Texas instruments TI-83 PLUS LearningCheck App

TI-83 Plus LearningCheck™ App

Getting Started

Starting and Quitting Navigating

How To…

Complete Assignments Check Answers Create Response Forms Pause the App Use Response Forms View Resul t s

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Accessing Online Help Error Messages Customer Support

Important Information

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What is the LearningCheck App?

The LearningCheck™ App for th e TI-83 Pl us lets y ou:

• view assignments, inclu ding t ex t and images .

• record answer s t o assignm ents on your T I-83 Plu s.

• create and u s e el ect r onic resp onse forms.

Educators can also use the LearningCheck App t o as sess s t udent work; s t udents can use the LearningCheck App for self-assessment.

The Learn i ngCheck App can be used as a stan dal one App on a TI- 83 Pl us or wit h the T I-Navigator ™ cl ass r oom network ( versi on

1.0 or higher).

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What You Need

Note In this guidebook , any infor mation t hat pertains to the TI-83 Plus also

pertains to the TI-83 Plus Silver E dition, unless otherwise noted.

Hardware and software Notes

TI-83 Plus or TI-83 Plus Silver Edition with v er sion 1.16 or later of the operating syste m software

Computer wit h M icrosoft® Wi ndows® 98/2000, Windows NT®, or Apple® MacIntosh® OS 7.1 or higher installed

TI-GRAPH LINK™ computer-to-device cable

TI Connect™ software, which works with most supported m odels of Fl ash-based TI graphing devic es

You can download a free copy of t he latest operating system soft ware from education.ti.com/latest

TI-GRAP H LINK cables are available for purchase from ret ail stores, online retail er s, and instructional dealers. See a list at education.ti.com/buy You may al so purchase TI-GRAP H LINK cables fr om the TI online store at

education.ti.com/shop

You can download free copies of TI Connect software from

education.ti.com/downloadticonnect

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Where to Find Installation Instructions

Detailed in s t r uction s on inst al ling this and other appli cat ions are available at education.ti.com/guides Installation Instructions.

. Follow the lin k to Flash

Getting Help

The LearningCheck™ App has built-in help for each type of question. With a question di s played, sel ec t

HELP to display a help s cr een.

The instru ct i ons in t his guidebook are onl y for thi s appli cat ion. If you n eed help using the T I-83 Plu s , r efer t o i ts comprehensive guidebook at education.ti.com/guides

MENU and then select

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Starting and Quitting the Application

Starting the Application

1. Press Œ to display the l i s t of ap plications on your TI-83 Plus.

2. Select

LearnChk. The appli cat i on’s information screen is

displayed.

3. Press any key to contin ue. Th e

ASSIGNMENT LIST screen is

displayed.

Quitting the Application

From the then select

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ASSIGNMENT LIST screen, select MENU (press o) and

EXIT APP, or press y 5.

Navigating

qrs

Selecting Menu Items

You can selec t m enu ite ms i n the foll owing ways.

• Press † or } to highlight the menu item, and then press

Í to select it.

• Press the n umber key that corresponds to the menu item.

Using On-Screen Options

Each screen di s plays one or more

option s along t he bott om of the

screen. T o select an option, press th e graphing key dir ectly b elow the option.

For example, press s to select NEXT.

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Using the TI Keyboard

To do this …

Select menu items Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a

menu it em, and then press Enter to sel ec t it. —or— If t he menu item is numbered, type the number

that corresponds to it. Quit the application ¥ Q Select on-screen

options

¥ plus the number that cor r esponds to the

graphing key di r ec tly below the option:

¥ 1 = o

¥ 2 = p

¥ 3 = q

¥ 4 = r

¥ 5 = s

You can also press the Tab key on the key boar d

to select the

TAB on-screen option.

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Distributing Assignments to a TI-83 Plus

• Use TI Con nect™ software and a TI-GRAPH LINK™ cabl e to

distribute assi gnmen ts from a computer to a T I-83 Plu s .

