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After logging into your Teacher Account, you will see your
"Teacher Dashboard" which asks, "What would
you like to do?" This tour is about Adding a
New Test, so you would click the "Add a New
Test" button.
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Create a Test - In three easy steps
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Step 1 - Choose Content Parameters
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The first thing you are going to need to do is to decide
from which Dictionary you would like to create a quiz. Our
Main Dictionary gives you the most flexibility. From this
Dictionary you can select any word from our database;
which means you are not confined to one category of
questions. But, if you are designing a
"categorical" type Quiz for your students, our
Category Dictionaries (e.g. Animals, Baby, etc.) would
probably make it easier to create your Quiz. Either way
you go, we recommend that you
keep a "paper list" of the quizzes you create.
It will help avoid confusion when you want to edit a Quiz
later on by adding words to the Quiz or deleting words, or
changing the testing times for a Quiz. When you edit
a Quiz, you will be asked to select the same Dictionary
that was used in the creation of the original Quiz.
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To start, click the radio button next to the Dictionary
you would like to use. Then choose how many words you would like to include in the problem set. For example,
choosing a 10 word problem set will allow you to choose 10
words from the Dictionary your designate.
Each of the words will constitute 1 question in a 10-question Test.
(Creating 6 words would create a 6 question quiz, 8 words
- an 8 questions quiz, etc.) Each Quiz page has 4 possible
responses. One word will be a correct choice on each Quiz
page. The remaining words in
the problem set will be randomly selected to fill in the 3 distracters (wrong answers) for
each question in the problem set.
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Note: Quizzes must contain at
least 4 words and may contain a maximum of 60 words.
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Choose an appropriate name for your Content. We recommend including the Dictionary Name and Class Period in your Quiz Name to help you remember the type of Quiz you created.
- e.g. Animals Quiz Period1 or Main Quiz Period 3. Later
on, you'll be asked to specify for whom the Quiz was created. Think of this in terms of
like (ex: 2nd Period, ASL I, ASL II, Semester Review etc.)
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Step 2 - Select Quiz
Content
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Now, it's time to start selecting your Content words. Just click on a letter, scroll
down to the word you want to include and click the word. It will be added to
your Quiz set automatically.
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To select words that begin with the letter
"A," click A above the "Choices"
section. To select words that begin with the letter
"B," click B, etc.
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Continue selecting words until your Quiz set is filled. Click a letter-Click a word.
If you make a mistake or change your mind about a word, don't worry. Just delete
the word. Then select another
word to replace it. When you're finished, click "Next Step".
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Step 3
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Now it's time to define who the Quiz was created for and
when you want it to be available to your students (ex: 2nd
Period, ASL I, ASL II, Semester Review etc.) This helps
the student know which Quiz in the account he or she is
suppose to be taking.
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Things to remember:
- Creating a specific time frame for quizzes to be available is handy if you
want to restrict student access to specific time periods
for quizzing or testing for a grade, as opposed to
practice quizzes.
- All times are recorded in Central Time, so keep in mind the differences in time
zones when making these settings. (A time zone chart is available at the end of this
page for your reference.)
- All times with a start date set to a future date or time will not be
visible to your students until that date or time occurs.
- All stop dates set to a past date or time will not be
visible to your students.
- Multiple Quizzes can be created from any Dictionary.
For example, one Test from the "Food" Dictionary
could be named, "Food - Pre-Test" and created to be available at the
current time. Another,
separate Quiz, with "Food - Final Quiz" could be created
and made available at a future time, with a specific
practice lab day in mind.
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When finished, click "Complete Test Setup".
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A recap of your selections will be displayed. Clicking the
"Return to Dashboard" button will send you back
to your Teacher Dashboard, as displayed in the first
picture way at the top of this guide.
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Soon after creating your Quiz, it is a
good idea to log into your account as a student (on the
right side of the log in page, using the student log in
information) to check the Quiz and verify that you got the
results you wanted.
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Time Zone Reference Chart
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Create Account
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to view information on how to create an account, Add A New
Quiz or
Manage Existing
Quizzes
for more information about the individual features of the Teacher Dashboard, or
What your Students see for
more information about the Student interface.
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