ALEKS Instructor's Manual for Higher Education Mathematics

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	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 Guidelines for Assessments 4.3 How Assessments are Triggered 4.3.1 Initial Assessment 4.3.2 Automatic Assessments 4.3.3 Scheduled Assessments 4.3.4 Requested Assessments for a single student 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 Interpreting the Pie Chart 4.13 Ready to Learn 4.14 Progress Bars Chapter 5: Learning Mode 5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode 5.2 Interface Features 5.2.1 Exit 5.2.2 Options 5.2.3 Report 5.2.4 Dictionary 5.2.5 Calculator 5.2.6 Review 5.2.7 Gradebook 5.2.8 Calendar 5.2.9 Worksheet 5.2.10 Assignments 5.2.11 Inbox 5.2.12 Help 5.2.13 MyPie 5.3 The Learning Mode Interface 5.3.1 Practice Page 5.3.2 Explanation Page 5.3.3 Wrong Answer Page 5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode 5.5 Review 5.6 Worksheet 5.7 Ask a Friend 5.8 Suspend Account and Leave of Absence Chapter 6: QuickTables 6.1 Setting Up QuickTables for your Course 6.1.1 QuickTables Wizard 6.1.2 QuickTables Settings 6.1.3 Game Settings 6.1.4 Retention Assessment Settings 6.2 How Your Students Use QuickTables 6.2.1 QuickTables Keyboard Exercise 6.2.2 QuickTables Testing Mode 6.2.3 QuickTables Learning Mode 6.2.4 QuickTables Games 6.2.5 QuickTables Completion Certificate 6.3 QuickTables Assignments 6.3.1 QuickTables Scheduled Assessments 6.3.2 QuickTables Quiz 6.3.3 QuickTables Worksheets 6.4 Reporting your Students' Progress in QuickTables 6.4.1 QuickTables Progress Reports 6.4.2 QuickTables Quiz Results 6.4.3 QuickTables Scheduled Assessment Reports Chapter 7: Basic Instructor Module 7.1 Instructor Account 7.1.1 My Account Settings 7.1.2 Student View 7.1.3 Course Forum 7.1.4 Inbox 7.1.5 ALEKS Community 7.1.6 ALEKS Training 7.1.7 Use Advanced Instructor Module 7.1.8 Sign Out 7.1.9 Course Home Page 7.2 Reports 7.2.1 Individual Reports 7.2.2 Download Report Data 7.2.3 Send Message To Selected Students 7.2.4 Interpreting Bar Graphs 7.2.5 Learning progress since latest assessment 7.2.6 Detailed progress history 7.2.7 Overall progress in assessment 7.2.8 Average Report (pie chart) 7.2.9 Time and Topic Report 7.2.10 Knowledge Per Slice 7.2.11 Common Core Standards Report 7.2.12 Homework, Quiz, and Test Results 7.2.13 Scheduled assessment report 7.2.14 Progress report for a particular student in this course 7.2.15 Report for a particular student (pie chart) 7.3 Course Creation and Configuration 7.3.1 Basic Information 7.3.2 Textbook Integration, Custom Objectives, and Modules 7.3.3 Select Objectives 7.3.4 Using the Custom Objective Tool 7.3.5 ALEKS 360 7.3.6 Edit Content 7.3.7 Section Level Content 7.3.8 Supplementary Textbook Topics 7.3.9 Core Readiness Topics in the Content Editor 7.3.10 Edit Course 7.4 Assignments 7.4.1 Homework 7.4.2 Add Homework 7.4.3 Edit Homework 7.4.4 Quizzes and Tests 7.4.5 Assessments 7.4.6 Scheduled Assignment Behaviors 7.4.7 Edit all Assignment Dates 7.4.8 Worksheets 7.4.9 Course Calendar 7.5 Gradebook 7.5.1 Gradebook Interface 7.5.2 External Assignments 7.5.3 Adjust Student Scores 7.5.4 Gradebook Log 7.5.5 Gradebook Setup 7.5.6 Grading Scale for Total Grade 7.6 Administrator Center 7.6.1 View Course Roster 7.6.2 Student Account Preferences 7.6.3 Move a Student from this Course to Another 7.6.4 Unenroll a Student from this Course 7.6.5 Access this Course Forum 7.6.6 Delete this Course 7.6.7 QuickTables Home 7.6.8 View all your Courses and Courses Codes 7.6.9 Financial Aid Code 7.6.10 Student Groups 7.6.11 Share Course Access 7.6.12 Course Resources 7.6.13 Create a new Instructor Account (Admin only) 7.6.14 