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Teacher Guide

Pearson Education, Inc.

Updated October, 2012

Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. and its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NovaNET Courseware Teacher Guide

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Contents

1 Support .................................................................................................................... 1

2 NovaNET Courseware Overview............................................................................

Course and Unit Types ....................................................................................................................

NovaNET Courseware Courses.......................................................................................................

NovaNET Bridge Units .....................................................................................................................

3 Getting Started ........................................................................................................

NovaNET Courseware User Types..................................................................................................

Logging In ........................................................................................................................................

Changing the Password for Teachers and Administrators ..............................................................

Retrieving Your Password Hint ........................................................................................................

4 Teacher Functions ..................................................................................................

Teacher Home Page........................................................................................................................

Using the Home, Refresh, and Looping Arrow Icons.......................................................................

Creating Classes............................................................................................................................

Creating a Class – Create Class Wizard .........................................................................................

Classes Tab ...................................................................................................................................

Showing a Course (Displaying a Course for Students to See)......................................................

Adjusting Courses and Users ........................................................................................................

Adding Courses to Classes .............................................................................................................

Enrolling Students in Courses (New or Existing) .............................................................................

Basic Study Plan Modifications (Optional) .....................................................................................

Adjusting the Default Pre-Test Alert Preference for Prescriptive Courses.......................................

Adjusting the Number of Default Attempts for Post-Tests ...............................................................

Changing Lesson & Practice Lesson Activity Attempts and Passing Thresholds ............................

Adjusting the Passing Criteria for Lessons ......................................................................................

Adjusting the Passing Criteria for Pre- and Post-test Objectives .....................................................

Adjusting Test Items for Objectives .................................................................................................

Basic Course Customization..........................................................................................................

Study Plan Restrictions ...................................................................................................................

Customizing the Order of Study Plans.............................................................................................

Hiding and Removing Study Plans ..................................................................................................

Adding a Discussion Topic.............................................................................................................

Adding a Link (Website) .................................................................................................................


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Adding a File ..................................................................................................................................

5 Monitoring Student Progress..............................................................................

Viewing Student Work....................................................................................................................

Printing or Emailing a Student Progress Report ............................................................................

Viewing Student Grades ................................................................................................................

View Submissions Filter .................................................................................................................

Reports...........................................................................................................................................

Deny and Grant Access for Students.............................................................................................

Clearing a Student Alert .................................................................................................................

Undoing Mark Complete ................................................................................................................

Resetting Attempts for Lessons and Post-Tests............................................................................

Assigning the Course Review Test ................................................................................................

Marking a Course Complete ..........................................................................................................

6 Other Tasks ..........................................................................................................

Viewing Postings of a Discussion Topic as a Teacher ..................................................................

Posting a Response for a Discussion Topic ..................................................................................

Student Roster Options..................................................................................................................

Changing a Student’s Username...................................................................................................

Resetting or Changing a Student’s Password ...............................................................................

Viewing Lessons as a Teacher ......................................................................................................

Overview Tab and Announcements...............................................................................................

Viewing the Number of Alerts in a Course.......................................................................................

Editing the Welcome Message ........................................................................................................

Adding an Announcement to a Course............................................................................................

Creating New Personal Messages ..................................................................................................

Replying to Personal Messages ......................................................................................................


1 Support

Technical Support When contacting Pearson’s Technical Support, you will need to provide pertinent information about your system to the Support Representative. You can locate this information by logging in and clicking Support at the top of the window.

For assistance, please use either of the following options:

1. Contact Technical Support at 1-888-829-2997.

Hours: Monday –Thursday 8am-10pm Eastern Time

Friday 8am-8pm Eastern Time

2. Go to support.pearsonschool.com to find answers, chat with a representative, send an email requesting support, or find other resources.

My Training Connection and Community Connection Access to My Training Connection and Community Connection is included in your subscription. These are Pearson Digital Learning’s online resources for training and product support. My Training Connection includes features such as On-Demand and Live product training sessions, Virtual Workshops on current educational topics, and a transcript for tracking your participation. Community Connection includes product downloads, new release information, and FAQ’s.

While access is included in your subscription, you will need to register. In order to register, you will need to know your school’s customer number. If you do not know your school’s customer number, please call 888-827-0772 for assistance.

To register for My Training Connection:

1. Launch www.mytrainingconnection.com.

2. In the Login section of the site, click Register

3. Enter your customer number.

4. Click Lookup.

5. Complete the registration form, making sure to choose the time zone where you live.

6. Click Create Profile. You now have access to all that MTC offers.

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To register for Community Connection:

1. Launch http://support.pearsonschool.com

2. Click Register in the upper right corner of the page

3. Fill in the fields and enter your customer number when prompted. Make sure you choose the time zone where you live.

4. Create your own username and password.

Knowledge Base

With no log in required, you can access Knowledge Base (KB) articles regarding best practices, FAQ, steps, and troubleshooting.

