Ltd Page 103
xxii. Click on Submit button to generate a paper. xxiii. xxiv. Paper will be created. Student can download this Paper in Student Home device application after 10 mins. d) To generate dynamic paper follow the steps given below xii. xiii. Select Dynamic from Paper Generation Criteria option buttons. Select Question Type, options available is Objective and Subjective. NIIT Ltd Page 104
xiv. xv. xvi. xvii. xviii. Select Level of Difficulty and Type. Select topic by selecting checkboxes in front of each topics. Enter Instructions, Paper Title and Time Duration. Select paper availability From and To Date. Select Next. Following window appears. xix. Enter the no of questions in Required Questions textbox. Click on Generate. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 105
xx. Click on Submit. xxi. Paper will be submitted. NIIT Ltd Page 106
6. Reports There are two types of reports: a) Content usage report. b) Assessment report. a) Content usage report To see content usage reports follow the steps given below 1. Click on + sign of My Reports. 2. Following link appears. NIIT Ltd Page 107
3. Click on Content Usage Report. Following screen appears. Click on Details. 4. Following window appears. Click on user name highlighted below. NIIT Ltd Page 108
5. Following window appears. Select checkboxes in end of each row. 6. Click on Show Details. NIIT Ltd Page 109
7. Following window appears. Click on Details. NIIT Ltd Page 110
8. Following window appears. Click on View Chart. 9. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 111
b) Assessment report To see assessment reports follow the steps given below 1. Click on + sign of My Reports. 2. Following link appears. Click on Assessment Report. NIIT Ltd Page 112
3. Following window appears. Select Subject. 4. Select Chapter. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 113
5. Following screen appears. Click on paper title. 6. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 114
7. There are various types of assessment reports a. Mark Sheet: To view mark sheet follow the steps given below i. Click on Mark Sheet. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 115
b. LOD Marks Distribution: To view LOD Marks Distribution, follow the steps given below: i. Click on LOD Marks Distribution. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 116
c. MCA Marks Distribution: To view MCA Marks Distribution, follow the steps given below: i. Click on MCA Marks Distribution. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 117
d. Question Wise Analysis: To view Question Wise Analysis, follow the steps given below: i. Click on Question Wise Analysis. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 118
e. Marks Sheet Question Wise: To view Marks Sheet Question Wise, follow the steps given below: i. Click on Marks Sheet Question Wise. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 119
f. Class Marks Percentage Distribution: To view Class Marks Percentage Distribution, follow the steps given below: i. Click on Class Marks Percentage Distribution. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 120
g. Chapter Marks Distribution: To view Chapter Marks Distribution, follow the steps given below: i. Click on Chapter Marks Distribution. ii. Following window appears. NIIT Ltd Page 121
7. Miscellaneous There are two more accesses that are given to Parent: a) Deactivate Home device b) Child Details a) Deactivate Home Device If parent wants to uninstall home device, he/she needs to deactivate it from portal first. To deactivate device from portal follow the steps given below. i. Click on Miscellaneous. ii. Click on Deactivate Home Device. NIIT Ltd Page 122
iii. Following screen appears. Select Deactivate this Device checkbox and click on Deactivate. iv. Following messages appears. Click on OK NIIT Ltd Page 123
v. Device will be deactivated. User has to deactivate application on home device also. b) Child Details To view child details or add another child details, follow the steps given below. i. Click on Miscellaneous. ii. Click on Child Details. NIIT Ltd Page 124
iii. Following screen appears. Click on Add another Child button. iv. Following screen appears. v. Enter the child login and password and click on Submit. Following message appears. NIIT Ltd Page 125
vi. New child details will be added to the account. NIIT Ltd Page 126
8. Notice Board To View Notifications follow the steps given below: i. Click on Notice Board. ii. Click on View Notification. iii. Following screen appears. NIIT Ltd Page 127
9. Upload Image To upload your photo, follow the steps given below: 1. Click on Upload Image. 2. Following screen appears. Click on Browse. NIIT Ltd Page 128
3. File Open dialog box appears. Select the image and click on Open. 4. Following screen appears. Click on Upload Image. NIIT Ltd Page 129
5. Image will be uploaded. NIIT Ltd Page 130