Texas instruments TI-83 PLUS LearningCheck App

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4/8/03 © 2003 Texas Instruments

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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.
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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
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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

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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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Select TAB to move the cu r sor t o a r esponse op t ion, an d t hen
press ¸ to select it.
Tip When the response options are on an image:
Select PIC or TXT to toggle between the i mage (PIC) and t he question text (TXT).
Select TAB to move the cursor fr om one response option to another.
Press y and then select TAB to move the cursor backwards through the response opti ons.
To deselect a re sponse option, m ove the cursor t o the selected resp onse, and t hen pr es s ¸.
Tip If only one response choice is all owed, you c an si mply select
another response option to change your answer; you do not have t o desel ec t the current response choice.
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Answering Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

Some fill-i n-the- blank questions requir e you to t ype an answer. Others r equir e you to choose an ans w er from a dr op-down list of choices.
1. If necessar y, select TAB to move the c ursor to the blank that
you want to complete.
A boxed blank shows where t he cursor is.
2. Press ¸ to select th e blank. A blinking cursor appears at
the beginning of the selected blank.
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3. Typ e your answer or selec t an answer from the drop-down
list.
Tip Press to clear the answer field.
Text answer requir ed:
Alpha-lock i s aut omatical ly turned on when a text answer is required.
Type your answer in the blank with the blinking cur sor .
Selection from the drop-down list required:
Select your answer from the list of answer
Numeric answer requir ed:
Alpha-lock is t ur ned off when a numeric ans wer is required.
Type your answer in the blank with the blinking cursor. Not all key presses are accepted, because a numeric answer is required. If you pr ess a key that isn’t accepted, that key is ignored.
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Answering Open-Response Questions

Open- r esponse questions are followed by a lar ge field in which you type your answer. The leng th of your answer i s limited only by the amou nt of available memory in the TI-83 Plus.
When t he characters you t ype reach the en d of a line, they wr ap to the n ex t l ine. As you reach t he bottom of the field, previous lines scr ol l off the top of the fiel d.
1. Press } or † to scroll through the question text.
2. Select 8ANS to move the cursor to t he answer field, and t hen
type your answer.
Press } or to scroll through your answer text.
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To clear your entire answer, press and then select
YES.
Select 8Q to move the cursor back to the question field.
Tip To start a new paragraph in an open-response f ield, you must
enter spaces until the cursor reaches the beginning of the next line. On the TI Keyb oar d, you can press the tab key t o enter two spaces at a time.

Inserting Symbol s, Comm ands, and Special Charact er s

Symbol s and commands that are avail able on the TI-83 Plus, as well as sp ec i al c haracters, can be inserted in any fi el d t hat accepts text en t ri es. ( You cannot insert symb ol s, com mands, or special characters in a fill- in-the-blank field that requires a numer i c answer, for example.) You insert them into the field the same way you would inser t them on the T I-83 Plus home screen. Some examples i nclude the follow i ng.
Symbol s t hat are second functi ons of the TI-83 Plus keys (e.g., p)
Commands th at are accessed from the MATH menu (e.g.,
abs( and angle().
Symbol s and commands that are acc essed from t he CATALOG (e.g.,
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ƒ and augment().
You can also insert special characters such as accen t ed or G r eek characters.
1. Select
MENU and then select SPECIAL CHARACTERS to
display the character p al ette.
2. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor t o a character that you
want to insert, and then press Í. The character is p ast ed in th e ar ea below the palet t e .
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3. Inser t other characters, as necessary, and then select DONE.
The ch ar act er s are pasted into the answer field.
Some accented vowels ar e not in the char ac t er palette. However, you can create these character s.
1. Select one of the accent marks at the bottom of the screen .
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2. Typ e t he character (A, E, I , O, U). The new accented
character is pasted in the ar ea below the palet t e.
Note The alpha-l oc k is automatically turned on when you select one
of the acc ent marks. For lowercase letters, press ƒ before you type the charac ter to be accented.
3. Select DONE to p ast e the accented character i n the answer
field.
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Sequencing Items in a List

Some quest i ons require you to arrange a list of items so t hey are in th e c or r ect sequence or rank .
1. Select 8ANS to move the cursor t o the answer field. T he first
item in t he list is enclosed in b r ackets.
2. If necessary, use } and to move the cursor to the item
that you want to move.
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3. Press ¸ to select the item. The item is highlighted.
list.
4. Use } and † to move the item to a new location in the list.
“Greece” was moved from t he fourth posit i on to the second position in the
5. Press Í to place the item.
“Greece” is now repositioned and deselected.
6. Repeat step s 2 t hrough 5 until the items ar e i n the desired
sequence.
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Viewing Comments or Instructions

it ems are not
Assignmen t s can include explanat or y items such as test instru ct i ons, section separators, an d h ints.
Explanatory numbered.
Explanatory items do not provide an area for an answer.
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Clearing All Answers

