User Manual (LAN) - Reading Horizons
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1. Average Score 31 Avg Time 01 23 00 Class Average 12 Avg Class Time 00 00 25 27 Double clicking on a list will show the individual word results for each list Phonemic Awareness Be ESEE Spelling Word Recognition OVERALL HIGHEST MCW Correct Total List Completed Time Date A Average Score 31 Avg Time 01 23 00 Class Average 12 Avg Class Time 00 00 25 Spelling Assessment Summary Report This report shows the results for the Spelling Word Recognition Assessments completed by the student Phonemic Awareness MCW Assessments Beale Gi eee ile OVERALL SPELLING WORD REC Lesson Title Comet Tota ocr Total hs Total Passes Time Date Speaing 1 5 13 246 4 164 9 82 8 00 03 00 08 29 12 Spding 2 16 39 246 18 164 21 82 27 00 03 15 08 29 12 Spelling 3 0 00 00 00 Spding 4 0 00 00 00 08 29 12 08 29 12 Bi secre Skills Passed Best Score Class Avg Best The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Lesson Title Shows the title of the assessment Score Percentage correct Overall The sum of the spelling and word recognition scores Spelling Shows the points earned in the spelling portion of assessment Word Recognition Shows the points earned in word recognition portion Skills Passed Number of skills for which the student demonstrated mastery within the assessment 66 pe2. tab or one of the individual test tabs e g Test 1 Test 2 When viewing the All Tests tab the individual tests are displayed on each line Student Test Summary Tuesday August 28 2012 Jacob Wilson Total Progress Time in Software 04 15 30 Login jakers i ares Instructor Tester McAdmin E Tests Assess 13 00 WM Vocabulary 00 00 00 E bary 00 00 00 Games 00 14 00 Track K Last Login 8 27 2012 i Student Bf cassa All Tests Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7 Lesson Title conrear Total comet ot corset Total corect tou comet Total Time Date Kinder Test 1 100 31 31 19 19 9 9 3 3 0 O 00 15 30 08 22 12 Kinder Test 2 1000 3 3 17 177 10 10 6 6 0 0 00 06 15 08 24 12 Kinder Test 3 55 12 22 12 14 0 7 0 1 44 52 00 21 00 08 24 12 Kinder Test 4 Oo 00 00 00 Kinder Test 5 A n a a 00 00 00 Kinder Test 6 00 00 00 Kinder Test 7 7 00 00 00 76 86 48 50 19 26 9 10 44 52 Total 88 73 90 85 00 42 45 Class Average 43 78 83 7 6 00 10 20 Test Summary Report To view the Test Summary Report double click on one of the test titles from the All Tests tab The Test Summary report shows the test status and results for all students View a different test by clicking on the test name drop down box and selecting another test Test Summary Tuesday August 28 2012 Kinder
3. hold down the Ctrl key for non sequential selection or the Shift key for sequential selection Then press the Clear button Set Next This button is used to quickly set the next item in the students instructional sequence Select the item to be next and then press Set Next All preceding items that have a white status will be overridden this includes items in preceding chapters as well Reset This button is used to clear results for items with a status of green yellow or red Select the item or items and then press the Reset button Caution Using the Reset button will permanently delete the scores for lessons tests and assessments The item will need to be completed again 16 MCW This button is used to override all Most Common Word MCW lessons Press the MCW button The status for all MCW lessons in all the chapters will be changed to overridden black Alphabet This button is used to override all alphabet lessons Press the Alphabet button at any time The status for all alphabet lessons will be changed to overridden black This includes the Alphabet Introduction and individual letter lessons for K track and the letter group lessons for tracks 1 3 Reference This button is used to override all reference lessons Press the Reference button at any time The status for all reference lessons will be changed to overridden black Assessments This button is us
4. oom A otal Correct Total Correct tal Correct Total Correct t Total Date Chip and 08 17 12 Get to Be 08 18 12 Parts of 0817 12 08 17 12 The Zebra 08 22 12 Lazy Lucy 08 22 12 The Hyrax 08 23 12 9 e 0 A Trip to O O O Penny s L 0817 12 Y NIN a aks on N N N W Total Class Avg eS mn N N The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Story Order The sequence in which the stories are unlocked in the software Story Title The title of the Little Book story RTI Status This shows the status of the story Sort by this column to quickly see with which stories the student struggled The status codes are as follows 31 A score of 66 percent or better for all On Track _ attempts A score between 34 65 percent for all Caution attempts A score of 33 percent or worse for all Alert attempts Not Story has not yet been unlocked for Unlocked student Score Percentage correct Overall The sum of all scores Main Idea Score for questions pertaining to the main idea of the story Detail Score for questions regarding the details of the story Vocabulary Score for questions pertaining to vocabulary used in the story Inference Score for questions that test what can be inferred from the story Story Grammar Score for questions pertaining to the story grammar
5. 56 Minor Skill Summary Report To view the Minor Skill Summary Report double click on one of the major skills listed The minor skills report shows how the student scored on each individual element of a skill Some major skills have only one minor skill while some have many minor skills as is the case with L Blends shown below Minor Skill Summary L Blends z Login thor Instructor Tester McAdmin Track 1 Last Login 7 27 2012 Total Progress 100 100 00 00 00 84 37 30 00 16 06 Tuesday August 28 2012 Time in Software 11 34 45 E Lessons 06 45 30 E TestsAssess 03 41 45 E Vocabulary 00 00 15 E bay 01 07 15 T Games 00 00 00 Minor Skill L Blends L Blends BL Blend PL Blend FL Blend SL Blend CL Blend GL Blend CONTEXT REFRESHER y Conect Total comeet ot corea Total corea Tota comes Total Time Date 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 16 12 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 The columns for these reports are as follows from left to right Original Sort This column allows you to get back to the Original sort 24 Lesson Title Shows the title of the test RTI Status Shows the status of the test Sort by this column to quickly see with which tests the student struggled The status codes are as follows Completed Test has been completed Skill s failed in test but passed G eaeven following refresher Alert Ski
