1 EDUSS Learning is delighted to offer you this self

EDUSS Learning is delighted to offer you this self-guided tour of its educational programs.
However, the EDUSS IMTA programs contain a variety of modules that can be used within
the school environment for different purposes (e.g., instruction, intervention, etc).
Consequently, to appreciate a comprehensive understanding of how these programs can
help your teachers and students, we would like to offer an online webinar tour of the program
by its developers.
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Welcome to EDUSS.
The following pages will guide you through a quick tour of just a few of the features of the EDUSS math
program.
The program can be accessed as a teacher OR a student.
This tour is set up in steps you would see in an online webinar tour.
STEP 1
Click on the EDUSS desktop icon to access the
program
• Login as Teacher
Username: teach
Password: 3du55
STEP 1
Enter teacher username &
password.
Teacher Access to the Math Program:
Program:
STEP 2(a)
STEP 2a
Left click on XiTeach Math
STEP 2(b)
STEP 2b
Left click on large
XiTeach Math
Note to teacher
You can now access the different modules in the
math program.
Below are instructions that will guide you through
a brief tour of some of these modules.
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The Teach Me Module
• The program contains inbuilt, interactive fully
narrated teaching files. Teachers can elect to mute
these voice files and speak to the slides themselves.
• The slides contain special hyperlinks to review
foundational concepts of the topic being taught.
• Most often a series of slides ends with an interactive
quiz.
STEP 3a
Open ‘Teach Me’ module
STEP 3(a)
To open the teaching files,
left click on the ‘Teach Me’ icon repeating step 2 above.
STEP 3(b)
Open up a sample lesson: ‘Adding fractions
with different denominators’.
STEP 3b
Click on ‘Adding Fractions’ then click on “Adding
fractions – different denominators.”
STEP 3(c)
STEP 3c
By clicking on ‘No’ the program will
go through a series of slides and a
quiz to review the topic of “common
denominators” before continuing with
the lesson on adding fractions.
Note to teacher
For students to understand how to add
fractions with different denominators, they
need to understand the foundational
concepts of:
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multiples;
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equivalent fractions;
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lowest common multiple, and
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lowest common denominator.
All these ‘subtopics’ can be reviewed via
the inbuilt hyperlinks, ensuring students
can fully understand the lesson on how to
add fractions with different denominators.
To exit & go back to the main menu of modules:
1) Click on the red circle at the top right of the slide;
2) Click on the blue ‘Back’ button at the top left of screen.
Keep clicking on this button to take you back to the
front page of the Eduss program.
Series of slides followed by a quiz to
review the foundational concept of
‘common denominators’ before
continuing with the lesson on adding
fractions with different denominators.
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Click ‘Back’ button to go
back to the main menu.
The Workbook Module
• EDUSS gives you unlimited copyright and
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printing rights to the content within the
program.
The data for anything that is printed off of
EDUSS does not get saved into EDUSS.
Anything printed off is merely extra practice.
Answer book is printed off directly after workbook.
STEP 4(a)
To open the workbook module,
left click on the ‘Workbook Module’ icon repeating step 2 above
STEP 4(b)
Give workbook a title, select number of
questions per exercise, print size, and if you
would like a title page.
Step 4a
Open ‘Workbook’ module
Step 4b
Name your workbook,
select number of
questions, print size, and
title page.
STEP 4(c)
Select the exercises you would like to be
included in your workbook. Left click and drag to ‘Selected
Items’ column.
STEP 4(d)
Step 4d
Left click ‘Create
Workbook’ button to print
workbook.
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The Automated Module
This module performs two major functions:
1) It assesses students in selected topics by starting at their current grade level and then moves
down to lower grades in the same topic until the student shows competency.
2) It automatically generates an intervention tutorial based on the results of the diagnostic
assessment. This tutorial has inbuilt help features to tutor the student through concepts s/he finds
difficult.
Note:
Only a teacher can set an assessment.
Once the assessment is set, the student logs into the assessment module to complete the assessment and the
subsequent tutorial.
Teacher access to the Automated Module
STEP 5(a)
Open the ‘Automated Module’ by left
clicking on the small icon, repeating step 2
above.
STEP 5(b)
STEP 5a
Open “Automated Module” module
STEP 5b
Left click ‘New Assessment’ button.
STEP 5(c)
Options will open in the middle of the screen. Name your
assessment, select how many questions per exercise, pass
rate, and grade level. Decide if you would like to check the
‘Beyond Target Level’ box.
STEP 5c
Name your assessment,
select number of questions
per exercise, pass rate, target
level, and if you want to use
the ‘Test Beyond Level ‘box.
Note:
The number of questions is per exercise type. When creating a full assessment EDUSS recommends 3 or 4 questions.
Otherwise the assessment will take months to finish.
