Prentice hall WORLD EXPLORER User Manual

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Welcome

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Welcome to the Prentice Hall Resource pro@ User's Guide for Microsoft Windows@ and the
Apple@ Macintosh@. The Resource Pro CD-ROM contains tools that help you plan, teach..and

assess your classes. This User's Guide describes the contents of the Resource Pro CD-ROM,
explains the installation process, and provides an overview of how to work with the Teaching

Resources Library, Planning Express@, and the Local Objectives Editor. The User's Guide for

the Computer Test Bank appears in electronic format on the CD-ROM.

Contents

Overview 2

Usingthe Teaching ResourcesLibrary

Using Planning Express

Using the Local Objectives Editor

Moving Planning Express Class Files
Between Computers

Frequently Asked Questions

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Overview

Resource Pro contains three tools to help you streamline your lesson planning, materials
preparation, and test writing. These tools-the Teaching Resources Library, Planning Express,
and the Computer Test Bank-reduce the amount of time you spend preparing for your
classes, so you can spend more time with your students.

Resource Pro features the Local Objectives Editor for Planning Express, a tool that allows you
to include state and local objectives in your lesson plans.

Guided Tour

The Resource Pro Guided Tour introduces the Planning Express, Local Objectives Editor for
Planning Express, Teaching Resources Library, and Computer Test Bank. To start the demon-
stration, start Resource Pro and select the Guided Tour button.

Teaching Resources Library

Prentice Hall has developed a set of teaching materials for you to use in teaching your classes

These materials include Chapter Support Files, transparencies, a variety of assessments, and
other resources. All of these materials are available in electronic format and are linked

together in the Teaching Resources Library. You can browse, open, read, print, and search for

information in the online Teaching Resources Library more easily and quickly than you can

with printed materials.

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Planning Express

PlanningExpressprovidesthe tools you need to plan and schedule your lessonsfor one day

or for several days, weeks, or months in advance. You can use the lesson plans that Prentice
Hall provides, customize these plans to suit your individual teaching strategies, or incorporate
lessonsthat you have developed. Using the Make LessonPlansfeature, you can assign a
lesson to a single day or spread it out for up to five days. After setting up your lessonsand
choosing the resourcesand activities you plan to cover each day, you can print daily or
monthly summaries of your lessons.You can also print the daily resourcesyou plan to use.
Planning Expressalso contains Online

Local Objectives Editor

The Local Objectives Editor allows you to customize your lessonplans easily by adding state
and local objectives. By importing an objectives file for an entire course, you can obtain an
instant correlation of each Prentice Hall lesson to your local or state objectives. When you

lesson plans, the appropriate state and local objectiveswill appear with each lesson.

print

Computer Test Bank (CTB)

CTBallowsyou to create, edit, and printtests, worksheets, or other forms of assessment.

Prentice Hall Master
your own

Supported question types include:

questions.

Testquestions are included. Youcan use them, modify them, or create

Help.

.essay

.fill-in

.free response

.matching

.multiple choice

.true/false

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