Welcome to Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online (KPDO)

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1 Welcome to Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online (KPDO) Introduction to the KPDO Instructor Portal The KPDO Instructor Portal provides you the tools you need to set up classes, monitor each student's work closely, and generate the reports you need to effectively and efficiently teach your classes. For the first time, all of the functionality is web-based, allowing you to access your class and student information from any computer with an internet connection. We recommend that you begin your KPDO experience by exploring the navigational features of KPDO, which are very different from the Keyboarding Pro DELUXE CD-ROM version. Learning how the user interface (UI) works across all functions will give you the ability to navigate easily through both the instructor and student portals, since they operate under the same set of rules. And because this is the first version to be web-based, we welcome your comments and suggestions for future releases. Please feel free to contact us at and let us know how you like the new Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online.

2 Create New Class To create a new class, use the following steps: 1. From the Class Management tab, click the Create New Class option. This will open the Preferences settings for a new class in the activity window. 2. When the window opens, a Lock/Unlock Preferences dialog box appears. You have the option of locking down Class Preferences, which means students can only change the Language option for personal preferences. The dialog box is only a reminder that Preferences can be Locked or Unlocked, and that the default is the Unlocked state. Click OK to close the dialog box. 3. Enter the Class Name in the top navigation bar. IMPORTANT: Class names can only be 30 characters (including spaces) in length, and cannot contain any special characters. For more information on allowed/disallowed characters, see Using Special Characters. 4. Enter the Lesson Range from the drop down menu. Your options are Lessons 1-25 (New Key Learning), Lessons 1-55 (New Key Learning and Word Processing), or Lessons (Advanced Word Processing). The Lesson Range may be changed at any point during the New Class set up until the class is saved.

3 IMPORTANT NOTE: Both a Class Name and a Lesson Range are required to continue with creating a class. 5. KPDO will validate the Class Name against other class names you may have created, and will verify that it is unique. If it isn t, you will be prompted to enter a different name. If the Class Name and Lesson Range are valid, the Preferences for the class will display in the active window You will be able to set the Preferences for this class by moving between the tabs across the top of the Preferences page. To enable a preference, check the box or select the radio button of your choice. NOTE: When radio buttons appear, such as in the Language section, a choice must be made. Check boxes indicate that a feature is not required. Click the Back and Next buttons to navigate through the Preference screens. When the Preferences have been set, click Save to save the class, or Cancel to exit without saving. If you click Cancel, a caution box will appear: Selecting Yes will cancel the class set up and open the Class Management left navigation pane. Selecting No will return you to the Create New Class window, where you can save the class set up.

4 Create Class From Existing Class This feature allows you to set up multiple sections of the same course (for example, Beginning Keyboarding) by copying the preferences from one class to another. The steps to follow are: 1. From the Class Management tab, click the Create New Class from Existing option 2. A dialog box will open in the active window asking you to select an Existing Class to copy from. 3. Select the name of the class you wish to copy, and click the Copy button. 4. A new dialog box will open requesting the new Class Name and Lesson Range. Enter a unique Class Name and Lesson Range. Click on the Save button.

5 5. KPDO will verify that the Class Name is unique to the class list you have built. If it is not, an error message requesting a new name will appear. 6. If the Class Name is valid, a confirmation message will appear with the class name, your name, and the Course Code assigned. 7. Click Close to exit the dialog box. Notes: When copying an existing class, the default lesson range appears for that class in the dialog box. You may change the lesson range for the new class if desired. However, preferences which are not applicable to the new lesson range with either not appear or be disabled.

6 Delete Class This option behaves in a different way from the CD-based Keyboarding Pro DELUXE because the databases now reside on Cengage servers instead of a local machine or area network. See the Notes section for important information on how to manage student communications if students are enrolled in a class you delete. The steps to delete (cancel) a class are: From the Class Management tab, click on the Delete Class option. 1. A list of your active classes will display in the active window. Highlight the class you wish to delete and click the Select button. 2. The Class Roster screen with the list of students who are enrolled in the class will be displayed. Their addresses are also displayed.

7 3. Verify that this is the class you wish to delete, and click the Delete button. A dialog box confirming that this is the class you want to delete will display If you click the No button, you will be returned to the active screen. At that point, you have the options to: 1) Click the Back key to return to the active class list and select another class to delete; or 2) click on any left navigation tab and work elsewhere in the program. If you click the Yes button, the following dialog box will appear. 6. If students are enrolled in this class, another dialog box will appear advising you to notify the enrolled students by E- mail that the class is cancelled. The student names are hyperlinks to your client program, so if you want to individually students, you can. Clicking the All button will put all registered students into the To: field on the .

8 7. If you click All, KPDO will look for your client (or ask you to pick one) and open it with the To field populated with the student names, a subject line, and message with your signature. You can edit this message freely before you send it. When the has been sent, you will be returned to the dialog box to close it by clicking the Close button. You are not required to send an to the student via KPDO. Simply click the Close button when this message displays to exit the option. 8. When the box is closed, the Class Management tab opens with no selections made so that you can choose your next operation. Notes: 1. The class preferences and any individual student preferences you may have saved for the deleted class will be deleted as well. Therefore, a student who enrolls in another class and who requires individual preferences will need to have those preferences set up in the new class. The deleted class preferences do not transfer.

9 Update Class Preferences This option allows you to edit the preferences set for any active class. The steps to change class preferences are: 1. Click on the Class Management tab (if not already opened) and click on the Update Class Preferences menu option. 2. Your Active Class List is displayed in the active window. Select the class you wish to change, then click on the Edit button.

10 3. The saved Preferences for the selected class are displayed in the window. You can either click directly on the tab names or use the Back/Next buttons to move from one set of preferences to the next, and make the changes you need. 4. If any changes are made to any of the tabs, the Revert button becomes enabled. If you decide that you do not want to save the changes you ve made, click the Revert button. KPDO will display the Class Preferences that were saved the last time the class was edited.

11 5. When the changes are complete, click the Save button. A dialog box will appear confirming that your changes have been saved for that class. 6. Click the Close button to open the left navigation menu to navigate to your next activity. Notes: 1. It is important to note that the REVERT function only returns the class settings to the last saved configuration, not to the default settings. If a class was created with the default settings changed and then saved, the default settings will not reappear. You will need to create a new class if you wish to return to the default settings. 2. Once the class settings have been changed, they will apply to all students enrolled in that class the next time the students log in to KPDO. The only exception is for students who have had individual student preferences created those changes will not be altered by the class changes.

12 Update Student Preferences The Update Student Preference s function is allowed only after a student has enrolled in the class. This function allows you to set individual student preferences that override the class preferences at any time. The steps to follow are: 1. From the Class Management tab, click on the Update Student Preferences menu option. 2. Select the class in which the student is enrolled from the drop down Class Name menu. If you re not sure which class the student is enrolled in, you can scroll and click through the class names. As each class is selected, the student roster will be dynamically displayed in the center pane.

13 3. Select the student name you wish to set preferences for, and click the Edit button. The Student Preferences tabs appear in the active window, with the Student Name, Class Name, and Lesson Range appearing in the top navigation bar You may navigate the different Preferences pages by either clicking on the tabs that appear across the top, or by clicking the Next or Back buttons. Each page offers you the option to either Use Class Preferences for that particular set of preferences, or Override Class Preferences (customize) that set of options for the student. The first time you view the screen, the Use Class Preferences radio button will be selected as a default. You will need to select Override Class Preferences in order to create specific student preferences.

14 6. The Revert button is tab-specific in that it only acts on the settings that are currently displayed. The Revert button is enabled only when the following two conditions are met: 1. The Student Preferences for this student have been edited and saved before. 2. The Override Class Preferences radio button is clicked. If the Revert button is clicked, the tab will show the last saved version of the student preferences for this student. 7. Once the changes to the Student Preferences are made, click the Save button. If you don t wish to save the changes, you may also click on any left navigation tab and proceed to another work area. Notes: 1. The Revert button is only enabled if this student s preferences have already been changed and saved previously. 2. The Lock/Unlock toggle / applies to all of the tabs in the Student Preferences screens. It may be changed globally from any screen by clicking on it.

15 Active Class List At any time, you can view the classes you ve created and saved in the Active Class List. This is the list that also populates the drop down menus in the Select Class fields for other tasks. To view active classes, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Class Management tab on the left navigation bar, then select the Active Class List menu option. 2. The Active Class List will open in the window. You will see the classes you ve created, along with the Course Code that has been assigned to that class, the Class ID, which is an identification number you may need when contacting Cengage Technical Support, the number of students currently enrolled in the class, and the date you created the class.

