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1. User Manual Preference What It Does How to Change It Exams Use this preference to set exam weight in 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Exams student grades for terms semesters and the The Exams dialog box will open entire school year Note The Exams 2 Exams will bea certain percentage of the grade you preferences 18 ignored if there are no exams choose term semester or final grade Enter the in the grading period percentage that you want Then click the grade that you want this percentage to apply to Semesters aren t available if you haven t specified semesters For more information about how grades are calculated see page 98 3 Click OK to save your changes Grading Scale Use this preference to select the grading 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Grading scale used to calculate term semester and Scale The Grading Scale dialog box will open school year grades in the Gradebook and Click the drop down list and choose a grading scale reports Your choices are Standard A to F For each grade in the scale enter the lowest score that allows students to achieve that grade You don t e Pass Fail i di isf isf need to do this for the lowest grade since o is the Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory lowest score for that grade You cannot enter criteria e 1to10 for the grades if you choose the 1 to 10 scale 4 Click OK to save your changes Libraries Use this preference to inst
2. H Assignment is extra credit C Assignment is an exam assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a b Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait unti
3. 0 eee e eee eee eee cette eae 60 Adding Items to the Assignment 0 cece eee cece eee eee teen eens 62 Adding One Item to the End of the Assignment 0 sees econ 62 Adding Multiple Items or Adding Items from the Libraries or Other ASSISTIMENUS Agaue eenei ga Vue donee ED of ase leash asd ERE SERA 62 Changing Editing an Item on an Assignment 22 cece eee eee eee 64 Moving Items on an Assignment 0 eee cece eee eee eee e eee eaee 66 Changing Assignment Properties see cece eee eee eee eee eee eeee 66 Changing the Assignment Mode 2 eee cece eee eee teen eee eees 67 Changing Editing Score Keys 0 cece eee cece eet eee eee eaee 69 Copying Assignment 2 5 dee do Sad Pah oe E ald Sa ae ae ae aL 71 Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment 2 e eee ee eee eee eee 72 Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments 0 ee eect eee 73 Exporting Assignments or Score Keys 2 cece cece eect eee eeeeeee 74 Deleting Assignments 0c ccc eee cece ete eee een e nee eeee 75 Using the Gradebook cee ee es 76 Viewing a Class Gradebook 0 cece cee cece cette eee eneeeee 76 Adding Assignments to the Gradebook 00 c cece eee e cence nnne 77 Adding an AccelTest Assignment or Score Key see e cece eee e ee eee 78 Adding a Points Only Assignment 2 cess eee c
4. 109 111 113 115 117 Waiting al EE Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting ledian 3 Click the Edit menu and choose Clear 4 The program will ask if you are sure that you want to remove the students scores even if the assignment has not yet been scored To continue click Yes The assignment will no longer be assigned for those students but it will remain in the Gradebook so you can assign it again later ID _ Status Waiting 106 USING THE GRADEBOOK Removing Assignments from the Gradebook Removing Assignments from the Gradebook AccelTest User Manual IZ student scores before removing an assignment see page 102 Ps If you want to export By following the steps below you can remove an AccelTest assignment from a class Gradebook When you do this all student scores and assignment information are lost 1 3 View the Gradebook for a class See page 76 2 Click the title of the assignment t AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Kees Assignments Sessions Gradebook Grade 6 Rossetti Start Scanning Score Cards Export Results Points Possible Assigned Scored v Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages v Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Stat Show 3rd Term Brooks Jamal Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Jo
5. 5 Check the boxes next to the students that you want to import Then click Next Import Students Wizard Select Students Name C Brooks Matthew Burke Leah Camacho Juan Collins Adam J Collins Sherrica Contreras Miguel Davis Benjamin Dela Cruz Miranda Dobbs Rebekah QD Duncan Morgan Emery Samuel Espinosa Luis Fanning Jamal m z o o Oo m E o o o o a al B c wo 2 oT oO Select All Deselect All Cancel O To choose students one by one check the box next to each student that you want to import If O To select all the students listed click Select All This checks the box next to each student you want to enroll students in classes as you import them make sure you only select only students who are in the same class To remove the check mark from all students listed click Deselect All 6 If any student names that you are importing are the same as student names that are already in your database AccelTest will show you the duplicate student names one by one For each student you will have some or all of these options Update ID and Update All IDs These options are available when the student name is the same but the ID is different Clicking Update ID updates the student s ID in the database to the one that is in the file or folder you are importing Clicking Update All IDs does this for all student names that match names in the file
6. Cee e Click the Category drop down list and choose whether the assignment will categories using the z f Categories preference see be Homework In Class work a test a quiz or extra credit page 145 Click the check boxes to set whether the assignment is extra credit or an exam If you chose the Extra Credit category you don t need to check the extra credit box for more information see Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments on page 100 D Click Next after entering the information AccelTest User Manual 80 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook E Add Assignment Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Title Spelling Test A Subject English O Points 0 Term ist term Category tet Q _ Assignment is extra credit a Assignment is an exam 6 Next click Yes if your assignment needs a start date or click No if there is no start date Then click Yes if your assignment needs a due date or click No if there is no due date If you choose Yes for either date enter the date or click the calendar button and click a date on the calendar that appears You can use the arrows in the calendar to move to a different month If you want to make today the date click Today under the calendar If you choose No for the due date you won t be able to assign the assignment now if you assign it later the p
7. Windows computers Click the Help menu and choose Ab out AccelTest AccelTest Help Ctrl i Check for Updates Online Training and Resources What s New About AccelTest Macintosh computers Click the AccelTest menu and FRE Fie Edit choose About AccelTest About AccelTest references Services gt Hide AccelTest 36H Hide Others 36H Quit AccelTest Q Navigating the AccelTest Software Click the tabs in the software to switch between AccelTest screens E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year DER Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao Kin i Va 1 46 Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley
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9. Accel Test Renaissance Learning PO Box 8036 Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495 8036 Telephone 800 338 4204 715 424 3636 Outside the US 1 715 424 3636 Fax 715 424 4242 Email general questions answers renlearn com Email technical questions support renlearn com Web Site www renlearn com Copyright Notice Copyright 2010 by Renaissance Learning Inc All Rights Reserved This publication is protected by US and international copyright laws It is unlawful to duplicate or reproduce any copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder This document may be reproduced only by staff members in schools that have a license for AccelTest software For more information contact Renaissance Learning at the address above 2Know Accelerated Math AccelScan AccelTest Advanced Technology for Data Driven Schools NEO NEO 2 NEO Manager Renaissance Renaissance Learning the Renaissance Learning logo Renaissance Place Renaissance Receiver and Renaissance Responder are trademarks of Renaissance Learning Inc registered or pending registration in the United States and in other countries PowerPoint and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Novell is a trademark of Novell Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries Macintosh and QuickTime a
10. Using the Student Paced Sessions Student paced sessions allow students to work on anything that has been assigned to them in the class Gradebook except for Homework Students can complete these assignments without needing the teacher to lead the session or send the questions one by one Follow these steps to start a student paced session so students can use a Responder or a NEO 2 to complete assignments 1 In AccelTest click the Responder menu and choose Ee GES TES Start Student Paced Session The Responder Session Start Student Paced Session s Start Teacher Paced Session Manager window will open 2 Next students follow these steps to connect to the session Delete Session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs The default PIN is 1212 if you have not changed it NEO 2s never have assigned owners and don t require PINs c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter wy x Make sure your W students know the d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a Receiver name See specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N page
11. aN Assignments Sessions Gradebook lasses Add Student Add Class Enroll Students x Different teachers gt may see different classes and students AccelTest requires every person who logs in to Master Student List Class Oca 3 Reading Rossetti the computer with a unique Name Enrolled Students user name and passwor d to Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob select OF create a database Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah rE You will see only the classes Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte and students that are in your Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin database Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Khamil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley Vnetkenm Tneninn Eenikh Ali in 1 46 1 24 The Classes tab shows your This list shows you which students classes and students are in the selected class Use these buttons to add students In the Classes menu you can or classes or to enroll students in choose other tasks such as the selected class importing editing exportin
12. d like to change the instructions that are used by amount of space for the answer default on printed assignments edit the text in the However please note that you can Instruction field change the options for each item i If necessary change the default number of points that as you create or change A students can earn for each item assignments Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the student s answer on printed assignments Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 157 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Short Answer Sets the default options for short Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment answer items on assignments Creation and choose Short Answer The Assignment including the instructions point Creation Options dialog box will open values and the amount of space If you d like to change the instructions that are used by for the answer on printed default on printed assignments edit the text in the assignments However please Instruction field note that you can change the p y 8 If necessary change the default number of points that options for each item as you i students can earn for each item create or change assignments Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the student s answer on printed assignment
13. s ID for your school or district IDs can include numbers only After entering the information click OK 2 Add Student Middle Name Last Name If you want to add more students click Yes in the alert that appears Then enter the name and ID for each additional student and click Add When you ve finished click Done If you don t want to add more students click No in the alert To enroll the student s in classes see page 19 18 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Enrolling Students in a Class Enrolling Students in a Class 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that needs students enrolled from the Class drop down list 3 Click Enroll Students E AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Master Student List Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia 4 Check the boxes next to the students that you want to enroll in the selected class Notice that the list shows which classes the students are already enrolled in You can also click Se
14. 23 0 Homework 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 26 23 0 In Class 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 14 23 0 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting one student double click the square for the first item in the assignment t Assignment 2 Science Quiz 1 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan Hanson Abigail Johnson Myra King Lydia Lee Joshua Little Julia McKinney LeShandra Mitchell D shon Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Rossetti Alexander 1 MC q 3 TF 4 TF ipts _ 1 pts _ 1 pts __ 1 pts 5 YN d1 pts Score Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 92 W already be entered in this wizard if you scored the assisted response items using the Responder NEO 2 or the AccelScan Scanner Ps Some answers will x Free Response IZ Grading Worksheet Teachers can use the Free Response Grading Worksh
15. Assignment Results 139 Assignment Standards 139 Assignments 139 Class Standards 140 descriptions 138 Form Numbers 140 Free Response Grading Worksheet 140 Gradebook Summary by Term 141 Group Assignment 141 Overdue Assignments 141 preferences 152 previewing 137 printing 137 Program Information 142 Student Grade 142 Student ID 142 Student Record 143 Student Standards 143 Reprinting assignments 84 Resending notes 111 Resetting the owner of a Responder 14 Responder 1 160 and homework 87 assigning a student owner 12 calculator 161 changing a student s PIN 13 completing assignments 87 disabling the calculator 161 displaying a student s PIN 14 firmware versions 14 font size 160 models 14 preference 147 previewing assignments 73 reading notes 110 resetting the student owner 14 scoring assignments 89 short answer questions on 134 student feedback 78 support for owned Responders 147 updating the firmware 14 Rights 149 Accel Test User Manual INDEX S SA Short Answer 39 98 Saving assignments with a new name 71 Scanner connecting 5 port 148 preferences 148 scoring assignments 90 sensitivity 148 Scanner settings 56 148 Scanning cards for scoring 90 Scanning correct answers for a score key 56 Scanning session ending 91 starting 90 School name 147 School year 148 preference 148 showing in Gradebook 97 Score keys aligning items to standards 57 creating
16. Editing Assignments Printed or projected assignments e Finding Perimeters Fie Edit Assignments E Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 AM Page 1 Responder assignments Christina Rossetti Class Name E Verb Tenses LA5 Renaissance School Form Ni File Edit Assignments The floor of the longest trailer made for a se perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 32f B 61f A He claim he didn t break the chair B He stirring the pot of soup 0 it wouldn t stick C They talks to their flowers to make them grow Which is the perimeter of the square below To add items see page 62 the questions will look on the screen In the preview window use the arrow buttons to go to the next and previous questions When you ve finished click OK To change an item see page 64 To move one see page 66 le i Bie A A SEa Use the gt and 4 buttons to go to the next or previous page or question Use the l4 and gt i To set the standards for an item click it and click buttons to go to the first or last page or question Align Item See page 57 To go to a specific page or question enter the For assignments that will be viewed on the question or page number and press the Enter or Responder or NEO 2 click Preview to see how return key on your keyboard AccelTest User Manual 61 Adding Items to the As
17. For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 G AccelTest User Manual 10 11 If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an Using the Teacher Paced Session E Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment USING SESSIONS Category O H Assignment is extra credit Assignment is an exam Cancel exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay
18. Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments ESEA Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help PI A Assignments Sessions Start Student Paced Session Start Teacher Paced Session Grade 6 Rossetti Send Note to All Students Send Note to Arnold Jacob Note History For Arnold Jacob tionsSentence Struct In Class 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 10 19 2009 10 27 2009 7 8 16 Points Possible Assigned Scored 23 0 23 0 23 0 Arnold Jacob Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Jamal Waiting Waiting Waiting Camacho Luis Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Rebekah Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 2 Choose who will receive the note e If you want to send the same note to all students click the Responder menu and choose Send Note to All Students e If you want to send a note to one student click the student s name in the Gradebook Then click the Responder menu and choose Send Note to the student s name e If you want to send a note to a few selected students hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the student names You can select a group by clicking the first student name in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last student name in the group Then click the Responder
19. If you chose to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect ones 120 14 15 16 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Repeat steps 11 13 for each question on the assignment Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s Starting a Session for Verbal Questions x The Responder W types available depend on the Devices preference For example NEO 2 will not be an option for sessions unless you open the Devices preference and check NEO 2 For more information see page 145 AccelTest User Manual 5 On the next panel leave Include Short Answer Questions checked if you want to use short answer questions in the assignment Then click Next Some Responders may not be compatible with short answer questions see page 14 Choose whether you want the assignment to be
20. If you choose this tab click next to the assignment that has SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest the items you want to use Then select the items in the list After choosing the items click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 E Add Items Template Library Assignment standards Countries of Central America Identify the Artist Who Created the Work Multiplication Grade 3 17 Multiple choice 21 Multiple choice 24 Multiple choice E Rounding Numbers Multiple items selected Cone e Standards On this tab you can select items that have already been aligned to standards in other AccelTest assignments If you choose this tab click the next to the standards agency that relates to the assignment Expand categories as needed until you see the standard for which you want to add items Then select the items associated with that standard in the list After choosing the items click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 E Add Items a Template Library Assignment Standards Ilinois E NCTM NCTM 2000 Grades 3 5 2000 Reprinted excerpted Fr E Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates E Grade 3 Math Item Bank Estimate calculate with whole numbers E Estimate and add subtract 3 4 digits numbe 1 Multiple choice 2 Multiple choice Grade 3 Math Word Problems Multiple items selected Cone 4
21. Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley Emih Alisin 1 24 3 Select the students that you want to remove from the class in the list on the right To select one student click the student s name To select more than one use one of these two methods e If the names aren t next to each other in the list hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the student names e If the names are next to each other in the list click the first name you want to select hold down the Shift key and click the last name in the group you want to select The first name the last name and all names in between will be selected 4 Click the Classes menu and choose Unenroll Reports Preferences Windd Students This option isn t available if you don t start Add Student from the Classes tab EA Import from File 5 Click Yes to continue when the program asks if you re O sure you want to unenroll the students Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import from Renaissance Place Enroll Students AccelTest User Manual 20 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Classes from Renaissance Place Importing Classes from Renaissance Place By following the steps below you can import classes from your Renaissance Place programs When you do this the students and their class enrol
22. SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Changing Editing Assignments Important You cannot change assignments once you have added them to a class Gradebook If you want to create another version of the assignment you can make a copy see page 71 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the assignment you want to change E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help D Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned g eter Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 AM Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKkey Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 AM Verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 9 38 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 When the assignment opens you can add edit move or delete items change the assignment properties title subject fonts layout and whether points are shown change the mode how the assignment is presented or scored or change the standards alignments that you ve set for the items in the assignment See the instructions on the following pages AccelTest User Manual 60 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing
23. To add standards to standards in other AccelTest assignments If you choose this tab click the W your database see next to the standards agency that relates to the assignment Expand page 32 You can categories as needed until you see the standard for which you want to add align each item on an items Then select the items associated with that standard that you want to assignment to standards by add to the assignment and click Add clicking the item and clicking Align Item see page 57 Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Ilinois NCTM E NCTM 2000 Grades 3 5 2000 Reprinted excerpted Fr Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates 5 Grade 3 Math Item Bank Estimate calculate with whole numbers E Estimate and add subtract 3 4 digits numbe Multiple items selected Grade 3 Math Word Problems Changing Editing an Item on an Assignment There are two ways to begin editing an item e Click the item to highlight it then click Edit Item e Double click the item When you do this a wizard will open to help you edit the questions in the assignment The item you chose will be the one shown Make your changes to the question the answers or the options for the question If you want to change another item click Next or Previous to go to that item When you ve finished your changes to all items click OK AccelTest User Manual 64 M edited right away If you
24. Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 110 x Students don t see W new notes or changed notes right away they have to synchronize first See page 110 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 2 Note History for Camacho Luis 3 Click the Responder menu and choose Note History for the student s name on the previous page The Note History will show you the notes you ve sent to this student so far Turn in reading logs Friday Field Trip on Friday O You can re sort the list by clicking one of the column headings The dark column heading shows you how the list is sorted In this example the list is sorted by the date when the status changed You could click the Title heading to sort the list by note title Locked notes can t be deleted by students In the Status column Sent means you ve sent the note but you don t have confirmation that the student read it Confirmed means the student has seen the note on the Responder Deleted means you have deleted the note in the Note History it does not mean the student has deleted the note You may have deleted the note before or after the student saw it 44 Confirmed 10 4 2009 Confirmed 10 4 2009 Click New if you want to send a new note to the student O If you want to
25. Yes No item preferences 156 Assignments Report 139 Auto Update preference 145 Automatic updates 6 B Book files 146 Accel Test User Manual INDEX C Calculations for grades 98 Calculator in Responder 161 disabling 161 Cartesian plots 48 Categories preference 145 effect on grades 99 Category weights 99 145 Cells in the Gradebook 140 Changing a class name 27 Changing a student s PIN 13 Changing assignment dates in the Gradebook 85 Changing assignment mode 67 Changing assignments 60 Changing items on assignments 64 Changing notes 110 Changing score keys 69 Changing student IDs 28 Changing student names 28 Changing the password for AccelTest 147 Changing the Receiver name 10 Checking for updates to the software 6 Class Standards Report 140 Classes 17 adding 18 changing the name 27 deleting 29 enrolling students 19 importing from Renaissance Place 21 removing students 20 tab 17 unenrolling students 20 viewing 17 Closing AccelTest software 8 Comma separated value CSV files 23 Completing AccelScan assignments 88 Completing assignments 87 Computer requirements 3 Connecting the AccelScan scanner 5 Connecting the Renaissance Receiver 5 Copying assignments 71 Creating assignments 39 CSV files 23 163 D Data Location preference 145 149 Database 145 Default Fonts preference 155 Default password 6 Default Student PIN 13 Deleting a class 29 Deleting ass
26. assignments including the instructions the default point values the default number of answer choices and the default number of columns for answer choices Please note that you can choose different options for each item as you create or change assignments Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Creation and choose Multiple Choice The Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open If you d like to change the instructions that are used by default on printed assignments edit the text in the Instruction field If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many possible answers you want to include for each item by default This can be changed for each item Use the Columns drop down list to choose the default number of columns you want to use for answer the choices below the question This applies to printed assignments it can be changed for assignments Click OK to save your changes True False Sets the default options for Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment true false items on assignments Creation and choose True False The Assignment including the instructions and Creation Options dialog box will open point values However please If you d like to change the instructions that are used by note that you can change the default on printed assignments edit the text in the options for each item as you Instruct
27. choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session E Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Category A O Assignment is extra credit Assignment is an exam exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open the window will show the first slide in your PowerPoint presentation Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answer
28. d like to continue click Next If not click Cancel Click Done to finish changing the mode 68 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Score Keys Changing Editing Score Keys 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the score key you want to change E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Score Key ScoreKkey 9 7 21 2009 11 13 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 2009 11 04 AM Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 AM Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKkey Scanner 7 21 2009 10 01 AM Verb Tenses LA5 AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 AM English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M 3 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose the answers You can add or delete items changes your answers or change the point values To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press Delete on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key Windows or the 36 key Macintosh as you click the items You
29. e M Matching R Ranking e NR Numeric response e SA Short answer E Essay When you ve finished viewing the scores for each item click Done How Grades Are Calculated In the last column of the Gradebook you ll see the overall grade for the time period you re viewing the entire school year or a specific term By default AccelTest calculates grades by dividing points earned by the points possible on each assignment The software then chooses the appropriate letter grade based on the scale you ve chosen in the Grading Scale preference Term Semester and Final Grades Term grades are derived from the assignment scores Semester grades are computed by averaging term grades Final grades for the year are computed using semester or trimester grades if there is no final exam If there are no semesters in the school year only term grades are used For example ist Term Grade 81 2nd Term Grade 75 3rd Term Grade 82 4th Term Grade 86 ist Semester Grade 81 75 2 78 2nd Semester Grade 82 86 2 84 Final Grade 78 84 2 81 x The Exam oa i The Exam preference settings determine how final exam grades are included in the YW preference is ignored if there are grade calculation See page 146 For example if final exams are 30 of the term no exams in the grading grade and a student earned 75 on the exam period Term Grade 81 X 70 56 7 Final Exam 75 X 30 22 5 Grade i
30. numbered 1 x version if you want a small font or the even numbered version if you want a large font then press Select 6 Enter the Administrator PIN when the Responder asks you to do this the default is 1234 then press Enter 7 The Responder will start updating the firmware The program shows you its progress as it does the update When the update is complete the Responder will show you the new version number Press any key to go to the Responder menu or the student PIN entry screen 160 OTHER RESPONDER FEATURES AND SETTINGS Using the Calculator in the Responder Using the Calculator in the Responder If you are using a 4 x or 1 x firmware version see page 14 the Responder has a a NEO 2 alSonas a calculator that students can use for simple math operations If you don t want students ciara his calculator the teach isable the calculator for all ing th SmartApplet To find to use this ca cu ator the teac er can disable the calculator ora students using the out how to use it see the NEO Renaissance Wireless Server Utility program see page 161 for instructions The 2 Quick Guide calculator is not included on Responders using version 2 x or 3 x firmware Using the Calculator Follow these steps to use the calculator in the Responder Press the On Off button 2 Press W to scroll down to Calculator then press Select 3 If the program asks if you want to stay connected to the Receiver press yes True and press Select 4 Foll
31. scanner first For AccelScan model 1100 Serial Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first 8 When you ve finished the message will close and you ll return to the score key If necessary change the points add items delete items or change the assignment properties as described above Then click Done 9 Click Save to save your score key 56 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key AccelTest User Manual By following the steps below you can align items on your assignments to any standards you have added To add standards to your database see page 32 Once you ve done this you can use the Assignment Standards Report to see the alignments you ve set up and when students have completed the assignment you can use the Class Standards and Student Standards reports to see how students performed on the aligned standards For more about reports see page 137 1 If the assignment is already open go to step 2 If not click the Assignments tab and double click the assignment for which you want to set alignments 2 Click the item that you want to align to highlight that item You can only align one item at a time Finding Perimeters File Edit Assignments Done Add Items Edit Item Properties Align Item B Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 200
32. such as a line segment point sine etc The remaining options depend on what you choose AccelTest User Manual 48 AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments Number Line Plots These plots show positions on a standard number line When you add a number line you can choose whether to view the axes a point ora segment For the axes you can enter the limits that is the range of numbers shown on the line You can also choose the value of each tick mark on the line and the intervals for labeling tick marks for example 2 would mean every second tick mark would be labeled For a point you can enter the value of the point on the number line the size diameter of the point and whether to make it black white or transparent For a segment you can enter the value of each end of the segment the symbol you d like to use on each end the weight thickness of the line and the type of line Polar Plots When you add a polar plot you can choose whether to view the axes or one of three plots If you choose one of the plots you can then choose what to show a point text circle or cardoid For the axes you can enter the limits in terms of the radius the ring interval that is how far apart the rings are and the ring interval label For example 2 would mean every second ring is labeled Fora point you can choose the location size diameter and color For text you can
33. time you start AccelTest after folder Then open the AccelTest a mm E G y A the upgrade the Data Back Forward View Computer Home Favornes Applications Migration Tool will convert folder Double click AccelTest in a your database to the newest that folder A gt gt format This may take some AccelTest Equation Editor Equation Editor Help time Ls 4 Ubrary ATSoftwareManual pdf Read Me tat 2 If this is the first time you have started AccelTest the program may ask you to choose a data location and enter your serial number See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide for details AccelTest User Manual 5 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software 3 Enter your password If you haven t changed it the default password is admin Then click OK Enter your password 4 If this is the first time you have started l AccelTest the program will ask if you want to set up your school year and terms It s a good idea to do this right away so your grading periods are available To do this click Setup School Year Now and follow the instructions for the School Year preference on page 148 E AccelTest Password Checking for Updates to the Software x Ifyou update from W version 2 x to version 3 x the first time you start AccelTest after the upgrade the Data Migration Tool will convert your database to the newest format This may take some time AccelTest User Manual AccelTest automati
34. 100 Student ID Student Record Ling Lin Yao Waiting 90 Student Standards 95 AccelTest User Manual 152 PREFERENCES Setting Reports Preferences Once you choose one of the Reports preferences you can click the drop down list and switch to the preference for another report When you do this any changes you chose for the first preference will still be saved when you click OK Report Options Answer Key O Print Preview Setting Follow these steps to change the report preferences 1 Click the Preferences menu choose Reports and choose the report for which you want to change preferences The Report Options window will open 2 Click the Print Preview drop down list to choose what will happen when you choose the report e Ask means the program will ask if you want to preview the report or print it every time you choose the report e Always Preview means the program will always open the preview window when you choose the report You can print the report from this window e Always Print means the program will always print the report without showing you the preview window first 3 Some reports have additional preferences in the Report Options window e Assignment Analysis Report Check the Display item details box if you want the report to include the number of students who chose each possible answer to each assisted response question e Assignment Results Report Use the following optio
35. 12 14 for each question on the assignment Be sure to click Next Slide or Previous Slide as needed to show the slides that should accompany each question Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s PowerPoint Sessions with Verbal Questions 7 Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next 2 Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details Will this assignment be scored O Yes E allow anonymous access Qo Run as a survey poll voting If you chose to score the assignment the next scr
36. 2009 10 12 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 Points Possible 10 10 7 Assigned Scored 23 4 23 0 23 0 Students ID__ Status Anderson Eric 102 8 Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah 104 9 Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew 106 7 Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte 108 5 Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda 110 waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan 112 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel 114 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan 116 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting jedian 0 4 3 Click Assign If students require printed copies of the assignment based on the choices you made when you created the assignment student copies of the assignment will automatically be printed at your default printer Printing Assignments for Students AccelTest User Manual When you create an assignment see page 39 you choose whether printed assignments will be used When you add the assignment to the Gradebook see page 77 or when you assign it to individual students see page 83 AccelTest prints the assignment automatically for each student You don t need to print assignments separately If you need to reprint an assignment for a student go to the Gradebook and click the square at the intersection of the student s name and the assignment then click Assign again Since the assignment is already assigned the program will simply r
