Tablet Math User/Admin Manual 2006.0.05.02,, Version 1.0
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Preface This document describes the functions and directions for use of tablet math application. The document contains the directions for both desktop and web applications. The instructions on technical overview of tablet math application are explained in Tablet Math Technical Manual. Document Overview Chapter Description Preface Objective and overview of this document 1. Overview Functions, structure, security and data processing procedure of Tablet Math application 2. Setup Installation/Uninstallation 3. Web Application Steps of using web application It is divided into Admin and Teacher sections 4. Desktop Application Steps of using desktop application This is mainly for Student Appendix/Help Acronyms, definition of vocab, etc Related Document Document Title Document Number Date Written Tablet Math Technical Manual TM8-TECH-MAN-01 05.02.2006 III Tablet Math User/Admin Manual
Contents 1. OVERVIEW... 1 1.1. FUNCTIONS... 2 1.1.1. Web Application... 2 1.1.2. Desktop Application... 3 1.2. SYSTEM STRUCTURE... 3 1.3. DATA FLOW... 4 1.4. SECURITY... 5 2. SETUP... 6 2.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENT... 6 2.2. INSTALLATION... 6 2.2.1. Desktop Application... 6 2.2.2. Web Application... 6 2.2.3. Visual Studio 2005... 6 2.2.4. SQL Server 2005... 7 2.3. UNINSTALLATION... 7 3. WEB APPLICATION... 8 3.1. ADMINISTRATOR... 8 3.1.1. Login/Logout... 8 3.1.2. My Account... 9 3.1.3. View Admin... 11 3.1.4. Add Admin... 11 3.1.5. Delete Admin... 12 3.1.6. Reset Password... 14 3.1.7. View Teacher... 15 3.1.8. Add Teacher... 16 3.1.9. Modify Teacher... 17 3.1.10. Delete Teacher... 18 3.1.11. View Student... 20 3.1.12. View Student Personal Information... 22 3.1.13. Add Student... 23 3.1.14. Modify Student... 24 3.1.15. Delete Student... 25 3.1.16. View Class... 27 3.1.17. Add Class... 28 3.1.18. Modify Class... 29 3.1.19. Delete Class... 30 3.1.20. View Exercise... 32 3.1.21. View Statistics... 33 3.2. TEACHER... 37 3.2.1. Login/Logout... 37 3.2.2. My Account... 38 3.2.3. View Student... 40 IV Tablet Math User/Admin Manual
3.2.4. View Student Personal Information... 42 3.2.5. Add Student... 43 3.2.6. Modify Student... 44 3.2.7. Delete Student... 45 3.2.8. View Class... 47 3.2.9. Modify Class... 48 3.2.10. View Exercise... 49 3.2.11. Create Exercise... 52 3.2.12. View Statistics... 53 3.2.13. Frequently Asked Questions (Help Page)... 54 4. DESKTOP APPLICATION... 56 4.1. STUDENT... 56 4.1.1. Login/Logout... 56 4.1.2. Choose Settings... 57 4.1.3. Start Problem Limit Exercise... 59 4.1.4. Start Timed Exercise... 61 4.1.5. Self Study... 63 4.1.6. Accept Assignment... 64 4.1.7. Solving Problems... 65 APPENDIX / HELP... 68 V Tablet Math User/Admin Manual
1. Overview The Tablet Math application will utilize the tablet PC sketching technology to allow students to solve simple math problems on the tablet. This will be a desktop application. The desktop application will interact with a web application which will record students performance and relay their performance to teachers. The program will keep track of students' scores, and will submit them to the server when a connection is available. The web application will also provide basic statistical analysis. In this way, teachers can identify weak areas in student learning, and focus on them to improve student performance. It is often difficult for teachers to pinpoint which areas students are struggling with, especially in large classes. The tablet medium also has the advantage of encouraging student learning by providing real-time problems as well as interacting with children in a familiar way. Studies have shown that students learn faster when they actually handwrite the solution, rather than speak or type the solution. Students are also encouraged by new technology and will actually enjoy practicing math. Both teachers and students can get benefits from Tablet Math application as following. Teacher - Can provide as many exercises as they want without difficulty. - Saves time for creating problems as well as for grading all assignments. - Can easily compare the performance across students, and find out where the most students got wrong answer. Student - Can learn math faster by actually writing down the solution rather than speak or type the solution. - Can do the exercise anytime and anywhere they are as long as they have tablet PC. - Can see the performance of his/her math skill. This chapter describes the functions, structure, security and data processing procedure of Tablet Math application. 1 Chapter 1
