NoRedInk Free User Onboarding Guide Signing Up as a Teacher 1. Go to noredink.com. 2. Click “Teacher.”
3. Fill out the form and click “Sign up.” Note: You can also sign up using Google or Edmodo. Directions can be found below!
Managing Account Info You can change your name, password, or email address whenever you want. Simply log in and click on the “Settings” button at the top right corner of the screen.
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Signing Up as a Teacher with Edmodo 1. Log in to Edmodo. 2. Use the search bar at the top of your page to find the NoRedInk app. 3. Click to install the app, and decide which groups will use it. Your students will not have a class code for NoRedInk, and will automatically be added to your NoRedInk classes based on enrollment in your Edmodo group. 4. Click on the “Apps Launcher” on the right side of your screen, and then select “NoRedInk.” You can return to NoRedInk at any time using the apps launcher!
5. Enter some quick info about yourself and get started! Note : Unlike our other users, Edmodo teachers only manage their students through the Edmodo app. If you would like to add a student to a class on NoRedInk, you will need to do so by adding the student to the appropriate “Group” in Edmodo. Note : If you have an existing account on noredink.com, quizzes/assignments/pretests from that account cannot be transferred to Edmodo. You are welcome to create a new account and with Edmodo at any time, but you will need to start fresh.
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Signing Up as a Teacher with Google SSO 1. Go to noredink.com. 2. Click “Teacher.”
3. Click the red “Sign Up with Google” button. 4. Select the Google account you’d like to use.
5. Click “Create a NoRedInk Account” below the text that says “I don’t have an account.” 3
Linking an Existing Account to Google SSO Why would I want to do this? You’ll never have to worry about remembering an extra password again! Linking with Google means you can access your NoRedInk account with the same login information that you use for Gmail and Google Apps.
1. Log in on noredink.com. 2. Click on your name in the top right corner and then click “Settings.”
3. Click the red “Link with Google Account” button on the right side of the screen. 4. Select the Google account you’d like to use.
Note: If you accidentally try to create a new account that links with Google, but you already have an existing account, you may enter your NoRedInk username and password and click “Log in with Google!”
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Creating a Class When you sign up, we’ll create your first class automatically. To create additional classes: 1. Go to your Home page. 2. Enter a class name in the text box next to the blue “Add Class” button.
3. Click “Add Class.”
Adding Students to a Class There are three ways to add students to a class. Give class code to students and have them manually create an account:
1. Find the unique Class Code for the class you want students to join. 2. Send students to noredink.com. 3. Have them click “Student.” 4. Have them enter the Class Code as shown: 5
Give class code to students and have them sign up using Google: 1. Find the unique Class Code for the class you want students to join. 2. Send students to noredink.com. 3. Have them click “Student.” 4. Have them click the “Sign up with Google” button to create a NoRedInk account that is linked to their Google Accounts. 5. Once the student has set up an account, he can enter your class code on the “Home” page.
Add students yourself: 1. Go to your “Home” page. 2. Click “Manage Students” next to the class to which you want to add students.
3. Click “Add Students Manually.” 4. Enter a student’s last name, first name, and gender and click “Save.” Repeat for each student you want to add. 5. Students will be assigned temporary usernames and passwords. Once they’ve logged in with that information, they can go to the “Settings” page to create more secure passwords. 6. Please note that if you use this method, students do not need to sign up using the “Student” button on the homepage, and they do not enter the class code anywhere. They can go directly to noredink.com/login and enter the username and temporary password we assigned them. 6
Resetting a Student’s Password 1. Go to your “Home” page. 2. Click “Manage Students.” 3. Click the icon of green and red arrows underneath “Reset Password.” The student will be assigned a new temporary password. Once he has logged in with the new information, he can go to “Settings” to choose a more secure password.
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Creating Assignments What’s the difference between the 5 types of assignments? There are five different kinds of work that you can assign to your students: ● Planning Diagnostic Planning diagnostics give a broad overview of how students are performing. We’d recommend giving a planning diagnostic at the beginning of every school year or semester to get a general sense of strengths and weaknesses. Note that planning diagnostics do not produce a percentage grade; rather, they’ll group students into one of four performance bands. ● Unit Diagnostic Unit diagnostics allow for a more zoomedin view of how students are doing on specific skills. A unit diagnostic can be given before the start of a teaching cycle to get a sense of what students already know and to figure out what areas might be challenging for students. Note that Unit Diagnostics are intended to be compared later to a growth quiz. ● Practice Practice allows students to master skills at their own pace. Rather than assigning a specific number of questions, you’ll assign a number of skills to work on; students of different levels may require more or fewer questions to prove mastery. Generally, a single skill takes 510 minutes to complete. ● New Quiz New quizzes allow teachers to assess students on a specific skill or set of skills. ● Measure Growth Growth quizzes are created to match previous quizzes or Unit Diagnostics, assessing the same concepts but using different questions. They are intended to give teachers a sense of students’ growth over time. These types of quizzes can be thought of as a summative assessment at the end of a learning cycle.
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Measure Growth Quiz
Adaptive?
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I assign a set number of questions?
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Can be compared to another assignment?
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Gives a percentage grade?