To access the Knowledge Base articles: 1. Go to http://support.pearsonschool.com/#.

2. Under the Search the Support Knowledge Base area on the home page, type in a few keywords of your question.

3. Click on the Product drop-down list called Select a category… and select NovaNET Courseware.

4. Click Search.

Alternately, you can click on the product within the Categories area. This populates all articles which can be further drilled down by Best Practices, FAQ, How-To’s, and Troubleshooting




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2 NovaNET Courseware Overview

NovaNET Courseware is a complete web-based system that delivers proven, rigorous, standards-based instruction for middle school, high school and adult learners. With individualized instruction, a complete learning management system and core curriculum aligned to state and national standards, NovaNET Courseware and NovaNET Bridge can be utilized for any number of education applications including credit accrual, dropout prevention, summer school, credit recovery, virtual schools, virtual learning and more.

This guide is intended for administrators as an accompaniment for on-site or remote initial training. It is also intended for reference after training.

NOTE: NovaNET Courseware uses pop-up windows. Therefore, blockers must be deactivated if they are installed on your computer.

Course and Unit Types

Each student can have a unique path and personalized instruction in the areas where he needs it most. To support a wide range of students, there are three distinct course types: Prescriptive, Sequential, and Open. The route a student takes while moving through the course or unit is determined by the type of course he is assigned.

Both NovaNET Courseware and NovaNET Bridge consist of smaller units of instruction:

NovaNET Courseware is comprised of courses that contain lessons called “Study Plans.”

NovaNET Bridge is comprised of units that contain modules and lessons.


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The three types of courses or units in NovaNET Courseware and NovaNET Bridge are: Prescriptive, Sequential, and Open. These are described in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1. Course Types

Course type Description Recommended Usage

Prescriptive The Prescriptive course/unit type adapts the content based upon student performance to provide individualized instruction. Using diagnostic logic, a subsequent Study Plan or module is assigned based on content students have not mastered at the objective level in their current Study Plan or module.

Students begin with a pre-test which assesses knowledge of particular objectives. Lessons are assigned based on objectives not mastered in the pre-test.

Each Study plan or module ends with a post-test to prove objective mastery before allowing students to move on to the next Study Plan or module in the course/unit.

Credit Recovery

Course Remediation

Special Needs

Sequential Sequential courses/units offer the lessons in a structured format with a predetermined, exact sequence.

Study Plans and modules do not have pre-test so students must complete all lessons in order.

Each Study Plan or module ends with a post-test to prove objective mastery before allowing students to move on to the next Study Plan or module in the course/unit.

Credit Accrual

First-time Credit

Open In an Open course/unit, students can navigate throughout the lessons in any order they wish.

There are no pre-tests; however, each Study Plan or module ends with a post-test.

Remediation

Tutorial

In all course or unit types, the Teacher has the option to override lessons, mark them as complete and view a student’s progress at anytime, including viewing the student’s last attempt and submissions.

The course name identifies the subject and type, for example “Algebra IA (Prescriptive)”. In NovaNET Bridge, units are identified with the subject two-letter code at the front, for example, “MA: Intermediate Math 1 1.0 (Open) or LA: English: Grammar 1.0 (Prescriptive).


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NovaNET Courseware Courses NOTE: All courses come in Open, Prescriptive and Sequential formats.

Language Arts:

English I A & B

English II A & B

English III A & B

English IV A & B

Social Studies:

US History A & B

World History A & B

Government

Geography A & B

Economics

Science:

Biology A & B

Earth Science A & B

Chemistry A &

Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry)

Environmental Science

Health

Math:

Pre-Algebra

Algebra 1 A & B

Geometry A & B

Algebra 2 A & B

Integrated Math 1, 2, 3 A & B

Electives (available in Open format only)

Intro to Psychology

Intro to Sociology

Intro to Business

Business Communication

Presentation and Public Speaking

NovaNET Bridge Units NOTE: All units come in Open, Prescriptive and Sequential formats and have a 2 letter code in front of the unit label, for example: LA for Language Arts, MA for Math, SC for Science and SS for Social Studies.

Language Arts: Writing

Grammar

Literature

Basic Reading

Basic Writing

School and Job Skills

Social Studies: Civics: Foundations of Citizenship

World Studies: Africa

World Studies: Asia and the Pacific

World Studies: Foundations of Geography

Math: Basic Math 1

Basic Math 2

Basic Math 3

Basic Math 4

Intermediate Math 1

Intermediate Math 2

Intermediate Math 3

Intermediate Math 4

Pre-Algebra 1

Pre-Algebra 2

Pre-Algebra 3

Pre-Algebra 4

Science: Science and Technology

Life Science: From Bacteria to Plants

Life Science: Cells and Heredity

Life Science: Human Biology and Health

Life Science: Environmental Science

Physical Science: Chem 1

Physical Science: Chem 2

Physical Science: Physics 1

Physical Science: Physics 2

Earth Science: Astronomy

Earth Science: Earth’s Land and Water

Earth Science: Inside Earth

Earth Science: Weather and Climate


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3 Getting Started

NovaNET Courseware User Types

There are six different user types:

Table 3-1. User Types

User’s rights apply within the… User Type Description

District School

District Administrator

Has the highest level of rights in the district implementation

Enrolls all other admin and teachers

Can enter all classes as well as view all schools, teachers, and students in the district system

X X

School Administrator

Has the highest level of rights at the school level

Enrolls all other admin and teachers in the school

Can enter all classes as well as view all teachers and students in the school

X

District Teacher Can be enrolled in more than one school

Can create classes, enroll students, monitor student work, and run reports

In order to view a class of students and assignments, the Teacher must create the class or be enrolled in it.