1.1. Functions 1.1.1. Web Application The main purpose of the web application is for account and exercise setup. There are two actors or users for web application: administrator and teacher. Administrator can do everything teacher can do except creating exercise for students. The functions of administrator and teacher are drawn below in the use case diagram. For use case specification, please refer to chapter 3 in the Tablet Math Technical Manual. To see how to use web application, go to chapter 3 of this document for admin/teacher guide. Figure 1 Use Case Diagram for Web Application 2 Chapter 1
Note The State Transition Diagram for web application is shown in chapter 4 in the Tablet Math Technical Manual. 1.1.2. Desktop Application The main purpose of the desktop application is to practice and solve math problems. The desktop application can be accessed by any user as long as he/she has an account. However, it will be mostly used by students only. The main purpose is to make students solve math problems so the use case diagram has only student for actor. It is shown below. For use case specification, please refer to chapter 2 in the Tablet Math Technical Manual. To see how to use desktop application, go to chapter 4 of this document for student guide. Figure 2 Use Case Diagram for Desktop Application Note The State Transition Diagram for desktop application is shown in chapter 4 in the Tablet Math Technical Manual. 1.2. System Structure The Tablet Math application uses distributed databases. There is a central 3 Chapter 1
database to store all information of the system and each student tablet also has a local database of its own. The basic structure of this system is shown below. There is no backup server in this system, so make sure you make second copy of all important data. For table structures of database, please refer to the chapter 5.4 and 5.5 in Tablet Math Technical Manual. 1.3. Data Flow As shown in the diagram in section 1.2, there is a local data base in student s tablet PC and a central database. When student launches a desktop application, the system checks whether the student has the internet connection. If the student has the connection, it simply sends the data to the central server when the student is done with exercise or self study. If not, then the data is stored in the local database. This data in the local database will be 4 Chapter 1
1.4. Security sent to the central database when the tablet PC gets internet connection and the desktop application gets launched. For detailed transition diagram, refer to chapter 4 in the Tablet Math Technical Manual. The security is not a serious concern for this system. This system is not for business or government use so losing the data in the database doesn t mean much. However, since there is no backup server, it is good to store the information in second storage such as local hard disk or CD. It is still important to keep the data safe from virus, so we recommend you to install anti-virus software. 5 Chapter 1
2. Setup This chapter explains the programs that need to be installed or uninstalled in order to use Tablet Math application. 2.1. System Requirement We recommend user to have 256MB RAM or higher. For OS, as long as it is run on Windows OS, using Tablet Math application will not be a problem. However, we recommend Windows XP or higher for system administrator so that Visual Studio 2005 can be run smoothly. It is not proven, but running Visual Studio 2005 on old Windows OS could bring a system error. 2.2. Installation Tablet Math is a simple and easy-to-use application. So there are not many software to install. 2.2.1. Desktop Application Must be installed on a tablet Must have Microsoft Recognition Installed (Microsoft.Ink.DLL) Must have MS SQL Express Installed Must have.net 2.0 Note The installer will install everything and check if everything is installed for.net. 2.2.2. Web Application Must be installed on Windows Server (preferably 2003) Must be installed on a ASP.NET server with MS SQL installed Must have ample storage space for images (1-2GB) SQL must be configured to interact with distributed database Must have.net 2.0 2.2.3. Visual Studio 2005 In order to change design or some codes to make additional functionalities, 6 Chapter 2
the system administrator needs to have this software since Tablet Math application is built using Visual Studio 2005. 2.2.4. SQL Server 2005 All admin/teacher/student/class/problem information is stored in one database. In order to connect to the database, the system administrator needs to install SQL Server 2005 in his computer. 2.3. Uninstallation No programs need to be uninstalled to use this application. 7 Chapter 2
3. Web Application This chapter describes how to use the web application. The main purpose of the web application is for account and exercise setup. This web application is accessed by administrator and teacher only. Note Section 3.1 focuses on administrator only. To see the functionalities for teachers, go to section 3.2. 3.1. Administrator 3.1.1. Login/Logout When you first run the web site, you will see the following login screen. Figure 3 Login for Admin Enter the email address and password, and check on Administrator. When Login button is pressed, you will be logged in as an administrator. If you forgot the password, click on Forgot your password? link. It will ask you to enter the email address. Then the system will send you the password. 8 Chapter 3
