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ALEKS instructor's manual for higher education mathematics
ALEKS Instructor's Manual for Higher Education Mathematics
Table of content
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 What is ALEKS?
1.2 The ALEKS Instructor's Manual
Chapter 2: Quick Start
2.1 Obtaining a Course Code
2.2 Registering Students
Chapter 3: Setup Guide for Instructors
3.1 Instructor Preparation
3.2 System Requirements
3.3 Installation
3.4 Instructor Module
3.5 Lab Check
3.6 Student Orientation
3.7 Registration
3.8 Tutorial
3.9 First Assessment
3.10 Report Tutorial
3.11 Beginning the Learning Mode
Chapter 4: Assessment Mode
4.1 Assessments in ALEKS
4.2 Rules for Assessments
4.3 Scheduling of Assessments
4.3.1 Initial Assessment
4.3.2 Automatic Assessments
4.3.3 Completion Assessments
4.3.4 Requested Assessments
4.4 Buttons
4.5 Answer Editor
4.6 Manipulators for Mathematical Expressions
4.6.1 Basic Input
4.6.2 Basic Editing Tools
4.6.3 Selecting Input
4.6.4 Clear and Undo
4.7 Mathematical Expressions
4.7.1 Entering expressions from the keyboard
4.7.2 Using the Answer Editor keypad to structure simple expressions
4.7.3 Entering complex expressions
4.7.4 Alternate ways of entering expressions
4.7.5 Other mathematical signs
4.7.6 The asterisk for multiplication
4.7.7 Mixed numbers
4.8 Types of Mathematical Expressions
4.9 Advanced Mathematical Expressions
4.10 The Answer Editor for Graphing
4.11 The Answer Editor for Histograms
4.12 Assessment Report
4.12.1 Standard Report Format
4.12.2 Interpreting the Pie charts
4.13 Ready to Learn
4.14 Progress Bars
Chapter 5: Learning Mode
5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode
5.2 Buttons
5.2.1 Exit
5.2.2 Options
5.2.3 Print
5.2.4 Report
5.2.5 Dictionary
5.2.6 Calculator
5.2.7 Review
5.2.8 Gradebook
5.2.9 Calendar
5.2.10 Worksheet
5.2.11 Quiz
5.2.12 Message
5.2.13 Help
5.2.14 MyPie
5.3 The Learning Mode Interface
5.3.1 Practice Page
5.3.2 Explanation Page
5.3.3 Wrong Answer Page
5.3.4 Dictionary
5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode
5.5 Review
5.6 Worksheet
5.7 Ask a Friend
5.8 Worktext
5.9 Suspend Account and Leave of Absence
Chapter 6: Instructor Module: Basic Interface
6.1 How do I
6.2 Course Admin
6.2.1 Create a new course
6.2.2 View all your courses and course codes
6.2.3 Customize a course
6.2.4 Password issues
6.2.5 Account preferences
6.2.6 Student Account preferences
6.2.7 Move a student from one course to another
6.2.8 Unenroll a student from a course
6.2.9 Delete a course
6.3 College Admin (Administrator)
6.3.1 Create a new instructor account
6.3.2 Password issues
6.3.3 Instructor account preferences
6.3.4 Move a course from one instructor to another
6.3.5 Delete an Instructor Account
6.4 Reporting
6.4.1 Course Progress options
6.4.2 Download Excel spreadsheet
6.4.3 Sorting
6.4.4 Statistical information
6.4.5 Individual learning progress since latest assessment
6.4.6 Individual detailed progress history
6.4.7 Individual overall progress in assessment
6.4.8 Scheduled assessment report
6.4.9 Average report (pie chart)
6.4.10 Display options for Average Report
6.4.11 Average
6.4.12 Ready to learn
6.4.13 What students can do
6.4.14 Quiz results for all the students
6.4.15 Progress report for a single student in this course
6.4.16 Report for a single student in this course (pie chart)
6.4.17 Complete list of topics mastered
6.4.18 Quiz results for a particular student
6.5 Taking Actions
6.5.1 Schedule a new assessment