6. Activities Tei Fassio site o5 fre amansi Track Activities track will skip the 9 Assessment timer mo Word Rec Assessment Timer 6 Reset instruction portion of a lesson If the activities are failed the instruction is given followed by the activities a second time Lesson Passing Percentage This is the percentage correct required to complete a lesson If a score lower than this is achieved the student will be given a refresher followed by the activities If the student passes the activities the lesson status is set to yellow If the student fails the activities the lesson status is set to red and a message is sent to the message center MCW Passing Percentage This is the percentage correct required to complete a lesson but also the minimum score required during the MCW Assessment that will override a MCW List Lesson Test Passing Percentage This is the percentage correct required to pass the individual lesson skills being tested For skill scores lower than this percentage the student is given the lesson refresher followed by the activities If the student passes the activities the status is set to yellow If the student fails the activities the status is set to red and a message is sent to the message center Assessment Timers This is the time in seconds given to a student for each word in the MCW and Word Recognition Assessments Activities Decoding Selection When this option is enabled the stu
7. Blending 33 00 14 45 08 22 12 80 Final Sound 83 00 11 45 08 22 12 76 Medial Sound 20 00 08 00 08 22 12 72 Segmentation 33 00 03 45 08 22 12 80 Average Score 01 12 45 Class Average 00 29 42 The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Original Sort This column allows you to get back to the original sort Lesson Title Shows the title of the assessment RTI Status Shows the status of the test Sort by this column to quickly see with which assessments the student struggled The status codes are as follows Completed Assessment has been completed Less than 66 percent correct Caution student may need help Override was set by an Overridden a administrator Not Taken Assessment has not been taken Score Percentage correct Overall The sum of the correct and total answers Time Shows total time spent in the assessment Date Shows the date the assessment was completed Class Average Shows the average score for the group being shown The footer of the report shows the sum of the overall scores the student s overall percentage and total time as well as the average overall percentages and time for the group being shown The graph shows the student s score blue bar against the class average red line for each assessment 26 Double clicking on each assessment will show the results for each student in the current group MCW Assessment Summary R
8. Chad Wilson Bob Griffin YN U a XA OK Cancel 36 4 The new students will be listed in the Students Available for Import column on the left Select the students to be imported by pressing the Select All button or by holding down the control key for non sequential selection or the shift key for sequential selection while selecting Then press gt gt 5 If desired select from the drop down menus the instructor and or a group to which the selected students will be assigned 6 When all the students to be imported are in the Students Selected for Import column on the right press the Import Selected Students button Load Student Data Instructor The Administrator X Exported File rhdx Delimited File csv Q ts Avail eF mpor Group No Group students Selected F port Mickey Mouse Punxsutawney Phil Minnie Aimes Robert Downey Jr Minnie G Aimes Sara Lee Minnie Games Minnie Mouse Miss Betsy Morgan L Mr Bean gt gt Mr Bigglesworth Mr Book Mr Rogers i Mr Hand N Eye Coordination r Mr Timn Napolean Dynamite Napoleon Dynamite Nathan Howard new kinder New Student Select All Import Selected Students Message Center This tab contains all the messages generated by the software Messages are generated when a student fails a lesson or portions of a test The messages can be sorted by type student name subject
9. Test 1 Lz Total Progress Time in Software 313 59 00 i E Lessons 234 20 30 instructor Tester McAdmin iH HE Tests Assess 00 00 00 58 E Vocabulary 16 52 00 Library 45 24 00 E g Class Avg E Games 17 22 30 CI A Student Y Conea Total corea Total Correct Total Comeet Total Correct Total Time Date Jacob Wilson 100 31 31 19 19 9 9 3 3 0 001530 08 22 12 Mason Venson i 77 020 026 42 14 5 9 3 3 O 8 0007 45 07 23 12 Macy Mcking gt gt 00 00 00 23 Major Skill Summary Report When viewing the individual test tabs e g Test 2 you are viewing the Major Skill Summary Report The major skills tested are displayed on each line as shown below Major Skill Summary Thor Odinson Ly Login thor Instructor Tester McAdmin Track 1 Last Login 7 27 2012 Ch 1 Test ie uyacogs Ch 3 Test Ch 4 Test o Student Lesson Title Contractions Commas S Blends L Blends Compound Words Voiced and Voiceless and the TH Digra Special Vowel Combinations o e mre mss vens Total Class Average o Class Avg 141 142 99 51 Total Progress Tuesday August 28 2012 Time in Software 11 34 45 E Lessons 06 45 30 HB TestsAssess 03 41 45 E Vocabulary 00 00 15 Library 01 07 15 E Games 00 00 00 ee COET y Coreas Total cect Total Correct Total corea Total cenect Total Time 87 88 36 36 18 18 99
10. also be filtered by instructor site level access Last Name only group or track From this tab fF sid it is possible to add edit and delete hdl students and groups ee Instructor Tester McAdmin Adding and Editing Students to edit ae multiple students see Set Global Discovery Academy Options below 1 Click on the Add Student or Edit Student button 2 Add or edit the student s information Fields with an asterisk must be completed Note The username is what lnncn ent aaah the student will use to access the software This should be something easily remembered A name or student ID number the student uses for schoolwork is suggested The username is not case sensitive 3 Edit the student s options See the Options Tab section on the following page for more details 4 Assign the student to group s See the Groups Tab section on the following pages for more details 5 Set lesson overrides if desired See the Overrides Tab section on the following pages for more details 6 Click on the Save Student button to apply the changes Student Information 11 Options Tab 12 Grade Track Select from K 1 2 Lesson MCW Test Options or 3 Track 3 is the default track a _ esson Trac Instruction Trac ly Lesson Passing Percent 85 ra Reset Lesson Track Select from MCW Passing Percent go m Instruction Track or