16 Create/Edit Timed Writings In this Topic Heading 2 You can create customized, personalized Timed Writings for all students who are enrolled within a specific Lesson Range class. For instance, a Timed Writing created for Lesson Range 1-55 will be available to all of the students who are in your Lesson 1-55 classes/sections. Create Timed Writings To create a Timed Writing, follow these steps: 1. On the Utilities tab, click the Create/Edit Timed Writings menu option to display the Timed Writings list. 2. If you have previously created Timed Writings, they will appear in the list displayed in the active window. At this point, if you wish to edit a Timed Writing that has already been saved, select the name of the Timed Writing, and the Edit button will become enabled. 3. To create a new Timed Writing, click on the Create New button. The template for creating Timed Writings appears in the window.

17 Enter a name for the Timed Writing. The name cannot exceed 30 characters including spaces, and special characters are not allowed. To see what characters are excluded, see Using Special Characters. Select the Lesson Range for the Timed Writing. Enter the text for the Timed Writing in the text entry screen. You may also cut and paste text from the Clipboard into this field. 7. You may enter single drill lines by using the ENTER key at the end of each line. Otherwise, use the word wrap feature in the text entry field. Students will use the word wrap feature when they key the Timed Writing. 8. When you have completed entering the Timed Writing, click the Save button. A dialog box will appear confirming that the Timed Writing was saved.

18 9. Click the Close button. The left navigation menu will open up with the Utilities tab menu displayed. Edit Timed Writings 1. To edit a Timed Writing, follow Steps 1 and 2 under Create Timed Writings above. Select the writing name and click the Edit button. 2. The Timed Writing you selected will be displayed in the window in Edit mode. You can now edit the Timed Writing. However, you cannot change the either the name or the lesson range for the Timed Writing once it has been saved. When you first click into the text area to edit, the Save button will become enabled.

19 3. When you have completed your edits, click on the Save button. The text editing window will close and the left navigation menu will open with the Utilities tab menu displayed. Notes: 1. You can create up to ten Timed Writings at one time. However, you are not limited to only 10 Timed Writings. When the template has been filled, a new one will be opened when you select Create New and you can enter 10 more new Timed Writings. A virtually unlimited number of Timed Writings can be saved. 2. A paragraph writing of sufficient length that most students will not complete in 5 minutes is recommended, although the writing should also not exceed 50 lines. A length of lines is average for a textbook keying-length exercise. 3. Avoid hyphenating words at the end of a line. If students make errors that affect line length, they may have to key a hyphen in words that should not be hyphenated in order to have their words match the ones in the source copy.

20 Create/Edit Keypad Timed Writings You can create supplemental, customized Keypad Timed Writings using this feature. The data sets you create are available to students, along with the standard group data sets, when they use the Keypad Timed Writing option in the Keypad lessons menu. To create or edit a Keypad Timed Writing, follow these steps: 1. On the Utilities tab, click the Create Keypad Timed Writings menu option Select the Keypad Timed Writing Supplement name that you wish to create or edit. If the selected keypad writing already contains data, an asterisk (*) appears next to the writing name. Click the Edit button. The Create/Edit Keypad Timed Writing window will appear.

21 4. Enter the data for each column. You can enter up to 10 columns of 6 numbers each. Use your cursor, or the Tab or Arrow key to navigate between the cells. Writings are set up by columns, so you will be navigated from row 1 to row 2 in Column 1 first. An orange frame appears around the next cell to enter data when you select the cell. 5. The Save button is enabled as soon as all cells within a column meet the following criteria: A valid numeric value has been entered into the cell, and If multiple columns contain data, the data is entered into the given number of columns contiguously from left to right (not all columns must have data, but those that do, must have all cells in all columns complete). If you mistakenly skip over a column, KPDO will not save the writing. When you have completed entering data into the table, click Save to save and close the Keypad Timed Writing. A

22 Notes: 1. message dialog box will appear confirming that the writing has been saved. You may fill in as many or few columns as you wish; however, a column must have all cells filled in to save the writing. If you have not completed your last column, an error message dialog box will appear The Back button will take you back to the Create/Edit Timed Writing menu window without saving the current worksheet. The Help button will bring you to this section of Help.

23 Create/View Production Tests In minitoc this Topic Heading 2 Create Production Test You can create Production Tests from documents that available for any module in the textbook. Once you've created a Production Test, you are able to view it using the All Tests button on the bottom navigation bar. Continue to scroll down to see instructions for viewing Production Tests. The steps to Create a Production Test are: 1. On the Utilities tab, click Create Production Test menu option. The Production Test data template will appear in the window Select the class for which you want to create the Production Test from the Select Class drop down menu, which displays your active classes. Select the textbook module you want to create the test for from the Production Test Module drop down menu. Enter a unique test name into the Test Name field. If the test name already exists, a dialog box will appear telling you to enter a unique test name. Once the test name is successfully entered, the All Documents left pane will be populated with all documents applicable to the module chosen.

24 Begin selecting the documents you want to have as part of the test from the All Documents menu in the left pane. To add a document, highlight it in the left pane and click the Add button. You may select multiple documents at a time by using the CTRL key. The documents you select will be moved from the left pane into the Production Test (right hand) pane. When documents are listed in the Production Test pane, the Up and Down buttons are enabled. At this point, you may rearrange the documents in the order you want them presented for the test by highlighting a document name. You may also remove a document from the test when the document name is highlighted by clicking on the Remove button. 8. When you have finished selecting and ordering the documents for your test, click the Create button. A confirmation dialog box will appear displaying the test with the selected documents in the order they will appear on the test.

25 9. Click the Close button to continue saving the test. A dialog box will appear confirming that your test has been saved. Notes: 1. Once a document has been selected for a test, it is removed from the All Documents list. Documents may only be assigned to one Production Test at a time. 2. Documents that are not selected for Production Tests may be used to create Daily Assignments. See Gradebook/Daily Assignments for more information. 3. A maximum of seven (7) documents may be selected for any Production Test. 4. The Reset button removes all documents selected in the Production Test pane and returns them to the All

26 5. Documents pane. At this point, you can begin the test document selection again or exit the window by clicking on another left menu tab. Once a Production Test has been saved, it cannot be edited. To return a document to the All Documents available status, you must delete the saved Production Test and create a new test to make changes. View Production Tests To view previously saved Production Tests, follow these steps: Click the Utilities tab and select the Create Production Test menu option. The right window will display the Create Production Test menu. Click the All Tests button in the bottom navigation bar. 3. To view a specific test, enter the Class Name and Module in the required fields. The test will display. At that time, you have the option of deleting the test, which returns those documents back to an active state under All Documents.

27 Create Gradebook Once grading parameters have been set for a class, you can create the gradebook and analyze your students performance using the grading metrics. Three things are required for the Create Gradebook feature to be clickable in the left navigation menu: Grading parameters must be set for the class; Students must be enrolled in the class; and At least one student has to have completed and successfully submitted results from one gradable activity for the given class. To create the gradebook, follow these steps: On the Gradebook tab, click the Create Gradebook menu option. Click on the Down arrow next to the Select Class data box to view a list of your active classes. Select the class you wish to create a gradebook for. You must select a class before proceeding, and the class must have Grading Parameters saved for it. The student records are displayed along with the grade values calculated based on the percentage weights you saved in the grading parameters. Thus, the Daily Assignments, Timed Writing, and Production Test scores will automatically calculate and populate the gradebook based on the data saved in KPDO and the weight percentages assigned to them. 4. The grade values for the Technique, Choice 1, Choice 2, and Objective Tests need to have their values entered manually. These are optional; you do not need to enter values if you don't wish to.

28 5. When the manual values have been entered, click the Calculate Grades button in the bottom navigation bar. In addition to the individual grades being calculated, KPDO will also display the calculated Class Average Grade based on all students performance. A dialog box confirming the gradebook creation will display. Click the Close button to close the box. At this point, you may either Export the Gradebook or click on a left navigation tab to perform another task.

29 Export Gradebook This feature allows you to transfer your students KPDO grades to another gradebook for example, to your school s LMS. KPDO will export the file as either an Excel spreadsheet or in CSV (comma separated values) format. To export your gradebook, follow these steps: If you have just completed the Create Gradebook process, you can click the Export Gradebook button at the bottom of the screen. Or you can click the Gradebook tab on the left navigation bar and select the Export Gradebook menu option. When the Export Gradebook screen opens, you must select the class for which you want to export the gradebook. 4. When the class has been selected, the Export File Format dialog box and the Export button will become active. Select whether you want the export to be in Excel (.xls) or CSV (comma separated values) format.

