Mission For the benefit of our students Train teachers
Schoolnet Encourage teachers to assess online Not 100% Encourage
teachers to find and share lessons Save teacher time for more
useful things Help improve the product Bugs and enhancements
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Overview of Home Base
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10 years behind Things will keep changing, but Schoolnet should
be here for a while Keep soft copies of tests and lesson plans
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Home Home button Home Base graphic Login to Schoolnet Login to
PowerSchool On the left is Schoolnet
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Schoolnet 3 Main Functions Inform with data Lesson Planning
Assessment Administration We will start our training with the
Assessment Portion
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Assessment Admin
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What is Assessment Admin? 8 Assessment Admin is used to build
tests and monitor the collection of results Reporting on the actual
student responses is done in the Classrooms and School &
District Data modules
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Two Kinds of Tests Benchmark Results appear in School &
District Data and Classrooms Tests created at the district or
school level for the purpose of institution-wide data collection
Only highest level category used for KPI calculations Classroom
Results only appear in Classrooms Tests created for the purpose of
classroom use Not Now
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Create Test Content (items) 10 ITEM CENTRAL Create items Set up
test Create Items within test Add items to Item Central Create
items separately or as part of a test
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Create Items Multiple Types Available Multiple choice
True/false Gridded Open response (can attach a rubric if time)
Inline response* Matching* Any item type may be attached to a
passage
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Insert Images Do not paste in image must insert as a file For
peak online test performance, use sizes below 250KB Resize images
before adding Supported file formats: png, jpg, or gif Not
suggested for passages of text Be sure to preview the item
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Create a Passage for Multiple Items
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Assessment Admin: Creating Passages What is a Passage? Best way
to create a passagge
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Ways to Create a Test Express Test Manual Test
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Manual Method 16 Add your own questions or use existing
items
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Locate Items, Passages, and Rubrics Filter by subject, grade,
standard and more
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Equation Editor Open the Equation Editor from the text editor
Link to additional equations and syntax to change font size
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Math Manipulatives 19 Interactive manipulatives for online
testing (ruler, protractor, compass)
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Rubric for Open Response Items 20 Single or multidimensional
rubrics
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Express Test Method 21 Select specific standards Enter a higher
number of items than you need so that you can delete questions you
do not like
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Performance data available for online analysis 5 Create tests 1
Ready to Schedule 2 3 Administer 4 Testing Administration Overview
Add items to Item Central
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Add Items to Item Central 23
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Submit and Approval Process Any user can submit an Item,
Passage or Rubric to be shared Nancy Cantrell will approve content
Once Approved, content is no longer editable by the submitter
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Try It Out: Create a Test Presentation Title runs here l
00/00/00 25 - Experiment - Create a Manual Test - Create an Express
Test
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Scheduling Your Test
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Where is My Test?
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Test Schedule Dates
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Online Test Options Use this option for iPad and PC until
further notice
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Share Assessments with Gradebook Presentation Title runs here l
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Assign Test
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Try It! Schedule Your Test Schedule Your Test Start Date =
today
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Administering Your Test
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Ways to Administer a Test Online (including iPad) Still working
out issues with iPads Supported Student Response Systems Next year
In Cases Where There Are Limited Electronic Devices Paper
Scanning
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Printing 35 Options available on test detail page - Test
booklet - Answer sheets - Answer key - Scoring instructions
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Student Online Test Experience 36 Make sure computers are ready
for testing Student logs in and enters online passcode
https://macon.powerschool.com/public
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Logging in as a Student Student Username 20 characters!!! NO
MORE!!! ellen.fitzgerald-smith would be ellen.fitzgerald-smi
12345678901234567890 Password Student ID THIS YEAR GRADES 4-12 CAN
LOGIN NEXT YEAR ALL GRADES WILL BE ABLE TO LOGIN.