11. case no items are overridden The selected group will be forced to take the indicated item next but upon completion of that item they will each return to the item they were learning prior to the change e Add Game Credits is not enabled for global editing CAUTION Use Assign Track Lesson carefully If students are in the middle of a test or lesson and Assign Track Lesson is used globally the students progress in the test or lesson is lost Upon completion of the item set as the Track Lesson the students would start at the very beginning of the test or lesson Reports The Reports tab contains the following reports Class Roll Student Summary Common Core Lessons Summary Tests Summary Assessments Vocabulary Summary and Library Summary Please note that the filters set on the Class Roll tab will apply to the reports Class Roll Report The Class Roll Report is the default report This report shows all the students to which the administrator has access The Report Banner across the top shows several measurements and averages art Simpson Lz Thursday March 27 2014 3 Chapter 1 Test 03 29 2013 3 Capitalization 5 45 08 03 2012 3 6 45 01 10 2013 K Kinder MCW 28 33 00 00 11 15 12 09 20 15 41 45 arride 00 05 15 14 45 00 3 Phonemic Aw 3 L Blends 08 08 2012 3 2 09 2013 3 Phonemic Aw 02 01 2013 3 Verbs 09 11 2012 3 Special Vowel Class Total 0 2442 55 12 for
12. discourage the practice of gifting credits to students as that will diminish the value of the coins and will not encourage work within the software However we recognize the potential this 13 14 feature allows for rewarding good behavior and or excellence in the classroom Recurring Free Game Day By default the student uses 15 coins to buy 15 minutes of game time The days of the week that are checked are free game days An instructor may choose to make the weekend days free game days to encourage use of the software at home Specific Free Game Day Set the Game options Recurring Free Game Day current day as a free game day Si Mon Tup Wed Thr Fi Sa by selecting the Set As Today o d d d d l Specific Free Game Day button or select the calendar EE enaa cin icon to designate a day in the future as a free game day To remove the day select Clear Daily Store Time Limits When Clubhouse Store Options selected this feature will enable al mm l Max Store Time and Min oe erence e Coursewa Time options ee Thur Fri Sat ea a e a a A E e E E Special Day Access Max Store Time This will limit the amount of time a student can spend in the store without spending time on the courseware When the max store time limit has been spent the store will be locked until the Min Courseware Time is achieved Set As Today Clear Min Courseware Time This is the amount of time that
13. etc and vary by track To see settings that will effect lessons see the following section in this manual Options tab Overrides tab and Set Global Options Chapter Tests A test is given at the end of each chapter to measure the student s understanding of the skills taught A student earns a chapter trophy for each test Mini Games We have added mini games to the software Students will get the chance to play one of three mini games at various places in the software The mini games help to break up long assessments lessons and tests 43 44
14. must be spent each day on the courseware to allow unlimited access to the store The store time and courseware time counters are reset each night Store Accessible Days This allows the administrator to control when the store is available to the students All days are selected by default Special Day Access Set the current day as a special access day by selecting the Set As Today button or select the calendar icon to designate a day in the future as a special access day To remove the day select Clear Groups Tab Select from the list of available groups on the right and press lt lt to add the student to the group The student is a member of each group listed in the Group Membership list on the left To assign a student to multiple groups at the same time hold down the Ctlr key non sequential selection or the Shift key sequential selection and select the desired groups then press lt lt To remove a student from a group or groups select the group s and press gt gt Overrides Group Membership Available Groups Activity Testers asdasd avengers Overrides Tab In the Overrides tab the sequence of instruction is shown for each chapter including assessments lessons and tests A status box shown to the left of each item indicates the status of that item The status codes are as follows _ White Yet to be completed E Black Overri
15. or date Message Center Options Type Student Name Subject m Date Delete Message v Jacob Wilson Kinder Test 3 Aug 24 2012 5 40PM Clear Failed Flag 4 Jacob Wilson Consonant M Aug 24 2012 3 27PM Jul 19 2012 Student j7 j7 Lesson Special Vowel Combination NK The activity section for this lesson has been taken at least two times and the student has not achieved a passing score This lesson has been flagged and the student has been advanced to the next lesson in 37 The selected message will show in the reading pane at the bottom of the page and will offer three action options 38 Delete Message Once a message is deleted it cannot be retrieved To clear flags or reset items after a message is deleted edit the students overrides under the Class Roll tab Clear Failed Flag To remove the red RTI status for the item in reports press this button Once the flag has been cleared or a reset performed deleting the message is the only option Reset Lesson To delete results and reset the item status press this button Once the flag has been cleared or a reset has been performed deleting the message is the only option Student Software Overview The Clubhouse There are seven options for students to click on once they have entered the clubhouse Next Vocabulary Library Games Dashboard Tutorial and Exit Chad Wilson he Next This will always take the student t
16. the group being shown The first section shows the Common 18 Core completion average followed by the average progress as well as the group average time and total time spent in the software The body of the report can be sorted by any of the first seven columns The columns are as follows from left to right Students The first and last names of the students The report is sorted alphabetically according to this column by default RTI Status This shows the status of the student Sort by this column to quickly see which students require intervention The status codes are as follows On Track Student is on track Caution Three or more yellow status codes Alert One or more red status codes Time in Software Shows student s total time in the software Last Login Shows the date when the student last accessed the software Track The student s track K 1 2 or 3 Current Lesson The student s current lesson Percentage Complete The percentage completed of the instructional sequence for the assigned track Chapters 1 6 A graphical representation of the total track represented by the grey bar and the percentage complete represented by the blue bar This progress bar also shows the student s current chapter Student Summary Report To access this report simply double click on one of the ae T moe students in the Class Roll m es AARAM Report To return to the Class Roll Report press
