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This help page covers:
Overview of Changing Usage Settings for New Classes
This section covers all of the classwide assignment usage settings. Any classes NEWLY assigned to you will assume these settings (existing classes are unaffected). In the sections following the overview, you will find the step-by-step processes for changing the various settings.
The usage settings for the new classes page use three groups of radio buttons and a checkbox to change the settings.
The settings define the assignment usage rules for new classes:
Select which assignment lists... radio buttons - Of the four choices select the one that you deem most appropriate:
• All assignments lists - The students in this class see all assignment lists, even those that aren't currently accessible (due to prerequisites, etc.) and can move though all available assignment lists at will.
• All assignment lists not completed - Students can access all assignment lists that have unfinished activities (Study, Practice, Mastery, and Essay).
• All available assignment lists - Students can only see available assignment lists, but can move through them at will regardless of whether or not they have been completed.
• Current list only - Only a single, selected assignment list is available. When students log on they aren't given a choice of assignment lists. Instead, they are placed directly in the current one.
The pair of language setting radio buttons - A+LS some lessons can be displayed in the language that they were written in, or they can be displayed in other languages. This set of radio buttons determines which setting defines the language to be used.
• Match the user interface... - The lesson settings determine the language used.
• Use the student's default language... - The individual student's language setting overrides the lesson's setting.
The pair of test setting radio buttons - They define how partially completed tests are handled.
• Allow the students to return... - Enables bookmarking, permitting your students to finish partially completed tests at a later time.
• Don't save work... - Partially completed tests are discarded.
Student must complete assignment lists in order checkbox - Some students work best when their lessons are carefully sequenced, others are most successful when given wider latitude. When enabled (checked), students must work on lists in the order presented to them. When disabled (no checkmark), students are given the choice of which list to work on.
The last option provides an alternative method for adjusting these settings. Instead of making the changes for new classes, using the Set preferences for new assignment lists page allows you make the changes systemwide.
Set preferences for new assignment lists - Select which assignments will be available to your students. Also included is whether they have to do their assignments in order, and whether they can access the assignment after it has been completed.
Bookmarking Tests
If bookmarking has been enabled (the "Allow the students to return..." option listed above), when students exit a test before answering all questions, the program will remind them that they have not finished and asks if they want to come back and finish the test later. If a student clicks OK, the test will close and will be marked with a Score of 0/0 in Progress, indicating it is incomplete.
Most confusion comes in when a student clicks Cancel. The Cancel button returns the student to the test, allowing the previously viewed, but unanswered questions to be completed. It does not exit and score the test.
With bookmarks enabled, students are not allowed to change their answers to questions answered in their previous sessions. The second message students may see when exiting a test and saving a bookmark asks the student if they want to answer any unanswered questions they have already viewed. If they view a question but do not answer it and exit the test, that question will be scored with 0 points as though an incorrect answer had been provided.
Teachers can see what is happening by viewing the student's progress on a specific lesson in Check and Set Progress. Each time the student enters and exits their bookmarked test, the activity is logged in the database. If your student is complaining that the program is forcing them to take the same test over and over again, select the assignment, then check the Score and Max. Score. A bookmarked test will indicate "0" for both since the test has not yet been graded. Chances are the student just needs to finish the bookmarked activity.
Changing Usage Settings for New Classes
Each of the settings you will be working with in this section are described above. So, as you work through the step-by-step process please consult the overview if you have any questions about the specific options.
Step-by-Step - Changing Information Using Radio Buttons
Radio buttons are used to answer either/or questions with two or more options. Only one option can be enabled at any given time.
1. Carefully read the question or settings statement, then carefully consider each of the options (each with its own radio button).
2. Click on the radio button that best represents your choice.
3. Consider the next setting's question or statement, then use the mouse to select the appropriate radio button setting.
4. When you have finished setting radio buttons you can either:
Work with the checkbox (covered in the next step-by-step procedure).
OR
Click on the Finished button, save your work and return to the View or change usage settings menu.
OR
Click on the Cancel button to return to the View or change usage settings menu.
Step-by-Step - Changing Settings Using a Checkbox
Checkboxes are basically on/off switches. If you want a selection or function to be turned on (enabled), click in the checkbox and put a checkmark there. If you want to turn off a function, click on the checkmark and it will disappear, disabling the function.
1. Carefully read the Student must complete... statement, then carefully consider whether or not you want to have it turned on or off (enabled/disabled).
2. Click on the checkbox to enable or disable the function, which ever represents your choice.
3. When you have finished setting the checkbox you can either:
Work with the radio buttons (covered in the previous step-by-step procedure).
OR
Click on the Finished button, save your work, and return to the View or change usage settings menu.
OR
Click on the Cancel button to return to the View or change usage settings menu.
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