Tustin Unified School District Intro to DnA
tustin.illuminateed.com u: _________________ p: _________________ Illuminate … Web-based - Recommended browsers: Chrome, Safari 5, Firefox 4 - Internet Explorer 7 and 8 work too Comprehensive: CST’s, CAHSEE, Assessments, Reporting, Gradebook, Parent Portal Longitudinal: All the data, over time Where does student data come from? - Students, schedules, contacts, demographics, transcripts = Aeries - CST, CAHSEE, CELDT = state of CA HELP! Click HELP in upper right of screen
Videos for your trainings: Type ‘video’ and click Search
Email PDF’s select a chapter lower right, click Download Lesson easily email and share with staff
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Student Searching Student search box Or Students tab > click Search > type student name or just click Search Student Profile From student search screen, click student’s name Then click Student Profile Student Profile = comprehensive student report
Download Click PDF, Excel, Word throughout system
Reports > Prebuilt Reports CST Cluster Score - Student List CST Class Roster with ELA and Math data CST Percent Proficient
Tips … We are upgrading prebuilt navigation later this Spring click Next Page > access other pages in report download PDF for faster searching ‘Report is Empty’ o Did you select all necessary options? o Did you try different selection options Report Type – compare to Minimally Proficient or Minimally Advanced
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Colors … o Green = above o Red = below
Prebuilt Report Notes:
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ASSESSMENTS List Assessments Accessing assessments Copying assessments Filters and searching Search box Number of students tested
Getting Started Create a New Assessment > GradeCam Enter number of questions First sheet scanned = answer key Can Save as an Assessment or Push to Gradebook
Create a New Assessment - Manual Enter number of questions
Information o enter title o fill out filters … o subject and grade level = easy searching later
Standards click Expand All and Collapse All for easy searching
Alignment click green arrow to rotate view click tag to highlight row
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ADVANCED Versions • add versions •
then go to Questions > drag arrows to align your tests
Performance Bands • Type directly on cells • Change colors … • Change bands and names
Question Groups • for reporting purposes only • click Add a New Group • click Save • type group name • click (0) •
now go to Questions > align > click Save
Sheet Designer go to Advanced change responses by typing desired response character click Save
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Upload Documents want to upload the actual test (questions)? go to Overview scroll to bottom click File Upload PRINTING SHEETS Go to Assessments > GradeCam • Blank: for answer keys, make up tests, and class copiers •
Preslugged: ideal and recommended (pre bubbled class sets) o only a sample shows on screen! o click Print in upper left of screen o click Print again
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Multiple Answer Sheets o What’s your largest student id?
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Considerations • Thoroughly test all scan sheet, cameras and computers before running live student assessments. • Laminated sheets work good > but bright lights can overexpose image > try dimming lights if you are having trouble scanning • You can mark outside of black box • Sheets: If black box surrounding answer options is not thick or clear, or bubbles are askew, or if anything looks odd > throw away the sheets and print fresh ones. • Pre id’d sheets are heavily recommended over non-slugged sheets.
Recommended to NOT … Run an assessment without first testing sheets and scanning setup
Make photo copies of copies
Shrink or modify your document
Let students mark inside black box
Troublehooting … 1. Try latest version of Chrome or Firefox. 2. If having trouble scanning, simply restarting your browser can do a lot of good. 3. Newer computers with minimal software running operate best. 4. Older computers or computers with a lot of software running may scan slowly. 5. Are you using the latest plugin? 6. If using a document camera, have you updated the camera software? Is auto focus turned off? Have you tried moving the camera arm up and down? 7. Call or email Illuminate if you get stuck
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ASSESSMENT REPORTING (demo site) List of scores … o open assessment > click Responses o click Excel to download
Overview tab … Response Frequency o click #’s to see students o click % Correct to sort questions
Basic List o Cluster and Standards reporting o Class summary (teacher by teacher)
o Click teacher name … student by student summary
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Student Small Slips o Brief student report
SCANNING Upgrade browser Download and install plugin Restart browser Scan assessment Best practices (see handout)
SUMMARY ASSESSMENT Great for fluency, writing rubric, etc. Summary Assessment = no scoring Create a Summary Assessment Add fields > what type of data are you storing
Assessment Notes:
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Illuminate – HOW DO I GET HELP? WHAT Installing the GradeCam plug-in
WHO/HOW School Site Expert Teachers:
Creating Assessments
1. ____________________________
Scanning Assessments
2. ____________________________
Troubleshooting Scanning
3. ____________________________
Basic report questions
4. ____________________________
Login help/Login problems (usernames and passwords) Reports (Pre-builts and custom) Student rostering problems
TUSD Assessment and Evaluation Department: Mindy Thai (x371) and Jose Ponce (x366)
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Permissions Basic system use questions How do I? (Basic questions) Scanning issues that can’t be resolved by the site lead teacher Interpreting/reporting data
TUSD Assessment and Evaluation Department:
Creating specialized reports
Dr. Sharon Cordes (x368)
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Scanning equipment recommendations District help documents
TUSD Assessment and Evaluation Department intranet page:
DataDirector to Illuminate Transition Guide
http://tusdae/illuminate
Your own recommendations for prebuilt reports
Illuminate Education
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Suggestions for system improvements If you can’t reach anyone at TUSD Assessment and Evaluation and you need help now!
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