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Welcome to Acuity

Training Agenda. Teacher Login Viewing Class RostersStudent Test Experience Scoring Constructed Response (CR) Items Viewing Reports. Teacher Login. URL distributed by Aurora Technology acuity.aps.k12.co.us Enter Username

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Welcome to Acuity

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    1. Welcome to Acuity! Teacher Introduction

    2. Training Agenda Teacher Login Viewing Class Rosters Student Test Experience Scoring Constructed Response (CR) Items Viewing Reports

    3. Teacher Login URL distributed by Aurora Technology acuity.aps.k12.co.us Enter Username & Password provided by District Administrator Most Usernames/Passwords will be familiar to you Click Here if you forgot your password

    4. Log into Acuity

    5. Acuity Home Page

    6. Main Menu

    7. View Class Rosters Main Menu Management Classes Select School (if applicable) Click Show Existing Classes Select Class & Click View Roster Click Show All Passwords Click Print Roster

    8. Student Test Experience Computers in lab log into URL provided below Students enter their User Name Students enter their Password Ignore Checkbox Click Enter Site

    9. Student Test Experience

    10. Student Test Experience Click Take A Test Select Subject Pick a test to Start or Finish Click button to Start Test START means the student Starts the test for the first time FINISH means the student can complete a test previously started, but not completed

    11. Student Test Experience

    12. Student Test Experience

    13. Student Test Experience

    14. Student Test Experience Things students encounter during testing Scrolling for Passages or long answer choice options Answer Choices on Right of Screen Next, Back, Erase, and Exit buttons at top Mark for Review Jump to Question at bottom

    15. Student Text Experience

    16. Student Test Experience Last Screen allows student to Review Answer Choices (Item #s are Hyperlinks) SAVE/EXIT –test is NOT complete, students must come back later to finish FINISH – Student complete, submits test for scoring Reports will not generate unless all students click FINISH and CR Items are manually scored

    17. Student Test Experience

    18. Answer Key Tests > Preview/Print > Enter Search Criteria > Search > Print/View Answer Key

    19. Constructed Response Each Predictive Form has 2 CR Items Students must complete CR via paper/pencil (CR Answer Sheet) Teachers must score CRs using Rubric Teachers need to manually enter CR scores into Acuity CR Items should NOT be completed if student did NOT complete MC Items

    20. Manually Score Items After Teacher has graded the Students’ CR Items, Enter the scores into Acuity Tests > Scoring and Scan Processing > Manually Score Items > Enter Criteria (Step 1) > Show Assignments

    21. Manually Score Items Click Score CR or Observations Items Select Student(s) Click Search Enter Student’s Score by Item Number No Response, 0, 1, 2, (3 - if applicable) Click Submit to save

    22. Constructed Response No Response = 0 Student skipped (did not attempt) item, but completed other items counts as an Incorrect score (zero points) ZERO Score = 0 Student attempted to answer item, but answer was incorrect, zero points based on rubric Leave Blank If student did not complete any multiple choice items (absent)

    23. Manually Score Items

    24. Reports All scores must be entered Test > Assignment Status > View Assignment Status Assignment Status = SCORED status Partially Scored Status or In Progress/Online will prevent reports from generating successfully “Items Not Scored” Error Message on Reports if student is not in SCORED status as a reminder

    25. Reports

    26. Roster Report

    27. Assessment Report

    29. Item Analysis Report

    30. Customer Service General Questions/Issues: Norman Alerta (720)-209-5357 nsalerta@aps.k12.co.us Kim Terry (720) 837-5608 kkterry@aps.k12.co.us Lisa Escarcega (303) 995-8249 laescarcega@aps.k12.co.us Rostering Questions: Carisa Hull (303) 257-4871 chhull@aps.k12.co.us

    31. Questions? Thank you!

    32. Acuity Community Free Training/Instructional Videos Connect with other Acuity Users Access the Acuity User’s Guide http://acuitycommunity.ctb.com/t5/Explore-Resources/Acuity-User-Guide/ba-p/1982 Access Free Training Materials Not a Customer Service Tool!

    33. Free Instructional Videos http://acuitycommunity.ctb.com/t5/Explore-Resources/Instructional-Videos/ba-p/27 Item Analysis Report Roster Report Assessment Report - Year 1 Predictive Report Assessment Report - Diagnostic Report Access and Read Predictive Results AYP Report Batch Reports Summary Report Portfolio Report Prior Year Reports

    34. How to Avoid “Items Not Scored” The following video explains how to most efficiently score constructed response items in Acuity, the most common cause of "Item not scored" errors. Generate Roster Report http://acuitycommunity.ctb.com/t5/Explore-Resources/Video-Tutorial-How-to-avoid-quot-Item-not-scored-quot-errors-and/ba-p/378

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