37. 50 editing 69 exporting 74 for Responder or NEO 2 assignments 50 for scanner assignments 53 scanning correct answers 56 Scores as percentages in Gradebook 97 as points in Gradebook 97 in the Gradebook 96 overriding in Gradebook 94 Scoring assignments 89 AccelScan 90 free response items 91 manually 91 NEO 2 89 points only assignments 94 Responder 89 scanner 90 Semester grades 98 Semesters 148 Sending notes to students 108 Sensitivity of scanner 148 Sent 96 Serial number 147 Serial number for AccelTest 7 Server settings 161 167 Sessions 112 definition 112 student paced 131 teacher paced 113 114 118 121 124 viewing results for past sessions 135 Setting a student s PIN 13 Setting the Administrator PIN 11 Setting up assignments 37 Setting up the 2Know classroom response system 9 Setting up your data 8 Short answer 39 on Responders 134 preference 158 Show entire school year 97 Show term in Gradebook 97 Slash between scores 94 Software updates 6 Standard grading scale A to F 99 Standards 32 adding 32 33 34 35 146 aligning assignment items to 57 deleting 36 Starting a scanning session 90 Starting AccelTest software 5 Student feedback on Responder or NEO 2 assignments 78 Student Grade Report 142 Student ID Report 142 Student names exporting 30 Student PIN 13 14 changing 13 displaying 14 Student Record Report 143 Student Standards Report 143 Stude
38. Grade ooo 325 2 eee a i e a ob alata Sates Pa Oe oe eee eae castes 142 Student ID dore lot ae eM ee eee ee ie oe 142 Student ReGord 324 2 nesadaeas dae eaa E EE saad Havahaeee ae eee 143 Student Standards orii viecidos sides wed ch telah See dade held a he nate dee NA 143 PrelenenCes esata ad eae ee a E 144 AccelTest Preferences 00 c ccc cece cece een teen cnet etn oo 144 Auto Updaten is ioro shh rei teia a En Che ad eed ee ae nde a ea 145 Assignment Creationi isi dicho Site eb iid are Mel da ac tieacti ee hai oe blag oleae 145 Categories ace 24 a wh sie eh bad ae aaa Nid OA ORE ESS 145 Data Location oap i pieu oie e a ertuntend R A dvb th scene EA E EAE le with in E ENAS 145 DEVICES aa ead td iaun we e i ed EE E E ee Be EEEa de eel 145 lD eat a a EEA A ws E N E A E OEE E 146 Grading Scalene a a wes oboe Mae ne eee de A E E EE 146 Libraries Stand idS orkai on a n Bsn aa wend a a E a eae dia 146 Passwords arene e E E E ET ee enw E E wed dead 147 Registration Information 0 cece cece cee eee e nen e eee een eens 147 RE POLES 32505 56 cage te hee Gees a Scere acres See hs oes O N woe akg Pasa heals Sette a E E 147 RESPONGED 33s jcarces ser 40s Sin hte aami a areas are Qube MRED ane anand Sereda ease 147 Scanner Settings waive we video ve awn wad EE OTe Tee eo ee Ewa eo 148 Schooh Year ss4 fo 5 EE E E ah as BG Be hte ie Bites be Sie S 148 Setting the Data Location Preference 0 cee cece eee eee e eens 1
39. Libraries Standards Yeso l Countries of South America AccelTest Password Matching Book 1 Quiz AccelTest Registration Inf ti Ranking Social Science Quiz 1 Score Key OSTOON OPEN se Numeric Response Art 101 Exam Score Key Reports English 101 Exam AccelTest Responder Short Answer In Class Geography Quiz Score Key Scanner Settings Essay School Year Subjects ssignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Multiple Choice True False AccelTest User Manual 38 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Item Question Types Item Question Types When you create assignments in AccelTest you can choose from the item types listed below You choose the number of items to include from each type and the point values The item types that are available for a specific assignment depend on how you ve chosen to present the assignment to students and score the assignment Assisted Response Item Types e Multiple choice MC e Matching M Ranking R True False TF e Yes No YN Free Response Item Types Essay E Short Answer SA e Numeric Response NR Creating Assignments in AccelTest x Score keys and W points only assignments On the Assignments tab you can also create score keys for scoring assignments that exist outside AccelTest see page 50 In the Gradebook you can create points only assignments when you add assignments to the Gradebook see page 77 AccelTes
40. Next click Yes if your assignment needs a start date or No if it does not Then click Yes if your assignment needs a due date or click No if there is no due date If you choose Yes for either date enter the date or click the calendar button and click a date on the calendar that appears You can use the arrows in the calendar to move to a different month If you want to make today the start or due date click Today under the calendar If you choose No for the due date you won t be able to assign the assignment now if you assign it later the program will ask you to set a due date When you re ready to continue click Next E Add Assignment Wizard Enter Start Due Dates Do you want your assignment to have a start date Yes Q O 9121 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 ONo Do you want your assignment to have a due date Yes 9 28 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 ONo Cancel If you chose a due date for the assignment choose whether to assign the assignment to all students or just some Then click Next This choice won t appear if you didn t choose a due date for the assignment 79 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook If you chose to select the students on the next panel check the box next to each student who needs the assignment or click Select All to choose all the students Then click Next E Add Assignment Wizard Select Students Name O Anderson Eric
41. O Arnold Jacob E Brentwood Leah O Brooks Matthew O Cline Charlotte El Davis Rebekah O Donne ee O Fuller Keisha E Greene Nathan CO Hanson Abigail CO Khang Bao O Knutson Jessica O Ling Lin Yao v m a Mavbin Aiekin 4 24 Select All Deselect All 9 Read the Summary If the information is correct click Done If not click Back to make changes If the assignment is a printed assignment a copy will be printed for each student after you click Done If the assignment is a score key and the score key is meant to be scored with the AccelScan scanner the Form Numbers Report will be generated so that you have each student s number for scoring Depending on the setting of the Form Numbers Report preference you may be asked whether you want to preview or print click one of the options To print the report on your own see page 137 Your assignment will appear in the Gradebook to the right of previously added assignments The students that you assigned it to will have Waiting in the column under your new assignment or Pending if the assignment has not yet started Adding a Points Only Assignment 5 Enter the information for the points only assignment Enter a title on the next page e Choose a subject from the Subject drop down list e Enter the total points that can be awarded for the assignment You can add Choose the term when students will complete the assignment
42. Receiver name appears click yes True and press Select If more than one change the PIN see page 11 Receiver name appears scroll to select the correct Receiver then press Select Press Enter your administrator PIN and press ENTER 5 The Responder will tell you the device is unlocked and it will show you the student s PIN Make a note of the forgotten PIN then press any key The student can use this PIN the next time he or she uses the Responder Resetting the Student Owner of a Responder When you need to reset the owner of a Responder follow these steps Press the On Off button to start the Responder Press If your Receiver name appears click yes True and press Select If more than one Receiver name appears scroll to select the correct Receiver then press Select Enter your administrator PIN and press ENTER The Responder will tell you the device is unlocked and it will show you the student s PIN Press any key 6 Press W to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Reset Owner then press Select Enter the administrator PIN again and press ENTER The owner will be reset so no student will own the Responder To assign a new owner see page 12 Responder Models Firmware Versions and Updates Firmware is the software that runs inside your Responders and Receiver The firmware version that can be run on your Responder depends on your Responder model which is shown on the la
43. and will notify you M SHOW Scores 2 Ponts ae f Show Scores as Percentages when it s ready to start scoring J Sha Entire School Vane Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term Show Sth Term Score Assignments eS Scanner is ready Please insert a card Scanner Settings Scanning Cards Now students or teachers can scan their cards by following these steps 3 Make sure the correct form number is filled in at the top of the card both in the squares and in the circles Each student s form number is unique for each assignment it is printed on that student s assignment Accel Test a OF YOAVS PUN AccelTest User Manual 90 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 4 Make sure answers are filled in properly e Make sure that all answers have been filled in and marked next to the correct problem numbers e Erase any stray marks e If any answers were changed be sure the old answers are completely erased 5 For AccelScan model 2110 shown or 2210 Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first as shown to the right For AccelScan model 1100 USB Insert the card face down with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first For AccelScan model 1100 Serial Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first 6 The program will tell you that the results have been sent click OK The card will co
44. been assigned to students Important note for teacher paced sessions Do not add assignments that you will use with teacher paced sessions on the Responder or NEO 2 or assignments that are projected When sessions are complete AccelTest adds the assignments with scores to the Gradebook so you should not add the assignments separately Projected assignments are always teacher paced and are only used with in class sessions so you can t add them as described below View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 Click Add Click the type of assignment you want to add e AccelTest assignments are assignments you ve created on the Assignments tab in this software see page 39 They include the questions and answers e Score keys allow you to use AccelTest to score assignments that exist outside of the program They include only answers not the assignment questions Score keys are also added on the Assignments tab see page 50 e Points only assignments are not on the Assignments tab in this software They are simply a record of points you award students for an assignment You do not need to create these assignments before adding them 2 Add Assignment Wizard Select Assignment Type What type of assignment do you want to add AccelTest O Score Key O Points Only Cancel AccelTest User Manual 77 4 Click Next Then follow the instructions for the type of assignment you chose to add USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding A
45. changes and click OK To choose or change the standards aligned with the items click the item and click Align Item See page 57 52 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Creating a New Score Key for an Assignment That Will Be Scored with Scanners 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes an Subjects v New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEO 2 10 7 18 2009 9 10 4M Verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder 7 14 2009 11 27 AM Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printe Responder 7 14 2009 10 22 AM Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 21 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder 7 14 2009 10 16 AM Countries of Europe AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 11 AM Science Lab 3 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 14 2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 7 14 2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key ScoreKey Responder 7 14 2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual 7 14 2009 8 58 AM 3 Enter the title of the assignment and choose the subject from the drop down list Then click Score Key and click the Scanner scor
46. checked by default To disable it often the program checks for updates If you remove the check mark in the Auto Update have ee to oe oS e hee Enabled box can also reset the ignored updates so that 5 you ll have the chance to select them again Click the Frequency drop down menu and select how often you want updates daily weekly or monthly 4 Click Reset Ignored to if you want the chance to install updates that you previously chose to ignore You will then be able to see these updates once again so you can install them 5 Click OK to save your changes Assignment The assignment creation preferences allow See page 154 Creation you to choose the default options for the appearance of your assignments and for the item types Categories Use this preference to create or change 1 Click the Preferences menu and select categories for assignments You choose an Categories The Categories dialog box will open assignment category when you add an 2 Make your changes to the categories assignment to your Gradebook In this eee s oat e To add a category click in a field and type the preference you can also do the following Assi ich category name e Assign a weight to each category to set fan how the assignments affect students final e To change a category name click in the field and grades make your changes Decide whether to drop a student s worst At the bottom of the dialog box click Category score for assignments in each category Wei
47. choose the location enter the text and choose the justification left center or right For a circle you can choose the radius line weight range location line style and units radians degrees or revolutions Click Update after changing your plot settings Click Close to go back to your assignment item where the plot will be inserted If you decide to delete the plot at any time simply click the plot and press the Delete key on your keyboard E Item 20f 5 Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices 5 v Columns 2 v Shuffle all Question Choices 49 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment If you are using assignments that were created outside of AccelTest you can still use AccelTest to score them To do this create score keys for the assignments The assignments themselves will not be in AccelTest but the score keys will provide the correct answers to the software The steps for creating a score key depend on how you will score the assignment If you will have students enter their answers on Responders or NEO 2s follow the steps on page 50 If you want students to mark their answers on a scan card and then scan each card to score the assignment see page 53 Creating a New Score Key for Assignments That Will Be Done on Responders or NEO 2s 1 I
48. chose an existing assignment see page 118 to continue e Verbal questions are for in class work that you want to do without creating an AccelTest assignment If you chose verbal questions go to page 121 e PowerPoint slides are an option on Windows computers only If you chose PowerPoint slides see page 124 to continue AccelTest User Manual 113 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Starting a Session for Projected Assignments 5 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subject from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find Then click Next t Responder Session Wizard Yw This listis limited to Select Assignment W the assignments Tall Subjects 0 that you chose to make Projected when you Tee Meese a 9 18 2009 11 38 AM created assignments The 7 5 9 18 2009 11 38 AM Sonnet Forms 9 18 2009 11 49 AM scoring method you chose when creating the selected assignment determines whether students can use Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions 6 Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use thi
49. eee eee e teen eeeee 91 AccelTest User Manual CONTENTS Scoring Points Only Assignments 0 eee e eee cette ee recente eeees 94 Overriding Scores in the Gradebook 00 cee ccc eect eee ence nenes 94 Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook ee ee eee eee 96 About the Scores and Status Messages in the Gradebook 222005 96 Changing How Scores Are Shown 0 e eset eee eee e eee eeeeeeees 97 Viewing Students Scores for Each Item on an Assignment 97 How Grades Are Calculated 0 c ccc cc cece teen cnet reene 98 Term Semester and Final Grades 0 ccc cc cece cece cee e nee n eens 98 How AccelTest Preferences Affect Grades 0 cece cece eee ec eee e ee eeee 99 Categories Category Weights eee eee eee eee cent eee eee eee 99 EXAMS aseni Coote eased Rae cea ER TA Ded a wee abe E dads 99 Grading Scale ssn oteras srira ne raina aa iad pate edeageeaula hes 99 Extra Credib oe node E E a etc Ses GE Ma ae Pe eR SN MN ROI eG 100 Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments cess sees 100 How AccelTest Uses Points Possible with Extra Credit 100 How Category Weights Work with Extra Credit 22 eee eee 100 Exporting Scores from AccelTest 0 cee eee e ccc eee eee eee eeee 102 Exporting Results from One Class s Assignments in the Gradebook 102 Exp
50. following the steps below you can export student names and IDs to a text file The xy Ifyou want to export file will have the header LNAME FNAME MNAME ID and each line will include WF students spite one student s last name first name middle name if it s available and ID in this assignment scores as instead see page 102 format Smith Olivia Marie 135 1 Click the Classes menu and choose Export to File Reports Preferences Wind The Export Students Assistant will start Add Student Edit Student 2 Click an option to choose whether to export all students Delete Student or just those in one class If you choose Selected Iriport rom Eos Class click the drop down list and choose the class aa R lass Then click Next Edit Class Delete Class t Export Students Assistant mi Import from Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students Select Students to Export O All Students Grade 3 Rossetti Cancel 3 Enter a name for the file in the File Name field Then click Select Folder open the folder where you want to save the file and click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh Click Next to continue E Export Students Assistant Type in the name of the Export File Type the name of the file to be exported and click Select Folder to choose the location where the file will be saved File Name ATStudentNames Select Folder File will be saved
51. from the Renaissance Learning Web Site AccelTest User Manual STANDARDS 5 On the next panel check the box next to each state or other agency for which you want to add standards Then click Next Install Standards Choose the agencies you would like to find standards for Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Cancel Check the box next to each standard that you want to add Be sure to scroll down to see all available standards If you want to check all the standards click Select All to remove all check marks click Deselect All After choosing the standards click Install Install Standards Choose standards to install JTHAAAAAAAANAAANANAARE California Math adopted 1997 Grade 1 California Mathematics Content Standards From the Mathemat California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 1 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 2 California English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 3 California English Language Arts Content Standards From t
52. information you will be asked to set up your terms and possibly semesters Add your classes Page 18 Add or import your students Page 18 Add the standards that you would like to Page 32 align items to on your assignments Review the Subjects preference and if Page 149 necessary add to or edit the subject list Use the Device preference to choose which Page 145 types of assignments you will use Responder NEO 2 projected scanner and or printed Look at the Categories preference and add or Page 145 edit categories to fit the subjects you teach You can set grade weights for categories decide whether a category s worst score should be dropped and choose how to calculate grades Review the Grading Scale preference You Page 146 may want to change the Grading Scale to fit your grading system Look at the Exams preference You may want Page 146 to adjust the percent and marking period the exam grade applies to Closing the AccelTest Software Windows To close the software click the button or click the File menu and choose Exit Macintosh To close the software click the AccelTest menu and choose Quit AccelTest AccelTest User Manual 8 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System First follow the instructions in either the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide or the NEO 2 Quick Guide to do
53. it to will have Waiting in the column under your new assignment or Pending for future assignments 82 USING THE GRADEBOOK Assigning Assignments to Students Assigning Assignments to Students x Before you assign WL assignments you must create the assignments add your students and enroll students in classes AccelTest User Manual When you add an assignment to a class Gradebook you can choose the students that you d like to assign it to By following the steps below you can assign the assignments to more students in the class 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 2 Select the student s who need the assignment To select one student and assignment click where the column for the assignment and the student and assignment select the square s where the assignment column row for the student meet To select more than one and student row meet Hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click the students squares in the column for that assignment t AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help EEE Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Grade 3 Rossetti S All Subjects y Add Assigned Scored Fa Quiz1 Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto uiz Quiz Quiz Homework 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 In Class 10 2
54. key Macintosh as you Click it To choose a group Click the first item hold down the Shift key and click the last item AccelTest User Manual REPORTS Report Descriptions The table below lists the AccelTest reports The table tells you what to select before you choose the report and it includes a brief description of each report What to Select Before Report Name Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Answer Key GototheGradebooktab Use this report when you need answer keys and select assignment for assignments For each student this name s at the top of report shows you the correct answer to every the column student question on the assignment except for name s or the questions that can t be automatically graded students scores You for that assignment such as essay can choose more than questions It also shows you the number of one assignment points possible per item Each student s student or score answer key may be different if you chose to shuffle multiple choice questions when you created the assignment Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Assignment GototheGradebooktab Use this report to get detailed information Analysis and select one or more about class performance on an assignment assignment names at the top of the column The report includes assignment information the number of students for whom the assignment was assigned and scored the average median high and low
55. libraries 4 Click Close to close the dialog box AccelTest 146 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Password Use this preference to change the AccelTest 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Password password It s a good idea to change the The Change Password dialog box will open password after you install the program to 2 Type your current password in the Current Password keep it secure The default password is field pein 3 Press the Tab key and type your new password in the New Password field 4 Press Tab again and type your new password in the Confirm Password field 5 Click OK to save your new password Anyone who logs into the program must use the new password the next time AccelTest is started Registration Use this preference to see your AccelTest 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Information serial number and to change your school or Registration Information The serial number is teacher name at the top of the dialog box that will open 2 Ifnecessary change the school name and or teacher name 3 Click OK to save any changes you have made Reports The Reports preferences allow you to See page 152 choose the options you prefer to use for the AccelTest reports Responder Use this preference to decide whether you 1 Click the Preferences menu and select want the program to support owned Responder Responders see page 12 to assign student 2 Check the
56. menu and choose Send Note to Selected Students Persia Gradebook Classes Report Start Student Paced Session Start Teacher Paced Session Send Note to All Students Send Note to Selected Students AccelTest User Manual 108 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 3 Enter a title for the note and the text body of the note If you don t want to allow students to delete the note check the Locked box When you have finished click Send The notes will be sent to the students you chose E Send Note Field Trip on Friday Don t forget to return your permission slips before the field trip on Friday Cane After you send a note you ll see an N in the Status column for the students For locked notes you ll see a lock at the lower right corner of the N When the student has read the note on his or her Responder as described below the N will disappear E Accellest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year DER File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help ETA Assignments Sessions Grade 6 Rossetti v Al Subjects pote of CerSimple EquationsSentence Struct in Class In Class In Class 10 3 2009 10 3 2009 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 10 19 2009 10 27 2009 8 16 6 2 23 0 23 0 ID _ Status 103 N Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Jamal 105 Waiting Waiting Waiting Camacho Luis 107 Waiting Waiting Wa
57. or folder you re importing Update Name and Update All Names These options are available when the ID for a student in the import source matches the ID of a student in your AccelTest database Clicking Update Name changes the name of the student in the database to match the student with the same ID in the import source Update All Names does this for all students with matching IDs Make sure the student in your AccelTest database is the same as the one in the import source before doing this to avoid attributing a student s grades to another name Skip and Skip All If the student information that s already in your database is correct and you don t want to replace it or update it with information from the file click Skip to skip just this student without importing the student or Skip All to skip all duplicate students in the file 25 AccelTest User Manual CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File 7 Next choose whether to enroll the students you re importing in a class After choosing an option and a class if necessary click Next E Import Students Wizard Enroll Students Do you wish to enroll the imported students in a class Oo Do not enroll the students in a class o Enroll the students in an existing class Qo Enroll the students in a new class Click this option if you want to Click this option if you want to import the students but you enroll the students you re don t want to enroll
58. or unexcused choosing the report absences It also includes the dates for each However please note term that the report will You can use this as a report card if you don t include only the class have standard report cards or you can use it you ve selected on the as a reference when you create student Gradebook tab report cards Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Student ID Nothing you can Use this report to get each student s choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab AccelTest ID Students who don t own their Responders need to enter their IDs when they participate in a teacher paced or student paced session students who use NEO 2s also need to enter their IDs during sessions You set each student s ID when you add the student see page 18 or edit the student s information see page 28 Preferences page 152 Print preview setting 142 AccelTest User Manual REPORTS Report Descriptions What to Select Before Report Name Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Student Nothing you can Use this report to get a record of all Record choose this report from assignments that each student has any AccelTest tab and completed The report lists the assignments you don t need to select by subject and sho
59. scored and choose the responder type Click Yes or No to choose whether the assignment will be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer Click one of the responder type options to choose how students will enter their responses using either a Responder or a NEO 2 if you choose Responder or using a NEO 2 only Both Responder and NEO 2 sessions allow you to ask multiple choice true false yes no numeric response and short answer questions Responders need firmware version 3 x or higher if students will be answering short answer questions see page 14 When you re ready to continue click Next t Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details will this assignment be scored oO Yes Allow anonymous access Run as a survey poll voting Responder Type e Responder ONEO 2 Only Cancel 121 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 7 If you chose to score the ZEPTER assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Enter the title ay choose a subject and WP assignment categories using the enter the number of Categories preference see point
60. than 20 digits or that includes letters AccelTest When you import Select Classes Class N will give the student a new ID i EI Grade 3 Math G3M Rossetti 2009 2010 that fits AccelTest x C Grade 6 Math G6M Nilsen 2009 2010 requirements You can edit Oz Grade 6 Math G6M Rossetti 2009 2010 the ID by e diting the student s CO Keyboarding Keyboarding 2009 2010 information see page 28 1 5 O Select All Deselect All C Do not enroll students into the class To choose classes one by one Check this box if you don t want check the box next to each to enroll the students that are class that you want to import being imported into the class If To select all the classes listed the box is checked the class click Select All This checks the name is not imported and the box hex toeachiclass students aren t enrolled ina class when they are imported To remove the check mark from but you can enroll them into a all classes listed click Deselect class after importing them All 6 Read the Summary to make sure you ve chosen the correct classes Then click Next 7 Click Done when the program tells you it has finished importing students AccelTest User Manual 22 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File Importing Student Names from a File Instead of adding students you may be able to import their names from another a D y ou wani to rogram youre u
61. the 2Know Classroom Response System 6 You will be asked to enter your AccelTest student ID AccelTest automatically x Student IDs are also assigns an ID number to each student you add To see student ID numbers click W available in the the Classes tab in the AccelTest software Then refer to the ID numbers in the Student ID Report master student list on the left side of the tab 2 AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Cl Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia v mbean Inerinn 1 46 Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley
62. the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your changes and click OK To choose or change the standard aligned with an item click it and click Align Item See page 57 Q To scan a form with the correct answers so that these are changed in the score key click Scan Form For detailed instructions see page 56 5 Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the score key changes 70 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Copying Assignments Copying Assignments By following the steps below you can copy an assignment or score key that you ve created This can be helpful if you want to create a variant of an assignment that is already in a class Gradebook You cannot change the original assignment once you ve added it to the Gradebook but you can edit the new copy that you have not used yet In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the assignment that you want to copy The assignment will open E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment j Title Type Presentation Score with g Points Last Saved Aligned Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 AM Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 10 17 AM Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 2
63. the following e Connect the Renaissance Receiver to your computer e Install check the charge of or replace batteries in your Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s The following instructions describe other tasks that will help you use Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s with AccelTest software Setting Up the 2Know Classroom Response System Perform these tasks to set up the 2Know classroom response system Task Where to Find Instructions Give a unique name to each Receiver so Page 10 students and teachers can tell them apart when they choose a Receiver on their Responders __ a Change the Administrator Personal Page 11 About NEO 2 setup Identification Number PIN used for logging W Although NEO 2s in to the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility cannot be assigned and for changing settings or owners for owners students can use Responders them to complete assignments either in Assign a student owner to each Responder if Page 12 student paced sessions or you want to be able to send students teacher paced sessions For homework and notes homework and notes Renaissance Responders are Perform firmware updates as needed Page 14 required NEO 2s do not require firmware updates because they receive updates through the NEO Manager software AccelTest User Manual 9 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Assigning a Unique Name to Each Receiver If You Have Mo
64. the student presses no False then Select and the Responder goes back to the first question so the student can enter additional answers or check the answers he or she has already entered The student can repeat steps 6 8 above to complete other Homework assignments In the list of Homework checked assignments are complete When the student has finished all homework the student must return to the menu highlight Synchronize again and press Select to send the completed homework back to the teacher s computer for automatic scoring Any homework that wasn t completed won t be turned in during the synchronization Using the AccelScan Scan Cards When you create assignments see page 39 and choose the Scanner scoring method you must also choose to use printed assignments When you assign the assignment to students in your Gradebook the program prints a copy of the assignment for each student Each student has a unique form number at the top of that assignment Make sure each student has a blank AccelTest scan card for this assignment Students follow the steps below to complete the assignment 1 The student fills in his or her unique form number at the top of the card and fills in the circles for the form number as shown below Accel Test iS WEN hop Yoav AccelTest User Manual 88 For Manual Scoring USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Next the student fills in an answer for each multiple choice qu
65. them in a importing in a class that already class now This is a good choice exists Then use the drop down if you are importing students list to choose the class that are actually in different classes To enroll the students in classes later see page 19 Click this option if you want to enroll the students in a new class Then click in the blank field and type a name for your new class 8 Read the information in the summary to make sure it is correct Then click Done to continue If you need to make changes click Back to go back and make your corrections 26 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Editing a Class Name Editing a Class Name 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that you want to edit from the Class drop down list on this tab Y AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year DER Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebool 0 Master Student List Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Name Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samu
66. this assignment to the Gradebook first Assignments that you use in teacher paced sessions will be added to the Gradebook as you complete each session If you do more than one session for different students the assignment will be added to the Gradebook once for each session Follow these steps to use a teacher paced session for in class work 1 In AccelTest click the Sessions tab E AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help FE Assignments C Gradebook Classes Grade 6 Rossetti v O Title Type Last Submission Reading Quiz 10 4 Teacher Paced Scored 10 4 2009 9 42 AM Sentence Structure Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 50 AM Simple Equations Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 46 AM Choose your class from the drop down list Click the Responder menu and choose Start Teacher Paced Session The Responder Session Start Student Paced Session Wizard will start Start Teacher Paced Session i CaA Gradebook Classes Report 4 Click one of the options to choose the type of assignment then click Next Then follow the instructions for the type of assignment you chose Delete Session e Projection assignments are those that you chose to present with a projector when you created the assignments See page 114 to continue if you chose a projection assignment e Existing assignments are other assignments you ve created in AccelTest If you
67. to C Exports ATStudentNames txt 4 Click Finish to create the file AccelTest User Manual 30 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Deleting a Student Deleting a Student Follow the steps below to delete a student When you delete a student you lose mee Volcan export all information for that student This includes the student s classes and grades IZ assignment results for a student so you 1 Make sure the students that you want to delete have been unenrolled from their have a record of the 20 student s grades See classes see page 20 page 102 2 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest In the list on the left select the students who need to be deleted from your database To select one student click the student s name To select more than one use one of these two methods r e If the names aren t next to each other in the list hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the student names e If the names are next to each other in the list click the first name you want to select hold down the Shift key and click the last name in the group you want to select The first name the last name and all names in between will be selected t AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook 6 Reports Preferences Window Help Add Student Add Class Enroll Students p Assignments Sessions Gradebook lt a Master Student List