30 5. After selecting your preferred file format, click the Export button. The Windows Save dialog box will open, allowing you to rename the file and save it to your preferred folder.

31 6. When the file has been saved to the folder, the Save dialog box will close and you'll be returned to the KPDO Export Gradebook screen. You may now either export another gradebook, or click on any left tab navigation menu to perform other tasks.

32 Student Progress Reports Overview The <Insert Screen Name Here> screen is used to accomplish the following: Provide some instruction on what the screen is all about. Fields/Buttons/Areas Field Description Field 1 Field 2 This field allows you to configure the timeout delay. Values may range from zero to 99 The default value is 50. For detailed steps on how to configure the timeout delay and what it may affect, click here. (This would be a link to more detailed information) This field allows you to configure the update frequency. Values may range from 22 to 88 The default value is 47.

33 Lessons 1-25 Summary Report This report shows the student s results from all of the new key learning (1-25) lessons. The report shows the lesson number, the average and fastest speeds for the Build Skill activity, the speed and number of errors for Textbook Keying activities, the speed and number of errors for the Timed Writing Attempts 1 and 2, and the date the lesson was completed. Notes: The Textbook Keying Speed/Errors column represents the GWAM rate and the number of errors. If the BACKSPACE key was used to complete the Textbook Keying activity, it is represented by a dagger ( ) symbol. The Timed Writing Speed/Errors column represents the GWAM rate and number of error. If the BACKSPACE key was used to complete the Timed Writing, it is represented by a dagger ( ) symbol. The GWAM and Error rates for both Timed Writing attempts are reported in two separate columns. If a student has not completed an activity in a lesson, a double dash (--) appears. The lesson numbers are hyperlinks to the student s detailed lesson report, which includes the keying exercise with errors marked.

34 Numeric Keypad Report This report shows the results of all of the Numeric Keypad Lessons. The report displays the lesson number, the date completed, and both the average and fastest Keypad Build Skill Keystrokes Per Minute (KSPM) rates. Notes: 1. The lesson numbers are hyperlinks to the student s actual work file.

35 Keypad Timed Writings Report This report shows the results of all of the Keypad Timed Writings from both the textbook and the supplemental writings. The report displays the Timed Writing group, the date completed, the fastest KSPM rate, the average KSPM rate, and the Error rate. Notes: 1. The group numbers are hyperlinks to the student s detailed lesson report for the Keypad Timed Writings. Incorrectly keyed entries are marked by a red x. 2. If the Backspace key was used in the Timed Writing, the dagger ( ) symbol is displayed next to the Timed Writing name.

36 Skill Analysis Report This report shows the student s initial keyboarding attempt plus the five most recent attempts. The report displays the date the writing was completed, the writing length, GWAM rates, Error rates, and Accuracy percentages (based upon settings saved for the class or student in the Preferences ). Notes: The Writing Length column represents the time in minutes allocated for completing the writing. The Initial Attempt column represents the first time the student takes the Skill Analysis Timed Writing. You have the option in Class Preferences to make this a requirement for every student before they start the class. Students are then free to take a Skill Analysis Timed Writing any time thereafter. Regardless of how many times a student does the Skill Analysis Timed Writing, this report displays the five most recent attempts.

37 Skill Building - Speed Report This report contains information for lessons completed in Speed mode in the Skill Building module of KPDO, including the date the lesson/activity was completed. The Sentences and Paragraphs section displays the average fastest speed. The Measurement and Assessments columns show GWAM rate/ Errors rate/ Average Speed. Notes: The lesson numbers are hyperlinks to the student s detailed lesson report. The Average Fastest Speed/Sentences column represents the average of the fastest speed keyed for each individual drill line in the activity. If the BACKSPACE key was used during an activity, the dagger ( ) symbol is displayed next to its name. If a student has not completed an activity, double dashes (--) will be displayed in the results field. Lesson Range 1-25 does not include a drill practice report for Skill Building. Lesson Range does not include a Skill Building Speed report.

38 Skill Building - Accuracy Report This report contains information for lessons completed in Accuracy mode in the Skill Building module of KPDO, including the date each lesson/activity was completed. The Sentences and Paragraphs section displays the average fastest speed. The Measurement and Assessments columns show the GWAM rate/errors rate/average Speed. Notes: 1. Lesson numbers are hyperlinks to the student s detailed lesson report. 2. The Best CWAM paragraphs column displays the CWAM (Corrected words per minute) rate. 3. The Best Accuracy Sentences column displays Errors/GWAM rate. 4. If the BACKSPACE key was used during an activity, the dagger ( ) symbol is displayed next to its name. 5. If a student has not completed an activity, double dashes (--) will be displayed in the results field. 6. Lesson Range 1-25 does not include a drill practice report for Skill Building. 7. Lesson Range does not include a Skill Building Accuracy report.

39 Technique Builder Report This report displays the student's work in the Technique Builder activities. The report shows the exercise completed, page number from the textbook, number of lines keyed, GWAM rate, Errors rate, and the date of completion. Notes: 1. If an exercise is completed more than once, every attempt is stored and counted separately. 2. The student s last 20 attempts are reported, regardless of how many attempts a student may make. 3. Exercise names are hyperlinks to the student s detailed lesson report.

40 Drill Practice Report This report contains the results of the student s Drill Practice activities. The report displays the drill type and number of lines completed for each drill type. It also shows the total words keyed, total errors, and the percentage of words correctly keyed. Notes: 1. The number of lines completed column displays how many lines were completed in the drill practice for each of the keyboarding techniques.

41 About Student Progress Reports All of the reporting functions in Keyboarding Pro DELUXE are available in the online version. KPDO s powerful reporting functions allow you to monitor and assess your students progress in the course in many different ways. The reports are divided into two main categories: Student Progress Reports, which focus on a specific student s work, and Class Summary Reports, which show all students work for a specific lesson or activity. Student Progress reports require selecting a specific class and student to view. From the reports, you can hyperlink to the actual work performed by the student to perform further analysis. To view a Student Progress Report, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Reports tab in the left navigation bar, then click on the Choose Student menu option at the top of the menu. The Select Class window will display. Use the drop down menu to pick the class from your active class list 2. The window will display the student names who are currently enrolled in the class. Highlight the student whose report you wish to view, and click the Select button. The window will close and the left navigation Reports menu is enabled. You may now select any of the progress reports in the menu, as well as any of the Performance Graphs, for that student. To view another student s progress reports, you can click on Choose Student again, and select another class/student from the lists. When Select is clicked, that student s record becomes the default record for those reports. Add/View Comments As an instructor, you can add or view comments appended to individual student progress reports. When you open a student progress report for a specific student, the Add/View Comment buttons appear on the top right side of the screen. You may click these buttons at any time while viewing the reports to either add a comment or view the comments you ve already written. Your student can then view your comments when they are viewing their reports. Students do not, however, have the ability to add/respond to comments. To Add/View Comments, follow these steps:

42 Click on the Reports left navigation tab. Click Choose Student at the top of the menu. When the Class Selection window opens, select the Class Name in which the student is enrolled. Select the student you wish to view. Select the Student Progress Report you wish to view. The Add Comment and View Comments buttons appear. If no comments have been saved for the student, the View Comments button will be disabled. 6. To add a comment, click the Add Comment button. A comments window will open to allow you to enter your comment.

43 7. Once a comment has been saved, the View Comments button is enabled. Note that the total number of comments is indicated next to the button name. 8. To view your comments to this student, click the View Comments button. All comments for all reports for this specific student can be viewed from any Student Progress Report.

44 9. The Add/View Comments feature is not available when viewing the student s Performance Graphs.

45 Best Timed Writings Report This report shows the student s best timed writings for 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute and 5 minute intervals. The report displays the writing name, date and time the writing was completed, the timing length of the writing, GWAM, Errors, whether BACKSPACE was used, and a letter grade if applicable based on the calculations saved in Class Preferences. Notes: 1. The report displays the three or five (selected in Preferences ) best writing attempts from all timed writings completed as of the date the report is generated for each of the four timing lengths: 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, and 5 minutes. It does not matter whether the Timed Writing was done inside a lesson or through the Timed Writings tab. 2. These are the best writing attempts. They could be different from the most recent attempts, which are reported in the Last 40 Timed Writings report. 3. Each timed writing name in the report is a hyperlink to the student s detailed work file for that writing. 4. Grades are displayed in the report only if you enabled them in the Class Preferences and selected which length of timings to grade in the Gradebook.