X X

School Teacher Can create classes, enroll students, monitor student work, and run reports

In order to view a class of students and assignments, the Teacher must create the class or be enrolled in it.

X

Aide can view student work, run reports and monitor student progress

In order to view student work and reports, the Aide must be enrolled in the class.

X

Student Can work in courses

Can view his/her own progress X


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Logging In

Once you have received your username and password via email, go to http://web.novanet.com to log in.

Figure 3-1. Login page

NOTE: The login page has an announcements section where all upcoming maintenance outages will appear. It is important to pay close attention to the announcements.

Changing the Password for Teachers and Administrators

All Teachers must change their passwords the first time they log into the system. It is important that the new password and username are kept secure at all times.

To change the password for teachers and administrators:

1. Launch http://web.novanet.com.

2. Sign in with the username and password assigned to you.

3. Check both boxes to give consent and click Continue.

http://web.novanet.com/

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Figure 3-2. Consent

4. Fill in all of the required fields which are marked with an asterisk (*).

NOTE: Passwords may not contain first or last names; must be AT LEAST 8 characters minimum and 32 maximum; and must contain a combination of numerical and alphabetical characters.

Figure 3-3. Required Fields


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Changing Your Username and Password Administrators and teachers may change their passwords and usernames at any time. It is strongly recommended that usernames are not changed. Students may only change their passwords on this screen. A teacher can change a student’s password at any time. See the directions under Student Roster Options.

To change a username or password:

1. At the Home screen, click on My Profile.

2. Click the Edit Pearson account link.

3. Type in your current username and password. Click Continue.

4. A new window will appear. You can enter a new username and password. You must re-type the new password.

5. Click Save when finished.

Figure 3-4: Changing Username or Password

Retrieving Your Password Hint

If you have forgotten your password, use the password hint that you specified when you set up your account to help you remember. Both your username and password are case-sensitive.

To retrieve your password hint:

1. On the Welcome screen, find “Forget your password?” Click Recover it here. The Forgot Your Password page appears.

2. In the username field, type your username.

3. Click Submit. Your password hint appears or you are instructed to contact Technical Support.

4. Click Close.


4 Teacher Functions

Teacher Home Page

When logging in as a Teacher, you will see the Home page. The Home page displays a red banner in the top right of the window. The red banner differentiates the teacher view from the student home page.

Figure 4-1: Home Screen

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Table 4-1: Functions

Using the Home, Refresh, and Looping Arrow Icons

Table 4-2 provides descriptions of the Home, Refresh and looping arrow icons:

Table 4-2 Home and Looping Arrow Icons

Icon Description

From any tab, click the Home icon to return to the Home screen – Classes tab.

Click the Refresh button on the Home page to update the data instantaneously.

Click the Refresh button on the Student Management Dashboard to update the data instantaneously.

Click the looping arrow to get back to the Content tab after working at the lesson level.

Area Function Mail Opens the mailbox to send and view mail

My Profile Allows you to change your username and password

Student Management

Opens the Student Dashboard

Feedback Allows you to send comments to Pearson about NovaNET Courseware

Help Displays help topics

Support Displays support contact information and system statistics

Sign Out Allows you to log out of the program correctly

Create Class or Options

Allows you to create new classes using Create Class Wizard

Overview Opens the course at the Overview tab

Content Opens the course at the Content tab

Gradebook Opens the course at the Gradebook tab

More Displays Enrollment or Preference that opens to each tab

Add Channels Allows you to show/hide the windows on the Home Page

Announcements Allows you to create and view announcements


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Creating Classes

Creating a Class – Create Class Wizard

To create a class using the Create Class wizard:

1. From the Home tab, click Create Class. The Create Class Wizard will open.

2. Fill in the Class Name field (be very descriptive as this will define the class) and click Next.

3. At Products & Courses, choose one of the following options and then click Next.

1. Custom products or courses provided by your organization – only an option if an Organizational Library or Template was created by an Administrator.

2. Pearson products or courses – if you want to choose from the NovaNET Courseware standard courses.

3. Choose Later – if you want to decide between the first two choices later.

Figure 4-2: Create Class Wizard

4. Choose one or more courses and click Next.

NOTE: Do not enroll more than a few courses in each class. More than 5 or 6 COURSES MAY cause a long lag time waiting for courses to be copied into a class. Additional courses can always be added later.

