Ann Vaughn 2007-2008 avaughn@dublinisd.us Renaissance Place Ann Vaughn 2007-2008 avaughn@dublinisd.us

Table of Contents (s# for slide information) Faculty username and password s4 Help, Charts and Forms s6 Finding Student Data s10 Accelerated Reader s17 Student lists with username and password s18 Class Diagnostic Report s26 Setting Reading Marking Periods and Goals s28 Student Points Report s31 Students and Renaissance Place s38 Accelerated Math s59 Math Reports s63 Setting Math Marking Periods and Goals s64 STAR Reading and Math testing s69 Student Individualization (needing lower level skills) s82 Last Year’s Scores (12/4/2007 not complete yet) s85

Faculty, Thank You for Participating in this Project! If you teach Math, Language Arts, Literature or Reading, this information is for you. If you need to print this document… make adjustments to handouts and how many slides per page print specific pages changing to handouts and how many slides per page If we need to get together, email me and we will schedule a day and time! We could do a small group session if that would help!

Ready to Use Renaissance Place is ready for you to use! Students have been added to Courses (grade and/or subject) and Classes (teachers). You may login... username: your first name initial and whole last name (MMouse) 2 capitals (newer version, caps are not always needed) password: your last name and the #1 (mouse1) no capitals The programs found using Renaissance Place include Accelerated Reading, Accelerated Math, STAR Reading and STAR Math. Students may start using the programs whenever you are ready. Accelerated Reading is ready. STAR Reading scores for last year’s students are available. STAR Reading tests for students 2nd-8th will be scheduled soon.

Warning I may not have gotten all the setting and preferences correct! Please do not readjust until you talk/email me…what you do may affect the whole district!

Help ? ! ? Ann Vaughn avaughn@dublinisd.us peers that have worked with the program manuals on line (in the yellow bar) prints numerous pages, be selective check out “Resources” on the homepage under the section AM or AR, great information and charts/ forms needed to manage the programs www.renlearn.com for mini-courses

Navigation made easier use the navigation bar

Marking Periods (set for district) 1st 6 weeks 8/27-9/28 2nd 10/1-11/9 3rd 11/12-1/11/2008 4th 1/22-2/22 5th 2/25-4/11 6th 4/14-5/16

home page…after login

Finding Student Data in Renaissance Place Ann Vaughn avaughn@dublinisd.us Check this information periodically, I will have the PEIMS Ladies assisting me in keeping this up-to-date!

Log in at Welcome screen. Then click on Reports in Acc. Reader

In Reports screen click on School Management

Click on Student Information

Make sure you find your name and current class with the correct year ! Make changes to the Report, if you desire View the Report, if it is the one you want, then Print

Always use the print icon when printing in Adobe Acrobat Reader Student User Name Password number Student name

Student Information If all else fails!!!! The Librarian will have a list of student names, login and password Login names are usually… first initial and first four letters of last name, or first initial and whole last name Password is usually last four digits of social security number (sometimes if we do not have a social security number it will the grade number four times [7777] until I can get the correct number)

Accelerated Reader

go to Reports

go to School Management

click Student Information (list of your students and #s)

Always use the print icon when printing in Adobe Acrobat Reader Student User Name Password number Student name

click on Reading Practice

Numerous Types of Reports

click on Diagnostic

Select YOUR correct class make sure the year is correct

Class Diagnostic Report

can do Individual Students (like for ARDs, Parent Conferences and change dates for specific information)

Class Record Book to Set Goals

Setting Goals

Setting Reading Goals

Student Points Report

Login and Go to AR Reports

Select Reading Practice

Go down to find Student Points

Find Your Class

Student Points Report student names

Running Reports You can run different reports any time that you want. You can check on single students, whole classes or all of your classes. You can “view” a report and not print it if you just need to check on some information about a student. Criteria for the different reports can be changed to meet your needs.

Students and Renaissance Place may be shaped like a pyramid

Students at Middle School may access the Renaissance Place website by going through the Middle School @chalk web page and clicking on the link.

Press Space Bar Students Click Here

Click on Find User Name

Type in First Name…only (for some it will be last name) then click Search

Find Your Name and Click On It

Add Your AR Number then Click Log In

Click on Take a Quiz

Click on Take a Reading Practice Quiz or…whatever you need to do at this screen

Decide How You Are Going to Find Your Book

Pick One

Change “type of information”

changes made and information added

then click Search

Find Your Story

may need to click Next to find the story

Check Again to Make Sure This Is the Correct Story…then click Yes or No

Click Start Quiz (shows on XP not on 98 machines, all of the time)

Return to Home to take another test

click Log Out to go to the Renaissance Place home page

Ready for next student

Accelerated Math Almost everyone can use the default for the appropriate grade some resource and ESL classes may need some adaptations If a grade wants to get together and reorganize the list of objectives that will be fine reorganize the list rename the list “___grade textbook aligned” and I will reset the objectives this probably needs to be done soon folders with library pockets is a great classroom management tool

Accelerated Math Solutions When you need to clear-out last year’s objectives so that students can start over again, follow these steps: Under Accelerated Math, click on Assignment Book. Select your school, click Set. Select your class and click Set. Your students should appear. Place a check mark beside the student’s name and over on the left side, select Hold/Unassign/Reset. From the next screen, select all of the objectives, and click Reset. This should allow you to re-assign objectives for that student. When you have a student or students that need to utilize a lower level set of objectives, you must either make all of those objectives available for all of the students in your class, or create a new class with just those students being enrolled in that class and make the appropriate objectives available to the new class. If you would like to create a new class, please give the names to Ann Vaughn so that she can create the class and enroll specific students for you. If you would tell her what level of objectives they need, she can also make those objectives available. Nancy Allen