6.5.2 Detailed scheduling options
6.5.3 Grading with Scheduled Assessments
6.5.4 Cancel an assessment
6.5.5 Change the name, date, grading scale of an assessment
6.5.6 Create a quiz
6.5.7 Tips for making quizzes
6.5.8 Grading with quizzes
6.5.9 Availability of quizzes to students.
6.5.10 Edit a quiz
6.5.11 Delete a quiz
6.6 Advanced
6.6.1 Show me a tutorial for the "Advanced" Instructor Module.
6.6.2 Enter the "Advanced" Instructor Module now.
Chapter 7: Advanced Instructor Module: Results & Progress
7.1 The ALEKS Advanced Instructor Module
7.2 Instructor Tutorial (Advanced Instructor Module)
7.3 Access to the Advanced Instructor Module
7.4 Online Help in the Advanced Instructor Module
7.5 View Student Progress
7.6 View Student Assessment Report
7.6.1 Dates
7.6.2 Learning Log
7.6.3 List of Topics Mastered
7.7 View Course Progress
7.7.1 Report Style
7.7.2 Progress in Learning Mode
7.7.3 Total progress
7.7.4 Most recent progress
7.7.5 Progress over last 6 months
7.7.6 Progress over last 3 months
7.7.7 Progress over last month
7.7.8 Most recent assessment only
7.7.9 Full progress over last 6 months
7.7.10 Full progress over last 3 months
7.7.11 Full progress over last month
7.7.12 Scheduled Assessment
7.7.13 Statistical Information
7.7.14 Assign Learning Rates
7.7.15 Sorting
7.7.16 Grouping
7.7.17 Downloading
7.8 View Course Report
7.8.1 Display Options
7.8.2 Average
7.8.3 Ready to learn
7.8.4 What students can do
7.8.5 Focusing Instruction
7.8.6 Grouping
7.9 Schedule Student Assessment
7.10 Schedule Course Assessment
7.10.1 Message
7.10.2 Grades
7.10.3 Advanced
7.10.4 Restricted Assessment
7.10.5 Grouping
7.11 Create, Edit, View Quizzes
7.11.1 Create New Quiz
7.11.2 Grading with Quizzes
7.11.3 Availability of Quizzes to Students
7.11.4 Edit Quiz
7.11.5 Downloading
7.11.6 Makeup Quizzes
7.12 Send Message
7.13 Check Messages
7.14 Check Server Usage
7.15 Create Instructor Account
7.16 Edit Instructor Account
7.17 Create Course Account
7.18 Edit Course Account
7.19 Textbook Integration
7.20 Enroll and Unenroll Students
7.21 Edit Student Account
7.22 Intermediate Objectives
7.23 Content Editor
7.24 Assign Learning Rates
Chapter 8: Advanced Instructor Module: Standards & Syllabi
8.1 Items, Syllabi, and Standards
8.2 Navigation and Use
8.3 Buttons
8.4 Syllabus Editor
8.4.1 Fields
8.4.2 Buttons
8.4.3 Using the Syllabus Editor
Chapter 9: QuickTables
9.1 Setting Up QuickTables for your Course
9.2 How Your Students Use QuickTables
9.3 Reporting your Students' Progress in QuickTables
9.4 Additional Features in QuickTables
Chapter 10: IM-2 Basic Instructor Module
10.1 Course List
10.2 Course Home Page
10.3 Reports
10.3.1 Individual Reports
10.3.2 Report for a particular student (pie chart)
10.3.3 Progress report for a particular student (pie chart)
10.3.4 Download Report Data
10.3.5 Learning progress since latest assessment
10.3.6 Interpreting Bar Graphs
10.3.7 Detailed progress history
10.3.8 Overall progress in assessments
10.3.9 Average Report (pie chart)
10.3.10 QuickTables Report
10.3.11 Homework, Quiz, and Test Results
10.3.12 Scheduled assessment report
10.4 Gradebook
10.4.1 Gradebook Interface
10.4.2 Gradebook Weighting
10.5 Homework, Quizzes, and Tests
10.6 Homework
10.7 Quizzes and Tests
10.8 Assessments
10.9 Worksheets
10.10 Course Calendar
10.11 Add a Course / Edit this Course
10.11.1 Basic Information
10.11.2 Select Textbook
10.11.3 Select Chapters
10.11.4 Edit Content
10.11.5 Edit Course
10.12 Administrator Center
10.12.1 Edit Instructor
