DataDirector-to-Illuminate Transition Guide

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1 Reports Pre-Built Reports DataDirector-to-Illuminate Transition Guide Pre-Built Reports Click on Reports and scroll down to the Pre-Built Reports section. Click the Reports tab and then click Pre-Built Reports. The list of available reports is always growing. Click Students tab, search for student, and click Student Profile Report. Answer Documents = Single Use Print a separate set of answer documents (with a test ID) for every exam. Use a particular printer, as you will later have to line up the Ts to get the sheets to scan correctly. You may not use these for any other exam other than the one for which you printed them. Answer Documents = Flexible Use Use the same, easy-to-print answer docs for multiple assessments (they aren t tied to single exams). Thus you have the option of using inexpensive page protectors or laminating to use the same answer sheets (the exact same pieces of paper) all year long (and even year after year, or teacher to teacher) by erasing bubbling done with water-based overhead pens or Expo Vis-a-Vis wet-erase markers. You may opt to use a template to print multiple sheets per page.

2 Traditional Scanner Outside the Classroom $8 Webcam in the Classroom (or Home, or ) Wait to scan assessments outside the classroom via shared, expensive, traditional scanners. You use a DataScanner application, have to un-strand Stranded Records to keep data accurate, and have to correct the wrong characters in yellow boxes. Use web cameras (already built-in or bought for less than $8) or some document cameras already in use to scan in the classroom (or even while grading assignments at home): not just with traditional tests, but also for any on-the-spot questions to guide instruction with true formative feedback. There are no stranded records, yellow boxes with wrong characters, etc. Teacher Collects Tests and Students Wait for Feedback Students Scan Tests for Immediate Feedback Collect students tests, then find time later to scan them (use a particular printer, or submit them to someone else to scan and await results. Find the Exam and Print Answer Sheets Don t collect students tests. As they finish the test, have them turn in their tests by dropping them under the webcam. Drop means the sheet can be crooked even nearly sideways and the answer doc is still scanned as soon as it is turned in (your need to scan is eliminated). Students instantly see how they performed, and so do you. Find the Assessment (or not) and Print Answer Sheets Open the Assessment [Assessments > Search > find (using filters if needed) Assessment and click on its title]. Open the assessment [Assessments tab Assessments > find (using filters if needed) assessment and click on its At the bottom of the Overview tab, Print Answer Sheet (Blank) or Print Answer Sheets (Pre-Slugged). or Forget opening the assessment, and print by clicking Assessments tab > GradeCam > Print Answer Sheets (Blank) or (Pre-Slugged). > List title]. click just At the bottom of the Assessment, click Answer Sheets With Student Names or Answer Sheets Without Student Names.

3 Assessment Creation Create an Exam: Help Doc Create an Assessment: Help Doc For an guide on how to create an assessment, click DataDirector Help in the upper-right corner of your screen. Click on creating an assessment, and then figure out which assessment lesson will best suit your needs and click on it. Create an Assessment: Set Up Click the Assessments. Click Create Assessment. Click new answer sheet assessment. For an easy-to-follow guide on how to create an assessment, click Help in the upper-right corner of your screen, and then click either Create an Assessment with GradeCam (if you want to populate your assessment s answers with a bubbled answer key) or Create an Assessment without GradeCam (if you want to manually type the answers). Create an Assessment: Set Up Click Assessments. Click Create a New Assessment. Select Manual (though note the other option). Enter number of questions and click Okay. Enter a Title and click Save. If Enter Exam Summary information. Add Questions by clicking Select Question type from drop down menu. you want to provide more information you may. It will help you find your assessment later via filters and list sorting. You may add clusters (Advanced tab) later if you want, or share the assessment (Share tab) later if you like, but you don t have to worry about it otherwise.

4 Create an Exam: Aligning Standards Create an Assessment: Aligning Standards You have the option to align questions to standards. Standards linked to the assessment appear in the Currently Aligned Standards section of the Assessment Summary. Use the dropdowns to select the appropriate grade and standard disciplines (you can come back to this step if you want more than one grade or subject). You may opt to click Expand All to see all standards at once; otherwise, click any + to see more specific standards. Enter search criteria to locate standards and click Search Check the standards you want to use. Click Add selected standards. Check box next to standard(s) you wish to select. Click Close when done selecting you standards. Click the Alignment tab. Simply click on the standard(s) you want to align to each question. Click Save. Now that you have selected the standards associated with your assessment you must link them each question. This must be done one questions at a time. To link a question to a standard click on the link none under the standards column. A popup window will appear for you to select the standard you wish to link.