Figure 4 Forgot Password After you are logged in as an administrator, whenever you choose to logout, you will see the following logout screen. Figure 5 Logout Screen for Admin If you press Yes, then you will be logged out from the web application. 3.1.2. My Account To see or modify your information, choose [My Account] from the menu on the left hand side. You may change your information from here. Note If email address is modified, make sure you log in with a new email address from now on. 9 Chapter 3
Figure 6 My Account page If you want to change password, click on the underlined sentence at the bottom of the page. Then you will be asked to enter old password and new password as shown below. Figure 7 Change Password If you have modified your account information successfully, your new information is saved in the database. 10 Chapter 3
Figure 8 Account Modified 3.1.3. View Admin To see the list of all administrators, simply click on [Admins] menu on the left hand side. Note An administrator cannot change the information of other administrators. However, an administrator can add or delete another administrator. Figure 9 Administrator List 3.1.4. Add Admin To add an administrator, choose [Admins] [Add An Admin] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 11 Chapter 3
Figure 10 Add Admin Enter the information and press Add Admin button. A new administrator has been just created. Figure 11 Add Admin Success 3.1.5. Delete Admin To delete an administrator, choose [Admins] [Remove An Admin] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 12 Chapter 3
Figure 12 Delete Admin 1 From the drop down menu above, choose an administrator to be deleted. You will be able to see brief information of the chosen person. Figure 13 Delete Admin 2 If you press Delete button, the chosen administrator will be deleted. 13 Chapter 3
Figure 14 Delete Admin Success 3.1.6. Reset Password To reset a password of administrator or teacher, go to [Admins] [Reset a Password] from the left menu. The list of administrator and teacher is displayed. Choose a person whose password needs to be reset. Figure 15 Reset Password Press Reset Password button. A random password is sent to the chosen person. From [My Account] menu, he/she can change the password after logging in to the web application. 14 Chapter 3
Figure 16 Reset Password Success 3.1.7. View Teacher To see the list of all teachers, simply click on [Teachers] menu on the left hand side. Figure 17 Teacher List It is possible to see the detailed information of a certain teacher. Simply click on the name of the teacher. You will see the information as shown in the below figure. The information contains personal account information as well as the classes that the teacher is teaching. Note It is not possible to modify any teacher information from this screen. To modify teacher information, see section 3.1.9. 15 Chapter 3
Figure 18 Teacher Information 3.1.8. Add Teacher To add a teacher, choose [Teachers] [Add A Teacher] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 19 Add Teacher Enter the information and press Add Teacher button. A new teacher has been just created. 16 Chapter 3
Figure 20 Add Teacher Success 3.1.9. Modify Teacher To modify teacher information, choose [Teachers] [Edit A Teacher] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 21 Edit Teacher 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a teacher whose information needs to be changed. The information of the chosen teacher will be displayed as shown below. 17 Chapter 3
Figure 22 Edit Teacher 2 Make any necessary changes and press Edit button. The modified information will be saved in the database. Figure 23 Edit Teacher Success 3.1.10. Delete Teacher To delete a teacher, choose [Teachers] [Remove A Teacher] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 18 Chapter 3
Figure 24 Delete Teacher 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a teacher who needs to be deleted. The information of the chosen teacher will be displayed to make sure that you have selected right person. Figure 25 Delete Teacher 2 To delete the teacher from the database, press Remove button. The selected teacher will be removed from the database. 19 Chapter 3
Figure 26 Delete Teacher Success 3.1.11. View Student To see the list of all students, simply click on [Students] menu on the left hand side. Figure 27 Student List It is possible to see a certain student s performance. Simply click on the name of the student. You will see the performance of the student as shown in the below figure. Note It is not possible to change any personal information from this screen. To modify student information, see section 3.1.14. 20 Chapter 3
