Texas Instruments TIPRESENTER - TV/Video Presenter For ViewScreen Teacher Calculators, LearningCheck Creator Reference Manual

TI LearningCheck™ Creator

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LearningCheck™ Creator

LearningCheck™ Creator Main Window ..................................... 2

Changing the preview panel view ......................................... 2

Creating a new document ............................................................ 4

Specifying document properties ................................................... 4

To change document properties ............................................ 5

Adding a new section ................................................................... 6

Adding questions .......................................................................... 7

Adding a question................................................................... 7

Adding specific question types...................................................... 8

Adding a new choices on image question............................. 8

Adding a new custom choices question ..................................... 10

Adding a new fill in the blank question.............................. 11

Creating a question with a numeric blank ................................ 13

Creating a question with a pull-down blank ...................... 13

Adding a new open response question ............................... 14

Adding a new sequencing question .................................... 15

Editing Presentation Sequence ............................................ 17

Adding a new standard choices question............................ 17

Adding a new text and image item..................................... 18

Saving a document....................................................................... 19

To save a new document ...................................................... 19

To save an existing document .............................................. 20

Related Topics........................................................................ 20

Adding questions from the Item Bank....................................... 21

To locate a question in the Item Bank ................................. 21

Adding Selected Items to Assessment.................................. 22

To close the Item Bank.......................................................... 23

Adding special characters to text ............................................... 24

To insert a character.............................................................. 24

Adding topics and keywords ...................................................... 26

To add topics or keywords to a question............................. 26

Opening existing documents................................................ 26

Editing a question................................................................. 28

Editing a document in a zipped file..................................... 28

Checking spelling for the document.................................... 29

Cutting, copying, and pasting questions or sections .......... 29

To cut a question, section or image ..................................... 29

To copy a question, section, or image ................................. 29

To paste a question or section.............................................. 30

To paste an image ................................................................. 30

To copy text from Microsoft® Word into a LearningCheck™

Creator question..................................................................... 30

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Moving a section or a question ............................................ 31

To move a section..................................................................31

To move a question within a section....................................31

To move a question to another section ...............................31

Deleting a section or a question...........................................31

To delete a section.................................................................31

To delete a question..............................................................31

Renaming a section or a question........................................ 32

To rename a section or a question .......................................32

Deleting a document.............................................................32

To delete a document ...........................................................32

Saving with a new name.......................................................32

To save the current document with a new name................32

Creating a new folder ...........................................................33

To create a new folder ..........................................................33

Using Undo and Redo ...........................................................34

To undo an action..................................................................34

To redo an action...................................................................34

Printing a Report ..........................................................................34

To print a report ....................................................................34

Preview paper version of assignment .................................. 35

Working with Images ..................................................................36

Image toolbar ........................................................................36

Adding an image to a question............................................37

Scaling and cropping an image ............................................39

Adding a point or label................................................................ 40

Changing a point label..........................................................40

Deleting a point or label.......................................................41

Editing an image ...................................................................41

Sending a LearningCheck Creator item as a Quick Poll .............42

Sending documents to calculators...............................................44

Previewing a document................................................................44

To preview a document.........................................................44

Checking AppVar size................................................................... 46

Sending a LearningCheck document to a calculator..................46

To send a document to a calculator .....................................46

Sending a document to a classroom network ............................47

To send a document to a classroom network......................47

Troubleshooting LearningCheck Creator ....................................48

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Texas Instruments Support and Service ....................................... 56

For general information .......................................................56

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For TI-Navigator™ technical questions ................................56

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TI-Navigator™ 3.x License Agreement........................................ 57

LearningCheck™ Creator

Use LearningCheck™ Creator to create self-check opportunities or exams. You can create review questions or practice tests that provide feedback on correct and incorrect answers to allow students to test their own knowledge. You can create quizzes and exams, send them to student calculators, then upload completed material to your PC for evaluation and grading.

You can use the LearningCheck™ Creator or TI Connect™ to transfer LearningCheck files from a PC to a TI handheld device. The LearningCheck™ App on the device then tracks the answers given and displays results for the document.

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LearningCheck™ Creator Main Window

The LearningCheck™ Creator window consists of two areas: the Preview panel and Content area.

Preview Panel – ldisplays outline or thumbnail images of sections and questions; allows you to select a question type and create new questions.

Content Area – area for adding content to questions.

Preview

Content

Changing the preview panel view

You can view items in the default outline mode, which displays only item titles, or you can view the item detail, which includes a thumbnail of the question and answer.

f To switch to the detail view, select View > Item Detail.

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Creating a new document

When you launch LearningCheck™ Creator, a blank document opens, with the first section open in the Content area. You can add questions to this document and save it to create a new document.