5 Create an Exam: Question Answers Create an Assessment: Question Answers Since you can t use a bubbled answer key to input your answers, you will need to select the correct answer for each question. You re now on the Questions tab, where you type each answer (use tab to do this quickly). Note if you had created your assessment with GradeCam, the answers would already be populated for you. Your exam is finished. Click Save. Your exam is finished. Copy of Test Tustin USD has ed an electronic file of the test in the past. Copy of Test and Related Items At the bottom of the open assessment s Overview tab, simply click Upload to attach any file (e.g., a copy of the test, uniform study guide, lessons proved to be successful, PLC notes re. past performance, etc.) to the assessment. Whomever you share the test with will automatically have access to the uploaded files in the same location.

6 Using Other Devices to Collect Response Data If you use other means of collecting students answers to test questions (e.g., Sentio response clickers), you can upload the file of responses by either by text file or CSV (Comma Delimited) file format. Then you match all data items in Data Director. Using Other Devices to Collect Response Data If you use other means of collecting students answers to test questions (e.g., Sentio response clickers), you can upload the file of responses by opening the assessment and then: Click the Advanced tab. Click Import Student Responses from a File. Choose the format of your file from the menu of options (if you have questions about this, see the Import Student Response Data to an Assessment Help lesson). Choose the file on your computer. Click Upload File. Assessment Reports Pre-Built Exam Reports Always begin by opening your exam. Then go to Reports to access all exam reports. Pre-Built Assessment Reports Always begin by opening your assessment. To keep the menu of reports simple, most reports can perform varied functions once they are open (for example, the Basic List lets you list performance by schools, teachers, or students; clicking Student Performance leads to options for a parent letter or a student letter; etc.).

7 Assessment Performance Bands Define Performance Bands You can always change any exam created by you or someone who has specifically given you "Can Edit" permission for the assessment. For example, a student who scores 80 or above is (by default) categorized as "Advanced" on an assessment, but you might want to set the minimum for "Advanced" proficiency as 90. Conversely, you might decide that students scoring 0-20 should be categorized as "Intervention Group" rather than "Far Below Basic" proficiency. Click the Assessments in DataDirector. Edit Performance Bands (Advanced Tab) You can always change any assessment created by you or someone who has specifically given you "Can Edit" permission for the assessment. For example, a student who scores 90 or above is (by default) categorized as "Advanced" on an assessment, but you might want to set the minimum for "Advanced" proficiency as 85. Conversely, you might decide that students scoring 0-59 should be categorized as "Intervention Group" rather than "Far Below Basic" proficiency. Click the Assessments tab in Illuminate. Find your exam and click its title to open it. Click on Edit Performance Bands. Click List Assessments, find your assessment, and click its title to open it. 1. Click Advanced. 2. Next, click Performance Bands. Note the many options you have: Select the cluster you wish to change the performance band for. Click on DataDirector Default. A pop up will appear and now can select to create a new performance band. From there you may edit the Assessments performance bands. 1. Click on any the link of any area for which you wish to adjust performance bands. For example, you may edit performance bands for the test as a whole, by individual standard, or by any Question Groups you set up. 2. Change any number to adjust the minimum number required to earn the given proficiency level. For example, a 90 in the top row indicates that a score between 90% correct and 100% correct on the assessment will earn a student a score and proficiency level labeled "Advanced." 3. Change the name of any proficiency level. By default, the labels used match those used by California's Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program tests. 4. Remove a performance band by clicking the red minus (-) icon next to the band you wish to remove. 5. Add an additional performance band by clicking Add Performance Band. 6. When you are finished making changes, click Save.

8 Other Features Multiple Versions Multiple Versions Create multiple versions of your exam (e.g., to discourage cheating) By going to the bottom of the exam and select the item in the picture Exam consists of 1 version (form) Then you begin to map your questions to the version test. Create multiple versions of your assessment (e.g., to discourage cheating) via the assessment s Advanced tab. Click the name of the version you would like to change the question order and/or the answers/distractors.. 1. To move a question, click on the up/down arrow icon next to it and drag it to the desired location. 2. The first column displays the question order on the version you re working on. 3. The From Master column displays the question s original position, which is its position on Version 1 of your assessment. For example, Question 4 on the test Master (original/version 1) is now Question 3, and Question 3 on the Master is now Question 5, etc. 4. Continue in this fashion until all of your versions look the way you want them to (i.e., correctly match the version copies you will distribute to students). You ll be able to simply drag and drop questions to place them where you want (click where the arrow is pointing in the illustration above). When finished, click Save.

9 Other Modules Other Modules While DataDirector can work with our current Student Information System, gradebook, parent portal, special education system, etc., it cannot replace any of these modules. While Illuminate works with our current Student Information System, Gradebook, parent portal, special education system, etc., it has its own version of each of these within the same system, which we can always opt to use in the future if we want to use one system instead of many. For example, you scan your test and it goes straight to your Gradebook, the parent portal, and the student portal. These additional features are included in the price of Illuminate DNA.