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1 Instructor Manual Contents Welcome to egrade Plus...1 The Roles Within egrade Plus...1 Master Course Instructor...1 Class Section Instructor...2 Navigating egrade Plus...2 Using the Universal Navigation Elements...2 Navigating the Sections of egrade Plus...4 Accessing egrade Plus...5 Logging In...5 The egrade Plus Tutorial...6 Your Class Home Page...6 Navigating Your Home Page...8 Opening Messages, Announcements, Syllabi, and Documents...8 Where Do You Go From Here?...8 Master Course Instructor Tasks...9 Master Course Instructor Course Administration...9 Adding the First Class...10 Course Administration Instructors...11 Course Administration Classes...13 Course Administration Master Course Properties...15 Logging In After Classes and Instructors are Added...16 Instructor Tasks...17 Instructor Course Administration...18 Course Administration Roster...18 Course Administration Class Home Page...25 Course Administration Class Properties...32 Instructor Prepare & Present...32 Prepare & Present Resources...32 Prepare & Present Presentations...38 Instructor Study & Practice...43 egrade Plus Instructor Manual Page i

2 Opening the Study & Practice Section...44 Navigating the Study & Practice Pages...45 Instructor Assignment...52 Assignment Assignment List...52 Assignment Readings/Resources...61 Assignment Questions/Exercises...64 Assignment Create Questions...70 Instructor Gradebook...83 General Navigation in the Instructor Gradebook...83 Gradebook Operations...84 Viewing a Student s Assignments...86 Manually Grading an Assignment...87 Refreshing the Gradebook Content...89 egrade Plus Instructor Manual Page ii

3 Welcome to egrade Plus egrade Plus is a Web-based product that automates the process of assigning and grading homework, quizzes, and exams. It provides you with an integrated suite of teaching and learning resources in one easy-to-use Web site. egrade Plus is organized around the essential activities you perform in class: Administer Your Course: egrade Plus can easily be integrated with another course management system, Gradebook, or other resource you are using in your class, providing you with the flexibility to build your course, your way. You can build and manage your class roster and communicate with the class. Prepare & Present: Create class presentations using a wealth of Wiley-provided resources - such as an online version of the textbook, PowerPoint slides and interactive simulations - making your preparation time more efficient. You may easily adapt, customize, and add to this content to meet the needs of your course. Create Assignments: Automate the assigning and grading of homework or quizzes by using Wiley-provided question banks, or by writing your own. Student results will be automatically graded and recorded in your Gradebook. egrade Plus can link homework problems to the relevant section of the online text, providing students with contextsensitive help. Study & Practice Textbook Content: Present readings, resources, and practice problems materials from the textbook in the online classroom. You can choose specific parts of the book to review. Track Student Progress: Keep track of your students progress through an instructor s Gradebook, which allows you to analyze individual and overall class results to view their progress and assess level of understanding. The Roles Within egrade Plus egrade Plus includes two levels of access: Master Course Instructor and Class Section Instructor. Your access privileges are identified when you log in to egrade Plus. For more information on Logging in to egrade Plus, refer to the section titled Logging In. The student functionality within egrade Plus is described in a separate guide. Master Course Instructor The Master Course Instructor role is a higher level of access that allows designated instructors to perform master course administration and setup. The Master Course Instructor is simply an instructor with access to additional administrative tools in egrade Plus. These additional tools are located primarily in the Course Administration area. The master course instructor may enter the master course or the class section depending on which functions she would like to perform. For detailed information on the tools available to the Master Course Instructor, refer to the section of this guide titled Master Course Instructor Tasks. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 1

4 Class Section Instructor In egrade Plus, the Class Section Instructor designates presentations and assignments, and creates exercises and questions for students. Class Section Instructors also have access to Course Administration tools that allow them to populate their classes as well as to a Gradebook through which they can monitor the progress students have made in assignments. For detailed information on the tools available to the instructor, refer to the section of this guide titled Instructor Tasks. Navigating egrade Plus egrade Plus page includes an assortment of elements that make navigation easy. It is important to familiarize yourself with the key navigation elements because they are helpful for moving through the product. Using the Universal Navigation Elements Universal elements are available along the top bar of every egrade Plus page. They include: Home, My Profile, Help, and Logout. Home Page You can click the Home link in the upper right section of any page to return to the class home page. For details about navigating the class home page, refer to the section in this guide titled Navigating your Home Page. Figure 1. The Instructor Home Page. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 2

5 Profiles It s easy to change the personal information that egrade plus uses to identify you. The profile includes information such as name, address, password, and so on. It is important that the required profile components are updated to reflect current information. For example, if your address is not correct, students may not be able to contact you through the application. To open a profile, click the My Profile link in the upper right corner of any page. Then, revise the information and click Update Profile to save it. Even though egrade plus immediately saves your profile changes, you may need to logout of egrade Plus to make sure that the changes display on the pages of your current session. Figure 2. The My Profile Page Online Help You can click the Help link in the upper right corner of every egrade Plus page to access the online help system. Online help opens in a separate browser window and provides a search tool for accessing information on specific functionality. It also includes a table of contents and an index. Context-sensitive help is also available from many of the egrade Plus pages. Simply click a topic link near the top of the page to open online help that specifically targets the open page. Logout Click the Logout link in the upper right corner of every egrade Plus page to sign out of egrade Plus. After you sign out, you will not be able to access any egrade Plus component without first signing in. Note: For security reasons, egrade Plus also has an automatic time out feature. If no activity is detected for 10 minutes, the system automatically signs you out from the current session. You must log in again before you can continue working in egrade Plus. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 3

6 Navigating the Sections of egrade Plus Each major section within egrade Plus offers several standard navigational components. Note: It is important that you use the navigational elements within egrade Plus. Do not use the Back and Forward buttons in your browser; they may produce unexpected results. Sections You can access all of the egrade Plus sections from any page within the product. Simply click the section name at the top part of the page to open the section. Navigation Bar Very often, a navigation bar appears near the top left region of the page. You can click an underlined link in the bar to go back to the specified page. For example, if you click Roster in the New Student page, you will go back to the Roster page. Tabs Some areas of egrade Plus display tabs that offer access to additional tools that further define material on which you are working. Simply click a tab to open a section. Buttons All egrade Plus pages that require input from you also require that you click a button to save that input. Button names vary from page to page, depending on context. Note: If you exit a page without clicking the button on the bottom of the page, egrade Plus will probably not save your information. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 4

7 Accessing egrade Plus Each egrade Plus class has its own URL. Master Course Instructor and Class Section Instructors for a class share one URL, while students for the class share another. Access privileges are defined by the ID and password. The URL is generated when the Master Course Instructor initiates a class and assigns an instructor. For more information on initiating a class, refer to the section titled Adding the First Class. Logging In Whenever you access egrade Plus, you must log in to the home page using your pre-established ID and password. Type your address and password and click Submit. If you would like to save the Login page as a bookmark in your browser, click the word Bookmark in the Bookmark this page sentence near the bottom of the Login page. Note: The first time an instructor logs in with a new ID and password, an Instructor and Developer License Agreement appears. Review the agreement and click Accept. If you click Do Not Accept, you will not be able to open egrade Plus. If you ve forgotten your password, you can request a new one. You can bookmark the page for easy access later on. Figure 3. The Login Page. Forgotten Password The Login page offers a password recovery tool. Simply click the word password in the Forgot your password phrase. A screen appears where you can enter the address you used for registration. If the address is valid, a new password will be sent to you immediately. Generic Login egrade Plus also provides a generic URL, in case you cannot locate your unique home page address. When the generic page opens, simply type your address and password and click Submit. All egrade Plus sites to which you have access appear. Select the appropriate site to continue to the Login page for your home page. For future access, bookmark the Login page for your class home page. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 5

8 The egrade Plus Tutorial You can access a tutorial for egrade Plus from the Login page that appears when you first navigate to the class home page. The tutorial provides easy-to-understand information about using egrade Plus. A Tutorial link is available on your Login page. Figure 4. The Instructor Login Page. Your Class Home Page Your class home page is the page from which you perform all administrative tasks for your class as well as assign materials for classroom study. It also includes an area where you can review documents that you have already posted for the class and access messages that pertain to site administration. The home page always offers access to the following five areas: Course Administration Prepare & Present Study & Practice Assignment Gradebook egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 6

9 Figure 5. The Instructors Home Page. When you log in as a Master Course Instructor, the home page appears slightly different than the home page for Class Section Instructors. It displays a message indicating you are the Master Course Instructor and, for the initial use of the program, displays a Create a class now region. Remember, a Master Course Instructor is simply an instructor with access to additional administrative tools in egrade Plus. The Course Administration section offers additional tools to a Master Course Instructor. Master Course Instructors must define at least one class before beginning. Figure 6. The Master Course Instructor Home Page. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 7

10 Navigating Your Home Page From your class home page, you can access each of the five egrade Plus areas from two different places: the upper tab bar or the vertical menu. Additionally, you can access your messages, announcements, and syllabi, as well as system messages. For information about viewing your posted announcements, refer to the section in this guide titled Opening Messages, Announcements, Syllabi, and Documents. Student s have a similar view of the home page. The black bar identifies the e-book and class name. Click a tab or a button to open a section. Click a category to review the items in it. Opening Messages, Announcements, Syllabi, and Documents If you have posted announcements, syllabi, and documents, you can review them from the home page. When a signal icon,, appears next to a category in the Welcome section of the home page, it indicates that a new item is available for viewing. Click the category link to view the item. For example, if you click the System Messages link, a separate browser window opens and displays the message. You can review the announcement, mark it as read, and close the browser window. Where Do You Go From Here? Click this button to open Course Administration section or click the tab at the top. If you have been designated a Master Course Instructor, you must complete the tasks outlined in the Master Course Instructor Tasks section of this guide. The Master Course Instructor will establish many of the preliminary settings for the class. If you are not the Master Course Instructor you can skip directly to the Instructor Tasks section of this guide to view instructor functions. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 8