Three Important Links on the Renaissance Place Accelerated Math section Assignment Book set objectives print activities, practices and tests look at reports Reports diagnostic status Math Resources forms to use getting started strategies to use

Adding Objectives to Your Class List

Reports be sure school and class is correct and then click SET student list and standing within the program

Setting Goals In Accelerated Math, you can set two types of student goals: • Objective Goal: This is the number of objectives that you would like each student to master during the time period you select. • Test % Correct Goal: This is the student’s average percent correct on tests during the time period. Goals are necessary if you want to use teams. Team results and standings are based on each team member’s progress toward his or her goals. The Goal History Report shows your students’ progress toward goals. The Team Status and Team Standings Reports show team progress. Setting Goals 1. Click Teams & Goals in the list of Accelerated Math tasks on your Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school from the drop-down list and click Set. 3. Click Manage Goals on the left side of the page. 4. If necessary, select your class from the drop-down list on the Manage Goal page and click Set. 5. If there is a Class Marking Period drop-down list, select a class marking period (or All Class Marking Periods) and click Set. If there is no drop-down list, click Select Class Marking Periods. On the next page, click Select next to each marking period that you want to use for goals. (You can’t choose overlapping marking periods.) Then, click Save. On the Manage Goal page, choose the class marking period that you’d like to set goals for and click Set. Class marking periods. These aren’t just the marking periods that have been added for your school; they’re the ones you’ve selected for your class. You can choose them here or in the Class Marking Periods preference for your Class.

Goal Setting Marking Periods

Select a Marking Period

Add your goal levels…at least 85% Goal Setting Add your goal levels…at least 85%

Teams and Goals 6. Enter an Objective Goal and a Test % Correct Goal for each student. Choose appropriate goals for the size of the marking period. (The Math Goal-Setting Chart in the resources can help you set the objective goals.) Note that the test % correct goal must be at least 85%. 7. Click Save to save the goals. 8. Click Done to leave the page. About Teams and Team Sets Each team is a part of a team set. Use a team set to group together teams whose progress you want to compare. For example, a team set could include teams for the same class, teacher, or grade. Team sets have an owner, who has full control over the structure of the team set. Teachers can change team sets they own. School administrators can change any team set in their school. District administrators can change any team set for any school. Math Goal-Setting Chart. To find this chart, click Resources in the list of Accelerated Math tasks on your Home page. Then, click Forms and Charts and click Math Goal-Setting Chart.

STAR Reading and Math Testing You can do the testing in your classroom with your students using student laptops.

STAR Reading grades 1-8 found using Renaissance Place testing in classroom computer labs or laptops 3 times a year!!!!! (This is the way the program is set up!) AR number is used to enter the program

STAR Math grades 1-8 found using Renaissance Place testing in classroom computer labs or laptops 3 times a year!!!!! (This is the way the program is set up!) AR number is used to enter the program

Students at Middle School may access the Renaissance Place website by going through the Middle School @chalk web page and clicking on the link.

Login as “Student” (same as for Accelerated Reading)

Find the correct tab for STAR Reading or STAR Math then click “Take a Test”

STAR Reading Students that have been in Dublin schools have taken this test 2-3 times a year takes about 20-30 minutes Students can only test a total of 4 times a year We usually test in the Fall, January and early Spring 25 questions (20 sentences, 5 paragraphs), 90 seconds per question Can use keypad or numbers above the letters for answers

STAR Reading

STAR Math Students that have been in Dublin schools have taken this test 2-3 times a year takes 30-40 minutes Students can only test a total of 4 times a year We usually test in the Fall, January and early Spring 24 questions, 3 minutes per question, need scratch paper, pencils no calculators Use A,B,C and D for answers

STAR Math

Reports Faculty Login on Renaissance Place Welcome Page Find the correct tab and Reports under that tab

In Reports go to Summary (or Other Appropriate Reports)

Make sure you find your name and current class ! Make changes to the Report, if you desire View the Report, if it is the one you want, then Print

Students Needing Lower Skills Some students may need to work on skills several grades lower than their assigned grade. They may need to be enrolled in two different grades and on two campuses.

I am ready to attempt the next level of individualizing Renaissance Place for the students. For students that need a lower level of quizzes for Reading and a lower level of libraries for Math, I am ready to attempt to make new “Courses and Classes” for them. Students that need the new courses and classes will be un-enrolled from their current class and re-enrolled into a new class. This may cause some confusion for the students. (I stay confused!) It will cause some “Reports” problems and extra work for you! Students that might need this change would possibly include ESL and Resource students. If you have any students you wish to change, I need some information from you via email or school mail ! Your Name, Student’s Name, class currently enrolled, level of Reading quizzes or Math libraries that you deem appropriate for that student. I will then create some new generic “Courses and Classes” and allow you access to that class so that you can assign levels, objectives, watch progress or run reports. This new set of “Courses and Classes” will be shared with other students on the same level!

Low students enrolled on two campuses for more appropriate skills Students enrolled on two different campuses (reading level at Elem.) may need to change their school. This may need to be changed every time! Ann

Last Years Scores This takes several steps! Then the steps have to be changed to work in current year again!

Change Back to Current Year