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1. or press the ENTER key to continue click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help If you would like a printout of a class list or several class lists together including students passwords click on the Print button Enter the names of your students for each class using the table on the right side of the screen To list the names of the students in a class first highlight the class name then click on Students gt This will take you to the Students table on the right side of the screen To begin a list either click on New or move the cursor to the window in which you will be typing Type the name of a student then click on Add Enter the password for each student you add to the class list Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the change click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help Repeat this process until you have typed in the names of all the students in that class To delete a student s name from your class list click to highlight it then click on Delete You can delete several students at once by highlighting on their names and clicking on Delete To change a student s name click on the class name to highlight it and click on Edit Change the name in the window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the change click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help Teacher s Mana2. now open the report in a spreadsheet and perform calculations as desired Teacher s Management System APPENDIX A ADDING USERS IN A CLASS AND TESTING THE PROGRAM 1 English Discoveries does not have a generic guest login At times it may be desirable to allow people to log into the program without registering them by name training vistors etc These instructions will assist you in creating visitor accounts and a useful logon presentation for users Launch the Teacher s Management program Enter the default password which is the letter m You may change the password if you wish English Discoveries is not a single unified program Each module is a program in its own right 3 Whenever you work in the TMS you are working in a particular module By default the TMS will have chosen the lowest level module that you have installed Check the drop down list labeled module to familiarize yourself with this part of the program Click on Classes Students can only be registered in the system as part of a class You will now create a class named CLASS Click in the blank for classes press the space bar twice then type CLASS The reason for this will be obvious to you when you logon to a module Click ADD to enter this class Click new press the space bar once then type Guest Click ADD 6 Highlight the Guest class by clicking on it then click on the Students button You will now move to the right side o
3. English Discoveries Version 2 1 Teacher s Management System AN EDusoft EDUCATION FOR EXCELLENCE Table of Contents Table of Contents OVERVIEW is A ON See Se Swe eee 2 CLASS BIST a OO LESSONS un AS A sn 9 TEACHER LESSONS en nes ii 10 PREPARING A TEACHER LESSON BASIC INSTRUCTIONS een 10 PREPARING A TEACHER LESSON ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONS 000cccccceecceeees 13 REPORTS eee A tetas ae a LS COMPREHENSIVE SITE REPORT oooooooooooooooooo o 17 APPENDIX A ADDING USERS IN A CLASS AND TESTING THE PROGRAM 19 Teacher s Management System OVERVIEW Note The Teacher s Management System is available only with the multi user installation of English Discoveries Version 2 0 Important Do not make changes Add Delete Edit Add to etc to the Teacher s Management System whilst students are using the program The Teacher s Management System is a special feature of the multi user version of English Discoveries Version 2 0 The Teacher s Management System allows you to monitor and direct your students work on the program If your institution has installed the multi user version of English Discoveries a separate icon called Teacher s Management will appear alongside the icons for each module in the English Discoveries group on your screen To utilize the Teacher s Management System double click on this icon A default password to enter the syste
4. e along with the scores for the student or students selected Teacher s Management System Click on Print to receive a hard copy of the students reports and exercises and tests amp Click on the Exit button to return to the Reports Menu If you wish to return to the list of classes just click on 4 Classes Date 10 13 96 12 14 02 PM COMPREHENSIVE SITE REPORT The Comprehensive Site Report enables you to generate an accumulative report for the whole school all modules classes students and activities with the option to set a date span with a mouse click To generate a comprehensive site report 1 Click on the Comprehensive Site Report icon in the main menu the following screen appears 17 Teacher s Management System 2 Check the All Dates box to generate a report for the entire period or check Enter dates and set a time range for the comprehensive report You must use the European format of dd mm yyyy when selecting time range for the report 3 Click OK 4 A Save dialog box appears on the screen The file is saved in the default format year month day as a text file You can change the name and path of the file 5 Click OK The file is saved This may take time according to the number of students in the database A Global School Report icon is generated in the start menu Each time you click on this icon the most recently generated report can be viewed You can