11 Master Course Instructor Tasks The Master Course Instructor view includes all sections available to the instructor as well as additional Course Administration options. The section that follows describe only the features within the Course Administration section of the Master Course Instructor view of egrade Plus. Specifically, this section discusses the features that differ from the instructor functions, which are available to all instructors. To make change to be applied to the whole course, enter as master course owner. To make changes to be applied to one particular section, enter as class section instructor. For details on all other instructor functionality, refer to the section in this guide titled Instructor Tasks. Master Course Instructor Course Administration There are five main areas in the Course Administration section. The Instructors option and the Master Course Properties option are available only to Master Course Instructor. Roster Instructor Classes Class Home Page Master Course Properties When you log in to egrade Plus, the Master Course home page opens. The Home page offers access to the Course Administration tools. When first entering as a Course Administrator a message appears on the home page indicating that no classes have been created for the course. Click here to automatically create a class. Click here to access a tutorial. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 9

12 Adding the First Class If no classes exist, you must create at least one. 1. From the Master Course Instructor home page, click Create a class now. The Class Section Details page appears. On this page, define the parameters of the class. Click here to go to the Master Course page. Figure 7. The Class Section Details Page. 2. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Class Name: This field is required. Enter a title for the class name. If you are managing concurrent class sections, you will want to use class names that allow them to be easily distinguished. Self Registration: Allow students to register for the class on their own. If Denied is selected, the instructor must register students using the Roster section of Course Administration. Description: Enter a brief explanation of the class. Status: Select a status for the class. The options are Started or Not Started. The options are Started or Not Started. You must select started to allow students to enter. Students cannot enter a class that is not started. Class URL: You cannot edit this field. This is automatically filled in by egrade Plus. Accessible: When the box is checked, students can enter this class. To keep students from accessing the class section while changes are being made, remove the check from the Accessible box. Instructors: This shows the instructions assigned to the class. Continue with the steps in the section titled Adding an Instructor Name to add instructors to this course. See Instructor List: Lists all the available instructors in a course. You can appoint an instructor to this class section by checking the checkbox under the Appointment column of the instructors you would like to assign to the class. You can appoint more than one instructor to a class. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 10

13 Click here to go to the Master Course page. Figure 8. The Instructors Appointment Page. Click a checkbox to appoint an instructor to a class. 3. If you clicked See Instructor List, click Submit or the click Class Section Details in the navigation bar that appears near the top left of the page. The Class Section Details page reopens. Continue filling in the fields. Number of Students: This shows the number of students assigned to this class. For details on adding students, continue with the steps in the section titled Adding Student Names to the Roster. Inherit from class : Classes can inherit student and instructor settings from a finished course. When you click Inherit from class, a list of finished classes appears. Select a class section from which you would like to inherit settings and specify the settings you would like to inherit. 4. Click Submit when you are finished. The Master Course Class List appears. Course Administration Instructors The Instructors page offers an area where you can add and manage the class instructor list. It provides tools to add instructors names, update instructors profiles, and delete instructors names. The Instructor List shows the available instructors for a course and the number of classes to which each is assigned. For details on assigning an instructor to a class, see step 2 in the section titled Adding the First Class. Click here to add a new instructor. Click an instructor name to edit the settings. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 11

14 Adding an Instructor Name You can add instructor s names to the list by entering them one at a time. 1. Click the Instructors tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Instructors page appears and displays the current instructors available for a course. 2. Click New Instructor. The New Instructor Detail page appears. Notice that a navigation bar appears near the top left of the page. The bar indicates the path you have taken to arrive at the current page. The navigation bar shows the path you took to get to this page. Figure 9. The New Instructor Page. 3. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: First Name: This field is required. Enter the instructor s first name. Last Name: This field is required. Enter the instructor s last name. This field is required. Enter the instructor s address. Phone: Enter the instructor s telephone number. Password: This field is required. Type a password for the instructor to use when she initially opens egrade Plus. Consider using the instructor s first name or a generic term, password, for example. The instructor will change the password that was assigned to her as soon as she opens egrade Plus. Confirm Password: This field is required. Retype the instructor s password. 4. Click Create Account. The instructor name you created will be added to the instructor s list and a blank New Instructor page will appear. 5. Continue adding instructor names using the guidelines in step 3. When you are finished adding names click the Instructors link in the navigation bar to return to the Instructors page. The Master Course Instructor must notify the new Class Section Instructor with access information about their class. Updating an Instructor Profile On occasion, you may need to change the properties associated with an instructor. For example, you may want to change the address or phone number for the instructor. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 12

15 1. Click the Instructors tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Instructors List page appears. The page displays the current instructors available for a course. 2. In the Full Name column, click the instructor name that you would like to edit. The Instructor Profile page opens and displays the current information for the instructor. The navigation bar shows the path you took to get to this page. Figure 10. The Instructor Profile Page. 3. Change the information to meet your needs. You can add comments in the Additional Info text box. 4. Click Update Profile to submit your changes. The Instructors List page reopens. Deleting an Instructor Name Removing an instructor name is permanent. Once you remove a name, you cannot recover it. 1. Click the Instructor tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Instructors page appears. The page displays the current instructors available for a course. 2. Click Delete in the Actions column for the instructor that you would like to remove. egrade Plus will prompt you for confirmation of the removal. 3. Click OK to remove the instructor. The instructor is deleted and removed from the Instructor List. Course Administration Classes In the Classes area, you can create new classes and review and edit all of the classes assigned to a course. The Master Class List appears in the Class section. If you would like to rearrange the order the classes appear in the list, click a column heading. egrade Plus will rearrange the classes based on the column heading. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 13

16 Click here to add a class. Figure 11. The Master Course Page. Adding New Classes You can add new class sections to the Master Course by entering them one at a time. 1. Click the Classes tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Master Class List page appears. The page displays the current classes assigned to the course. 2. Click New Student on the Class Operations page. The New Class page appears. Notice that a navigation bar appears near the top left of the page. The bar indicates the path you have taken to arrive at the current page. 3. Follow steps 2 through 4 in the section titled Adding the First Class. Editing the Master Class List On occasion, you may need to change the properties associated with a class. For example, you may want to change the class name or status of the class. Note: You can edit only the properties of the class that you have added; you cannot edit predefined properties. 1. Click the Classes tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Master Class List page appears. The page displays the current classes available for a course. 2. Click the title of the class in the Class/Section Name column of the Master Class List that you would like to edit. The Class Section Details page opens and displays the current settings for the class. 3. Change the settings to meet your needs and click Submit. The Master Class List appears with the new properties for the class. Deleting a Class Click here to delete a class. Removing a class is permanent. After you remove a class, you cannot recover it. 1. Click the Classes tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Master Class List page appears. The page displays the current classes available for a course. 2. Click Delete in the Actions column of the class that you would like to remove. egrade Plus will prompt the Master Course Instructor for confirmation of the removal. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 14

17 3. Click OK to remove the class. The class is deleted and removed from the Master Class List. Course Administration Master Course Properties The Master Course Instructor s Course Administration section includes a Master Course Properties area that displays the settings associated with the course. This page does provide a comprehensive list of course properties. You can edit some of the settings from this page, 1. Click the Master Course Properties tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Master Course Properties page appears. The page displays the current information available for this course. Click here to change the name in the Master Course Instructor/Admin field. Figure 12. The Master Course Properties Page. 2. Edit in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Master Course Name: Enter a title for the course. Master Course Template: This information is provided by egrade Plus. You cannot change it. Master Course Instructor/Admin: This is the Master Course Instructor s name. You can edit the name by changing the name setting in the My Profile section. Master Course URL: This field is automatically generated. You cannot change it. Time Zone: Select the appropriate time zone. Local Time: This field displays the current local time. 3. Click Save/Update Settings to submit the changes to the course. Note: Changes made in the Master Course are applied to all sections. Changes made to Class Section are applied to that section only. For the most part, you should make course content changes and customizations at the Master Course level. Settings and data specific to a particular class section, such as student rosters and assignments, should be made at the Class Section level. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 15

18 Logging In After Classes and Instructors are Added After you add class sections, you can enter the course at the master course level and perform the functions of the administrator (add classes, instructors, and view Master Course properties). You can also enter the course as an instructor. This is the Master Course. These are the class sections. Figure 13. The Class Selector Page. After you enter the course, the Class Selector page appears where you can enter the master course or one of the class sections. Click the master course link or a class section link. The home page opens. This is the course selection area Figure 14. The Master Course Home Page. Click Go to Course Administration to open the section you picked on the Login screen. You can change the section you would like to review by clicking a new section title and then clicking Go to Course Administration. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 16

19 Instructor Tasks After a Master Course Instructor sets up classes and instructors, you can begin populating the classes and preparing assignments. When you log in to egrade Plus, the Class home page opens. Figure 15. The Class Home Page. The following flowchart provides the general order in which you will work in egrade Plus. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 17

20 Instructor Course Administration The Course Administration section of egrade Plus provides tools that allow you to manage class rosters and properties, student profiles, and to post documents to your class home page. Click the Course Administration tab. There are three main areas in the Course Administration section of egrade Plus: Roster Class Home Page Class Properties To begin with the steps in the Course Administration sections that follow, click the Course Administration tab. Course Administration Roster The Roster page offers an area you instructors can build and manage your class roster. It provides tools for adding student names, importing existing rosters, deleting student names, and searching for specific student names. Click a tab to open a specific Course Administration area. Click here to access roster options. Click an underlined column heading to sort the information by that heading type. Opening the Roster Operations Tools The Roster Operations tools allow you to build and manage the class roster. You can show and hide the Roster Operations tools on the Roster page. Obviously, the tools must be visible in order to access them. Even if you have master course access, it is in most cases more convenient to create students/rosters at the class section level. 1. Click the Roster tab on the Course Administration page. The Roster page appears. 2. Click Show Roster Operations on the Roster page. The Roster page expands to display buttons you can use for creating and managing the roster. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 18

21 You can select how many student names to display per page. Figure 16. The Roster Page Expanded to Display the Roster Operations 3. Create and manage the roster using the actions described in the following sections. Add Student Names to the Roster You can add student names to the roster by entering them one at a time. If you elected to allow student self-registration when you set up the class section, then you not need to add students to the roster. Instead, simply give the students the Class Section URL and tell them that they need to register. 1. Click New Student on the Roster Operations page. The New Student page appears. Notice that a navigation bar appears near the top left of the page. The bar indicates the path you have taken to arrive at the current page. Click a link in the navigation bar to return to that location. Figure 17. The New Student Page. 2. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: First Name: This field is required. Enter the student s first name. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 19