Figure 28 Student Summary The above table shows the exercises and self study the student has completed. It also shows the scores and the name of each exercises/self study that the student had taken. To see how the student performed on a particular exercise/self study, click on the score of that exercise. It will show the problems, answer key for the problems, and whether the student got it right or wrong or skipped the problem. Figure 29 Student Performance on a particular exercise If it says Yes under Scratch?, it means the student actually made some scratch while solving the problem. To see what student scratched, click on Yes. 21 Chapter 3
Figure 30 Scratch 3.1.12. View Student Personal Information To see personal information of a particular student, choose [Students] [View Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 31 View Student Choose a student to see. You will be able to see the student s user name, name, class, gender, birthday and preschool information. 22 Chapter 3
Figure 32 Student Personal Information 3.1.13. Add Student To add a student, choose [Students] [Add New Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 33 Add Student Enter the information and press Add Student button. A new student has been just created. 23 Chapter 3
Figure 34 Add Student Success 3.1.14. Modify Student To modify student information, choose [Students] [Edit A Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 35 Edit Student 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a student whose information needs to be changed. The information of the chosen student will be displayed as shown below. 24 Chapter 3
Figure 36 Edit Student 2 Make any necessary changes and press Edit button. The modified information will be saved in the database. Figure 37 Edit Student Success 3.1.15. Delete Student To delete a student, choose [Students] [Remove A Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 25 Chapter 3
Figure 38 Delete Student 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a student who needs to be deleted. The information of the chosen student will be displayed to make sure that you have selected right person. Figure 39 Delete Student 2 To delete the student from the database, press Delete button. The selected student will be removed from the database. 26 Chapter 3
Figure 40 Delete Student Success 3.1.16. View Class To see the list of all classes, simply click on [Classes] menu on the left hand side. Figure 41 Class List If you click on the name of a certain class, you will be able to see the exercises and self studies that students have completed. Note Class Exercises means the exercises that the teacher has assigned to the students. The table Self Study Exercises shows the number of self study exercises completed by students on monthly base. 27 Chapter 3
Figure 42 Class Exercise Information 3.1.17. Add Class To add a class, choose [Classes] [Add A Class] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 43 Add Class Enter the class information and press Add button. A new class has been just created. 28 Chapter 3
Figure 44 Add Class Success 3.1.18. Modify Class To modify class information, choose [Classes] [Edit A Class] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 45 Edit Class 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a class whose information needs to be changed. The information of the chosen class will be displayed as shown below. 29 Chapter 3
Figure 46 Edit Class 2 Make any necessary changes and press Edit button. The modified information will be saved in the database. Figure 47 Edit Class Success 3.1.19. Delete Class To delete a class, choose [Classes] [Remove A Class] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 30 Chapter 3
Figure 48 Delete Class 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a class that needs to be deleted. The information of the chosen class will be displayed to make sure that you have selected right class. Figure 49 Delete Class 2 To delete the class from the database, press Delete button. The selected class will be removed from the database. 31 Chapter 3
Figure 50 Delete Class Success 3.1.20. View Exercise Administrator can see all the exercises that are assigned to students. To see the exercises, simply click on [Exercises] menu on the left hand side. Figure 51 List of Exercises If you click on any exercise name, you will see the details of the exercise that you selected and the name of students who completed the exercise. 32 Chapter 3
Figure 52 Exercise Detail Administrator can deactivate any exercise that is currently active. To do that, choose the exercise name under My Active Exercises from Figure 51. From there, just press Deactivate Exercise button. Figure 53 Deactivate Exercise 3.1.21. View Statistics Administrator can see how students are doing in math class. To see the performance of student, simply click on [Statistics] menu on the left hand side. 33 Chapter 3
