Illuminate Training Designed/ Created By: Susie Calvin

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Logging in to Illuminate 2.) Navigating the site 3.) Using online help 4.) Navigating the site (cont’d) 5.) Working with rosters 6.) Working with district assessments 7.) Creating/ Printing bubble sheets 8.) Scanning district assessments 9.) Accessing the assessment results Click on one of the topics to the left and you will be transported directly to that topic.

What is Illuminate?

Using Illuminate The software is designed by teachers for teachers. Illuminate is designed to replace PCG, NOT SYNERGY The district goal is for teachers to use ILLUMINATE starting with the semester 1 final exam.

1.) This eliminates using the hand scanner (less time consuming). 2.) Teachers can create their own summative assessments within the system with 5+ questions (great for closure at the end of class time). 3.) Students can scan their own assessments using the teacher terminal. 4.) Not comfortable with students near your computer? No problem! 5.) You can collect the students’ bubble sheets & then scan on your own time. 6.) Immediate results! POSITIVES USING ILLUMINATE

1.) Promethean remotes are not useable “at this time.” District is aware & is looking into a solution. 2.) Have to use the camera on the laptop to scan using “on the fly” and/ or hover cam. 3.) There is a “potential” problem with lights in the classroom causing a “glare” with scanning. 4.) Windows in a classroom “could” also cause a glare. 5.) Can disconnect the monitor from the unit & walk around, BUT there “can” be Wi-Fi difficulties and/ or glare from the classroom lights. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS USING ILLUMINATE

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1. LOGGING IN TO ILLUMINATE

LOGGING IN Go to this website: Type in: Username used for the district 2.Type in this password: welcome 3.Password will prompt you to change once you are logged in (recommended: use the same password for synergy). 4.Then Click “Next” {This is also accessible on the Phoenix Union Website under “staff”}

CHANGING PASSWORD Type in your password twice and click on the Save button.

CHANGING PASSWORD LATER You can change your password easily here.

LOGGING OUT Sign out is under CONTROL PANEL if you don’t logout, it doesn’t turn off (the browser remains open for a period of time). You can be logged in at multiple locations/ browsers.

2. NAVIGATING THE SITE

This is the Dashboard Page

HOMEPAGE= MY DASHBOARD

CONTROL PANEL The Control Panel will drop-down messages regarding new releases and/ or updates automatically when you log-in.

3. USING ONLINE HELP

Illuminate Education Take a guided tour to learn all of the tools this software has and how to use them through Illuminate Education. Illuminate U has videos about everything

ANOTHER LOCATION FOR HELP The Control Panel tab offers another location for finding “Lessons & Videos”

The Illuminate Announcements widget will give you messages and helpful hints. ILLUMINATE ANNOUNCEMENTS

4. NAVIGATING THE SITE ( continued)

WIDGETS Widgets are customizable with categories you wish to have on your dashboard.

BULLETIN WIDGET The Bulletin widget will show district announcements & CANNOT be moved or changed by the teacher/ user.

ADDING/CUSTOMIZING WIDGETS Widgets are customizable with categories you wish to use to personalize your workspace/ dashboard.

OPENING WIDGETS Currently these widgets are closed

Click on the arrow facing down on a widget and the widget will open. Click on the arrow facing up and the widget will close. OPENING WIDGETS

SEARCH MENU Helpful for looking for specific categories, tips, and students.

FAVORITES Scanned Assessment reports can be found here on your Dashboard

CHANGING THE DATE You can easily change the Enrollment/ Rostering Date under the Control Panel tab. It defaults with the access date.

5.Working with Rosters

ADDING/CUSTOMIZING WIDGETS Add Class Roster

CLASS ROSTER DEFAULTS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE When teachers log- in the next time the rosters will appear automatically.

MOVING THE ROSTER WIDGET You can move the roster by grabbing the widget and moving it where you want on the page. In this example it is moved to the top left.

Downloading Rosters From the System & Onto Teacher Computer

DOWNLOADING A ROSTER A roster can be downloaded as an Adobe PDF file or a MS Excel worksheet.

MS EXCEL WORKSHEET The file downloads with ease and is organized/ labeled nicely.

ADOB E PDF WORK SHEE T

6. WORKING WITH DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS

Assessments

“LIST ASSESSMENTS” UNDER “ASSESSMENTS”

ACCESSING/ USING DISTRICT CREATED CRTS 1.) Click on under year & don’t worry about the other categories. 2.) Click “Search.” 3.) Next, click on the appropriate CRT in the display window below.

EXAM PROMPTS YOUR NEED FOR ANSWER/ BUBBLE SHEETS 1.) Click on “Print Answer Sheets” for pre-slugged district bubble sheets 2.) Or, click on camera scan for on- the fly scanning.

Viewing District CRTs

VIEWING DISTRICT CRTS This exam is locked and cannot be looked at and/ or edited except by the person who created it. If the test is locked then this is the message box teachers will see. Even though this says teachers can “View & Download” it is actually locked.