68. 007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Q Select All Deselect All students in the list After choosing the students to enroll in the class click OK AccelTest User Manual CLASSES AND STUDENTS Unenrolling Students from a Class Unenrolling Students from a Class If you want to unenroll one or more students from a class follow these steps 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Using the Class drop down list choose the class that needs students unenrolled t AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebool Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia Vmnkean Inerios 1 46 vv Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah O Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail
69. 1 2009 10 01 AM Verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 AM En i 7 h Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed 3 Click the File menu and choose Save As Enter a new name for the assignment You can also change the subject if necessary Then click OK E Save Assignment Specify a title and subject For this assignment entral America Subject Geography v 5 You are now working in the copy of the assignment If necessary make changes to the items or properties When you have finished your changes click Done 6 If you ve made any changes click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment AccelTest User Manual 71 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab y Opening the 2 Double click the assignment that you want to print The assignment will open D 7 assignment ensures that you E AccelTest Entire School Year DER can select the printer If you File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help simply select the assignment oy Gradebook Classes in the list before choosing File and Print some operating All Subjects _ E systems use the default printer without allowing you to Title Type Prese
70. 10 to change the name NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report AccelTest User Manual 131 x Notes about W students using Responders e NEO 2 Only assignments are not available when students are using Responders Students who use Responders during a student paced session will only be given the opportunity to complete Responder assignments They will not see NEO 2 Only assignments e If an assignment includes short answer items but the Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual 4 USING SESSIONS Using the Student Paced Sessions If the student only has one non Homework assignment available in the Gradebook the Responder or NEO 2 will ask if the student is ready to work on the assignment The student should press yes Responder or Y NEO 2 and then press Enter If the student has more than one non Homework assignment in the Gradebook the Responder or NEO 2 will ask the student to choose the assignment to work on The studen
71. 110 waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan 112 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel 114 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan 116 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 0 4 3 Click the Gradebook menu and choose Assignment eza Fas Go Properties Assignment Pre R Remove Assignment Start Scanning Score Cards Export Results v Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages v Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term AccelTest User Manual 85 USING THE GRADEBOOK Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook Assignments 4 Make changes to the Gradebook assignment properties as needed Then click OK to save the changes 2 Assignment Properties Title Multiplication Division Word Problems Term list Term Category li o C Assignment is extra credit C Assignment is an exam V Assignment has a start date e 7 28 2009 V Assignment has a due date 8 4 2009 Term 7 28 2009 to 10 24 2009 Q M Turn on Student Feedback Choose the term when the exam To see how this affects assignment will be done grades see page 99 Choose whether the assignment Check the boxes if you want start will be Homework In Class work a and due dates for the assignment test a quiz or extra credit This can Then enter the date or click the a
72. 2 wx Responder and NEO IZ 2assignments don t have all options available If students will view questions on the Responder or NEO 2 you cannot change the number of columns or the font and you cannot add a graphic equation or plot Be sure to limit the questions for Responder assignments to 150 characters if possible including spaces and punctuation so students don t need to scroll to read the question AccelTest User Manual 5 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest If you entered the number of items and point values on the Templates tab a wizard will open to help you create the questions in the assignment Enter the information for each question or item then click Next gt If you chose to add instructions you ll also be asked to enter or edit those instructions When you finish the last item click OK 2 Item 5 of 16 Edit Times New Roman Instruction Question Choices Answer Points Choices 4 v R Columns X Q Je S000 C Coe Cm Eo Shuffle None v choose Correct as is s Choose the best way to write the underlined section If there are no mistakes Cheyenne s father gave she and her brother a tent Q A gave her and her brother B gave her brother and she C gave her and she brother D Correct as 1s A 1 Cores eas TQ oO The options depend on the item ty
73. 2009 10 19 2009 14 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 7 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 26 23 4 23 0 23 0 23 0 2 0 Students ID Status Anderson Eric 102 Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan 8 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 9 Waiting Waiting Waiting 7 Waiting Waiting Waiting 5 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 0 4 To assign all available assignments to students select one or more student names instead 83 x Ifyou didn t set a JZ due date for the assignment when you added it to the Gradebook the program will ask you to set a due date when you assign it Choose or enter a date and click OK s USING THE GRADEBOOK Printing Assignments for Students To assign a specific assignment to the whole class click the assignment name at the top of the column Y AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help UAE Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes v Al Subjects Add Fa Quiz1 Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication Fagira T E uiz Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2
74. 46 adding graphics 45 adding items 62 adding items aligned to standards 42 64 adding items from other assignments 63 adding plots 48 adding to the Gradebook 77 aligning items to standards 57 answer spaces 67 assigning to students 83 categories 38 changing 60 changing mode 67 completing 87 completing for AccelScan 88 completing for manual scoring 89 completing with the Responder or NEO 2 87 copying 71 creating 39 creating score keys 50 default fonts 155 deleting 75 editing 60 editor 44 61 Essay item preferences 158 existing and AccelTest 2 exporting 74 exporting results 102 104 162 exporting scoring data 102 104 fonts 66 importing 59 in class 2 layout 67 library items 41 margins 67 Matching item preferences 157 mode 67 moving items 66 Multiple Choice item preferences 156 Numeric Response item preferences 157 preferences 38 154 previewing Responder and NEO 2 assignments 73 Print layout preference 155 printing for students 84 printing one copy 72 properties 66 Ranking item preferences 157 removing from the Gradebook 107 Report 139 reprinting 84 scoring 89 scoring manually 91 scoring options 40 scoring with AccelScan scanner 90 scoring with NEO 2 89 scoring with Responder 89 Short Answer item preferences 158 showing points 67 subjects 38 66 template 41 title 66 True False item preferences 156 unassigning 105 viewing 37
75. 49 Check Rights Before Choosing or Creating a Different Data Folder 149 Rights Required for Network Data Folders 0 cece eee ee eee 149 Subjects os ayes was een e E ee E eo oA cnet OE ot atin E a 149 Rights Required for Data Folders on Windows 2000 Windows XP and OS 10 COMPULETS sos oa cise gta ks Sw eae Sh a eit ie BS SO ord eines Ha GE gS Sle ows 150 How to Choose a Different Data Location 0 c cece eee eee eee e eens 151 Setting Reports Preferences 2 cece cece eee e eee e nee eeee 152 Setting Assignment Creation Preferences 0 eee eee eee ee eee 154 Accel Test User Manual Accel Test CONTENTS About Libraries 2 40 e086 a4 24 Se ovata eS 159 Installing Accelerated Math Libraries 0 c cece cece eee e rennene 159 Other Responder Features and Settings 160 Changing the Responder Font Size cece cece eee eee ee eee 160 Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RESP 00000 160 Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RES 1001 00005 160 Using the Calculator in the Responder 2 cee eee eee eee eee 161 Using the Calculator si te mio uT u da Sb ase weve Vang eae ecard ara ase gle ave E aves 161 Disabling the Calculator Function 00 eee cece eee e eee e eee 161 PIMOS case hate aiee a e pa ao hte Bets fa tena en decane Ue ee oh acd 162 User Manual vi WELCOME TO A
76. 6 Cline Charlotte 108 Del Castillo Miranda 110 Duncan Morgan 112 Evans Samuel 114 Gordon Jonathan 116 Hanson Abigail 118 edian D If an assignment has not yet been scored but it has been assigned to the student you will see Waiting if the assignment isn t due yet Pending if it hasn t started yet or Overdue if it is past due Important Unlike assignments marked Waiting Overdue assignments will be scored as a 0 For homework you will see Sent if the student has retrieved homework on his or her Responder but the student hasn t finished the homework yet AccelTest User Manual 96 Changing How Scores Are Shown USING THE GRADEBOOK Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook At the bottom of the Gradebook you ll see either mean or median scores If you want to switch from mean scores to median scores or from median scores to mean click the word in the lower left corner of the Gradebook on the previous page To view students scores for a different time period click the EZE Classes Reports Pref Gradebook menu and choose either Show Entire School Assignment Properties Year or a specific term To change how the scores are shown either in percentages or points click the Gradebook menu and choose either Show Scores as Points or Show Scores as Percentages Remove Assignment Start Scanning Score Cards Export Results v Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages Show 1
77. 8 10 05 57 AM Page 1 Christina Rossetti Class Name gt Renaissance School Form Number 0 lt Student Name gt The floor of the longest trailer made for a semi truck is 53 feet long and 8 feet wide Which is the perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 328 B 61 C 1228 D 2128 Which is the perimeter of the square below 3 Click Align Item This button is not available if you select more than one item 4 Inthe list at the top of the window click the next to the standards group you re interested in to see the standards in that group Continue to expand the standards or categories until you see one standard that you want to align this item to Then click that standard and click Add The standard will appear in the list at the bottom of the window Repeat this step for each standard you want to add 57 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key Standards Alignment x If you change your gt mind and want to Available Standards remove a standard WIB NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS you ve chosen to align the WIC GEOMETRY A y E WI D MEASUREMENT item to simply click th e O WI D a MEASURABLE ATTRIBUTES standard in the bottom list to WI Db DIRECT MEASUREMENT highlight it and click Remove E WI D c INDIRECT MEASUREMENT WI D c 1 Estimate measurement using U S customary and metric measurements ine perimeter and area of regular she ind
78. 9 8 46 AM There are two types of sessions Student paced sessions When you start a student paced session students can work on any of the Responder or NEO 2 assignments that are assigned to them in the Gradebook except Homework which is done separately on Responders only Ina student paced session students don t need to wait for the teacher to ask a question they can answer the questions that are sent to them on the Responder or NEO 2 or that they see on a printed copy of the assignment The AccelTest software automatically scores the student s submitted responses During a session teachers can see which students are working on assignments and how many questions they have answered so far Teacher paced sessions Use teacher paced sessions for work that you want your students to do together in class Students must wait until teachers ask and send each question The assignments used in teacher paced sessions shouldn t be added to the Gradebook beforehand AccelTest will add them after you finish the session and it will automatically score the students responses During a session teachers may see which students have responded to each question and how many have answered the questions correctly 112 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Using the Teacher Paced Session Use teacher paced sessions when you want students to use their Responders to complete the same assignment at the same time in class Do not add
79. 9 Waiting Pending Mitchell D shon 120 Waiting Pending ledian 3 Click the Gradebook menu and choose Export Results EE cesses Reports Pref Assignment Properties 4 Choose the file location and enter a name for the file Then Sealed click Save Sid bathe dh Start Scanning Score Cards 5 Click OK when the program notifies you that student results have been exported v Show Scores as Points Show Scores as Percentages v Show Entire School Year Show 1st Term Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Show 4th Term AccelTest User Manual 103 Exporting Detailed Scoring Data for One Assignment and Multiple Classes AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest By following these steps you can export detailed scoring data from one assignment The file includes results from all classes For each student the file includes scoring data for each question on the assignment The file is in CSV comma separated value format so that you can easily open it in a spreadsheet program 1 Click the Assignments tab in AccelTest 2 Click the assignment for which you want to export scoring data AccelTest Rossetti Section 1 Entire School Year File Edit FESstiiiiies Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help New Assignment Assignmen ses Delete All Subje Import New Assignment Export Presentation Score With Grade 3 Mat
80. Assignment Go to the Assignments Use this report when yov ve aligned Standards tab and select assignment questions to standards see assignment name s page 57 and you want to see the alignments You can choose more you ve set The report includes the agency than one assignment If and standard set name used for the no assignments are alignments each standard code and selected the report will description the number of questions aligned include all assignments to each standard and the total points that have items aligned possible for those questions to standards Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Assignments Nothing you can Use this report to get a list of all assignments choose this report from any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report found in the Assignments tab It can give you a quick overview of the available assignments that you may want to use in your Gradebook The report includes the date the assignment last changed how it should be presented and scored the total number of points available and whether the assignment has already been assigned in a Gradebook Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Sort order for assignments 139 REPORTS Report Descriptions Report Name What to Select Before Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Class Standards Go to the Gradebook tab and select the class The report will include a
81. CCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM How the 2Know x Your Responder W model number and firmware version determine which features the Responder supports For more information see page 14 AccelTest User Manual The 2Know classroom response system allows students to enter their answers to assignments on hand held Responders or NEO 2s for quick automatic scoring The system also allows teachers to send homework and notes to students AccelTest software allows you to create your own quizzes tests and assignments for any subject score assignments quickly and have the scores entered in its electronic Gradebook AccelTest can help you manage all your existing assignments quizzes and tests Classroom Response System Works The optional 2Know classroom response system includes a Renaissance Receiver and Renaissance Responders The Renaissance Receiver is connected to the teacher s computer Working with the AccelTest software it sends assignments homework and notes from the teacher to students Responders When students use the Responders to complete assignments the Receiver sends their responses to the AccelTest software for quick automatic scoring When you purchase the 2Know classroom response system students use hand held Renaissance Responders to answer Renaissance Responder questions to assignments They can also use them to get their assignments and notes from the teacher If
82. Class Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Name Enrolled Students Adams Sarah Anderson Eric Anderson Eric 34 Arnold Jacob Arnold Jacob B Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Brooks Jamal Cline Charlotte Brooks Matthew Davis Rebekah Camacho Luis Donne Benjamin Cline Charlotte Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Del Castillo Miranda Greene Nathan Donne Benjamin Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Espinosa Johanna Knutson Jessica Evans Samuel Ling Lin Yao Fuller Keisha Martin Austin Gordon Jonathan Mitchell D shon Greene Nathan O Connor Nicole Hanson Abigail Pagel David Jackson Cody Pope Khamil Johnson Myra Randall Jason Khang Bao a Ryan Ashley Vinna ridin Craik Alisin 3 47 1 24 4 Click the Classes menu and choose Delete amis Eero Chel Student This option isn t available if you don t start Add Student Edit Student Delete Student Import from File Export to File from the Classes tab 5 Click Yes to continue when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the students Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import from Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students AccelTest User Manual 31 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database AccelTest User Manual Before you start adding or importing your assignments you should add the standards that are relevant for your school or district By doing this
83. Craik Alisia 1 24 7 On the Responder enter the ID number of the student that should own this Responder Then press Select or ENTER 8 The Responder will identify the student owner by name and show a default PIN Each student s PIN is 1212 when you first assign the Responder owner If you want to change a student s PIN see the steps below Changing a Student s Personal Identification Number PIN for a Responder 1 On the Responder the student owns press the On Off button to start the Responder 2 Enter the student s current PIN and press Enter The default PIN is 1212 you may have changed it or set a different one 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings and press Select Press W to scroll down to Change PIN and press Select 5 The student s name will appear and you ll be asked to enter a new PIN Enter the letters and or numbers for the new PIN 1 11 characters and press ENTER The Responder will identify the student owner by name and show the new PIN AccelTest User Manual 13 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Displaying a Forgotten Student PIN If a student owner of a Responder forgets his or her PIN follow these steps to see the x Entering the ae number WY Administrator PIN If you make a mistake 1 Press the On Off button to start the Responder while entering the Administrator PIN you can press CLEAR to start over To 3 If your
84. D Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Changing the Administrator PIN The Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN is used when you reset the student owner for a Responder when you view a student s forgotten PIN on the Responder when you update Responder firmware or when you log in to the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility at the teacher s computer Follow these steps if you need to change the Administrator PIN 1 Open the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility program e Windows computers Right click the ha icon in the task bar in the lower right corner of your screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start gt Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server gt Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Macintosh computers If you see the E icon in the dock click it to start the utility You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 2 Enter the Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN in the Server Login dialog box and click OK If you haven t changed the PIN before now it is 1234 3 Click the Server Settings tab Click Set Administrator PIN Renaissance Wireless Server Utility DER File Edit Tools Help Server is running Click Stop to shutdown the Renaissance Wireless Server 7 i eae Receivers Wireless Devices Network Name TP Receiver Us
85. Date 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 3 5 2003 12 30 1899 12 30 1899 12 30 1899 12 30 1899 4 Click Delete Close 5 When the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the standards click Yes 6 Click Close to close the preference 36 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS This section explains how to create print change or delete assignments or score keys that you will use for your class Viewing the List of Assignments To view the list of assignments you ve created so far or to create new ones start by clicking the Assignments tab When you create assignments you choose the types of items questions to include the number of items and the point value for each item If you want to use assignments that you already have outside of AccelTest you can create a score key to score them quickly within the program t AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help DAR Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects CA v New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With Points Estimation AccelTest Printed NEO 2 10 Verb T AccelTest Ri d Ri d Last Saved Aligned 7 18 2009 9 10 AM 127 l Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printed Responder 7 14 2009 Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 21 AM Countries of Central Ame
86. Deselect All 7 When the standards have been installed you will return to the Standards tab in the Libraries Standards dialog box The standards that you added will be listed Click Close to close the preference 33 STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database Adding Standards from a File 5 On the Install Standards panel click Browse Install Standards Browse to a folder and select standards to install A Folder C AccelTest 3 0 Docs Content4StandardsAT AccelTest SAMPLE 20070806 Standard Files Found 282 6 In the dialog box that opens open the folder that contains the content with the standards you want to add Then click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh Click Next On the next panel check the box next to each state or other agency for which you want to add standards Then click Next Install Standards Choose the agencies you would like to load standards from California C Florida Illinois New York Tennessee Texas AccelTest User Manual Select All Deselect All 34 AccelTest User Manual STANDARDS Adding Standards to Your Database 9 Check the box next to each standard that you want to add Be sure to scroll down to see all available standards If you want to check all the standards click Select All to remove all check marks click Deselect All After choosing the standards click Install Install St
87. ESP Responders For Responders with the model number RESP on the back choose the most recent firmware version the highest number RES 1001 Responders For Responders with the model number RES 1001 on the back do one of the following e If you are using a 1 xx firmware version see the table on page 15 and you want to switch between the small and large fonts scroll to the even numbered version to choose the large font or scroll to the odd numbered version to choose the small font e If you want to switch the Responder to a MathFacts in a Flash Responder scroll to the 2 xx firmware version e Ifyou want the ability to answer short answer questions with Responders scroll to the 3 xx firmware version Choose the highest version number of the type you want to get the latest version Press Select Enter the Administrator PIN when the Responder asks you to do this the default is 1234 and press Enter The Responder will start updating the firmware The program shows you its progress as it does the update When the update is complete the Responder will show you the new version number Press any key to go to the Responder menu or the student PIN entry screen 16 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Using the Classes Tab To set up or view your classes or students click the Classes tab t AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help
88. Gradebook Classes All Subjects M New Assignment B Title Type Presentation Score With Points Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEO 2 10 7 18 2009 9 10 4M a verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder 7 14 2009 11 27 AM g p Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 21 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder 7 14 2009 10 16 AM Countries of Europe AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 11 4M Science Lab 3 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 14 2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 7 14 2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key ScoreKey Responder 7 14 2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual 7 14 2009 8 58 AM 3 Enter information about the s 2 New Assignment assignment Then click OK Fill in the details for your assignment a Enter the title o x Assignment and Title W scoring options The b Choose the subject from the i Devices preference Subject drop down list Subject Engish n et options are c Click the option that shows how This assignment will be Score your assignment with Aval aG TIO YOW students will see the questions Ose key Oresponder Assignment window To see C Responder O NEO 2 only on the Responder or NEO the NEO 2 and Scanner f OMEO 2 only Dh options you may need to 2 projected on a screen or on A Onana change the preference The a printed copy If you want to s
89. Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help ED Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classe Master Student List Name Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Jackson Cody Johnson Myra Khang Bao King Lydia Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Randall Jason Ryan Ashley Craik Alisin 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Delete Class This option isn t available if you don t start from the Classes tab 4 Click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the class AccelTest User Manual 1 24 Preferences wWinda Add Student Edit Student Delete Student Import from File Export to File Add Class Edit Class Import from a Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students CLASSES AND STUDENTS Exporting Student Information Exporting Student Information aud eda By
90. LEmikh Al 1 24 Gradebook Click this tab to assign or print assignments and monitor student scores CA Assignments Click this tab to create change or delete assignments Sessions Click this tab to start or monitor Classes Click this tab to add edit or teacher paced or student paced sessions delete students and classes and to manage class enrollment You ll find other tasks in the menus at the top of the screen For example to set preferences click the Preferences menu and choose a preference To generate reports click the Reports menu and choose a report AccelTest User Manual 7 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Tasks to Be Completed for AccelTest After AccelTest is installed on your computer complete these tasks to set up your data and start using the software for your assignments Task Where to Find Instructions x Don t forget your M 2Know classroom Create or select a data location database AccelTest Software Installation Guide response system You will be asked to do this the first time you Ifyou want to change your data setup See page 9 for a list of start AccelTest after installing the software location see page 149 the tasks you should complete to start using the 2Know Set up your school year information so that Page 148 classroom response system AccelTest can include it in your assignments automatically As you enter your school year
91. Miranda 110 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan 112 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Evans Samuel 114 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Gordon Jonathan 116 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 3 Type the new score that you want to override the old one Then click elsewhere in the Gradebook For most assignments except points only assignments the student s original score will be shown in the upper left corner of the cell then you will see a and the student s override score in the lower right corner of the cell DoR AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes AccelTest User Manual Grade 3 Rossetti bd fan Subjects J Laat sn Points Possible Assigned Scored paa Quiz 1 uiz 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 23 0 Quiz 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 7 23 0 Homework 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 26 23 0 In Class 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 14 23 0 Students ID__Status Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 8 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting
92. NEO 2s 133 Multiple Choice True False and Yes No Questions 2 eee eee eee 133 Numeric Response Questions 00 cee cece eee e eee eee e eee enaes 133 Short Answer Questions 00 cece cece eee cece eee n een eee neeeenes 134 Viewing Information on Past Sessions 0c eee cece ereere eene 135 Accel Test User Manual CONTENTS ROPOMS 545 0 Riad bee VR ee ae ea es 137 Printing or Previewing AccelTest Reports 2 eee eee e eee eens 137 Report Descriptions 0 cee cece eee teen ee nee eene eens 138 Answer Keyin d side a aA Ae wed wee cu eee don E eens 138 Assignment Analysis cesses bie a A a victuals EEA ba wai N E aA 138 Assignment Results siise cesaecst ese base scodd E deena ia E E ERA gs 139 Assignment Standards ie sc eanc eas eae ee toe Mh he SA ee ee a AS 139 Assignments en ae et educa den Sikes ears Soe a eee ae SON ee e eaga 139 Class Stanidards i255 asd Soke hn bh Le AS eG eae a E gala gee ee ae 140 Form Numbers 2 20 s eas acas ences Lean sane eae a a waded tad ed eae Soe 140 Free Response Grading Worksheet 0 cece eee eee cent eee eeeee 140 Gradebook Summary by Term 1 1 2 ccs eee cece e ent e eee eeaee 141 Group Assignments oa en e a ag E E bade Dat ieee esi a 141 Overdue Assignments 0 ccc cece eee eee e eet e eset eect enneeees 141 Program Information 0 cece cece een eee eee e eee e eee E EEE 142 Student
93. NEO 2s When you add the assignment to the Gradebook see page 77 you choose the category of the assignment In Class Homework Test Quiz or Extra Credit Completing In Class Assignments Including Quizzes Tests and Exams Using a Responder or NEO 2 For these assignments you must start a session so students can take the assignment in class For more information see page 112 Completing Homework Using the Responder Only When a teacher adds assignments to a class Gradebook the teacher chooses the assignment category One of these categories is Homework Any homework in your Gradebook that is set up to use the Responder as the scoring method is available to students on their Responders but not NEO 2s which don t support Homework If you re not sure what scoring method is selected for a specific assignment click the Assignments tab find the assignment and check the Score With column Students can follow these steps to retrieve and complete homework on their Responders Students must own their Responders to follow these steps see page 12 1 If the Responder isn t already on press the On Off button 2 The student enters his her Personal Identification Number PIN and presses Enter or Select The default PIN is 1212 you may have changed it or set a different one 3 On the menu the student must press W to scroll down to Synchronize then press Select or Enter When synchronization is finished the Responder will show
94. NG UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Enter the title of the assignment and choose the subject from the drop down list Then click Score Key and click Title O Responder or NEO 2 Only for the subject fengin scoring method You cannot nee choose manual scoring Click OK Oscore vey O Responder O NEO 2 Only O Projected O Printed 2 New Assignment Fill in the details for your assignment Score your assignment with Responder O NEO 2 Only Q O Scanner Cancel Enter the number of items of each type you want to include and the number of points students can earn for each of these items You can choose multiple choice true false yes no numeric response and or short answer items When you ve finished click Add 2 Add Items q Template Library Assignment Standards Number of Items Points Per Item Total Item Types Multiple Choice True False Yes No Numeric Response Short Answer Assignment Total Cone 5 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose or enter the answers and set the points for each question To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press Delete on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holding down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items You can select a group of items by clicking the f
95. Waiting Waiting waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting 95 USING THE GRADEBOOK Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook Viewing Assignment Scores in the Gradebook About the Scores and Status Messages in the Gradebook The Gradebook shows students scores for each assignment and their overall scores for the time period you ve chosen to view If you see more than one score in a cell with a between the scores the Gradebook is showing you the original score and the overriding score that you entered by double clicking the cell see page 94 Median or mean scores appear at the bottom of the window you can click the word Mean or Median to switch between mean or median scores t AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Grade 3 Rossetti v al Subjects Add Engish Quiz 1 Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto wiz Quiz Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 10 7 26 14 Assigned Scored 23 8 23 1 46 11 23 0 23 0 Students ID Status Brentwood Leah 104 Brooks Matthew 10
96. a Windows 2000 and XP or Users user name AppData Roaming AccelTest Windows Vista and 7 On OS X computers the Owner Group and Everyone must have Read and Write permissions to the Renaissance Learning and Renaissance Wireless Server folders in Library Application Support On all computers users must have at least read access to the AccelTest program location AccelTest User Manual Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 Networks Grant the PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference Modify Permission to the data folder on your network server including all files If you want to assign specific rights to the folder make sure you include the Read Write and Delete permissions e Novell Networks Grant the following rights to the data folder on your network server including all files RWCEMF read write create erase modify and file scan Unix Linux Networks Grant the following permissions to the data folder on your network server including all files Read Write and Execute drwxrwxrwx for the owner group and others If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read Write and Execute permissions to the owner and to that particular group only drwxrwx e AppleShare Networks Grant the following privileges to the data folder on your network server including all files AppleShare 4 x Check all nine boxes AppleShare IP 5 x and 6 x Pencil and glas
97. aces Creation and choose Print Layout The Assignment should be printed The settings Creation Options dialog box will open apply only to printed and Enter the top bottom left and right margins in inches projected assignments and you Click Fheontonst Y can change the options for a Click one of the options for answer spaces You can F include space beside each question or on a separate specific assignment by changing rast h tio indud the assignment properties when sheet or you can choose not to include answer spaces you edit the assignment See Click OK to save your changes Changing Assignment Properties on page 66 AccelTest User Manual 155 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does Projector Sets the projector screen size for Layout projected assignments so that they will display properly in the assignment editor when you create or edit the assignments Note that this does not affect how the assignment will look when it is actually projected the software will use your projector s native screen size How to Change It Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Creation and choose Projector Layout The Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open Click the drop down list and choose the screen size that you are using at your computer Click OK to save your changes Multiple Sets the default options for Choice multiple choice items on
98. age scores or points To choose the time period click the Gradebook menu and choose either Show Entire School Year or a specific term To choose the score type click the Gradebook menu and choose either Show Scores as Points or Show Scores as Percentages AccelTest User Manual This section explains how to add or assign assignments print them score them and monitor grades in your Gradebook It also explains how students complete the assignments Gradebook Click the Gradebook tab in AccelTest 2 Click the left drop down list to choose the class whose Gradebook you want to view 3 Click the second drop down list to choose the subject for the assignments you want to view or choose All Subjects t AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder r Reports Preferences Window Help PEER Assignments Sessions en Grade 6 Rossetti O D E ba All Subjects O Add Countries of Cer Simple EquationsSentence Struct n Class 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 In Class 10 3 2009 In Class 10 3 2009 Points Possible Assigned Scored 10 19 20 10 27 2009 7 8 16 O O Kef11 23 8 23 8 ID Status 103 105 Camacho Luis 107 Davis Rebekah 109 Donne Benjamin tir Espinosa Johanna 113 Fuller Keisha 115 Greene Nathan 117 edian Click the Gradebook tab to view a class Gradebook Click this drop down list to choose the class This drop dow