5. enu To access a time report for a class highlight the class name and click on Time With this report you will be able to see the amount of time the students in the class worked in a particular module to date Click on Print to receive a hard copy of this report Click on the Exit button in the bottom right corner of the screen to return to the Reports Menu Click on Students gt to move to the lists of your students names Highlight the name of a student then click on Time to see the amount of time a student worked in a particular module per session Click on Print to receive a hard copy of this report Click on the Exit button in the bottom right corner of the screen to return to the Reports Menu To access test reports for a student or group of students first indicate the section of the program you are interested in Click on the section you want in the drop down menu in the upper right side of the screen To see a test report of class averages for a group of students highlight the students names and click on Average To see the grades for a student or group of students in the class highlight the student or students names and click on Grades For this report you will also need to select a particular sub section Click on the topic you want from the drop down menu in the upper right side of the screen The subtopics will appear across the top of the report tabl
6. f the screen to enter students in the class Guest Enter the first student by clicking in the blank and pressing the space bar once then type COMPUTER Click ADD and when asked for the password type xxxxxxxx Click enter Teacher s Management System 8 Ifthe student computers are not numbered number them with the labels starting with 01 Make sure the students can easily see the labels 9 Click new and enter 01 or whatever the lowest number computer is When asked to add a password use the same number you used to identify the computer Once you have entered all of the computers numbers click on the Classes button to return to the class side of the screen 10 Select the class named CLASS then click the ADD TO button to add this class to the other modules Click on the first module in the list press the shift key down then click on the last module on the list Click and the class will be added to the other modules Repeat the process for the class named Guest The program now exports these records to the other modules When it is finished click on the Quit door to exit the TMS 11 You are now ready to use a module and test the installation Click on any of the module icons When the logon screen appears click on the drop down list for CLASS and choose Guest Now click on the drop down list with Computer and choose your station number Enter the password and proceed For a moment you may think that the program has aborted w
7. gement System You might find it useful or necessary to place one or more students in more than one class For example you might want to create a special advanced group or a remedial group in which particular learners would focus on specific aspects of the program while continuing with their regular work within their original groups To add students to several classes click on Add To and follow the procedure used for adding classes to modules Note When you add students to another group their databases in the new group will be empty until they begin working in their respective groups The Passwords button in the Students table allows you to view or change the password of every student in your class es To change a student s password highlight the line with the student s name Then click on the Change Password button You will see the student s old password in the top window Type in the new password in the bottom window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the change click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help Ifyou click on OK you will be asked to retype the password Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel To exit the Student Passwords Window and return to the Class List click on OK To enter English Discoveries the first time you will need to provide your students with the pass
8. ght it and see a list of activities Click on an Activity to highlight it Note Not all topics have sub topics In this case clicking on a Topic highlights it and shows a list of activities 2 Click on one of the buttons 1 8 under Tasks at the lower left side of the screen This defines an activity in the lesson you are building 10 Teacher s Management System Repeat the previous steps until you have defined all of the tasks for the lesson You may build lessons that contain between one and eight tasks When you have finished defining the tasks click on Save Lesson Type in the name of the lesson The name can be a combination of up to eight letters or numbers Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help Note The only punctuation allowed is a hyphen Click on the Print Lesson button to receive a printout of the lesson When you click on Assign you enter the Assign Screen In this screen you may assign the last lesson you created or several lessons already saved to individual students or to entire classes If you wish a lesson to be assigned to only one or several students first click on the name of the class to which these students belong Then click on Students gt to access the list of individual student names Highlight the name or names of those students and click on Assign To delete the assign