5. At the Enrollments screen, you may choose to enroll students, teachers or aides. You may also create a new user.

NOTE: If you enroll students at this time, they are only enrolled in the class and do not have any assignments. To save steps, enroll only teachers here and enroll the students in the course later.

6. At the Confirmation screen, click Finish.

7. There are two critical actions that must be completed after creating the class:

1. Enroll students into their course(s).


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2. Show the course. Each course is hidden by default. Students will not be able to see the course until you mark them as shown. For further details, see Showing a Course (Displaying a Course for Students to See) and Enrolling Students in Courses (New and Existing).

Classes Tab

Figure 4-3: Classes Screen and Menu

Table 4-3. Options Menu Functions

Menu Choice Function

Open Opens the Class in the Overview tab

Copy content into new class Copies the content into a new class

Edit Allows you to change the name and description of a class

Set to Inactive Disallows access to the class or content

Mark for Deletion Gives one month notice before deleting the Class

Showing a Course (Displaying a Course for Students to See)

After the Class has been created, you will need to show the course. This allows students to see it.

To show the course:

1. At the Home page, click on the Class name to enter the class.

2. Click the Content tab.

3. At the Content tab, hover your mouse over the course title, click the arrow, and choose Show/Hide for each course.

4. To enter another class, select the class from the Select Classes drop-down menu at the top of the screen. Repeat steps 1-3 to show additional courses.


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Figure 4-4: Show/Hide Course

Adjusting Courses and Users

Adding Courses to Classes

To add courses to classes:

1. At the Home screen, click the Classes tab.

2. Select the Create Course button.

3. Place a check in the box for the course(s) you want to assign and click Save.

4. Once back to Classes tab, click Content next to the name of the class.

5. When the course is finished preparing, show the course. See Showing a Course for more details.

Enrolling Students in Courses (New or Existing)

To enroll a user in a course:

1. Depending upon where you are in the system, choose your starting point:

If you are at the Home screen, click a course name.

If you are already working in a course, go to step 2.

2. Select the Enrollments tab.


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3. At the Enrollments screen, you may choose to enroll students, teachers or aides.

NOTE: Teachers should be enrolled in the system by the School Administrator only.

a. To create a new user:

i. Click Create New button and select Student.

ii. Fill in the required fields (those marked with an asterisk) and any demographic information, if required by your school’s implementation.

NOTES:

Passwords must contain 8 characters minimum and 32 maximum. It must also contain one numeric and one alpha character. It cannot contain first or last name or username.

In order to email a Student Progress report to up to two parents/guardians, you must provide their name(s) and email address(es).

iii. Choose Save and Finish or Save and Create New User to enroll more.

iv. A confirmation “User has been created successfully” will appear.

b. To enroll an user who already exists in the school:

i. Click the Create New button and select Enroll from School.

ii. Choose the user(s) you want by checking the box in front of each user’s name.

iii. Click the Add button. A confirmation “Users enrolled successfully” will appear.

iv. Click Close.

Basic Study Plan Modifications (Optional)

Adjusting the Default Pre-Test Alert Preference for Prescriptive Courses

The default for all pre-tests in prescriptive courses is to automatically assign any lessons to students who did not master the pre-test. If you would rather be alerted to all pre-tests, adjust the preferences.

To adjust the default pre-test alert preference for prescriptive courses:

1. At the Home page, click Content next to a course name.

2. Select the Preferences tab.

3. Select the Study Plan link on the left side of the screen.

4. Scroll down to the Notifications Channels Alerts section.

5. Put a check mark in the box next to Flag teacher after student submits pre-test.

6. Click the Save Preferences button.


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Adjusting the Number of Default Attempts for Post-Tests

All Mastery Assessments are set to allow students to attempt them twice without alerting an instructor. If only one attempt is your preference, adjust the number of default attempts before students begin working.

To adjust the number of default attempts for post-tests:



3. Select the Study Plan link on the left side of the screen.

4. Scroll down to the Notifications Channel Alerts section.

5. Change the Flag Teacher after 2 attempts on the post-test to your preferred number of attempts on the post-test.

6. Click Save Preferences.

Figure 4-5: Adjusting Preferences for Pre and Post-test Alerts

Changing Lesson & Practice Lesson Activity Attempts and Passing Thresholds

NOTE: The default number of lesson attempts is Three (3). Changing to unlimited attempts is not recommended.

To change Lesson and Practice Lesson Activity attempts and passing thresholds:



3. Select the Activities link on the left side of the screen.

4. Click on Edit to the right of the Lesson Activity in the Preferences column.

5. In the Specify number of attempts box, change the number of attempts.

6. Click Apply to all, then OK. Click Save Preferences.


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7. Repeat steps 3 to 5 for Practice Lesson Activities.