17. the report shows the sum for all of the scores the student s overall percentage and total time as well as the average overall percentages and time for the group being shown Lesson Summary Report To access this report double click on one of the lessons in the Student Lesson Summary Report To return to the Student Lesson Summary Report click on the Back button The Lesson Summary Report shows the lesson status and results for all students View a different lesson by clicking on the drop down box and selecting another lesson Back Lesson Summary Tuesday August 28 2012 Total Progress Time in Software 313 59 00 E Lessons 234 20 30 W TestsAssess 00 00 00 E Vocabulary 16 52 00 E bary 45 24 00 ames 17 22 30 A Student To c a Total Time Date Letter Group 1 zj Instructor Tester McAdmin D Tigger Time 00 17 30 07 09 12 The Chosen 00 18 15 07 16 12 Captain America 00 34 00 07 09 12 Shawn Spencer 00 12 30 07 09 12 Samuel Hess 00 49 00 0817 12 Brandon Winkelman 00 57 15 07 09 12 Chris Brown 00 20 30 07 09 12 555 580 410 428 145 152 Total 96 96 95 Class Average 46 65 82 22 Student Test Summary Report This report shows the status and results for the tests given through the course of the software To access this report click on the Lessons Tests section in the Student Summary Report The body of the report can be viewed by selecting either the All Tests
18. Reading Horizons Discovery User Manual Reading Horizons Discovery Reading Horizons Discovery User Manual Reading Horizons Discovery User Manual Network P 7 Published by Reading Horizons 60 North Cutler Drive Suite 101 North Salt Lake UT 84054 800 333 0054 Printed in the United States of America Copyright April 2014 by Reading Horizons No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner ISBN 978 1 62382 105 0 Table of Contents Software Overview 1 Network Installation 2 Server Installation 2 Client Installation 7 Administration System 9 Class Roll 11 Adding and Editing Students 11 Options Tab 12 Groups Tab 15 Overrides Tab 15 Set Global Options 17 Reports 18 Class Roll Report 18 Student Summary Report 19 Common Core Report 20 Student Lesson Summary Report 21 Lesson Summary Report 22 Student Test Summary Report 23 Test Summary Report 22 Assessment Summary Reports 25 Phonemic Awareness Assessment Summary Report 25 MCW Assessment Summary Report 27 Spelling Assessment Summary Report 28 Spelling Vocabulary Summary 30 Student Library Summary 31 Administrators 32 Adding and Editing Administrators 32 Advanced 33 Preview Content 34 Online Resources 35 Export Students 35 Import Student Tool 36 Mes
19. Sequence Score for questions pertaining to the sequence of events Time Shows total time spent in the story Date Shows the date the story assessment was first completed Administrators The Administrators tab shows the list of administrators to which the current user has access From this tab it is possible to add edit and delete administrators Adding and Editing Administrators 1 Click on the Add or Edit Administrator button All fields must be completed 2 Enter the first and last names 3 Enter the e mail address This will also be auto filled as the username 32 4 Enter the password The password must be at least eight characters long must contain one letter and one number and can include symbols 5 Confirm the password 6 Choose the administrator type Instructor or Site 7 Add site access Select the site from the right hand list press lt lt to grant access 8 Click on the Save Administrator button to apply the changes Selected Sites Available Sites Chads Site First Name lt Discovery Academy Last Name gt hec Rh Account managers Synergis Tech Third Trial Site Username Password Confirm Password Role Instructor Administrator O Site Administrator Advanced The Advanced tab options are Manage Users Preview Content Online Resources Export Students Import Students and Import Administrators Advanced Opt
20. Vista 7 8 Windows Server 2003 2008 2012 Intel Based Mac OS X v10 6 or later 1 5GHz processor 512MB of RAM 4 GB hard drive space DVD drive Server Installation Begin by inserting the Reading Horizons Discovery DVD ROM into a DVD drive on the network server Access the disc s folder menu and select either setup windows exe or set up osx to start the install process If the server is using a Windows operating system select setup windows exe If the server is using an OSX operating system select setup osx R lt etun wind Use this file for servers using a 5 SETUP WINGOWSEXE Windows based operating system P iiien Use this file for servers using an OS iii X based operating system When the following screen appears press Next to continue Setup Discovery Welcome to the Discovery Setup Wizard Read the license agreement provided select the desired option then press Next License Agreement Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation TERMS AND CONDITIONS n SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE Reading Horizons grants a personal nonexclusive license to use the Reading Horizons Discovery program herein referred to as Software on the number of concurrent computers specified in the written license agreement at and only at the specified location The End User may not I d
21. clude Sections C Introduction _ Instruction _ Refresher _ Activities Story Play 34 To view the Vocabulary Word Walls click on the Play button in the Vocab section at the bottom of the screen Vocab Play i Online Resources On this page you will find links to valuable resources Export Students This feature allows for an export of a full student record that can be imported into another account or site To export students 1 Use the Instructor Group and Track filters to refine the list of available students 2 Select the students to be exported using the shift select or control select method click Select All to select the entire list Press gt gt to add selected students to the export list Press Export Selected Students to start the export process When student export data is compiled click OK to continue Choose the desired file location change the name as needed then press Save 7 Click OK on the Export Complete pop up nM A W Filter By Instructor Filter By Group Filter By Track All Instructors All Groups All Tracks 7 Aaron Carter E _ Marc Dudley Aaron Durham C Marge Simpson add list Mark Clayton Add Student Mark Duper Aidan Bursett Mark Ingram Alisha Thomas Mason Venson Angie Stevens Annika Organ assess override Austin Brogger Bart Simpson Beaut Weaver Beautis Tootis B
22. dden m Green Completed E Yellow Completed with some difficulty Red Failed 15 The buttons found at the bottom function as follows Override This button is Options Groups used to override items in the instructional sequence An item that is overridden will be Skipped To override specific items select the desired item or items If selecting multiple items hold down the Ctrl key for non sequential selection or the Shift key for sequential selection Then press the Override Override Clear Set Next Reset button The status box for each mm Phonemic Awareness Rhyming Phonemic Awareness Syllables Phonemic Awareness Initial Sound Phonemic Awareness Blending Phonemic Awareness Final Sound Phonemic Awareness Medial Sound Phonemic Awareness Segmentation MCW Assessment 1 Spelling Word Recognition Assessment 1 1 Letter Group 1 2 MCW List 1 3 Bullding Words 4 Nonsense Words 5 Capitalization 6 Letter Group 2 7 MCW List 2 8 Letter Group 3 9 MCW List 3 10 Letter Group 4 11 Punctuation 12 MCW List 4 13 Letter Group 5 m O o O o O O o m o O O o O o 0 O oO O O m 0 item will be set to black Clear This button is used to clear the status box of an item that has been overridden black or to clear a red or yellow status item yellow or red when cleared will change to green Select the item or items If selecting multiple items
