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Supersite 2.0 Language Learning System

DESCUBRE & D’ACCORD Teacher’s Guide Technical Support Home: http://support.vhlcentral.com

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Trademark and License Information Copyright © and ® 2009 Vista Higher Learning All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published in the United States of America.

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CONTENTS

Log In ...................................................................................................................... 4 Create Your Course ................................................................................................... 5 Create and Edit Your Class(es) ............................................................................... 7 Invite Your Students to Enroll in Your Class ............................................................. 8 Course Management Options ..................................................................................... 9 Roster .................................................................................................................. 9 Assignments ....................................................................................................... 14 Setting Due Dates ............................................................................................. 16 Un-Assign Activities........................................................................................... 18 Assessments..................................................................................................... 19 Set Assignment Dates for All Classes in Your Course ........................................... 21 Disable Student Access to a Lesson ................................................................... 21 Changing an Activity’s Grading Type .................................................................. 22 Setting Custom Assignment Options for an Activity ............................................. 23 Gradebook .......................................................................................................... 24 Statistics .......................................................................................................... 24 Detail ............................................................................................................... 25 Advanced Activity Options Icon ....................................................................... 27 Activity Grading Type Icons ............................................................................ 29 Reviewing and Grading Student Submissions ................................................... 29 Printing and Exporting Data from the Gradebook ................................................ 35 Gradebook Reports ........................................................................................... 40 Announcements .................................................................................................. 47 Voice Boards [Powered by Blackboard] ................................................................. 49 Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) ............................................................... 50 Teacher Tools ......................................................................................................... 51 Preferences ............................................................................................................ 52 Account Information ............................................................................................ 52 Grading Options .................................................................................................. 55 Setting the Default Number of Attempts for Computer-Graded Activities .............. 55 Setting Default Point Values .............................................................................. 56 Setting Default Strictness Options for Fill-in-the-blank Questions ......................... 56 Settings for Gradebook Display and Calculations ................................................ 57 Setting Premium Features ................................................................................. 57 Request Review ............................................................................................... 57 Enhanced Feedback .......................................................................................... 58 Assignment Options ............................................................................................. 59 Changing Your Time Zone................................................................................. 59 Changing the Default Assignment Due Time ...................................................... 60 Accepting Late Assignments .............................................................................. 60 Resources............................................................................................................... 62 Supersite Training Resources ................................................................................... 63

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Log In 1. Go to the VHL Central login page by typing the URL: http://www.vhlcentral.com in your browser’s address bar. Note: You should add a bookmark or favorite to your browser for the VHL Central login page.

2. Enter your username or e-mail address and password in the login box, then click login . Note: Upon first login, you may be prompted to change your password.

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On the right side of your VHL Central home page, you will see a list of all your Supersite programs listed. Click on the cover/image for your textbook or its title to access the Supersite.

Note: "Log out" link appears in the top right-hand corner of your VHL Central home page.

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Create Your Course 1. From the Supersite’s My Courses Page”, click the Add New Course button.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you set up a course, your students can use the Supersite after redeeming their Supersite code(s) to view and complete all of the activities on the site. However, students cannot see your assignment due dates, announcements and voice boards or use the Pronto chat feature to communicate with you. You will not have the ability to track their results until you set up a course.

2. Enter a name for your course, and its start and end dates using the pop-up calendar.

Note: It is important to choose an end date that reflects your school’s academic calendar, so that in subsequent academic sessions, students will be able to enroll in a new course. 3.

If you teach at more than one location, you may also see the Select Campus drop-down list, from which you must choose a location to associate with the course. You can add schools from your VHL Central home page “Add a School” link.

4. Click Submit. 5. Your new course appears on the My Courses page. A new class called “Class 1” is automatically added when you create your new course.

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Note: You can later click on Edit Course to make changes to this information, including associating any newly added schools.

Edit Your Course 1. Click the Edit Course link located on the right side of your Course title bar.

Note: You can choose to click on the Remove Course link located on the far right side of your Course title bar to completely remove course and section(s).

2. You can change the Course Name, Start Date, End Date and Select Campus fields

Note: If you teach at another school or multiple campuses of the same school, you can associate your course with a specific school or campus by selecting it from the Select Campus drop-down. In order to appear on this drop-down list, additional schools must first be added from your VHL Central home page “Add a School” link.

3. Click the Submit button to apply changes.

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Create and Edit Your Class(es) 1. Click the Edit link to the right of the title for Class 1.

2. In the Edit Your Class window, specify the class’s name, location, and schedule. Providing this information will help your students select the correct course section.

3. Click Submit. To create additional classes within a course, click the Create Class link in the class information header.

Enter the new class’s name, its location, schedule, access level, and teaching assistant, if applicable. Click Submit.

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Invite Your Students to Enroll in Your Class 1. From the My Courses page, invite your students to join a class by clicking on the Instructions for your students link provided in the class information column.

2. At the top of this page, you will find a web address that you may wish to copy and email to your students. The web address links to illustrated enrollment instructions customized with your course and class information.

**Sample link** Do not distribute.

Note: You can also print and distribute a text-only version to your class by using the “Click here to print.” link.

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Course Management Options For each course section, there are six four management options: Roster, Assignments, Gradebook, Announcements, Voice Boards and Pronto Chat.

Roster To enroll in a course, students either select your course during the registration or code redemption process or they may click the “Enroll” in their My Courses menu. Once enrolled, they will automatically appear on your roster. 1. To view the list of all students who are enrolled in your class, click on Roster or click on “more…”

Note: If you have just set up your class, you won’t see any students listed in your roster yet.

2. Each course section has its own roster. To view rosters for other course sections, use the drop-down menu titled Select Course/Section and click Go.