Figure 4-6 Adjusting Lesson and Practice Lesson Attempts

Adjusting the Passing Criteria for Lessons

To adjust the passing criteria for lessons:



3. Select the Activities link on the left side of the screen.

4. Click on Edit to the right of the Lesson Activity in the Preferences column.

5. Select Grading from the left side of the window and change Set the threshold/mastery score to pass to a new score.

6. Click Apply to all, then OK.


Figure 4-7: Passing Criteria for Lessons


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Adjusting the Passing Criteria for Pre- and Post-test Objectives

NOTE: The default Pre- and Post-test score is 80%. Any changes will affect objectives for BOTH the Pre- test and the Post- test. You cannot make changes for just one. This change must be done before students begin working in a Study Plan.

To adjust the passing criteria for pre- and post-test objectives:

1. At the Home page, enter a course.


3. Select the Study Plan category on the left.

4. Adjust the threshold score to pass with the desired percentage, such as 75.

5. Click Apply to All.


NOTE: Each objective has five test items associated with it. For the change in objective passing criteria to work, you may have to change the amount of items pulled from the pool for each objective.

Figure 4-8 Adjusting Passing Criteria for Pre-and Post-Test Objectives


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Adjusting Test Items for Objectives

For passing criteria of 70%, there should be eight items for each objective. For 75% there should be seven items.

To adjust the test items:


2. Hover your cursor over the Study Plan. Click the arrow and then select Edit.

3. At the Edit Study plan screen, click the Pre-test and/or Post-test arrow on the left of the screen and choose Edit.

NOTE: In Prescriptive Study Plans, you must make this change for BOTH pretests and posttests. For Sequential and Open study plans, this change is for posttests only.

4. Click the Questions tab. Change the Number of questions to include box. Scroll down for each objective for this test.

5. Click Save and Return.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 for each Study Plan.

Figure 4-9 Questions for Skill


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Basic Course Customization

NOTE: Hiding, removing, or changing Study Plan order should only be done before any student starts working. Once students work in a course, the order button does not display.

Study Plan Restrictions At times teachers will want to allow students to complete study materials at home, but not the pre- or post-test or certain lesson activities. Teachers can restrict access to the tests and lesson activities in order for them to be taken under supervision at the school.

There are two ways to restrict access to tests and lesson activities:

1. MAC (Media Access Control) Address (contact Technical Support for assistance)

2. Proctor Passwords

To restrict access to tests and lesson activities using a Proctor Password:


2. Hover the cursor over the Study Plan name and click the arrow.

3. Choose Open Study Plan. The Study Plan will open.

4. Hover the cursor over the pre- or post-test. Click the arrow and choose Properties.

5. Locate the Proctor Password section at the top of the window and mark a check in the box next to Require proctor password.

6. Type a password. Passwords must be at least 8 characters and 32 maximum. They can contain any types of alphabetical, numerical, and special characters and a combination of these types is not required.

7. Click Save.

8. Repeat the steps above for each pre- and post-test or lesson activities for each Study Plan.

Figure 4-10 Proctor Password


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Figure 4-11 Student View of Proctor Password

Customizing the Order of Study Plans

To customize the order of the Study Plans:


2. In the Order column, the Study Plans can be reorganized by clicking and dragging the order arrows up or down to the location where that Study Plan should be.

Figure 4-12: Reorganizing a Study Plan


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Hiding and Removing Study Plans

NOTE: Study Plans can be hidden or removed, but removal cannot be undone. You must make these changes before a student starts working in a Study Plan.

To hide or remove a Study Plan:


2. Hover your cursor over the Study Plan and click the drop-down arrow.

3. Select Show/Hide to hide the Study Plan or select Remove to delete it.

Adding a Discussion Topic

To add a discussion topic:

1. At Home page, click Content next to the name of a course.

2. Click the Add Content button.

3. Select Add a Discussion Topic.

4. Fill in the Title field (students will see this as the assignment name).

5. Type any directions for students in the editable body of the page.

6. Edit the content in the body as desired.

7. If you prefer, edit the Time to Complete and Attachment fields. These are optional.

8. Select the Student Posting Rules, Anonymity Preferences, and click Save and Close.

9. Hover your cursor over the link, click the arrow, and select Show/Hide.

10. To re-order the topic, click the Order icon and drag it up or down between the Study Plans.

Adding a Link (Website)

To add a link:


2. Click Add Content.

3. Select Add a Link.

4. Fill in the Title field (students will see this as the assignment name) and the URL field, and then click Add.



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Adding a File

To add a file:


2. Click the Add Content button.

3. Select Add File.

4. Click Browse and locate the file you want to add.

NOTE: The file cannot exceed 10MB

5. Fill in the Title field and click Add.


7. To re‐order the topic, click the Order icon and drag it up or down between the Study Plans.


5 Monitoring Student Progress

Viewing Student Work

NOTE: This is also where alerts can be cleared for individual students.

