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ALEKS instructor's manual for chemistry
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 Class 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 Assessment Report
4.6.1 Interpreting the Pie Chart
4.7 Ready to Learn
4.8 Progress Bars
Chapter 5: Learning Mode
5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode
5.2 Interface Features
5.2.1 Ending an ALEKS Session
5.2.2 Options
5.2.3 Report
5.2.4 ALEKSpedia
5.2.5 Calculator
5.2.6 Data
5.2.7 Periodic Table
5.2.8 Review
5.2.9 Gradebook
5.2.10 Calendar
5.2.11 Worksheet
5.2.12 Assignments
5.2.13 Inbox
5.2.14 Help
5.2.15 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 Additional Resources
5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode
5.5 Review
5.6 Worksheet
5.7 Ask a Friend
Chapter 6: Basic Instructor Module
6.1 Instructor Account
6.1.1 My Account Settings
6.1.2 Student View
6.1.3 Course Forum
6.1.4 Inbox
6.1.5 ALEKS Community
6.1.6 ALEKS Training
6.1.7 Archiving Classes and Instructors
6.1.8 Use Advanced Instructor Module
6.1.9 Sign Out
6.1.10 Class Home Page
6.2 Reports
6.2.1 Available Reports
6.2.2 Download Report Data
6.2.3 Send Message to Selected Students
6.2.4 Viewing Student History across Multiple ALEKS Classes
6.2.5 Interpreting Bar Graphs
6.2.6 ALEKS Pie (Average Report)
6.2.7 ALEKS Pie Report (Individual)
6.2.8 Progress Bar Reports
6.2.9 Learning progress since latest assessment
6.2.10 Total progress (Overall progress)
6.2.11 Detailed progress history
6.2.12 Progress report for a single student in this class
6.2.13 Time and Topic Report
6.2.14 Knowledge Per Slice
6.2.15 Assignment Reports
6.2.16 Homework, Quiz, and Test Results
6.2.17 Scheduled Assessment Report
6.2.18 Custom Reports
6.3 Class Creation and Configuration
6.3.1 Basic Information
6.3.2 Select Textbook
6.3.3 Select Content and Schedule ALEKS Objectives
6.3.4 Edit Content
6.3.5 Section Level Content
6.3.6 Core Readiness Topics in the Content Editor
6.3.7 Edit Course
6.4 Assignments
6.4.1 Homework
6.4.2 Add Homework
6.4.3 Basic Information
6.4.4 Content
6.4.5 Gradebook Settings
6.4.6 Advanced Options
6.4.7 Grading Scale
6.4.8 Edit Homework
6.4.9 Assessments
6.4.10 Scheduled Assignment Behaviors
6.4.11 Edit all Assignment Dates
6.4.12 Worksheets
6.4.13 Course Calendar
6.5 Gradebook
6.5.1 Gradebook Interface
6.5.2 External Assignments
6.5.3 Adjust Student Scores
6.5.4 Gradebook Log
6.5.5 Gradebook Setup
6.5.6 Grading Scale for Total Grade
6.6 Administrator Center
6.6.1 View Class Roster
6.6.2 Student Account Preferences
6.6.3 Move a Student from this Class to Another
6.6.4 Unenroll a Student from this Class
6.6.5 Access this Course Forum
6.6.6 Delete this Class
6.6.7 Objective Display Options
6.6.8 Financial Aid Code
6.6.9 Student Groups
6.6.10 Share Course Access
6.6.11 Course Resources
6.6.12 View all your Classes and Class Codes
6.6.13 Create a New Instructor Account (Admin only)
6.6.14 Password Issues (Admin only)
6.6.15 Instructor Account Preferences (Admin only)
6.6.16 Move a Class from One Instructor to Another (Admin only)
6.6.17 Delete an Instructor Account (Admin only)
Chapter 7: Advanced Instructor Module
7.1 Selector Window
7.2 Instructor Folder
7.2.1 Edit Instructor
7.2.2 Cleanup Tool
7.2.3 Send Message
7.2.4 Instructor Resources
7.3 Course Home
7.3.1 Course Options
7.3.2 Advanced Options
7.3.3 Actions
7.3.4 Enroll Students
7.4 Reports
7.4.1 Class Reports
7.4.2 Individual Student Reports
7.4.3 Available Reports
7.4.4 Assign Learning Rates
7.5 Course Gradebook
7.6 Class Homework
7.6.1 Duplicate Homework
7.6.2 Print Homework
7.7 Class Quizzes
7.8 Class Test
7.9 Class Assessments
7.9.1 Assessment Options
7.10 Class Worksheets
7.11 Student Home
7.11.1 Move Student by Drag and Drop
7.11.2 Unenroll from Class
7.12 Student Report
7.13 Student Gradebook
7.14 Student Homework
7.15 Student Quizzes
7.16 Student Tests
7.17 Student Assessments
7.17.1 Request Assessment
7.17.2 Cancel Current Assessment
7.18 Student Worksheets
7.19 Master Templates
7.19.1 Getting Started
7.19.2 Master Template Summary
7.19.3 Define Template Basics
7.19.4 Additional Options in Part 1
7.19.5 Create Assignments in Master Template
7.19.6 Create Linked Classes
7.19.7 Create a Master Template Based on an Existing Class
7.19.8 Edit Master Template
7.19.9 Duplicate Master Template
7.19.10 Delete Master Template
7.19.11 Classes to be Assigned
7.19.12 Master Template Reports
7.20 Administrator Account
7.20.1 Edit College
7.20.2 Search College
7.20.3 Learning Management System (LMS) Integration
7.20.4 Add Instructor
7.20.5 Instructor Resources
7.20.6 Archive Options
7.20.7 View Class Codes
7.20.8 Schedule Domain Upgrade
7.20.9 Enrollment List
7.20.10 Edit Subscription
7.20.11 Reports
Chapter 8: Teaching with ALEKS
8.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm
8.2 The Instructor and ALEKS
8.3 Planning the ALEKS Class
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 Class
8.9 Monitoring Individual Progress
8.10 Ordering Assessments
8.11 Independent Study and Distance Learning
8.12 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure
8.13 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 and Reports
10.5 Learning Mode
10.6 Educational Use
Chapter 11: Support
Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide
A.1 Preface
A.2 Quick Start Instructions
A.3 Registration and Installation
A.4 Student Account Home
A.4.1 Account Management
A.4.2 Class Management
A.4.3 Switching to a New Class
A.4.4 Suspend Account
A.4.5 Leave of Absence
A.5 Tutorial
A.6 Assessments and Learning
A.6.1 Assessments
A.6.2 Results
A.6.3 Learning Mode
A.6.4 Progress in the Learning Mode
A.6.5 Additional Features
A.6.6 ALEKS Inbox
A.7 Guidelines for Effective Use
A.8 Frequently Asked Questions
A.9 Troubleshooting
Appendix B: Syllabi in ALEKS
B.1 Introductory College Chemistry
B.2 Preparation for General Chemistry
B.3 General Chemistry (First Semester)
B.4 General Chemistry (Second Semester)
B.5 General Chemistry (First Quarter)
B.6 General Chemistry (Second Quarter)
B.7 General Chemistry (Third Quarter)
Index
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