22 Last Name: This field is required. Enter the student s last name. This field is required. Enter the student s address. Phone: Enter the student s telephone number. Student ID: Student ID can be any school-specific ID convention that you want to use. It is optional. If you want students to use this, it is a good idea to mention it to them when you give them the class URL. Password: This field is required. Type a password for the student to use when she initially opens egrade Plus. Consider using the student s first name or a generic term, password, for example. The student will change the password you assigned to her as soon as she opens egrade Plus. Confirm Password: This field is required. Retype the student password. 3. Click Create Account. The student name you created will be added to the roster and a blank New Student page will appear. 4. Continue adding student names by following steps 2 and 3. When you are finished adding names click the Roster link in the navigation bar to return to the Roster page. 5. Click Refresh Roster near the right side of the page to display the names you just added. Review the roster to ensure that the names are correct. Once the account is created, notification is automatically sent to the student. If the instructor creates the student s account, the student will still need to provide a registration code to access the site. Import an Existing Roster egrade Plus allows you to import an existing roster of student names. The import file must be a TXT or CSV file and the names in it must be separated by commas, tabs, or semicolons. For example, if you have a class roster in Microsoft Excel, you can save it as a text file (TXT) or comma separated value file (CSV) with tabs and then import it into egrade Plus. When you import a roster file, the information within it must be in a standard format. All the information for one student name must be on one line and the required components first name, last name, address, and password must be separated by a tab, comma, or semicolon. The following example shows a short roster with the components separated by commas. Note: The order of the components in the file you upload is important. The file must follow a standard order for required components. If the file does not follow the correct order, egrade Plus roster fields will be improperly populated or errors will occur. Correct Field Order for An Imported Roster File The correct field order for required components is: first name, last name, student ID, address, student password. If you not do include a student password, egrade Plus will assign one automatically. If you would like to add a student telephone number, it should be the last item in each record. Bikesh,Patel,bpatel,bpatel@university.edu,password Dorothy,Wayne,dwayne,Dwayne@university.edu,password Paul,Birdsong,pbirdsong,pbirdsong@university.edu,password egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 20

23 Password is not necessary. If you do not provide a password, there will be a system generated one. Note: When you import a roster, egrade Plus reviews the file and identifies errors. If errors occur within the mandatory components of a specific student name, instructors will not be able to import that name as part of the roster. egrade Plus will display an error message. 1. Click Import Roster File on the Roster Operations page. The Import Roster File page appears. Figure 18. The Import Roster File Page. 2. Click Browse and navigate to the roster file that you would like to import. Highlight the file and click Open. The Choose File box closes and the full path and the filename appear in the Path field on the Import Roster File page. 3. Note: When you click Browse to locate a file, the standard Microsoft Windows Choose File box appears. Navigate as you would in any Windows application. 4. Click Import Roster File. The Import Roster Page appears with the information from the TXT file. Review the egrade Plus roster to ensure that the fields are populated correctly. If they are not populated correctly, or if egrade Plus identifies errors, review the source TXT or CSV file, correct the errors, and try again. 5. Note: If a student s is already registered with egrade Plus system, the following message appears in the comment column: The student is already registered in the system and will be added to this class with their current profile information. Figure 19. The Import Roster Page with the Contents of an Existing TXT Roster. 6. Click Submit. The Roster Operations page reappears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 21

24 Figure 20. The Roster Operations Page with Names from the Imported Roster. 7. Click Refresh Roster near the right side of the page to display the names you just added. Review the roster to ensure that the names are correct. Delete a Student Name On occasion, you may need to delete a student name from the class roster. For example, if a student leaves a class prior to a marking period, you may want to remove his name from the class roster. When you delete a student s name, the student will no longer have access to any of the online programs associated with the instructor s egrade Plus curriculum. When you delete a student name, it is permanent; you cannot undo the operation. However, if you accidentally delete a student name, you can recreate the account manually using the New Student button. 1. Locate the student name that you would like to remove on the Roster Operations page. 2. Click the checkbox in the Select column on the right side of the roster for the student name you would like to remove. If you would like to remove all the student names, click the checkbox in the column heading. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 22

25 Figure 21. The Roster Operations Page with a Student Name Selected. 3. Click the Delete Selected button on the right side of the page. A message appears confirming that the selected student account(s) will be deleted. 4. Click OK to permanently remove the account. 5. Click the Refresh Roster button when changes are done. Search for a Student Name The Search tool is helpful if you would like to locate student information in an extensive roster. You can perform a search by first name, last name, or address. 1. Locate the Search Students field on the Roster Operations page. 2. Type an entry for which you would like to search. For example, if you would like to locate all students named Raoul, type Raoul in the Search Students field. 3. Click Apply. egrade Plus returns the results of the search. Figure 22. The Search Results Page for the Search Students Entry of Raoul. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 23

26 4. If the search located the student name you required, review or edit the student information appropriately. Edit a Student Profile You can edit the roster information associated with individual students by editing a student s student profile. For example, if a student s address or telephone number has changed, open his student profile and update the appropriate information. It is important to maintain accurate student profiles. The Student Profile page also offers an area where you can deactivate or activate a student account. This is helpful if you do not want to permanently remove the student name from the roster but do want to eliminate egrade Plus access for the student. The page also includes information about student registration and offers a link you can click to send to the student. 1. Click a student name on the Roster Operations page. Be sure to click the actual student name, not the column heading. The Student Profile page appears. Figure 23. The Student Profile Page 2. Review the information in the student profile and update it where necessary. 3. If you would like to send an to the student, click the Send link and type your message in the mail window that appears. Notice that the student s address has been inserted for you. 4. When you are finished revising the student profile, click Update Profile. The Roster Operations page reopens with a message at the top indicating that a profile was updated. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 24

27 Course Administration Class Home Page The Class Home Page section allows you to identify the material that is accessible through the class home page. A class home page is a very convenient and useful way to post materials for students. The Manage Class Home Page allows you to post announcements, syllabi, and documents. Wiley posts the system messages, which you can view them from the home page. You can post a variety of documents for student access. This area shows you how many documents of each type are posted and when they were last updated. Posting an Announcement Announcements are a great way of communicating to students. When you post them to the class home page, students can access them easily. You can include messages about schedule updates, plans for upcoming tests and quizzes, general statements for the class, and anything else you want to announce. If instructor posts an announcement at master course level, it is posted to all class sections. If instructor posts at class section, it is posted to that class section only. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Announcements in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Announcements page appears. The page displays existing announcements, if any, and offers access to a tool for adding new announcements. Figure 24. The Announcements Page. 3. Click New. The New Announcements page appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 25

28 Figure 24. The New Announcements Page. 4. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Priority: Select a priority for the announcement from the dropdown menu. You can select Normal or Urgent. Available to students: If you would like to post an announcement that is not available to students, click the No button. Click Yes if you would like students to see the announcement. You can create several announcements upfront and then select which ones you want available to the students at any time. Title: Enter a name for the announcement you are creating. The title can be only as long as the field permits. Text: Enter the content of your announcement. You can copy it from another source and paste it in the region. URL: If you would like to refer students to a related URL, type the URL in the field. You can also copy the URL from your browser and paste it in the field. Type the link, the item students should click from the destination, in the Link title field. If you would like to add more than one URL, click the add link button and fill in the additional fields. 5. Click Save and Add to List. The Announcements page appears with the announcement you just added. Figure 25. The Announcements Page with a Newly Added Announcement. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 26

29 6. Review the announcement. If you would like to make changes to an announcement or to make a different announcement active, click Edit near the bottom right of the page. The New Announcements Page appears where you can make changes. Removing an Announcement egrade Plus provides a tool to remove announcements. It is a good idea to remove announcements that are outdated or obsolete. Removing an announcement is permanent. Once you remove it, you cannot recover it. Additionally, egrade Plus does not prompt for confirmation of the removal. When you click Remove, the announcement is deleted. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Announcements in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Announcements page appears. The page displays existing announcements. 3. Scroll through the page to locate the announcement that you would like to remove. 4. Click Remove near the bottom right of the page. egrade Plus will remove the announcement. Posting a Syllabus egrade Plus offers a convenient tool for posting a course syllabus to the class home page. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Syllabus in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Syllabus page appears. The page displays existing syllabi, if any, and offers access to a tool for adding a new syllabus. Figure 26. The Syllabus Page. 3. Click New. The Upload New Syllabus page appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 27

30 Figure 27. The Upload New Syllabus Page. 4. Click Browse and navigate to the syllabus that you would like to add to the class home page. Highlight the file and click Open. 5. Click Upload. The New Syllabus page appears. Figure 28. The New Syllabus Page. 6. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Available to students: If you would like to post a syllabus that is not available to students, click the No button. Click Yes if you would like students to see the syllabus. Title: Enter a name for the syllabus you are creating. The title can be only as long as the field permits. Note: Add comments or clarifications about the syllabus. 7. Click Preview Document to review the syllabus file you are uploading. Be sure you are uploading the correct syllabus. If the syllabus is correct, continue with the next step. If you would like to upload a different syllabus, click Syllabus in the navigation bar. Then click New and revise the file name. 8. Click Save and Add to List. The Syllabus page appears with the document you just added. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 28

31 Figure 29. The Syllabus Page with a Newly Added Syllabus. 9. Review the syllabus. If you would like to make changes to it, click Edit near the bottom right of the page. The New Syllabus Page appears where you can make changes. Removing a Syllabus egrade Plus provides a tool for removing a posted syllabus. Removing a syllabus is permanent. Once you remove it, you cannot recover it. Additionally, egrade Plus does not prompt you for confirmation of the removal. When you click Remove, the syllabus is deleted from the egrade Plus server. If necessary, you can upload the original file again to replace it. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Syllabus in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Syllabus page appears. The page displays existing syllabi. Figure 30.The Syllabus Page. 3. Scroll through the page to locate the syllabus that you would like to remove. 4. Click Remove near the bottom right of the page. egrade Plus will remove the syllabus. Posting a Document egrade Plus offers a convenient tool for posting documents to the class home page. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Documents in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Documents page appears. The page displays existing documents, if any, and offers access to a tool for adding a new document. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 29