To view student work:

1. From the Home screen, click Student Management near the top right of the screen. The Student Dashboard will open.

2. Click the View Progress radio button. The list will update to include all students accessible from your login.

3. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of a student name. All Study Plans for the student’s assigned course will appear.

4. To see the student’s progress within a single Study Plan, click the plus sign (+) to the left of the Study Plan title.

Figure 5-1 Open Study Plan for Student with View Student Progress Selected

5. You can view all of the Post-test attempt data. To mark the Post-test complete, reassign it, or view submissions, click the arrow next to the Post-test to access the options menu.

NOTES:

The most recent attempt will display first.

All attempts will show the student’s score, total time, and status

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Figure 5-2 Viewing Student Objective Scores for Pre- and Post-tests

Printing or Emailing a Student Progress Report

To print or email a student progress report:

1. From the Home screen, click Student Management. The Student Dashboard will open.

2. Select the View Student Progress radio button. The list will update to include all students accessible from your login.

3. Hover your cursor next to the student name and click the down arrow to show the Options menu.

4. Select Print Student Progress or Email Student Progress.

a. When Print Student Progress is selected, a PDF is generated that contains all of the student information as seen under the student’s name. This includes test scores, total time, number of attempts, last attempt date and status.

b. When Email Student Progress is selected, the Mail tool opens prefilled with the students’ parent/guardian’s email address(es). The generated PDF is automatically added to the Mail as an attachment. Up to two parent/guardian email addresses can be added or updated using the Student Profile or the “Import Users from File”/Bulk Upload template. For detailed information, see Enrolling Students in Courses (New or Existing).

Figure 5-4 Sample Student Progress Report in PDF Format


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Viewing Student Grades

To view student grades:

1. At the Home page, click Gradebook for the course. Each column of the table that appears represents a Study Plan.

2. Hover your cursor over a Study Plan column and click the View Grades button. The grade book table will update displaying the scores for test and lesson activities.

3. Hover your cursor over the lesson or test score until a drop down menu appears. Then click the arrow.

4. Choose View Grade/Submissions to see Submitted (date/time), Grade, (which is editable), Total Time, Questions Attempted, and Number of Submissions.

5. To see the status of a lesson and test instead of the score, click View Filters on the left side of the screen.

6. Check the box to the left of Show Status of All Items. Table 5-1 provides descriptions for each indicator.

Table 5-1 Status Indicator Legend

Indicator Description Significance

Green circle Assignment is complete.

Gray half circle Assignment is in progress.

-- Double dashes Assignment is not started.

7. Uncheck Show Status of All Items to return to the score view.

8. To choose another Study Plan, click the course name above the Gradebook table.

Figure 5-5 Viewing Gradebook


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View Submissions Filter

On the Teacher View Submissions page, you can filter to see all questions a student answered incorrectly or correctly. In all views, the correct answer choice is displayed. This will allow you the opportunity to print out results and go over just the incorrectly answered or not attempted questions with a student.

To use the View Submissions filter:

1. At the Home page, click Gradebook for the course. Each column of the Gradebook

table that appears represents a Study Plan.

2. Hover your cursor over a Study Plan column and click the View Grades button.

3. Hover your cursor over the lesson or test score to access the drop down menu and select View Grade/Submission.

4. In the View drop-down menu, select All Answers, Incorrect Answers, or Correct Answers.

Figure 5-6 View Submissions


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Reports

Reports can be found as a link in the Gradebook. The categories, names and descriptions can be found in Table 5-1 below. For further details, refer to the Reports Guide located at http://support.pearsonschool.com under NovaNET Courseware.

To generate a report:

1. On the Home page, select Gradebook next to the class name.

2. On the Gradebook tab, click Reports.

3. Select a report title from the Reports section.

4. Choose the report settings. For detailed information about each report’s settings, refer to the Reports Guide.

NOTE: You can save the settings for future use by selecting Save Settings to My Reports before running the report.

Table 5-2 Reports Descriptions

Teacher View

Performance Reports Description Type

Activity Results by Student Shows results for a single activity for one or more students. Course

Student Results by Activity Shows the performance of a single student for one or more activities. Course

Study Plan Results Shows results for a single study plan for one or more students. Course

Progress Reports Description Type

Completed Courses Shows the course completed for one or more students. This now includes the Review Test.

Class or Course

Student Activity Shows all session activity for one or more students, across one or more courses.

Class or Course

Student Progress Shows progress in courses for one or more students.

Class or Course

BASI Improvement Shows student changes in Grade Level Equivalent across two BASI tests. Course

BASI Skill Details Shows BASI detail results for one or more students. Course

Mastery Reports Description Type

Individual Student Mastery Shows mastery status by standard or skill for a single student in a visual and/or table format.

Course

Class Mastery Shows mastery status for students in a single class.

Class or Course

Other Reports Description Type

Question Analysis Shows overall student performance on questions in one or more activities.

Course



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Deny and Grant Access for Students

NOTE: These actions will deny or grant access only to the course in which you are working. To deny access system-wide, the School or District Administrators must go to the User tab in their screen.