You can clear all answers on an assignment to p r epare it for another ses si on.
1. From the Item List screen, select
MENU and then select
CLEAR ALL ANSWERS. A confirmation di alog box display s .
2. Press ¸ to clear all answers. The answers are cleared
and the answered symbol i s r em oved from the Item List screen.
This symbol indicates that the question has been answered or the explanatory item has been viewed.
Before clearing answers After clearing answers
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Checking Answers

Some assign m e nts allow you t o c heck your answers as you complete t he assignment. How ever, even if the assi gnment allows y ou to check answer s, it may contain items that can not be electron i cally evaluated, such as open-respon se questions. If the
CHK option is available, you can check th e answer for that
question. After you answer a question, select
CHK (with the question still
displayed). The next scr een displayed show s whether you r answer was correct or i ncorrect. If your an sw er i s i ncorrect, you can choose w hether you want to view the correct answer, or try again to answer it correctl y. There is no limit to the n umber of times that you can attempt to answer the question.
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If your answer is incorrect, and you opt to view the correct answer, the question is redisplayed, with the correct answer(s) indicated.
The c orrect answers, Kosrae and Bikini Atol l ar e indicated.
Note After y ou display the correc t answer(s), your answer file i s
overwri tten. There is no longer any record of your previous answer.
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Viewing Results

was not answered
If the as si gnment allow s you to check y our answers, you can view the number of correct and incorrect responses t hat you gave the last tim e you completed th e as si gnment. Also n ot ed is the number of questi ons that could not be electronically evaluated.
From the Item List screen, select
RESULTS
. The RESULTS screen shows how w ell you performed.
You can also view r esults by item .
Item that could not be electronically evaluated
Items that were correctly answered
Item that was incorrectly answered or that
MENU, and then select VIEW
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Creating, Changing, and Renaming Response Forms

Creating Response Forms

Response Forms ar e answer sheets that students use to recor d answers for non-electronic assignments. For exam ple, an instructor may read qu estions aloud or distr ibute quest i ons on paper, and then collect t he responses from the students' TI-83 Plus units.
A response form can contain mul t iple-choice resp onses (check- box type only), free responses, or a com bination of bot h.
Note You cannot check answers on a response form.
1. From the ASSIGNMENT LIST screen , sel ect MENU, and then
select screen is disp l ayed.
RESPONSE FORM. The RESP ONSE FORM BUILDER
2. Select
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NEW to display the NEW RESP ONSE FORM screen.
3. Typ e a file name and then press Í. The file nam e i s t he
contain letters, numbers,
symbols, and spaces.
name of the Application Vari able (AppVar) th at is shown on
APPVARS screen.
the
Note AppVar names
can be one to seven char ac ters long and can consist of both letters and numbers.
cannot begin with a number, contain spaces, or be the same as a fil e name that al r eady exists.
4. Typ e an assignment title, and then press Í to display t he
ADD TO / MODIFY FORM screen.
Note The assignment t itle that you enter is the assignm ent name that
is displayed on the
ASSIGNMENT LIST screen.
Titles can be up to 24 characters long and can
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5. Select ADD and then select ei ther MULTIPLE CHOICE or FREE
RESPONSE
.
6. Typ e t he number of multiple-choic e or free-r es ponse items that you want to include in this assignment and then press ¸.
Note
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You can add up to 99 items at one time into the r esponse form.
The total number of items a response form can contain depends on the avai lable memory on the TI-83 Plus.
7. Repeat step s 5 and 6 until y ou have added all of the items to the assignment.
Note
To move an it em up or down in the l ist, press }or † to highli ght the item and then select in the correc t place.
To delete an item, place the cursor on the item, pr ess {, and then select
To change the item type (e. g., from mul tiple-choice to f r ee response), place the cursor on the item and selec t
CONTINUE to delete the it em.
UP or DOWN until the item is
TYPE.
8. Select MENU and then s el ect ASSIGNMENT LIST to return to the
ASSIGNMENT LIST screen.

Changing a Response Form

1. From the Assignment List screen, select select
BUILDER screen.
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RESPONSE FORM to display the RESPONSE FORM
MENU and then
2. Select EDIT. The ASSIGNMENT SIGN IN screen is displ ayed.
Note
If you have entered one or more responses to item s i n this response form, y ou must enter your usernam e before you can edit the response f or m.
If t he username that you enter and the one stored in the answer file do not match, any responses that were entered will be lost when you edit the r esponse f or m.
3. If necessar y, enter your u sername, and then press ¸ to display the
ADD TO /MODIFY FORM screen. A list of response
forms is disp l ayed.
4. Add, delete, or m ove it em s on the response form.
Select ADD to add items.
Press { with an item highlighted to delete an item.
Select UP or DOWN with an item highlighted to move an
item.
5. Select MENU and then s el ect ASSIGNMENT LIST to return to the
ASSIGNMENT LIST screen.
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Renaming a Response Form