3. To transfer a student from a colleague’s class into your class, you can search for them and add them to your roster manually. Click the Click here to search link.

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4. To move any student into your roster, check the box next to their name and click the Submit button associated with the roster. •

The students listed under Student Pool are students who are not enrolled in a class.



The students listed under Other Rosters are students who have enrolled in other classes at your school.

5. Repeat this process to move students located in different courses/sections. Remember to click Submit on roster to move students to your course/section roster. 6. When you return to the Roster page, you will see the students that you added.

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Dropping Students from a Roster 1. To drop a student from your roster, check the box beside the student’s name. 2. Click the Drop button, and when prompted, click OK to confirm the drop you’ve selected.

Note: Students may also add themselves to a course roster from their account in My Programs, “Enroll in a course” link or clicking on the “Enroll” link within their Supersite program.

Moving Students between Rosters 1. To move a student into the roster of one of your other classes, check the box beside the student’s name. 2. Click on the Move Selected to… drop-down menu, select the class you wish to move the student to, and then click Submit.

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Emailing Students from the Roster Page 1. To email a student from the Roster page, check the box beside the student’s name, and then click the Email button.

Note: You can select one or more students.

2. From the Email Recipients pop-up window, first select the punctuation separator that is accepted by your email program–either comma or semicolon–and you may then select one of these options: a. Option 1: Click “Send with E-mail program.” to launch a pre-addressed message in your computer’s default email program. b. Option 2: If you are using a web-based email program–Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.–copy the list of student email addresses from the pop-up window and paste into an email message.

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Printing a Roster 1. To print a roster, click on the PRINT ROSTER link.

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Assignments Activities within the Assignments area are organized based on your textbook’s Table of Contents. Activities are organized into different content tabs including Tutorials 1 Practice, e-Cuaderno 2 (only if the class access level is designated as e-Cuaderno), and Assessment.

1. From the My Courses page, click on the Assignments link for a class in which you wish to set assignments.

2. To manage assignments within each content area, use the tabs located at the top center of the page.

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The Tutorial tab is only accessible from a students account. It contains activities that are not assignable and are not tracked to your gradebook.

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3. To manage assignments for each lesson, use the lesson links located on the left-hand side of the Assignments page in the Contents menu.

4. You can mouse-over most activity titles to review details about the activity, including the question type, count and assigned point values for question items, and the direction line.

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Setting Due Dates Once you have created your course and additional class(es), you may set due dates for activities from within the Assignments course management area. Students can access and complete all of the activities in the Supersite, but once enrolled in your class, they will see due dates for the assigned activities. Any due dates that you set are visible in your gradebook’s. Before assigning due dates, make sure you are managing the correct course and class. Select the desired course and class from the Select Course/Section drop-down menu and click Go.

Set a Due Date for an Individual Activity 1. Click on an activity’s due date box to select a due date in the calendar pop-up.

Note: Changes remain highlighted until you click Save

2. Select a due date using the pop-up calendar.

3. Click Save.

Note: If you navigate away from this page without clicking Save, the activities will not be assigned a due date!

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Set the Same Due Dates for Multiple Activities 1. Scroll to each activity you wish to assign and click its checkbox.

Note: Activities with open-ended responses need to be graded by the teacher. These activities are signaled by a “person” icon in the Graded? column.

2. At the top of the activity list, click in the text box labeled, Assign all checked items. 3. Select a due date and click the Assign button.

Note: You can also select ALL activities in a lesson by clicking Check All for Page. Then use the Assign all checked items option.

4. When prompted, click OK to confirm that you want to set this due date for all checked activities. 5. The due date you selected will appear next to all of the activities you checked. 6. Click Save.

Note: If you navigate away from this page without clicking Save, the activities will not be assigned a due date!

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Un-Assign Activities 1. To un-assign any activity, scroll down to the activity you wish to un-assign. In the activity’s due date box, highlight the assigned due date for that activity, then hit delete or backspace on your keyboard. 2. Click Save to apply your changes. 3. To un-assign multiple activities, use the checkboxes as described above in “set a Due Date for an Individual Activity,” leave the Assign all checked items text box blank, and click the Assign button. 4. When prompted, click OK to confirm. 5. Click Save to apply your changes.

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Assessments To view and assign Practice Quizzes, Diagnostic Quizzes, Practice Tests & Exams and tests and exams (Pruebas) from the DESCUBRE Testing Program, click on the Assessment tab located at the top center of the Assignments area. To save due dates for Practice Quizzes, Diagnostic Quizzes and Practice Tests & Exams follow the steps outlined in the section “Setting Due Dates.”

Note: Choose a lesson within the Contents box and make sure to select the correct course and section from the Select Course/Section drop-down menu and click Go.

Release an Assigned Test and Student Results for Tests and Exams in Assessment Tests and exams are not normally accessible in student accounts. Students can only view and access tests and their results if the test has been assigned and released by a teacher.

1. In the TESTS AND EXAMS section, click in the due date box of the test you wish to assign, then select a due date in the pop-up calendar. Click Save. Note: This step may be completed and saved during the same session as steps 2 and 3 or during a prior session.

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2. In the right-hand column “Deployment/Grade and Results Settings,” select a setting in the row "Students will see their Results and Grades” to indicate when you would like students to see their test scores and results. Choices include: •

Option 1: Releases student results on a date of your choice if you click in the text box and select a date from the pop-up calendar, or immediately releases results if the button to the left of “Now” is selected. If you select this setting, click Save to apply the setting.

Note: When selecting a date to have your students view their scores, do not set a date later then your course end date or your students will not have access to their assessment score..



