Renaissance Learning REC-1000 Classroom Response System User Manual AccelTest SW man

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Renaissance LearningP. O. Box 8036Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8036Toll free phone: (800) 656-6740*Local (715) 424-3636Fax: (715) 424-4242Outside the U.S. 1.715.424.3636Email (for general questions): answers@renlearn.comEmail (for technical questions): support@renlearn.comWeb site: www.renlearn.com* If you have questions about other Renaissance Learning products, call:For reading solutions: (866) 846-7323For math solutions: (866) 492-6284For writing solutions: (866) 220-8811Copyright NoticeCopyright © 2005, Renaissance Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved.This publication is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. It is unlawful to duplicate or reproduce any copyrighted material without authorization from the copyright holder. This document may be reproduced only by staff members in schools that have a license for Renaissance Place Edition software. For more information, contact Renaissance Learning at the address above.Accelerated Grammar & Spelling, Accelerated Math, Accelerated Reader, Accelerated Vocabulary, Accelerated Writer, AccelScan, AccelTest, Adaptive Branching, AR, AR BookGuide, AssessmentMaster, English in a Flash, Fluent Reader, MathFacts in a Flash, Perfect Copy, Read Now, Renaissance, Renaissance Learning, the Renaissance Learning logo, Renaissance Place, STAR Early Literacy, STAR Math, STAR Reading, and TOPS are trademarks of Renaissance Learning, Inc. registered or pending registration in the United States and in other countries.Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. InstallShield is a registered trademark and service name of InstallShield Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine copyright Wintertree Software Inc.QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.9/05 v1.0
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.FCC Caution:Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by Renaissance Learning could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operationComputer-connected Receiver REC-1000FCC Radiation Exposure Statement for Mobile Devices:This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with the minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. This transmiter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
ContentsiiiContentsWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1About AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Renaissance Classroom Response System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Responder - RES-1000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Receiver - REC-1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1AccelScan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2AccelTest helps you, the classroom teacher: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3How does AccelTest Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Assignment Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Assignment Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Gradebook Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4How to use this Manual and Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Installing AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Where to Find the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Installing AccelTest Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Starting AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7To-Do List for Teachers Starting AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Setting up Your School Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Editing the Subjects List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Setting Category Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Setting Grading Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Setting Exams Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Two Ways to use AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Getting to Know AccelTest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Preparing AccelTest for Students to Score Scan Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Password to Unlock AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Student instructions for using the Classroom Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Student Instructions for Using AccelScan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Frequently used Gradebook Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Add Assignments to Gradebook and Assign to Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Assignments for Individual Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Removing/Clearing Assignments in the Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Printing Assignments for Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Viewing Assignment Item Scores in the Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Scoring Assignment Items in the Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ContentsivContentsEntering Scores at the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Editing Scores at the Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Teacher Instructions for Scoring Student Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Scoring Free Response Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Using AccelScan from the Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Gradebook Drop-down Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34New Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Edit Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Delete Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Importing Student Data into AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Exporting Student and Grade Information as Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39New Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Edit Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Delete Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Assignment Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Remove Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Export Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Show Scores as Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Show Scores as Percentages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Show Entire School Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Show Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Report Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Report Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Report Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Assignment Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Assignment Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Free Response Grading Worksheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Gradebook Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Group Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Overdue Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Program Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Student Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Student Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Setting Reports Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Print Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Sort/Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Setting Assignment Creation Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Using Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ContentsvContentsUsing Quick Assignment in AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Creating Questions for a New Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Creating New Score Key for Existing Assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Teacher Instructions for Editing a Score Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Creating New Points Only Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72How to Use the Assignment Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Assignment Editor Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Importing Graphics Files in an Assignment Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Spelling Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Validate Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Importing and Exporting AccelTest Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Importing Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Exporting Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Deleting Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Using Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Review Panel (Teacher-Paced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Responder Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Session Toolbar Mode Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Pacing Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Using Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Importing Print Engine Book Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Installing Renaissance Learning Book Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Appendix: AccelTest’s Grade Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Determining Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Term, Semester and Final Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Grade Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Points Possible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Category Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Extra Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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