Discovery Education Assessment - Collinsville Community Unit

Discovery Education Assessment
(formerly Thinklink)
Assessment Administration Guidelines
for Teachers
Prepared by Susan Homes
Version 4.0
September 2008
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Table off C
Contents
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Topic
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Page
Teacher Login
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Creating/Editing Classes
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Generating Test Access Codes
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Viewing Reports
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Student Benchmark Assessment Login Procedures
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Creating
g Practice Probes
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Student Practice Probe Login Procedures
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Accessing IL Learning Standards and Online Resources
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Accessing
Discovery Education Assessment
Teacher Login
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Navigate to the Thinklink Learning website:
http://www.thinklinklearning.com
Click on Educator Login
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login
Enter your username and
password You may obtain this
password.
information from the technology
staff member assigned to your
building.
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Creating/Editing Classes
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Teacher name and School
Teacher name
Welcome screen
Navigational links are available on
the main welcome screen as well
as along the top menu bar.
To set up your classes for testing,
click on the Class Administration
link or the Classes menu item.
item
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Teacher name and School
Teacher name and School
If you are the teacher that will
be conducting testing with your
students, you may see a class
or classes already defined
defined. If
you don’t, simply click on the
Create a New Class link and
enter a name, subject, grade
and an estimated number of
students.
t d t If any off the
th
information that is listed is
wrong, simply click on the class
title and you will be allowed to
correct the information.
If you are not the teacher that is
conducting the assessment but
you would like to have a “class”
set up
p with yyour students ((such
as special ed. resource
teachers), you should set up a
New Virtual Class. This allows
you to see the test results of
students who complete testing
under another teacher’s
supervision.
Once your class(es) are listed
on this screen,
screen click on the
appropriate class name to
assign students to the class.
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Teacher
h and
dS
School
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Name
Locate students for
the class and place
a checkmark to the
left of the names.
You can select
multiple students
during this step.
Teacher name
Student names
hidden for privacy
When students have
been selected, click
on the Add
Selected button.
Student names
hidden for
privacy
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Teacher name and School
Teacher name
When allll students
Wh
t d t iin th
the class
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appear in the right-hand
column, click on the Save
g button.
Changes
Student names
hidden for privacy
Student names
hidden for
privacy
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Generating Test Access Codes
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Teacher name and School
Teacher name and School
It is necessary for each teacher
that will conduct testing to
generate a class access code
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on the day of the test. The test
code is only active for 8 hours.
To generate the access code,
click
li k on th
the Benchmarks
B
h
k menu
item.
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Teacher name and School
Select the class that will take the
assessment. Click on Proceed
to next step… button.
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Teacher name and School
Select the Assessment that you
will be administering.
g Click on
Generate Access Code button.
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Teacher name and School
Write down the Login code that
appears or print out the page. Your
students will all use this code to
access the testing
testing. Remember that
this code is only active for 8 hours
and must be generated the day of
testing.
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Viewing Reports
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Click on Reports on the menu bar at the
top or on the Reports link on the Welcome
page.
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Click on the appropriate Class and your desired
test options. Then, click on Get Reports.
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To display individual student
reports (separate page for each
student
t d t in
i the
th class
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or one
student only), return to the main
Reports page and scroll down
to this section.
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Sample student report
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Student Login Procedures
Benchmark Assessments
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Navigate to the Thinklink Learning website
from the district’s home page (located under
the Parents & Students menu) or
http://www.thinklinklearning.com
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Click on Student Login
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Students should click on the Benchmark button to
begin the assessment.
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Students then enter the access
code you generated earlier that day
for the test. Remember the access
code is only active for 8 hours.
Once the access code is entered
entered,
students should click on Login.
Benchmark Assessment Test
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Benchmark Assessment Test
Each student should scroll
through the list of students in the
class and click on his/her own
name to begin the test.
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Benchmark Assessment Test
To begin the test and follow the
questions in order, students
should click on the here link at the
top of the page (“Click here to start
assessment at the beginning”)
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Benchmark Assessment Test
The student should click on the
answer they wish to select and then
click Next Page. To change an
answer selected on the page, the
student can click on reset answers.
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Benchmark Assessment Test
Iff the student has time and wishes to go back and look
over previous questions/answers, he/she should click
on the Question List button.
If the student is finished with the test
test, he/she should
click on the Finish button.
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Benchmark Assessment Test
After finishing
Af
fi i hi the
h test, the
h student
d
will
ill see
this screen. He/she should click on the
here button (“You have finished the test. To close
this window, click here”)
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Creating Practice Probes
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Practice probes allow you to
create your own assessments
and practice sheets drilled down
specifically to state goals and
standards This is a great way
standards.
to meet a specific student’s
needs or to create a review
sheet or practice sheet for an
entire class.
class
To access this feature, click on
the Progress Zone menu item
and then click Create New
Probe
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Enter a title, select the
G d select
Grade,
l t the
th
Subject, select the
difficulty level of your
desired items, determine
it
item
usage, select
l t
number of attempts per
question and then, when
finished, click Continue.
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Select the Skill and/or
subskills you would like
i l d d on the
included
h probe.
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When finished, click
Continue.
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Select the Skill and/or
subskills you would like
i l d d on the
included
h probe.
b
When finished, click
Continue.
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Select the Items you
would like included on the
probe.
b
When finished, click
Continue.
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Finalize your probe. When you
are satisfied with the probe
probe,
click Save & Exit.
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The probe is now saved and
ready for assignment.
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Teacher name and School
Select the class that will be
assigned the probe. Then click
Add Selected, Save and Exit.
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Record the Login Code. The
students will need this code to
access the Probe online.
You may set game options on
this screen to allow students to
complete the probe in a “Game”
Game
mode.
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Teacher
h name and
dS
School
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Teacher name and School
Practice probe results are available in the
Practice Probe Grade Book.
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Student Login Procedures
Practice Probes
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Online Practice Probes
Click on Student Login
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Students should click on the Progress Zone button
to begin the practice probe.
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Online Practice Probes
Students should enter the Probe Code generated by the
teacher during the creation of the activity. After entering
the number, students should click “Next.”
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Online Practice Probes
Each student should then enter his/her name and click on
“Next.”
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Online Practice Probes
If games are enabled
bl d by
b the
th tteacher,
h
the student will be presented with the
game format options. The student
should click on the radio button
associated
i t d with
ith th
their
i d
desired
i d fformatt
and then click Next.
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Online Practice Probes
Students click the Start button after
reading the basic instructions. The
student then answers the question
presented on the screen and then
clicks on Save Answer before clicking
Next.
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Online Practice Probes
If the
th student
t d t answers the
th question
ti correctly
tl on the
th
first try (or second if the teacher sets up the
option), he/she can activate the game mode by
clicking on Start Game. The student can choose
t move onto
to
t the
th nextt question
ti without
ith t playing
l i the
th
game by clicking Next.
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Online Practice Probes
The student can view their results!
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Accessing Illinois State Learning
Standards and
Online Resources
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Teacher name and School
The Resources menu
provides you with access to
the Illinois State Reporting
Categories, including Skills,
Description, Subskills and
links to online resources for
each Skill area by grade
level. You can access this
information by clicking on
the appropriate grade level
Show button for the Skill
you are researching.
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Teacher name and School
Clicking on the “+” signs to
the left of the Subskill
headings will reveal online
resources and United
Streaming video clips that
are associated with that
particular subskill.
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