23. dent will be shown multiple decoding marks one of which is correct during the activities The student must select the correct mark Selecting the wrong mark counts as a wrong answer and is part of the score This feature is disabled by default Vocabulary Decoding Selection When this option is enabled the student will be shown multiple decoding marks one of which is correct while proving words on the Word Walls The student must select the correct mark Selection of the wrong mark counts as a wrong answer This feature is disabled by default Enable Library This gives the e a i Activities Decoding Selection No Ea student access to the library PE E E mm Enable Library Yes s Enable Vocab Yes Enable Vocab This SIVes the Enable Games Yes ee a student access to the vocabulary Enable Store Yes gt Enable Color Overlays Disabled A word walls Allot Coins 56 HH Enable Games This gives the student access to the game cupboard Enable Store This gives the student access to the Clubhouse Store Enable Color Overlays Some students may benefit from specific background colors when reading words on the screen This feature allows the administrator to select the color overlay that is best for the student The overlay will be used during lessons tests and assessments Allot Coins This will show the current amount of coins a student has earned It will start out at O by default We
24. e database Site Name Lincoln Elementary Administrator s First Name John Administrator s Last Name Administrator s Username Administrator s Password Confirm Administrator s Password must be at least 8 characters long must be alphanumeric must contain at least one letter and one number can include symbols Confirm that the install path is correct and that enough disk space is available then press Next Product Discovery v6 License RHO05 35076 47590 52685 54817 Install Path C Program Files x86 Reading Horizons Discovery Available Space 1766099 MB Space Required 3000 MB Press Next to start the installation The installation time will vary depending upon the hardware used Reading Ready to Install Rakes ri Setup is now ready to begin installing Discovery on your computer The green bar tracks the installation progress The installation time will vary depending upon the hardware used x Horizons 7 HDiscovery Installing Unpacking C Program Jery Discovery assets stories kidd Page_07 swf Press Finish to complete the installation process Completing the Discovery Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Discovery on your computer v View Readme File Client Installation Place a copy of the shortcut file Discovery created in the installation directory exa
25. ed to override all assessments Press the Assessments button at any time The status for all assessments will be changed to overridden black This includes Phonemic Awareness MCW and Spelling Word Recognition Assessments Filters The Class Roll and Reports can be filtered by Instructor Group and or Track To set a filter click on a filter selection field and select the desired option To clear the filter click the clear filter text above the filter selection box It is important to note that the selected filters will limit the students that are shown in the Class Roll as well as within the Reports tab Set Global Options editing multiple students at the same time 1 Select the students to be edited by either pressing the Select All button at the bottom of the list or by holding down the Ctrl key for non sequential selection or the Shift key for sequential selection Then press the Set Global Options button 2 Click on the check box make the desired changes and repeat for other items 3 Press Save Note Students who are logged in cannot be edited 17 4 Press Hide Global Options to close the global options window Note the following exceptions to global editing e Assign Track Lesson is not available if selected students are on different tracks e Assign Track Lesson will not override current status codes e Assign Track Lesson is not the same as Set Next Lesson In this
26. eport This report shows the results for the MCW Assessments completed by the student Phonemic Awareness Ba gCS oS Spelling Word Recognition OVERALL HIGHEST MCW Lesson Title Correct Total List Completed Time Date MCW Assessment 3 10 300 List01 00 10 30 07 30 12 MCW Assessment 33 100 300 List 10 00 06 45 07 30 12 MCW Assessment 34 101 300 List11 00 02 15 07 30 12 MCW Assessment 57 171 300 List 17 01 26 15 07 30 12 8 MCW Assessment 30 90 300 Listoo9 001245 o7sii2 Wa 4 0 0 07 30 12 07 30 12 a Score High List 31 12 Average Score Class Average Avg Time Avg Class Time The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Lesson Title Shows the title of the assessment Score Percentage correct Overall The sum of the correct and total answers Highest List Shows the highest MCW list assessed Time Shows total time spent in the assessment Date Shows the date the assessment was completed The footer of the report shows the student s best score and total time as well as the average best and average total time for the group being shown The graph shows the student s score blue bar together with the highest list achieved red line for each assessment Double clicking on an assessment will show the results for each list Phonemic Awareness Begg Spelling Word Recognition OVERALL HIGHEST MCW
27. eth Lincoln Bill Nye Billy Bob Bing Crosby iam Dims 4 A 4 Select All i Export Selected Students 35 Import Student Tool This import tool is capable of importing full student records from Reading Horizons Discovery version 5 0 and higher rhdx file extensions as well as importing lists of new students csv file extensions To import students 1 Click on the Exported File rhdx or the Delimited File csv button 2 A file browser window will open Select the rhdx or csv file that contains the data to be imported and press Open For rhdx imports skip to step 4 and for csv imports continue to step 3 3 The delimited Import Configuration window will open a If the first row of the import file contains column headers check the box b Select the delimiting character A comma is most common c The tool will attempt to auto map the data as best as possible If no headers match the field name on the left then the mapping must be done manually To map the field click on the drop down box and select the corresponding column title from the list d When all the data is mapped correctly press the OK button Delimited Settings First Row Contains Headers v Delimit Character Comma 7 Data Mapping First Name Last Name Login Track First Last x NONE track Data Preview First Name Last Name Login Track Bill Jones Jim Mann