• Use a TI-GRAPH LINK unit-to-unit cable to distribute

assign m ents from one TI-83 Pl us to anot her.

• Use the TI-Navigator™ cl as sr oom network (version 1.0 or

higher) to di stribute assig nment s to all devices that are connect ed t o t he wirel ess hubs.

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Completing an Assignment

Overview

When you start

the LearningCheck™ App, the ASSIGNMENT LIST screen displays t he titl es of t he assignments , i n alphabeti cal order, th at ar e currently i nstalled on the T I-83 Plus.

After you sel ec t an assignment and enter your u s er informati on, the I t em List disp l ays the t itle of each i t em in th e ass i gnmen t . You select the first item in the list, and then navigate through the assign m ent, ans w er i ng q uestion s or r eadi ng exp l anatory i tems, as required by the instructions.

Assignment title

Explanatory items— instructions, for example—are not numbered.

Questions are numbered sequentially.

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An answer file is aut om at i cally cr eat ed for each assignment and

and then return to the same location within the assignment the

is associated w i t h you r username. Your resp onses to it em s i n the assign m ent are stored in th i s appli cat ion variable (AppVar ) file. The AppVar name i s t he same as th e assi gnment App Var name, except that it begins with the letter U.

Example: Your assig nment, Real Nu m bers and O perations, has the file name REALNUM.8xk. T he answer fi l e name is UREALNUM.8xk.

Note

• Another AppVar, NavPl ay , is created when you compl ete an assignment. NavPlay stor es i nformation about your progress through the assignment so that you can exit th e assignment

next time you access it .

• If you delete NavPlay, t his information i s l ost, and you will return to the beginning of the assignment the next time you access it. Deleting NavPlay does not af fect the answer f ile.

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Opening and Navigating through an Assignment

scroll thr ough t he

1. Start

the LearningCheck™ App. The ASSIGNMENT LIST screen displays the t i t les of the assignments that are curr ently installed on th e TI-83 Plus.

Press }or †to list of

assignments.

Tip Select INFO on the ASSIGNMENT LIST screen t o display

infor mation about the assignment, such as the AppVar name (*.8xv), number of items, and any other info that the assignment creator suppli ed.

2. Move the cursor t o an assignment and press Í. The

ASSIGNMENT SIGN IN dial o g box is di splayed.

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3. Typ e your u s er name and then p re ss Í to display t he It em List screen for th e assi gnmen t .

Note

• The username can be 3 – 32 characters long, and can only contain l etters, numbers, and spaces.

• Entering a username is like wri ting your name on y our assignment. Be sure t o r emember your username so that you can return to y our assignment l ater, if necessary.

4. Move the curso r to the first item that you want t o view , and then press Í.

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5. Answer the ques t i on or read the explanatory i tem. See th e followin g section for detailed i nstru ct i o ns on how to answer various ty pes of quest i ons.

Tip

• Selecting

• Press y and select NEXT to go to t he pr evious question.

NEXT to skip a question. You can return to it later.

6. Use the following options to continue navigating through the assign m ent.

• To display the next item, select NEXT, or press y ~.

• To check your answer, select CHK. This option may not be

available, depending on the purpose of the assignment. The CHK option is not available on response forms.

• To display the previous item, select MENU and then select

PREVIOUS ITEM, or press y |.

• To return to the Item List screen, select MENU and then

select ITEM LIST, or press y z.

• To get help on how to navigate within a question, select

MENU and then select HELP.

• To pause the application, select MENU and then select

PAUSE APP.

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• To return to the ASSIGNMENT LIST screen, select MENU and

then select ASSIGNMENT LIST.

When you h ave reach ed t he end of th e ass i gnmen t, the Item Li st screen is disp l ayed.

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Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

Response choices for multip l e-choice qu est i ons are displayed either in a lis t followin g the q uestion or on an im age. Some multiple-choice question s al l ow you t o s el ect only one response option; other s allow y ou to select m or e t han on e.

Option but tons indicate that you can only select one r esponse option.

Check boxes indicate that you c an select mor e than one response option.

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