CPS-Student Response System Dottie Betts ITRT June 2009

Creating a Database  A database is a collection of files (assessments, classes, grades, and lessons) stored in CPS.  Although you can create many CPS databases, we suggest you create only one.  Organizing the data collected by CPS is easy when you save multiple classes and lessons to a single database.

Creating a Database To create a new CPS database, follow these directions: Open CPS from the desktop icon. The CPS Open or Create New CPS Database window appears. Choose Create a new CPS File. Click OK. The New CPS File dialog box opens.  In the File Name text box, type the database name that you are creating.  Click Save and wait while CPS processes your request. The Engage, Lesson, and Assessments tabs open with your database name in the left panel.

Creating a Class A class is a roster of students, student information, and class information that you use within CPS to engage students in the classroom.  Click the Classes and Students tab.  Click New in the Home group. A pop-up menu appears.  Select Class. The CPS New Class Wizard appears.  Choose K-12 as your Institution Type.  Click Next to continue.

Creating a Class  If this is your first time creating a CPS class, enter your Contact Information and click Next to continue. If you have previously created a CPS class, CPS stored your contact information. You will automatically move to the Class Information page.  Enter your Class Information.  Class Name: This is the only required information for a class.  Make this a CPSOnline class (An instructor Setup Code is required): Leave the box in front of this option blank.  Attendance Options: This is the location where you store your attendance records in CPS. You can choose to view the attendance as a grade in the Gradebook tab or choose to view the attendance as Absent/Present in the Class Info area of the Gradebook tab.

Creating a Class  Click Next to continue.  Click Next to create your class or click Back to review your information.  Click Done to close the CPS New Class Wizard and return to the Classes and Students tab, or create another class by clicking the box in front of the I want to make another class option.

Adding Students to a Class Once you have created a class in the database, you can add students to that class. To add students to a K-12 class, follow these directions:  Click the Prepare>Classes and Students tab.  Select a class name from the class side that you want to add students to.  Click New in the Home group. A pop-up menu appears.  Select Student.

Adding Students to a Class  Quickly add personalized student information to a student data row by typing in the student's first name, click the Tab key on your keyboard, type in the student's last name, click Enter on your keyboard.  Clicking Enter on your keyboard saves the student's information and automatically moves you to the next student data row. CPS automatically assigns the next student a pad ID number in numeric order. You may change the student's pad ID number by clicking on the Pad ID data field and entering in a new pad ID.  Click Save in the Home group when you have added all the students’ data.

Creating a Lesson To create a new lesson, follow these directions:  Open the database in which you want to create a lesson.  Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab.  Click New in the Home group. A menu appears.  Click the Lesson menu item.  The CPS Lesson Attributes window appears.  Type in the title of your lesson.  Click OK.

Creating Questions for your Lesson  Click on the lesson name in the Lesson and Assessment window  Click on New  Choose question  Choose the template you want

Creating Questions for your Lesson  Type the question  Type the answers  Insert any pictures  Place a check in front of the correct answer  Click on the small disk with the green arrow to move to the next question  When completely finished, click the disk

Engaging a Lesson  Connect the receiver to your computer  Open your CPS folder  Click on CPS icon  Go to settings  Choose delivery options  Click on the receiver tab  Click on detect CPS receiver  Click OK

Engaging a Lesson  Click on the Engage tab  Place a √ in front of the lesson  Choose Engage (teach)  A toolbar will open at the top of the screen  Choose Next (#1) for the 1 st question  Choose start  Once everyone has answered, choose end  Choose the green arrow to go to next ?  Make sure the question # on the toolbar matches the question you are reading to the students

Reports~Gathering Scores  Click on the Report tab  Highlight the name of the test you want a report for  Click on generate~it will bring up a small box that allows you to choose which report you want  Choose Response Data Export if you want to see all the answers your students chose for each question  Choose Instructor summary if you just want a percent for each student

To Export from CPS  Open up CPS  Go to the Lessons and Assessments tab  Choose the lesson you want to export  At the top of the page, choose Export  Choose where you want it to be saved (your flash drive)  Name the file  Make sure it is being saved as a cxm file  Click save  When it asks if you would like to include any associated Premium Standards with the Lessons you are exporting, say YES

To Import a CPS Lesson  If your lesson has pictures, you must save your pictures to a folder and bring that folder over to your CPS folder.  Open up CPS  Go to the Lessons and Assessments tab  At the top of the page, choose import  Click on the Browse button  Change the files of type to cxm file and locate the file on your flash drive  Choose the file  Click open  It will import the file into CPS and tell you it has been imported successfully  Click ok~you should see your lesson on the left side of the screen with your other lessons