Figure 54 Create a Graph Choose a type of graph you want to see, a class, and a student in the class. Choose the x-axis and the size of the graph. Note It is possible to see the result of more than one student. In other words, it is possible to compare the performance between students. Use Ctrl key to select more than one student. If Create Graph is pressed, a new window will pop up showing the graph that you requested. You can choose seven different types of graphs. Below figures show the example of each type of graph. Figure 55 Line Graph 34 Chapter 3
Figure 56 Column Graph Figure 57 3D Column Graph Figure 58 Parallel 3D Column Graph 35 Chapter 3
Figure 59 Bar Graph Figure 60 Area Graph Figure 61 Polar Graph 36 Chapter 3
From any of the graphs above, it is possible to see detailed information of each student at any point. First, you will have to press mouse button. Then simply move your mouse to any data point of the graph as shown below. Figure 62 Details on Graph 3.2. Teacher 3.2.1. Login/Logout When you first run the web site, you will see the following login screen. Figure 63 Login for Teacher Enter the email address and password, and check on Teacher. When Login button is pressed, you will be logged in as a teacher. If you forgot the password, click on Forgot your password? link. It will ask you to enter the email address. Then the system will send you the password. 37 Chapter 3
Figure 64 Forgot Password After you are logged in as a teacher, whenever you choose to logout, you will see the following logout screen. Figure 65 Logout for Teacher If you press Yes, then you will be logged out from the web application. 3.2.2. My Account To see or modify your information, choose [My Account] from the menu on the left hand side. You may change your information from here. Note If email address is modified, make sure you log in with a new email address from now on. 38 Chapter 3
Figure 66 My Account page If you want to change password, click on the underlined sentence at the bottom of the page. Then you will be asked to enter old password and new password as shown below. Figure 67 Change Password If you have modified your account information successfully, your new information is saved in the database. 39 Chapter 3
Figure 68 Account Modified 3.2.3. View Student To see the list of your students, simply click on [My Students] menu on the left hand side. Note Unlike administrator who can see the list of all students, teacher can see the list of his/her students only. Figure 69 My Student List It is possible to see a certain student s performance. Simply click on the name of the student. You will see the performance of the student as shown in the below figure. 40 Chapter 3
Note It is not possible to change any personal information from this screen. To modify student information, see section 3.2.6. Figure 70 Student Summary The above table shows the scores and the exercises that the student had taken. To see how the student performed on a particular exercise, click on the score of that exercise. It will show the problems, answer key for the problems, and whether the student got it right or wrong or skipped the problem. You can also see the details of the exercise below student s performance. Figure 71 Student Performance on a particular exercise From the above figure, if it says Yes under Scratch?, it means the student actually made some scratch while solving the problem. To see what student scratched, click on Yes. 41 Chapter 3
Figure 72 Scratch 3.2.4. View Student Personal Information To see personal information of a particular student, choose [My Students] [View Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 73 View Student Choose a student to see. You will be able to see student s user name, name, class, gender, birthday and preschool information. 42 Chapter 3
Figure 74 Student Personal Information 3.2.5. Add Student To add a student, choose [My Students] [Add New Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 75 Add Student Enter the information and press Add Student button. A new student has been just created. 43 Chapter 3
Figure 76 Add Student Success 3.2.6. Modify Student To modify your student information, choose [My Students] [Edit A Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 77 Edit Student 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a student whose information needs to be changed. The information of the chosen student will be displayed as shown below. 44 Chapter 3
Figure 78 Edit Student 2 Make any necessary changes and press Edit button. The modified information is saved in the database. Figure 79 Edit Student Success 3.2.7. Delete Student To delete a student, choose [My Students] [Remove A Student] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. 45 Chapter 3