9. hen you see the Windows desktop This will soon pass and the program will launch 12 Please encourage teachers when entering student names in classes to enter a pretend student Name They should press the space bar once then type Name The Password should be xxxxxxxx This step will assist students to navigate the drop down list and will reduce the possibility for erroneous logon attempts FORMA VISION Les nouvelles technologies ducatives NTE 87 89 Rue des Rosiers Le Mont Val rien 92500 Rueil Malmaison 20 Teacher s Management System Tel 33 1 47 08 12 12 Fax 33 1 47 08 01 58 Internet http www formavision com
10. it or enables you to assign several lessons at once Saves the lesson that is open Works the same as the Save Lesson button in the Lesson building Screen If the open lesson is a new lesson you need to type the name of the lesson file in the window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel Saves an existing lesson under another name rename a lesson Type in the new name of the lesson in the window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel Opens the Assign Screen Deletes an existing lesson Click on the lesson or lessons you want to delete Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel Prints the lesson plan For more information on printing in Windows consult your Windows User s Manual or Print Manager Help Exits to the previous screen or to the Main Menu Clicking on this button repeatedly will exit the program Teacher s Management System Jt is possible to modify existing lessons by clearing tasks To modify an existing lesson open the lesson by clicking on File and then Open Click on the name of the lesson you want to open Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help Click on Edit on the menu bar The command Clear task will drop down Click on it Enter the n
11. m has been set It is m Type in the password Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the password or click on Cancel to cancel Note When you type in the password an asterisk appears on the screen in place of the letter We recommend that you change this password to something agreed on by all the teachers in your institution who will be using the system To change the password click on Change Password Enter the old password in the top window and the new password in the bottom window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the password or click on Cancel to cancel Following the instructions re enter the new password Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel Note When you type in the password an asterisk appears on the screen for each letter Teacher s Management System After entering the Teacher s Management System you will see its Main Menu Comprehensiv Site Report EN The Main Menu presents the following management options Class List Lessons Reports and a Comprehensive Site Report To select one first choose the module you require and then click on the management option you desire Within the management options buttons with black writing are active and buttons with red writing are inactive Teacher s Management System CLASS LIST As its name suggests this function of the Teacher s Manageme
12. ment of a lesson to a class or student s highlight their name s then click on Undo Note A number sign will appear next to class and or student names to indicate that a lesson has been assigned To return to the class lists click on Classes Teacher s Management System Assign lesson from Basic 1 File Classes Students Help 7 Repeat the above steps to build as many lessons as you wish There is no limit to the number of lessons you can create for each module 8 To see a list of all the students or classes that have been assigned a particular lesson click on the List button at the bottom of the screen Click on OK to return to the Assign Screen 9 To exit the Lesson building Screen click on the Exit button in the lower right hand corner of the screen Note To build a new lesson click on File in the upper left hand corner of the screen A menu will drop down Choose New 12 Teacher s Management System PREPARING A TEACHER LESSON ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONS To manage Teacher Lesson files click on File in the upper left hand corner of the screen A menu will drop down You can manage the files by selecting one of the options New Open Mult Assign Save Save As Assign Delete Print Exit Opens a new lesson file and returns you to the Lesson building Screen Opens an existing lesson to enable you to make changes to
13. n be seen amp Asa teacher you have the choice of looking at a general overview of the entire class s performance or at each student s individual work and progress To access this information click on Reports in the Main Menu of the Teacher s Management System TIME AVERAG GRADES CLASSES To access test reports for a class first indicate the section of the program you are interested in Click on the section you want in the drop down menu in the upper right side of the screen To see a test report of class averages highlight the class name and click on Average To see a list of grades for all the students in the class highlight the class name and click on Grades amp Fora report listing individual student s grades for a section you will also need to select a particular sub section Click on the topic you want from the drop down menu in the upper right side of the screen The subtopics will appear Teacher s Management System 16 across the top of the report table along with the scores for the students in the class Note Due to a lack of space on the screen you will not be able to see all the scores for all the items in a particular section of the program However all scores will appear on your hard copy of the report Click on Print to receive a hard copy of the report Click on the Exit button in the bottom right corner of the screen to return to the Reports M