99. ales are e Standard A to F e Pass Fail e Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory e 1to010 AccelTest User Manual 99 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated Extra Credit Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments You can use extra credit assignments to allow your students to improve their grades There are two ways to do this and you can choose either method when you add an assignment to your Gradebook and assign it to students see page 77 e You can select the Extra Credit category and use this category for all of your extra credit work This is the preferred way to handle extra credit if you are using category weights to compute grades See the Categories preference on page 146 e You can check a box to designate an assignment in any category homework test or quiz as an extra credit assignment You may prefer to do this if you are using points possible to compute grades How AccelTest Uses Points Possible with Extra Credit Assignments designated as Extra Credit contribute to each student s points earned but not to the total points possible so that students can improve their score See the example below where the student earned 5 points out of o possible on the extra credit assignment When you give assignments for Extra Credit it is possible for students to earn enough points so they achieve a term or semester grade above 100 However AccelTest limits the grade to 100 Homework Chapter 9 10 Qui
100. all or delete Follow the steps below to install libraries To add Standards AccelTest libraries or to add or remove standards see page 32 to align assignment items to standards standards see page 57 Libraries contain book files with items that l Click the Preferences psa u and me l you can add to assignments For more about EEk Standards The Libraries dialog box finding these libraries see page 159 If you WISOpen own a desktop version of Accelerated Math 2 Ifyou want to install libraries click Add Then open such as version 2 x you can install your the folder where your libraries currently exist and Accelerated Math libraries in AccelTest see click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh When page 159 the program finishes the installation it will notify You can also add standards that you can you Click OR align your assignment items to This allows 3 Ifyou want to delete libraries select the libraries you to get information about how students that you want to delete first To select one click its are performing on standards See the Class name To select more than one hold down the Ctrl Standards Assignments Standards and key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click Student Standards Reports the library names or to select a group click the first library in the group hold down the Shift key and click the last library in the group Click Delete Then click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the
101. and subjects listed below If you would like to add other categories ee a or subjects you can use the Categories preference see categories Data Location page 145 or the Subjects preference see page 149 in the devices Preferences menu sie ee rading Scale Libraries Standards Default e Homework cuales i Registration Information Categories e In Class Reports gt i Responder Quiz Scanner Settings y School Year Default e English Subjects O Subjects e Geography e Grammar e History e Math e Reading e Science The Devices preference lets you choose the types of assignments you will have Responder NEO 2 projected scanner and or printed The Assignment Creation preferences set the default standard font for your assignments the layout and the default values for each type of item that you might include on assignments For example for multiple choice items you can choose the number of points you d normally give for each item the number of choices you use most often and the number of columns For more on these preferences see page 154 t AccelTest Grade 3 Math G3M Maxwell Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports REGGIA Window Help Auto Update I EM ates Categories Print Layout All Subjects v New Assignment Data Location Projector Layout Devices Exams Title Type Grading Scale Algebra I Quiz 1 AccelTest it
102. andards Choose standards to install Os 1 ELA s 3 California ELA 1999 Grade 2 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 3 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 4 California Content StandaNs produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 5 California Content Standat is produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 6 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 7 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grade 8 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Kindergarten California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grades 11 12 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California ELA 1999 Grades 9 10 California Content Standards produced by CA State Department of Ed California Math adopted 1997 Grade 1 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 2 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 3 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 4 California M
103. ange the To continue go on to the steps on page 56 AccelTest User Manual 55 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Scanning a Card with the Correct Answers x You can only mark gt answers to assisted response items Free response items must be scored manually in the Gradebook see page 91 x Scanner settings If W the Scan Answer Key window shows you that the scanner hasn t been found click Scanner Settings and make sure you ve selected the correct port the one that the AccelScan scanner is connected to on this computer AccelTest User Manual 6 If you want to enter the answers on a scan card and then scan it to mark the correct answers in the score key first fill in the answers on a card like the one below Be sure to fill in the assignment title for your records When the card is ready click Scan Form in the score key window in AccelTest mace Accel Test w ts e pi lt noca zo owe TROT Meh OM SESASSS CSS RARAARARRARRERRSARE RAS SSISSS ISIS 7 When this window appears insert the card in your AccelScan scanner t Score Assignments eS Scanner is ready Please insert a card Scanner Settings For AccelScan model 2110 or 2210 shown Insert the card face up with the AccelTest name going into the scanner first as shown to the right For AccelScan model 1100 USB Insert the card face down with the AccelTest name going into the
104. ards The form number tells the software which student and assignment the card is for Each student has a unique form number for each assignment The form number is also printed on each student s copy of the assignment Preferences page 152 Print preview setting of the assignment such as Free Waiting for incomplete Response assignments that are not yet Grading due or Overdue for Worksheet assignments that are past due Go to the Gradebook and choose the name of one or more assignments Some assignments have free response items that can t be scored automatically Use this report to fill in students points for these questions before you score the questions manually see page 91 This can help you score the items more quickly If you do not score these free response items manually and other items on the assignment have been automatically scored with the Responder NEO 2 or the scanner the program assumes that each student earned all points for the free response items In the report the AR column shows the points the student earned so far on the assisted response items if they have been scored Preferences page 152 Print preview setting AccelTest User Manual 140 AccelTest User Manual REPORTS Report Descriptions What to Select Before Report Name Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Gradebook Nothing you can Use this report to get your students g
105. athematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 5 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 6 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Grade 7 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fram California Math adopted 1997 Algebra 1 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathematics Fra 1 Select All Deselect All Oo o o o o zl zl zl zl zl Oo E o al o Oo zl m 10 When the standards have been installed you will return to the Standards tab in the Libraries Standards dialog box The standards that you added will be listed Click Close to close the preference 35 Deleting Standards AccelTest User Manual STANDARDS Deleting Standards Follow these steps if you want to delete some standards that you have added This can be helpful if you find that you don t need some of the standards you have added removing them can help you focus on the standards you do use Important If you delete standards that you ve selected when aligning assignment items to standards those alignments will be lost Make sure you know which standards you have used for alignments before deleting standards 1 Click the Preferences menu and choose Libraries Standards Click the Standards tab Select the standar
106. ave been updated AccelTest User Manual 161 INDEX Numerics 1 to 10 grading scale 99 2Know classroom response system how it works 1 programs 3 setup tasks 9 using with Renaissance Place programs 3 2Know Toolbar 3 A About AccelTest 3 7 Accelerated Math libraries 159 AccelScan connecting 5 scoring assignments 90 Adding assignments to the Gradebook 77 Adding classes 18 Adding items to assignments 62 from libraries 62 from other assignments 63 Adding score keys 50 Adding standards to the database 32 33 34 35 146 Adding students 18 Administrator PIN 11 changing 11 Aligning items on an assignment to standards 57 Answer Key Report 138 Answer space 155 Answering questions on Responders or NEO 2s 133 Assigning a name to a Receiver 10 Assigning an owner to a Responder 12 Assigning assignments to students 83 Assignment Analysis Report 138 Assignment creation preferences 154 Default fonts 155 Essay 158 Matching 157 Multiple Choice 156 Numeric Response 157 Print layout 155 Projector layout 156 Ranking 157 AccelTest User Manual Short Answer 158 True False 156 Yes No 156 Assignment editor 44 61 Assignment properties 66 answer spaces 67 fonts 66 layout 67 margins 67 options show points 67 subject 66 title 66 Assignment Results Report 139 Assignment Standards Report 139 Assignment subject 66 Assignments 37 adding equations
107. bel on the back of each Responder Firmware Versions for RESP Responder Models Responders with the model number RESP on the back use version 4 x firmware Occasionally you may get firmware updates through your AccelTest software You can update the firmware on your Responders when you get new versions through AccelTest software updates RESP model Responders have all features available including math facts practice assigned owners notes and homework For these Responders font size can be changed in the settings not by changing the firmware version For more information see page 160 AccelTest User Manual 14 AccelTest User Manual GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Firmware Versions for RES 1001 Responder Models Responders with the model number RES 1001 on the back may use version 1 x firmware version 2 x firmware or version 3 x firmware For these models the firmware on your Renaissance Responders serves three purposes The firmware version that you select tells the RES 1001 Responders what functions and features you want on the Responder Occasionally you may get firmware updates through your AccelTest software You can update the firmware on your Responders when you get new versions through AccelTest software updates If you are using a 1 xx version of the Responder firmware you can switch between the even and odd versions of the firmware to switch between a small and
108. ber of points that each item as you create or change Nae students can earn for each numbered matching item assignments Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many matching choices you want to list on the right Use the Questions drop down list to choose the number of items you want to match to the possible choices Click OK to save your changes Ranking Sets the default options for Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment ranking items on assignments Creation and choose Ranking The Assignment including the instructions point Creation Options dialog box will open values and the number of items If you d like to change the instructions that are used by to be ranked However please default on printed assignments edit the text in the note that you can change the Instruction field options for each item as you p NA If necessary change the default number of points that create or change assignments students can earn for each item Use the Choices drop down list to choose how many items you want students to rank in the questions This is a default value you can choose a different number as you create assignments Click OK to save your changes Numeric Sets the default options for Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment Response numeric response items on Creation and choose Numeric Response The assignments including the Assignment Creation Options dialog box will open instructions point values and the If you
109. box next to Support Owned owners to Responders If you don t support Responders if you are assigning Responders to owned Responders students cannot individual students See the notes to the left See complete Homework with the Responders the note in this dialog box for more about the see page 87 or receive notes and they will possible effects of changing this setting need to enter their student IDs from the Gradebook to participate in sessions Note 3 Ifyou chose to support owned Responders decide This preference affects Responders only whether to allow Responders to synchronize during because NEO 2s are not owned and they a session If the box is checked synchronizing is cannot be used for homework or notes allowed Responders using version 2 x firmware also 4 Ifyou chose not to support owned responders cannot have assigned owners see page 14 decide whether to allow AccelTest to connect to the eee Receiver when the AccelTest software starts If the You can also use this preference to decide if c tto Reweiver at Startin box is ch cked you want to allow students to have the peor P P AccelTest will do this Responders synchronize during a session If you allow students to synchronize they can 5 Click OK to save your changes retrieve Homework or Notes during a session which may increase Responder and Receiver activity You may want to deselect this option if you have a large number of students using the Responders at the
110. box will open to allow you to select a different location Find and open the folder where you want to store your AccelTest data Then click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh If the folder that you chose already has AccelTest data in it the program will ask whether you want to overwrite the existing data or just use the data that is already there Important If you overwrite the existing data it cannot be recovered Make sure you know what is in the existing data and make sure no one needs the data before you choose to overwrite it Click one of the options then click Next t Data Location Preference Open an existing data location There is an existing data location in this location G Tammy AccelTest How would you like to proceed Use the existing data at this location O Overwrite the existing data with the current data Cancel 151 PREFERENCES Setting Reports Preferences If the folder you chose does not have data in it you will be asked whether you want to copy your current data there or create a new empty data location with no students classes or assignments Click one of the options then click Next t Data Location Preference Open an existing data location There is no data in this data location How would you like to proceed Create a new empty data location O Copy your current data location here 5 If you chose to copy data or to overwrite existing data the program will show you its
111. cally checks for updates periodically This helps ensure that you have the latest version of the software The Auto Update preference sets how often the software checks for updates see page 145 If you want to check for updates manually click the Help menu and choose Check for Updates The software will AccelTest Help crit notify you if no updates are available If updates are Online Training and Resources available they ll be listed Click Download to get the a updates Click Done when the download is complete The update file will be downloaded to your computer s desktop double click it to begin the update You may be told to restart your computer after the update is installed About AccelTest E Auto Update Auto Update has Found these available updates Check the ignore box for any items that you do not wish to download before proceeding Click cancel if you do not want to download these updates right now Description Ignore AccelTest 3 4 Update for Windows Oo A If you decide not to download If you don t want to download some updates check the boxes any updates now click Cancel next to them before clicking Download AccelTest will only download updates that are not checked GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Getting the AccelTest Version and Serial Number Follow the instructions for your type of computer to see your AccelTest software version or serial number
112. can t edit an item it may be a dynamic library item If so you can substitute another similar library item by clicking New Instance You can change the item by clicking Edit These buttons are only available for dynamic library items x Responder and gt NEO 2 assignments don t have all options available If students will view questions on the Responder or NEO 2 you cannot change the number of columns or the font and you cannot add a graphic equation or plot Be sure to limit the questions for Responder assignments to 150 characters if possible so students don t need to scroll to read the question AccelTest User Manual y Some items can t be Item 3 of 31 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Times New Roman O Instruction Question Choices Choices Oe choose Correct as is Columns 2 O 6 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments oO 3 Shuffle None O Choose the best way to write the underlined section If there are no mistakes Those are the most popular sports for kids E A Their are B Them are c That are D Correct as is Answer D Points 10 C 0 For multiple choice matching and ranking items choose the number of answer choices you want to give the student For matching items you must also choose the number of items to match For multip
113. can select a group of items by clicking the first one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group AccelTest User Manual 69 Responder or NEO 2 score key Tota Ponts 10 To change the correct answer for an assisted response question multiple choice true false or yes no first click the answer that is filled in so it is empty again Then click the new correct answer To change the correct answer for a numeric response item Responder and NEO 2 assignments only click the answer and type the new answer in the text field that opens To change the correct answer for a short answer item Responder and NEO 2 assignments only double click the item enter the correct answers and choose whether answers should be case sensitive in other words they must match the case of the correct answers you ve entered To change a point value click it to open a text field where you can type a new value 4 Click Done SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Score Keys To add more items or questions to the score key click Add Items Choose the type of items you want to add the number of items and the points for each item then click OK to come back to the score key The Edit Item button is not available for most score key items however it is available when you have a short answer item highlighted so that you can edit the possible answers To change
114. canner for scoring and the assignment true false yes no matching has numeric response items the program will mark them incorrect unless you use and ranking questions manual scoring to enter the student s answers to those items Follow the steps below to score an assignment manually You can also follow the steps to change scoring that was already done 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class see page 76 AccelTest User Manual 91 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Double click the name of the assignment you want to score the top of the column t AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Grade 3 Rossetti v All Subjects Assigned Scored nglish Quiz 1 ESEUL uiz Quiz 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 12 2009 10 23 0 Students ID___ Status Anderson Eric Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan 102 Waiting 104 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting ledian 0 4 3 A window will open that shows each item number and each student s name For Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 7
115. celTest Exporting Scores from AccelTest There are two ways that you can export information about student grades in AccelTest x Both types of export files are tab delimited files In tab e You can export one class s results for one or more assignments using the Export Results feature The file includes the assignment name category such as In Class r delimited files the program and total points as well as each student s name ID and score The file is saved in puts a tab after each piece of text format here is an example information This format can be imported by many Names ID Grade 3 Math Word Problems spreadsheet programs In Class lr 17 Arnold Jacob 101 16 e You can export detailed scoring data for one assignment using the Export Scoring Data feature For each student who has completed this assignment in any class the file includes a line for each question on the assignment Each line includes the student s name and ID the assignment name the question number the student s answer or Answered for some free response items the correct answer the points the student earned for the question and the number of points possible The file is in CSV comma separated value format which allows you to easily open the file in a spreadsheet program Follow the steps for the type of export you d like to do Exporting Results from One Class s Assignments in the Gradebook By following the steps below yo
116. celTest User Manual 148 PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference Preference Subjects What It Does How to Change It Use this preference to add subjects edit 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Subjects their names or delete subjects When you 2 The Subjects dialog box will open create assignments see page 39 you must choose a subject In the Gradebook you can choose to view assignments from one subject or all subjects Some reports also provide grades by subject e Ifyou are adding a subject click Add and type the name of the subject you want to add Then click OK e To edit a subject scroll down the list until you find the subject and click it Then click Edit change the name and click OK e To delete a subject that is not being used scroll down the list to find the subject and click it Then click Delete You can t delete subjects that have been used for assignments 3 Click OK Setting the Data Location Preference The Data Location preference lets you do any of the following e Choose a different data folder that already has data When you do this you are no longer using the data you ve been using up to now Your original data folder is still there and you can select it again later but you are now using the student and assignment data in the new data folder Important You can select a data folder that someone else will also be using however only one person can use AccelTe
117. celTest 7 168 Viewing a class Gradebook 76 Viewing assignments 37 Viewing classes 17 Viewing past session results 135 Viewing scores by item 97 Viewing scores in the Gradebook 96 W Waiting 96 Y Yes No 39 preference 156 YN Yes No 39 97 AccelTest User Manual INDEX 169 AccelTest User Manual 170 Renaissance gt Learning Advanced Technology for Data Driven Schools PO Box 8036 Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 800 338 4204 Email answers renlearn com Web www renlearn com
118. change a note click the note first in the list then click Edit Make your changes and click Send When you change a note the note will be sent again and it will appear more than once in the note history The original note will have the status Deleted To resend a note without changing it click the note in the list and click Resend Since you are re sending the same note it won t appear more than once in the note history To delete a note click the note in the list and click Delete If the student has not received the note yet it will not be sent if the student has received it the note will still be visible to the student 4 When you have finished viewing the note history click Close 111 USING SESSIONS What Are Sessions x The Sessions tab P does not show AccelScan Scanning sessions For more about AccelScan scoring see page 90 AccelTest User Manual In the AccelTest software the Sessions tab lets you view and start sessions Sessions help teachers monitor in class student work that is done with the Responder or the NEO 2 t AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments p Classes Grade 6 Rossetti x Title Type Last Submission Reading Quiz 10 4 Teacher Paced Scored 10 4 2009 9 42 AM Sentence Structure Student Paced 10 4 2009 8 50 AM Simple Equations Student Paced 10 4 200
119. click decrease the sensitivity If the AccelScan the pointer and drag it to the left to decrease does not recognize some marked answers sensitivity or drag it to the right to increase increase the sensitivity sensitivity 4 Click OK to save your changes School Year Use this preference to enter your school 1 Click the Preferences menu and select School year information including the start and Year end dates for the school year the numberof gt Read the text in the Welcome panel of the Wizard or terms and the start and end dates for the Assistant Then click Next eis heat nei cae ey Enter the Start and End dates for your school year semester Changing the school year affects You can type the dates or click the calendar button the calculation of student grades Your and click the dates you can also click Today in the school year and terms should be set up calendar Click Next to continue before you start scoring student 4 Select the number of terms in your school year and assignments click Next 5 Enter the start and end date for each term and click Next 6 Ifyou entered 4 or 6 terms the program will ask you to choose the number of terms per semester from a drop down list If your terms aren t grouped into semesters click Not Applicable If they are choose the number of semesters Click Next to continue 7 Check the information in the Summary If it is correct click Done if not click Back to go back and make changes Ac
120. connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report As students join the session and enter their IDs if necessary you will see them listed on the left side of the session window see on the next page If you have chosen to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of the student names The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question 119 Teacher Paced Session USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 12 Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 133 13 Wait for your students to answer the question When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window Notice the viewing options you have d
121. coring methods available in choose a Score Key see the the second list depend on the type of assignment you chose in the first list If you choose Responder or TT NEO 2 Only in the left column you can include multiple choice true false steps on page 50 yes no numeric response and short answer items on the assignment Printed assignments can include all item types yi Extended ASCII d Click the option that shows how the assignment will be scored W characters such as If students enter answers using the Responder or NEO 2 or if they scan cards Spanish characters with their answers using an AccelScan scanner their responses will be scored or other international automatically If you choose manual scoring you must enter the points earned characters are supported in NEO 2 assignments if your or the students answers in the software NEO 2s have been updated to If you choose Responder as the scoring method students can use either a system 3 9 or higher using the Responder or NEO 2 to complete the assignment but if you choose NEO 2 NEO Manager software Only as the scoring method only NEO 2s may be used AccelTest User Manual 40 x You can only use W one tab in this window When you click OK AccelTest will only apply your selections from the tab you have selected Any selections you ve made on other tabs will not be used x Points for matching W and ranking items On the Template tab wh
122. d Installing Accelerated Math Libraries AccelTest User Manual If you own a desktop version of Accelerated Math version 2 x you can install your Accelerated Math libraries in AccelTest As you follow the steps for installing libraries using the Libraries preference see page 146 you will be asked to choose the location of the libraries that you want to install If you have downloaded the libraries from download renlearn com open the folder where you saved the downloaded libraries If you want to select the libraries that are already installed for your desktop version of Accelerated Math open your Accelerated Math data folder then the AccMath folder and then the Library folder When you click OK Windows or Choose Macintosh AccelTest will find and install the Accelerated Math libraries 159 OTHER RESPONDER FEATURES AND SETTINGS Changing the Responder Font Size x NEO 2 font changes W are done in the Control Panel or via the NEO Manager software but they do not affect the Responder SmartApplet Font changes on NEO 2 affect AlphaWord Plus and some other SmartApplets AccelTest User Manual How you change the font size depends on your Responder model Look at the model number on the back of your Responder then follow the instructions for your model below Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RESP 1 Press the On Off button 2 Ifthe Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the St
123. ding Scale 146 Libraries Standards 146 Password 147 Registration Information 147 Reports 152 Responder 147 Scanner Settings 148 School Year 148 Subjects 149 using 144 Preferences that affect assignments 38 Preferences that affect grades 99 AccelTest User Manual INDEX Previewing Responder and NEO 2 assignments 73 Print layout preference 155 Printing assignments before assigning them 72 Printing assignments for students 84 Printing reports 137 Program Information Report 142 Programs 3 Projector layout preference 156 Projector screen size 156 Properties for assignments 66 fonts 66 layout 67 options show points 67 title 66 Publisher libraries 146 Q Question types 39 Questions answering using Responders or NEO 2s 133 changing on assignments 64 moving on assignments 66 Quitting AccelTest software 8 R R Ranking 39 98 Ranking 39 preference 157 Reading notes on Responders 110 Receiver 1 changing the name 10 connecting 5 Registration Information preference 147 Removing assignments from the Gradebook 107 Removing students from a class 20 Renaissance Place classes importing 21 Renaissance Place programs and the 2Know classroom response system 3 Renaissance Receiver 1 changing the name 10 connecting 5 Renaissance Responder 1 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 3 147 Report descriptions 138 166 Reports 137 Answer Key 138 Assignment Analysis 138
124. dow Help Choices 5 bdl Columns 2 bd Shuffle All v Question Solve the following equation 12x _ 4 6 Choices Answer A Points 1 AccelTest User Manual 47 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments Adding Plots to Assignments 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the plot Then click Plot Item 2 of 5 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices 5 v Columns 2 v Shuffle All x Question Choices Answer Points 2 The function plotter will appear Start by choosing the axes type This will determine what other options will be available Cartesian Plot Number Line Plot Polar Plot Function Plotter x Function Plotter X Function Plotter Aves Type Catesian View Axes View Axes View Axes Limits Alex 4 A lt eyce 4 z E Limits oe Axis Labels x y Limits i Ring Interval Ticmark Interval AE ing Interval Tic Label Interval Tie Label Interval Ring Label Interval Cancel Close Update Cancel Close Update Cartesian Plots These plots have X and Y axes When you add these plots you can choose whether to view the axes or up to 3 plots If you choose one of the plots you can then choose what to show
125. ds you want to delete e To choose one click on it e To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click the standards e To choose a group of adjacent standards click the first standard in the group hold down the Shift key and click the last one in the group to highlight the whole group t Libraries Standards Libraries Standards Preferences Window Help Auto Update Assignment Creation Categories Data Location Devices Exams Grading Scale Password R Registration Information Reports Responder Scanner Settings School Year Subjects gt gt Standard Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 1 Stage A Il Ilinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 11 12 Stage Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 2 Stage B Ill Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 3 Stage C Il Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 4 Stage D Il Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 5 Stage E Ill Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 6 Stage F Ill Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 7 Stage G Il Illinois Mathematics 2003 Grade 8 Stage H Il ii Mathematics 2003 Grade 9 10 Stage 7 4 Gr Illinoi adi Ilinois Reading 2004 Grade 6 Illinois Readi Illinois Reading 2004 Grade 7 Illinois Readi Illinois Reading 2004 Grade 8 Illinois Readi Lillinnie Mivikina sdomked IN reviced DNNE Version 1 0 0 __izianiieaa _
126. e and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 8 2010 AT v 3 4 CONTENTS Welcome to AccelTest and the 2Know Classroom Response System 0c eee ee es 1 How the 2Know Classroom Response System Works 022 ee ee 1 How AccelTest Works seins 204 Bidn kaa tanta EN EE TAR ERREARI 2 Using AccelTest to Create Assign and Score Assignments 000 2 Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have eeeeee 2 Using AccelTest with Teacher Paced Sessions for In Class Assignments 2 Programs You Will Use ccc cece cece ee ee tee eee treet erteeeeees 3 AccelTest Software ss 4 6 e041 to ys gcdls ridek eaaa ea n di a AE veceeeeia4adas 3 Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 20 cc scene eee cette eee eens 3 Other Programs that You May Use with the 2Know Classroom Response Syste nee age r a i eal a Sieg ae ee ae ae a eee alate e 3 Learning Accel Test ota lt 3 eect ond betes ie nhs nobel Aha R Nek ete tok 4 Online Maniials o s yo Sill paces oi de stan th T EEE E dearth and go attlace AEA A EE 4 Online Helper owen oo ot ne ww Gee Ne 4 a aa Aes Wee a EN 4 Need More Help 0 cece ccc cece cence een ete ae teen e cette eeeees 4 Getting Started ieii eke kee Rds She hed i 5 AccelTest User Manual Before Yo Starte a G8 Gat okt cate ile Wa ote oe As baie ak set 5 Getting Started with the Acc
127. e Student Record Check the Page break after student box if you want each student s information to start on a new page 4 Click OK to save your changes Setting Assignment Creation Preferences AccelTest has several Assignment Creation preferences that allow you to choose options for AccelTest assignments including default fonts layout used options for various question types instructions number of points and the amount of answer space provided for free response questions To select these preferences click Preferences choose Assignment Creation and then choose a preference E AccelTest Grade 3 Math G3M Maxwell Entire School Year DER File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports POGGIA Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes Auto Update Assignment Ci o Default Fonts Categories Print Layout All Subjects vi New Assignment Data Location Projector Layout Devices Multiple Choice True False Algebra I Quiz 1 AccelTest Print _Libraries Standards Yes No i Countries of South America AccelTest Proj Password Matching Book 1 Quiz AccelTest NEC Registration Inf ti Ranking Social Science Quiz 1 Scorekey Seo VOFSTadon moran Numeric Response Art 101 Exam Score Key Scor Reports gt English 101 Exam AccelTest Res Responder Short Answer In Class Geography Quiz Score Key Scor E Exams Title Type Pres Grading Scale Aligned Sca
128. e a box for each student who has connected to the session Empty boxes show you how many students have not responded to the current question Filled in boxes show you how many have responded Click the graph button if you want to see how many students have chosen each answer If you have chosen to score the assignment the number of correct answers will be shown by a green bar the number of incorrect answers will be shown by red bars and the number of students who haven t responded yet will be shown by a yellow bar If you AccelTest User Manual Ou u Q Cee are projecting the PowerPoint presentation for all students to see wait to show the graph until after you stop accepting responses so that students don t see the correct answer before they ve responded Click Send Question to send a new question to the students Click Stop Accepting Responses when the time is up for this question and you want to go on to the next question Click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go to another slide 127 x Since the short P answer item type isn t available for verbal PowerPoint sessions the program doesn t ask you to choose the responder type Either Responders or NEO 2s can always be used for this type of session x You can add W assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 145 AccelTest User Manual 15 16 17 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Repeat steps
129. e created with someone who is using another database or when you want to import the assignment into AccelTest at another computer To import assignments see page 59 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab Click the assignment that you want to export 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Export E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit ESPOLSA Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignmen New Assignment SES Delete all Subje Import New Assignment Export Scoririg Data Type Presentation Score With Points Subject Verb Agreement and Verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner Last Saved 7 21 2009 11 49 AM 7 21 2009 11 15 AM 7 21 2009 11 04 AM 7 21 2009 10 17 AM 7 21 2009 10 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Aligned 4 Inthe dialog box that opens go to the drive and folder where you want to save the exported assignments or score keys If necessary change the file name Make sure it ends with an at3 extension especially if the assignment will be imported using a Windows computer Click Save 5 Click OK when the export is complete 74 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Deleting Assi