46 Last 40 Timed Writings Report This report shows the student s most recent 40 timed writings, regardless of the length or performance score. The report displays the writing name, date and time the writing was completed, the length in time of the writing, GWAM, Errors, whether BACKSPACE was used, and a letter grade if applicable based on the calculations saved in Class Preferences. Notes: The report displays information on the 40 most recently keyed timed writings, regardless whether they were completed inside a lesson or through the Timed Writings tab. For best performance scores, see the Best Timed Writings Report. Each timed writing name in the report is a hyperlink to the student s detailed work file, where you can view the keyed drill lines with errors highlighted and the error diagnostics report.

47 Cumulative Diagnostics Report The Cumulative Error Diagnostic Report displays the aggregated error diagnostics reports for any timing completed in Lessons 26 or beyond or any timing listed on the Timed Writings tab. Timings completed in the Word Processor are not included. The errors are broken down into the categories of Finger Errors, Row Errors, Key Reach Errors, and Miscellaneous errors for each timed writing taken. Notes: 1. KPDO automatically begins recording error diagnostics from the time the class is created and a student begins their work. 2. You can erase accumulated diagnostics data by clicking on Update Class Preferences, navigating to the General tab, and clicking the Clear Error Diagnostics button at the top right of the page. At that point, KPDO will overwrite all previously saved diagnostics data and reset the diagnostics tracking.

48 WORD 2010 Documents Report This report shows the student s performance with the WORD 2010 activities by lesson number. The report displays the document activity name, the date completed, the number of passes/edits the student made to complete the activity, the GWAM rate, Error rate, total time required to complete the activity, and a grade. Notes: This report applies only to Lesson Ranges 1-55 and Only documents that have been completed are displayed in this report. The documents are grouped together by lesson number. The number of edits displayed represents the number of edits made during the last pass the student made with the document. Total time is the amount of time taken to complete the most current pass. All document names hyperlink to the latest edit for the current pass of the document. When you click on the hyperlink, WORD 2010 will launch, and you can navigate between completed WORD documents without having to close and reopen WORD.

49 Production Tests Report This report shows the student s production test results. The report displays the document name, date completed, pass number, GWAM rate, Errors, total time required to complete the test, and grade. You can add comments to this report which can be viewed by the student in their reports view. Notes: 1. This report applies only to Lesson Ranges 1-55 and As long as one document can be checked, results will be reported. 3. The Pass number is the number of times the student attempted to complete the test. 4. Average GWAM rate is calculated across all of the documents within the test. 5. Total Pass Time represents the total time required to complete each document as well as the total time required to complete the production test. 6. The Error rate represents the number of errors occurring in each document. The total error count for all documents in the test is also displayed. 7. The document names are hyperlinks to the actual keyed documents. When you click on the hyperlink, WORD 2010 will launch, and you can navigate between completed WORD documents without having to close and re-open WORD.

50 Gradebook Report The Gradebook Report shows the student s grade in each of the grading parameters for the class. You can add comments to this report which the student will be able to read in their Gradebook Report view.

51 About Student Performance Graphs Performance graphs represent the student s performance in a graphical format. 1. The Lessons graph shows the average/fastest speed for the Build Skill activity in Lessons. 2. The Skill Building Accuracy graph shows the fastest speed with fewest errors for the Measurement activity in Skill Building Accuracy mode.

52 3. The Skill Building Speed graph shows the fastest speed achieved for the Measurement activity in Skill Building Speed mode.

53 4. The Keypad Lessons graph shows the average/fastest speed for the Build Skill activity in the Keypad Lessons.

54 5. The Timed Writing graph shows the best three or five timed writings for each of the 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute and 5 minute timing lengths.

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56 About Class Summary Reports The Class Summary Reports provide an overview to all students work within a specific class. Each of the eight reports displays the data by student name. The student names are hyperlinks to the individual student progress reports for more detailed views. To view a Class Summary Report, follow these steps: Click on the Reports left navigation tab. When the menu opens, click on the Choose Class menu option in the middle of the menu. A dialog box appears with a drop down menu for Lesson Ranges. When you select a Lesson Range, all classes you have created for that lesson range will be displayed in the section below. Select the class you wish to view summary reports on, and click the Select button. All class summary reports will display that class s data.

57 Lesson Summary Reports The Summary Lessons 1-25 Report details the activities built around New Key Learning (Lesson Range 1-25). The columns display average GWAM for the Build Skill activity in these lessons for each student. Note: 1. If the Lesson Range for the class is Lessons , this report will not be available.

58 Class Summary Skill Building Reports Skill Building Accuracy Summary Report This report details the Skill Builder Lessons A-T in Accuracy mode for each student. The average GWAM rate achieved in the Measurement writings is reported. Skill Building Speed Summary Report This report details the Skill Builder Lessons A-T in Speed mode for each student. The average GWAM rate achieved in the Measurement writings is reported.

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60 Class Summary Timed Writing Report The Timed Writings Summary Report shows the last three or five timed writing attempts taken by each student for each of the timed writing lengths (1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, and 5 minutes). The average GWAM for each of the timed writing lengths is displayed.

61 Class Summary WORD 2010 Report This report summarizes the students results data for each WORD 2010 activity within the lessons. To view the Class Summary WORD 2010 Report, follow these steps: 1. Click on the WORD 2010 Class Summary Report from the Reports tab menu. The Report screen will display. Select the Lesson Number you wish to view class work on from the drop down list. 2. Next, select the Document from the drop down list. Then click the Generate button.

62 3. The report will display on screen. The student names are hyperlinks to the WORD document. Clicking on the link will launch WORD 2010 and display the student's work.

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64 Class Summary Production Tests Report This report summarizes the students results data for each production test. It reports the student name, the date the production test was completed, number of pass/edits, GWAM rate, Errors, and Total Time required to complete the test. To view the Production Test Summary Report, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Production Test report name under Class Summary Reports in the Reports left nav tab. The Production Test Summary Report screen will display. 2. Select the Lesson number for the Production Test report you wish to view from the drop down list and click the Generate button..

65 3. The names of the students are hyperlinks to their Production Test documents. When you click on the link, WORD 2010 will launch and open the first document of the Production Test for the student. You will be able to navigate from document to document within WORD 2010 to view the students' work.

66 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Class Gradebook Report This report displays the grades each student has earned for each of the grading parameters.

67 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Class Summary Keypad Lessons Report This report summarizes the students performance results on completed Keypad lessons. It reports average KSPM speed taken from the Build Skill activity in each Keypad lesson.

68 1.2 Navigating KPDO Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online Help includes the following tabs: Contents Index Search The Contents pane displays the table of contents topic headers and topics that represent the categories of information in the online Help system. When you click a topic header, it expands to display its topics. When you click an expanded topic header, it collapses. When you topics, you select Help content to view in the right-hand pane. The Index tab displays a multi-level list of keywords and keyword phrases. These terms are associated with topics in the Help system and they are intended to direct you to specific topics according to your way of working. When you type a question or the keyword in this Help system's Search pane, related topics are displayed that you can link to. Search field operates with Word Scroll which populates your search results as you enter characters.

69 For Instructors with Keyboarding Pro DELUXE experience Many of the features that have made Keyboarding Pro Deluxe the powerful learning program it is have been retained for the online version. However, there is a key difference between the CD-based product and this online web version. For the CD product, all of the program functions take place on the user s computer. Because it is hosted by Cengage and delivered via the Internet, KPDO has some functionality that is very different from the CD program. The following key differences should be noted by instructors who have experience using the CD-based program. What s New and Different Using Left Navigation Menu instead of a Home Page KPDO uses the left navigation menus to provide you instant access to the area of the program you want to go to, instead of forcing you back to a Utilities Home Page to make another selection. In addition, you will see that there are far fewer dialog boxes in KPDO, because you can navigate to any part of the program without having to shut down the existing window. For example, if you change class preferences, but then want to see a student report, you only need to click on the REPORTS tab in the left navigation pane. Easier Navigation Through Multiple WORD Documents and Production Tests KPDO offers you the ability to move between students completed documents without having to close and then reopen WORD. Student Accounts Are Automatically Set Up and Managed by Cengage Learning. Because KPDO is managed through the Cengage Learning Single Sign On (SSO) System, the students set up their own accounts to access any of Cengage s learning programs, including KPDO. The student information is transferred automatically to your class via a token that is generated by SSO for KPDO. In short, you do not need to enter student account information. But you can set individual student preferences once the student is successfully enrolled in your class. Create Up to 10 Timed Writings At a Time. The new KPDO Interface provides you with the ability to create an unlimited number of Timed Writings within a template that allows you to create ten at a time. New Accessibility Features for Users Students can increase and decrease the font size of text in the areas in which they key drill line, sentences, paragraphs and keypad data. New Toggle Feature Allows "Next-to-Real Time" Student Work Views You can toggle into any of your students' "view" to see their completed work in near real time. You'll also be able to view their preferences and reports. View All Class Names and Course Codes in One Screen. The new Active Class List feature in the Instructor Utilities gives you a 1-step look up of all your class names with their course codes for easy copying and pasting. Clicking on the class name brings up the enrolled student roster for that class for even faster look ups.