14. nal practice in anything at that time OR has not yet completed sufficient Language or Vocabulary activities for the computer to judge System Lessons are lessons prepared by the pedagogical staff of English Discoveries These lessons lead students through a set of activities in the program in an order designed to maximize learning The list of System Lessons is on the right hand side of the main Lesson Menu You can use these pre programmed lessons to streamline and simplify your students self access work on the program For full content details of the System Lessons by module see Appendix 8 in the Teachers Guide Teacher s Management System TEACHER LESSONS In single user versions of English Discoveries Teacher Lessons can be made by using the Teacher s Utility pen on the main Lesson Menu In the multi user version this Teacher s Utility pen is unavailable because Teacher Lessons are made using the Teacher s Management System Click on the Lessons button in the Main Menu of the Teacher s Management System in the multi user version to access the screen in which you will work to make your Teacher Lessons PREPARING A TEACHER LESSON BASIC INSTRUCTIONS File Edit Help af uz all 6 1 Click ona skill Section Language Vocabulary Reading etc from the upper left side of the screen to highlight it Click on a Topic to highlight it and see a list of sub topics Click on a Sub Topic to highli
15. nt System allows you to enter the names of all your classes that are using the program and list the students in each one Basic 1 File Classes Students Help Enter the names of your classes using the table on the left side of the screen To enter the name of a class using the table on the left side of the screen type in the name for that class in the small window on the left side e g Class 1 Red or any other suitable identifier To actually register this new class name in the computer click on Add Click on New if you want to clear the window for typing To delete a class name from your list of classes click on it to highlight it and then click on Delete You may delete more than one class at a time Simply highlight the classes you wish to delete and then click on Delete Teacher s Management System To change a class name click on the class name to highlight it and click on Edit Change the name in the window Click on OK or press the ENTER key to enter the change click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help To register your classes for more than one module highlight the class or classes you would like to add and click on the Add To button In the Add To screen click on each one of the modules to which you would like to add the class or classes You may add the classes to more than one module at a time Click on OK
16. umber of the task you want to remove from the lesson and click on OK Click on OK or press the ENTER key to continue or click on Cancel to cancel or click on Help for help It is also possible to perform several of these options by double clicking on different places on the screen 14 Open a lesson file or assign multiple lessons double click on the word Tasks on the Assign Screen Edit a lesson and delete a task double click on the specific task you wish to delete Save a lesson file double click on the lesson name bar at the top of the screen Note Ifyou click on Exit before you have saved a lesson the computer will prompt you by asking Do you want to save this lesson You then have the option of clicking on Yes No or Cancel Click on Yes to save the lesson by name Click on No to exit the Lesson building Screen without saving the lesson and return to the Main Menu Click on Cancel to return to the Lesson building Screen Teacher s Management System REPORTS The Reports option allows you to monitor the performance of your students Remember that the student can use the Student Records utility anytime to see a record of his her own performance Note This option gives him her a cumulative red and blue colored representation of his her performance except in the Local Test score window where only the most recent Test score ca
17. words you have assigned them They will need to remember and use these same passwords each time they enter the program Note The maximum length possible for student and class names is twenty 20 characters The maximum length for passwords is ten 10 characters Teacher s Management System If you are working within the Class List option and wish to return from the right table to the left table simply click on the Classes button in the right table If you wish to exit from the Class List option entirely click on the Exit button in the lower right hand corner of the screen to return to the Main Menu of the Teacher s Management System LESSONS As you will have learnt in the User Manual English Discoveries offers three types of lessons My Lesson System Lessons and Teacher Lessons The student accesses these various lessons by clicking on the Lessons icon on the lower shelf of English Discoveries Main Menu My Lesson is an adaptive lesson the computer adapts the activities it presents to a student to that particular student s performance In this program the student s results on the Language and Vocabulary tests are the determining factors If a student achieves less than 60 on a particular Language or Vocabulary test then the computer will construct an individualized lesson for him her If the My Lesson feature is not available to a student it means that the student EITHER does not need additio
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