Option 2 (the-preselected setting): Requires that all students in the roster have submitted a test and the teacher has graded all student submissions before results are released. This is the most secure setting. If you select this setting, click Save to apply the setting.



Option 3: Requires that all students in the roster have submitted a test before student results are released. Click Save to apply the setting. If you select this setting, click Save to apply the setting.

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3. In the right-hand column “Deployment/Grade and Results Settings,” select a release option in the row "Students can not see and take this exam until." A test can remain unreleased until just prior to administering the test. Choices include: •

Option 1: Releases a test on a date of your choice (at 12:00 AM) if you click in the text box, select a date from the pop-up calendar, and click Save.



Option 2: Immediately releases a test when the button to the left of “Now” is selected and the Save button is clicked.



Option 3 (the pre-selected setting): Un-releases a test or keeps a test inaccessible to students when the button to the left of “Release” is selected. Click the Save button if you un-release a test. 3

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Advanced Assignment Options The Advanced Options feature allows you to set several advanced assignment options. Click on Advanced Options to view these options.

Set Assignment Dates for All Classes in Your Course If your Supersite class is organized into several periods, you can assign dates to an activity across all periods of the class at one time. 1. First, click on Advanced Options. 2. To apply previously saved due dates to all sections of the course that you are currently working in, check the box labeled Apply these dates to all sections in this course.

3. Click Save.

Disable Student Access to a Lesson To control when your students are able to view and work on activities within the Supersite, use the Hide Until feature. 1. Under Advanced Options, click in the box labeled Hide Until and specify a date.

2. Click Save. Students will now be unable to view this entire lesson and won't be able to complete any of its activities until the date you selected.

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Changing an Activity’s Grading Type Activities in the Supersite can be set as “Graded” or “Credit.” Students do not know which activities are Graded and which are Credit, so they have every incentive to try to get the best possible score on all activities. There are also some activities that are set as “Not Graded” because of the nature of their content. •

Activities are made up of question types such as multiple choice, true/false, and short answer, as well as open-ended and audio-record-and-compare questions that need to be graded by the teacher.



For activities set to “Graded,” students will receive a performance-based score. For activities set to “Credit,” students will either receive 100% credit for attempting the activity, regardless of their score, or no credit for not attempting it.



Activities in the Practice tab are pre-set to “Credit” since these activities are intended to be for practice only. Activities in the eCuaderno/Cahier interactif 3 are pre-set to “Graded” since these activities are intended to be assigned as homework after students have read and practiced the lesson materials. Activities in the Assessment tab are also pre-set to “Graded”.



Activities that are set to “Not Graded” include tutorials, games, oral and listening practice. Students can only receive credit for attempting these activities.

1. Click the Advanced Options link.

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2. To change a single Graded activity to Credit or vise versa, click the Credit toggle button in the Grading Type column for the activity.

Note: You can undo this change at any point and return the activity to its original status as a Graded activity and vise versa, even after students have already submitted an assignment.

3. To change the grading style on all activities in a lesson and tab, click one of the links, as appropriate: “Set all to Graded” or “Set all to Credit.” 4. Click Save.

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Setting Custom Assignment Options for an Activity You can manually override your Preferences grading options for an activity by selecting custom assignment options for the number of allowable attempts, for point values, or for strictness settings. 1. Click on the title link of the activity.

2. The Assignment Options tab will display the global grading Preferences settings and it will also give you the opportunity to override these global settings. a. Click the radio button, “Use Custom Grading Options (for all courses).” b. Select new settings for the number of allowable attempts, point values, or strictness settings. 2

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Note: To return an activity’s settings to your global grading options, select the radio button, “Use your Grading Options from Preferences.”

3. Click Save Options to apply the custom grading options.

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Gradebook

Within the Gradebook you can track your students’ performance in several different ways: • Quickly review students’ progress using the Statistics view. • Access an activity-level breakdown of student progress using the Detail view. • Both the Detail and Statistics views normally show all activities in a lesson. You can opt either to view all activities for a lesson or only the activities that you have assigned.

Statistics In every lesson, the Statistics view provides three scores for each student. • Activities completed • Points earned • Success rate View of Assigned Activities

In the Statistics view, the link “Include Only Assigned Activities" will calculate students’ grades based only on assigned activities, while the “Include All Activities” link will include both assigned .and unassigned activities.

View of All Activities

1. Click on the Statistics link. 2. The first column, “Activities Completed,” shows how many activities each student has completed in the lesson. 3. The second column, “Points Earned,” shows the number of points earned by the student out of the total points possible for the lesson. This score does not include activities that are credit or not graded unless you select the option to include credit activities’ scores in your Preferences>Grading Options. 4. The scores in the third column, Success Rate, are a good measure of a student’s performance at any point during the course. These scores indicate a student’s level of mastery on completed assignments.

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Detail The Detail view is the first view you will see upon entering the gradebook. It provides an activity-level breakdown of students’ progress as well as assignment due dates. 1. Click on the Detail link to view: •

individual student scores 4 for graded activities, as well as the status of not graded or credit activities.



assignment due dates in the second row (just below activity titles).



the class Average (mean) for all students who have completed the activity.



the total number of Activity Points students can earn per activity, which is based on the number of questions and the point values assigned to each question type..

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Student scoring data is stored in the Supersite database as correctness ratios: number of question items correct / total number of question items. Ratios are converted to points using the formula: correctness ratio x activity point value.

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Activity Summary Icon The Activity Summary page allows you to review class statistics as well as individual student data such as scores and time spent working on an activity.

1. In the Detail view, click on the Activity Summary icon

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2. You will see detailed information about your students’ submissions including: a. Class statistics: percentage of the class that completed the activity; low and high scores for points earned; class mean for points earned; and class median for points earned. b. Individual performance: score, date and time completed, and amount of time spent to complete the activity.