28. from left to right Lesson Number 4 This lesson number corresponds to the lesson numbers in the direct instruction materials Lesson Title This is the full title of each lesson RTI Status Shows the status of the lesson Sort by this column to quickly see with which lessons the student struggled The status codes are as follows Lesson has been successfully Completed g completed caution Failed the first time but passed following the refresher Alert Failed both times a message is sent to message center Overidd n By an administrator or from assessment results Not Taken Lesson has not been taken Score Percentage correct in lesson activities Note that some lessons when completed will have no score This is because those lessons have no activities associated with them 21 Overall The sum of the correct and total answers Skills in Isolation Shows how the student performed on skills in isolation There are no skills in isolation for MCW lessons Skills in Context Shows how the student performed on skills in context Spelling Shows how the student performed in spelling related activities Only MCW lessons will have spelling results Rapid Recognition Shows how the student performed in rapid recognition activity Only MCW lessons will have rapid recognition results Time Shows total time spent in the lesson Date Shows the date the lesson was completed The footer of
29. he stories are unlocked in the library The student can access all unlocked books at any time Tracks 1 3 students will have the K track stories in their libraries from the very beginning The student is given a set of comprehension questions the first time the story is read in conjunction with the lesson and the first time it is read from the library After a book has been read in the library a gold coin appears on the spine of the book which means the book can be read as often as desired and the student has the choice to have the story read by a narrator Chad Wilson 2 Dp l PADa 41 Tutorial compass Clicking on the compass will replay the introductory video explaining the features of the Clubhouse Chad Wilson 7s Exit This logs the students out of the software and returns them to the sign in page Other Items The other items in the Clubhouse i e pirate ship sword and shield safari jeep dinosaur and volcano and the cowboy hat are collected as the student completes each chapter Lesson Flow Assessments When the students first use the software they will be given a series of assessments They are as follows Phonemic Awareness These seven assessments identify the student s ability to recognize phonemes rhyming syllables initial sounds blending final sounds medial sounds and segmentation Most Common Words This assessment given at the end of each chapter asks the studen
30. hin each of the Common Core grade levels is shown on the blue bars for more information about how the point values were determined please click on the information icon within the Common Core Report To see the list of Common Core items covered and the associated lesson s click on one of the blue bars and then one of the green bars The report will expand to show the specific Common Core items a list of lessons that correlate to that item the total points earned the total points available and the percentage complete for each item Lessons that are not yet complete are shown in light grey while lessons that are complete are shown in black To minimize a section simply click on the section header again 20 Student Lesson Summary Report This report shows the status and results for the lessons given through the course of the software To access this report click on the Tests section of the Student Summary Report Press the Back button to return to the Student Summary Report The Student Lesson nore Lesson Summary Tuesday August 28 2012 Summary Report shows Besems I air a Pe oe the Report Banner for an __ T e the selected student The ea body of the report can s nm ett ene be viewed by selecting e cecmme on either the All Chapters imua ie ee tab or one of the Sane individual chapter tabs sa i SS eS e g Chapter 1 Chapter 2 The columns for the report are as follows
31. ions Manage Users Online Resources Export Students Import Students Import Administrators Manage Users This options shows you a list of current users At times it may be necessary to manually logout a student To do this select the desired student then press the Logout Student button 33 Current Users First Name Last Name Login Chad Wilson Chad j11 j11 j11 test coin tck w5 w5 w5 w8 w8 w8 Refresh List Logout Student Preview Content This tool allows an administrator to view a lesson test or assessment in whole or in part and to interact with the software just as the student would It also allows an administrator to interact with the Vocabulary Word Walls and to spell and decode words as well To view a lesson 1 Select the desired track 2 Choose the desired lesson types 3 Click on the desired lesson 4 Choose the desired sections 5 Press the Play button Lessons Filters Track 3 Vi Standard Lessons MCW Lessons Reference Lessons Tests _ Assessments Select Lesson TI TVDIeTUsS gt 20 S Blends 22 Two Extra Blends 23 Double S F and Z and Plurals 25 Special Vowel Combinations Mm 27 Voiced and Voiceless and the TH Digraphs 28 Digraphs CH SH WH and PH 31 Short and Long Vowels 32 Phonetic Skill 1 33 Phonetic Skill 2 35 Spelling with CK L 37 Addina Suffivac ta Phonetic Skille 1 and 2 y In
32. istribute modify sublicense or copy any portion of the Software except for backup purposes II transfer the Software and license to another party or location III prepare derivative works from the Software If another software product is furnished with the Reading Horizons product its accept the agreement do not accept the agreement Do you accept this license BitRock Installer Enter the license key provided with the software dashes included then press Next to continue The license key will be validated If the key is invalid check for errors and try again Please enter in your license key Verify that the installation options shown are correct and make any needed corrections If you are not sure what the settings should be leave the default settings as they are then press Next Installation Options Please specify the directory where Discovery will be installed instalation Directory 6 Please specify the port to use for the web service Web Service Port 80 Please specify the port to use for the database Database Port 5342 If you are instructed to enter another port for the Web Service or Database please do so then press Next Please call Reading Horizons for technical assistance if you do not know which port to use Enter the site details in the fields provided then press Next Site Details Information used to initialize the sit