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Student Online Test Experience 38 Explain test taking
strategies to students
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Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test Graphic
representation of the portion of the class that is complete Links
to individual student score, answer sheets and PDF test
booklet
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Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test Student responses are
color- coded as follows:
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Scoring Scoring is Automatic Updating Results with Open-Ended
Score: Teachers grade student responses to open-ended items in
Assessment Admin
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Scanning: ScanIt Application
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Where are the Results? 43 Classroom and School & District
Data
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Student Data -Reflects current students -Select desired class
-View roster and recent test results
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Which standards are difficult? Use Standards Mastery
Reports
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Which items are difficult for students? Use Benchmark Item
Analysis
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Skills Analysis View percent correct by skill at any level of
the standards hierarchy View for one test or click
Year-To-Date
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Standards Mastery: Standardized Test Report
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Just Know the Data is There Step 1 Learn how to test Later,
learn how to interpret results.
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Instructional Materials
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What materials are available to support instruction?
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Standards Search Search for standards that contain a keyword
Locate all materials aligned to a standard Schedule standards on
the lesson planner Be sure to search appropriate level of the
standards hierarchy
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My Materials A combination of the materials that you created
and those you saved from a materials search
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Try it Out Practice Locate a lesson and a resource and save to
My Materials Check for understanding What are two ways a material
gets into My Materials? What materials are available for the
subjects you teach?
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Create a Resource/Lesson You can only use one format for each
lesson
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Attach Resources to a Lesson Attach support materials to
lessons Use the same resource for multiple lessons
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Recommend Submit for approval Edit and copy View related
materials Build an express test Save locally or print Schedule to
your lesson planner Lesson Plan: Available Actions
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Try It Out Practice Create a resource (for students) Create a
lesson with the above resource attached Edit a lesson
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Submit for Approval Share materials with other teachers
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Approval Process Designated administrators can approve
materials or request revisions. Approved materials are available to
other teachers.
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Schedule on the Lesson Planner Drag and drop functionality
Viewable by principal Personal and section views available
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Rename Sections
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Try It Out Practice Schedule a lesson and event on your planner
Rename sections if helpful/time Add a note to one day Check for
Understanding Who can see your planner? Who can add to your
planner?
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Assign Resources to Students Any resource tagged for students
that has content can be assigned to a section Only teachers can
assign resources
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Data
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Parent (/Student) Portal
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Parent Portal
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Create Parent Account One time set-up Enter Related Children
Get Information under Parent Information on our School Website
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Parent (/Student) Portal Encourage parents to create their own
account for the Portal and not login as their students. Take
measures for students not to cheat on portal from home Lock down
time frame of test Change passcode
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Online Training Pearson PowerSource The courses to be taken by
teachers are: 1. Schoolnet for PowerSchool Overview 2. Schoolnet:
Locating Instructional Materials 3. Schoolnet: Lesson Planning 4.
Schoolnet: Creating Assessments 5. Schoolnet: Administering and
Scoring Online Assessments
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Available support materials 72 Digital Learning Specialist
Resources Macon County School site > Departments >
Professional Development > Digital Learning Specialists
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/profdev/dls Bug Report
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho olnet/issues
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho olnet/issues
Schoolnet Site (Teacher Resources) Recommend resources for this
site http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho olnet
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho olnet
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Reporting Bugs Check that bug has not been reported.
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho
olnet/issues/
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/technology/scho
olnet/issues/ Be very, very specific. Browser Student name Class
Test Steps Screen shots Email to
[email protected]
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FUN TIP Easy way to take a screen shot If you have Windows 7
First time only, go to Start Menu > enter Snip in search box
> right click Snipping Tool > Pin to Taskbar When you want to
copy something displayed on your screen, click Snipping Tool in
your Taskbar > New will be selected by default > drag your
cursor over the area to copy Select Copy icon Paste in document,
email, etc.
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Next Steps Vetting Digital Content Open Class Training Digital
Learning Devices 1:1
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Feedback Attendees Fill Out Survey for Course Credit
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/profdev/Lists
/Training%20Survey/overview.aspx
http://www.macon.k12.nc.us/Departments/profdev/Lists
/Training%20Survey/overview.aspx You must sign in to
website!!!!!