10.13 My Account Settings
10.14 Inbox
10.15 Use Advanced IM-2
10.16 Sign Out
Chapter 11: IM-2 Advanced Instructor Module
11.1 Selector Window
11.2 Instructor Folder
11.2.1 Cleanup Tool
11.2.2 Instructor Resources
11.3 Course Home
11.3.1 Course Options
11.3.2 Duplicate Course
11.3.3 Intermediate Objectives
11.3.4 Cleanup Tool
11.4 Course Reports
11.4.1 Overall Report
11.5 Course Gradebook
11.6 Course Homework
11.6.1 Duplicate Homework
11.6.2 Homework Options
11.7 Course Quizzes
11.7.1 Duplicate Quiz
11.8 Course Test
11.8.1 Duplicate Test
11.8.2 Print Test
11.9 Course Assessments
11.9.1 Assessment Options
11.10 Course Worksheets
11.10.1 Worksheet Options
11.11 Student Home
11.11.1 Cleanup Tool
11.12 Student Reports
11.13 Student Gradebook
11.13.1 Student Gradebook
11.14 Student Homework
11.15 Student Quiz
11.16 Student Test
11.17 Student Assessments
11.17.1 Request Assessment
11.17.2 Cancel Current Assessment
11.18 Student Worksheets
11.18.1 QuickTables Worksheet
11.19 Administrator Account
11.19.1 Edit College
11.19.2 Search College
11.19.3 Add Instructor
11.19.4 Instructor Resources
11.19.5 View Course Codes
11.19.6 Schedule Domain Upgrade
11.19.7 Enrollment List
11.19.8 Cleanup Tool
11.19.9 Edit Subscription
11.19.10 Reports
Chapter 12: Teaching with ALEKS
12.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm
12.2 The Instructor and ALEKS
12.3 Planning the ALEKS Course
12.4 Preparing Your Students
12.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS
12.6 Models of Classroom Integration
12.7 Monitoring Student Use
12.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Course
12.9 Monitoring Individual Progress
12.10 Moving a Student to a New Course
12.11 Ordering Assessments
12.12 Independent Study and Distance Learning
12.13 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure
12.14 Modification of Syllabi
12.15 Learning Rates in ALEKS
Chapter 13: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS
13.1 History
13.2 Theory
13.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances
13.2.2 Knowledge States
13.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces
13.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State
13.2.5 Assessment
13.3 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 14: Frequently Asked Questions
14.1 General
14.2 Technical
14.3 Theory
14.4 Assessments & Reports
14.5 Learning Mode
14.6 Educational Use
Chapter 15: Support
Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide
A.1 Preface
A.2 System Requirements
A.3 Registration and Installation
A.4 Tutorial
A.5 Assessments and Learning
A.5.1 Assessments
A.5.2 Results
A.5.3 Learning Mode
A.5.4 Progress in the Learning Mode
A.5.5 Additional Features
A.6 Logging on to Your Account
A.7 Installation on Additional Machines
A.8 Guidelines for Effective Use
A.9 QuickTables
A.10 Frequently Asked Questions
A.11 Troubleshooting
Appendix B: Syllabi in ALEKS
B.1 Basic Math
B.2 Pre-Algebra
B.3 Beginning Algebra
B.4 Introduction to Geometry
B.5 Intermediate Algebra
B.6 College Algebra with Trigonometry
B.7 PreCalculus without Trigonometry / College Algebra
B.8 PreCalculus
B.9 Trigonometry
B.10 Introduction to Statistics
B.11 Prep for Beginning Algebra
B.12 Prep for Intermediate Algebra
B.13 Prep for College Algebra
B.14 Prep for PreCalculus / Prep for College Algebra with Trigonometry
B.15 Preparation for Calculus
B.16 Prep for Statistics
B.17 Math Prep for College Physics
B.18 Mathematics Toolbox
Index
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