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71 About the KPDO Instructor Portal Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online (KPDO) is a web-based instructional application that makes use of portals defined by the user type. Although the program is built as a single application, it presents itself differently depending upon the type of user logging in whether that s an instructor, a student, or a Cengage administrator. See Roles for more detailed information about how KPDO alters depending on the type of user. In this HELP System, we refer to the Instructor Portal as the view of the program that provides instructors with the utilities they need to manage their classes and students, set up their gradebooks, and access their reports. The Student Portal is the view students see to take their online course. The navigational rules are the same between portals, providing a seamless navigational experience for the instructor who needs to see what the student is seeing. IMPORTANT NOTE: Because KPDO is hosted on Cengage servers, the program cannot remain inactive on your screen for longer than 1 hour. If you time out, you will be notified with a caution dialog box and asked to log in again.

72 Navigating Instructor Help Overview The <Insert Screen Name Here> screen is used to accomplish the following: Provide some instruction on what the screen is all about. Fields/Buttons/Areas Field Description Field 1 Field 2 This field allows you to configure the timeout delay. Values may range from zero to 99 The default value is 50. For detailed steps on how to configure the timeout delay and what it may affect, click here. (This would be a link to more detailed information) This field allows you to configure the update frequency. Values may range from 22 to 88 The default value is 47.

73 Navigating the KPDO Instructor Portal Understanding the KPDO Shell The User Interface (UI) for Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online (KPDO) has been designed to provide easy navigation regardless of where you are in the program. The basic shell of the program looks like this for the Instructor view: The KPDO shell is divided into several navigation zones as follows: Top Navigation Bar: The top navigation bar remains static regardless of which menu or function you are using. These functions include: Instructor Welcome Instructions: The first time you log in to KPDO, a welcome page with basic information about KPDO appears. On subsequent log ins, you are presented with the Class Management/Create New Class screen as a starting point. To access the Welcome information at any time, click on the Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online product name. Instructor/Student Toggle buttons: These buttons allow you to switch views between the Instructor and Student portals as necessary. To return to a view, click on the appropriate button. See The Use of Roles / Toggle for more information on how this functionality can be used.

74 Breadcrumb Trail: You can easily see which part of the KPDO program you are in by viewing the breadcrumb trail. If you need to navigate to the previous screen, you can click on the breadcrumb trail on the word(s) for the area you want to go to, and the hyperlink will display the page you re looking for. Word Processor button: The Word Processor button is not enabled in the Instructor View, but appears so that you can easily transition between the Instructor and Student views and know how to access it. Global Help: This button launches the KPDO Instructor Help system in a new browser window. The Contents search pane will open automatically. Log Out: The Log Out button will save your work and close your KPDO session, returning you to your Cengage Learning SSO dashboard. Bottom Navigation Bar: At the bottom of the KPDO screen, buttons and instructions will appear that are specific to the screen you are viewing. In addition, the buttons will enable/disable based upon your current activity in the screen. See Basic Navigation Tools and Buttons for more detailed information about how the buttons work. Left Pane Navigation Menus The top level KPDO navigation appears on the left side of the screen (left pane) as tabs. For students, this is the primary access to lessons, skill building activities, timed writings, and other activities. For instructors, the tabs identify key workflows such as class management, reports, and utilities.

75 The menus behave the same way across all of the KPDO portals, although they have different content. For instance, the tabs the student would see include Lessons, Skill Building, Timed Writings, and other learning activities. As an instructor, you ll see workflow-specific tabs such as Class Management, Utilities, Reports and Gradebook. The image below shows the different left navigation menu systems for each type of user. When the tabs are clicked, they open to display the menus. Once a selection is made, the left nav menu will close, allowing you to view your selected activity in full screen.

76 Right Navigation Menus The Student Portal is the only view that contains additional menus on the right side of the screen. When a student makes a selection from the left navigation menu, such as a lesson, KPDO will open to the first activity within the lesson. The other activities associated with that specific lesson appear in the right drop down menu box so that a student can navigate between different activities within a lesson without having to go back to the left navigation menu pane.

77 Special Welcome to New KPDO Instructors If you have never used Keyboarding Pro DELUXE before, you ll find it to be a highly engaging and results-oriented keyboarding and word processing instruction application. It accompanies the famed South-Western College Keyboarding textbooks, which have been teaching people to type and perform word processing functions successfully for over 100 years. This new online version of the software offers you the following important features: Comprehensive automatic grading and reporting Class set up and preference flexibility to match your style of teaching Automatic student registration in your classes Comprehensive views into your students work Sophisticated programming that tracks errors and accuracy to a high degree, allowing students to self-diagnose and remediate specific reaches or combination reaches, guaranteeing increased speed and accuracy as the student progress through the lessons.

78 Navigating the Instructor Help System The KPDO Help system is available in two different ways. The Global Help is always available by clicking the HELP button in the top right hand corner of the screen. When this button is clicked, the entire HELP file contents are displayed in a new window, with the Contents navigation pane opened. This is ideal for browsing all of the Help content, especially if you are new to the Keyboarding Pro DELUXE program. Contextual Help is available through the Help button that appears in the bottom of the screen. This Help button will navigate you directly to the content related to the specific screen you are viewing. For example, if you are in a Reports screen and click the Help button at the bottom for the screen, you will be taken to the Help content that specifically addresses that report. This is ideal for fast look ups when you are actually working inside the program. Contents The HELP Content file displays topics and subtopics in the HELP system, much like a Table of Contents does in a printed book. When you click a topic header, it expands to display any subtopics that are associated with it. You can expand and collapse the topics as you wish. When you click on a topic, the right-hand pane in the Help window will display the topic, along with hyperlinks to related topics. Index The Index is organized to help you find specific topics such as Timed Writings, Reports, and other key functions of the KPDO program. When you click on the topic in the Index, the Help content will display in the right-hand pane in the Hel window. Hyperlinks to related content can help you find the specific information you re looking for quickly and efficiently. Search The Search function in HELP allows you to enter a keyword and perform a look up of all topics related to that keyword. For example, if you enter the keyword Skill Building, you will be directed to the Help content related to the Skill Building tab, the Accuracy and Speed modes of Skill Building, and other related topics. Related topics will be displayed in the left hand pane when the search is complete. Clicking on the topic will open up the content in the right-hand pane. Hyperlinks within the content will take you to related information. Helpful Hints 1. Words in Bold type are the screen instruction as they appear in KPDO. Therefore, if you see the instruction Click on the CLOSE button, you will know that the Close button is what to look for on screen. In some instances, the word will also be a blue hyperlink color. But if it s in bold font, that same verbiage appears on screen. 2. Hyperlinks are underscored and appear in blue font color. Clicking on a hyperlink will take you to other related information within the HELP System.

79 Navigating the KPDO Instructor Portal Understanding the KPDO Shell The User Interface (UI) for Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online (KPDO) has been designed to provide easy navigation regardless of where you are in the program. The basic shell of the program looks like this for the Instructor view: The KPDO shell is divided into several navigation zones as follows: Top Navigation Bars: The top navigation bar remains static regardless of which menu or function you are using. These functions include: Instructor Welcome Instructions: The first time you log in to KPDO, a welcome page with basic information about KPDO appears. On subsequent log ins, you are presented with the Class Management/Create New Class screen as a starting point. To access the Welcome information at any time, click on the Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online product name. Instructor/Student Toggle buttons: These buttons allow you to switch views between the Instructor and Student portals as necessary. To return to a view, click on the appropriate button. See The Use of Roles / Toggle for more information on how this functionality can be used. Breadcrumb Trail: You can easily see which part of the KPDO program you are in by viewing the breadcrumb trail. Word Processor button: The Word Processor button is not enabled in the Instructor View, but appears so that you can easily transition between the Instructor and Student views and know how to access it. Global Help: This button launches the KPDO Instructor Help system in a new browser window. The Contents search pane will open automatically. Log Out: The Log Out button will save your work and close your KPDO session, returning you to your Cengage Learning SSO dashboard.

