Study Island Teacher Training Welcome to the Island! Study Island Teacher Training Presenter: Blanca E. Pena

What is Study Island? Study Island is a completely web-based program based solely on our state’s teaching expectations. It is designed to prepare students for criterion referenced state assessments. Because it’s web-based, the only thing you need in order to use the program is an Internet connection and user codes.

What is Study Island? Study Island uses lessons, practice questions, and explanations to reinforce the concepts and skills that are set forth in the state’s curriculum and taught in the classroom. As a result of mastering these skills, students will score better on the tests.

Key Benefits for Teachers Real Time Reporting Automatic grading and recording Diagnostic report features help to gear teaching toward weaker areas Adjust Student Difficulty Individualize Study Island for different student's ability levels, making it harder or easier to earn Blue Ribbons Restrict students to a certain grade level and hide the grade level for special needs students Multiple Study Modes Choose from Test Mode, Game Mode and Printable Worksheet

Key Benefits for Teachers (cont.) Web Based Learning Allows students to continue working at home for homework or during school vacations Class Manager Create class groupings, class pages and assignments Create New Test Add in your own content to create your own tests Teacher Feedback Message our content team for questions and requested updates to content Live Help

Go to url: http://www.studyisland.com How do I log in? Go to url: http://www.studyisland.com OR Go to the Pace Homepage & click on the Study Island Icon Enter your username and password at the top left of your screen Our school’s usernames and passwords are modeled after this format: USERNAME: <student id# + .003> PASSWORD: <same as computer log-in>

How do students start studying? First, students will need to know their login information. On the School Stats page, there is a blue button called “Printable User List”. This contains the login information you will want to pass along to students as they begin. “DO NOT PRINT THE LIST” After signing in on Study Island’s home page, students can click on the Subject tab and topic that you wish for them to work on -or- They can work on assignments you create using the Class Manager Feature

This is what the students’ grade level screens will look like: Students click on a subject for a list of topics

This is what a Class Page Screen looks like: 5. Explain to students that the Class Page screen will be seen only if their teachers have set up classes and assignments for them. Show students the Results area (in red) where they are able to see if they have completed the assignment. Also discuss the envelope icon at the top next to the teacher’s login where students can message questions to their teacher. Continued… To study the assignment, students click on the title!

Before students study, they decide how they want to test! Choose the number of questions to be in your test! Click the dropdown box to choose to take game mode or test mode! Click next to start your session!

Test your skills in Test Mode! Select an answer by clicking on the letter Once you have selected the correct answer, you can get an explanation of the question or go to the next question!

Games, Games, Games! These are just a few…try out all 27! **Game settings can be limited so that students must reach a certain percentage within a subject before having access to games.

All Study Island topics have a passing goal for students to reach! How do students earn Blue Ribbons? All Study Island topics have a passing goal for students to reach! The passing goal is made up of two things: the minimum number of questions students must take and a score percentage. For this topic, Place Value, 20 is the minimum number of questions students must take, 75% is what they will need to pass! Blue Ribbons are a great way to build motivation for students! By teaching students how they are scored, students take ownership of their own success. 12. Talk to students about how the Blue Ribbons are based off of all of the scores they accumulate. If a student gets a great score the first time they take a session and earns a Blue Ribbon, the student can lose the ribbon by doing poorly the next time they study. Blue Ribbons are based on the cumulative score for a topic. continued… Students earn Blue Ribbons by reaching the passing goal for each topic.

Passing Goal Reminders! Passing Goals can be adjusted to make it easier or harder to achieve Blue Ribbon Mastery. When a goal is reached, a Blue Ribbon graphic appears. This graphic is clickable to show a Blue Ribbon Award, which can be printed. If a student continually misses the passing goal, a hazard triangle will appear and built in remedial topics may be required. This is a visual clue alerting the student to ask for help and/or work on lower level material to build skills.

Class Manager Fun Facts Study Island enables teachers to group their students into a specific class on the Class Manager page. Why would you want to do this? It makes viewing student progress easier It allows teachers to see class averages It allows teachers to send messages to all students in their class Classes are simply groupings. A student can be in more than one class and, you can create as many classes as you want.

Class Manager Fun Facts (cont.) Once students are separated into classes, teachers have the option of creating a class page that can be used to communicate Study Island assignments to students. Class pages can be set to be the default home page that students see when they login to Study Island. Please refer to the Teacher Handout on the HELP tab for detailed directions on how to create classes and assignments.

Student Assignments

How can I view my students’ stats? The School Stats page, also the teacher login homepage, is where you will be able to run reports, set them up as automatic emails, and review student progress. Data can be run in multiple views Reports can be filtered for specific time periods

What types of reports can I run? The list to the left describes some of our most popular reports. The following reports have been added in addition to our classic reports: Login Report – List of students and their logins for the last 3 months Class Comparison Report – Allows you to compare usage between classes Gradebook Report – new format choice, subject broken down by reporting category More reports are constantly added

What if we need help using the program? Contacting Study Island… By phone: 1.800.419.3191 By email: support@studyisland.com Live Chat Help Tab Resources… Video Tutorials Documents including Parent Letter, Teacher Handout, Manuals FAQ: Implementation, Features, Tests and Games, Troubleshooting

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