Activating Your Account

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1 Welcome to CINCH Science for Texas, your digital platform containing Glencoe/McGraw-Hill s Science content. A complete user s guide can be found in the CINCH platform. This is intended as a training resource. Activating Your Account 1. Go to 2. Click the New User? link at the bottom of the login screen. 3. Enter your district s authorization code and click Continue. August 10, 2011 Page 1

2 4. Enter your contact information including your address (CINCH username) and Password. Record information below. CINCH Login: Username: Password: 5. Enter your school information and click Continue. Select your school from the drop down menu and select Continue. August 10, 2011 Page 2

3 6. Select I Agree for the License Agreement. 7. Confirm the Teacher Registration-License Agreement. August 10, 2011 Page 3

4 8. Registration is now complete. Be sure that you have recorded your username and password. Click Login. Log In After the registration process, you should be redirected to 1. Type in your username and password and select Go. August 10, 2011 Page 4

5 2. You will see a pop-up screen that shows useful information. There are several quick links to resources, or you can close the screen. Create a Planner 1. Select the PLANNER tab. Step 1: Name the planner. Click Next. August 10, 2011 Page 5

6 2. Step 2: Create a new planner or Select an existing template created by the district. (Customized district calendar/scope and sequence.) Once selected, click Next. * *If a customized district template is used, you will not continue with these instructions for setting up a planner. Skip to Class set up. 3. Step 3: Select a calendar start date. Select Next. August 10, 2011 Page 6

7 4. Step 4: Set non-instructional days according to your district calendar. Days can be set as non-instructional by click on them with the mouse. The color will change and match the calendar key. Select Next. 5. Step 5: Choose the sequence of the lessons. Select Next. August 10, 2011 Page 7

8 6. Step 6: Select the grade level course, then choose the lesson to start the plans and end the plans. Select Next. 7. Step 7: Verify the information that has been selected for the planner. Use the back or cancel button if changes need to be made. If everything is correct, select Create Planner. August 10, 2011 Page 8

9 Create a Class 1. Select My Class in the upper, top corner of the page. 2. Type in Class name in the box. Then use the down arrow to select the grade level. Click Save. August 10, 2011 Page 9

10 3. The initial upload of students will be done by McGraw-Hill (working with your district.) To select an existing student name*, begin typing in the last name. Student names will appear, click Add to add the student to your class. *If a student s name is not found or is new to the district, begin typing in the last name. When it does not appear, click the Add a new student button. Add the student information, then click Save. 4. Close the My Class pop-up box. You can add/remove students at any time. August 10, 2011 Page 10

11 Connect a Planner to a Class Classes must be matched to planners for the assessment feature to work. Multiple classes can be attached to the same planner and multiple planners can be attached to the same classes. 1. On the PLANNER tab, select the Connected Classes icon (blue with 2 people icon.) 2. Select the Class (students) that you want to be connected to the open planner. Then select Save & Close. August 10, 2011 Page 11

12 Search the Curriculum for Lessons 1. Select the CURRICULUM tab. 2. Select to Browse by TEKS. August 10, 2011 Page 12

13 3. Select CINCH Science for Texas. 4. Select to Show all TEKS or Show gap only. August 10, 2011 Page 13

14 5. Select the desired Grade Level. Only the district adopted grade levels will be visible on your screen. 6. Select the Course. August 10, 2011 Page 14

15 7. Select the Standard (TEKS). 8. Select the desired Skill (Student Expectation). August 10, 2011 Page 15

16 9. Select Level 4 (unpackaged TEKS). 10. Lessons will populate below the selection area. Find the desired lesson and click anywhere in the lesson box one time. It should open to show lesson information including TEKS and, at times, optional prerequisite lessons. August 10, 2011 Page 16

17 11. To open the lesson, click on View Lesson Details. Add a Lesson to a Planner Lessons can be added to a planner at any time. 1. Open any lesson by clicking the View Lesson Detail. (see above) 2. In the upper right corner, select the Planner from the drop down box. August 10, 2011 Page 17

18 3. Click the calendar icon to Set scheduled date. Using CINCH Science for Texas Lessons Presentation Builder-designed for whole group, IWB instruction. 1. Select the Presentation Builder tab. August 10, 2011 Page 18

19 2. The Presentation Builder has pre-made, populated slides. The space holders that you see have just the title of the slide. You can view slides two ways, by selecting Start to the right of the slides, or by scrolling down to the Presentation Slides heading and selecting the slide title. Slides can be rearranged, added, and deleted. Start slide to view slides. Select the slide to view. 3. Additional CINCH resources can be added to any lesson by selecting the magnifying glass icon. Then select the Topic and Resource type. Once you locate a desired resource, select Add to lesson. August 10, 2011 Page 19