80 Bottom Navigation Bar: At the bottom of the KPDO screen, buttons and instructions will appear that are specific to the featureyou are viewing. In addition, the buttons will enable/disable based upon your current activity in the screen. See Basic Navigation Tools and Buttons for more detailed information about how the buttons work. Left Pane Navigation Menus: The top level KPDO navigation appears on the left side of the screen (left pane) as tabs. For students, this is the primary access to lessons, skill building activities, timed writings, and other activities. For instructors, the tabs identify key workflows such as class management, reports, and utilities. The menus behave the same way across all of the KPDO portals, although they have different content. For instance, the tabs the student would see include Lessons, Skill Building, Timed Writings, and other learning activities. As an instructor, you ll see workflow-specific tabs such as Class Management, Utilities, Reports and Gradebook. The image below shows the different left navigation menu systems for each type of user. When the tabs are clicked, they open to display the menus. Once a selection is made, the left nav menu will close, allowing you to view your selected activity in full screen.

81 Right Navigation Menus: The Student Portal is the only view that contains additional menus on the right side of the screen. When a student makes a selection from the left navigation menu, such as a lesson, KPDO will open to the first activity within the lesson. The other activities associated with that specific lesson appear in the right drop down menu box so that a student can navigate between different activities within a lesson without having to go back to the left navigation menu pane.

82 Basic Navigational Tools and Buttons Because KPDO is a web-based program, it has been designed to conform with best industry practices and accessibility requirements for web programs. The following terms are used throughout the HELP information to reference the behaviors of screens, buttons, panes, and other components when different actions are taken. Active: The screen or part of the screen is active when the cursor can act on buttons or other elements, or text can be entered into the screen. A lesson activity, when opened, is active when the student begins his/her work. Inactive : The screen or part of the screen has been frozen so that another activity can take place on top of it. For example, when a dialog box appears, it is the active part, and the KPDO screen behind it is grayed out or inactive. Enabled : Buttons, icons, tabs, and other navigational elements are enabled or disabled based on their role relevant to what is appearing on the screen. For example, if a button appears in blue or orange colors and solid background, it is enabled. Disabled : Buttons, icons, tabs, and other navigation elements may not be active for a particular activity or dialog box. For example, a Next button may appear grayed out until a student or class has been selected. This merely means that a selection must be made in order for the button to work. Some tabs, like the Word Processor tab in the top navigation bar can be permanently disabled in the Instructor view, but enabled in the Student view. NOTE ABOUT THE STUDENT PORTAL: For all timed activities, the student portal (full shell) is disabled and appears behind the white semi-transparent background until students either leave or complete their timed activity. Dynamic : Elements on the screen that change based upon the current information and state of the screen. The UI has been been designed to intelligently display or not display information based upon such variables as Lesson Range, Skill Building Mode, diagnostics, and other variables. Static : Elements on the screen that never change, regardless of where you are in the program. An example would be the Keyboarding Pro DELUXE Online product name in the top left of the screen. This element always appears, and always links to the Instructor Welcome informational page. Menu Panes/Tabs Left Pane Navigation Menus/Tabs: The KPDO shell uses left side panes with tabs for the high level menu options in KPDO. These tabs/menus differ between the three portals. But they behave in the same manner regardless of which portal they open and close with clicks or activating some other part of the KPDO program screen. Right Screen Drop Down Menus: Because Lessons and Skill Building have multiple activities associated with specific learning objectives, those activities are viewed on the right side of the screen in a drop down menu. The menu selection is based on which lesson or skill building option is chosen. Navigational Buttons The following buttons appear throughout the KPDO application and behave consistently. What you will notice is that, if an option is not available, the button for that function will be grayed out until you have either completed an action or moved to another part of the workflow. So you'll always know what next steps you can take just by looking at the navigational buttons.

83 The BACK button will either move you to the previous screen viewed or, if the view contains multiple tabs, between the tabs (for example, in the Class and Student Preferences screens). The CANCEL button another action. stops the current action and opens the left navigation menus for you to select The CLOSE button appears on all dialog/message boxes, and takes you back to the active screen. The DELETE button The HELP button will remove a data item from a screen. takes you to the Contextual Help screen for that particular action. The NEXT button will either move you to the next activity/screen in the menu sequence or, if the view contains multiple tabs, between the tabs (for example, in the Class and Student Preferences screens). The SAVE button The SELECT button The SUBMIT button back to you. saves your work to the KPDO database. confirms the choice you've made on screen. makes the information request to the database server, which will display the results Dialog Boxes Dialog boxes perform different functions within KPDO. They can be cautionary ( Do you want to exit without saving? ), error warnings ( Class name is not unique. Please enter a unique class name. ), informational ( Locked/Unlocked Preferences ), or confirmational ( Class created ). The dialog boxes appear in front of the main screen, which is inactive, and require either a Close, Save, Yes/No, / All or OK response from you.

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85 Set Class Grading Parameters In minitoc this Topic Heading 2 Heading 3 This is the first step for setting up a gradebook for your class. Grading parameters are the settings you wish to use to determine what grade levels should be assigned to speed and accuracy rates achieved by each student. When these levels are set, KPDO will automatically grade your students results on selected activities and record those grades to the gradebook for the class. To set the gradebook grading parameters, follow these steps: 1. From the Gradebook tab, click on the Set Grading Parameters menu option. The Set Grading Parameters main set up page will display in the right hand window. 2. Select the class name you wish to set parameters for from the drop down menu of your active classes. 3. The Set Grading Parameters main screen will appear. If you have not previously set grading parameters for the class you chose, the KPDO default settings will appear. At this point, you may customize the settings for this class. What the Parameters Mean You can either use the default settings for the parameters or customize them to meet your own grading requirements. Customizable settings are available for Technique, Timed Writing, Daily Assignment, Production Tests, and Final Test. You may alter the percentage weights for the values for each of the grading parameters on this page. However, all of the parameters together must equal 100% total. A total appears at the bottom of the list so that you can ensure that all parameter weights added together equal 100. KPDO will not allow you to save the gradebook if the weighting percentages do not equal 100.

86 Setting Grade Values At this point, you may set the grade values for the class using the 100 point scale to define what scores merit which letter grade from A to D-. The values for each grade are the minimum score for that letter grade. KPDO assumes that any score below the minimum score for D- is automatically graded an F letter grade. IMPORTANT NOTE: Grade values are set in descending order from left (A) to right (D-). The value entered for each grade is the minimum score required for that grade. KPDO uses whole integers for grade values; therefore, the rule for setting the values is that the A grade is higher than the A- grade, the A- grade is higher than the B+ grade, and so forth. Any score that falls between the minimum value for a specific grade and the value for the next highest grade (to the left) will be assigned the minimum value grade. For example, in the illustration above, a student who scores an 82 will be assigned a B- grade since 83 is required for a B grade. If you enter a grade value that does not meet the above criteria, an error dialog box will appear with the values recommendation for that grade.

87 Technique Only the percentage weight you assign to Technique is customizable. Timed Writing You may customize the Timed Writing weight percentage, and also customize the Timed Writing grading parameters that KPDO will use to calculate the weighted grade. To customize the Timed Writing grade, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Timed Writing hyperlink. The Timed Writing settings window will display. 2. Timed Writing grades are based upon GWAM rates. Select the timing length(s) you wish KPDO to grade on, and enter the GWAM rates for each grade level. GWAM rates must be entered in descending order from left to right (A to D).

88 3. 4. The Reset button may be used to clear the grid and begin again or exit without saving. When you have entered the GWAM rates, click the Save button to save and close. A dialog box confirming the saved Timed Writing values will display. Click Close to return to the main Grading Parameters menu page. Daily Assignment Use this link to grade documents created in WORD Daily Assignments does not apply to Assessment and Tests. To set up grading parameters for a Daily Assignment, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Daily Assignment hyperlink. The Daily Assignments set up window will display. 2. Select the Module name from the drop down list. 3. Select the documents for the assignment. The All Documents left pane will populate with the documents available for that Module. Select the document(s) you wish to include in an assignment and click the Add button. The document names will be moved to the Selected Documents pane to the right.