130. e mode while viewing the assignment follow these steps 1 Click the File menu and choose Change Mode 67 x The Devices gt preference determines which options are available for presenting and scoring the assignment AccelTest User Manual 2 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments If you want to change how the assignment will be presented to students click a different option in the left side of the window that opens Change Mode Wizard Choose the presentation and scoring mode for this assignment This assignment will be Score your assignment with O ScoreKey Responder O Responder O NEO 2 Only O NEO 2 Only O Scanner O Projected O Manual If you want to change how the assignment is scored and also how students record their answers click a different option in the right side of the window The presentation method that you choose may limit the scoring methods available Click Next If your new method of presenting or scoring the assignment does not support some items that are already on the assignment the next screen in the wizard will list the unsupported items Those items including instructions will be removed from the assignment For example if you changed from a printed assignment to a Responder assignment matching items will be removed Read through the list to make sure you d like to continue changing the mode and allow the program to remove these items If you
131. e question The list on the left will show you which students have responded When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window 14 Now you can select or enter the correct answers e For multiple choice questions check the box for the correct answer at the top of the window e For true false or yes no questions click the circle next to the correct answer e For numeric response questions enter the correct answer in the blank field provided e For short answer questions look at the list of student responses below the question number Check the box next to the correct answer 15 Click Set Answer Notice the viewing options you have during the session they are described below E Teacher Paced Session Set Answer Name a Points Total Questions Allen Michael o 2 E 1 Multiple Choice Arnold Jacob 6 4 Bhatt Shreya 5 5 2 True False Davis Zoe 5 a E 3 Yes No E 4 Numeric Response E E 5 Multiple Choice e E 6 Multiple Choice C EE 7 Multiple Choice Current Question Multiple Choice 7 of 7 Click Stop Accepting Responses when the If the assignment is being scored use the bar time is up for this question and you want to go next to each question to see how many on to the next question Then select the students chose the correct answer green correct answer and click Set Answer how many ch
132. e right students can place them over their Responders to help them see which buttons to push for each character For Responder model RESP the letters are printed on the Responder As on cell phones the very first letter that a student enters or the first letter after or or is capitalized by default with the lowercase letters following i e 2ABCabc After that letters default to the lowercase letters followed by uppercase letters i e 2abcABC yy For example to enter the word The students would press the 8 button twice for T the 4 button three times to get h and the 3 button three times to get e Students press Select to enter a space or go to the next character and they press Clear to delete the previous character After entering their answer students press Enter The table below shows what buttons students press to get each character Aah T Responder Key Characters in Order or Function W an answer enter a 1 1 lt gt EEX eee anes 2 2ABCabe 3 3DEFdef 4 4GHIghi 5 5JKLjkl 6 6MNOmno 7 7PQRSpqrs 8 8TUVtuv 9 QWXYZwxyz o o Select space or next character Clear back or delete Enter takes you to next question AccelTest User Manual 134 USING SESSIONS Viewing Information on Past Sessions Viewing Information on Past Sessions Rounding Numbers The Sessions tab in AccelTest li
133. ece eee eee eens 80 Assigning Assignments to Students cece cece cette eee ees 83 Printing Assignments for Students 0 ee eee eee eee eee eens 84 Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook ASSISTIIMENTS Ges otiss vos arose arene aa esate sai hah ie Weed te a NG OSE bois Re NS 85 How Students Complete Assignments 02 c eee eee ee tee eens 87 Using the Responder or NEO 2 1 eee eee cece teen eee e eee eees 87 Completing In Class Assignments Including Quizzes Tests and Exams Using a Responder or NEO 2 1 eee eee eee ee eee Ea e a 87 Completing Homework Using the Responder Only 005 87 Using the AccelScan Scan Cards 2 cece eee cece eee eee e teen ee eees 88 For Manual Scope ae ese Cate oc eta E E Bahai Law eles Maew ares eae aL 89 Scoring Assignments 2 0 cece eee e cee cee eect eee nee enee eens 89 Scoring Assignments with the Responder cee eee eee cette ee eens 89 Scoring Assignments with the NEO 2 ce eee cece eee eee ete e ee eees 89 Scoring Assignments with the AccelScan Scanner 2 cece eee eee eee 90 Starting the Scanning Session 0 eee cece eee eee cette eee 90 SCanning Cards icc sans aAa PE dha pe etal aris deere lle tends Wale Seal 90 Ending the Scanning Session 20 cess ee eee cette eee ete e neces 91 Scoring Assignments Manually 0 cece eect
134. een will ask you to enter the assignment details Enter the title choose a subject and enter the number of points to award for each item Click the Category drop down list to choose whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next 128 9 10 x Make sure your P students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name 11 12 x Students using y 7 Responders will get 13 a special notification if the session includes short answer items but their Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session t Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Title Reading Quiz4 Subject English Points Per Item 5 Category Quiz Assignment is extra credit C Assignment is an exam Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identif
135. eet in the AccelTest Reports to keep track of the points they are awarding for free response items until they enter the points in the r Gradebook See page 140 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 4 The Score Items Wizard lets you score each item in the assignment e For multiple choice matching and ranking items check the box next to the student s answer s For true false and yes no items click the student s answer e For numeric response items enter the student s answer if necessary e For short answer items on NEO 2 or Responder assignments only you can view the student s answer and change how it is scored if necessary e For free response items that can t be automatically scored using the method you chose enter the number of points the student earned After entering the information for each item click Next To go to a previous item click Back When you have finished click Done E Score Items J E Score Items Student Allen Michael Student Allen Michael Item 1of5 Item 2of5 Points Possible 1 Points Possible il Correct Answer s D Correct Answer s True Student Answer D Student Answer O OFalse Next Next E Score Items Student Allen Michael Student Allen Michael Item 4of5 Item 5of5 Points Possible 1 Points Possible 1 Correct Answer s 1066 Correct Answer s Latin French Icelandic G
136. el Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Khamil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley Srathh Alisin 1 24 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Edit Class This option isn t available if you don t start from the Classes tab Reports Preferences Wind Add Student Edit Student Delete Student Import from File Export to File Add Class Delete Class Import from Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students 4 Make your changes to the class name Then click OK E Edit Class Name Grade 3 Reading GR Rossetti AccelTest User Manual 27 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Editing Student Names or IDs Editing Student Names or IDs 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 In the list on the left click the name of one student whose information you want to edit t AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help f aN Assignments Sessions Gradebook O Add Student Add Class Enroll Students Master Student List Class Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Name Enrolled Students Anderson Eric Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob O Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Ma
137. elTest Software 0 cee cence eens 5 Starting the AccelTest Software 0 cece cece cence teen tenet eens 5 Checking for Updates to the Software 0 cece eee cece eee eee eens 6 Getting the AccelTest Version and Serial Number 02s eee eee eee 7 Navigating the AccelTest Software 0 cece cece eee cece teen rrene 7 Tasks to Be Completed for AccelTest 0 cc eee eee cece eee ee ee eee eee 8 Closing the AccelTest Software 0 2 cess cece cece eee e eee errr eeeaee 8 Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System 9 Setting Up the 2Know Classroom Response System 0 ceeceee ee eees 9 Assigning a Unique Name to Each Receiver If You Have More than One 10 Changing the Administrator PIN eee eee eee eee eee e teenies 11 Assigning a Student Owner to Each Responder 20 cece ee teen cece 12 Changing a Student s Personal Identification Number PIN for a Responder 13 Displaying a Forgotten Student PIN cee eee cece eee eee teen eens 14 Resetting the Student Owner of a Responder see e cece eee e ee eee 14 Responder Models Firmware Versions and Updates 0e eee e eee 14 Firmware Versions for RESP Responder Models 222 20 ee eee 14 Firmware Versions for RES 1001 Responder Models 05 15 Updating Firmware or Changing the Firmware Ver
138. en you add matching or ranking items note that the total points for those items is calculated by multiplying the number of items you add by the default number of answers to match or rank AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest In the Add Items dialog box click one of the tabs at the top to decide whether to specify the number of items and point values Template use sample items that are in the AccelTest libraries Library use items from an assignment you ve already created Assignment or use items that you ve aligned to standards Standards e Template If you choose this tab enter the number of items of each type that you want to include on the assignment and enter the points per item for each item type Some item types may not be available depending on the type of assignment you chose If you want to add instructions before the items for printed assignments only check the box To finish click Add E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Number of Items Item Types Multiple Choice True False Yes No Matching Ranking Numeric Response Short Answer Essay Assignment Total Add instruction before items Points Per Item Total core e Library If you choose this tab click next to a library Then open the subject and category and select the item s to add to this assignment After choosing the ite
139. ent question If you chose to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect ones 135 For student sessions the window shows students points and which students have worked on the assignment 2 Sentence Structure 10 4 2007 8 50 AM Student Paced File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Current Question Multiple Choice 15 of 16 Name Arnold Jacob Brooks Jamal Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Jackson Cody Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Ming Li O Connor Nicole Pagel Danielle Paul Lukas Pyant Jermaine Richmond Tyrone Ryan Ashley Smith Oliva White Bianca williams Taneisha AccelTest User Manual a State Points Questions 0 i E E 10 Which of the following is a complex sentence 11 Which of the following is a complex sentence 1 a 1 12 Which of the following is a compound sentence v 1 S E 13 Which of the following is a compound sentence Waiting a v E 14 Which of the following is a compound sentence a Waiting E 15 Which of the following is a compound sentence USING SESSIONS Viewing Information on Past Sessions Oc x O Waiting CH 0 The trap door spider lives in an under
140. eprint the assignment The program will only print the assignment if you chose to present it to students using a printed copy Responder assignments NEO 2 assignments and projected assignments won t be printed for students 84 USING THE GRADEBOOK Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook Assignments Changing the Dates Category and Other Properties for Gradebook Assignments After you add an assignment to the Gradebook you can still change the assignment s term category whether it is extra credit and or an exam start date due date and whether student feedback is on Follow these steps 1 View the Gradebook for a class See page 76 2 Click the name of the assignment for which you want to change the dates Accellest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year Ce File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Grade 3 Rossetti v nglish Quiz 1 AT Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto uiz Qi Quiz Homework In Class 10 2 2009 9 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 12 2009 10 19 2009 10 7 26 14 Assigned Scored 23 23 0 23 0 23 0 Students ID Status Anderson Eric 102 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah 104 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Brooks Matthew 106 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte 108 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo Miranda
141. erman Student Answer Q Student Answer French Q E Score Items Student Allen Michael Item 12 of 13 Points Possible 2 Correct Answer s nja Points Earned 2 O s 93 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 5 Notice the student s scores have been entered Repeat steps 3 4 for each student fe Assignment 2 Science Quiz 1 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help 1 MC 2 MC 3 1F 4 TF 5 YN 6 YN 7 NR 8 NR 9 FR 10 FR Students 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts Score Anderson Eric 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 80 Brentwood Leah CH Waiting Brooks Matthew Waiting Cline Charlotte Waiting Del Castillo Miranda Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Evans Samuel Waiting edian 80 6 When you have finished editing scores for students click Done The students scores for the assignment will be shown in the Gradebook If you didn t score the assignment for some students you ll see Waiting in the Gradebook instead of a score Scoring Points Only Assignments When you add a points only assignment see page 80 the assignment itself is not in AccelTest and you don t have a score key Points only assignments are assignments that only require you to award a certain number of points to a student without scoring specific items To score these assignments follow the steps for ov
142. erriding a score in the next section Overriding Scores in the Gradebook By following these steps you can override the overall score for a student s assignment in the Gradebook You can also follow these steps to score points only assignments 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class see page 76 AccelTest User Manual 94 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments 2 Double click the student s score If you re scoring a points only assignment double click the word Waiting in the row for that student When you do this you ll see the score in a text field so you can change it E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes DoR Grade 3 Rossetti v All Subjects a Cu n Points Possible Assigned Scored Engish Quiz 1 uiz 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 10 23 4 Science Quiz 1 Countries of Cer Multiplication FacSynonyms Anto Quiz 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 0 23 0 Quiz 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 7 23 0 Homework 10 2 2009 10 12 2009 6 23 0 In Class 10 2 2009 10 19 2009 14 23 0 Students ID__Status P a 8 Waiting Waiting Waiting Brentwood Leah 104 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Anderson Eric 102 Brooks Matthew 106 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Cline Charlotte 108 Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Del Castillo
143. ers will use this name to locate and connect to this server using their wireless devices Encryption off Oon Enabling encryption requires that each device share the key you enter in the above area Keys are limited to digits 0 9 and characters A E Update Network Settings O Set Administrator PIN Renaissance Place Settings The Administrator PIN is required to authorize Renaissance Place connection information is use of secure features such as device required for wireless device access to a firmware updates and resetting a user s PIN Renaissance Place server AccelTest User Manual 11 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System 5 In the dialog box that appears your current PIN has already been Set Administrator PIN entered Enter the new PIN you want Administrator PINs must be 4 8 characters in length j i Valid characters include A E and 0 9 to use in the last two blank fields Then click OK Administrator PIN mee 6 Click OK when the program notifies you that the PIN was changed New PIN er successfully y Confirm PIN 7 l OK Cancel Assigning a Student Owner to Each Responder Although students can use Responders without owning them you do need to assign x Make sure the student owners to send homework or notes to students NEO 2s do not have assigned M Responder i preference is set to owners Some Responders also cannot have assigned owners
144. ession Wizard Select PowerPoint File Select PowerPoint File Select a PowerPoint file Look in AccelTest D pprres For Acceltest Mult ppt 4 4 pprres For Acceltest ppt My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer n File name My Network Files of type PowerPoint Files ppt 6 When the program asks you whether to use an existing assignment or verbal questions click a choice and click Next If you chose to use an existing assignment see page 125 If you chose to use verbal questions see page 128 AccelTest User Manual 124 W assignments that you chose to present and score with Responders or NEO 2 The scoring method you chose when creating the selected assignment determines whether students can use Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s for NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions AccelTest User Manual 7 This list is limited to t Responder Session Wizard Select Assignment All Subjects Q Using the Teacher Paced Session USING SESSIONS PowerPoint Sessions with an Existing Assignment 7 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subject from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find Then click Next Title Sonnet Forms Cancel When you re ready to continue click Next t Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details w
145. estion If the assignment has some free response questions the student must answer them on a separate piece of paper 3 The student or teacher scans the card for scoring as described on page 90 When you created an assignment see page 39 you may have chosen the Manual scoring method For this method you can have students fill in their answers on the assignment itself or a separate sheet of paper or even an AccelTest scan card Then the teacher must score the answers as described on page 91 Scoring Assignments There are four ways to score AccelTest assignments e Responder scoring If students used the Responders to enter their answers either for Homework or an In Class assignment session the software will score assisted response numeric response and short answer answers automatically For homework this will happen when the student synchronizes the Responder again e NEO 2 scoring If students used NEO 2s to enter their answers for in class assignments only the software will score assisted response and numeric response answers automatically Short answer questions are also scored automatically e Scanner scoring Students can fill in their answers on scan cards and teachers or students can scan the cards for scoring See the instructions on page 90 e Manual scoring Students can fill in their answers on the assignment or a separate sheet of paper and teachers can score them manually see page 91 Scoring Assignments wi
146. etermine how much the extra credit assignments will contribute to term grades If you choose a weight of 10 for Extra Credit and the total of the weights of your other categories is 100 any student with a perfect score on every assignment would earn a grade of 110 for the term However AccelTest sets a top limit of 100 for the grade The following detailed example shows calculations for grades when using Category Weights with Extra Credit assignments Tests Total Homework Total Field Trip Total Extra Credit Total Tests Homework Field Trips Extra Credit Total Chapter 1 Test Chapter 2 Test Chapter 3 Test Chapter 1 Homework Chapter 2 Homework Chapter 3 Homework Library Museum Report 1 Report 2 82 100 80 100 78 100 240 300 80 30 40 20 30 40 50 90 120 75 8 10 7 10 15 20 75 7 10 3 10 10 20 50 80 correct X 50 weight 40 0 75 correct X 30 weight 22 5 75 correct X 20 weight 15 0 50 correct X 10 weight 5 0 82 5 Without Extra Credit assignments this student would have a grade of 77 5 for the term Note that the Extra Credit category is not included when the category weights are totaled making the assignments truly extra credit Note If you check Drop Worst Score in the Categories preference an Extra Credit assignment that happens to be the lowest score will not contribute to the grade 101 USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from Ac
147. ffect how the student can calendar button and click a date in complete the assignment and or the calendar the weight of the grade See the For Responder and NEO 2 Categories preference information assignments you can check this on page 145 box if you want your students to Choose whether to make the see their scores after completing assignment extra credit and or an assignments AccelTest User Manual 86 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Students Complete Assignments How Students Complete Assignments When you create assignments see page 39 you choose how each assignment will be presented to students and how it will be scored This information determines whether students will use the Responder a NEO 2 an AccelScan scan card or simply an answer sheet to complete the assignment Using the Responder or NEO 2 x Some Responder gt firmware versions don t support homework or notes For more on types of Responders based on model number and firmware versions see page 14 JZ remembers the last Receiver it was connected to in order to save you time If the Responder asks whether it should stay connected you can press yes to stay connected or press no to see alist of Receivers that you can connect to Ps The Responder AccelTest User Manual If you chose Responder for scoring the assignment students can use either Responders or NEO 2s to complete the assignment If you chose NEO 2 Only students must use
148. first you ensure that the standards are available when you align items on your assignments to the standards that apply To align items to standards see page 57 This makes it easy for you to get reports that focus on student performance for those standards Follow these steps to add standards to your database 1 Click the Preferences menu and choose GOGGLE Window Hep Libraries Standards Bille Update iig Assignment Creation gt i Categories Click the Standards tab a Click Add The Install Standards Wizard or Assistant will silage start Grading Scale Libraries Standards R Password t Libraries Standards Registration Information Reports gt m Libraries a Responder Scanner Settings B School Year add Standard Version Subjects 4 The first panel of the wizard will ask you to choose whether to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web site or from a file Click the option you prefer In most cases you should choose to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web site However if you are adding standards from a TestCheck library you would choose to add the standards from a file Click Next to continue and follow the instructions for the choice you made e If you chose to add standards from the Renaissance Learning Web site see page 33 e If you chose to add standards from a file see page 34 32 Adding Standards to Your Database Adding Standards
149. from the Renaissance Place version of these products see page 21 How to Import Students from a CSV File or Another Desktop Program 1 Click the Classes menu in AccelTest and choose Reports Preferences Windd Import from File It doesn t matter which tab you re Add Student viewing before you click this menu The Import EDER Students Wizard or Assistant will start Export to File Add Class Edit Class Delete Class Import from Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students 2 On the first panel choose whether to import students from a text file or a database from another Renaissance Learning desktop program Then click Next E Import Students Wizard Import Type How will you be importing the students Import from a Comma Separated Value CS formatted file Import from Renaissance Learning desktop application Cancel AccelTest User Manual 24 AccelTest User Manual CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File 3 On the next panel click Select File or Select Folder Find and select highlight the file or folder that you want to import students from Then click Select OK or Choose The button name varies depending on your operating system and the type of item that you are choosing 4 After you ve chosen the file or folder notice that the panel in the wizard will show you how many students were found in that location To continue click Next
150. g Assignments Click an item that you want to move to highlight the item Then click the Assignments menu and choose Move Up or Move Down You can only move one item at a time the menu options aren t available if you choose more than one item E Finding Perimeters File Edit Sstiiiees Add Item Dor Add Items Move Down Ctrl b Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 AM Changing Assignment Properties AccelTest User Manual Click Properties while viewing the assignment Then click the tab that shows what you want to change Title Subject On this tab you can change the title or click the Subject drop down list to choose a different subject Fonts On this tab choose the font name and font size for the title and the body the questions and instructions You cannot change fonts for Responder or NEO 2 assignments Assignment Properties Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Title Subject Yerb Agreement and Verb Tenses Subject English vl Cancel t Assignment Properties P Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Body Font Times New Roman Title Font Arial Cancel 66 Layout On this tab enter the top bottom left and right page margins in inches Then click an option for answer spaces you can leave them out no answer spaces put them on a separate sheet or leave space beside the question
151. g or Use the Class drop down list to deleting classes and students or unenrolling students from a class If you don t have the Classes tab selected when you click the choose the class you want to view and work with This list shows you all students Classes menu some options won t you ve added in your AccelTest be available in this menu database AccelTest User Manual 17 Adding a Class x You may be able to W save time by importing classes and student information To import classes see page 21 To import student information see page 23 Adding a Student Follow the steps below to add students to the database x Student IDs are gt shown in three places the Gradebook on the Classes tab and in the Student ID report AccelTest User Manual CLASSES AND STUDENTS Adding a Class Follow these steps to add a new class Click the Classes tab in AccelTest See page 17 Click Add Class on this tab Type the name of the new class in the dialog box Then click OK Add Class Next add your students as described j below then you can enroll them in the class by following the steps on page 19 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest See page 17 Click Add Student on this tab Enter the student s first name and last name You can enter a middle name First Name but it s not required A suggested ID has been entered for you you can change this number to the ID student
152. g Waiting Fuller Keisha Waiting Waiting Waiting 5 5 4 Many reports are not available unless you have the Gradebook tab selected Some require you to select something in the Gradebook such as a student name assignment name or student results for an assignment before you choose the report For more information see the table that starts on the next page When you choose a report the program may ask if you want to preview it in the program or print it You can click Preview to see what the report looks like and check its contents in the Preview Print Cancel_ program before printing When you preview a report you can scroll down to see other pages in the report If you d like to print it click Print in the preview window if not click Close when you re ready to close the window t Assignments Do you want to preview or print this report For each report AccelTest has a preference so you can customize report options Each preference lets you decide if you ll be asked whether to preview or print the report before printing Some preferences also let you choose other options for the report For more information see page 152 AccelTest User Manual 137 Report Descriptions G x For some reports that require you to select items in the Gradebook you can choose more than one assignment student or score To choose one click it To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Windows or
153. ghts or Total Points Earned to choose how grades will be calculated If you choose Decide whether to calculate students g Category Weights make sure you enter a weight term and school year grades using the for each category above For best results make category weights or the overall total nth cohts add 9 points earned certain the category weights a up to 100 Decide how much extra creditshoaldbe e Ifyou want to drop each student s worst score for a category check the box after the category worth if you ve chosen to use category weight weights 1 3 Click OK to save your changes Data Location Use this preference to choose a different data location You may also copy a data location See the instructions on page 149 Devices Use this preference to choose which devices 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Devices you wantto use to present assignments to 2 Check each device or method that you want to use to students or to score the assignments present assignments to students or to score the Choices include Responder NEO 2 assignments Remove the check mark from items Projected Scanner AccelScan and you don t intend to use Printed Checked items will be available i f Click OK to save your changes when you create assignments run sessions or change assignment modes Items that are not checked will not be available AccelTest User Manual 145 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences
154. gnments Deleting Assignments Follow the steps below to delete assignments you don t want to use again If the assignment has been added to the Gradebook for any of your classes you must remove it from the Gradebook before you can delete it see page 107 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click the assignment that you want to delete E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit ESPOLSA Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help oO New Assignment All Subi Import New Assignment Export Export Scoring Data Title Type Score With Points Last Saved Subject Verb Agreement and Verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 11 49 AM Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 AM Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner Reading Quiz 5 Score Key Scorekey Scanner Verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 39 AM English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Delete Click Yes when the program asks if you re sure you want to delete the assignment AccelTest User Manual 75 USING THE GRADEBOOK Viewing a Class x You can choose the P time period to show and whether to show percent
155. ground nest topped with a hinged lid 0 The Grevy s Zebra has an interesting striping pattern with thick black stripes separated by more narrow white ones Waiting Waiting Waiting a Waiting Current Question Multiple Choice 15 of 16 20 The common buzzard can be found throughout Europe and central Asia to Siberia and Japan D 80 Moose prefer areas that do not get too hot but they have adapted to both wet and dry climates E 16 Which of the following is a compound sentence Waiting waiting waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Click Next gt or lt Previous to go to another question or click the question If the assignment was scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow Click next to the color bar below a question to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green For numeric response and short answer questions you won t see all the answers entered but you will see the percentage of students who entered the correct answer and the percentage who entered an incorrect answer For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer and how many didn t ch
156. h Word Problems e Responder History of the English Language est NEO 2 NEO Subject Verb Agreement and Verb Tenses AccelTest Responder Responder Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2 Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner Reading Quiz 5 Score Key ScoreKkey Scanner Verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner Points 6 7 21 2009 11 49 AM 7 21 2009 11 15 AM 7 21 2009 11 04 AM 7 21 2009 10 17 AM 7 21 2009 10 01 AM 7 21 2009 9 39 AM 7 21 2009 9 39 AM 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 7 21 2009 9 38 AM 3 Click the Assignments menu and choose Export Scoring Data 4 Choose the file location and enter a name for the file Then click Save 5 Click OK when student results have been exported 104 Unassigning Assignments JZ an assignment it stays in your Gradebook unless you remove it see page 107 AccelTest User Manual 7 When you unassign USING THE GRADEBOOK Unassigning Assignments By following these steps you can unassign assignments for students If the students have already completed the assignments their scores will be lost 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 2 Select the assignment to unassign If you want to clear an assignment for all students in the Gradebook click the name of the a
157. hanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Show 4th Term Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting fia Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting edian Click the Gradebook menu and choose Remove Assignment 4 The program will remind you that student records for this assignment will be lost To continue click Yes The assignment will be removed from the Gradebook 107 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders How to Send Notes to Students Follow the steps below to send notes to students using the Responder Notes may remind students of Homework tell them about grades provide encouragement or x Some Responder provide guidance gt firmware versions don t support You can only send notes to Responders that have assigned student owners homework or notes For see page 12 The program sends the note only to the Responder owned by the more on types of Responders students you selected so that other students won t see notes that aren t meant for them based on model number and firmware versions see You cannot send notes to NEO 2s because they can t have assigned owners 14 Ce 1 View the Gradebook for a class see page 76 AccelTest
158. he California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 4 California English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 5 California English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 6 California Enalf anguage Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 7 California English Language Arts Content Standards From the California ELA adopted 1999 Grade 8 California English Language Arts Content Standards from the California ELA adopted 1999 Kindergarten California English Language Arts Content Standards fro California ELA adopted 1999 Grades 9 10 California English Language Arts Content Standards from California ELA adopted 1999 Grades 11 12 California English Language Arts Content Standards fro California Math adopted 1997 Advanced Placement Probabiltiy amp Statistics California Mathematics California Math adopted 1997 Grade 2 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 3 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 4 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 5 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat California Math adopted 1997 Grade 6 California Mathematics Content Standards from the Mathemat f ards from the Mathem Cancel Select All
159. how many new homework assignments and notes were downloaded and how many files were submitted from the Responder The student presses any key 5 In the menu the student presses My to scroll up to Homework then the student presses Select or Enter 6 The Responder lists the homework assignments The student uses the arrows to scroll to one assignment then the student presses Select 87 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Students Complete Assignments 7 The student answers each item and presses Enter e For multiple choice items the student presses a letter key to choose an answer and then presses Enter e For true false items the student presses yes True or no False and then presses Enter lt x More information e Fornumeric response items the student enters the number and presses Enter D about short answer F S itemsand e For short answer items students with version 3 x firmware use texting techniques to enter the answer and press Enter Responders For more about the model number or firmware e For other free response items essay the Responder tells the student to enter version required see an answer on paper page 14 Formore information about answering short answer 8 After the student answers the last question the Responder asks the student if the questions on Responders homework is complete see page 133 If it is the student presses yes True then Select and the Responder shows the main menu If not
160. ication Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N NEO 2 and press Enter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click the type of question you want in the bottom right portion of the session window If necessary click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go to the correct slide Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 133 Wait for your students to answer the question The b