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3. Click on a student entry to access the student’s submission.

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Advanced Activity Options Icon Advanced Activity Options provides access to preview an activity, review the answer key, and override your global grading options settings from Preferences for the number of allowable attempts, point values, or strictness settings. 1. Click on the Advanced Activity Options icon

for an activity.

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2. To preview an activity as a student would see it, click the Preview Activity tab. 3. To review the correct answers for an activity, click the Answer Key tab. 2

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Note: This screen is also accessible in the Assignments area if you click on the title of an activity.

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4. The Assignment Options tab will display the global grading Preferences settings and it will also give you the opportunity to override these global settings. a. Click the radio button, “Use Custom Grading Options (for all courses).” b. Select new settings for the number of allowable attempts, point values, or strictness settings. c. Click Save Options to apply the custom grading options. 5. To return an activity’s settings to your global grading options, select the radio button, “Use your Grading Options from Preferences.” 5

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6. Click Save Options.

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Activity Grading Type Icons There are three different activity grading types: credit, graded, and not graded. With the exception of not graded items, an activity’s grading type can be changed at anytime. 2

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1. Graded activities are indicated by a green checkmark icon. Students’ scores are based on the accuracy of their responses. Click on the Grading Type icon to change a graded activity to credit. 2. Credit activities are indicated by a slashed green checkmark icon. Students receive full credit for attempting a credit activity, regardless of the accurateness of their responses. Click on the Grading Type icon to change an activity’s grading type from credit to graded.

Reviewing and Grading Student Submissions Within the gradebook you can review students’ actual responses, manually set or adjust question item scores, leave comments, accept late assignments, or reset a student’s attempts on any activity. 1. Click on a student’s score for any activity to access the student’s submission. a. Scores in blue type are on-time submissions. b. Scores in red type indicate late submissions. c. “Pending” scores, which requires review and grading by a teacher, indicated by a “person” icon, are instructor-graded items.

Blue = On time

Red = Late

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2. Review the statistics tables for details regarding the student’s submission a. The first statistics table details the score and how it was calculated. i. To clear late penalties or the late designation on a submission, click Accept. b. The second table details assignment due date and information about the completion of the student’s submission. i. To clear a student’s attempts, so that s/he may try an activity again, click Reset.

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Reviewing Teacher-Graded Activities Teacher-graded items–indicated by a ‘person’ icon–will display the score “Pending”until you review the student’s response for each question item and award a grade.

Teacher-graded item with a “Pending” score.

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1. Click on a student’s Pending score link to review their work and assign grades for questions that require teacher grading.

2. Choose one of two scoring options for each question item: a. Select a percentage score from the Score drop-down. b. Or select a Quick Grade option by clicking Full Credit or No Credit.

3. To leave feedback for a student, you can use a question item’s Comments area or a submission’s General comments box to enter your feedback. Mouse-click in a “comments” box and type comments.

4. Click one of the Save buttons to save awarded scores and comments.

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Reviewing Audio-Record and Compare Activities 1. Click on a student’s Pending score link to review their work and assign grades for recorded responses.

2. On an audio-record-and-compare activity, leave recorded feedback by clicking the bullet for an item, and then by clicking the “Record Feedback” button on the pop-up recorder controls.

3. A dialogue bubble will indicate the existence of recorded feedback

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Audio-Compare-and-Record Sample

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4. Choose one of two options to award a score: a. Select a percentage score from the Score drop-down. b. Or select a Quick Grade option by clicking Full Credit or No Credit. 5. When finished, click one of the “Save” button options at the bottom of the student’s submission.

Clearing Student Grading Review Requests In classes with access to the e-Cuaderno, students can submit a grading Review Request for any fill-in-theblank question items that they believe have been mistakenly auto-graded as incorrect. Students can submit a request for any fill-in-the-blank item regardless of its location in the Supersite.

1. To activate this feature, see the instructions in Preferences>Grading Options>Premium Features

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2. Click the Show Review Requests link to reveal pending requests from Teacher Tools under the Grading Review Request section.

in the detail view or access requests

3. After clicking on a student’s score that is displaying a Request Review pending icon “Request Pending” drop-down menu to select an appropriate score

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a. Optionally, you may add a student’s response to a custom answer key and award 100% automatically by clicking on the Add Answer button. i. Click the “Add Answer” button . b. Custom answers can be removed from the Answer key. See the Custom Answer Key section for instructions.

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Custom Answer Key You may build a custom answer key by adding a student response for any fill-in-the-blank question item. The custom answer feature will allow students to get full credit after an alternative answer has been added into the answer key. Students who provide the same answer prior to its addition to the answer key, will not receive full credit. In these cases, teachers will have to manually override awarded scores.

1. Click a response’s “Add Answer” button

to submit a response to the custom answer key.

2. Click on the grading type icon for the activity and select the Answer Key tab to view and remove custom answers. a. Custom answers are signaled by the “remove custom answer” icon . b. To remove a customer answer, click the “remove custom answer” icon .

You added this custom answer to your answer key. Click to remove this custom answer from the answer key. This action will only affect future student submissions.

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Printing and Exporting Data from the Gradebook From within the gradebook, you can print or export grading data for each course section. The print options present data in a portable document format (PDF), while the export options save the data in a comma separated value (CSV) format. You can also customize grading information and create a grading report necessary for your records for each course section.

Quick Print and Quick Export: options compile the Detail view’s grading data for the lesson and for the component that you are viewing. •

You can use the Quick Print feature to print out a hard copy of your students’ grades in a portable document format (PDF).