If you are working in a document, and want to create a new one (if, for instance you want to copy questions from the open document to a new one) do the following:

f Click File > New or click .

A new document opens, with the first section open in the Content area.

Specifying document properties

Document properties allow you to store data with your documents that can be used to specify certain properties for use on the device. Document properties can also be used as search criteria when searching for questions relating to particular topics or keywords. You can specify the following properties for your LearningCheck documents:

Title

Properties

• Author Name

• Grade Level

• Document type

• Copyright information

Item defaults

• Default topic

• Default keywords

Device Options

•Device Name

• Memory Location (RAM or archive)

• Randomize question order

• Delete Answer file from device after collect

• Delete Assignment file from device after collect

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To change document properties

1. In the Preview panel, click .

The document properties page displays.

2. Type a name for the document in the Document Title box. This name will display in the calculator's Assignment List.

3. Select a document type (Examination or Self-check) from the document type dropdown.

4. If you want to add or change any other information about the document, click the desired entry field and type the information in the box.

You are now ready to create sections and questions for the document.

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Adding a new section

To add a new section to the document

1. In the Preview pane, click .

2. Click Section.

LearningCheck™ Creator adds a new section.

3. Type a title for the new section in the Title box. (If you do not designate a title, it is named Section.)

You can give the same title to more than one section.

You can rename the sections later if you prefer.

4. If you want to include a section description, type it in the Text area.

5. If you want to include an image, click Browse in the Image area, and navigate to the location of the image file. Double-click the image file name.

The image appears in the Image area of the dialog box. You can edit the image using the toolbar below.

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Adding questions

You can include several types of questions in LearningCheck Creator documents. To see the specifics of each question type, refer to the following:

• Adding a new choices on image question

• Adding a new custom choices question

• Adding a new fill in the blank question

• Adding a new open response question

• Adding a new sequencing question

• Adding a new standard choices question

• Adding a new text and image item

• Adding questions from the Item Bank

Adding a question

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item drop-down button.

2. Click to select the type of question you want to add.

The content panel for the new question displays.

3. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

4. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

Note: The Topic and Keyword information is used by the Item bank to provide search criteria for finding questions. You must enter text in these fields for the question to be searchable in the item bank.

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5. Type a title for the question in the Title box. (If you do not designate a title, the default title is Item.)

If you do not name questions, they are numbered sequentially in the document.

You can rename the questions later if you prefer.

6. Type the question text and complete the other fields as required.

Adding specific question types

Adding a new choices on image question

A choices on image question is one in which the student views an image and selects the answer from one of the points on the image.

Example: The student might be presented an image of the state of Texas and asked to identify which of three points on the image showed the location of the capital city, Austin.

To add a new choices on image question to a section

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Choices on Image.

2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

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4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. In the Response area, click Browse, navigate to the image and Insert it into the template.

The image appears in the Image area of the dialog box.

7. To add points to the image, click on the image toolbar, and move the cursor to the point on the image. Click to add the point.

8. To add the correct answer point to the image, click on the image toolbar, and then click the correct location on the image.

9. To create additional answer choices, click and then click other locations on the image.

10. To apply labels to the points, click on the image toolbar and then click on each point.

The points are labeled A, B, C, etc. in the order in which you click on them.

a) To move a point (and its label) to a different place on the

image, click the point and drag it to the new place.

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Adding a new custom choices question

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Custom Choices.

2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. If the question will include an image, insert the image into the Image area.

The image appears in the Image area of the dialog box.

7. To create answer choices, click in the Response box and type the first response.

8. To enter the second response, click New, and then type the response in the next box.

9. Repeat to create additional responses.

10. To delete a response, click at the left of the response.

11. To change the order of the responses, select the response you wish to

move and then click or to move the response up or down in the list.

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12. In the List of Possible Responses, click the button at the left of the correct response. If this question has more than one correct response, click the Allow Multiple Responses checkbox, and then click the correct answers.

Adding a new fill in the blank question

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Fill in the Blank .

2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. Create the blank. There are two ways to do this:

a) Type the question, including the text that is in the blank

(the answer)—don't type a blank.

b) Select the text that will be in the blank.

c) Click Create Blank.

The LearningCheck™ Creator places the answer in the Question Text box with a frame around it and displays the text in the List of Possible Responses.

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d) Type the question leaving out the answer—don't type a

blank.

e) Click the place you wish to put the blank and then click

Create Blank.

f) Type the answer in the Response Text box.

The LearningCheck™ Creator places the answer in the Question Text box with a frame around it and displays the text in the List of Possible Responses.