161. ick Next t Responder Session Wizard Select Assignment All Subjects 0 Title Points Last Saved 4 9 18 2009 11 38 AM 5 9 18 2009 11 38 AM 8 Sonnet Forms 9 18 2009 11 49 AM 6 Next choose whether you want the assignment to be scored Click Yes or No to choose whether the assignment will be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next t Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details will this assignment be scored Allow anonymous access Run as a survey poll voting 118 x You can add IZ assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 145 viy x Make sure your P students know the Receiver name See D page 10 to change the name x Students using Responders will get special notifications in these circumstances If the assignment is for NEO 2s only students who try to use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device If the assignment includes short answer items but your Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers
162. ignments 75 Deleting libraries 146 Deleting notes 110 Deleting standards from the database 36 Deleting students 31 Desktop programs 24 Determining grades 160 Devices preference 145 Displaying a student s PIN 14 Downloading standards 146 Duplicate students when importing 25 E E Essay 39 98 Editing a class name 27 Editing assignments 60 Editing items on assignments 64 Editing notes 110 Editing score keys 69 Editing student IDs 28 Editing student names 28 Ending a scanning session 91 Enrolling students in a class 19 Equations in assignments 46 Essay 39 Essay preference 158 Exam grades and overall grades 98 99 Exams preference 146 effect on grades 99 Exiting AccelTest software 8 Exporting assignment results 102 104 Exporting assignments 74 Exporting score keys 74 Exporting scores 102 104 Exporting student information 30 Extra credit 100 Accel Test User Manual INDEX F Final grades 98 Firmware versions for Responders 14 Fonts on assignments 43 66 155 Forgotten student PIN 14 Form Numbers Report 140 Free Response Grading Worksheet 140 Free response items scoring 91 G Grade calculations 98 Gradebook 76 adding assignments 77 assigning assignments 83 assignment properties 85 cells 140 changing assignment dates 85 exporting assignment results 102 mean 97 median 97 note history 110 overriding scores 94 removing assignments 107 scoring as
163. ignments the software will score them automatically and the scores will appear in your Gradebook after the session is complete Programs You Will Use AccelTest Software Before you install and use the programs listed below make sure that your computers meet the minimum system requirements for the AccelTest software the 2Know classroom response system and AccelScan To see the requirements visit www renlearn com requirements The AccelTest software is included with the 2Know classroom response system and with NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Labs You can use this software to create assign print and score assignments for students view student scores and print reports To install this software refer to the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Renaissance Wireless Server Utility The Renaissance Wireless Server Utility is installed with the AccelTest software It helps you manage and monitor communication between your computer and the Renaissance Receiver You can also use it to set the administrator Personal Identification Number PIN for Responders and to change the Receiver name if you need to distinguish your Receiver from others in your school Other Programs that You May Use with the 2Know Classroom Response System Accel Test User Manual AccelTest isn t the only software from Renaissance Learning that can use the 2Know classroom response system You can also use the 2Know Toolbar which you can install using the 2Know T
164. ill this assignment be scored O Yes ONe O C llow anonymous access H Jm Run as a survey poll voting Cancel Points Last Saved 9 18 2009 11 38 AM 9 18 2009 11 38 AM 9 18 2009 11 49 4M Next click Yes or No to choose whether you want the assignment to be scored If you choose No you can check the first box if you want to allow an anonymous login which means students don t need to identify themselves to participate You can check the second box if you want to use this session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer 125 x You can add W assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 145 x Make sure your W students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name x Students using JZ Responders will get special notifications in these circumstances If the assignment is for NEO 2s only students who try to use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device If the assignment includes short answer items but your Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 G AccelTest User Manual 10 11 12 13 If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to
165. ing method E New Assignment Fill in the details for your assignment Title O Subject English D v This assignment will be Score your assignment with Score Key E O Responder O Responder O NEO 2 Only O NEO 2 Only O Projected O Printed Cone AccelTest User Manual 53 x Short answer items W can t be scored with the scanner When the cards are scanned to score the assignment AccelTest assumes students earned all points on the short answer items until the teacher scores them manually see page 91 AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment Enter the number of multiple choice and short answer items you want to include and the number of points students can earn for each of these items When you ve finished click OK gt E Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Item Types Number of Items Points Per Item Total Multiple Choice Short Answer Assignment Total 5 Next AccelTest will show you a sample scan card on which you can choose the answers You can either select the answers or scan a card that has the correct answers to the assignment If you plan to scan a card see the next step for more detailed instructions To delete an item from the score key click the item to highlight it then press the Delete key on your keyboard You can select more than one item at once by holdi
166. ion field create or change assignments 2 8 If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item Click OK to save your changes Yes No Sets the default options for yes no Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment items on assignments including Creation and choose Yes No The Assignment the instructions and point values Creation Options dialog box will open However please note that youre If you d like to change the instructions that are used by change the options for each item default on printed assignments edit the text in the as you create or change Instruction field assignments E If necessary change the default number of points that students can earn for each item Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 156 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Matching Sets the default options for Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment matching items on assignments Creation and choose Matching The Assignment including the instructions point Creation Options dialog box will open values the number of questions to If you d like to change the instructions that are used by be matched and the number of default on printed assignments edit the text in the possible matches Please note that Instruction field ou can change the options for 7 Dee 8 p If necessary change the default num
167. irst one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group 51 AccelTest User Manual Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment 2 Reading Quiz 4 File Edit Assignments SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS ANSWERS Fillin Bubble o Points Aligned 0009 00000 99000 0000o 090000000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0909 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 Items Total Points 9 For multiple choice true false and yes no questions click the correct answer to fill in the circle When you click in the answer area for a numeric response question you can enter or change the answer When you click a short answer question the item wizard opens so you can enter correct answers and choose whether answers must be case sensitive To change a point value click it to see a text field then type the new point value To add more items or questions to the score key click Add Items Enter the 6 Click Done when you ve finished 7 Click Save to save the score key number of items of each type you d like to add and the point values for those item types then click Add to return to the score key The Edit Item button is not available for most score key items however it is available when you have a short answer item highlighted so that you can edit the possible answers To change the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your
168. isted in the Preferences menu AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports yiegorite s Window Help Auto Update Assignment Creation Categories Grade 3 Rossetti All Subjects Data Location Devices English 101Exars Exams tries of SoLEnglish 101 Exar In Class Ir Grading Scale In Class 1 8 2010 1 Libraries Standards 12 29 2009 10 1 Password Assigned Scored 13 2 1 Registration Information Reports Students Responder oes St Settings Arnold Jacob Waiting canner Settings School Year Brentwood Leah 90 Subjects Assignments Sessions Cline Charlotte Waiting Donne Benjamin 100 Fuller Keisha Waiting Hanson Abigail Waiting Khang Bao Waiting Ling Lin Yao Waiting 95 The table that starts on the next page lists the preferences in AccelTest and tells you how to change them AccelTest User Manual 144 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Auto Update AccelTest software automatically checks for 1 Click the Preferences menu and choose Auto updates that you can install so that you have Update The Auto Update Settings dialog box will the latest version of the software This open The last date Auto Update was run is shown at preference shows you when the program the top was last updated and lets you choose how 2 Auto Update is
169. ith the assignment if you haven t already added those standards to the database the program will ask if you want to import them with the assignment XML assignment files To import a file follow these steps 1 Click the Assignments menu in AccelTest and choose Import Responder Gr New Assignment 2 Find and open the file that you want to import Note For Windows computers you may need to click the drop down list at the bottom of the window and choose the file types you want to import such as AccelTest 2 x or 3 x assignments or XML assignment files Click the file name to highlight it then click Open 3 If you chose an XML assignment file click the scoring method you want to use Then click OK E Assignment Import e Score your assignment with Responder O NEO 2 Only O Scanner 4 lf the assignment s items are aligned to standards that you have not added the program will ask if you want to import the standards too Click Yes if you want to keep the alignments or No if you don t want to keep them or import the standards 5 The assignment will open You can use the options on the screen to make changes just as you would when you create an assignment see page 39 or change one see page 60 When you ve finished click Done 6 Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment N Enter a name for the assignment and choose a subject then click OK 59
170. iting Davis Rebekah 109 Waiting Waiting Waiting Donne Benjamin 111 Waiting Waiting Waiting Espinosa Johanna 113 Waiting Waiting Waiting Fuller Keisha 115 Waiting Waiting Waiting Greene Nathan 117 Waiting Waiting Waiting edian AccelTest User Manual 109 USING THE GRADEBOOK Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders How Students Get and Read Notes on Their Responders Students follow these steps to view notes from their teachers on the Responder Students can only view their notes on the Responders they own If the Responder isn t already on press the On Off button The student must enter his or her Personal Identification Number PIN and press Enter The default PIN is 1212 you may have changed it or set a different one On the menu the student must press MW to scroll down to Synchronize and press Select The Responder may ask whether to stay connected to the Receiver or it may ask the student to select a Receiver When synchronization is finished the Responder will show how many new homework assignments and notes were downloaded and how many files were submitted from the Responder The student can press any key to continue In the menu the student must press My to scroll up to Notes and then press Select The Notes screen will list the titles of the notes the student has so far To view a note the student can use the arrow keys to scroll to it then press Select The note wi
171. l you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 133 115 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 12 Wait for your students to answer the question The boxes in the lower left corner of the window will show you how many of the connected students have answered Blue filled in boxes indicate a student who has answered while empty boxes indicate students who have not answered When you want to end this question click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window 1 Identify Country A Below Te wo E f f N A Nicaragua 8 Guatemala Cc Honduras D El Salvador AccelTest User Manual 116 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 13 After you stop accepting responses for a question and before you send the next question you can press the graph button on the previous page to see a graph like the one below The bars on the graph show you more information about the answers the students chose e The green bar shows the number of correct answers e The red bars show the number of students who chose each incorrect answer e The yellow bar shows the number of
172. large font There are three sets of firmware versions on your RES 1001 Responders Firmware Versions What Is Included What Is Not Included 1 XX e Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the MathFacts in a Flash practice 2Know Toolbar and history features Support for owned Responders e Ability to answer short answer Homework questions in AccelTest or the e Notes 2Know Toolbar e Settings Synchronizing with AccelTest e Calculator Small or large font based on firmware selected 2 XX e Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the Support for owned Responders 2Know Toolbar e Homework MathFacts in a Flash practice e Notes e MathFacts in a Flash practice test history Synchronizing with AccelTest e Ability to send MathFacts in a Flash Ability to answer short answer practice data to Renaissance Place questions in AccelTest or the e Settings 2Know Toolbar e Calculator Small or large font based on firmware selected 3 XX e Ability to join sessions for AccelTest or the Calculator 2Know Toolbar Support for owned Responders Homework Notes Settings Synchronizing with AccelTest AccelTest or the 2Know Toolbar Ability to answer short answer questions in Small or large font based on firmware selected MathFacts in a Flash practice and history features 15 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with the 2Know Classroom Response System Updating Firmware or Changing the Firmware Version Being U
173. le choice items choose the number of columns for answer choices printed assignments only For multiple choice items choose which answer choices to shuffle or rearrange for students If the assignment includes instructions you can change the instructions shown in this field You can edit the question here You can edit enter or select the answers to the question For short answer enter each possible correct answer and press Enter or return after each answer Then use the check box to choose whether answers must be case sensitive Q Cancel OK For multiple choice questions like the one shown above you can edit the correct answer and each incorrect answer Enter the letter of the correct answer Enter the number of points students can earn by choosing or entering the correct answer If you want to change the format of the text for printed or projected assignments use the drop down lists to choose the font and or size and use the buttons to make the text bold italic or underlined Use the buttons on the right if you want to add a graphic equation or plot to the assignment For more information see page 45 Click Next gt to go to the next question or click lt Previous to go back In some cases lt Previous will take you back to the assignment instructions Q Click OK after editing the last question 65 Moving Items on an Assignment SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editin
174. lect All or Deselect All to select or deselect all c Class O Grade 3 Reading Rossetti Enrolled Students a Anderson Eric Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail Khang Bao Knutson Jessica Ling Lin Yao Martin Austin Mitchell D shon O Connor Nicole Pagel David Pope Khamil Ik Randall Jason v Ryan Ashley E conthhy Akin 1 24 2 Enroll Students Select the students to enroll in Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Name 7 Arnold Jacob Brentwood Leah Brooks Jamal Brooks Matthew Camacho Luis Cline Charlotte Davis Rebekah Del Castillo Miranda Donne Benjamin Duncan Morgan Espinosa Johanna Evans Samuel Fuller Keisha Gordon Jonathan Greene Nathan a Classes GSR j Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti 2007 2008 Grade 6 Reading G6R Rossetti 2
175. lication Support AccelTest The default location is in your personal folder so that other teachers can log in to this computer and use their own data folder G x Ifyou are using a gt Macintosh computer and you are selecting a folder on your network be sure to use an afp connection to the network AccelTest User Manual Follow these steps to change the data location using the Data Location preference 4 Click the Preferences menu and choose Data Location The Data Location Preference Wizard will open The first panel shows where your current data folder is First click an option to choose whether to use the default data location or a data location somewhere else The first option isn t available if you are currently using the default data location t Data Location Preference Welcome Your current data location is here C Documents and Settings TPiApplication Data AccelTest CA You can change your data location using one of the following options Select a data location somewhere else Cancel If you chose the default data location go to step 4 Preferences Window Help Auto Update Assignment Creation gt Categories Devices Exams Grading Scale Libraries Standards Password Registration Information Reports gt Responder Scanner Settings School Year Subjects If you chose a data folder somewhere else a dialog
176. lity You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 2 Enter the Administrator Personal Identification Number PIN in the Server Login dialog box and click OK If you haven t changed the PIN it is 1234 3 Click the Server Settings tab 4 Click in the Network Name field delete the name and type the new name you want to use Click Update Network Settings Click OK when the program tells you the settings have been updated You can then close the utility DER Renaissance Wireless Server Utility File Edit Tools Help Server is running Click Stop to shutdown the Renaissance Wireless Server Log Server Settings Device Settings Receivers Wireless Devices Network Name TP Receiver O Users will use this name to locate and connect to this server using their wireless devices Encryption Off Oon Enabling encryption requires that each device share the key you enter in the above area Keys are limited to digits 0 9 and characters A E 0 Update Network Settings Set Administrator PIN Renaissance Place Settings Renaissance Place connection information is required for wireless device access to a Renaissance Place server The Administrator PIN is required to authorize use of secure features such as device firmware updates and resetting a user s PIN 10 GETTING STARTE
177. ll class assignments that have items aligned to standards Use this report when you re aligned assignment questions to standards see page 57 and you want to see how well the class as a whole is performing on those standards The report includes the agency and standard set For each standard it includes the description and a list of the assignments that have items aligned to that standard The list includes the number of students who completed each assignment the number of questions aligned to the standard the total number of points possible the total number of points earned and the percentage of possible points earned The point totals include the number of points possible and points earned for all students so they are larger than the points available on the assignment Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Form x Cells in the Numbers gt Gradebook A cell in the Gradebook is the square in the table where an assignment column and a student row meet After the student s assignment is scored the cell shows the score Before the assignment is scored it shows the status Go to the Gradebook and choose the name of one assignment or the cells squares for each student in the column for that assignment The report is only available for assignments meant to be scored with the AccelScan scanner Use this report to get the form numbers that students must fill in on their AccelTest scan c
178. ll appear on the student s screen After reading the note the student must press Menu to go back to the main screen If the note is not locked the Responder will ask if the student wants to keep it The student must then press either yes True to keep it or no False to delete it Then the student must press Select How Teachers View the Note History for a Student Change Notes and Delete Notes x You can only choose W one student because you can only view one studen s note history at a time AccelTest User Manual Follow these steps to view a history of the notes that have been sent to a student 1 In AccelTest view the Gradebook for a class see page 76 2 Click the name of one student AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments MSE Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Pi F Assignments Sessions _ Start Student Paced Session Start Teacher Paced Session Send Note to All Students Send Note to Camacho Luis Camacho Luis Grade 6 Rossetti Le tionsSentence Structi In Class 10 3 2009 10 27 2009 16 10 26 2009 7 10 19 2009 Points Possible 8 Assigned Scored 46 2 23 0 23 0 ID__ Status Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna 103 105 109 ahh 113 115 117 M Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting
179. lments are also imported 1 Click the Classes menu in AccelTest and choose ee Coon uu ji ay Hs Pia cia Import from Renaissance Place It doesn t matter Add Student W F Edit Student separated value which tab you re viewing before you click this menu clots nile CSV file or from a Import From File Renaissance Learning Export to File desktop program see Add Class age 23 Edit Class pag Delete Class Import From Renaissance Place Enroll Students Unenroll Students 2 Enter the server or IP address of your Renaissance Place server If you don t know the address contact your server administrator Then click Next Renaissance Place Import Wizard Enter Server Address Enter your Renaissance Place server address 3 Enter the user name and password that you normally use to log in to Renaissance Place Then click Next AccelTest User Manual 21 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Classes from Renaissance Place 4 Click the name of the school that has the class that you want to import Then click Next t Renaissance Place Import Wizard Select School School Name East Elementary School Maple Academ Martin Middle School North Terra Grade School Roosevelt School westfield Elementary 1 6 5 Check the boxes next to the classes that you want to import Then click Next 7 I students who have 2 Renaissance Place Import Wizard an ID that is longer
180. me out behind the scanner Save it so you can use the other side If the assignment also has free response items you must score those items manually see the instructions below 7 Now the teacher or the next student can scan the next card lt x f you need to Ending the Scanning Session D change the P Ace ia estpassword When you or your students have finished scanning cards click Done The program use the Password preference will ask you to enter a password to unlock AccelTest This is so students can t access see page 147 the Gradebook or other parts of the program Enter the same password that you use to log in to the software the default is admin then click OK Scoring Assignments Manually Manual scoring is required when e You chose Manual as the scoring method when you created the assignment see page 39 The teacher must score both assisted response and free response questions manually x Free response items The assignment has free response items that were not scored by the scoring method WBS are numeric response you chose AccelTest will score the items that can be scored automatically using the questions short method you chose Scanner Responder or NEO 2 for the other items such as answer questions and essay essay questions the software will assume the student earned all points unless you questions Assisted response items are multiple choice score those items manually If you used the S
181. ms click Add and go to step 6 on page 44 E Add Items paren Template Library Assignment Standards E Grade 10 LA Item Bank Grade 10 Math Item Bank Grade 3 LA Item Bank Grade 3 Math Item Bank 4 Grade 4 LA Item Bank Grade 4 Math Item Bank Grade 5 LA Item Bank Q Build vocabulary Use the writing process 4 Communicate through writing E Edit using standard conventions E Use parts of speech in writing E Use pronouns in writing Identify and use verb tenses Show subject verb agreement M 1 Multiple choice 2 Multiple choice Show correct adjective usage Multiple items selected cone 41 Ve x You can choose P more than one item to add from the Library Assignment or Standards tabs To do this hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items To select a group of items click the first one hold down the Shift key and click the last one If you select just one item you ll see the item to the right of the list If you select more than one you will not see the items You can click and drag the border between the two panes in this window to change the size of each x To add standards to J your database see page 32 You can align each item on an assignment to standards by clicking the item and then clicking Align Item see page 57 2 AccelTest User Manual e Assignments
182. n AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment O Title Type Presentation Score With Last Saved Aligned Estimation AccelTest Printed NEO 2 7 18 2009 9 10 4M a Using Variables to Solve Problems AccelTest Printed Responder 7 14 2009 10 22 AM Countries of South America AccelTest Projected NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 21 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Projected Responder 7 14 2009 10 16 AM Countries of Europe AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 11 AM Science Lab 3 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 14 2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2 7 14 2009 9 44 AM Science Lab 1 Score Key ScoreKey Responder 7 14 2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual 7 14 2009 8 58 AM AccelTest User Manual 50 x Responder versus W NEO 2 Only assignments Responder assignments can be viewed and completed on either a Responder or a NEO 2 They can include multiple choice true false yes no numeric response and short answer items Short answer items can only be answered on Responders with firmware version 3 0 or higher see page 14 NEO 2 Only assignments can include the same item types and they can only be viewed and completed on NEO 2s AccelTest User Manual SETTI
183. n by a green bar the number of incorrect answers will be shown by red bars and the number of students who haven t responded yet will be shown by a yellow bar If you are projecting the PowerPoint presentation for all students to see wait to show the graph until after you stop accepting responses so that students don t see the correct answer before they ve responded After you stop accepting responses you can choose the correct answer For multiple choice questions check the correct answer s For true false or yes no questions click the correct answer For numeric response questions type the correct number Click Set Answer after choosing or entering the correct answer Click Next Slide or Previous Slide to go to another slide 130 USING SESSIONS Using the Student Paced Sessions 17 Repeat steps 12 16 for each question on the assignment 18 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you ll see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 19 Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s
184. n list lets you choose to see assignments from one subject or all subjects It can help you shorten the list you re viewing if you have many assignments Click Add to add a new assignment to the Gradebook for this class See page 77 Click this button to assign assignments See page 83 Click the Gradebook menu for more options You set the ID when you add students IDs are important when you assign Responders to students See page 12 The status tells you if students need to retrieve Homework H or Notes N with their Responders You ll see a column for each assignment in the Gradebook 76 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook Adding Assignments to the Gradebook Follow the steps below to add assignments to a class Gradebook Before you do this you must do the following Create your classes see page 18 or import them from Renaissance Place see page 21 Add your students see page 18 or import them see page 23 lt x You don t need to e Create assignments see page 39 or import them see page 59 D create points only assignments before Set up your school year see page 148 adding them You can simply follow these steps to add them You can add assignments or score keys For more about score keys see page 50 Be to the Gradebook sure to check your assignments before you add them to a Gradebook because you cannot change assignments once they ve
185. ncluding exam 56 7 22 5 79 2 AccelTest User Manual 98 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated If final exams are 20 of the semester grade and a student earned 72 on the exam Semester Grade 78 X 80 62 4 Final Exam 72 X 20 14 4 Grade including Exam 62 4 14 4 76 8 You may choose different categories weights and grading options for each term in the school year This gives you the flexibility to change how you compute grades during the course of the school year How AccelTest Preferences Affect Grades Three AccelTest preferences affect how grades are shown or calculated e Categories Category Weights e Exams e Grading Scale Categories Category Weights Using the Categories preference see page 145 you can assign a weight to each assignment category so that some types of assignments have more of an effect on the student s grade than others If you do this the software will first calculate the percent correct within each category Then to determine grades it will calculate a weighted average of the percent correct within each category Exams Using the Exams preference see page 146 you can choose to count exams as a specific percentage of the term semester or final grade Grading Scale Using the Grading Scale preference see page 146 you can choose which grading scale to use and you can set the minimum percentage correct required for each grade in the scale The available sc
186. ng down the Ctrl key Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click the items You can select a group of items by clicking the first one in the group holding down the Shift key and clicking the last one in the group 54 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment t Reading Quiz 5 Fie Edit Assignments ANSWERS Fillin Bubble Points Aligned 1MOOQQOQOQH 0000 99000 0000 8 Free Response 9 Free Response 10 Free Response 10 Items Total Points Multiple choice items are labeled Choose the type of items you AR assisted response Click want to add the number and the the correct answer to each of points for each item then click these items Correct answers will OK to return to the score key be darker to remove one so you Since score keys don t include can select another answer click the actual assignment items the tagain Yau can tenter answers Edit Item button is disabled for for free response FR items scanner score keys Click Scan Form to scan a card that has the correct answers See page 56 To change the assignment title or subject click Properties enter your changes and click OK To change a point value click it and enter a new value in the text standard aligned with an item field click the item and click Align To add more items or questions Item See page 57 to the score key click Add Items To choose or ch
187. nner Settings Essay School Year Subjects AccelTest User Manual 154 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences Once you choose one of the assignment creation preferences you can click the drop down list and switch to another assignment creation preference When you do this any changes you chose for the first preference will still be saved when you click OK Assignment Creation Options a Body Font Title Font Times New Roman The following table tells you how to change each of the assignment creation preferences Assignment Creation Preference What It Does How to Change It Default Fonts Sets the fonts that will be used by Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment default when you create a new Creation and choose Default Fonts The Assignment assignment The fonts apply only Creation Options dialog box will open to printed or projected Use the drop down lists to choose the font faces and assignments and you can change point sizes for the fonts that will be used in the the font used in a specific assignment title and in the body of the assignment the assignment by changing instructions and questions assignment properties when you p create or edit the assignment See Click OK to save your changes Changing Assignment Properties on page 66 Print Layout Sets the default page margins and Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment how or whether answer sp
188. ns Questions to display Click this drop down list and choose whether to list all questions or just missed questions The list shows the possible points the points the student earned and the student s answer if possible Show correct answers Check this box if you want the list of missed questions to include the correct answers as well as the student s answer Auto print after student score Check this box if you want the report to print automatically every time a student s assignment is scored this applies only when the assignment is scored using an AccelScan scanner Print student assignment with report Check this box if you want to print students assignments with the report Batch print report Check this box if during scoring you want the program to wait until all scoring is complete and print the reports for all students together instead of printing them one by one as each assignment is scored AccelTest User Manual 153 PREFERENCES Setting Assignment Creation Preferences e Assignments Report Click the Sort Order drop down list and choose how you want to sort assignments on the report by title date changed the total points the assignment is worth or by whether the report has been assigned in a Gradebook e Group Assignment Click the Sort Order drop down list and choose how you want to sort assignments on the report by student name the number of points earned or the percentage of possible points earned
189. nt paced sessions 131 Students 17 adding 18 changing a name 28 changing IDs 28 completing AccelScan assignments 88 completing assignments 87 completing assignments for manual scoring 89 completing Responder or NEO 2 assignments 87 deleting 31 enrolling in a class 19 exporting assignment results 102 exporting names and IDs 30 importing from a file 23 24 importing with classes from Renaissance Place 21 Accel Test User Manual INDEX note history 110 reading notes 110 removing from a class 20 sending notes to students 108 unassigning assignments 105 unenrolling from a class 20 Subjects 66 149 Subjects preference 149 System requirements 3 T Tab delimited export files 102 Tabs in AccelTest 7 Teacher name 147 Teacher paced sessions 113 existing assignments 118 PowerPoint slides 124 projected assignments 114 verbal questions 121 Template for Responders 134 Term grades 98 Terms 148 showing in Gradebook 97 Text files for import 23 TF True False 39 98 Title of assignment 66 True False 39 preference 156 U Unassigning assignments 105 Unenrolling students from a class 20 Updates 6 Updates for AccelTest software 6 Updating Responder firmware 14 Using AccelTest for assignments you already have 2 Using AccelTest for in class assignments 2 Using AccelTest to create assign and score assignments 2 V Verbal questions and teacher paced sessions 121 Version of Ac
190. ntation Score With Points Last Saved aligned select the p rinter Reading Quiz5 ren PET Verb Tenses LAS AccelTest Responder Responder 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Solving Equations AccelTest Printed Scanner 1 7 21 2009 9 39 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 9 38 4M English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M Click the File menu and choose Print Choose a printer in your computer s print dialog box Then click OK or Print Click OK when the program notifies you that the assignment has been printed on Fw Click Done to close the assignment AccelTest User Manual 72 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 2 Double click the Responder or NEO 2 assignment that you want to preview The assignment will open E AccelTest Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes All Subjects v New Assignment Title Type Presentation Score With it Last Saved Aligned Reading Quiz 4 Score Key ScoreKey NEO 2 7 21 2009 11 15 AM Foundations of Modern Democracy AccelTest Printed Manual 7 21 2009 11 04 AM Finding Perimeters AccelTest Printed Scanner Readi 5 ScoreKe Ve e j E Responder S
191. o WIE STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Add Standards this item is aligned to WID c 2 eo perimeter and area of regular shapes and the area of plane rectangular shapes Remove 5 When you ve finished choosing standards click OK When you return to the assignment the symbol will appear next to the item Finding Perimeters Fie Edit Assignments Id as gt oI Finding Perimeters AccelTest Monday July 21 2008 10 05 57 AM Page 1 Christina Rossetti Class Name gt Renaissance School Form Number 0 lt Student Name gt The floor of the longest trailer made for a semi truck is 53 feet long and 8 feet wide Which is the perimeter of the floor of the trailer A 32f B 61f C 1228 D 2128 Which is the perimeter of the square below AccelTest User Manual 58 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Importing Assignments Importing Assignments x Ifyou already have W an assignment with the name you ve chosen the program will notify you Click OK and change the name for the newly imported assignment AccelTest User Manual AccelTest can import two types of assignments Assignments that another user exported from AccelTest Since everyone who logs into the computer has a unique database this is a way to share assignments with teachers who have a different database Note If the assignment that you are importing has items aligned to standards those alignments will be imported w