89 Select the grading parameters for the assignment. Three choices are available in the All Grading Parameters box to the left GWAM, ERROR, or EDIT (number of edits allowed). Highlight any combination of the three and click the Add button. The choices you made will now appear in the Grading Parameters box on the right. RECOMMENDATION: Select only the most important parameter for a grade. Although you can grade any combination of the three parameters, the grades will be averaged. Grading only one parameter will be more meaningful to students. Enter values for each parameter selected in the box at the bottom of the page. Note that selecting a parameter above activates the column for grade below. Since EDIT was not selected as a parameter, the Edits column is not active. The Reset button will clear all documents and grading parameters from the selected boxes and erase any values entered into the grade values boxes. At this point, you may either begin again or exit the window by clicking on another left navigation tab. Click the Save button to save the assignment. A dialog box will confirm that the assignment has been saved. Click the Close button to return to the main Grading Parameters window.

90 Managing Daily Assignments You may review the previously saved Daily Assignments for this class by following these steps: Select the Class Name from the drop down menu. Click the Manage Assignments button. The Daily Assignments list will appear in the window. Production Tests To set the grading parameters for Production Tests, follow these steps: 1. Click on the Production Tests hyperlink from the Set Grading Parameter s main menu. The Production Test grading parameters window will display. 2. Select the Module for which you want to set grading parameters for from the drop down menu. Click on Select Module to display the production tests that are associated with the module in the Select Production Test box on the left. If you have created a production test for a module (see Create/View Production Tests), it will also be listed.

91 3. 4. Select the production test(s) you wish to set parameters for and click the Add button. The test names will be moved to the Selected Production Test box on the right. If more than one Production Test is added, you have the ability to reorder the tests by using the Up or Down buttons. Use the Remove button to delete a Production Test from the box. It will be returned to the Select Production Test box on the left. Set the grade values for the test(s). You must enter a GWAM and Error rate for each grade level. Note that the values must meet the following criteria to be saved: a. b. c. GWAM: The A value must be greater than the B value, the B value must be greater than the C value, and the C value must be greater than the D value. Errors: The A value must be less than the B value, the C value must be less than the B value, and the D value must be less than the C value. If the criteria are not met, the cells with incorrect point values will be outlined in red Click the Reset button to clear all changes made. Click the Save button to save the Production Test grading parameters. A dialog box will confirm the saved values, or display an error message if the value have not been set correctly (see Step 4).

92 7. Click the Close button to return to the main menu. Objective Tests Grading parameters are not customizable for Objective Tests. You will only be able to enter the percentage weight for any objective tests you assign. Final Exams Final Exam grading parameters may be set following these steps: 1. Click the Final Exams hyperlink on the Set Grading Parameters main menu. The Final Exam grading parameters box will display. 2. Enter the GWAM and Errors grade values for each grade level.

93 Choice 1/Choice 2 In addition to the standard KPDO metrics, you can enter your own grading metrics and weight them as part of the student s overall grade. For example, Daily Attendance or Extra Credit could be choices you want to include as part of the grade. When you use the Create Gradebook function, you will have the opportunity to include those grades for the final calculation. Saving the Grading Parameters When you have completed customizing the grading parameters, click the Save button on the main menu screen. A dialog box confirming the saved grading parameters will display. Click the Close button and the left navigation menu will open so that you may move on to your next task. Notes: Lesson Range 1-25 has only four grading parameters, denoted with an asterisk (*), available for grading. The other four parameters are disabled. Lesson Ranges 1-55 and include all 8 grading parameters.

94 Summary Lessons Report This report shows the student performance on all activities completed for Lesson 26 and above. The report shows each activity within a lesson, the grade, and the completion date. Notes: 1. All activities completed in the lesson display a checkmark in the check box. 2. If a student has not completed at least one activity, the lesson will not appear in this report. You can spot the gaps in the student s progress by viewing the lesson numbers. 3. Each lesson number is a hyperlink to that lesson s detailed lesson report.

95 KPDO "Roles" and the Toggle Function The Use of Roles in KPDO KPDO is a single program which presents different views and functionalities depending upon the user. These views are called portals. Briefly, there are three roles or portals that KPDO makes use of: the student role, the instructor role, and the Cengage Learning administrator role. As an instructor, you will have access to both the Instructor and the Student portals without having to log out as an instructor and log in as a student. Student users are only able to access the student portal. System administrators on the Cengage Tech Support team will be able to view both Instructor and Student portals, as well as conduct system diagnostics. Toggle The Toggle buttons allow you to switch seamlessly between the Instructor portal and the Student portal without having to log in and out of the KPDO program. This powerful feature provides you with the ability to view a student s work directly, recreate a student experience with KPDO if necessary, or simply allow you to view their progress in your class at any point in the course. The following points are important to remember when using the Toggle function: You must select a specific student in order to toggle to the student view. You will be prompted to select a class and student name if you click on the Student toggle button. When you toggle to the student s view, you will be able to key activities and view reports. However, you are not able to save any work while using the Toggle view. Only a student who has logged into KPDO as a student can save work to their student record. If you need to view more than one student, you will need to return to the Instructor view, then click the Student Toggle button and select the new student. You will not be able to navigate from one student to another while in Toggle mode.

96 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 The KPDO GUI shell has the following areas defined for functionality: Top Banner Buttons: Provide access to the Global Help and Log Out functions. Toggle and Breadcrumb Trail: Allow the Admin to switch roles and track where they are in the GUI Left Navigation Tabs: the menuing system for the specific GUI Work Area: The modal window where actions A test of the number list This is a test This is a test

97 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Format Checking FAQs 1. Can I change the default setting of Format Checking? Yes. The option is available for instructors on the General tab of the Class Preferences screen. The default for Format Checking in KPDO is off. Check the box for this preference to turn it on. This is a toggle command that can be changed at any time. The setting of Format Check applies to an entire class. 2. May a word contain both a keystroke error and a format error? Yes. For example, if a word should be italicized and it is misspelled, both a keystroke and format error are charged. 3. Could a paragraph contain more than one format error? It is possible, but not likely. 4. Are keystroke errors charged if the command is not checked? Yes. Some commands such as Drop Cap and WordArt are not format checked. For example, a format error is not charged if an incorrect drop cap style is selected. If the text is miskeyed, one or more keystroke errors are charged. Mail merge command is not checked, but the final merged document is checked for correct keystrokes. 5. Sometimes students do not key their reference initials or they omit a copy notation and an error is not charged. Why? The 90% rule applies. Documents are checked if they are at least 90% complete. If less than this is complete, the user is given the opportunity to save the document or continue. Because of the 90% rule, missing reference initials, copy notations, etc., will not be marked as an error if they are within the 90%. 6. Are errors identified as format errors if so how and where? Display a description of each format error (and keystroking error) by clicking the Error Details button on the KPDO Ribbon in WORD The Error Details button is available as soon as the checked document displays. See the Format Error Description table for the error label for the commands. Format errors are counted by word, by paragraph, or by document, depending on the command. For example, one format error per document is charged for commands such as margins, tabs, vertical page alignment, cover page, section breaks, and headers/footers. Commands such as alignment and bullets/numbering are charged by paragraph. Conversely, fonts are usually charged per word.

98 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Format Error Description Tables If this icon appears next to the name of a WORD 2010 activity in KPDO, it indicates that the document will not be error checked. Otherwise, if Format Checking is enabled within the Class Preferences, the following error checking rules will be applied. FORMAT ERROR Alignment Bullets and Numbering Column breaks Cover Page Envelopes Font Styles Themes Header and Footer DESCRIPTION Left, Right, Center, and Justify Paragraph error (1 error charged for each incorrect paragraph) Checked for presence or absence of bullets and numbers. Bullet or numbering style is not checked. Paragraph error (1 error charged for each missing or extra bullet) Checked for presence or absence of Column breaks Page error (1 error charged for the entire document) Checked for presence or absence of Cover Page Page error (1 error charged per document) Keystrokes are checked. Checked for presence or absence of envelope Document error (1 error per document) Keystrokes are checked. Font errors occurring in a continuous block of text are counted as 1 error. Font errors occurring in a non-continuous text are counted as 1 error for each occurrence. Font errors include font size, type, or attributes (bold, color, etc.). Checked for presence or absence of header or footer Document error (1 per document if missing) Keystrokes are checked. Note : Enter page numbers using the Page Number option in the Header & Footer group. Do not key page numbers. ERROR LABEL Alignment error Bullets and Numbering Error Wrong number of columns Extra/Missed Cover Page Font/Style Error Missing Header / Footer Margins Document error (1 error per document) Alignment Page break Checked for presence or absence of Page break Document error (1 error) Page Break Page numbers Checked for presence or absence of Page numbers Document error (1 error per document) Missing Header/Footer

99 Note: Enter Page Numbers using the Page Number command in the Header & Footer group. Do not key page numbers. Section breaks Checked for presence or absence of Section break Document error (1 per document error) Section break Tab/Indent Tapping the Tab key or the Indent command is checked as one command. Extra or missing Tab or Indent is charged as 1 error. Extra/Missing Tab/Indent Tabs Tab position and tab type are checked. Document error (1 error per document regardless of the number of tabs) Tab settings Table Checked for presence or absence of table and correct number of columns and rows; other formats are not checked (style, alignment, bold, etc.) One format error is charged per table. Table Error Track changes Checked for presence or absence of Track changes Document error (1 error per document) Keystroke accuracy checked. Track changes Vertical Page Position Checked for presence or absence Document error (1 error per document) Vertical Page Position Error NO FORMAT CHECKING COMMENTS Borders Neither page nor paragraph borders are checked.