You can use the Quick Export to prepare a CSV file and make any adjustments necessary to the information found within MS Excel or another spreadsheet program.



You can use the Quick Print and Quick Export features to calculate student averages and determine each of your students’ grades for the lesson and for the component that you are viewing.

Divide the following figures: Points Earned into Points Possible (PE/PP = Grade).

Advanced Print and Advanced Export options compile the Detail view’s grading data based on a number of self-selected parameters including student name and information, assignment designation, activity averages and points, lessons, and component. •

You can use Advanced Print to obtain a hard copy of your students’ grades in a portable document format (PDF).



You can use the Advanced Export feature to prepare a CSV file and make any adjustments to the information found within MS Excel or another spreadsheet program.



You can use the Advanced Print and Advanced Export features to determine each student final grades for their Supersite work in the component you are viewing.

Divide the following figures: Points Earned into Points Possible (PE/PP = Grade).

Reports: Utilized across multiple courses and sections, this gradebook feature allows you to calculate student results by specifying a range of assignment dates, units/lessons, and tabs to include in a finished report. •

Perfect for mid-term and final grades, you can use the Standard reports or create your own reports.



You can save, edit, and print for your record keeping.

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Print Options

Quick Print 1. To prepare a PDF version of the active lesson and content section of the gradebook, click the Quick Print button. 2. Once the PDF is generated, you can either print or save it for later reference. Sample Grading Data

Note: To student grade divide Points Earned into Points Possible (PE/PP = Grade). To find individual student averages you will need to manually add all student scores and divide the total by the total number of items that you added together.

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Advanced Print 1. To prepare a PDF version that includes more than just the active lesson and section of the gradebook, click the Advanced Print button. 2. Select the parameters that you would like to include in the PDF.

3. Click the Export button to prepare the data for the PDF version.

4. Once the PDF is generated, you can either print or save it for future reference.

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Export Options

Quick Export 1. To prepare a CSV file of the active lesson and content section of the gradebook that can be opened in MS Excel or other spreadsheet program, click the Quick Export button

Note: If you are using MS Excel, select all cells and use the FORMAT options. Choose the AutoFit Selections options for Rows and Colums to modify view.

2. Use the Function Wizard (fx button) to calculate student average and grades. 3. Save the CSV file. You can later open and manipulate the data in this file using MS Excel or another spreadsheet program.

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Advanced Export 2. To prepare a CSV file that includes more than just the active lesson and section of the gradebook, click the Advanced Export button. 2. Select the parameters that you would like to include in the CSV file.

2. Click the Export button. 2. Choose to save the CSV file. You can later open and manipulate the data in this file using Excel or any other spreadsheet program.

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Gradebook Reports The Gradebook Reports tool allows you to generate reports for all of your courses and course sections. For your convenience, there are several Standard Reports available, but you can build your own custom reports as well.

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To get to Gradebook Reports, click on the “gradebook” link for one of your courses / sections.

2. Click “Go” to the right of the “Reports…” drop-down menu.

Standard Reports In the Standard Reports area, there are five reports available. •

Cumulative assignment grades: calculates a cumulative average for every student for all Supersite assignments.



Cumulative assessment grades: calculates a cumulative average for every student for work done in Assessments.



Cumulative points: calculates cumulative points for every student for all Supersite work.



Total time spent: calculates total of time spent working on assignments for every student.



Assignment grades for unit/lesson/episode: calculates a cumulative average for every student for assignments in the current unit or lesson.

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1. To run a Standard Report, click on the title of a report in the Standard Reports list.

2. Your gradebook scoring data for the selected standard report appears in the display area.

3. To run a standard report for other course sections, select another course section from the Course/Section drop-down list and click Go.

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Custom Reports (My Reports) In a custom report you may opt to include assignment data for: •

Units/Lessons and Date Ranges: a single unit/lesson, a range, or all as well as a single date or a date range.



Content Tabs: a single tab, multiple tabs, or all tabs including Practice, WebSAM (eCuaderno/Cahier interactif), and Assessment.



Content Tab Sub-components: workbook, lab manual, and/or video manual.



Activity Grading Styles: “graded only” or “credit and graded.”



Subtotal Columns: Units, Units and Lessons, Tabs, or Tabs and Sub-components.



Data Types: Percentage (select a style), Activities Completed, Activities Assigned, Points Earned, Points Possible, Time Spent.

Creating Custom Reports (My Reports) Custom reports are listed in and accessed directly from My Reports. You can create custom reports by using the Reports wizard (Create a new report). You can print, export, edit and delete custom reports or share a custom report with members of a course's Instructor Team. 1

1. To get started, click on the Create a new report link. 2.

In the Name step of the wizard, select a report from the "Create based on" drop-down list. (The wizard will create the custom report based on the standard report.)

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Enter a name for your custom report in the "Report name" field.

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Click Next.

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5. In the Range step of the wizard, first select the date range of assignments that you wish to include in the report using the "Assignments due between" drop-down lists. If you select "Specific date" for the start or end of the date range, you must use the popup calendar tool to select a date.

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Note: If you wish to return to the previous step to make changes, click on the name of the step in the Wizard progress bar.

6. Next, select the units/lessons that you wish to include in the report. If you select “Units/Lessons Range,” you must select a specific unit/lesson from the Start and End drop-down lists.

7. Click Next.

8. In the Contents step of the wizard, you will first select which tabs' assignments you wish to include (applies only to Supersites that have tabbed content).

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9. Choose whether you wish to include either “graded and credit” activities or only “graded” activities. 10. Click Next.

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11. In the Subtotals step of the wizard, select one of the options.

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Note: The "Reports... Preview" display presents a sample of your selection.