33. ll s failed both times message sent to admin Overridden Override was set by an administrator Not Taken Test has not been taken Score Percentage correct in test Overall The sum of the correct and total answers Skills in Isolation Shows how the student performed on skill in isolation Skills in Context Shows how the student performed on skills in context Reference Shows how the student performed in reference lesson activities Refresher No results posted unless the student fails a skill Time Shows total time spent in the test Date Shows the date the test was completed The footer shows the sum for all of the scores the student s overall percentage and total time as well as the average overall percentages and time for the group being shown Assessment Summary Reports To access these reports click on the Assessments section in the Student Summary Report The tabs from which to choose are Phonemic Awareness MCW Assessments and Spelling Word Recognition The Phonemic Awareness tab will be shows by default Phonemic Awareness Assessment Summary Report This report shows the status and results for the seven phonemic awareness assessments 25 miele MCW Assessments Spelling Word Recognition OVERALL Lesson Title l Correct Total Time Date Class Avg Rhyming 100 00 09 45 08 22 12 76 Syllables 100 00 17 15 08 22 12 83 Initial Sound 100 00 07 30 08 22 12 81
34. lled skill in the correct position Toggle the report from Words to Skills to see the report details sorted by the skills 29 Phonemic Awareness MCW Assessments Ea A A GB ree life Skill Lesson 13 Another Sound for 14 Phonetic Skill 3 15 More Digraphs 16 R Blends 17 Phonetic Skill 1 Q 18 Vowel Families O e 19 Adding Suffixes to BE wN ah adh N alk N N ab z n t o N N gt N a wo N a is 2 1 a oa N ez ia te 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 6 6 6 6 9 3 9 9 20 Many Jobs of Y o Best Score Class Avg Best The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Lesson Number This lesson number corresponds to the lesson numbers in the direct instruction materials Skill Lesson This is the lesson title RTI Status This shows the status of the skill Sort by this column to quickly see with which skills the student struggled The status codes are as follows The instruction portion of this kill P Skill Passed lesson is overridden Caution The student may need help with this skill The student does not understand Alert the skill All of the skill elements were not Not Tested assessed Score Percentage of total points the student earned Overall The sum of the spelling and word recognition scores Spelling Spelling points earned Word Recognition Points for identifying the word correctly Skill The skill colum
35. mple C Program Files Reading Horizons Discovery 5 on the desktop of each client computer that will be using the software The program will run through a web browser see the requirements listed below for compatible browsers Each client computer should meet these minimum system requirements Windows 1 2 33GHz or faster x86 compatible processor or Intel Atom 1 6GHz or faster processor for netbooks 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Server 2012 32 bit Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit or Windows 8 Classic and Modern 3 Internet Explorer 7 0 or later Mozilla Firefox 4 0 or later Google Chrome or Safari 5 0 or later 4 512MB of RAM 1GB of RAM recommended for netbooks 128MB of graphics memory Mac OS e Intel Core Duo 1 83GHz or faster Intel processor e Mac OS X v10 6 v10 7 v10 8 or v10 9 e Safari 5 0 or later Mozilla Firefox 4 0 or later or Google Chrome e 512MB of RAM 128MB of graphics memory Please contact the Reading Horizons support line with any questions or concerns regarding the network installation 800 333 0054 Administration System The Administration System is designed to help administrators and instructors track students progress as they advance through the program It is included with the software and can be accessed from any computer connected to the server Logging In 1 Click on the Reading Horizons Discove
36. ns that follow show the skill elements being tested Point Points for correctly spelled skill in the correct position Student Vocabulary Summary This report shows the student s completion information for each Word Wall To access this report click on the Vocabulary section in the Student Summary Report The report shows for each word 30 wall the percentage complete the number of words on the wall the total possible the date of last activity and the number of words added over time 24 hours week 2 weeks month All Word Walls Word Walls OVERALL Chapter on wan Posse LastAct ClassAvg 24hrs Week 2 Weeks Month Chapter 1 100 99 99 02 04 14 9 Chapter 2 100 145 145 02 07 14 5 Chapter 3 100 302 302 02 17 14 3 Chapter 4 100 216 216 03 03 14 3 z 3 z 152 Chapter 5 66 217 331 03 24 14 3 3 19 21 151 Chapter 6 0 106 2 979 1199 Total 82 Class Avg 3 Student Library Summary This report shows the student s results for each story assessment To access this report click on the Library section in the Student Summary Report The body of the report can be viewed by selecting either the All Chapters tab or one of the individual library tabs e g Kinder Ch 2 When viewing the All Chapters tab all of the books for which the students will have access in their assigned tracks are shown All Chapters TAI voc Ui Y N ST A Story Title Correct Total
37. o the next item lesson test etc in the instructional sequence Vocabulary chalkboard When the student has progressed far enough to spell and prove words the vocabulary tool can be accessed A word wall for each chapter will be unlocked and the student can practice spelling and proving words from completed lessons The pronunciation tool can be accessed by first clicking on the chalkboard and then the ABC Draw sign Chad Wilson e 39 Dashboard name plate Students can click on their name plates at any time to see their dashboards The dashboard is a quick way to see progress through the current chapter the map trophies earned for completed chapters and the number of coins in the treasure trove A link to the Clubhouse Store is also provided in the dashboard Clubhouse Store When the store is enabled the student can enter by click on the store sign or the treasure trove The student can use the coins they earn to purchase new items for the clubhouse Students can now customize the clubhouse and make it their own DABSBEB 10 Q 10 Q 10 10 Q 10 0 40 Games dartboard Games are unlocked as the student progresses through the software The coins are used to purchase game time Each game is designed to reinforce skills learned ina fun and interactive way Chad Wilson x 15 to play CANNON BLAS Card Maten E L U Library books As the students complete lessons t
