1. CPS
Chalkboard Mode –
Instant
Classroom
Interactivity

2. Opening Chalkboard Mode
In the CPS
main screen,
select the
“Engage” tab.
Click on the
“Engage-
Verbal” Box.

3. Verbal Question Set-up
Several different
checkboxes or
dropdown windows
are available to select.
In these, you can:
- name the session,
- select the type of session
and class,
- include the results in
your Gradebook,
- export them to an Excel
file.

4. Verbal Mode Task Bar Choose a chalkboard question Select students
randomly
Close this
question
session
Choose a
verbal
type
question
Choose
delivery
methods
Exit
the
CPS
program

5. Changing the Delivery Options There are a
number of options to choose from: how to set up the question screen to the
type of information
shown as the
students respond.

6. Engaging a Chalkboard Question Click the “Chalkboard” Box The blank
chalkboard screen
will appear.

7. Engaging a Chalkboard Question In the upper left corner are
the writing tools:
pencil
eraser
delete tool for clearing the
screen
line tool for drawing straight
lines or shapes
line color
line width

8. Engaging a Chalkboard Question The teacher writes or draws the
question on the
screen, chooses the
response format and
Clicks “Start”…
The students respond
just as they do as if
the question were
posed verbally.

9. Engaging a Chalkboard Question The teacher can also:
write the answer choices OR
click on the “Answers” box
and type in the choices when
the answer grid appears at
the bottom

10. Importing an Image for a Chalkboard Question
To use an
image as a
question,
click “Import
Image” and
browse for any image you want.
Select the
image and click “Open”

11. Importing an Image for a Chalkboard Question
The image is pasted
on the screen…the
teacher can:
annotate using the
pencil tool.
write the answers on
the image,
type in the Answers.

12. Engaging a Chalkboard Question
Just like purely verbal questions, as students respond
to Chalkboard questions, the pad number boxes will turn a
darker blue.
Click “End” when all students have responded.

13. Engaging a Chalkboard Question The distribution chart will appear
after clicking
“End”

14. Engaging a Chalkboard Question At this point, the students do not
know the correct
answer.
Click on the box
next to “Show
Correct” and the
correct answer
pop-up will
appear.
Select the correct

15. Engaging a Chalkboard Question The correct response is now displayed.
Click on “Close”
to continue

16. Engaging a Chalkboard Question The % correct on the previous question
and the % cumulative correct for all of the questions asked
so far are displayed.
To move to the next verbal question, select the type of question, and click
“Start”.
If you are done,
click on the red circle.

17. Saving a Question in Chalkboard Mode
If the teacher wants to record the question for future reference, click on the “Camera” icon
and a screen shot is saved in the program.

18. Feedback Options in Chalkboard Mode Several other feedback
options are available.
Click on the “Feedback”
icon to choose.
The Feedback
Option box will
appear.

19. Feedback Options in Chalkboard Mode The teacher can select any or all
of the options at
any time.

20. Feedback Options in Chalkboard Mode Answer Distribution Correct Answer%
Correct on
the
question
Correct
Answer