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After logging into your Teacher Account, you will see your
"Teacher Dashboard" which asks, "What would
you like to do?" This tour is about Adding a
New Test, so you would click the "Add a New
Test" button.
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Create a Test - In three easy steps
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Step 1 - Choose Content Parameters
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Choose how many words you would like to include in the problem set. For example,
choosing a 10 word problem set will allow you to choose 10
words from our Language Dictionary.
Each of the words will constitute 1 question in a 10-question Test.
(Creating 6 words would create a 6 question quiz, 8 words
- an 8 questions quiz, etc.) Each Quiz page has 4 possible
responses. One word will be a correct choice on each Quiz
page. The remaining words in
the problem set will be randomly selected to fill in the 3 distracters (wrong answers) for
each question in the problem set.
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Choose an appropriate name for your Content. (Think of "Content" in
terms of a word category or topic (ex: Fruit). Later
on, you'll be asked for a Test name. Think of "Test" in terms of
designating which students should take the Quiz (ex: 2nd
Period.)
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Choose the language in which you would
like to create your Quiz. (The page default is English)
This choice is the language in which response buttons will
be created.
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Choose the "type" of Quiz you would like to
create: Picture Only, Audio Only, Both Picture and
Audio. (These Quiz types cannot be mixed and matched.)
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If you have chosen an audio
"type" Quiz (ex: Audio Only or Picture with
Audio) the Audio language defaults to the same as the
Response button language. But, you can change the language
in which the audio will be presented, using the Optional
Section. Ex: If you have created a Quiz with English
response buttons, the default Audio language will be
English. But, in the Optional fields, you can change the
Audio language to Spanish, French or German.
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Pictures
and Audio - Content Parameters Screen
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Step 2 - Select Quiz
Content
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Now, it's time to start selecting your Content words. Just click on a letter, scroll
down to the word you want to include and click the word. It will be added to
your Quiz set automatically. If you selected Spanish as
the language, the Spanish dictionary will open. If you
selected English as the language, the English dictionary
will open, etc.
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To select words that begin with the letter
"A," click A above the "Choices"
section. To select words that begin with the letter
"B," click B, etc. It will take 7-8 clicks
before your first word appears in the Content Boxes.
After that, each word from the same letter selection will
appear with a single click. If you change letters, it will
take 7-8 clicks again to get started; but only one click
after that.
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Continue selecting words until your Quiz set is filled. Click a letter-Click a word.
If you make a mistake or change your mind about a word, don't worry. Just highlight the
unwanted word (#1, #2, #3, etc.) and press your keyboard's "Delete" key. Then select another
word to replace it. When you're finished, click "Next Step".
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Step 3
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Now it's time to decide on a Test Name and when you want the test to be available to your students.
Remember, think of "Test" in terms of designating which students
should take the Quiz (ex: 2nd Period.)
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Things to remember:
- Creating a specific time frame for tests to be available is handy if you
want to restrict student access to specific time periods
for quizzing or testing for a grade, as opposed to
practice quizzes.
- All times are recorded in Central Time, so keep in mind the differences in time
zones when making these settings. (A time zone chart is available at the end of this
page for your reference.)
- All times with a start date set to a future date or time will not be
visible to your students until that date or time occurs.
- All stop dates set to a past date or time will not be
visible to your students.
- Multiple Tests can be created for any Content set. For example, one Test over
Content "Food" could be named, "Pre-Test for
Spanish 1," and created to be available at the
current time. Another,
separate Quiz, with "Food" as the content and
Test Name of "In-Class Test for Food" could be created
and made available at a future time, with a specific
practice lab day in mind.
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When finished, click "Complete Test Setup".
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A recap of your selections will be displayed. Clicking the
"Return to Dashboard" button will send you back
to your Teacher Dashboard, as displayed in the first
picture way at the top of this guide.
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Soon after creating your Quiz, it is a
good idea to log into your account as a student (on the
right side of the log in page, using the student log in
information) to check the Quiz and verify that you got the
results you wanted.
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Time Zone Reference Chart
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Click Create Account
to view information on how to create an account,
Manage your tests or
Change Your Profile
for more information about the individual features of the Teacher Dashboard, or
What your Students see for
more information about the Student interface.
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