38. rcent or higher in overall skill score Time Shows total time spent in the assessment Date Shows the date the assessment was completed 28 The footer of the report shows the student s best scores highest count of skills passed and total time It also shows the average best and average total time for the group being shown The graph shows the student s score blue bar together with the skills passed red line for each assessment Double clicking on an assessment will show the results for each assessment Phonemic Awareness MCW Assessments Eoee a e Crees aie _ Skills OVERALL G Word Spelled comet Total comet Total Correct Total Ske i 1 bake bake 50 2 ciff i 20 3 cuff cul 25 4 haul 5 horse 6 thing 7 twice yo N N N N NNN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 we Best Score Class Avg Best The columns for this report are as follows from left to right Test Order The sequence in which the words are given in the assessment Spelling Word The word given in the assessment Spelled Shows how the student spelled the word Score Percentage of total points the student earned Overall The sum of the spelling and word recognition scores Spelling Spelling points earned Word Recognition Points for identifying the word correctly Skill The skill columns that follow show the skill elements being tested Point Points for correctly spe
39. ry shortcut provided 2 Enter your user ID and press Login Reading Horgons Discovery Discovery Academy LOGIN Forgot Login 3 The system will recognize your user ID and your administrator account name will be displayed Enter your password in the field provided Your Account Name SUBMIT PASSWORD CANCEL Trouble Shooting e If you forget your password please call Reading Horizons support at 800 333 0054 e Passwords are alphanumeric must contain at least one letter and one number have a minimum of eight characters and can include symbols Administrator Access There are two levels of administrators Instructor and Site An Instructor has access only to those students assigned to the instructor A Site Administrator has access to all of the students within the site The access provided for each level is shown in the table below po instructor site Students add edit delete students x x Groups add edit deletegroups x x Reports S OO Reports Advanced Lesson Preview Tool Import x x MessageCenter x Administrators add edit delete admins _ x Sites add edit deletesites Seat Management o o 10 Class Roll The Class Roll tab is the default tab This tab shows the list of students to ae First Name which the administrator has access TT Y s The list can be sorted by any of the Middle Initial column headers and can
40. sage Center 37 Student Software Overview 39 Software Overview The Reading Horizons Discovery software guides students through a series of one of four tracks Kindergarten K Grade 1 1 Grade 2 2 and Grade 3 3 otter instances by Grade Po track Tracki Track 2 Track 3 Chapters od e f af s e Most Common Word Lessons _ 8 18 2a 23 Referencelessons 7 a ts i Little Book Stories 10 s4 5 6s Vocabulary Word wals 2 4 5 6 fests Em ajs 6 MostCommonword 3 5 6e 7 1 Letter Lessons for tracks 1 3 are taught in groups A B F D G H J L M E N P R S O T V W XY U Z Q 1 C K 2 MCW Lessons for Kindergarten cover the top 30 Most Common Words from the Fry Word List 3 MCW Lessons for Tracks 1 3 cover the top 220 280 and 300 Most Common Words from the Fry Word List respectively 4 The seven Kindergarten tests are much shorter are given more frequently than tests from Tracks 1 3 5 Instruction precedes the Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness Assessments For Track 1 instruction will follow if assessments are failed i e less than 66 These assessments are overridden by default for Tracks 2 and 3 Network Installation The Reading Horizons Discovery program is available as a network application when properly loaded on a local server client environment The following system requirements must be met in order to guarantee optimal use of the software LAN Server Windows
41. t to identify the most common word spoken from among three choices As the student identifies words correctly the software will modify the lesson plan accordingly by overriding the corresponding MCW lists If 42 the student misses three words in a row or correctly identifies fewer than 40 percent of the words in a list the assessment will end Spelling Word Recognition This assessment given at multiple intervals throughout the software asks the student to spell a list of words After the spelling test the student is asked to identify the spoken word from among three choices The software then evaluates each answer and gives the student a score based on the different skill elements found in each word The student may spell a word incorrectly but can still earn points for certain skills For example the word is cliff and the student spells it clif The student will get points for the cl blend If the student scores high enough lesson passing percentage on any particular skill the instruction portion of that lesson will be skipped The student will go straight to the activities for the lesson If the student scores no points for three words in a row the assessment will end Lessons There are three basic lesson types in the software Standard MCW and Reference The standard lessons will cover the alphabet and the skills The MCW lessons cover the Most Common Words lists The reference lessons cover things like nouns verbs
42. the Back D crar fg EI COMPREHENSION Total Per Test 7 2 Krsa Ch chs ona cas ohe Average u t t O n 02 50 45 00 42 41 i 70 87 89 98 79 z 2 S o The Report Banner is displayed across the top on this report as well but the data shown is for the selected student A summary is provided for each of the following sections Lessons Tests 19 Assessments Vocabulary and Library Each section is designed to provide a quick summary for how a student is performing in each area To see more detail for a particular section simply click anywhere within that section To change the current student click on the drop down box with the student s name and select another student Common Core Report To access the Common Core Report click on the Common Core link in the Report Banner To return to the Class Roll Report press the Back button Common Core ae Thursday March 27 2014 i Grade 1 F f i IR Lis Ls IR The Common Core Report Chad witson w d Wilson shows a percentage complete for each grade level of the Common Core the percentage complete only includes the items from the Common Core s which the software covers eeermmm unn for the Foundational Skills and Language Standards sections The grade for the assigned track is highlighted and is also the percentage reported on the Student Summary Report The total points earned wit
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