VIEWING DISTRICT CRTS The box with an arrow shows the Current Permissions allowed. In this case the assessment can be viewed & downloaded. BUT, this cannot be edited. This is the message box when the box & arrow is clicked on.

VIEWING DISTRICT CRTS Student View of the Assessment Teacher View of the Assessment

7. CREATING/ PRINTING BUBBLE SHEETS

WORKING WITH BUBBLE SHEETS This is a blank bubble sheet where students will need to bubble in their id # This is a pre-slugged bubble sheet with student information included.

PRINTING PRE-SLUGGED ANSWER SHEETS STEP 1.) Go to Assessments, STEP 2.) Print Answer Sheets

STEP 3.) Make sure you’re on “Print Pre- Slugged” PRINTING PRE-SLUGGED ANSWER SHEETS

STEP 4.) Click on “Generate” PRINTING PRE-SLUGGED ANSWER SHEETS

STEP 5.) A “pre- slugged” generated bubble sheet *Student Name/ id # is on the top PRINTING PRE-SLUGGED ANSWER SHEETS

STEP 6.) Downloading generated bubble sheets to save to computer PRINTING PRE-SLUGGED ANSWER SHEETS

STEP 7.) Downloading bubble sheets & saving to your computer.

Advanced Options with Bubble Sheets

You can add messages to the answer documents. ADDING HEADERS & FOOTERS TO ASSESSMENTS Automatic Default

You can add messages to the answer documents with the header and/ or footer. HEADERS & FOOTERS

Add the classes you wish to create pre- slugged bubble sheets. Type in the # of questions you want. Then press “Advanced Options”. PRINTING MORE THAN ONE PRE- SLUGGED BUBBLE SHEETS

The system defaults at one pre-slugged answer document per page. Click on the arrow on “One Form Per Page” to remove the default. Next click “generate”. PRINTING MORE THAN ONE PRE-SLUGGED BUBBLE SHEETS

The system will now print two pre-slugged answer documents per page. You can Xerox copy these sheets so you don’t have to keep downloading and printing TWO PRE-SLUGGED BUBBLE SHEETS PER PAGE

Printing Multiple Blank Bubble Sheets Per Page

PRINTING MULTIPLE ANSWER SHEETS PER PAGE STEP 1.) Under “Assessments” a drop- down menu appears with these 3 possible options

PRINTING MULTIPLE BUBBLE SHEETS PER PAGE Choose 10, 25, or even 50 questions (pre- made).

CREATING MULTIPLE BUBBLE SHEETS USING GRADECAM DIGITS GUIDE Choose the “7-Digit GradeCam IDs” on page 6 (our students have a 7 digit # for their id #’s)

2 sheets per page

YOU CAN EVEN PRINT BUBBLE SHEETS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

25 questions 50 questions 100 questions

BUBBLE CHOICES NEEDED An assessment can be made with however many questions are needed, so long as the document’s answer key is programmed into the system.

8. SCANNING DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS

PRACTICING SCANNING TECHNIQUES STEP 1.) Click on “Assessments”; STEP 2.) Click on “List Assessments”;

MARYVALE PRACTICE ROUND STEP 3.) Click on “ ” STEP 4.) Click on the desired CRT. For this example choose: “Maryvale Practice Round” STEP 5.) Click on the “camera icon” to begin scanning

STEP 6.) -By default this will tell you to install, BUT just click on “Continue without” SCANNING BUBBLE SHEETS

ALIGNING THE BUBBLE SHEET STEP 7.) The bubble sheet needs to be aligned properly in front of the camera

SCANNING STUDENT RESPONSES STEP 8.) The entire bubble sheet will outline in green, scan, & save results immediately These are immediate results for just one (1) student.

BUBBLE SHEETS Students can use a pencil or a pen when choosing their answers. The bubbles don’t have to be perfectly colored in; the scanner will still scan their answers.

Scanning Teacher Made Assessments

QUICK TEACHER ASSESSMENTS USING “ON THE FLY” On the Fly automatically defaults.

QUICK TEACHER ASSESSMENTS USING “ON THE FLY” Type in the number of questions you have. Then click “okay”

CREATING AN ANSWER KEY USING “ON THE FLY” Type in the answers for each question, Then click “Continue without”

SCAN BUBBLE SHEET FOR “ON THE FLY” Illustrated here is a blank answer document

9. ACCESSING ASSESSMENT RESULTS

These are “basic” immediate results for four (4) students.

STUDENT RESPONSES: SCORE DISTRIBUTION

VIA EXCEL WORKSHEET Student ID #/ Name Version # Correct Answer choices the students chose. # Correct

STUDENT RESPONSES: RESPONSE FREQUENCY VIA EXCEL WORKSHEET

LIST ASSESSMENT MASTERY GRAPHIC

LIST ASSESSMENT STANDARD PERFORMANCE & LOWEST PERFORMING QUESTIONS