32 Figure 31. The Documents Page. 3. Click New. The Upload New Document page appears. Figure 32. The Upload New Document Page. 4. Click Browse and navigate to the document that you would like to add to the class home page. Highlight the file and click Open. 5. Click Upload. The New Document page appears. Figure 33. The New Document Page. 6. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Available to students: If you would like to post a document, but not release it for students to view, click the No button. You can return later to make this document available. Click Yes if you would like students to see the document. Title: Enter a name for the document you are creating. The title can be only as long as the field permits. Note: Add comments or clarifications about the document. 7. Click Preview Document to review the document file you are uploading. Be sure you are uploading the correct document. If the document is correct, continue with the next step. If you would like to upload a different document, click Documents in the navigation bar. Then click New and revise the file name. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 30

33 8. Click Save and Add to List. The Documents page appears with the document you just added. Figure 34. The Documents Page with a Newly Added Document. 9. Review the document. If you would like to make changes to it, click Edit near the bottom right of the page. The New Documents Page appears where you can make changes. 10. There is a 10MB limit on file upload and storage for each instructor account. Removing a Document egrade Plus provides a tool to remove a posted document. Removing a document is permanent. Once you remove it, you cannot recover it. Additionally, egrade Plus does not prompt you for confirmation of the removal. When you click Remove, the document is deleted from the egrade Plus server. If necessary, you can upload the original file again to replace it. 1. Click the Class Home Page tab at the top of the Course Administration section. The Manage Class Homepage page appears. 2. Click Documents in the Category column on the left side of the page. The Documents page appears. The page displays existing documents. Figure 35. The Documents Page. 3. Scroll through the page to locate the document that you would like to remove. 4. Click Remove near the bottom right of the page. egrade Plus will remove the document. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 31

34 Course Administration Class Properties The Course Administration section includes a Class Properties area that displays the settings associated with the class. While you cannot edit the settings from this page, you can view a comprehensive list of class properties. Click an address to send an to that person. Click the URL link to open the class home page. Instructor Prepare & Present The Prepare & Present section of egrade Plus offers tools that allow you to view and edit existing presentations and resources and to add new presentations and resources. When you add a presentation, you select from the list of predefined resources. You must have resources defined before you can identify the correlated presentations. E-book resources are defined automatically. There are two main areas in the Prepare & Present section of egrade Plus: Resources Presentations To begin the steps in the Prepare & Present sections that follow, click the Prepare & Present tab. Prepare & Present Resources Click a tab to open either the Presentations or Resources area. The Resource area allows you to edit and define materials that will be used as components in a presentation. You can add resources that you have defined, an Excel spreadsheet for example, or you can add pre-defined resources from the textbook series. You can even add Web links. After you define resources, add to them to a presentation using the functionality available through the Presentations tab. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 32

35 Click an underlined column heading to sort the information by that heading type. Adding a New Document Resource egrade Plus allows you to add a variety of resources. When you add resources, they are stored on the egrade Plus server. You can store a maximum of 10 MB of resources on the egrade Plus server. 1. Click the Resources tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Resources List page appears. The page displays the current resources available for presentations. Figure 36. The Resource List Page. 2. Click the New Document Resource button near the right side of the page. The New Resources page appears. Figure 37. The New Resource Page. 3. Click Browse and navigate to the resource document on your computer that you would like to add. Highlight the file and click Open. 4. Click Upload. The New Resource Properties page appears. It presents fields where you can define the resource you are adding. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 33

36 Figure 38. The New Resource Properties Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Resource name: Enter a title for the resource you are creating. Use a descriptive phrase to help identify it easily. Description: Enter a brief explanation of the resource. Describe its contents or its correlation to a textbook section. Make this resource shareable by other instructors : Check this box if you would like to make the resource available to other instructors of the course. Category: Select a category that further defines the resource. Options include Discussion Topic, Objective, Lecture Notes, and Other. Resource type: You cannot edit this field. It identifies the type of resource you are uploading. File name: You cannot edit this field. It shows the filename of the resource you are uploading. 6. Click Save/Update Settings. The Resources List appears with the new resource you added. Figure 39. The Resources List with the New Resource. Adding a New Web Link Resource egrade Plus allows you to add Web link resources to your presentations. Students can click the links to launch the Web page that you specify. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 34

37 1. Click the Resources tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Resources List page appears. The page displays the current resources available for presentations. Figure 40. The Resource List Page. 2. Click the New Web Link Resource button near the right side of the page. The New Resource page appears. You can specify a link from a secure Web server by selecting https from the dropdown menu. Figure 41. The New Resource Page for a Web Link. 3. Type the URL for the resource in the field. You can also copy the URL from your browser and paste it in the field. If you would like to include a link to a secure Web server, select https from the Type URL dropdown menu. You can identify a secure Web page because its address starts with https, rather that http. 4. Click Upload. The New Resource Properties page appears. It presents fields where you can define the resource you are adding. Figure 42. New Resource Properties Page for a Web Link. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 35

38 Resource name: Enter a title for the Web link resource you are creating. Use a descriptive phrase to help identify it easily. Description: Enter a brief explanation of the Web link resource. Describe its contents. Make this resource shareable by other instructors : Check this box if you would like to make the resource available to other instructors of the course in your department. Category: Select a category that further defines the resource. Options include Discussion Topic, Objective, Lecture Notes, and Other. Resource type: You cannot edit this field. It identifies the type of resource you are uploading, a Web link. URL: You cannot edit this field. It shows the URL you specified. 6. Click Save/Update Settings. The Resources List appears with the new Web link resource you added. Figure 43. The Resource List with the New Web Link Resource. Editing the Properties of a Resource On occasion, you may need to change the properties associated with a defined resource. For example, you may want to change the title or share the resource with other instructors. Note: You can edit only the properties of resources that you have added; you cannot edit the properties for predefined resources. You can, however, view the properties of a pre-defined textbook resource by clicking Properties in the Action column. 1. Click the Resources tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Resources List page appears. The page displays the current resources available for presentations. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 36

39 Figure 44. The Resources List with a Resource with Editable Properties. Click to see the noneditable properties of a predefined resource. 2. Click Edit in the Actions column of the resource with the properties you would like to edit. The Properties page opens and displays the current settings for the resource. Figure 45. The Properties Page for an Existing Resource. 3. Change the settings to meet your needs and click Save/Update Settings. The Resources List appears with the new properties for the resource. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 37

40 Removing a Resource From time to time you may wish to remove resources from the egrade Plus server. You can remove only those resources that you have added; you cannot remove the predefined resources associated with the textbook. Note: There is no way to edit a resource you have already posted in egrade Plus. If you need to edit a resource, you must remove the file using the steps that follow. Then, add the edited resource using the New Document Resource or New Web Link Resource button. Removing a resource is permanent. Once you remove it, you cannot recover it. Additionally, egrade Plus does not prompt for confirmation of the removal. When you click Remove, the resource is deleted from the egrade Plus server. If necessary, you can upload the original resource again to replace it. 1. Click the Resources tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Resources List page appears. The page displays the current resources available for presentations. Figure 46. The Resources List with a Resource that You can Remove. 2. Click Remove in the Actions column of the resource that you would like to delete. The resource is deleted. Prepare & Present Presentations The Presentations area includes tools for you to specify presentations for use by the class. Each presentation you assemble can contain separate sub-components or resources. For example, you can assemble a presentation that contains video clips, written content, and PowerPoint slides. When a student opens the presentation, she will be presented with a clickable chapter list identifying each component. When you assemble the components of a presentation, you can select from pre-developed e-book content associated with the textbook program or you can select a resource that you have developed for classroom use, a PowerPoint presentation for example. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 38

41 Adding Presentation Components Click an underlined column heading to sort the information by that heading type. When you add a presentation, you simply assemble components (resources) so they are available within one presentation. 1. Click the Presentations tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Presentations List page appears. The page displays the current presentations available for the class. Figure 47. The Presentations List Page. 2. Click the New Presentation button near the right side of the page. The New Presentations page appears. It displays three tabs that allow you to name, select, and create a presentation. The first tab, Name/Describe, is active when you open the page. Click a link in the navigation bar to return to that location. Figure 48. The New Presentations Page. 3. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow: Presentation name: Enter a title for the presentation you are creating. Use a descriptive phrase to help identify the presentation easily. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 39

42 Description: Enter a brief explanation of the presentation. Describe its contents or its correlation to a textbook section. Make this presentation shareable by other instructors : Check this box if you would like to make the presentation available to other instructors of the course in your department. Available to students: If you would like to create a presentation that is not available to students, click the No button. Click Yes if you would like students to see the presentation. You can create several presentations up front and then select which ones you want available to the students at any time. 4. Click the Select Items tab. The Select Items page appears. It displays the presentation components currently available. You can select components from resources that you have created or from a correlated electronic book chapter. Identify the source of the presentation. Figure 49. The Select Items Page for the My Resources Option. 5. Click My Resources or E-Book Content to identify the source components for the presentation you are creating. You can select presentation components from each area. Refer to the following steps. My Resources Click the checkbox next to each resource that you would like to make available. You can review a resource by clicking the presentation component name. Click a resource to review it. E-Book Content When you click the E-book Content button, a presentation selection page appears where you can choose a correlated e-book component. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 40

43 Select a chapter from the Chapter dropdown menu. Then select a component type from the second dropdown menu and click Make Selection. All correlated components from the chapter you selected and of the type you selected appear in a list. Click the checkbox next to each resource that you would like to make available. You can review the resource by clicking the component name. 6. When you are finished adding presentation components click the Review and Publish tab. The Review and Publish page appears. It displays a list of the components you selected. Figure 50. The Review and Publish Page. 7. If you would like to review a specific component of the presentation, click its title. The component will open in a separate browser window. 8. If you would like to rearrange the order that the components appear in the presentation, click the Up or Down links in the column on the right side of the table. 9. If you would like to remove a component from a presentation, click Remove on the right side of the item you would like to take away. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 41

44 10. If you would like to review the presentation, click Preview Presentation. The presentation will open in a separate browser window. From that window, you can scroll through the contents and click a resource item to open it. 11. When you are confident that the presentation contains all the necessary components, click Save and Add to List. The presentation will be saved. 12. Click the Presentations List link in the navigation bar to return to the Presentations page. Figure 51. The Presentations List with the Newly Added Presentation. Editing the Properties of a Presentation On occasion, you may need to change the properties associated with a defined presentation. For example, you may want to adjust the description to make it more intuitive. Note: You can only edit the properties of presentations that you have added; you cannot edit the properties for predefined presentations. Click Properties in the Action column to view the properties of a pre-defined textbook presentation. 1. Click the Presentations tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Presentations List page appears. The page displays the available presentations. Figure 52. The Presentations List with a Presentation with Editable Properties. 2. Click Edit in the Actions column of the presentations with the properties you would like to edit. The Properties page opens and displays the current settings for the presentation. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 42