192. o check it carefully before assigning it to students To add the assignment to a Gradebook so it is assigned to your class see page 77 Adding Graphics SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 7 Click Save when the program asks if you want to save the assignment The assignment will be added to your list on the Assignments tab Equations and Plots to Assignments As you add questions for a new assignment or edit them for an assignment you ve already created you can add a graphic equation or plot the following sections explain how You cannot add graphics equations or plots to Responder or NEO 2 assignments Adding Graphics to Assignments AccelTest User Manual 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the graphic Then click Graphic E Item 1 of 7 Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices 3 x Columns 2 v Shuffle al x Question ig Country A Choices 4 Guatemala B Belize C El Salvador Answer Points 45 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 2 Find the graphic file in the folder where you have stored it Click the graphic file to i To limit the size of select it then click Open 2 JZ your assignment ea files choose graphics The graphic will now appear in your q
193. olving Printed English Quiz AccelTest NEO 2 7 21 2009 9 38 AM Countries of Central America AccelTest Printed Scanner 7 21 2009 9 38 4M 3 Click Preview The Preview window will show you how the first question will look on the Responder or NEO 2 screen Click the left and right arrows to go to the next or previous question Click the up and down arrows to scroll up and down within a question When you ve finished previewing the assignment click OK Responder Preview E NEO 2 Preview Grammar Assignment 1 3 of 7 Avoid is to meet as timid is English Quiz i the best way to plete the sentence 4 Click Done to close the assignment AccelTest User Manual 73 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Exporting Assignments or Score Keys Exporting Assignments or Score Keys x Ifitems on the W assignment are aligned to standards those alignments are exported with the assignment If the teacher who imports the assignment doesn t have those standards added the program will give the teacher the opportunity to import the standards with the assignment x Ifyou export an P assignment from the latest version of AccelTest and you try to import it into an older version of the software the assignment may not be compatible Update AccelTest before importing the assignment AccelTest User Manual Follow these steps to export assignments Exporting can be helpful when you want to share an assignment you v
194. om overdue assignments The lists includes all any AccelTest tab and you don t need to select anything before choosing the report However please note that the report will include only the class you ve selected on the Gradebook tab assignments in class quizzes tests and homework In the Gradebook overdue assignments have a score of 0 until they are scored Preferences page 152 Print preview setting 141 AccelTest User Manual Report Descriptions REPORTS What to Select Before Report Name Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Program Nothing you can Use this report to get information about the Information choose this report from following any AccelTest tab and e School teacher and AccelTest serial you don t need to select number anything before e Renaissance Receiver connected if any choosing the report e AccelScan scanner connected if any e Some preference settings School Year Categories Subjects Grading Scale and some Reports settings e Gradebook display The computer setup The AccelTest program Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Student Nothing you can Use this report to get each student s final Grade choose this report from grades for each subject for each term or any AccelTest tab and semester and the school year The report you don t need to select includes blanks where you can fill in the anything before student s tardies and excused
195. on NEO 2 On NEO 2 only if both the question and the answer choices require scrolling you can press the tab key or the amp or gt keys to switch between the question and answer Then use the and 4 keys to scroll up or down 5 After the student answers the last question the Responder or NEO 2 will ask if the student is ready to submit the work If so the student must press yes Responder or Y NEO 2 and then press Enter If not the student must press no Responder or N NEO 2 and press Enter and each question will be shown again so the student can change his or her answers If you ve chosen to turn on student feedback after the student completes the assignment the Responder or NEO 2 will show the student s score in points and percentage The student can press any key to leave this screen The Responder or NEO 2 may show Session Complete after the student finishes the assignment The device will return to the main menu Responder or the 132 USING SESSIONS How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s SmartApplets list NEO 2 and the student can repeat steps 2 6 to complete other assignments 8 The teacher can see which students are connected in the Responder Session Manager window As students choose and work on assignments the window will show the teacher which assignment each student is working on the question number the student is viewing the number the student has completed and the numbe
196. oolbar CD that is in the back of the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide The 2Know Toolbar allows you to quickly quiz or get feedback from your class or group For more information see the instructions installed with the program You can also use the classroom response system with Accelerated Math RP so students can enter their answers to assignments using Responders or NEO 2s If you use the classroom response system with Accelerated Math RP you must download and install the Renaissance Responder program from Renaissance Place For more information see the Accelerated Math RP Software Manual You don t need to install AccelTest to use Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s with the 2Know Toolbar or Accelerated Math RP You can only use Responders or NEO 2s with one program at a time WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM Learning AccelTest Learning AccelTest Online Manuals If you re reading this manual at your computer you ve already discovered that the AccelTest User Manual is in your Start menu under AccelTest Windows or in your program folder Macintosh When you are reading this manual on your computer all references to other pages or sections are links that you can click to go directly to that page section or procedure When you move the cursor over the link it will change to a hand pointing to the link The sections listed in the Contents and the page numbers in the Index are also links If you are
197. oose an answer Use the list on the left to see which students have answered the current question If you chose to allow anonymous access you will see numbers instead of names If you chose to score the assignment you will see a check mark for correct answers and an X for incorrect ones 136 REPORTS Printing or Previewing AccelTest Reports AccelTest has several reports that give you information about your assignments and your students work To generate a report click the Reports menu and choose the report name bf AccelTest Rossetti Section 1 Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes GOTISN Preferences Window Help Ms Answer Key Assignment Analysis Assignment Results Rossetti Section 1 Al subjects Assignment Standards u Assignments ubject Class Standards f Tenses LA Foundations of 4 Assignments Sessions Gradebook Classes mework In Class 2 2008 7 22 2008 8 2008 7 28 2008 In Class Form Numbers i22j2c Free Response Grading Worksheet 7 28 20 Gradebook Summary by Term 19 Pon Group Assignment 5 0 25 8 4 Overdue Assignments Students Status Program Information Student Grade Allen Michael H waiting Student ID Arnold Jacob H g Student Record Sent Student Standards H 6 13 7 waiting 5 3 Waiting Assigned Scored Cline Charlotte Waiting Waiting Waiting Davis Zoe Waiting Waiting Waiting Duncan Morgan Waiting Waitin
198. orting Detailed Scoring Data for One Assignment and Multiple Classes 104 Unassigning Assignments 0 cece eee cece cette e nee e nee eeee 105 Removing Assignments from the Gradebook 0 ccc cence neces 107 Sending Notes to Students Renaissance Responders 2 05 108 How to Send Notes to Students 0 2 cece eee cee eee eee teen ee ee eee 108 How Students Get and Read Notes on Their Responders 220 0005 110 How Teachers View the Note History for a Student Change Notes and Delete NOTES si ia na tens Son wih goa via ooh aa betwee scene a a ase eteer aca ead or 110 USING Sessions boii we d Sa walk Wd we ei aa a a 112 What Are Sessions oi vie cha ene AE aR ETEA ba Ge Be SE oA A 112 Using the Teacher Paced Session 0 cece eee eect eee eee eens 113 Starting a Session for Projected Assignments 0 e cece ee eee eens 114 Starting a Session for Existing Assignments 0 e eee e eee eee eee 118 Starting a Session for Verbal Questions 0 cece cece eee eee cere eee 121 Starting a Session for PowerPoint Slides Windows Only 222 005 124 PowerPoint Sessions with an Existing Assignment 005 125 PowerPoint Sessions with Verbal Questions 2 eee ee eee ee eee 128 Using the Student Paced Sessions 0c ec cece eee e eee eee e eens 131 How Students Answer Questions on Responders and
199. ose incorrect answers red and O Select or enter the correct answer as how many didn t answer the question yellow described in step 14 For the current question use the graph to see oO Click next to a question to see the how many students naye chosen each answer percentage of students who chose each and how many haven t chosen an answer answer If you chose to score the assignment Use the list on the left to see which students the correct answer is green have responded 123 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 16 Repeat steps 11 15 for each question on the assignment 17 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you will see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 18 Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s Starting a Session for PowerPoint Slides Windows Only 5 Click Select and use the drop down list at the top of the window to choose the drive where you can find the file When you ve found the file click it once then click Open Click Next to continue Z Responder S
200. ow these instructions to enter calculations e To enter numbers use the number keys e To add press A e To subtract press B e To multiply press C x e To divide press D e To calculate percent press E e To clear an entry press Clear e To get an answer press Enter 5 To exit the calculator press Menu Disabling the Calculator Function The calculator is enabled by default in this release of AccelTest Follow these steps to disable or re enable the calculator 1 Open the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Windows computers Right click the icon in the lower right corner of your computer screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server gt Renaissance Wireless Server Utility Click Start in the program to start the server if necessary e Macintosh computers If you see the icon in the dock click it to start the utility You can also open the Applications folder on your hard drive open the Renaissance Wireless Server folder and double click Renaissance Wireless Server Utility 2 Type 1234 and click OK to log in This is the default password If you have changed the password enter your new password 3 Click the Device Settings tab Check or uncheck the box next to Calculator When the box is checked students are allowed to use the calculator on their Responders Click Update Device Settings Click OK when the settings h
201. oxes in the lower left corner of the window on the next page will show you how many of the connected students have answered the question When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses in the session window 129 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 15 Now you can select or enter the correct answers e For multiple choice questions check the box for the correct answer e For true false or yes no questions click the circle next to the correct answer e For numeric response questions enter the correct answer in the blank 16 Click Set Answer Notice the viewing options you have during the session they are described below El Microsoft PowerPoint PowerPoint Slide Show PPPres for Acceliest ppt 7 E Ble Eat fome Window Help fmt G C AccebTest 2 2 Doce PrPres for AcceRest cot gt OBE 22T Ds CF Weaker 7 a Where was Mary most of the time a College b Home with Ma and Pa c Living in town Sido Show 3A 5 Diak Design Done Qa Rain Que 6 oss O AccelTest User Manual You will see a box for each student who has connected to the session Empty boxes show you how many students have not responded to the current question Filled in boxes show you how many have responded Click the graph button if you want to see how many students have chosen each answer If you have chosen to score the assignment the number of correct answers will be show
202. pe For multiple choice items you can choose the number of answer choices you want to give the student the number of columns for answer choices and which answer choices to shuffle or rearrange for students The default shuffle option is All If you chose to add instructions before items you can edit the instructions here Enter the question here Enter the correct answer For multiple choice questions you must also enter the incorrect answers then specify the letter of the correct answer For matching and ranking items you must enter all choices For short answer items choose whether answers must be case sensitive enter each possible Cancel answer and press Enter or return after each one Enter the number of points students can earn by choosing the correct answer If you want to change the format of the text for printed or projected assignments only use the drop down lists to choose the font and or size and use the buttons to make the text bold italic or underlined Use the buttons on the right if you want to add a graphic equation or plot to the assignment For more information see page 45 Click Next gt to go to the next question or click lt Previous to go back In some cases lt Previous will take you back to the assignment instructions Click OK after entering the last question 43 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 6 After you enter
203. pears enter the number of each item type that you want to add and the points for each item Then click OK You can also click the Assignments menu click Add Item and click the type of item To enter the text for each item click it and click Edit Item To change an item click it first to highlight it then click Edit Item To change the assignment s title 8 subject fonts page layout or options click Properties The layout includes the page margins and where answer spaces if any will be located The options determine whether the point values are shown on the assignment AccelTest User Manual i4 4 tlor7 C E For assignments that will be viewed on the Responder or NEO 2 you can only change the title and subject Click Align Item to associate a standard with a specific item See page 57 For assignments that will be viewed on the Responder or NEO 2 click Preview to see how the questions will look on the device In the preview window use the arrow buttons to go to the next and previous questions When you ve finished click OK Use the P and buttons to go to the next or previous page or question Click 4 or PI to go to the first or last page or question To go toa specific page or question enter the page or question number and press the Enter or return key on your keyboard BK gt bl 44 x After you create an W assignment you can print it see page 72 t
204. progress copying the data 6 The Summary panel will show you the data location you have chosen Click Done Setting Reports Preferences AccelTest has several Reports preferences that allow you to choose options for AccelTest reports To select these preferences click Preferences choose Reports and then choose the report that you d like to set the preferences for E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports EGGIE Window Help FEE Assignments Sessions Auto Update Assignment Creation Categories Grade 3 Rossetti Al Subjects Data Location Devices English 101 Exars Exams tries of SoL English 101 Exar In Class Tr Grading Scale lass In Class Libraries Standards Points Possible Password Assigned Scored 13 2 1 Registration Information 2 2 Answer Key Students Status Responder Assignment Analysis Scanner Settings Assignment Results School Year Assignment Standards 1 8 2010 1 9 2009 12 29 2009 10 1 10 Arnold Jacob Waiting Brentwood Leah 90 Subjects Assignments Class Standards Cline Charlotte Waiting 100 Form Numbers Free Response Grading Worksheet Gradebook Summary by Term Group Assignment Overdue Assignments Donne Benjamin 100 90 Fuller Keisha Waiting 90 Hanson Abigail Waiting 80 Program Information Student Grade Khang Bao Waiting
205. r of items on the assignment Responder Session Manager Service Port Connected rade 3 Math Wor roblems Davis Rebekah Grade 3 Math Word Problems Espinosa Johanna Grade 3 Math Word Problems Greene Nathan Grade 3 Math Word Problems Khang Bao Grade 3 Math Word Problems 9 When students have finished their work or when time is up the teacher can end the session by clicking the Responder menu and choosing End Student Paced Session How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s Multiple Choice True False and Yes No Questions For multiple choice questions students press the letter button or key for the answer they want to choose then they press Enter For true false questions Responder users press True or False then Enter NEO 2 users press T for true or F for false then enter For yes no questions Responder users press yes or no then Enter NEO 2 users press Y for yes or N for no then enter Numeric Response Questions Students use the number buttons or keys to enter their answer then press Enter AccelTest User Manual 133 USING SESSIONS How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2s Short Answer Questions On NEO 2s students type their answer and press enter On Responders students use common phone texting techniques to enter their responses For Responders with the model number RES 1001 you may have received overlay templates with your Responders like the one shown to th
206. rades Summaryby choose this report from by subject for each term or semester and the Term any AccelTest tab and school year as a whole The report gives you you don t need to select a separate set of grades for each subject It anything before lists the grades for each subject on a separate choosing the report page The report shows grades the way However please note you ve chosen to display them in the that the report will Gradebook either by points or percentage include only the class Preferences page 152 Print preview you ve selected on the setting Gradebook tab Group Go to the Gradebook Use this report to get an overview of student Assignment and choose your class progress for each assignment in your Gradebook The report shows information about each assignment including the due date the number of students for which it has been assigned and scored and the number that still need the assignment scored For scored assignments the report shows the points and percentage earned and the date scored for each student For unscored assignments the report shows the status Waiting Pending Overdue Not Assigned or Sent for homework The report also includes the class average score median score standard deviation of points earned and the high and low scores Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Sort order for students Overdue Nothing you can Use this report to see which students have Assignments choose this report fr
207. re registered trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the US and other countries Q QuickTime Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Renaissance Learning could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interferenc
208. re than One x Tell students the W Receiver name When you change the name of your Receiver be sure to give students the new name so they connect to the right Receiver x Ifyou are using W NEO 2s click the Renaissance Place Settings button if you are using the Accelerated Reader SmartApplet or the two MathFacts in a Flash SmartApplets on NEO 2 Click the button to set the server name or address for your Renaissance Place server so the SmartApplets can communicate with your server AccelTest User Manual When students complete AccelTest assignments using either a Renaissance Responder or a NEO 2 they need to select the correct Renaissance Receiver You should give each Receiver a unique name so students can be sure to choose the right one Each Receiver is named Renaissance Receiver unless you rename it Assigning a unique name is especially important if you have more than one Receiver in your school You can choose a name that makes it easy for students to choose the correct Receiver such as Mrs Smith s Class or Room 245 1 Open the Renaissance Wireless Server Utility program e Windows computers Right click the ha icon in the task bar in the lower right corner of your screen and choose Manage from the menu You can also click Start Programs gt Renaissance Wireless Server Renaissance Wireless Server Utility e Macintosh computers If you see the E icon in the dock click it to start the uti
209. rica AccelTest Projected Responder 7 14 2009 10 16 AM Countries of Europe AccelTest NEO 2 NEO 2 7 14 2009 10 11 AM Science Lab 3 Score Key ScoreKey Scanner 7 14 2009 9 45 AM Science Lab 2 Score Key ScoreKkey NEO 2 7 14 2009 9 44 4M Science Lab 1 Score Key ScoreKey Responder 7 14 2009 9 44 AM American Revolution AccelTest Printed Manual 7 14 2009 8 58 AM A Click this drop down list to choose which O The list shows how you plan to present User Manual assignments you want to see You can list assignments from all subjects or just specific subjects Choosing one subject helps shorten the list you re viewing if you have many assignments Click New Assignment to start creating a new assignment or score key Score keys are for an assignment that you already have outside AccelTest Although the assignment isn t in the program the score key will let you score it using AccelTest and score each assignment It also shows you the total points students can earn on the assignment and the date when you last saved changes The symbols in this column show whether items in the assignment have been aligned to standards means all items on the assignment are aligned means some items are aligned No symbol means no items are aligned 37 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Preferences That Affect Assignments Preferences That Affect Assignments When you create assignments you can choose from the categories D Wnion heb
210. rogram will ask you to set a due date When you re ready to continue click Next E Add Assignment Wizard Enter Start Due Dates Do you want your assignment to have a start date Yes 9121 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 O No Do you want your assignment to have a due date Yes 9 28 2009 Term 9 1 2009 to 10 31 2009 O No Cancel AccelTest User Manual 81 AccelTest User Manual 7 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook If you chose a due date for the assignment choose whether to assign the assignment to all students or just some Then click Next This choice won t appear if you didn t choose a due date for the assignment E Add Assignment Wizard Select Students Name O Anderson Eric O Arnold Jacob E Brentwood Leah Brooks Matthew O Cline Charlotte El Davis Rebekah O Donne Se Fuller Keisha El Greene Nathan Hanson Abigail CO Khang Bao O Knutson Jessica Oo Ling Lin Yao E 4 24 Select All Deselect All T1_Nanwhin Arichin If you chose to select the students on the next panel check the box next to each student who needs the assignment or click Select All to choose all the students Then click Next 8 Read the Summary If the information is correct click Done If not click Back to make changes Your assignment will appear in the Gradebook to the right of previously added assignments The students that you assigned
211. rrent term by default e Click the Category drop down list and choose whether the assignment will be Homework In Class work a test a quiz or extra credit e Use the check boxes to choose other options for the assignment Assignment is extra credit You can check this box if the assignment is extra credit however you don t need to check it if you chose the Extra Credit category from the Category drop down list for more information see Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments on page 100 Assignment is an exam Check this box if the assignment is an exam This helps determine the weight of the assignment s score See the Exams preference on page 146 Each student gets his her own variation Check this box if you want the answer choices to be in a different order for each student This box isn t available for score keys Turn on student feedback For assignments that require students to use the Responder or NEO 2 check this box if you want students to see their score at the end of the assignment After choosing the options click Next 78 AccelTest User Manual 7 8 USING THE GRADEBOOK Adding Assignments to the Gradebook E Add Assignment Wizard Enter Gradebook Details Fill in the details for your assignment Term 1st Term Category In Class a Assignment is extra credit E Assignment is an exam C Each student gets his her own variation
212. s Click OK to save your changes Essay Sets the default options for essay Click the Preferences menu choose Assignment items on assignments including Creation and choose Essay The Assignment Creation the instructions point values and Options dialog box will open the amount of space for the If yov d like to change the instructions that are used by answer However please note that default on printed assignments edit the text in the you can change the options for Instruction field each item as you create or change 2 y p If necessary change the default number of points that assignments students can earn for each item Enter the amount of space in inches that you want to leave below the question for the student s answer on printed assignments Click OK to save your changes AccelTest User Manual 158 ABOUT LIBRARIES Your 2Know classroom response system package includes libraries of items to help you easily create quizzes tests and other exercises You can add items from these libraries to your assignments instead of writing the items yourself All library content will work with printed assignments but some may not be suitable for projected questions or questions sent to the Responder Matching ranking and multiple choice with more than five distractors will not work for projected assignments Some content items may be too large to fit on the screen and some may contain graphics that are only legible when printe
213. s These options are not available for Responder or NEO 2 assignments since they are not printed Options Check the Show item points on assignment box if you want students to see how many points they can earn for each question Leave the box empty if you don t want students to see the point values This option isn t available for Responder or NEO 2 assignments SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Assignment Properties Page Margins Top 1 Bottom 1 Answer Space Location No answer spaces O Separate answer sheet O Answer space beside question E Assignment Properties Title Subject Fonts Layout Options Show item points on assignment After changing the assignment properties click OK to save your changes Changing the Assignment Mode AccelTest User Manual You can change how the assignment should be presented to students and how it should be scored Before you do this please note You can only change the mode for assignments that haven t been added to a class Gradebook You can t change the mode for score keys When you change the assignment mode some items that are not appropriate for the new mode may be removed from the assignment For example if you change the scoring option to Responder items with more than five answer choices matching items ranking items items with graphics or plots or instructions may be removed To change th
214. s no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report The Responders or NEO 2s will tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter Click Send Question in the Teacher Paced Session window to show the first question Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 133 126 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 14 Wait for your students to answer the question The boxes in the lower left corner of the window will show you how many of the connected students have answered this question When you re ready to go on click Stop Accepting Responses Q in the session window Notice the viewing options you have during the session they are described below E Microsoft PowerPoint PowerPoint Slide Show PPPres for Acceltest Mult ppt 2 BE Ele Ede pome wrda tip t bene A Q rotes gor CihAcceiTet 3 0 Dosp PPres for Accebest Mi cot BRR 229 ll x4 a 44 b 15 c 7 J Que mipana Question 2 of 15 sane00 You will se
215. s window to change the size of each 2 AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments Library If you choose this tab click next to the library Then open the subject and category and select the item s that you want to add to this assignment After choosing the items click Add 2 Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards E Grade 10 LA Item Bank Grade 10 Math Item Bank Grade 3 LA Item Bank Grade 3 Math Item Bank Grade 4 LA Item Bank Grade 4 Math Item Bank 5 Grade 5 LA Item Bank Build vocabulary Use the writing process Multiple items selected Communicate through writing Edit using standard conventions Q E Use parts of speech in writing Use pronouns in writing Identify and use verb tenses Show subject verb agreement e choice Assignments If you choose this tab click next to the assignment that has the items you want to add Then select the items in the list After choosing the items click Add 2 Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards Countries of Central America Identify the Artist Who Created the Work Multiplication Grade 3 24 Multiple choice Rounding Numbers Multiple items selected 63 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments e Standards On this tab you can select items that have already been aligned to st
216. s on AccelScan cards and you use the AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring e You score the assignments manually Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have 1 You create a score key for the existing assignments The assignments aren t in the AccelTest software only the score key is 2 You add the score key to your class Gradebook 3 You assign the score key to your students 4 The assignments are scored in one of three ways e Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s during student paced sessions and the assignments are then scored automatically by the software e Students enter their answers on AccelScan cards and you use the AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring e You score the assignments manually Using AccelTest with Teacher Paced Sessions for In Class Assignments 1 You create the assignment 2 You start a teacher paced session and select the assignment You can project the assignment use PowerPoint slides ask students questions verbally or use printed copies for students AccelTest User Manual 2 WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM Programs You Will Use 3 Using Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s students complete the assignment in class at the pace you set in the session These assignments may or may not be scored depending on the choice you made as you started the session If you chose to score the ass
217. s session for a survey voting or polling instead of an assignment if you check this box the questions have no correct answer When you re ready to continue click Next t Responder Session Wizard Select Scoring Details will this assignment be scored O Yes ONo O Allow anonymous access Q Run as a survey poll voting AccelTest User Manual 114 x You can add W assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 145 x Make sure your W students know the Receiver name See page 10 to change the name x Students using gt Responders will get special notifications in these circumstances If the assignment is for NEO 2s only students who try to use Responders will be notified that the session doesn t support their device If the assignment includes short answer items but your Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to see their teachers For more about Responder firmware versions see page 14 AccelTest User Manual 10 11 If you chose to score the assignment the next screen will ask you to enter the assignment details Click the Category drop down list to USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session t Responder Session Wizard Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment choose whether the Category O session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an
218. s to award for each category Oe page 145 item Click the Category Pai meee TTT drop down list to choose Assignment is an exam whether the session is for in class work a test a quiz or extra credit You can also check the boxes provided to designate an assignment as an exam or extra credit For more on this see page 100 When you re ready to continue click Next Enter Assignment Details Enter the details for your assignment Title Reading Quiz 4 Subject English x You can add Points Per Item s 8 Read the Summary to make sure it lists the options you want then click Done The session window will open 9 Next students follow these steps to connect to the session a Students turn on their Responders or NEO 2s b For Responders that have assigned owners students must enter their Personal Identification Numbers PINs NEO 2s never have assigned owners c On Responders once students see the menu they should press Select to choose Join Session On NEO 2s students press applets When students see the list of SmartApplets they use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to Responder then they press enter wis x Make sure your W students know the d If the Responder or NEO 2 asks the student whether to stay connected to a Receiver name See specific Receiver the student must press yes or no Responder or Y or N page 10 to change the name NEO 2 and press En
219. same time If you do not support owned Responders you can decide whether you want the AccelTest software to connect to your Renaissance Receiver when the program starts AccelTest User Manual 147 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Preference What It Does How to Change It Scanner Use this preference to set the scanner port 1 Click the Preferences menu and select Scanner Settings setting and the scanner sensitivity Settings The Scanner Settings dialog box will open The port setting tells the computer whereto 2 The scanner status at the bottom of the dialog box find the AccelScan scanner that you ve will show you if AccelTest is detecting the scanner If already connected To connect the scanner it isn t click the Port drop down list and choose the see the instructions in the AccelTest computer port that the scanner is connected to Wait Software Installation Guide Then start while the Scanner Status shows that the program is your computer and AccelTest and open this searching for the scanner If AccelTest still does not preference detect the scanner make sure the AccelScan is on if You may need to adjust the scanner it has a switch and plugged in You should also sensitivity to allow for differences in the Chock he necelScan system PTERIS nits tor way students mark scan cards If the AccelTest at www renlearn com requirements AccelScan is too sensitive to stray marks 3 Ifyou need to change the scanner sensitivity
220. scores and the standard deviation For each item the report shows the total number of student responses and the average points earned The report includes a detailed analysis for each item that shows the number and percentage of students who chose each answer choice The report can be used with assignments that were not created in AccelTest however the report will show less information for each item Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Include item details 138 AccelTest User Manual REPORTS Report Descriptions What to Select Before Report Name Choosing the Report When You Would Use the Report Assignment GototheGradebooktab Use this report to give your students their Results and select assignment assignment results The report tells students name s at the top of their score on an assignment It identifies the the column student student by name and ID and the assignment name s or the by name and it has a blank for the teacher s students scores You signature and comments con choose more than Depending on the preference settings for this one assignment report see page 152 it may print student or score automatically after the assignment is scored You can also choose to print the student assignments with the report Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Questions to display Show correct answers Auto print after student score Print student assignment with report Batch print
221. sed If you would like to update your firmware or just switch to a different version make sure your data is synchronized on your Responder before installing the update scroll down on the menu and select Synchronize Usually any changes you ve made to the Responder settings will still be in place after the firmware update if they are not you may need to change the settings or assign an owner again Follow these steps to change or update firmware on each Responder wis You can update 7 JZ more than one 1 Responder at the same time If you follow these steps at more than one Responder at a time you can update a set of 24 Responders in as little as 20 minutes wie x NEO 2s are not W updated in this way They receive their updates to the NEO 2 and its SmartApplets through the NEO Manager software AccelTest User Manual Press the On Off button to start the Responder If the Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the Student PIN press Then press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current Receiver server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Then press any key Press W to scroll down to Settings and press Select Press W to scroll down to Firmware Update and press Select If the Responder asks if you want to stay connected to the Receiver press yes and then Enter The Responder will find and display the available updates R