Figure 80 Delete Student 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a student who needs to be deleted. The information of the chosen student will be displayed to make sure that you have selected right person. Figure 81 Delete Student 2 To delete the student from the database, press Delete button. The selected student will be removed from the database. 46 Chapter 3
Figure 82 Delete Student Success 3.2.8. View Class To see the list of your classes, simply click on [My Classes] menu on the left hand side. Figure 83 My Class List Note Teacher is not allowed to create or delete classes. If a new class needs to be added, or a class needs to be deleted, teacher should ask to administrator. If you click on the name of a certain class, you will be able to see the exercises and self studies that students have completed in that class. 47 Chapter 3
Note Class Exercises means the exercises that the teacher has assigned to the students. The table Self Study Exercises shows the number of self study exercises completed by students on monthly base. Figure 84 Class Exercise Information 3.2.9. Modify Class To modify class information, choose [My Classes] [Edit A Class] from the left menu. Then you will see the following screen. Figure 85 Edit Class 1 From the drop down menu above, choose a class whose information needs to be changed. The information of the chosen class will be displayed as shown below. 48 Chapter 3
Figure 86 Edit Class 2 Make any necessary changes and press Edit button. The modified information will be saved in the database. Figure 87 Edit Class Success 3.2.10. View Exercise Teachers are able to see the list of exercises that his/her class has completed. To see the exercises, simply click on [Exercises] menu on the left hand side. 49 Chapter 3
Figure 88 List of Exercises Any active exercise will be shown below My Active Exercises. If you click on any exercise name, then you will see the details of the exercise that you selected and the name of students who completed the exercise. Figure 89 Exercise Detail Teachers can deactivate any exercise that is currently active. To do that, choose the exercise name under My Active Exercises from Figure 90 below. Note It is not possible to assign an exercise to a class that currently has active exercise. To assign one, a teacher has to deactivate the current exercise and then assign new one. 50 Chapter 3
Figure 90 Active Exercise The following table will be shown. Figure 91 Deactivate Exercise Simply press Deactivate Exercise button to deactivate the exercise. 51 Chapter 3
Figure 92 Deactivate Success 3.2.11. Create Exercise As a teacher, you can create an exercise or give an assignment to your students. This is something that administrator cannot do. To create an exercise, choose [Exercise] [Create An Exercise] menu on the left hand side. Figure 93 Create Exercise If you choose either timed or problem limit to yes, it will ask you to enter the time or number of problems. 52 Chapter 3
Figure 94 Create Exercise with timed and problem limit Make an exercise that you want to assign and press Create button. The exercise has been just created, and students will see the assignment when they log in to desktop application. The instruction of desktop application is described in next chapter. Note A student cannot start the assigned exercise if he/she doesn t have Internet connection. However, the student can still do the self study exercise. Figure 95 Create Exercise Success 3.2.12. View Statistics Teacher can see how students are doing in his/her math class. In other words, teacher can see the performance of his/her students only. To see the performance of student, simply click on [Statistics] menu on the left hand side. 53 Chapter 3
Figure 96 Create a Graph Choose a type of graph you want to see, a class, and a student in the class. Choose the x-axis and the size of the graph. Note It is possible to see the result of more than one student. In other words, it is possible to compare the performance between students. Use Ctrl key to select more than one student. If Create is pressed, a new window will pop up showing the graph that you requested. To see some examples of the graphs, see section 3.1.21. 3.2.13. Frequently Asked Questions (Help Page) Teachers can get quick help from [Help] menu. It basically explains how to use the web application as a teacher. Help page consists of questions and answers to the questions. The following two figures show what Help page looks like. 54 Chapter 3
Figure 97 Help Page Figure 98 Help Page 55 Chapter 3
4. Desktop Application 4.1. Student This chapter describes how to use the desktop application. The main purpose of the desktop application is to practice and solve math problems. This desktop application can be accessed by any user as long as he/she has an account. However, it will be mostly used by students. Whenever you launch desktop application, the following progress bar will appear. Figure 99 Progress Bar 4.1.1. Login/Logout When desktop application is launched, the following window will appear. Figure 100 Login Window 56 Chapter 4
