Not the Graduate Course Schoolnet 101

Mission For the benefit of our students Train teachers Schoolnet Encourage teachers to assess online Not 100% Encourage teachers to find and share lessons Save teacher time for more useful things Help improve the product Bugs and enhancements

Overview of Home Base

10 years behind Things will keep changing, but Schoolnet should be here for a while Keep soft copies of tests and lesson plans

Home Home button Home Base graphic Login to Schoolnet Login to PowerSchool On the left is Schoolnet

Schoolnet 3 Main Functions Inform with data Lesson Planning Assessment Administration We will start our training with the Assessment Portion…

Assessment Admin

What is Assessment Admin? 8 Assessment Admin is used to build tests and monitor the collection of results Reporting on the actual student responses is done in the Classrooms and School & District Data modules

Two Kinds of Tests Benchmark Results appear in School & District Data and Classrooms Tests created at the district or school level for the purpose of institution-wide data collection Only highest level category used for KPI calculations Classroom Results only appear in Classrooms Tests created for the purpose of classroom use Not Now

Create Test Content (items) 10 ITEM CENTRAL Create items Set up test Create Items within test Add items to Item Central Create items separately or as part of a test

Create Items – Multiple Types Available Multiple choice True/false Gridded Open response (can attach a rubric – if time) Inline response* Matching* Any item type may be attached to a passage

Insert Images Do not paste in image – must insert as a file For peak online test performance, use sizes below 250KB Resize images before adding Supported file formats: png, jpg, or gif Not suggested for passages of text Be sure to preview the item

Create a Passage for Multiple Items

Assessment Admin: Creating Passages What is a Passage? Best way to create a passagge

Ways to Create a Test Express Test Manual Test

Manual Method 16 Add your own questions or use existing items

Locate Items, Passages, and Rubrics Filter by subject, grade, standard and more

Equation Editor Open the Equation Editor from the text editor Link to additional equations and syntax to change font size

Math Manipulatives 19 Interactive manipulatives for online testing (ruler, protractor, compass)

Rubric for Open Response Items 20 Single or multidimensional rubrics

Express Test Method 21 Select specific standards Enter a higher number of items than you need so that you can delete questions you do not like

Performance data available for online analysis 5 Create tests 1 Ready to Schedule 2 3 Administer 4 Testing Administration Overview Add items to Item Central

Add Items to Item Central 23

Submit and Approval Process Any user can submit an Item, Passage or Rubric to be shared Nancy Cantrell will approve content Once Approved, content is no longer editable by the submitter

Try It Out: Create a Test Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/ Experiment - Create a Manual Test - Create an Express Test

Scheduling Your Test

Where is My Test?

Test Schedule Dates

Online Test Options Use this option for iPad and PC until further notice

Share Assessments with Gradebook Presentation Title runs here l 00/00/00 30

Assign Test

Try It! Schedule Your Test Schedule Your Test Start Date = today

Administering Your Test

Ways to Administer a Test Online (including iPad) Still working out issues with iPads Supported Student Response Systems Next year In Cases Where There Are Limited Electronic Devices Paper Scanning

Printing 35 Options available on test detail page - Test booklet - Answer sheets - Answer key - Scoring instructions

Student Online Test Experience 36 Make sure computers are ready for testing Student logs in and enters online passcode

Logging in as a Student Student Username 20 characters!!! NO MORE!!! ellen.fitzgerald-smith would be ellen.fitzgerald-smi Password Student ID THIS YEAR GRADES 4-12 CAN LOGIN NEXT YEAR ALL GRADES WILL BE ABLE TO LOGIN.

Student Online Test Experience 38 Explain test taking strategies to students

Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test Graphic representation of the portion of the class that is complete Links to individual student score, answer sheets and PDF test booklet

Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test Student responses are color- coded as follows:

Scoring Scoring is Automatic Updating Results with Open-Ended Score: Teachers grade student responses to open-ended items in Assessment Admin

Scanning: ScanIt Application

Where are the Results? 43 Classroom and School & District Data

Student Data -Reflects current students -Select desired class -View roster and recent test results

Which standards are difficult? Use Standards Mastery Reports

Which items are difficult for students? Use Benchmark Item Analysis

Skills Analysis View percent correct by skill at any level of the standards hierarchy View for one test or click Year-To-Date

Standards Mastery: Standardized Test Report

Just Know the Data is There Step 1 – Learn how to test Later, learn how to interpret results.

Instructional Materials

What materials are available to support instruction?

Standards Search Search for standards that contain a keyword Locate all materials aligned to a standard Schedule standards on the lesson planner Be sure to search appropriate level of the standards hierarchy

My Materials A combination of the materials that you created and those you saved from a materials search

Try it Out Practice Locate a lesson and a resource and save to My Materials Check for understanding What are two ways a material gets into My Materials? What materials are available for the subjects you teach?

Create a Resource/Lesson You can only use one format for each lesson

Attach Resources to a Lesson Attach support materials to lessons Use the same resource for multiple lessons

Recommend Submit for approval Edit and copy View related materials Build an express test Save locally or print Schedule to your lesson planner Lesson Plan: Available Actions

Try It Out Practice Create a resource (for students) Create a lesson with the above resource attached Edit a lesson

Submit for Approval Share materials with other teachers

Approval Process Designated administrators can approve materials or request revisions. Approved materials are available to other teachers.

Schedule on the Lesson Planner Drag and drop functionality Viewable by principal Personal and section views available

Rename Sections

Try It Out Practice Schedule a lesson and event on your planner Rename sections if helpful/time Add a note to one day Check for Understanding Who can see your planner? Who can add to your planner?

Assign Resources to Students Any resource tagged for students that has content can be assigned to a section Only teachers can assign resources

Data

Parent (/Student) Portal

Parent Portal

Create Parent Account One time set-up Enter Related Children Get Information under “Parent Information” on our School Website

Parent (/Student) Portal Encourage parents to create their own account for the Portal and not login as their students. Take measures for students not to cheat on portal from home Lock down time frame of test Change passcode

Online Training Pearson PowerSource The courses to be taken by teachers are: 1. Schoolnet for PowerSchool Overview 2. Schoolnet: Locating Instructional Materials 3. Schoolnet: Lesson Planning 4. Schoolnet: Creating Assessments 5. Schoolnet: Administering and Scoring Online Assessments

Available support materials 72 Digital Learning Specialist Resources Macon County School site > Departments > Professional Development > Digital Learning Specialists Bug Report olnet/issues olnet/issues Schoolnet Site (Teacher Resources) Recommend resources for this site olnet olnet

Reporting Bugs Check that bug has not been reported. olnet/issues/ olnet/issues/ Be very, very specific. Browser Student name Class Test Steps Screen shots to

FUN TIP Easy way to take a screen shot If you have Windows 7 First time only, go to Start Menu > enter “Snip” in search box > right click Snipping Tool > Pin to Taskbar When you want to copy something displayed on your screen, click Snipping Tool in your Taskbar > New will be selected by default > drag your cursor over the area to copy Select Copy icon Paste in document, , etc.

Next Steps Vetting Digital Content Open Class Training Digital Learning Devices 1:1

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