45 Figure 53. The Properties Page for an Existing Presentation. 3. Change the settings to meet your needs and click Save/Update Settings. The Presentations List appears with the new properties. Removing a Presentation From time to time you may wish to remove presentations from the egrade Plus server. You can remove only those presentations that you have added; you cannot remove the predefined presentations associated with the textbook. Note: There is no way to edit a presentation you have already posted in egrade Plus. If you need to edit a presentation, remove the file using the steps that follow. Then can add the edited presentation using the New Document Resource or New Web Link Resource button. Removing a presentation is permanent. After you remove it, they cannot recover it. Additionally, egrade Plus does not prompt for confirmation of the removal. When you click Remove, the presentation is deleted. If necessary, you can rebuild the presentation to replace it. 1. Click the Presentations tab at the top of the Prepare & Present section. The Presentations List page appears. The page displays the available presentations. Figure 54. The Presentations List with a Presentation that You can Remove. 2. Click Remove in the Actions column of the presentation that you would like to delete. The presentation is deleted. Instructor Study & Practice The instructor Study & Practice section is exactly the same as the student Study & Practice section. The Study & Practice section contains readings, resources, and practice instructor problems from the class textbook. Also, it has student resources that are linked to text. The egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 43

46 material is presented just as it is for the student and includes a multimedia version of the entire textbook for the class. Instructors can only edit the presentations and not any of the other material in the Study & Practice section. There are several areas within the Study & Practice section. These include: Resources Practices References Presentations Each section coincides with material you have added through the Prepare & Present section and the Assignment section or which was predefined with the electronic textbook. These sections contain components you added or which were predefined with the electronic textbook. Click a resource to open it. This section contains reference items that were predefined in the electronic textbook. Click a reference to open it. Opening the Study & Practice Section 1. Click the Study & Practice tab on the class home page. The Study & Practice page appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 44

47 Figure 55. The Upper Half of the Study & Practice Page 2. From the Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter for which you would like to display practice components. Click View Resources. The components associated with that chapter appear on the Study & Practice page. Navigating the Study & Practice Pages There are several navigation tools on the Study & Practice pages. Study & Practice resources vary widely from course to course tests, video clips, general content, and so on but the navigation provided is consistent. The Study & Practice pages present information just as it is presented for students. You can navigate the content pages, and even take the tests, just as students would. Note: It is important to remember that the components of Study & Practice pages will differ from textbook to textbook. The sample images in this section represent pages from one specific textbook. The Study & Practice pages in your series will likely differ. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 45

48 Links All Study & Practice pages contain links that allow you to move directly to an item or to access additional links associated with the item. Simply click a link to open an item. Most of the time, links appear as underlined text. However, in all cases, the cursor changes to a hand,, when it is over a link. The hand cursor appears whenever you move the mouse over a link. Contents Menus Very often, when you click a link from the Study & Practice page, a Contents menu appears offering access to the components of the Study & Practice item they selected. Click any link to open the item. Whenever a plus sign,, appears next to a topic, it indicates that the element contains subcomponents. Click any topic with a plus sign to display its subcomponents. If a minus sign,, displays next to a topic, it indicates either that that the topic is open or that there are no subcomponents associated with it. Click the minus sign next to an open folder to close the folder. The minus sign indicates that this topic menu is open. The shaded area shows the component that is currently active. Click any component to open it. The plus signs indicate that the topics have subcomponents. Click a topic heading to access the subcomponents. You can click any link to open it. You can view more of the navigation pane by clicking and holding on the vertical border, then dragging it left or right. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 46

49 Section Navigation There are many ways to move through an open section. Very often, the section contains links that allow jumps to other areas of the topic or to open subcomponents within the topic. Additionally, from any topic, you can always return to the main Study & Practice page. Click these buttons to move one page at a time through the open topic. Click here to return to the Study & Practice page. Very often, pages have additional links you can click. Printing the Study & Practice Pages egrade Plus provides a tool that makes it easy to print the pages within the Study & Practice section. The tool automatically formats the pages so they are ready for a printer. It is recommended that you use this tool instead of simply printing through the Print command from the File menu of your browser. To prepare a page for printing, click Printer Version along the top bar of the Study & Practice page. The entire content of the topic appears in a separate browser window. All subtopics that were accessible through links on the Study & Practice page open in the window. Click here to format the content for printing. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 47

50 Playing Video Clips When you open a video clip from the Study & Practice pages, it opens in a video player. The player has controls to play and stop the clip and to adjust the volume. Note: QuickTime is the default player for video clips. If a computer is not set with QuickTime as the default, a message may appear. Click Yes to change the player to QuickTime. Change QuickTime player settings. Adjust the volume. Play or replay the clip. Rewind the clip. Go to the end of the clip. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 48

51 Opening Resource References Resource References are available below the Contents area of each Resource section. Click the References link to open all references associated with the resource topics. For example, a series of topics may have an index or an appendix associated with them. Click here to access Resource References. When you click the Resource References link, a separate browser window opens with the reference material listed. Click a tab near the top of the window to open a specific reference. Click the Back and Close links near the top right to navigate. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 49

52 Reviewing Self-Tests The Resources area of the Study & Practice pages often includes self-tests. Self-tests measure student comprehension at milestones throughout the curriculum. After students answer a short group of questions, egrade Plus calculates the results. egrade Plus will return the results with notations indicating the questions students answered correctly and incorrectly. Reviewing Practice Tests Practice tests offer a forum for various tests, including essay response to questions. Students open the practice tests from the Study & Practice section of the class home page. Tests may include links to Web sites that hold information about a topic. Students simply click a link to open the site and to research the discussion point. Or, they click the Link to Text button to open the correlated textbook content. Then, students type responses to the questions in the fields provided. They click Check Answer to see if they are on the right track with the answer. Or, click Show Answer to view the appropriate answer to the question. Note: Student work on Practice tests is not recorded in the instructor Gradebook. Click this link to research an answer. Open the correlated textbook section. Enter an answer here. Click these to check your answer and to see the correct answer. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 50

53 Using a Bibliography Very often, Study & Practice pages include a bibliography. You can open the bibliographies from the Study & Practice home page. It presents an alphabetical list of resources for the practice component. Select a reference file from the dropdown menu at the top of the page. Navigate through the bibliography by clicking a letter link at the top to jump to the start of references that begin with that letter. Or, scroll through using the scroll bar on the right. Click a letter to go the start of that section. Use the scroll bars to move through the section. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 51

54 Instructor Assignment The Assignment section allows you to view all the assignments available for your class. Additionally, you can edit or create custom assignments from within the Assignment section. Click the Assignment tab. There are four main areas in the Assignment section of egrade Plus: Assignment List Readings/Resources Questions/Exercises Create Questions To begin with the steps in the Assignment sections that follow, click the Assignment tab. Click a tab to open a specific Assignment area. Assignment Assignment List The Assignment list displays the assignments that are available to students. From within the list, you can preview each assignment and further define its content, designate its availability, and ultimately assign it to the class. Select which assignments you would like to view. Viewing the List of Assignments Click an underlined column heading to sort the information by that heading type. The yellow arrow indicates which column is used for sorting. egrade Plus offers two options for viewing class assignments. You can view the assignments that are available to the class or you can view assignments that are already assigned to the class. With either of those options, you can display the predefined default assignments associated with the textbook. 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 52

55 Figure 56. The Assignment List Page. 2. Select which assignments you would like to display. Click either View Assignments Available for this Class or View Assignments Assigned in this Class. 3. If you would like to display default assignments also, click the Show default assignments checkbox. 4. Click Apply. The Assignment list refreshes to display the selection of assignments you chose. Previewing an Assignment or Viewing Its Details Before you present an assignment to the class, it is a good idea to review its contents. egrade Plus allows you to preview an assignment before you assign it. 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. Figure 57. The Assignment List Page. 2. In the Assignment Name column, click the assignment that you would like to preview or for which you would like to view the details. The Student Access Settings page opens. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 53

56 Click a link in the navigation bar to return to that location. You can review the content before you present the assignment to the class. Figure 58. The Student Access Settings Page. 3. To preview the assignment, click Preview Assignment. The assignment opens in a separate browser window. Review the assignment. If you are satisfied with the assignments content, close the browser window. Then assign the assignment to the class. Refer to the steps that follow. To expand the assignment descriptions, click more >> in the Details section. Additional details become visible. Click less << to hide the additional details. To show the list of items in the assignment, click show list >>. The items become visible. Click hide items << to remove the items from view. Assigning an Assignment Click here to display more details. Click here to show the items in the assignment. Before you present an assignment to the class, you must define the due dates and policies associated with the assignment. 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. Figure 59. The Assignment List Page. 2. In the Assignment Name column, click the assignment that you would like to present to the class. The Student Access Settings page opens. It offers settings that you can select for the assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 54

57 These options define access to the assignment after the due date. Figure 60. The Student Access Settings Page. 3. Select a start date from the Start Date dropdown menu. The class will not be able to begin the assignment prior to the date. 4. Select a due date from the Due Date dropdown menu. If you would like the assignment to be available indefinitely, click the checkbox next to Due Date. The Due Date dropdown menu will no longer appear. 5. Select an after due date access option for the assignment. If a student submits the assignment after the due date, egrade Plus will enforce the access option you selected. 6. Click Assign to Class. A message appears at the top of the page stating that the assignment was successfully assigned. Changing the Due Date or Access Options of an Assignment On occasion, you may decide to change the due date of an assignment or alter the way egrade Plus responds to student access to an assignment past the due date. 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. Figure 61. The Assignment List Page. 2. Click View Assignments Assigned in this Class. The click Apply. The assignment list refreshes to show the assignments. 3. In the Assignment Name column, click the assignment that you would like to change. The Student Access Settings page opens. It offers settings that you can change for the assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 55