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Creating an Assignment 1. Go the the “Assignments” page and click “Create an Assignment”
2. Enter the following information: ● Assignment name ● Type of assignment ● A number of questions (for quizzes and unit diagnostics only) ● A point value ● Classes that will be assigned ○ Clicking the class name will also allow you to select specific students to assign ● Start Date ● Due Date 3. Select content to assess Clicking the name of a learning pathway will unveil any “parts” that make up that pathway. Within each part are specific subskills. Parts and skills are already ordered in a scopeandsequence; parts recommend skills that we recommend assessing together. Note: Planning diagnostics, intended to be broader, “zoomed out,” assessments, only ask you to select pathways to assign, rather than displaying all parts and subtopics. You will select a number of questions to assess per pathway, rather than a general number of questions. Tips on selecting content: A. Filtering by grade level a. Gradelevel recommendations are based on a combination of Common Core, SAT, ACT, and state standards. This is one great way to get ideas on content that may be right for your kids! B. Viewing learning objectives a. Clicking the blue “i” icons will display a learning objective for each part in a pathway. 9
Viewing Assignment Results 1. Click the “View Performance” icon on your Assignments page
Results of Planning Diagnostics A. Pathways will be organized in order of class performance from weakest to strongest. B. Students are organized into four performance bands: Struggling, Beginning, Approaching, and Proficient. Their placement is based on the difficulty of questions they can answer correctly. Because planning diagnostics are adaptive tests, all students see questions of varying difficulty based on their prior performance during the assessment. C. Clicking “Show Student Names” will reveal which students fell into each performance band. D. Clicking “Start Teaching” will link you directly into the assignmentcreation form to you can create a Unit Diagnostic or assign Practice. Results of Unit Diagnostics and New Quizzes A. Performance a. Students are grouped by their percentage score into four performance bands: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. b. Clicking on the name of a student will allow you to view detailed information about that student’s performance. c. Clicking “Hide Student Names” will allow you to view anonymized data will all names replaced by the word “Student.” 10
B. Item Analysis
This student answered the question correctly on his first attempt. This student answered the question wrong at first, but correctly on his second attempt. This student attempted the question 5 times and never reached a correct answer. 40% of students answered this question correctly on the first attempt. On average, they attempted the question 1.5 times Results of Practice A. During practice, students are working to master a variety of skills. The numbers displayed are students’ “mastery scores.” These suggest how far along a student is in mastering a concept imagine the score as a progress bar toward mastery (mastery = 100). B. Headings at the top are the names of skills you selected on the assignment form. They are grouped into “parts.” The color of the heading suggests the class’s average performance. C. Students’ percentage scores are calculated by dividing the amount of mastery points earned in total by the number of total mastery points available (100 for each skill). 11
Results of a Quiz that Measures Growth A. The color on the left represents performance on the initial assessment. The color on the right represents performance on the final assessment. The number on the right represents the growth or decline in percentage score between the two assessments. B. Students are organized vertically into “Growing” and “Not Growing” sections. C. Clicking the name of a student will provide detailed information about that student’s performance on the two assessments.
Viewing Class Data Planning This page allows you to view the results of all planning diagnostics. You can either view all data from all planning diagnostics in aggregate, or select a single diagnostic to analyze. For more information about how to interpret the results of a planning diagnostic, see the section called “Results of Planning Diagnostics.” Progress This page aggregates all student mastery data. It is intended to give you an uptodate representation of student performance across all types of assessment and practice. A. The percentage on the main page represents how far your class has progressed on that pathway as a whole. Pathways with a checkmark are complete. B. Clicking on a pathway will allow you to see student mastery of each skill within that pathway. Skills are grouped into parts. For more information on how to interpret this page, see the section above entitled “Results of Practice.” C. Clicking “Assign More Practice” or “Assign Quiz” will bring you directly to the assignment form and will preselect the pathway you’re currently viewing. 12
Growth This page allows you to compare the results of analogous assessments. Most often, you will likely compare unit diagnostics to later quizzes. For more information on how to interpret this data, see the section entitled “Results of a Quiz that Measures Growth” above. Gradebook This page allows you to see the results of all assignments in a single location. You can change the way work is scored and displayed; filter by assignment type, date, or content; and export data as a CSV or Excel file. A. Heading are colorcoded based on the class average B. Clicking on a heading will take you to the results of that specific assignment C. Students can be sorted by name or grade average
Accessing Mini Lessons The lessons page will allow you to access a library of NoRedInk’s mini lessons. These are great tools to project to your entire class, review with a small group of students, or print for a single student. Each lesson also includes a link to “Practice this!” which will allow you to try a few questions on that concept. Note: Students have access to this same library! Encourage them to look up lessons as necessary.
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Using Student Mode To explore what the site looks like to students, click the “View Site as a Student” button. Your Teacher account has a complete, fullyfunctional student account attached to it. You can take the quizzes and assignments you created, practice using “Mastery Mode,” check out your progress, and even join another teacher’s class!
Reporting Bugs If you notice a bug on our website, please let us know! You will be able to access a feedback form by clicking your name in the top right corner of your screen and then clicking “Help.” If the problem is related to a specific class, please select that class from the dropdown menu. You can also report a bug related to a specific student by first selecting the class name and then the student’s name. If you include a screenshot in your report, we can fix your problem much faster! The most useful screenshots include a picture of your problem and the URL of the webpage. If you have any questions that we didn’t address here, feel free to email
[email protected] . Enjoy the site!
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