20 4. Additional teacher/district/outside source resources can be added to a CINCH lesson by clicking the + icon. A URL is required and will be verified before adding to the CINCH lesson (for doc and ppt type files, Google Docs is required and free.) Class Bin designed to individualize instruction for each student 1. Select the Class Bin tab. August 10, 2011 Page 20

21 2. The Class Bin has pre-populated assignments for students. Assignments can be removed and/or added to the assignment area. To view an assignment, scroll down the resource list to locate and open it. Resources can be opened by clicking on the title. 3. Additional resources can be added into your CINCH lesson by using the magnifying or + icon. August 10, 2011 Page 21

22 4. Assignments can be assigned to specific students by clicking Manage Assignments. Then by clicking the box, under the resource name and beside the student name, the resource is designates as required or not. Modifying your Planner 1. Click on the PLANNER tab. To select a specific date, use the calendar on the left side, or the left/right arrows on the right. August 10, 2011 Page 22

23 2. Other planner tools are located below each lesson. The four icons represent: To Add Notes To Delete a Lesson To Move Lessons To Add a Lesson Assessment Select the Assessment Tab. August 10, 2011 Page 23

24 To Create a Test 1. Select To Assign. 2. Select Create Assessment. August 10, 2011 Page 24

25 3. Assessment questions can be added by date, by moving the gold triangles with the mouse, or by TEKS. Click and drag the triangles to change the date range. Uncheck the box if the TEKS is NOT to be tested. 4. At the bottom of the Create Assessment screen, use the mouse to move the number count/blue triangle to the desired amount of questions. (Max.= 50 questions) Then select Continue. August 10, 2011 Page 25

26 5. A created test will appear. 6. To change the questions, click on the right circle arrow. A new question will populate. August 10, 2011 Page 26

27 7. Test questions can be reordered by dragging and dropping the question with a mouse. 8. Type in the Title of the assessment and select Save Assessment. August 10, 2011 Page 27

28 To Assign a Test 1. Once the test is saved, click the assign button next to the test title. 2. Select the students names from the list. (Set date range is optional.) Then select Save. August 10, 2011 Page 28

29 To View Reports for Completed Assessments 1. Select the Assessment tab then the Reports option. 2. There are three teacher level reports: Summary, Item Analysis and Student History reports. To select a report click on View Report button. August 10, 2011 Page 29

30 Managing Feeds (Notes and Class Discussions) 1. Select the FEEDS tab. 2. There are options for searching the notes and discussions on the left side of the screen. Make the desired selection. August 10, 2011 Page 30

31 3. A discussion can be opened by double clicking on the actual post. Teacher can respond to or delete any discussion. Notes are read only. Discussion post can be be deleted by clicking the x. Discussion post opened for teacher response. To View the Student Experience as a Teacher 1. At the top of the screen, select Student Passwords. August 10, 2011 Page 31

32 2. Select the student to view by clicking on Log in as Student. 3. Select CANCEL on the pop-up box. This will allow you to be logged in as a teacher and a student. To Edit Student Passwords: 1. Select the Student Passwords button at the top of the teacher screen. 2. When the list of students appears, click Edit next to the student. 3. Change any available, desired information. Select Save. August 10, 2011 Page 32

33 The Interactive elesson Pages 1. The teacher & student elesson Pages are embedded with a Collaboration Toolbar. Highlight any word/phrase and the Collaboration Toolbar will appear. Notes: Student/Teacher post notes in their elesson pages only. Notes are Viewable by teacher, but not editable or able to be deleted. They are only editable by originator. Highlight: Student/Teacher can highlight text, viewable only in the originator s profile. Discuss: Student/Teacher can originate a discussion. These are viewable by anyone registered in that class. Discussions can be responded to by anyone in the class. Teachers can delete discussion made by anyone in that class. 2-quick toggle buttons: Customizable by the district. Student/Teacher can use the quick toggle buttons for fast internet searching. There is a toolbar at the top of the elesson Pages for: Table of Contents, Notes, Highlights, Discussions, Answers, TEKS, Glossary, Handbook, and Free Print on Demand. (Left to right) August 10, 2011 Page 33

34 Navigating the Student Experience The Student Experience is broken into 4 areas. The Lesson Resources, Feeds, Assignments, and Scores. Assigned Lesson Resources Select resources, Feeds, and Assignments by double clicking on the item. There are 4-quick buttons at the bottom of the screen for Home, My Discussions, Feeds and a search field. For additional print assistance, please click the Support button in CINCH for the User Guide. For Live Digital Product Support, please contact: CDI (Center for Digital Innovation)/McGraw-Hill cdiconsulting@mcgraw-hill.com August 10, 2011 Page 34