58 Figure 62. The Student Access Settings Page for a Previously Assigned Assignment. 4. Select a start date from the Start Date dropdown menu. The class will not be able to begin the assignment prior to the date. If the assignment was set to start on a past date, you will not be able to edit the Start Date. 5. Select a due date from the Due Date dropdown menu. If you would like the assignment to be available indefinitely, click the checkbox next to Due Date. The Due Date dropdown menu will no longer appear. 6. Select an after due date access option for the assignment. If a student submits the assignment after the due date, egrade Plus will enforce the access option you selected. 7. Click Apply Changes. A message appears at the top of the page stating that the access settings were successfully changed. Rejecting an Assignment From time to time you may need to reject an assignment that you previously assigned to the class. When you reject an assignment, egrade Plus removes it from your Gradebook and the student Gradebook. If a student has already submitted a response to the assignment, the response will also be removed. Note: When you reject an assignment, you do not delete it from your own assignment list. You do remove student access to the assignment and remove references to it in student and instructor Gradebooks. 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 56

59 Figure 63. The Assignment List Page. 2. Click View Assignments Assigned in this Class. The click Apply. The assignment list refreshes to show the assignments. 3. In the Assignment Name column, click the assignment that you would like to reject. The Student Access Settings page opens. Click here to reject the assignment. Figure 64. The Student Access Settings Page for a Previously Assigned Assignment. 4. Click Reject. A message appears stating the implications of the assignment rejection. Figure 65. The Reject Confirmation Message. 5. Review the message and click OK if you accept the implications of the rejection. Copying an Existing Assignment After you establish a group of proven assignments, you may want to copy an existing assignment, and edit it, rather than create a brand new assignment. egrade Plus provides a tool that makes it easy to edit an existing assignment and save the copy with a new name. The Copy and Edit tool within the Student Access area of the Assignment List allows you to make varying degrees of changes to an existing assignment. For example, you can simply save an existing assignment with a new name or you can add and remove questions and perform additional changes. Note: When you copy an existing assignment from the Student Access page, egrade Plus temporarily closes the Assignment List area and opens the Edit Questions/Exercises area within the Assignment section. This is the same section as the Questions/Exercises tab section. However, it is already populated with information from the selected assignment. When you finish the copy procedures for the assignment, the Assignment List area reopens. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 57

60 1. Click the Assignment List tab on the Assignment page. The Assignment List appears. Figure 66. The Assignment List Page. 2. Click View Assignments Available for this or Class View Assignments Assigned in this Class. The click Apply. The assignment list refreshes to show the assignments. 3. In the Assignment Name column, click the assignment that you would like to copy. The Student Access Settings page opens. Click here to copy the assignment. Figure 67. The Student Access Settings Page for a Previously Assigned Assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 58

61 4. Click Copy and Edit. The Edit Questions/Exercises page appears. The page offers a variety of tools you can use to edit the assignment. Notice that the fields are filled in with information from the assignment you are copying. Be sure to open these tools in the order they are presented. You do not have to use each tool. Figure 68. The Edit Questions/Exercises Section. 5. Copy and edit the assignment using the actions described in the following sections. Be sure to perform the steps in the order they are presented on the tabs. The first tab, Name/Describe always opens first. When instructors copy an assignment from the Student Access Settings page, the original name, description, and so on are copied too. Instructors can then change the original information for the copy they are creating. Continue with the steps in the title Naming and Describing the Questions/Exercises. When instructors copy an assignment, they may want to select different questions from those that were used in the original assignment. The Select Items page offers tools that identify the different questions that are available. If you need to select different questions continue with the section titled Selecting Questions for the Question/Exercises Assignment. The Set Policies area of the Edit Questions/Exercises section offers settings that instructors can use to define the rules for the assignment they are creating. When students work in the online assignment, the parameters that instructors set will be in place. For example, instructors may set a policy that ensures that a hint displays after the second incorrect answer for a single item. The settings available on the Set Policies page differ slightly depending on the question type on which instructors are working. If you need to set different policies for the new assignment, continue with the steps in the section titled Setting Policies for the Questions/Exercises Assignment. The Review and Publish area of the Edit Questions/Exercises section allows instructors to review the material they have selected for the assignment and to further organize the questions. Within this area, instructors can preview the individual questions they selected and the assignment as a whole. When instructors are satisfied with the assignment they have built, they can assign it to the class. If you need to review or publish the new assignment, continue with the steps in the section titled Reviewing and Publishing the Questions/Exercises Assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 59

62 Editing the Details of a Copied Assignment from the Assignment List When you open a copied assignment from the Assignment List, two additional links appear on the Student Access page. Click the Edit Details link to access the page where you can rename the assignment and refine the description. For information about the second link, Delete from Assignment List, refer to the section that follows. For details on using the Name/Describe page, refer to the section in this guide titled Naming and Describing the Assignment. Click here to edit the name and description for the copied assignment. Figure 69. The Student Access Settings Page for a Copied Assignment Deleting an Assignment from the Assignment List The second link that appears when you open a copied assignment from the Assignment List is Delete from Assignment List. This link allows you to remove the copied presentation from the Assignment List. When you click Delete from Assignment List, a message appears confirming the removal. Click OK. The copied presentation will be removed from the list of available assignments. Click here to remove the copied assignment from the list. Figure 70. The Student Access Settings Page for a Copied Assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 60

63 Assignment Readings/Resources The Readings/Resources area of the Assignment section provides the tools necessary to identify reading and resource assignments. You can select assignments from those included with the textbook series or from resources that you have created. When you click Readings/Resources the Name Describe page opens. You can access areas that further define the readings/resources assignment. Naming and Describing the Readings/Resources Assignment When you create a reading/resource assignment, you must name it and describe it. Both the name and the description will help identify the assignment for future reference. 1. Click tab 1, Name/Describe. The Name/Describe page appears. Figure 71. The Name/Describe Page of the Create Readings/Resources Assignment Section. 2. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Assignment name: Type a name for the assignment. Descriptions/Instructions: Type a description and instructions for the assignment. Show description to students: Check this box if you would like students to see the assignment description. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 61

64 Make this assignment shareable by other instructors : Check this box if you would like to make the assignment available to other instructors of the course. 3. Click Save/Update Settings. The name and description information will be saved. 4. Continue with tab 2, Select Items. Selecting Questions for the Readings/Resources Assignment After you name the assignment, you must select the components within it. When you select items, you define the source of the items E-book Content or My Resources as well as identify question types for use. If E-book content is the source, you can also define the chapter you would like to use. 1. Click tab 2, Select Items. The Select Items page appears. Figure 72. The Select Items Page of the Readings/Resources Assignment Section: E-book Content View. 2. Select a source for the Readings/Resources assignments. Click E-book Content to use selections from the textbook or select My Resources to use resources that you have created. 3. If you selected E-book Content as the source, select a chapter from the Select a Chapter dropdown menu. 4. Select a resource type from the Select resource type dropdown menu. You can choose from a variety of types. 5. Click Make Selection. The Select Items page refreshes to display the resource items that match the selection criteria you used. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 62

65 Figure 73. The Select Items Page With Items Available for the Readings/Resources Assignment. 6. Check the box next to each item that you would like to include in the assignment you are creating. If you would like to review an item that appears in the list, click the title. 7. If you would like to use different criteria to identify additional items for the assignment, click the Back to Select Options button. Then repeat steps 2 through Click Save/Update Settings. The assignment selection is saved and the Select Items page reopens. 9. Continue with tab 3, Review and Publish. Reviewing and Publishing the Readings/Resources Assignment The Review and Publish area of the Edit Readings/Resources Assignment section allows you to review the material you selected for the assignment and to further organize the content. Within this area, you can preview the individual resources you selected and the assignment as a whole. When you are satisfied with the assignment you have built, assign it to the class. 1. Click tab 3, Review and Publish. The Review and Publish page appears. Type a reference code. Figure 74. The Review and Publish Page of the Edit Readings/Resources Assignment Section. 2. Review the information on the page and, if necessary, perform the actions described in the following sections. Assign a Reference Code egrade Plus uses a reference code to identify each assignment. The reference code appears in the instructor Gradebook. Create your own code with a maximum of six characters, including spaces. Review an Item in the Assignment Each item appears as link in the left side of the table in the lower part of the page. Click any item within the assignment to open it. After you open an item, you can edit it using the tools described throughout this section. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 63

66 Rearrange the Readings and Resources You can shift the items so they appear in a specific order in the assignment. For each component, click the Up and Down links in the Actions column on the right. The item will move up or down one row at a time. Remove a Readings and Resources Component You can remove any component from the assignment. Simply click the Remove link in the Actions column on the right. The item you selected will be removed. Preview the Full Assignment Click the Preview Assignment button to open the assignment. The assignment opens in a separate browser window. The title of each reading/resources component displays on the left side of the page. Click an item to open it. Review and Set Student Access Settings After you are satisfied with the content of the assignment, you should define the due dates and policies associated with the assignment. Click the Assign to Class Details button. The Student Access Settings page within the Assignment List section opens. Adjust the settings to meet your needs. You can return to this page to make adjustments. For more information on the Student Access Settings page, refer to the section in this guide titled Changing the Due Date or Access Options of an Assignment. For details on assigning the assignment, refer to the section in this guide titled Assigning an Assignment. The Student Access Settings page also provides easy access to a several additional tools with the Assignment List area of the Assignment section. For information on those tools refer to the section in this guide titled Assignment Assignment List. 3. Click Save/Update Settings to save the changes to the assignment. The Review and Publish Page reopens with the changes you applied. Assignment Questions/Exercises The Questions/Exercises area of the Assignment section provides the tools necessary to identify questions and exercises for use in assignments. You can select questions and exercises from those included with the textbook series or from items that you have created. Note: You must create questions before they are available for selection in the Questions/Exercises section. For information on creating questions, refer to the section in this guide titled Assignment Create Questions. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 64

67 When you click Questions/Exercises the Name Describe page (tab) opens. You can access areas that further define the questions/exercises. Naming and Describing the Questions/Exercises When you create a reading/resource assignment, you must name it and describe it. Both the name and the description will help identify the assignment for future reference. 1. If necessary, click tab 1, Name/Describe. The Name/Describe page appears. Figure 75. The Name/Describe Page of the Questions/Exercises Section. 2. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Assignment name: Type a name for the Questions/Exercises assignment you are creating. Descriptions/Instructions: Type a description and instructions for the question or exercise. Show description to students: Check this box if you would like students to see the question or exercise description. Make this assignment shareable by other instructors : Check this box if you would like to make the question or exercise available to other instructors of the course or if you plan to reuse this assignment in later semesters. 3. Click Save/and Add to List. The name and description information for the Questions/Exercises assignment will be saved. 4. Continue with tab 2, Select Items. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 65