12. Click Next.

13. In the Data type step of the wizard, you will select options for which data to include in the report. You can check or uncheck the options that you find useful. a. If you select "Percentages" as an option, the style XX.X% is preselected. Use the drop-down to choose an alternate style. b. Students' names will display in the format "First Last," unless you select an alternate presentation style. Use the drop-down list to choose an alternate style.

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14. When you are satisfied with all of the selections made in the Data Type step and any of the previous steps, click Save.

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15. You will see the report results (right side of the page) and the title of the newly created report listed in My Reports. Note: To run the same report for other course sections, select another course section from the Course/Section drop-down list and click Go.

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Editing My Reports 1. From the My Reports list, select the custom report that you wish to edit. 2. After the report results load in the Reports display area, click the “Edit” button.

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3. The edit process begins at the Name step of the Reports wizard. Use the Next button to move to another step in the wizard or click directly on a step in the progress bar. 4. Make the desired changes to the settings of each step you wish to edit. Upon editing settings in the wizard, review the changes in the Reports Preview. 5. When you are satisfied with your edits, click the Save button in the Data Type step of the wizard. 6. Your custom report edits are applied and the results for the chosen Course section appear in the display area on the main Reports page.

Sharing/Un-sharing My Reports 1. You can share your saved custom report settings with members of your courses' Instructor Team. 2. From the My Reports list, select the custom report that you wish to share. 3. After the report results load in the Reports display area, select the checkbox "Share with instructor". If you wish to no longer share a report, select the custom report and uncheck the setting "Share with instructor". 3

Note: The Instructor Team feature must be activated and a team must be associated with a course in order to share a report.

Deleting My Reports 1. From the My Reports list, select the custom report that you wish to delete. 2.

After the report results load in the Reports... display area, click the Delete button.

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Printing Results from Reports... 1. After selecting both a course section (from the Course/Section drop-down menu) and a report from either the Standard Reports or My Reports list, click the Print button that appears in the Reports display area.

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2. After the pdf (portable document format) version of the report results loads, click the print icon (printer image) at the top left of the pdf display window. 3. You may also save a digital copy of the pdf by clicking the save icon (disk image). When prompted, be sure to select a location in which to save the file. Note: You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the pdf version of a report. Download Adobe Reader at http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Exporting Results from Reports... 1. After selecting both a course section (from the Course/Section drop-down menu) and a report from either the Standard Reports or My Reports list, click the “Export” button to generate a csv file.

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2. When prompted, click the “Save” button and select a location in which to save the file. Note: Report results are converted to a csv (comma-separated values) file, which can be opened and edited in any spreadsheet program, including Excel.

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Announcements From the Announcements page, you can post messages for your students. Your announcements are posted to the Student Tools menu of your student’s Supersite account.

1. Click Announcement link for course section on you’re My Courses page.

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Note: You can send an announcement to all classes in a course by clicking the checkbox “post to all sections in this course.”

2. Both the Title and Message fields are open textboxes, so click your cursor in the textboxes and enter the desired information. You can enter diacritical characters and special punctuation by using the floating accent bar.

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3. You may attach a file 5 to any of your announcements by clicking on the Browse button and selecting a file. IMPORTANT NOTE: When naming any files you plan to attach to an announcement, be sure to eliminate spaces or accented characters in the file names as these items can impact students’ ability to access an attachment.

4. Click Post Announcement to post your announcement. Students will see your message in their Student Tools box menu when they log in to the Supersite.

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50 megabyte size limit on all files. Supported file types: 'bmp' (image/bmp); 'doc' (application/msword); 'dwg' (application/acad); 'dxf' (application/dxf); 'dxr' (application/x-director); 'eps' (application/postscript); 'flv' (flv-application/octet-stream); 'gif' (image/gif); 'hqx' (application/mac-binhex40); 'htm' or 'html' (text/html); 'jpg' or 'jpeg' (image/jpeg); 'mov' (video/quicktime); 'mp2' (audio/mpeg); 'mp3' (audio/mpeg); 'mpeg' (video/mpeg); 'mpg' (video/mpeg); 'pdf' (application/pdf); 'png' (image/png); 'ppt' (application/vnd.ms-powerpoint); 'rtf' (application/rtf); 'sit' (application/x-stuffit); 'swf' (application/xshockwave-flash); 'tif' or 'tiff' (image/tiff); 'xls' (application/vnd.ms-excel); 'zip' (application/x-zip-compressed).

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Voice Boards [Powered by Blackboard] Voice boards are audio-enabled discussions that allow users to post text as well as recorded messages. With voice boards, teachers and students in a course will have the ability to communicate asynchronously. The Supersite’s Voice Boards [Powered by BLACKBOARD] can be used to: • Provide oral instructions or feedback for students • Provide an open forum for discussion • Practice pronunciation and improve oral and listening skills • Give oral presentations or conduct oral testing

1. Click the Voice Boards link for a class on your my Courses page.

2. Click [Create New Voice Board] to create a voice board.

3. For complete details on creating and managing Voice Boards, please view and print our Voice Board Instructor/Teacher Guide.

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Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) is a synchronous instant messenger client that allows you to communicate with students enrolled in your course. With Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) teachers and students can benefit from features such as text chat, audio calling, video calling, application sharing, whiteboard and virtual office hours. Students must have access to your Supersite WebSAM in order to use Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto). 1.

Click on the Wimba Pronto link for your course section/class in your Supersite’s My Courses page.

Note: Students must have access to the e-Cuaderno in their Supersite account in order to activate Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto).

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On the Wimba Pronto panel, click the “Enable Wimba Pronto” button. This will activate a link in students’ Supersite accounts that allows them to get the Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) installation file and activate their Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) account. This action also activates the Wimba Pronto dashboard in your Supersite course section. You must enable Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) in each course section in order for students to access the installation file and activate their own Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) account.