Note If you don t have an account, you should ask teacher or administrator to create one for you. It is not possible to create an account using desktop application. Enter the user name and birthday, and press submit button to log in. If you want to quit the application, simply press exit button. 4.1.2. Choose Settings When you log in, you will see the following welcome page. Figure 101 Problem Setting window Note The default value of timed and problem limit is set to no. Note If you have an assignment to do, then your window will look like Figure 114. 57 Chapter 4
Using your pen or mouse, choose the problem setting. Figure 102 Problem Setting window If you choose either timed or problem limit to yes, it will ask you to enter the time or number of problems. Figure 103 Problem Setting with timed and problem limit Note No commas are allowed for input. For example, you cannot enter 1,000,000 problems since the application could read comma as value 1. 58 Chapter 4
Note The maximum value for time and number of problems is 2^16. The system will give you an error if you enter a value greater than 2^16. If you include either addition or subtraction for problem types, it will ask if you want problems with borrowing/carrying. Figure 104 Problem Setting with subtraction When you are done with setting, press submit button. You can start practicing some math problems now. 4.1.3. Start Problem Limit Exercise This section shows an example of problem limit exercise. Choose problem limit to yes, and enter the number of problems you want to solve. 59 Chapter 4
Figure 105 Start problem limit Exercise Press submit button. Five problems of two digits subtraction are given to you in this example. When you submit the answer for each problem, it tells you whether you got it correct or wrong. It also tells you how many problems are left. Figure 106 problem limit Exercise 60 Chapter 4
When all problems are solved, it shows you the results of the exercise. Figure 107 problem limit Exercise Finished 4.1.4. Start Timed Exercise This section shows an example of timed exercise. Choose timed to yes, and enter the time (in minutes) you want to practice. Figure 108 Start timed Exercise Press submit button. In this example, one minute is given to you with the problems of one digit addition/subtraction/multiplication/division. When you submit the answer for each problem, it tells you whether you got it 61 Chapter 4
correct or wrong. It also tells you how much time is left. Figure 109 timed Exercise Note If you try to submit an answer without writing anything (blank answer), the system will show you the popup window as shown below. Figure 110 timed Exercise 62 Chapter 4
When time is up, it shows you the results of the exercise. Figure 111 timed Exercise Finished 4.1.5. Self Study Both timed and problem limit exercises shown in 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 are part of self study exercise. As shown in Figure 112, if you set timed and problem limit as no, your self study session will end when you press exit button. In other words, you will get unlimited number of problems until you press exit button. Figure 112 Self Study without timed and problem limit 63 Chapter 4
When exit button is pressed, the system will show you the result of the self study. Figure 113 Self Study Ended 4.1.6. Accept Assignment If you have an assignment to do (e.g. teacher has assigned you an exercise), the following screen will appear when you first log in. Figure 114 Accept Assignment You cannot practice any exercise (e.g. timed exercise) until you finish the given assignment. Press do exercise to start the exercise. 64 Chapter 4
4.1.7. Solving Problems This section shows some screen shots of desktop application. Figure 115 Example Problem Note If you think your answer is wrong, just press clear button. It will erase the answer you wrote. The scratch work will be erased as well. If you want to skip the problem, you can press skip button anytime. It will take you to the next problem. 65 Chapter 4
Figure 116 Entering Wrong Answer The above figure shows that you have entered wrong answer. If you press submit button, then on the next screen, it will show you the correct answer as shown below. Figure 117 Example Problem However, if you submitted the correct answer, it will show you that you got it correct as shown below. 66 Chapter 4
Figure 118 Example Problem It is possible to make any scratch within squared box. The teacher will be able to see all the scratch works you have made while doing either exercise or self study. Figure 119 Scratch Example 67 Chapter 4
Appendix / Help The format of this document is adopted from the manual of Alticast (www.alticast.com). 68 Appendix