68 Selecting Questions for the Questions/Exercises Assignment After you name the assignment, you must select the components within it. 1. Click tab 2, Select Items. The Select Items page appears. Figure 76. The Select Items Page of the Questions/Exercises Section. 2. Select a source chapter from the Select a Chapter dropdown menu. 3. In the Select question options region, select a difficulty level for the questions from which you would like to choose. If you prefer to select from all questions in the chapter, you can set the Difficulty level to All. 4. In the Select question options region, select the type of questions from which you would like to choose. If you prefer to select from all question types in the chapter, you can set the Restriction to All. 5. Click Make Selection. The Select Items page refreshes to display the question or exercise items that match the selection criteria you used. Figure 77. The Select Items Page With Items Available for the Questions/Exercises. 6. Check the box next to each item that you would like to include in the assignment you are creating. If you would like to review an item that appears in the list, click the title. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 66

69 7. If you would like to use different criteria to identify additional items for the assignment, click the Back to Select Options button. Then repeat steps 2 through Click Save/Update Settings. The assignment selection is saved and the Select Items page reopens. 9. Continue with tab 3, Set Policies. Setting Policies for the Questions/Exercises Assignment The policies area of the Edit Questions/Exercises section offers settings to define the rules for the assignment you are creating. When students work in the online assignment, the parameters that you set will be in place. For example, you may set a policy that ensures that a hint displays after the second incorrect answer for a given item. The settings available on the Set Policies page differ slightly depending on the question or exercise type on which you are working. 1. Click tab 3, Set Policies. The Policies page appears. It allows you to set parameters and use restrictions for the assignment. You can edit this field only if your assignment contains Numeric Text Entry Questions. Figure 78. The Set Policies Page of the Assignment Edit Questions/Exercises Section. 2. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Scoring: Select Ungraded Assignment or Graded Assignment. In an ungraded assignment, the student score is not recorded; though, the student can see the results of his work and their progress through the assignment is recorded in your Gradebook. When a graded assignment has been submitted, the student score is recorded in the instructor Gradebook. Repetitions: Select the number of times that a student can repeat the question or exercise. Change Values: If the question or exercise derives its answer from an algorithm, select whether you want to use the same values each time the algorithm is run. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 67

70 Feedback: You can select a variety of feedback options. At any point after adjusting the settings, you can click Reset to default to return the feedback values to the default values associated with question types. Show Hints: Select at what point, if any, you would like students to receive hints about the question. Show Link to Text: Select at what point, if any, you would like a link to appear to the correlated textbook chapter. Students can click the link to review the textbook content. Show Solutions: Select at what point, if any, you would like students to receive viable solutions for the question. Show Answer: Select at what point, if any, you would like to display the correct answer to the question or exercise. Question Controls: Question Controls are available only for Numeric Text Entry questions. Click the Configure Numeric Questions link to open a separate browser window where you can define values for the answer to the numeric text entry question. When you finish adjusting the values, click Save/Update Settings. The new values are applied. Close the window to return to the Set Policies page of the Assignment Edit Questions/Exercises section. Figure 79. The Question Controls Window for a Numeric Text Entry Question/Exercise. 3. Click Save/Update Settings to save the changes to the question or exercise assignment. The Set Policies Page reopens with the changes you applied. 4. Continue with tab 4, Review and Publish. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 68

71 Reviewing and Publishing the Questions/Exercises Assignment The Review and Publish area of the Edit Questions/Exercises section allows you to review the material you have selected for the assignment and to further organize the content. Within this area, you can preview the individual questions or exercises you selected and the assignment as a whole. When you are satisfied with the assignment you have built, assign it to the class. 1. Click tab 4, Review and Publish. The Review and Publish page appears. Type a reference code. Figure 80. The Review and Publish Page of the Assignment Edit Questions/Exercises Section. 2. Review the information on the page and, if necessary, perform the actions described in the following sections. Assign a Reference Code egrade Plus uses a reference code to identify each assignment. The reference code appears in the instructor Gradebook. Create your own code with a maximum of six characters, including spaces. Review an Item in the Assignment Each item appears as link in the left side of the table in the lower part of the page. Click any item within the assignment to open it. After you open an item, you can edit it using the tools described throughout this section. Assign a Score for the Question You can assign a score for each question. For each question, simply select a value from the dropdown menu in the Score column. The total score for all questions and exercises in the assignment is calculated automatically each time you change a value for an individual question. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 69

72 Rearrange the Questions or Exercises You can shift the items so they appear in a specific order in the assignment. For each component, click the Up and Down links in the Actions column on the right. The item will move up or down one row at a time. Remove a Question or Exercise Component You can remove any component from the assignment. Simply click the Remove link in the Actions column on the right. The item you selected will be removed. Preview the Full Assignment Click the Preview Assignment button to open the assignment. The assignment opens in a separate browser window. The title of each question or exercise component displays on the left side of the page. Click an item to open it. Review and Set Student Access Settings After you are satisfied with the content of the assignment, you should define the due dates and policies associated with the assignment. Click the Assign to Class Details button. The Student Access Settings page within the Assignment List section opens. Adjust the settings to meet your needs. You can also assign the assignment from the Student Access Settings page. For more information on the Student Access Settings page, refer to the section in this guide titled Changing the Due Date or Access Options of an Assignment. For details on assigning the assignment, refer to the section in this guide titled Assigning an Assignment. The Student Access Settings page also provides easy access to a several additional tools with the Assignment List area of the Assignment section. For information on those tools refer to the section in this guide titled Assignment Assignment List. 3. Click Save/Update Settings to save the changes to the assignment. The Review and Publish Page reopens with the changes you applied. Assignment Create Questions The Create Questions area within the Assignment section allows you to develop your own questions for use in student exercises. The questions you develop can complement the questions that are included with the e-book chapter content. You can create several question types. These include multiple choice, true/false, text entry, numeric text entry and essay. You can also use the Create Questions area to browse through existing questions that you have created. Once again, you can search by questions created for each chapter. After you develop and identify questions, you can assemble them, as well as other content, in an assignment and present the assignment to students. For more information on building question and exercise assignments, refer to the section in this guide titled Assignment Questions/Exercises. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 70

73 You can create a variety of new question types Browsing for an Existing Question You can click an existing question to review its content. or, you select from questions you ve already created. Before you create a new question, you should browse through the existing bank of questions to see if there is one that you can use. 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Questions page opens. Figure 81. The Assignment Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter in which to which you would like to browse for questions. 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select the question type for which you would like to search. 4. Click Browse Existing. A table with the matching question types appears. Figure 82. The Create Questions Page with Existing Questions. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 71

74 5. Click a question in the Name column to open it. When the question opens. It displays the answer as well as any hints, links, solutions, and so on associated with the question. 6. If you would like to edit an existing question, continue with the steps in the Editing an Existing Question section that follows. 7. If you would like to remove an existing question, continue with the steps in the Removing a Question. Editing an Existing Question Continue from the steps in the Browsing for an Existing Question section that precedes this section. 1. For the question you would like to edit, click the edit link in the Action column. The question opens. 2. Change the fields so they meet your requirements and click Save and Add to List. For details on creating a multiple choice question refer to the section in this guide titled Creating a Multiple Choice Question. For details on creating a true/false question refer to the section in this guide titled Creating a True/False Question. For details on creating a text entry question refer to the section in this guide titled Creating a Text Entry Question. For details on creating a numeric text entry question refer to the section in this guide titled Creating a Numeric Text Entry Question. For details on creating an essay question refer to the section in this guide titled Creating an Essay Question. Creating a Multiple Choice Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Question page opens. Figure 83. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter to which you would like to add questions. Refer to the following steps for creating different question types. 3. From the Define a Question type dropdown menu, select Multiple Choice. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 72

75 4. Click New. The Create Questions New Multiple Choice page appears. Click here to define an answer. Click here to add more possible answers. Figure 84. The Create Questions New (Multiple Choice) Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Question title: Type a title for the question you are creating. Question text: Type the actual question text. 6. Because this is a multiple choice question, you need to define the text for each choice. In the Choice column for each answer, click Edit. An Answer box will appear. Figure 85. The Answer Box for a Multiple Choice Question. 7. Type the answer in the box. Then click Save & Close. The Create Questions New (Multiple Choice) page reopens with the answer you entered. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 73

76 The answer you type appears in the table. Figure 86. The Assignment Create Questions New (Multiple Choice) Page with an Answer. 8. Continue adding answers by clicking Edit in the choices column. 9. If you would like to make more multiple choice answers available, click Add Choice near the bottom of the answers table. Each time you click Add Choice, a new row will appear in the answers table. 10. In the Click correct column of the table, select the correct answer for the question. 11. If necessary, select an action from the following steps. Rearrange the Answers If you would like to rearrange the order that the answers will appear for the question, click the Up or Down links in the Action column. The questions shift one row up or down each time you click. Add or Edit Feedback Click Add/Edit Feedback in an answer row and type feedback text for the answer in the small window that appears. If you like to use the same feedback for all answers, click Copy to all choices. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit Hints Click Add/Edit hint below the question table. Type a hint for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit the Solutions Click Add/Edit solution below the question table. Type the solution for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Remove a Text Link Click Add/Remove text link below the question table. Select a textbook link for the question in the small window that appears. When students answer the question, they will be able to click the link to access correlated information in the e-book. Click Save & Close. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 74

77 12. From the Difficulty Level dropdown menu, select a difficulty level for the question. 13. Click the Make this question shareable by other instructors box if you would like to make the question available to other instructors of the course. 14. Click Save and Add to List. The questions and answers you created are saved and the questions table reopens. Creating a True/False Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Questions page opens. Figure 87. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter in which to which you would like to add questions. Refer to the following steps for creating different question types. 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select True/False. 4. Click New. The Create Questions New (True/False) page appears. Figure 88. The Create Questions New (True/False) Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Question title: Type a title for the question you are creating. Question text: Type the actual question text. Be sure it is in the form of a true/false question. 6. In the Click correct column of the table, select the correct answer (true) for the question. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 75