Password Issues (Admin only) 7.6.15 Instructor Account Preferences (Admin only) 7.6.16 Move a Course from One Instructor to Another (Admin only) 7.6.17 Delete an Instructor Account (Admin only) Chapter 8: Advanced Instructor Module 8.1 Selector Window 8.2 Instructor Folder 8.2.1 Cleanup Tool 8.2.2 Send Message 8.2.3 Instructor Resources 8.3 Course Home 8.3.1 Course Options 8.3.2 Advanced Options 8.3.3 Actions 8.3.4 Enroll Students 8.4 Course Reports 8.4.1 Assign Learning Rates 8.4.2 Overall Report 8.5 Course Gradebook 8.6 Course Homework 8.6.1 Duplicate Homework 8.6.2 Print Homework 8.7 Course Quizzes 8.8 Course Test 8.9 Course Assessments 8.9.1 Assessment Options 8.10 Course Worksheets 8.11 Student Home 8.11.1 Unenroll from class 8.11.2 QuickTables 8.12 Student Reports 8.13 Student Gradebook 8.14 Student Homework 8.15 Student Quizzes 8.16 Student Tests 8.17 Student Assessments 8.17.1 Request Assessment 8.17.2 Cancel Current Assessment 8.18 Student Worksheets 8.19 Master Templates 8.19.1 Getting Started 8.19.2 Master Template Summary 8.19.3 Define Template Basics 8.19.4 Create Assignments in Master Template 8.19.5 Create Linked Courses 8.19.6 Create a Master Template based on an Existing Course 8.19.7 Edit Master Template 8.19.8 Duplicate Master Template 8.19.9 Delete Master Template 8.19.10 Courses to be assigned 8.19.11 Master Template Reports 8.20 Administrator Account 8.20.1 Edit College 8.20.2 Search College 8.20.3 Add Instructor 8.20.4 Instructor Resources 8.20.5 View Course Codes 8.20.6 Schedule Domain Upgrade 8.20.7 Enrollment List 8.20.8 Edit Subscription 8.20.9 Reports Chapter 9: Teaching with ALEKS 9.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm 9.2 The Instructor and ALEKS 9.3 Planning the ALEKS Course 9.4 Preparing Your Students 9.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS 9.6 Models of Classroom Integration 9.7 Monitoring Student Use 9.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Course 9.9 Monitoring Individual Progress 9.10 Moving a Student to a New Course 9.11 Ordering Assessments 9.12 Independent Study and Distance Learning 9.13 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure 9.14 Learning Rates in ALEKS Chapter 10: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS 10.1 History 10.2 Theory 10.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances 10.2.2 Knowledge States 10.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces 10.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State 10.2.5 Assessment 10.3 Selected Bibliography Chapter 11: Frequently Asked Questions 11.1 General 11.2 Technical 11.3 Theory 11.4 Assessments & Reports 11.5 Learning Mode 11.6 Educational Use Chapter 12: Support Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide A.1 Preface A.2 Quick Start Instructions 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.5.6 ALEKS Inbox A.6 Guidelines for Effective Use A.7 QuickTables A.8 Frequently Asked Questions A.9 Troubleshooting Appendix B: Syllabi in ALEKS B.1 Basic Math B.2 Pre-Algebra B.3 Beginning Algebra B.4 Intro. to Geometry B.5 Intermediate Algebra B.6 Beginning and Intermediate Algebra Combined B.7 College Algebra B.8 College Algebra with Trigonometry B.9 PreCalculus B.10 Trigonometry B.11 Intro. to Statistics B.12 Prep. for Beginning Algebra B.13 Prep. for Intermediate Algebra B.14 Prep. for College Algebra B.15 Prep. for College Algebra with Trigonometry B.16 Prep. for PreCalculus B.17 Preparation for Calculus B.18 Prep. for Statistics B.19 Math Prep. for College Physics B.20 Math Toolbox B.21 Prep. for Math and Dosage B.22 Florida Math 0018 B.23 Florida Math 0028 Index


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