1. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
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2. Objectives Overview of Products and Features
Review Log-in and Class Lists
Review and Clarify Presentation Modes
ReadySet Curriculum Course Design
Presentation Modes
Actionpoint (PowerPointⓇ plug-in)
Answer Key Maker
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3. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin A: Overview of Products and Features
Connect
Content Manager
Organize, import, and preview content including tests, lessons, and quizzes. Attach state standards to activities and view instant results on student mastery. This tool will help you to identify specific needs and follow up with additional instruction.
Live Editor
Edit existing or create new curriculum, tests, or presentations, adding text, graphics, flash animations, styles, videos, and equations. Assign points to any question. Navigate easily between question and answer slides using icons located in Live Editor toolbar.
Connect Online
Access an interactive database with more than 20,000 learning objects, including lessons, activities, and media. Download selected curriculum and use immediately.
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4. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Overview of Products and Features
Actionpoint
An easy-to-use toolbar that fits into PowerPoint, enhancing existing presentations to allow for interactivity.
Answer Key
Enter existing paper-based assignments, tests, and textbook materials to use in combination with the Audience Response System to score student activities and immediately view data.
Survey Bar
A floating toolbar that allows users to quickly pose questions using remotes for any paper-based, screen-based, or verbal activity.
Question Toolbar
A floating toolbar that supports on-the-fly lesson interaction by allowing for questions, new content, and presentation annotations for any paper-based, screen-based, or verbal activity. Results can be saved and viewed.
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5. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B1: Log-In
Click on to open Connect.
Select Qwizdom Online tab.
From drop-down menu, select
Login to Qwizdom Online.
If a new user, click on New User.
This will bring you to the Online
Registration form. Complete the
form. Click Submit.
Once verified, you will receive an
with your username and
password.
If already registered and have
Username/Password, login with
credentials.
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6. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B1: Set State Preference and Download Standards
Click File.
Click Preferences; Preferences
window will appear.
Click Standards tab.
From the drop-down menu, select
preferred state.
Click Download State Standards.
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7. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Creating a Class List
Open Connect by clicking
Click Participants tab.
Click on Participant Wizard
In Participant Wizard window, click
Name in the text field.
Give the participant list a name, such as
“Math Class” or “Mrs. Brown’s Class”.
Click Next.
Select the Educational template.
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8. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Creating a Class List, cont.
Click Next.
Add the information needed for your
participants.
NOTE: Remote IDs and Participant IDs
will be added automatically as you enter
the information.
Tab through the fields as you enter
information.
Click Finish to save the newly created
Participant List.

9. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Editing a Class List
Click Participants tab.
Click on the class list that needs
editing.
Click on Participant Wizard
In Participant Wizard window, click
Browse and Modify Existing List.
The Participant Wizard –
Participant Field Selection window
will appear. Ignore.
Click Next.
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10. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Editing a Class List, cont.
The Participant Wizard – Participant
Field Selection – Options window will
appear.
Click on the item that needs editing
and make the needed changes.
If a student needs to be deleted from
the list, click on the row then click
Options. Select Delete Row from the
drop-down menu.
Click Finish when edits are completed.
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11. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Importing a CSV
Within Connect, click on Participants tab.
Click on The Participant Wizard
window will appear.
Click Import. Click Next.
Select the .CSV file list to be imported.
NOTE: A .CSV, or Comma Separated Values, file is a spreadsheet file such as an Excel worksheet.
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12. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Importing a CSV, cont.
Click Open. CSV Import window will appear.
The first row of your CSV file will list
information in the CSV Import window on
the left side (CSV file).
On the right side (Maps to), click for a drop-
down menu. Select the appropriate label to
map from your CSV file to Connect CSV file
(i.e. Last Name maps to Last Name).
NOTE: Student ID maps to Participant ID.
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13. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin B: Review of Starting Connect
B2: Class Lists
Importing a CSV, cont.
Click OK. An image of the list will
appear in the Options window.
Click Finish. The imported list will
appear under My Classes.
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14. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C1: The Design
Given at beginning of year
Determines a “launching pad” for instruction
Pretest
Standards-aligned
Detailed
Scaffolded
Can be presented via classroom software, Qtopia online platform, or in print form
Lessons
Given a few weeks before state tests
Gauges learning to this point and review needs
Posttest
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15. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
All pre-made curriculum packages include:
pre- and posttests
standards-aligned lessons
and activities
question sets that include
explanations of answer
choices
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16. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.1: Search and Download
Open Connect by clicking
Click on Connect Online tab.
From Browse drop-down menu,
select Collections.
From their drop-down menus,
select a Subject, Grade, and Package.
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17. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.1: Search and Download, cont.
Selected package will appear on the left.
Click on the to open the nested folders
and view the contents of the package.
On the right side, click Download… .
Click the Content tab. The package will
appear in the Recently Added folder.
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18. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.2: Pretests and Printing Feature
Open the Pretests folder. Select the
pretest to preview.
NOTE: Any activity, including Pretests, can be printed.
Select the activity to be printed. Click
on The Print Activity window
appears.
Choose the print set up, according to
your needs.
Click Print.

19. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.2: Pretest – View Results
To view Pretest results, click Results tab.
Open the participant list folder (i.e. “Math
Class” or “Ms. Brown’s Class”).
The Score Report for pretest will appear
(right side). Scroll to view report.
To view a different report type, click
Report Wizard The Report
Generator window will appear.
Select a report type then click Generate.
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20. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.3: Lesson/Activity features, including Standards Alignment
Under Content tab, select package.
Click on to open the nested
folders.
Within any folder, click on an activity.
Double click on the first slide of the
activity. Navigate through the activity
using the left-right arrows in toolbar.
To view answer explanations, click on
any of the icons.
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21. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.3: Lesson/Activity features, including Standards Alignment, cont.
NOTE: The answer explanation slides are included to help correct student misunderstandings right away. Some text is in another color, generally in blue, to highlight key information.
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22. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C2: Lessons and Activities
C2.3: Lesson/Activity features, including Standards Alignment, cont.
NOTE: All activities are standards aligned. The standards window at the bottom of the screen shows which standards are assigned to an activity.
* For C2.4: Posttests, see C2.2: Pretests
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23. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.1: Normal Presentation Setup
Within Connect, click on Content tab.
Select activity for presentation (ex. ReadySet Math – Fourth).
Click to start the presentation
setup. The Presentation Setup
window will appear.
From the Participant List drop-down
menu, select the class list.
NOTE: If list created in Connect, select Qwizdom Connect and the appropriate list from that drop-down menu.
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24. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.1: Normal Presentation Setup, cont.
From the Save Results drop-down
menu, select how the activity results will
be saved (selecting Auto-Save to the
Results Manager will save under
Connect Results tab.
From the Present As drop-down menu,
select Normal Presentation.
Under Settings, check/uncheck:
Allow participants to change answer.
Send Right/Wrong Feedback to
Remotes after Answering.

25. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.1: Normal Presentation Setup, cont.
Click Login Settings tab. Check Require
Login by ID if remote sets are being shared.
Click Chart Settings tab. Select the chart
display to be viewed during the presentation.
Click OK. Setup is complete.
Turn on all remotes during remote
initialization process.
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26. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.2: Connect Toolbars
The Qwizdom toolbar will appear onscreen.
Click on space on right to drag the toolbar
to desired position.
Right-click the Q of toolbar to view options
menu. Click Settings.
Click Display tab. Choose desired features
for use during the presentation.
Click OK.
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27. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.2: Connect Toolbars, cont.
Select for immediate feedback of student needs/progress.
Qwizdom Toolbar
Participant Counter shows how many students have responded.
Random Pick feature allows you to randomly call on a student.
Select to re-pose a question.
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28. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.2: Connect Toolbars, cont.
Presentation Toolbar
Click arrow to open toolbar.
Settings
Arrows for navigating through presentation. Number indicates number of slide/question.
Insert media.
Math ML tool for creating equations.
Insert a slide/question.
Annotation tools
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29. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.3: Game Mode
Follow the procedures for setting up
a normal presentation., except, from
Present As drop-down menu, choose
a game (i.e. FastTrack).
FastTrack and Mission to Mars are individual player games.
Baseball and Quandary are team games.
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30. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin C: ReadySet Curriculum Course
C3: Presentation Modes
C3.4: Auto-Save to Results Manager
During presentation set up, select Auto-
Save to Results Manager. Results will be
auto saved to Connect.
Click on the Results tab.
Click on the next to class list used for
presentation/game. This will open up all
results files for this group.
Most recent results will be in the last position. Result titles have a date and (military) time stamp.
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31. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin D: Actionpoint – PowerPoint Plug-in
D1: Inserting Questions
Double-click on the presentation to be used.
When presentation opens, click on the
Qwizdom Actionpoint tab.
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32. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin D: Actionpoint – PowerPoint Plug-in
D1: Inserting Questions, cont.
Click on the slide after which a new slide
will be added. Click
Select a Question Type from the drop-
down menu.
The new slide will include a template for
question/answer text.
Make selections from Points and Timer
drop-down menus.
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33. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin D: Actionpoint – PowerPoint Plug-in
D2: Attaching Standards
From the Standards and Categories drop-
down menu, select Edit Standards.
The Standards window will appear.
Select the appropriate standard to assign
to question. Click Add.
Click Done when finished.
To view the standards assigned to the
activity, select Assigned Standards from
drop-down menu.

34. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin D: Actionpoint – PowerPointⓇ Plug-in
D3: Presenting in Actionpoint
Click to Start Presentation.
The Presentation Setup window will
appear. Proceed through selecting the
options for the presentation.
Click OK to close the window and start the
presentation.
Qwizdom toolbar will appear. Reposition
on screen and proceed through selecting
display options.
Navigate through the presentation as you
normally would through a PowerPointⓇ

35. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin D: Actionpoint – PowerPoint Ⓡ Plug-in
D3: Presenting in Actionpoint
Where the navigation arrows are located, there is also a marker icon. Click and a menu of annotation tools can be viewed. Use any of the tools to mark the slides of the presentation.
Annotations can also be erased.
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36. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin E: Overview of Data Reports
NOTE: In Connect, click for the Report Wizard. In Actionpoint, click
Within Connect, click on Results tab.
Select a results that reports will be
generated from.
Click on
The Report Generator window will appear.
Select a Qwizdom Report then click
Generate.
The selected report will appear. All reports
can be printed by clicking
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37. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin F: Answer Key Maker
F1: Make an Answer Key
Within Connect, click on Content tab.
Double-click to open a new Answer Key.
Content Manager window will appear. Type
in a title for the answer key (i.e. Math Quiz 1,
Homework ).
Click OK. The answer key will appear on
Content Tree.
Double-click on the new answer
key. Answer Key Maker window
appears.
Note: The title and Answer Key ID number appears.
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38. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin F: Answer Key Maker
F1: Make an Answer Key, cont.
For question 1, click into the Type column.
Select a question type.
Click into the Answer column. The Question
Properties window appears. Choose the
correct answer.
Click into the Points column. Decide on the
number of point value for the question.
To add more questions, click on to
Insert a Question.
When all questions have been entered, from
the drop-down menu, select Save.
Click Exit to close.

39. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin F: Answer Key Maker
F2: Present an Answer Key
From the Content tab, double-click on the
answer key file that will be presented.
Answer Key Maker window will appear.
Click to Start Session. The
Presentation Setup window appears.
Go through the process of setting up a
presentation (see C3.1: Normal
Presentation Setup).
Click OK to start the presentation.
The Activity Progress window will appear.
Note: By default, Answer Key Maker is presented in Self-Paced Mode. Students can log in and enter answers at any time when presentation is active.
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40. ReadySet Achieve Begin PD Training Agenda
Begin F: Answer Key Maker
F2: Present an Answer Key, cont.
Activity Progress Window
Error with student remote or login ID
Students who have entered the session.
Students on selected participant list who have not turned on their remotes or are absent.
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