The ‘Pass Rate’ for the assessment is pass or fail. EDUSS recommends that when creating an assessment you allow one
question for the student to enter incorrectly but still be able to pass the sub-topic. At 3 questions, this would be 60%.
The ‘Test Beyond Level’ button will allow you to see how far ahead your student’s knowledge is in the different sub-topics.
This button is best to use if you have excelled students.
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STEP 5(d)
Select the class or student(s) you would like to take the
assessment.
STEP 5d
Left click on the boxes next to
the students you want to take
the assessment.
STEP 5(e)
STEP 5e
Left click on the
‘Save Assessment’
button.
STEP 5(f)
Now you need to tell EDUSS what you want your students
assessed on. Left click on the ‘Edit Subtopics’ button.
STEP 5f
Left click on the ‘Edit
Subtopics’ button.
STEP 5(g)
Select the subtopics you would your students to be assessed on.
(For training purposes select ‘Vertical Addition’ and ‘Understanding
Fractions’.)
STEP 5g
Left click on the box next to
‘Vertical Addition’ and
‘Understanding Fractions’.
Note:
The numbers before the subtopic names are the grade levels that these
subtopics are normally taught in. EDUSS is set to NCTM and NCTE
standards.
EDUSS will never ask a student a question that they shouldn’t already know
in their target grade level.
You can easily create a full assessment by selecting the box next to
‘XiTeach Math’.
STEP 5(h)
STEP 5h
Left click on the ‘Save
Sub Topics’ button to
save your assessment.
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Student access to the Automated Module
• Login as a student
If you are currently logged in as a
teacher, you need to click on the
red ‘Logout’ button at the top left of
the screen and then login as a
student.
Username: <enter the student’s username>
Password: <enter the student’s password>
Repeat step 4 shown above to access this screen:
STEP 6a
Open ‘Automated Module’ module
STEP 6(a)
Open the ‘Automated Module’ by left clicking
on the small icon, repeating step 2 above.
STEP 6b
2) Click on the ‘Next Exercise’
button to begin the assessment.
STEP 6(b)
To begin the assessment, follow the two steps
shown in the speech bubbles.
STEP 6b
1) Click on the name of the assessment that you
just created.
Notes to person doing this assessment:
The assessment will start off in the ‘Vertical Addition’ grade 4 exercises. As soon as the student passes a set of exercises with
at least a 60% rate, then they will move into the next selected subtopic, in this case ‘Understanding Fractions’.
All the while that the assessment is being worked on a personalized tutorial is being created for that student in the back of
EDUSS. This allows the student to be able to access their individualized tutorial as soon as they have finished their
assessment.
For the purposes of this demo, get each question INCORRECT. Remember there are 3 questions of each type, per the
selection, for this demo.
When you get to the exercise where dominos need to be counted, input the correct answers.
After you do that, the program will switch to begin the assessment on Understanding Fractions.
TO ENTER A NUMBER IN AN ANSWER CELL, FIRSTLY LEFT CLICK IN THE CELL, THEN ENTER THE
NUMBER IN THAT CELL.
Please note:
To move between cells use your ‘Tab’ key on your keyboard or left click with your mouse.
To score your answer use your ‘Enter’ key or the ‘Score’ button.
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Progression of assessment for student
Follow the arrows...
The assessment begins here on
‘Vertical Addition’ with Gr 4
material & moves to easier
concepts (lower grade levels) until
the student achieves the selected
pass score.
Note:
At this stage the program
focuses on student’s ability to
regroup in vertical addition.
Note:
Program has determined student doesn’t
know how to regroup & continues with
vert. addition without regrouping.
Finish this part of the assessment
here by giving the correct answers
in this K level exercise.
The assessment on
‘Understanding Fractions’
begins here with Gr 5 work.
Note:
Program has determined student doesn’t
know how to use vert. addition format &
tests student’s counting-on skills.
Note:
When the entire assessment is completed a
window will appear as above. Click on OK to
exit and begin the remediation tutorial.
Finish this part of the assessment here by
giving the correct answers in this Gr 2 level
exercise where you click on half the images.
Notes to person doing this assessment/tutorial:
When the assessment is completed, you can proceed with the custom-designed tutorial by following the flowchart on the next
page.
Note that the tutorial contains functions not available in assessment mode. There are three additional functions in tutorial
mode:
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Student work is scored and the score is now displayed.
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Student can view an unlimited number of worked examples of the type s/he is attempting by clicking on the ‘Worked
Example’ button.
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Student can access the narrated ’Teach Me’ slides that will explain the math behind the exercise type s/he is doing.
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These ‘Teach Me’ slides will often end with a reinforcement quiz.
How to access the tutorial
After clicking the OK button
from the last slide, click on
‘Show Tutorials’ near the top
left of screen.
Now click on the name of the
tutorial just below the
‘Tutorials’ heading.
Once you click on this ‘Next
Exercise’ button, the tutorial
will begin.