7. To remove a blank, click the blank and then click Remove Blank.

8. Click the type of Response (Text, Number, or Pull Down).

For text responses, the Text button is automatically selected and the number of characters contained in the word you placed in the blank is automatically entered into Field Length and Maximum Characters.

For numeric responses, click the Number button.

To create a pull-down list of responses, click the Pull Down button.

If you want to make the blank longer so that the size of the blank does not reveal the answer, change Field Length to a larger number.

9. If the question will include an image, insert the image into the Image area.

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Creating a question with a numeric blank

1. Create a fill in the blank question and complete steps 1 through 4c.

2. In the Response area, click Number.

The lower portion of the dialog box changes to reveal boxes for Number Tolerance and Range.

Toleranc e and Range are very similar, but your choice between these two fields will probably be based on which one is easier to specify. For example, if the question is "The value of pi is __" you might specify 3.14159265 as the correct answer with a Tolerance of .01. If the response to your question is a range of integers, then using Range (25 to 27, for example) might be easier.

3. If more than one value is acceptable for the answer, enter a Tolerance, or enter Range in the Minimum Value and Maximum Value boxes.

If you want to make the blank longer so that the size of the blank does not reveal the answer, change Field Length to a larger number.

Creating a question with a pull-down blank

1. Create a fill in the blank question and complete steps 1 through 4c.

2. In the Response area, click Pull Down.

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The text you selected for the blank appears in the List of Possible Responses.

3. To add additional responses to the pull-down list, click New, and then type the response in the next box.

Note: To delete a response click at the left of the response.

4. In the List of Possible Responses, click the button at the left of the correct response.

5. If this question includes multiple blanks and you want to use the same list for more than one blank, make the list a default list. Click Default List.

6. To use a previously created default list, create the blank and then click Use Default List.

The list appears in the List of Possible Responses.

Adding a new open response question

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Open Response.

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2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. If the question will include an image, insert or copy the image into the Image area.

7. If you want to specify a Suggested Response, type it in the box.

Adding a new sequencing question

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Sequencing.

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2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. If the question will include an image, insert or copy the image into the Image area.

7. To create answer choices, click in the Response box and type the first response.

8. To enter additional responses, click New, and then type the response in the next box. (After you enter all of the responses, you will indicate the correct sequence.)

Note: To remove a response, click at the left of the response.

9. To specify the correct sequence, click the response you wish to move

and then click or to move the response up or down the list.

Note: If more than one sequence is acceptable, click No Correct Sequence.

10. Click Generate Presentation Sequence. The responses appear in random order in the Presentation Sequence box.

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11. To change the presentation sequence, click the response you wish to

move and then click or to move the response up or down the list.

Editing Presentation Sequence

When creating a sequencing question, you must click Generate Presentation Sequence to copy the answers from the Correct Sequence

box into the Presentation Sequence box.

After the presentation sequence is generated:

• Clicking New adds a new response to the Correct Sequence box, but you must click Generate Presentation Sequence to copy it into the Presentation Sequence box.

• Clicking at the left of a response deletes the response from both boxes.

• Correcting a response in the Correct Sequence box also corrects it in the Presentation Sequence box (when you finish making the change).

If you add an answer to the Correct Sequence box and then close the question without generating the presentation sequence again, the number of answers in the Correct Sequence box will be different from the number of answers in the Presentation Sequence box. The LearningCheck™ Creator will automatically update and reorder the answers in the Presentation Sequence box.

Adding a new standard choices question

The standard choices question includes the following question types:

• True-False

•Yes-No

•Right-Wrong

• Agree-Disagree

• Always-Sometimes-Never

• Strongly Disagree-Somewhat Disagree-Neutral-Somewhat AgreeStrongly Agree

To add a new standard choices question to a section

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Standard Choices.

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2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. If the question will include an image, insert or copy the image into the Image area.

7. In the Response drop-down list, click the response type.

8. Click the button at the left of the correct response for the question.

Adding a new text and image item

The Text and Image item does not require a response, so you might use this for such things as instructions or questions for essay or classroom discussion.

To add a new text and image item to a section

1. In the Preview pane, click the Insert Item dropdown, and select Text and Image.

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2. Type the topic of the question in the Topic field.

3. Type any keywords that relate to the question in the Keyword field.

4. Type a title for the question in the Title box.

5. Type the question in Text box.

6. If the item will include an image, insert or copy the image into the Image area.

Saving a document

To save a new document

1. Click File > Save or click .

2. If you haven’t entered a title for the document, LearningCheck™ Creator prompts you to enter a title. (This title will display in the handheld device's Assignment List.)

If you do not want to see this dialog box each time you save

an unnamed document, click Do not show this again.

• Type in a name for the document and click OK.

• Do not type in a name and click Cancel.

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