To deny access and prevent a student from working in a course:

1. At the Home page, select the course name.


3. Hover your cursor over the student name and click the arrow.

4. Choose Deny Access.

To grant access to any students who have been denied:

1. At the Home page, select the course name.


3. On the Roster View field, click the down arrow and select to view Denied.

4. Hover your cursor over a student’s name and choose Grant Access.

Clearing a Student Alert

To clear a student alert:

1. From the Home screen, click Student Management near the top right of the screen. The Student Dashboard will list all review-required alerts accessible from your login.

2. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of a student name. The Study Plan activity that contains the alert will show.

3. Hover your cursor over the title of the activity.

4. Select View Submissions to view the student’s lesson or test.

5. For a lesson activity, choose one of the following options:

Reassign to assign the lesson again

Mark Complete to move the student to the next activity in the Study Plan

6. For a post-test, choose one of the following options:

Reassign to assign the test again

Reassign with study materials to assign lessons based on test performance

Mark Complete to move the student on to the next Study Plan

NOTE: The options for Post-Tests in the Open Learning Model are Reassign and Mark Complete only.


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Figure 5-7 Clearing a Student Alert for Prescriptive Post -test

Undoing Mark Complete

If you have mistakenly marked a lesson or test complete, you may undo this action.

NOTE: The course Pre-tests are set to be taken once and do not have Mark Complete available as an option until the student takes the first attempt. After the student takes the pre-test and they complete it successfully (i.e., it is in Complete status and the remediation is released), a teacher can “undo the mark complete” and have the student retake it.

To undo Mark Complete:

1. From the Student Dashboard, select View Student Progress.

2. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of a student name.

3. Click the plus sign (+) to the left of a study plan.

4. Hover your cursor over a lesson or test activity.

5. Select Undo Mark Complete.


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Resetting Attempts for Lessons and Post-Tests

To reset the attempts for lessons and post-tests:

1. At the Home page, click Gradebook next to the name of the course. Under the Course Content box on the left, select the Study Plan where the lesson resides.

2. Choose the activity to reset and select the drop-down arrow to the right of the assignment name. In this drop-down menu, select View All Submissions.

3. In the View All Submissions window, expand the plus (+) symbol to the left of the student’s name. You should see time stamps listed for the six lesson attempts.

4. At the top center, click Delete All Submissions to delete all of the attempts for this lesson/activity. To delete just one, click Delete Submission in the right corner.

5. Click Yes to confirm deletion and then click Close.

6. The student can now open the lesson and, depending upon your actions, it will appear with either one less or no attempts in their Study Plan.

Figure 5-8 Deleting Submissions for Lessons

Assigning the Course Review Test

NOTE: The review test is hidden by default and must be assigned to students. The default number of attempts is set to one (1). Once the test is completed, it cannot be reassigned.

To assign the course Review Test:


2. Scroll down to the Review Test.

3. Hover your cursor over the Review Test and when the drop-down menu appears, choose Properties.


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4. Click Yes on the alert “This item is currently hidden from students. Are you sure you want to assign and show the item to students?”

5. Scroll down to the Make content available to… section.

6. Choose Selected Students.

7. On the left side of the screen, choose the name of each student who will receive the assignment. Then, click the green Add arrow.

8. Click Save.

NOTE: The Review Test will now be listed as shown, but will only be seen by the students to whom it was assigned. Follow these steps each time you want a new student to take the Review Test.

Marking a Course Complete

NOTE: The course must be marked complete or the student will not appear on the Completed Courses Report.

1. Click on the name of the Class to enter the class.

2. Click the Content tab.

3. Locate Display content for: on the right and select a student name from the drop down list.

4. Hover over the course and select Mark Course Complete from the Options menu.


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6 Other Tasks

Viewing Postings of a Discussion Topic as a Teacher

To view discussion topics as a teacher:

1. Decide if the discussion topic is at the Class level or Course level.

a. If at Course level, click Overview for the course at the teacher Home page.

b. If at Class level, click the Classes tab and at the arrow for Class, click Open.

2. Highlight Unread Discussion on left side of screen.

NOTE: The number in parentheses corresponds to the number of unread posts at the course level. At the class level, click Unread Discussion on the left and click the plus sign (+) next to the course to show discussion posts.

3. Hover your cursor over the title of the discussion topic and click the drop-down menu. Select Open to see all posts.

4. If all discussion posts have been read, do the following in order to see them:

a. If at Course level, click Content next to the course name at the teacher Home page.

b. If at Class level, click the Classes tab and at the arrow for Class, click Open, and then click the Content tab.

c. Find the discussion topic assignment and hover the cursor until a drop-down menu appears. Then, select Open.

Posting a Response for a Discussion Topic

To post a response to a discussion topic:

1. Click the arrow at the end of a response and then click Open.

2. Click Post Response, type in the body of the page and click Post to comment about a specific response.

3. To post a general response to everyone, click Post Response at the Discussion page.

4. To go back, click on the back arrow on the program screen.


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Student Roster Options

To view the Options menu for a student, hover your cursor over the student’s name and click the arrow. This menu will be shown while following the steps for changing a student’s username or password.