78 7. If necessary, select an action from the following steps. Rearrange the Answers If you would like to rearrange the order that the answers will appear for the question, click the Up or Down links in the column on the right side of the table. Add or Edit Feedback Click Add/Edit Feedback in an answer row and type feedback text for the answer in the small window that appears. If you like to use the same feedback for all answers, click Copy to all choices. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit Hints Click Add/Edit hint below the question table. Type a hint for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit the Solutions Click Add/Edit solution below the question table. Type the solution for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Remove a Text Link Click Add/Remove text link below the question table. Select a textbook link for the question in the small window that appears. When students answer the question, they will be able to click the link to access correlated information in the e-book. Click Save & Close. 8. From the Difficulty level dropdown menu, select a difficulty level for the question. 9. Click the Make this question shareable by other instructors box if you would like to make the question available to other instructors of the course. 10. Click Save and Add to List. The true/false question and answers you created are saved and the questions table reopens. Creating a Text Entry Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Questions page opens. Figure 89. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter in which to which you would like to add questions. Refer to the following steps for creating different question types. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 76

79 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select Text Entry. 4. Click New. The Create Questions New (Text Entry) page appears. Figure 90. The Assignment Create Questions New (Text Entry) Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Question title: Type a title for the question you are creating. Question text: Type the actual question text. 6. If necessary, select an action from the following steps. Add or Edit Correct Feedback Click Add/Edit correct feedback and type feedback text for the correct answer in the small window that appears. Add or Edit Incorrect Feedback Click Add/Edit incorrect feedback and type feedback text for an incorrect answer in the small window that appears. Add or Edit Hints Click Add/Edit hint. Type a hint for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit the Solutions Click Add/Edit solution. Type the solution for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Remove a Text Link Click Add/Remove text link. Select a textbook link for the question in the small window that appears. When students answer the question, they will be able to click the link to access correlated information. Click Save & Close. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 77

80 Change the Language Palette From the View language palette dropdown menu select the alternate language for use by students. If you select Spanish, a palette of Spanish characters, with accent marks, appears with the question. If you do not want to accept an alternate language, select None. 7. From the Difficulty level dropdown menu, select a difficulty level for the question. 8. Click the Make this question shareable by other instructors box if you would like to make the question available to other instructors of the course or if you would like to reuse this question in future semesters. 9. Click Save and Add to List. The text entry question you created is saved and the questions table reopens. Creating a Numeric Text Entry Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Questions page opens. Figure 91. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter in which to which you would like to add questions. Refer to the following steps for creating different question types. 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select Numeric Text Entry. 4. Click New. The Assignment Create Questions New (Numeric Text Entry) page appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 78

81 Figure 92. The Create Questions New (Numeric Text Entry) Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Question title: Type a title for the question you are creating. Question text: Type the actual question text. Type the answer: Type for the numeric text entry question, ignoring significant digits. Tolerance: Enter a number to set the percentage range for an acceptable correct numeric answer. Significant Digit: This field is available only when the Tolerance field is set to Absolute % or Tolerance by SD. Type the range of acceptable answers as it relates to the absolute percent or significant digit you established. Correct answer when Significant Digits are enabled: If the correct answer is affected by whether not significant digits are enforced, enter the correct answer with the correct number of significant digits. If significant digits do not apply to this problem, leave this field blank. 6. If necessary, select an action from the following steps. Add or Edit Correct Feedback Click Add/Edit correct feedback and type feedback text for the correct answer in the small window that appears. Add or Edit Incorrect Feedback Click Add/Edit incorrect feedback and type feedback text for an incorrect answer in the small window that appears. Add or Edit Hints Click Add/Edit hint. Type a hint for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 79

82 Add or Edit the Solutions Click Add/Edit solutions. Type the solution for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Remove a Link Click Add/Remove text link. Select a textbook link for the question in the small window that appears. When students answer the question, they will be able to click the link to access correlated information. Click Save & Close. 7. From the Difficulty level dropdown menu, select a difficulty level for the question. 8. Click the Make this question shareable by other instructors box if you would like to make the question available to other instructors of the course, or if you wish to make this question available in later semesters. 9. Click Save and Add to List. The numeric text entry question you created is saved and the questions table reopens. Creating an Essay Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Assignment Create Question page opens. Figure 93. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter in which to which you would like to add questions. Refer to the following steps for creating different question types. 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select Essay. 4. Click New. The Create Questions New (Essay) page appears. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 80

83 Figure 94. The Create Questions New (Essay) Page. 5. Fill in the fields using the guidelines that follow. Question title: Type a title for the question you are creating. Question text: Type the actual question text. 6. If necessary, select an action from the following steps. Add or Edit Hints Click Add/Edit hint. Type a hint for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Edit the Solution Click Add/Edit solution. Type the solution for the question in the small window that appears. Click Save & Close. Add or Remove a Link Click Add/Remove link. Select a textbook link for the question in the small window that appears. When students answer the question, they will be able to click the link to access correlated information. Click Save & Close. Change the Language Palette From the View language palette dropdown menu select the alternate language for use by students. If you select Spanish, a palette of Spanish characters, with accent marks, appears with the question. If you do not want to accept an alternate language, select None. 7. From the Difficulty level dropdown menu, select a difficulty level for the question. 8. Click the Make this question shareable by other instructors box if you would like to make the question available to other instructors of the course. 9. Click Save and Add to List. The essay question you created is saved and the questions table reopens. Removing a Question 1. Click the Create/Questions tab at the top of the Assignment section. The Create Questions page opens. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 81

84 Figure 95. The Create Questions Page. 2. From the Select a Chapter dropdown menu, select a chapter from which to which you would like to remove a question. 3. From the Define question type dropdown menu, select the question type that defines the question you would like to remove. 4. Click Browse Existing. A table with the matching question types appears. Figure 96. The Create Questions Page with Existing Questions. 5. Click a question in the Name column to open it. When the question opens. It displays the answer as well as any hints, links, solutions, and so on associated with the question. Review the question to ensure you would like to remove it. 6. For the question you would like to remove, click the remove link in the Action column. The question is deleted. Note: If the question is shared by other tests, you cannot remove it. A message will appear indicating that the question is in use. Click Back to List to return to the questions list. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 82

85 Instructor Gradebook The Gradebook section of egrade Plus presents the scores and statuses for all the assignments the students have completed or attempted. You can select an individual student to assess her performance on assignments and you can view the progress of the class as a whole. General Navigation in the Instructor Gradebook There are several prominent areas within the Gradebook. Click here to access gradebook options. Click a student name to review the student s work for each assignment Click here for the latest gradebook. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 83

86 Gradebook Operations The Gradebook Operations section presents a tool you can use for searching for a specific student name and selecting how many student names you would like to display on each page. It also provides a tool for exporting the Gradebook. 1. Click the Gradebook tab. The Student/Summary table opens. Click here to display additional tools. Figure 97. The Student/Summary Table. 2. Click Show Gradebook Operations. The page expands to display the search tool and the entries per page tool. Figure 98. The Student/Summary Table Expanded to Display the Gradebook Operations. 3. Manage the Gradebook using the steps in the following sections. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 84

87 Searching for a Student Name The Search tool is helpful if you would like to locate Gradebook information for an individual student. You can perform a search by first name, last name, or address. Continue from the steps in the Gradebook Operations section that precedes this section. 1. Type an entry for which you would like to search. 2. Click Apply. egrade Plus returns the results of the search. Figure 99. The Gradebook Search Results for the Letter M. 3. If the search located the student name you required, review the student assignment information. Exporting a Gradebook You can export a Gradebook into a CSV text file. A CSV file contains entries that are separated by commas. After you export the file, you can open it in another application. For example, you can open a CSV file in Microsoft Excel. Continue from the steps in the Gradebook Operations section that precedes this section. 1. Click the Export button. A page appears describing the operation that will occur. Click here to return to the gradebook. Figure 100. The Export Message Page. 2. Click the Export button. The Save As box will appear prompting you to specify a name and location on your hard drive for the file you are exporting. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 85

88 3. Specify a file name and location and click Save. The file is saved in the location you specified. 4. The Export page reappears. Click Student/Summary table in the navigation bar to return to the Gradebook. Viewing a Student s Assignments The Gradebook allows you to view individual student results for assignments. 1. Click the Gradebook tab. The Student/Summary table opens. Figure 101. The Student/Summary Table. 2. Click a student name in the Student column. The assignments for that student will display. Click here to return to the gradebook. Figure 102. The Assignment Results for an Individual Student. 3. Review the results, scores, and access records for the assignment. 4. If you would like to view the results for a different student, click Student/Summary table in the navigation bar. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 86

89 Manually Grading an Assignment When students submit essays or other assignments that require your review, you can review and grade them by accessing them through the Gradebook. The results of the manual review are recorded in your Gradebook. 1. Click the Gradebook tab. The Student/Summary table opens. This student has an item that is not yet graded. Figure 103. The Student/Summary Table with a To Be Graded Item. 2. Click a student name in the Student column. The assignments for that student will display. Figure 104. The Assignment Results for an Individual Student. The student has completed the assignment and the instructor needs to grade it. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 87

90 3. In the Name column, click an assignment that you would like to grade manually. A results page for the student s assignment opens. It displays each question within the assignment. The G indicates the assignment must be graded manually. Figure 105. The Students Results Page with an Ungraded Assignment. 4. Click the question name in the Question column that you would like to grade manually. A separate window opens and displays that student s answer. Select a grade. Add your comments. Figure 106. The Student Answer to the Assignment. 5. Review the assignment and select a score from the Manually grade dropdown menu. Type your comments for the student in the Comments box. 6. Click Grade. The Students Results page for the assignment reopens. It indicates that you have scored the assignment. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 88

91 This shows that the assignment has been scored. Figure 107. The Students Results Page with a Graded Assignment. 7. When you return to the Gradebook, it will indicate that the item has been graded. Figure 108. The Student/Summary Table with a Graded Assignment. Refreshing the Gradebook Content The gradebook indicates that you have scored the assignment. From time to time, you may need to update your Gradebook. For example, if you have manually graded a student s essay exam, but the Gradebook does not yet show the results of your work, refresh the display to show the most current settings. Continue from the steps in the Gradebook Operations section that precedes this section. Click the Refresh Gradebook button. The Gradebook will reappear and show the most current results. egrade Plus Instructor Training Guide Page 89