ALEKS Instructor's Manual for Introductory Chemistry

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	ALEKS Instructor's Manual for Introductory Chemistry 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 Assessment Report 4.6.1 Standard Report Format 4.6.2 Interpreting the Pie charts 4.7 Ready to Learn 4.8 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 ALEKSpedia 5.2.6 Calculator 5.2.7 Formulas 5.2.8 Periodic Table 5.2.9 Review 5.2.10 Worksheet 5.2.11 Quiz 5.2.12 Inbox 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 ALEKSpedia 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: 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: Teaching with ALEKS 8.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm 8.2 The Instructor and ALEKS 8.3 Planning the ALEKS Course 8.4 Preparing Your Students 8.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS 8.6 Models of Classroom Integration 8.7 Monitoring Student Use 8.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Course 8.9 Monitoring Individual Progress 8.10 Ordering Assessments 8.11 Independent Study and Distance Learning 8.12 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure 8.13 Intermediate Objectives 8.14 Learning Rates in ALEKS Chapter 9: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS 9.1 History 9.2 Theory 9.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances 9.2.2 Knowledge States 9.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces 9.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State 9.2.5 Assessment 9.3 Selected Bibliography Chapter 10: Frequently Asked Questions 10.1 General 10.2 Technical 10.3 Theory 10.4 Assessments & Reports 10.5 Learning Mode 10.6 Educational Use Chapter 11: 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 Frequently Asked Questions A.10 Troubleshooting Appendix B: Syllabi in ALEKS B.1 Introductory Chemistry Index


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