Table 6-1 Options Menu for Students

Menu Choice Function

Send Message Sends a message to the student’s inbox

Deny Access Denies access to course material

View Grades Allows you to view grades

Edit Allows you to edit student information

View User Information Displays student information

Reset Password Reset the password after four failed attempts

Set to Inactive Denies access to log into the system

Changing a Student’s Username

To change a student’s username:

1. At the Home page, click the course name and then select the Enrollments tab.

2. Click Manage Rosters.

3. Hover your cursor over the student’s name. At the drop-down menu, click and select Edit.

4. To change the username, make the changes and click Save and Finish.

Resetting or Changing a Student’s Password

To reset or change a student’s password:

1. At the Home page, click the course name and then select the Enrollments tab.

2. Hover your cursor over the student’s name. At the drop-down menu, select Reset Password.

3. Type the new password.

NOTE: Passwords may not contain first or last names. They must be AT LEAST 8 characters and 32 maximum; and must contain a combination of numerical and alphabetical characters.

4. Click Save and Close.


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Viewing Lessons as a Teacher

You can view lessons as a teacher from several areas:

In Edit a Study Plan

Student Management

The Course Content page

To view lessons from Edit a Study Plan:

1. Click the Student View link in the top right of the Teacher’s page. This is the student_Student in the Gradebook for each course.

2. Click Edit a Study Plan. On the right side of the screen for each lesson is an options menu depicted by a blue circle with a white arrow.

Choose Teacher Preview to navigate through the segments of lesson and practice activities in the order you select. You will not be required to answer all of the questions to continue viewing the content. Show Answer is available.

NOTES:

“Enable Browse Mode” must be selected in the Preferences in order to see Teacher Preview as an option. You can turn this feature on and off from the Course Preferences. To access, open the Course, go to the Preferences tab > Activities and click the Edit link next to the Lesson Activity or Practice Lesson. You will see an “Enable browse mode” checkbox. To turn it on, click the checkbox and select “Apply to All”.

Some NovaNET lessons may not have complete open navigation even with this feature enabled. This is because the lessons were authored to not provide open navigation.

Choose Preview to view the lesson segments in the same sequence as a student. You will be required to answer each question before moving to the next section.

Figure 6-1 Viewing Lessons from Edit a Study Plan


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To view lessons from Student Management:

1. From the teacher Home Screen, click Student Management.

2. Select the View Student Progress radio button.

3. Click the plus (+) sign to the left of a student name.

4. Click the plus (+) sign to the left of a study plan.

5. Access the options menu of a lesson.

6. Select Teacher Preview.

Figure 6-2 Viewing Lesson from Student Management


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To view lessons from the Course Content page:

1. From the Teacher Home Screen, click Content to the right of a course name.

2. Open a Study Plan.

3. Access the options menu of a lesson.

4. Select Teacher Preview.

Figure 6-3 Viewing Lesson from Course Content Page

Overview Tab and Announcements

Viewing the Number of Alerts in a Course

To view the number of alerts:

1. At the Home page, click Overview for the course.

2. Click Review Required at the left of the screen. You will now see the number of active alerts to the right of the course name in parentheses.

3. If you wish to clear the alerts, follow the steps for Clearing an Alert on page 25

Editing the Welcome Message

To edit the welcome message:


2. Click Customize in the center of the screen.

3. Mark a check in the Edit Welcome Message box.


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4. Type your message.

5. Click Save and Close at the bottom of the page.

Figure 6-4 Customize Window for Overview Tab

Adding an Announcement to a Course

To add an announcement:


2. Click View All in the Announcement window.

3. Click the Create Announcement button.

4. Select the recipients of your announcement in the To field.

5. Fill in the subject field.

6. Under Manage Announcement, select one of the following:

a) Make available now

b) Choose date restrictions: allows you to choose the date and time range your announcement will be shown

c) Remove announcement

7. Choose your Options:

a) Send a copy of the announcement as course mail message

b) Pin announcement (displays this announcement at the top of the list on the Overview page)

c) Deliver as a pop-up message

8. Type your announcement in the body.

9. Click Create and then click Close.


Creating New Personal Messages

To create new personal messages:

1. On any screen, click the Mail link at the top of the page.

2. Click Compose New.

3. Click To, Cc or Bcc and choose the recipient(s) of your message.

4. Fill in the subject line.

5. Type a message in body field.

6. Click Send.

Replying to Personal Messages

NOTE: When there is a new mail message, the Mail link will change color.

To reply to Personal messages:

1. On any screen, click the Mail link at the top of the page.

2. Click on the student’s name to view the message.

3. Click Reply.

4. Type a message in the body of the edit field at the top.

5. Click Send.

Figure 6-5 Messages Window

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