222. see page 14 EENEN ea ae When you assign an owner to a Responder only that student can use that Responder esponders S IS tne P P po When you start the Responder the student will be asked to enter his or her Personal default setting but it can be changed To check the Identification Number PIN This helps ensure that only that student uses the preference setting click the Responder the student or teacher can change the student PIN see page 13 Preferences menu and choose Responder Then Follow these steps to assign owners to Responders make sure the Support er Owned Responders box is 1 Before you start assigning owners make sure you have added your students checked and click OK page 18 and your classes page 18 and assigned students to their classes page 19 The AccelTest software must be running and the class for which you want to assign Responders should be selected 2 Press the On Off button on the Responder that needs an owner assigned to start the Responder penaissance Responder 3 Press W Oto scroll down to Settings then press Select 4 Press WD to scroll down to Assign Owner then O press Select The Responder will search for a Receiver 5 If the Responder asks you to stay connected to the previously chosen Receiver press yes True then Select to continue If not highlight the correct Receiver and press Select AccelTest User Manual 12 GETTING STARTED Getting Started with
223. ses write and read OS X Networks Grant the following permissions to the data folder on your network server including all files Read amp Write for the Owner Group and Everyone If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read amp Write permissions to the owner and to that particular group only Rights Required for Data Folders on Windows 2000 Windows XP and OS 10 Computers e Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Computers If you put your data folder on your computer but not in the default location make sure you have full access to the data folder OS 10 Computers If you put your data folder on your computer but not in the default location grant the Read and Write permissions for the Owner Group and Everyone If you have a group created for students and teachers you can grant the Read amp Write permissions to the owner and to that particular group only 150 PREFERENCES Setting the Data Location Preference How to Choose a Different Data Location x Where is the default data location The default location is on your computer s hard drive On Windows 2000 and XP computers it is in the Documents and Settings folder under your personal folder in Application Data AccelTest On Windows Vista and Windows 7 computers the default location is Users your user name AppData Roaming AccelTest On Macintosh computers it is in Users your user name Library App
224. signment x You can only use P one tab in this window When you click OK AccelTest will only apply your selections from the tab you have selected Any selections you ve made on other tabs will not be used W and ranking items On the Template tab when you add matching or ranking items note that the total points for those items are calculated by multiplying the number of items you add by the default number of answers to match or rank AccelTest User Manual SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Changing Editing Assignments There are two ways to add items to an assignment Adding One Item to the End of the Assignment To add one new item click the Assignments menu select Add Item _ T and then choose the vYesiNo item type The item types available depend on how you chose to present and score the assignment The new item will be added to the end To edit it see page 64 2 Verb Tenses LA5 File Edit ESFE Multiple Choice Numeric Response Adding Multiple Items or Adding Items from the Libraries or Other Assignments Click Add Items while Add Items Template Library Assignment Standards viewing the Number of Items Points Per Item Total assignment Then use Item Types Multiple Choice one of the tabs at the top to decide whether to specify the number of items to add and the point values True False Yes No Matching Ranking Numeric Response Shor
225. signments 89 scoring assignments manually 91 sending notes to students 108 show entire school year 97 showing scores as percentages 97 showing scores as points 97 showing term 97 unassigning assignments 105 viewing 76 viewing scores 96 Gradebook Summary by Term 141 Grades 98 and Categories preference 99 and Exams preference 99 and preferences 99 category weights 99 exam 99 exam grade percentage 98 extra credit calculations 100 final 98 semester 98 term 98 164 Grading scale 99 146 1to 10 99 146 outstanding satisfactory unsatisfactory 99 146 pass fail 99 146 preference 146 standard 99 146 Graphics in assignments 45 Group Assignment Report 141 H Help 4 History of a student s notes 110 Homework completing with Responder 87 IDs student exporting 30 in report 142 Importing assignments 59 Importing classes from Renaissance Place 21 Importing students from a file 23 24 from desktop programs 24 In class assignments 2 Installing AccelTest software 5 Installing libraries 146 Installing standards 146 Item scores viewing 97 Item types 39 Items changing 64 moving on assignments 66 L Layout of assignment 67 Learning AccelTest 4 Libraries 146 159 Accelerated Math 159 adding items to assignments 62 deleting 146 downloading 159 installing 146 searching for 159 Accel Test User Manual INDEX Libraries Standards preference 146 Library i
226. sing You can import text files with information separated by commas WF import information prog y 8 p From Renaissance CSV files or you can import students from the database for a desktop Renaissance Place instead See page 21 Learning program to import entire classes including student names and class enrollments About Comma Separated Value CSV Files A comma separated value CSV file is a text file that separates information within each line of data with commas The file must have the information in a specific order so the student names and IDs are imported correctly Follow these guidelines e Your file must have only one student record per line Use a comma to separate each piece of information The maximum line length is 255 characters including spaces Each record must contain at least the student s first and last names The middle name and ID are optional e Add a header line to the file that identifies the information This line must start with either the symbol or no symbol If you are creating the file in Microsoft Excel and saving it in csv format it is easiest to use no symbol Then the header must list the names of the fields in the order they are in for each student record In the header use LNAME to show where the last name occurs FNAME for the first name MNAME for the middle name and ID for the student ID If the record includes information that AccelTest would not import use an X in the header
227. sion Being Used 16 CONTENTS Classes and Students 00 ce eee eee 17 Using the Classes Tabiini sieg cece cece cee E T TEE EER eee nee eeee 17 Adding a Class Si roade ta Seve ds hayes ea eee eae ha Ae EAS 18 Adding a Student vi eie neinna A ania e a ae ad are dan teagan tee 18 Enrolling Students in a Class 0 0 eee eee cee ete eee eeeeee 19 Unenrolling Students from a Class 0 ce cece cee eee teens 20 Importing Classes from Renaissance Place 2 eee eee eee eee ees 21 Importing Student Names from a File 2 0 cee ee eee eee nee eee 23 About Comma Separated Value CSV Files 0 cece cece teen neces 23 About Importing Data from Other Desktop Renaissance Learning Programs 24 How to Import Students from a CSV File or Another Desktop Program 24 Editing a Class Name oi 4 ayn ae aed elle Gd Wee a ee ahs tle Loe ale eds 27 Editing Student Names or IDS 2 eee eee eee eee nnes 28 Deleting a Class hives isc caps agg eat ees oe bee bad ee badge eee ihe see eee te 29 Exporting Student Information 0 0 cece eee eee eee tenes 30 Deleting a Student 00 0 cece ec eee cee eect EEEE EE A RE 31 Standarts esos cote ee Sa E Soe as Rete ee eters 32 Adding Standards to Your Database 0 ce cece cece eee eee eees 32 Adding Standards from the Renaissance Learning Web Site 2 33 Adding Standards from a File 0 0
228. ssignment W AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions ak Classes Grade 6 Rossetti v All Subjects Assigned Scored Students ID _ Status Arnold Jacob 103 Brooks Jamal 105 Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan Countries of Cer Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiting Waiti Waiting Waiting edian If you want to clear an assignment for one student click where the column for the assignment and the student s row meet on the next page If you want to clear an assignment for a few students hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the 3 key Macintosh as you click this location for each student 105 AccelTest User Manual USING THE GRADEBOOK Unassigning Assignments W AccelTest Grade 6 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Gradeboo Classes Grade 6 Rossetti v All Subjects Points Possible Assigned Scored Countries of Cer In Class 10 3 2009 10 26 2009 7 23 0 Students ID___ Status Arnold Jacob Brooks Jamal Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Donne Benjamin Espinosa Johanna Fuller Keisha Greene Nathan 103 105 107
229. ssignments to the Gradebook e If you are adding an AccelTest assignment or a score key see the next section e If you are adding a points only assignment see page 80 Adding an AccelTest Assignment or Score Key wis x You can add W assignment categories using the Categories preference see page 145 AccelTest User Manual 5 Click the drop down list and choose the assignment s subject or choose All Subjects Then click the assignment that you want to add and click Next 2 Add Assignment Wizard Select Assignment alsubjects Title Countries of Central America Countries of Northern Africa Figurative language similes metaphors Figurative language similes metaphors Grade 3 Math Word Problems Grade 6 Math Assignment 1 Music Notation Quiz 1 Number Patterns Grade 3 Rounding Numbers Sentence Structure Simple Equations Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Cancel Score With Scanner Scanner Scanner Scanner Responder Responder Responder Scanner Responder Responder Responder Responder 6 Now choose options for the assignment Last Saved 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 11 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 11 10 22 2009 10 10 22 2009 10 Aligned a e Click the Term drop down list on the next page and choose the term when students will take the assignment The program chooses the cu
230. st with that data folder at a time e Create a new data folder to start over There will be no students or assignments in this data folder until you add them or import them You can switch back to your previous data folder at any time e Copy a data location somewhere else The new data folder will have the same data as the previous folder The previous copy of the data folder will not be removed but it will also not be updated Check Rights Before Choosing or Creating a Different Data Folder AccelTest User Manual You must have certain rights to the data folder that you will be using with AccelTest If you are not using the default location check your rights to the folder you plan to select before changing your data location You will need the rights described below Rights Required for Network Data Folders e Windows NT Networks Grant the Change Permission to the data folder including all files If you want to assign specific rights to the folder make sure you include the Read Write and Delete permissions If you will be using AccelTest with this data folder on both Macintosh and Windows computers be sure to set the Macintosh permissions first then set the Windows permissions 149 x Other rights W required On Windows 2000 XP Vista and Windows 7 computers AccelTest users need full access to the Renaissance Learning and Renaissance Wireless Server folders in Documents and Settings All Users Application Dat
231. st Term N Show 2nd Term Show 3rd Term Viewing Students Scores for Each Item on an Assignment Padte To see the scores that students achieved on each item double click the assignment name on the previous page You will see a table of the items on that assignment and the students in the class The table will show the student s score for each item If the square for each item is blank the item hasn t been scored yet if you want to start scoring the assignment for a student double click the first item for that student see page 91 t Assignment 1 English Quiz 1 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help 1 MC 2 MC 3 TF Students 1 pts 1 pts 1 pts 6 YN 7NR 8 NR 9 FR 10 FR 1 pts ipts 41 pts 41 pts 41 pts Score Anderson Eric 1 1 1 Brentwood Leah 1 1 1 Brooks Matthew 1 1 0 Cline Charlotte Del Castillo Miranda Duncan Morgan Evans Samuel Gordon Jonathan Hanson Abigail Johnson Myra King Lydia 1 0 0 1 1 90 1 0 0 2 2 90 1 0 0 1 1 70 So 90 80 80 60 Waiting Waiting Waiting edian 76 3 Notice that there is a column for each item on your assignment The points per item and an abbreviation for the item type are at the top of each column These abbreviations are used e MC Multiple choice YN Yes No AccelTest User Manual 97 USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated TF True False
232. sts the teacher paced and student paced sessions that you have completed You can see more information about a session by double clicking it in the list For teacher paced sessions you will see information about the students who completed a specific assignment 9 21 2007 9 17 AM Teacher Paced Score Fie Fat Asigenerts Responder Gendebook Omnes Reports Preferences Window Help Bane _ Curent Question Mitiple Chace 3 of 5 Sieve frocks anal Johrson Myra AccelTest User Manual Current Question Multiple Choice 3 ef 5 Click Next gt or lt Previous to go to another question or click the question If the assignment was scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow Click next to the color bar below a question to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green For numeric response and short answer questions you won t see all the answers entered but you will see the percentage of students who entered the correct answer and the percentage who entered an incorrect answer For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer and how many didn t choose an answer Use the list on the left to see which students have answered the curr
233. students who did not answer Click Done when you have finished viewing the graph E AccelTest Graph Current Question Multiple Choice 2 of 10 14 Repeat steps 10 13 for each question on the assignment 15 Click Done after you ve accepted the responses for the last question Then click Yes to confirm that you want to end the session You ll see the session that you ve just completed in the list on the Sessions tab In your Gradebook you will see that the assignment has been added if you chose to score the assignment and the students scores are shown 16 Tell your students to press Enter one more time to finish the assignment They will be told there is no session With N no selected students can press Enter to leave the session on their Responders or NEO 2s AccelTest User Manual 117 USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session Starting a Session for Existing Assignments x This list is limited to W assignments that you chose to present and score with Responders or NEO 2 The scoring method you chose when creating the selected assignment determines whether students can use Responders and NEO 2s for Responder assignments or just NEO 2s for NEO 2 Only assignments to respond to questions AccelTest User Manual 5 Click the assignment that you want to use in this session If necessary you can choose a subject from the drop down list to make an assignment easier to find Then cl
234. t User Manual In AccelTest you can create assignments with different types of items For example an assignment may include both multiple choice items and true false items and it may include both assisted response and free response item types When you create your assignment you specify the item types decide how many items to add and enter the number of points students can earn for each item The available item types depend on the method you choose for presenting and scoring the items If you choose to present items with the Responder or NEO 2 the available item types are limited to multiple choice true false yes no numeric response or short answer If you choose a printed assignment with any scoring method all item types are available however if you use the Responder or NEO 2 as the scoring method students may need to answer some items on paper for manual scoring such as essay items If you are planning to align items on your assignments to standards it s helpful to add the standards first so you can align items to standards as you create assignments See page 32 Follow these steps to create a new assignment 1 In AccelTest click the Assignments tab 39 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Creating Assignments in AccelTest 2 Click New Assignment E AccelTest Rossetti Section 2 Entire School Year Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions
235. t Answer Essay Assignment Total D Cl dd instruction before items wre Points for matching Template add sample items from the AccelTest libraries Library add items from an assignment you ve already created Assignment or add items you ve already aligned to standards Standards Template If you choose this tab enter the number of items of each type that you want to add to the assignment and enter the points per item for each item type If you want to add instructions before the items check the box Note The item types available depend on how you chose to present and score the assignment Only printed assignments allow you to add instructions To finish click Add A wizard will appear to help you create the questions in the assignment Enter the information for each question or item then click Next If you chose to add instructions you ll also be asked to enter or edit those instructions When you finish the last item click OK 62 x You can choose J7 more than one item from a library or another assignment To do this hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the items To select a group of items click the first one hold down the Shift key and click the last one If you select just one item you ll see the item to the right of the list If you select more than one you will not see the items You can click and drag the border between the two panes in thi
236. t must press the letter for an assignment and press Enter The Responder or NEO 2 will show the student the questions in the assignment one by one The student must choose or enter the answer to each question and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions see page 133 If the assignment has questions that can t be completed on the Responder or NEO 2 such as essay questions the student must answer those questions on paper Students can answer the questions in order or use these commands to go back or to go to a specific question To do this Scroll through a question press these keys Press the up and down arrow keys Go forward or back one question On Responders press then press lt to go back one question or W to go forward one question You can press again when you want to use the arrow buttons to scroll within a question On NEO 2s press then press T to go back one question or to go forward one question Press again when you want to use the arrow keys to scroll within a question Go to a specific question number Press Select on the Responder or find on NEO 2 then enter the question number Go to the beginning or end of the question on NEO 2 For NEO 2 only to go to the beginning of the question press 3 T To go to the end of the question press vV Switch scrolling between the question and answers in multiple choice questions
237. tems in new assignments 41 M Matching 39 98 Manuals 4 Margins 155 Matching 39 preference 157 MC Multiple choice 39 97 Mean 97 Median 97 Models for Responders 14 Moving items on assignments 66 Multiple choice 39 preference 156 N NEO 2 completing assignments 87 previewing assignments 73 scoring assignments 89 student feedback 78 Network name 10 New class 18 New student 18 Notes changing 110 deleting 110 history 110 reading on Responders 110 resending 111 sending to students 108 NR Numeric Response 39 98 Number line plots 49 Numeric Response 39 preference 157 0 Outstanding Satisfactory Unsatisfactory grading scale 99 Overdue 96 Overdue Assignments Report 141 165 Overlay for Responders 134 Overriding scores in the Gradebook 94 Overview of AccelTest 2 Owners for Responders 12 resetting 14 P Pass Fail grading scale 99 Password 6 changing 147 preference 147 Past sessions 135 Pending 96 Percentages showing in Gradebook 97 Permissions 149 Personal Identification Number PIN administrator 11 student 13 14 PIN administrator 11 student 13 14 Plots in assignments 48 Points on assignments 67 Points only assignments 80 scoring 94 Points showing in Gradebook 97 Polar plots 49 Port for scanner 148 Preferences 144 Assignment creation 154 Auto Update 145 Categories 145 Data Location 145 149 Devices 145 Exams 146 Gra
238. ter If the Responder or NEO 2 does not ask this question or if the student answers no a list of Receivers will be shown The student must use the arrow keys to highlight the correct Receiver and press enter e Students who are using Responders with no owner or NEO 2s will be asked to enter their IDs Student IDs are shown in the AccelTest Gradebook they re also available in the Student ID report 10 As students join the session and enter their IDs if necessary you ll see them listed on the left side of the session window You will see numbers instead of me Students using names if you chose to allow anonymous access The Responders or NEO 2s will ae Beeponder will get tell students to wait until you the teacher tell them to press Enter a special notification if the session includes short 11 Click the type of question that you want in the top right portion of the session answer items but their window Responder version is 1 x or 2 x Students will be asked to 12 Tell your students to press Enter on their Responders or NEO 2s to start the see their teachers For more assignment When they have read the question they can press or enter a about Responder firmware response and then press Enter For more about how students answer questions versions see page 14 see page 133 AccelTest User Manual 122 AccelTest User Manual USING SESSIONS Using the Teacher Paced Session 13 Wait for your students to answer th
239. th the Responder When students use Responders to complete assignments the software automatically scores assisted response numeric response and short answer answers in those assignments However if the assignments also include other free response items such as essay questions you must score those items manually see page 91 Scoring Assignments with the NEO 2 AccelTest User Manual When students use NEO 2 to complete assignments the software automatically scores assisted response and numeric response answers in those assignments and it can score short answer responses if you entered correct answers when you created the assignment However if the assignments also include essay questions you must score those items manually see page 91 89 USING THE GRADEBOOK Scoring Assignments Scoring Assignments with the AccelScan Scanner When students have filled in their answers on scan cards see page 88 the students or the teacher can scan the cards for scoring Before you follow these steps make sure the AccelScan scanner is connected to the computer as described in the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Starting the Scanning Session 1 In the AccelTest the teacher must first click the Gradebook pE cases Reports Pref menu and choose Start Scanning Score Cards You can select this menu and item no matter which tab you re viewing in the software Start Scanning Score Cards 2 The program will search for the scanner
240. the questions the assignment will open in the assignment editor How the assignment looks in the editor depends on whether students will see a printed page or view the assignment on the Responder or NEO 2 If necessary use the buttons to change or preview the assignment as described below When you re ready to finish the assignment click Done Printed or projected assignments Language Arts Assignment 3 File Edit Assignments tems Edit Item Properties Language Arts Assignment AccelTest Friday July 18 2008 9 48 04 AM Christina Rossetti Class Name gt Renaissance School Form Number 0 Choose the sentence section with a mistake If there are no mistakes choose A Judy left early from didn t feel well A Jordan promised us and trim the bushes today Darryl and me brought a the party becausel Correct as is that him would go Correct as is homemade dish td E Grammar File Edit Assignments o Edit Item Properties Align Item Preview 1of3 bi Responder assignments Click Add Items if you need to add more questions items to the assignment Then enter the information for the new item s In the x You can also move W items Click an item that you want to move click the Assignments menu and choose Move Up or Move Down You can only move one item at a time the menu options aren t available if you choose more than one item dialog box that ap
241. to show where this information occurs For example suppose that you have a file in which each record shows the student s first name then the student s last name the student s ID and then the student s grade Since the program will not import the grade your file should look like one of these examples FNAME LNAME ID X FNAME LNAME ID X Ryan Emerson 3253 6 Ryan Emerson 3253 6 Luis Camacho 3192 3 Luis Camacho 3192 3 Lyle Johnson 3325 4 Lyle Johnson 3325 4 Note the X in the header to show where the grade is in each record The X tells AccelTest to ignore this information If some students are missing some of the information include a comma to represent that field even though the information is not there In the following example Katrina Peters does not have a middle name in her record FNAME MNAME LNAME Ryan John Emerson Katrina Peters AccelTest User Manual 23 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Importing Student Names from a File About Importing Data from Other Desktop Renaissance Learning Programs AccelTest can also import data directly from the database for any Renaissance Learning desktop product such as Accelerated Reader 5 x 6 x Accelerated Vocabulary 1 x Accelerated Math 1 x 2 x MathFacts in a Flash 1 x STAR Early Literacy 1 x STAR Math 1 x 2 x and STAR Reading 2 x Note The steps below explain how to import students from desktop products If you want to import classes and students
242. tthew Brooks Matthew Cline Charlotte Camacho Luis Davis Rebekah Cline Charlotte Donne Benjamin Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Del Castillo Miranda Fuller Keisha Donne Benjamin Greene Nathan Duncan Morgan Hanson Abigail Espinosa Johanna Khang Bao Evans Samuel Knutson Jessica Fuller Keisha Ling Lin Yao Gordon Jonathan Martin Austin Greene Nathan Mitchell D shon Hanson Abigail O Connor Nicole Jackson Cody Pagel David Johnson Myra Pope Khamil Khang Bao Randall Jason King Lydia Ryan Ashley Emih Alisin 1 24 3 Click the Classes menu and choose Edit Student fans RESES Cat 4 Edit the student s first name middle name last name Add student apogee and or ID as needed The middle name is not required Delete Student tg s Import from File places in the When you have finished click OK eae Gradebook on the Classes J 2 Edi Add Class tab and in the Student ID Eene AEEA Report First Name Stic Delete Class m z Import from Renaissance Place Middle Name Enroll Students Unenroll Students Last Name Anderson ID 134 AccelTest User Manual 28 CLASSES AND STUDENTS Deleting a Class Deleting a Class 1 Click the Classes tab in AccelTest 2 Choose the class that you want to delete from the Class drop down list Y AccelTest Grade 3 Reading G3R Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder
243. u can export students scores from assignments in the Gradebook Each student s overall score for the assignment is exported If you want detailed scoring data on each question see page 104 The text file that is exported is tab delimited so you can use it in a spreadsheet program 1 Click the Gradebook tab and choose your class see page 76 2 Choose the assignment s for which you want to export results e To select one click the assignment name at the top of the column e To choose more than one hold down the Ctrl key Windows or the key Macintosh as you click the assignment names e To choose a group of assignments click the first name in the group hold down the Shift key and click the last name in the group AccelTest User Manual 102 USING THE GRADEBOOK Exporting Scores from AccelTest E AccelTest Grade 3 Rossetti Entire School Year File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Assignments Sessions Classes Grade 3 Rossetti x Al Subjects i z Class In Class In Class 10 25 2009 10 30 2009 10 25 2009 0 10 31 2009 10 31 2009 p 7 17 16 Assigned Scored j6 3 12 0 12 0 Students ID _ Status Arnold Jacob 113 6 Waiting Pending Brooks Matthew 114 Waiting Pending Davis Rebekah 115 3 Waiting Pending Espinosa Johanna 116 3 Waiting Pending Greene Nathan 117 Waiting Pending Khang Bao 118 6 Waiting Pending Ling Lin Yao 11
244. udent PIN press Select your server Receiver or press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Press any key to continue 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Change Font Size then press Select Use the arrows to choose Small Font or Large Font then press Select Changing the Font Size on Responder Model RES 1001 If you are using a 1 x firmware version see page 14 you can change the font size by choosing either the odd numbered or even numbered version of the firmware Firmware versions that end in odd numbers display a small font firmware versions that end in even numbers display a large font You cannot change the font size on Responders that are using a 2 x or 3 x firmware version Follow these steps to change your firmware version to select a different font size Press the On Off button 2 Ifthe Responder has been assigned a student owner and asks for the Student PIN press Select your server Receiver or press yes True and then Enter to stay connected to the current server Enter the Administrator PIN 1234 is the default and press Enter Press any key to continue 3 Press W to scroll down to Settings then press Select Press W to scroll down to Firmware Update then press Select 5 When the Responder displays the available update scroll to choose the odd
245. uestion If you decide to delete the graphic at with a small file size any time simply click the graphic and press the Delete key on your keyboard AT 1 of 7 Fie Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices 3 v Columns 2 v Shuffle al i Question Identify Country A A M Adding Equations to Assignments 1 As you edit the question position your cursor where you want to place the equation Then click Equation E Item 1 of 5 File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Window Help Choices 5 v Columns 2 v Shuffle AI x Question F the following equation Choices Answer Points AccelTest User Manual 46 SETTING UP ASSIGNMENTS Adding Graphics Equations and Plots to Assignments 2 Inthe equation editor type text and use the buttons to select the components of the equation that you would like to use For more detailed information refer to the help in the equation editor s Help menu 2 Equation Editor Embedded Object 3 ojx Fie Edit view Format Style Size Help Math O O d wie 3 When you exit the equation editor the equation will be inserted If you decide to delete the equation at any time simply click the equation and press the Delete key on your keyboard AL A File Edit Assignments Responder Gradebook Classes Reports Preferences Win
246. uring the session they are described below Current Question 3 of 5 1 Stop Accepting Responses Name Arnold Jacob Brooks Matthew Davis Rebekah Espinosa Johanna Greene Nathan Khang Bao State Points Total Questions p 1 E 1 Round 84 to the nearest ten Round 438 to the nearest hundred Round 9 551 to the nearest thousand 1 B 2 o b o 8 1 Click Send Question to send a new question to the students Click Stop Accepting Responses when the time is up for this question and you want to go on to the next question Click next to any question that has been AccelTest User Manual completed to see the percentage of students who chose each answer If you chose to score the assignment the correct answer is green If the assignment is being scored use the bar next to each question to see how many students chose the correct answer green how many chose incorrect answers red and how many didn t answer the question yellow For the current question use the graph to see how many students have chosen each answer and how many haven t chosen an answer Unless you ve chosen to run the session as survey polling the bar for the correct answer is green and the bars for incorrect answers are red The yellow bar shows how many of the students haven t chosen an answer Use the list on the left to see which students have answered the current question
247. using Adobe Reader you can also use the buttons in the Reader to go forward or back one page or to go to a specific page number This manual will help you use AccelTest software on both Windows and Macintosh computers In most cases the steps are the same for both operating systems When the Windows and Macintosh software is different this manual will provide the information for both Online Help While using AccelTest you can get help by clicking the Help menu and clicking AccelTest Help This menu is available se fh eck For Updates no matter where you are in the program Use the contents Online Training and Resources and index in the help to find the information you need About AccelTest Need More Help e Knowledge Base Search the Renaissance Learning Knowledge Base on the Web at support renlearn com techkb for technical support information e Email Send general questions to answers renlearn com send technical questions to support renlearn com Phone Call 800 338 4204 for assistance Outside the US call 1 715 424 3636 e Renaissance Training Center Visit the training center on the Web at www renlearn com Profdevel PD This site has webinars quick sessions and on demand sessions to help you learn to use the software and implement it effectively in your classroom To go straight to the on demand sessions click this link www renlearn com Profdevel PD 2Know_pd aspx type ondemand amp product 2kno
248. w AccelTest User Manual 4 GETTING STARTED This section gives you the procedures you ll need to start using the 2Know classroom response system and AccelTest Before You Start Before you start using AccelTest and the 2Know classroom response system check the following e Make sure you ve installed the AccelTest software See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide e Make sure you ve connected the Renaissance Receiver to your computer See the 2Know Setup and Resource Guide if you have the 2Know Classroom Response System or the NEO 2 Quick Guide if you have a NEO SmartOption Mobile Lab If you have AccelScan scanners make sure they re connected See the AccelTest Software Installation Guide or the AccelScan User s Guide Getting Started with the AccelTest Software Starting the AccelTest Software Important When you start the computer log in with your own user name and password so that you see the correct classes in AccelTest Users who log in to this computer with a different user name and password will be asked to select their own database For more information see the AccelTest Software Installation Guide Follow these steps to start the AccelTest software a 1 Follow the instructions for your operating system x Ifyou have upgraded A from version 2 x to Windows Click Start Programs gt AccelTest gt AccelTest version 3 x the first Macintosh Open the Applications 600 DaT 5
249. ws you the assignment anything before category the score in points and choosing the report percentage and the date it was scored However please note Assignments from teacher paced sessions that the report will with verbal questions are listed separately include only the class This report may be useful in parent teacher you ve selected on the conferences or in a student s portfolio Gradebook tab Preferences page 152 Print preview setting Page break after student Student GototheGradebooktab Use this report when you have aligned items Standards and select the student on your assignments to standards see name s You can choose more than one student If no students are selected the report will include all students in the class page 57 and you want to see how each student is performing on those standards A report will be generated for each student The report includes the standards agency and standard set For each standard the report lists the assignments with questions aligned to the standard The list includes the number of questions aligned to the standard on that assignment the number of points possible for those questions the number of points the student earned and the percentage of possible points earned Preferences page 152 Print preview setting 143 PREFERENCES AccelTest Preferences Using the AccelTest preferences you can adjust how AccelTest works for your school The preferences are l
250. you received this software with a NEO 2 SmartOption Mobile Lab students can also use NEO 2s to answer questions to assignments though NEO 2 does not support homework and notes WELCOME TO ACCELTEST AND THE 2KNOW CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM How AccelTest Works How AccelTest Works You can use AccelTest to create assign and score the assignments that you want to give your students or you can use it to score assignments that exist outside of AccelTest You can also use AccelTest for in class assignments AccelTest also calculates overall student grades which are based on the dates teachers set for the school year and terms and on the grading scale teachers have chosen Using AccelTest to Create Assign and Score Assignments 1 You create assignments Gm Assignment 2 You add the assignments to your class Gradebook M questions can be in a variety of formats 3 If you didn t assign the assignments as you added them to the class Gradebook including multiple choice you assign the assignments later If students need printed copies of the matching ranking true false assignments they will be printed when you assign them yes no essay short answer i or numeric response 4 The assignments are scored in one of three ways e Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2s during a student paced session and the assignments are then scored automatically by the software e Students enter their answer
251. z Chapter 8 10 Homework Questions 7 10 Homework Chapter 2 10 10 Homework Chapter 3 9 10 Extra Credit Homework 5 0 Test Chapters 1 4 9 10 Total 57 60 95 How Category Weights Work with Extra Credit Category weights work differently depending on how you designate an assignment extra credit e When you add an assignment in another category to the Gradebook Homework Test Quiz etc and check the box to make it extra credit extra credit assignments improve the percent correct within that category For example if you make a Homework assignment extra credit this increases the percent correct in the Homework assignment category for students earning points on that assignment e When you choose the Extra Credit category as you add the assignment to the Gradebook the assignments in the Extra Credit category are treated like assignments in any other category The percent correct on these extra credit AccelTest User Manual 100 G AccelTest User Manual yx For best results JZ make the non extra credit category weights add up to 100 assignments is multiplied by the category weight However the Extra Credit USING THE GRADEBOOK How Grades Are Calculated category weight is not included when category weights are totaled so you can assign points possible on extra credit assignments if you use category weights to calculate grades The weights that you select for the Extra Credit category in the Categories preference d

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