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Click the link “Activate your Pronto account and download the Pronto client.”

Note: Make sure to complete the activation process, followed by downloading and installing Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) chat client to link your course roster listing with Wimba Pronto.

Please refer to the Wimba Pronto Getting Started Guide for detailed instructions on how to complete the activation & installation process.

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Teacher Tools The Teacher Tools sidebar is available on almost every page of your book’s Supersite except the Gradebook. It provides several features to help you easily manage your classes or get assistance using the Supersite.

Preview Student Site You can confirm posted due dates, announcements, and settings. 1. Select a class from the Select Course/Section drop-down list. 2. Click the Preview Student Site link to view your class as a student.

Submissions to be Graded for Premium Classes All student submissions that require your attention to receive a score will appear on this list. 1. To view only items you have assigned, click the link “Show assigned only”. 2. Each link includes details about due date, number of submitted items, and count of how many need grading. 3. Click on an activity’s link to view and grade the first of the waiting submissions in your gradebook. 4. Use an activity link’s 100% button to quickly award 100% to all student submissions to graded.

Grading Review Requests for Classes with e-Cuaderno Students’ requests for you to review answers on fill-in-the-blank questions appear here and in your gradebook. You must activate this Premium feature in Preferences>Grading Options>Premium Features. 1. Each link will bring you directly to a student’s request. 2. You have the option to deny a request without reviewing it. Click the red X button to deny a request. 3. Refer to directions in the Gradebook and Preferences sections of this user guide for more details.

My Other Textbooks This feature allows you to access Supersites for other levels of DESCUBRE to which you have access. Your Feedback This link allows you to submit your feedback about the Supersite to our editorial and development teams.

Help/Support Resources This section offers user guides and a guided tour to assist your work in the Supersite, as well as a link to technical support resources.

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Preferences The Preferences link is located in the upper right corner of every page of the My Courses tab of your Supersite account, just below the Vista Higher Learning logo. On the Preferences page, you can view your account information and manage your grading and assignment options or activate the team teaching feature.

Account Information Each time you click on the Preferences link, you will first see the Account Information page. You can edit your personal information by clicking on the link that reads: Change your account information.

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Changing Your Account Information Within the Edit Account page you can edit your username and e-mail address, opt to include a link to your email address in students’ accounts, make corrections to your first and last name, select your birth year, set up a secret question/secret answer and adjust your time zone settings.

Note: You can also change your account information in your VHL Central home page > My Account link

Within the Edit Account page, you will find open textbox fields that will allow you to enter any desired changes. You will also have the chance to select any of the options within the drop-down lists.

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Adding an Email Link in Student Accounts If you would like your students to contact you via email, you can enable a link to your email address to display on your students Descubre Supersite accounts. 1. Click My Account link and then click on the checkbox next to “Show students a link to my E-mail address.”

2. Click Submit button to save your changes.

Changing or Setting Up a Secret Question 1. Click My Account link. In the “Secret Question” section, select a secret question from the drop-down menu.

2. Enter your personal answer to the chosen question. (Your answer to the secret question may later be used to help you retrieve forgotten login information by using “Forgot your Password?” link. See the Instructor/Teacher Registration Guide for directions on how to use the Account Help tool.)

3. Click the Submit button to save your changes.

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Instructor Team Instructor Team allows teachers or administrators to assign access to any Supersite class to select individuals for the purposes of sharing the teaching responsibilities, observing a class, or assisting with grading. For detailed instructions on how to activate and use this feature, please download the Instructor Teams Guide from the Help/Support Resources section of Teacher Tools.

Grading Options You can view or change the default settings applied to your account for the number of attempts allowed on activities, for the point values assigned to different questions, for grading strictness, and for gradebook score displays. IMPORTANT NOTE: All settings on the Grading Options tab apply to all of the courses and classes in your VHL Central account. To set custom grading options for specific activities see Assignment Options.

Setting the Default Number of Attempts for Computer-Graded Activities The default setting for the number of allowable attempts on computer-graded activities is two. To change this default setting: 1. Click the Grading Options tab. 2. From the drop-down menu, select a new setting. 3. Save your changes before navigating away from the Grading Options screen.

Note: To prevent students from scoring 100% by simply guessing, students are only allowed a maximum of one attempt on multiple choice activities with only two possible answers (e.g. True/False).

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Setting Default Point Values You may opt to change the default setting for the point values applied to each type of question in your Supersite. The default setting for each question type appears below.

To change the settings: 1. Click the Grading Options tab. 2. Each question type field is an open textbox, so you need only to click in a textbox and then enter the desired value. 3. Save your changes before navigating away from the Grading Options screen.

Setting Default Strictness Options for Fill-in-the-blank Questions The system’s default setting is to match accents exactly. You may opt to change the default settings on how strictly the system grades students’ submissions for fill-in-the-blank questions (i.e. activities that require students to type in an answer).

To change the settings: 1. Click the Grading Options tab. 2. Click in the checkbox beside each strictness option that you wish to apply to students’ submissions. 3. Save your changes before navigating away from the Grading Options screen.

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Settings for Gradebook Display and Calculations The default display in the gradebook for credit activities is to display the word “Credit” for any credit activities that students submit. By default, the gradebook does not include any credit activity scores in its statistical calculations, so if you plan to include credit activity scores in a student’s average you must change your settings.

To change the settings: 1. Click the Grading Options tab. 2. If you prefer student grades on “Credit” activity submissions to display as a numerical grade (100%), check “Display numerical grade instead of ‘Credit.’” 3. If you also prefer to include “Credit” activity submissions in students’ grade calculations, check “Include the numeric score on most Credit activities in statistics calculations.” 4. If you prefer to have students’ grades display as points earned, check “Display grades as points earned instead of percentage.” 5. Save your changes before navigating away from the Grading Options screen.