100 Clipart / Pictures Comments Drop Cap Line spacing Remove space after Merge Orientation SmartArt Shapes Text Boxes WordArt Keystrokes within comments are not checked. Keystrokes are checked. Default 1.15 spacing is used almost exclusively. Final merged document is checked for keystroke accuracy. Keystrokes are not checked. Keystrokes within shapes are checked. Keystrokes are checked. Generally checking is turned off on documents with text boxes to avoid problems. Keystrokes are checked.

101 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Format Checking Definitions Keystroke Error: A misstroke, or an added or omitted letter, space, or hard return. Format Error: Formatting errors apply to Word commands within Word. Typical formats checked include fonts, alignment, tabs, or page breaks. Format errors may apply to a single word (such as fonts), to a paragraph (Tabs, Indent, Bullets/Numbering) or to a page (margins, orientation, vertical center). If one of these commands is applied incorrectly, the software identifies the word/paragraph/ or document with a label to identify the error. One error is charged per word/paragraph/document depending on the command that is missed. The Format Error Description table that follows indicates how each command is error-counted. Format errors that apply to an entire paragraph are identified with a blue highlight over the first word in the paragraph. For example, if the style or bold were omitted from the main heading, the entire heading (of continuous text) is counted as one format error. Format errors that apply to single word are marked with a blue border around the word.

102 Home breadcrumbs >Topic1 Format Checking Examples In minitoc this Topic Heading 2 Heading 3 Word processing commands that are checked for format are listed below in alphabetical order and in red. Examples display a correctly formatted document and then one with one or more errors. Trouble-shooting tips give you a heads up on tricky outcomes that students may experience. Alignment (Paragraph error) Each paragraph is checked for Left, Right, Center, and Justify alignment; 1 error is charged for each incorrect paragraph. Example 1 Document Directions: Right Align name; Center Align heading, Justify all paragraphs, Indent paragraph 2 Incorrect Solution: The user did not justify the paragraphs. One format error is charged for each incorrect paragraph.

103 Example 2 Document Directions: Right Align name, Center Align title, Left Align paragraphs. Incorrect Solution: Two format errors; one per paragraph.

104 Bullets/Numbers (Paragraph error) Missing or extra bullets or numbers are checked by paragraph. One error is changed for each missing or extra bullet; Word considers any text followed by a hard return to be a paragraph. Example 1 Directions: Apply numbers and bullets as shown. Incorrect Solution: Missing number; format error charged.

105 Troubleshooting Bullets and Numbering Errors: After deleting a bullet, the text does not automatically return to the left margin. If the user does not move the text back to the margin, two errors are charged one for the missing bullet and one for the extra Indent that was added automatically when the bullet was inserted. Example 2 Directions: Number the items below the first heading and bullet the items below the second heading. User then deleted the second bullet.

106 Incorrect Solution

107 Fonts Fonts command generally applies to any attribute in the Font group such as Bold, Italic, Text Effects, Font Size, and Style. Fonts may be applied in continuous text (words in a string) or to text that is not in a string such as the words within the heading lines of a memo. Incorrect fonts in continuous text is charged as one error. See the Example 1 below. If the text is not continuous, each occurrence is an error. In Example 2, the headings should be in bold; because these are separate paragraphs, the text is not continuous. Keystroke checking is a separate error count. Example 1 Incorrect: Directions --italicize First Aid and CPR. Example 2 Incorrect: Directions--bold the memo headings.

108 Trouble Shooting Fonts: Change Case is available in the Font group, but it is not checked as a font. Document Directions: Apply the font named. Incorrect Solution: Change case is counted as a mistroke.

109 Footnotes Footnotes are only checked for keystrokes; format errors are not charged. Document Directions: Add this footnote: Results of survey administered prior to the observation point. (9 words) Example 1 Incorrect: Footnote omitted. No error is charged. Example 2 Incorrect: Misstroke in footnote; keystroke error charged.

110 Troubleshooting Footnotes: If footnotes are not in the correct sequence or an extra footnote is added, users may have difficulty applying the error count. The program charges a keystroke error for each word and space that do not match up with what should be present. In this example, because the first footnote is not present; 9 keystroke errors are counted for the 9 words that should be listed as footnote 1. Header/Footer (Document error) If the header is missing, one error is charged per document. Headers and footers are also checked for keystroke accuracy. Missing or incorrect keystrokes are counted separately. Document Directions: Add the header for the second page of the letter.

111 Example 1 Incorrect: Header omitted: Example 2 Incorrect: Keystroke error. Troubleshooting Header/Footer: If the header is keyed within the body of the document, each extra word in the body is a keystroke error.

112 Extra Tab/Indent (Paragraph error) The first line of a paragraph may be indented by tapping the TAB key or INDENT button. Therefore, to avoid confusion, KPDO combines the Tab/Indent format. One error is charged if the tab/indent is missing. Document Directions: Indent paragraph 3. Example 1 Incorrect: Paragraph 3 is not indented. One format error charged.

113 Troubleshooting Tab/Indent: Because only a single error is charged for a missing Tab or a missing Indent, only one error is charged if a paragraph contains both commands. For example, if a long quote or other paragraph is both indented and the first line is tabbed, no error is charged if the user does not do both. Document Directions: Tab to indent each paragaph. Indent the second paragraph 0.5 from left margin. Incorrect Solution: Paragraph 2 was not indented 0.5 from the left margin. No format error is charged because Tab/Indent was applied when the user tapped the TAB key in the first line.

114 Alignment + Tab/Indent Error: Is it possible for two format errors to be charged for one mistake? Not usually; the example below is an exception. Document Directions: Justify all paragraphs, Indent paragraph 2

115 Incorrect Solution: If Alignment is incorrect and an extra Tab is inserted, both an Alignment and Tab error are charged. These are separate commands. This combination of commands would be unusual. Margins (Document error) Incorrect margins are identified as an Alignment error; 1 error per document is charged. Because default margins are applied in the majority of documents, we did not create a special Wrong margin code. Document Directions: Leftbound report; apply Title and Heading 1 styles.

116 Incorrect Solution: Incorrect margins are identified with Alignment error. Styles (Paragraph Error) Styles apply to paragraphs; errors are identified with a blue screen at the beginning of each incorrect paragraph. Document Directions: Leftbound report; apply Title and Heading 1 styles. Incorrect Document: Incorrect styles applied to each heading.

117 Tables (Document Error) Tables are checked for presence/absence and the correct number of rows and errors. Because nine different Alignments and numerous styles are possible, providing directions for this amount of detail would be cumbersome. Therefore, other formats are not checked within Tables. Document Directions: Create a 4-column 9-row table. Example 1 Incorrect: Keystrokes errors identified:

118 Example 2 Incorrect: One format error identified per table. Missing or added rows/columns are identified. Other formats within tables are not checked. Tabs Tab position and tab type (left, right) are checked for format. Only one tab error is charged per document. Standard Directions: Memos and block letters do not require that a tab be set for the copy notation or enclosure lines because the indent may easily be applied because default tabs are active. In the memo illustration, the cursor is in the Attachment line; notice no tab is set on the ruler.

119 Incorrect Solution: Adding unnecessary tabs is counted as one format error. In this document, a tab is set at 1 for the Attachment line and 0.5 for the copy notation. The two unnecessary tabs are counted as one format error.

120 Track Changes (Document error) Track changes is checked for being present or absent. The final document is also checked for keystroke accuracy. Document Directions: Use Track Changes to enter these corrections:

121 Correct Solution: Changes were entered correctly. Incorrect Solution: Changes not entered. When Track Changes is not applied, one format error is charged; final document is checked for keystroke errors.