The tutorial begins here on Vertical Addition with K
level material (the lowest level passed in the
tutorial) & moves up grade levels until student
passes at the highest grade level in this topic.
Tutorial continues through
a series of exercises until
student achieves
competency at the highest
grade level in this topic.
Note
The tutorial begins at the lowest level achieved
in the assessment. In the assessment, the
student could not do problems that used the
vertical addition format, but he could do the
counting-on problem with the dominos. The
program recognizes this and begins at the level
the student is competent and gradually takes
him by the hand from what he knows to what he
doesn’t know.
By clicking on the ‘Help’ button, student is
guided through a series of teaching slides
on how to do this type of problem. All
tutorial exercises have help slides
available to help students. Click on red
exit button to go back to tutorial.
.
Tutorial continues through a
series of exercises on
Understanding Fractions until
student achieves competency
at the highest level in this topic.
The tutorial ends here with this Gr 5 level content
if the student has successfully completed all the
remediation exercises.
The tutorial on Understanding Fractions begins
here at the lowest level passed in the tutorial &
moves up grade levels until student passes at the
highest grade level in this topic.
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Notes to person viewing reports:
A separate student did this same assessment (‘Vertical Addition’ & ‘Understanding Fractions’) and then completed most of
the custom-made tutorial generated from his results in the assessment.
The following flowchart shows you how to access the reports that were generated.
How to access the reports
STEP 7(a) Log out if you are
currently logged in as a
student.
STEP 7a
If you are currently logged in as a student,
you need to logout by clicking on the
‘Logout’ button near the top left of screen.
STEP 7b
Enter your codes:
STEP 7(b) Log in as a
Teacher using your codes
STEP 7(c) Open access to
reports by clicking on
“Reporting” button.
STEP 7(d) Log in to reports
using your same teacher
codes
Username
Password
STEP 7c
Click on the “Reporting”
button near the top left
of screen.
STEP 7d
Enter your codes:
Username
Password
STEP 7(e) Click on student’s
name
STEP 7(f) Click on the name
of the assessment.
STEP 7e
Click on the student’s
name
STEP 7f
Click on the name of
the assessment.
STEP 7(g) Click on the type
of report you want to see.
Notes to person viewing reports:
There are many different types of reports:
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Assessment Report (3 types: summary, detailed, & graph);
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Tutorial Report;
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Progress Report;
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IEP (Learning Plan);
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Homework Report;
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Testing Report;
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Class Reports (3 types: summary, RTI, graph).
STEP 7g
Click on ‘Assessment
Summary’.
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Assessment report (Summary Report)
This report gives you a quick visual summary of the student’s achievement in his assessment.
Note:
When you roll the cursor over an
exercise descriptor a screenshot
of that exercise type will appear.
Sample progress report
This report details assessment & subsequent tutorial progress.
All student activity is date stamped.
This column shows
assessment scores
This column shows
tutorial scores.
Note:
Student has not completed the
tutorial in this topic ‘Understanding
Fractions’, therefore he is ‘Still
Busy’.
Note:
Student has completed the tutorial
in this topic ‘Vertical Addition’ &
achieved grade level.
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The Homework and Quiz Modules
• When assigning homework and quizzes the steps are the same.
• By assigning homework or a quiz you are picking individual exercises for the student to do.
• The only difference between a homework assignment and a quiz is the amount of resources and
help. In homework the student has access to worked examples and the ‘Teach Me’ slides. The
quiz does not give any help.
Teacher access to the Homework/Quiz Module
STEP 8(a) Open the ‘Homework
Module’ or ‘Quiz Module’ by left
clicking on the small icon, repeating
step 2 above.
Step 8a
Open preferred module
STEP 8(b) Click on the ‘New Quiz’ button. If you are working in
the ‘Homework Module’ it will say ‘New Homework’. This will be
the same for any other button in the instructions.
Step 8b
Click on the ‘New Quiz’
button.
STEP 8(c) Fill in the details for your new quiz or homework.
Give it a title, decide the number of questions per exercise,
give it a due date and select your class, if
necessary.
Step 8c
Select your options for
your assignment.
STEP 8(d)
Step 8d
Click the ‘Save Quiz’
button.
STEP 8(e)
Step 8e
Click the ‘Edit
Exercises’ button.
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STEP 8(f) Select the
exercises you want your
student to do. Left click and
drag the exercises into the
‘Selected Exercises’ column.
Step 8f
Select the desired
exercises.
STEP 8(g)
Step 8g
Click the ‘Save
Exercises’ button.
Note:
Now your student can access the ‘Homework Module’ or ‘Quiz Module’ from their log in and complete the assigned work.
The student can re-try any of these exercises as many times as they would like.
In order for the student to get to the next set of exercises, the student must click on the exercise name and then click the
“Next Exercise’ button.
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