Setting Premium Features Request Review You may opt to activate this feature if you plan to set assignments in the e-Cuaderno and are requiring students to purchase student seats to e-Cuaderno. Upon activating this premium feature, students with can submit a review request to you for any fill-in-the-blank question that is auto-graded as incorrect.

Note: Click the “Show Review Requests” link in your gradebook to see pending requests – look for this icon also quickly access requests under the Grading Review Requests section of Teacher Tools.

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1. To activate this feature, check “Allow student to request teacher review of fill-in-the-blank answers marked incorrect by the computer.” 2. Click Save Changes to apply the setting.

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Enhanced Feedback Normally when students get a Fill-in-the-blank answer wrong, they will see a red “X” next to the question upon submission. By enabling the Enhanced Feedback feature, students will see specific parts of their answer highlighted when incorrect.

To enable the Enhanced Feedback feature: 1. Click the Grading Options tab and click the check box “Show students improved feedback, highlighting missing, incorrect, and extra words and punctuation”.

2. Click on the Save Changes button before navigating away from the Grading Options screen.

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Assignment Options From the Assignment Options tab you will see your school’s time zone and your current time zone. You can edit your time zone information by clicking one the “Click here to change your time zone setting” link.

Note: The default time zone setting is set to your school’s time zone. Therefore, your will need to make sure your current time zone corresponds to your school’s time zone.

Changing Your Time Zone Within the Edit Account page you can edit your time zone settings Go to “My Time Zone” section and use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate time zone.

Click on the Submit button to save your changes.

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Changing the Default Assignment Due Time In the Assignment Due Time section, you can set a default “due by” time for student assignments. Use the drop-down menus to select a new due time..

Note: The assignment due time settings will apply to all Supersite programs, as well as, all of your courses within your VHL Central account.

Accepting Late Assignments 1. Click the Assignment Options tab.

2. In the Overdue Assignments section, select the checkbox labeled "Students can submit overdue assignments for credit."

Note: You can accept individual late assignments from students in your gradebook. (Go to page 29 for further information)

3. Select one of the “overdue submissions” penalty choices offered:  No penalty: students receive full credit, even if it is late.  Flat-rate penalty: specify a fixed percentage that will be deducted from students’ scores, no matter how late they submit the assignment.  Per day penalty: specify a percentage that will be deducted from students’ scores for each day that an assignment is overdue.

4. The system will reset overdue status on late student submissions if you extend a due date and you’ve checked “When I extend a due date, reset the overdue status of any existing submissions.” This is useful in cases where an assignment due date needs to be extended as a result of class cancellations caused by weather, a power outage, or teacher illness.

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5. If you wish to allow late submission on exams and tests assigned on the Assessment tab, click in the checkbox beside “Students can submit overdue Assessment exams for credit.” This is a useful setting for students who are scheduled to take a make-up exam. 6. After making the appropriate selections click the Save Changes button to apply your changes.

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Resources The Resources tab provides access to extensive teacher and student ancillary materials that are correlated to the student textbook. There are two ways for you to navigate and download component files.

Select by Component 1. Use the drop-down menu labeled Select a component… to choose a component. 2. Once you’ve chosen the desired component, click Go.

3. From the component list, click a file link. 4. You will be prompted to either Open or Save the file. 5. You should choose to Save the document to your computer.

Select by Lesson When preparing for classes covering any particular lesson, you can choose to navigate the available resources based on the textbook’s Table of Contents. 1. Use the drop-down menu labeled Select a lesson… to choose a component.

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Supersite Training Resources Instructor/Teacher Resources User Guides We offer a selection of downloadable/printable user guides for your reference. Click on the user guide titles to access the guide of your choice. • • • • • • •

Online Registration Resources Guide Downloadable Instructor Registration Guide Teacher (Descubre & D’Accord) User Guide Instructor Team Guide Wimba Voice Board Instructor User Guide Wimba Pronto “Getting Started” Guide Wimba Pronto User Guide (pdf or online)

Live Online In-service Training Our training program includes sessions that cover the basics to get you started using the MAESTRO® Supersite and/or Web-SAM, as well as sessions that focus on advanced features for those who have already mastered the basics. Sessions are scheduled during the months of July-October and December-April. Click here to view the training schedules or go to www.vistahigherlearning.com/supersites/inservice/.

Pre-recorded Sessions We have some pre-recorded sessions: WIMBA Voice Board and Supersite Advanced sessions. To view the prerecorded in-service sessions go to: Supersite In-service - WIMBA Voice Board & Wimba Pronto: http://vistahigherlearning.na5.acrobat.com/p99846828/ Supersite In-service - Advanced: http://vistahigherlearning.na5.acrobat.com/p44677178/

Guided Tours Each guided tour demonstrates the major features and functionality of the MAESTRO® languagelearning system. Click here to view the list of tours or go to: http://www.vistahigherlearning.com/supersites/instructor_tours/index.php

Student Resources User Guides We have a selection of downloadable/printable user guides for student reference. Click on the student user guide titles to access the guide of your choice. • • • • • •

Online Registration Resources Guide Downloadable Student Registration Guide Student User Guide Wimba Voice Board Student User Guide Wimba Pronto “Getting Started” Guide Wimba Pronto User Guide (pdf or online)

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Guided Tours Each guided tour demonstrates the major features and functionality of the MAESTRO® languagelearning system. Click here to view the list of tours or go to: http://www.vistahigherlearning.com/supersites/student_tours/index.php

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