Renaming the response form c hanges the App Var file name. It does not ch ange the title of the response form as it i s displayed on the
ASSIGNMENT LIST screen. The name of the associated
answer fil e i s automatically changed to match t he file name of the response form.
You mig ht want to renam e a r esponse form if, for example, you misty ped the name that w as provided by the teacher. If the teacher i s using TI Navig at or , your response form m ust be named correctly in order for it to b e col lected.
To chan ge the file name of th e r esponse form AppVar:
1. On the Assignment List screen, highlight a response form assignment.
2. Select
RESPONSE F ORM BUILDER screen.
3. Select
RENAME RESPONSE FORM screen.
MENU and then select RESPONSE FORM to di splay the
MENU and then select RENAME FORM to display the
4. Typ e a filename, and then press ¸ to save the respons e form with the new name.
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To verify that the file name h as been changed:
1. From the
RESPONSE F ORM BUILDER screen, highlight the
assign m ent and select questions are displayed.
2. Select
BACK to r et urn to the RESPONSE FORM B UILDER screen.
INFO. The file nam e and number of
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Using Response Forms

Answering Questions

Multi ple-choice items cont ain five check box options labeled A, B, C, D, and E. More t han one correct answer is allowed. For single response questions, such as Tr ue / False, you could use True and
Tip Since m or e than one correct answer is allowed, make sure that
B for False.
you only select one c hoice for single response questions.
A for
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Open- r esponse items contai n an area where a shor t answer can
)
be typed. The leng t h of the answer is limited only b y the amount of available memor y on the TI - 83 Pl us. Answering free- r esponse items on a r es ponse form is exactly t he same as on any oth er assign m ent. See Answering Open-Response Q uestions
for more
details.
Characters wrap to the next line when they reac h the end of a line.
As you reach the bottom of the screen, previous lines scroll up.
You can use characters from the special characters palette ( and the commands and sy mbols in the CATALOG (2½).
MENU > SPECIAL CHARACTERS
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To use a response form:
1. Start
the LearningCheck™ App. The ASSIGNMENT LIST screen shows the titles of assignm ents that are curr ently instal led on the TI-83 Plus.
2. Move the cursor t o an assignment and press ¸. The
ASSIGNMENT SIGN IN dialog box is displayed.
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3. Type your username and then press Í to display t he Item List screen for th e assi gnment.
4. Move the curso r to the first item, and then press ¸ to view it.
Multiple-choice item
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Free-response item
5. Do one of the followi ng:
answered are marked with the
Select TAB to move the cursor to a multiple-choice check
box and press ¸ to select i t. (Sel ect more than one check box, if necessary.)
—or—
Type your answer in the free response area.
6. Select NEXT to go to the next item in the assignment.
7. Repeat step s 4 - 6 until all q uestions are answer ed.
These questions have been answered.
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You can skip a response and come back to it later.
When the l ast item is displayed and you select
NEXT, the Item Lis t sc reen is
displayed. The questions that you have
è symbol.

Clearing All Answers from a Response Form

You can clear a r esponse form and reused it for another set of questions.
1. From the Item List screen, select
CLEAR ALL ANSWERS. The Clear confir m at ion message is
MENU and then select
displayed.
2. Press ¸ to clear all answers from the assig nment.
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Pausing the LearningCheck App

You can p ause the LearningCheck™ App so that you can disp lay and use the home screen, another App, or any other functi onality of the device.
1. From the Item List screen or w hile a question or response form item is di splayed, select
APP to display t he home screen.
MENU and then select PAUSE
2. To retu r n to the App, p r ess O, select
LearnChk, and then
press ¸.
3. Type your username
and press ¸.The App resumes and automatically returns to the screen th at was displayed wh en you paused the App.
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Error Messages

Error Message Descriptio n
The operating system (OS) sof tware on your TI-83 Pl us i s older than version 1.16. You must update the OS t o at least ver si on 1.16 in order to run the LearningCheck ™ A pp. You can download a free copy of the lat est OS from
education.ti.com/latest
The username that y ou ent er ed does not match one that was used for an exi sting answer file.
.
Select entered.
Select CLEAR ALL ANSWERS t o set up a new answer file and use the usernam e that you entered. The old answer file i s del eted.
Select
ASSIGNMENT LIST screen.
Enter a username that contains at least three characters, but not more than 32 charac ters.
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TRY AGAIN to c or r ec t the username you
4ASSIGNMENT LIST to r et ur n to the
Error Message Descriptio n
Your TI-83 Plus has enough avail able RAM to run the LearningCheck ™ A pp, but you may not be able to complete your assignm ent. You can exit that App and delete or ar c hive fil es to c r eate more available RAM on your TI - 83 Plus.
Your TI-83 Plus does not have enough available memor y to continue to r un t he assignment. You must ex it the App and delete or archi ve some files to create m or e available memory on your TI-83 Plus.
Your TI-83 Plus does not have enough available RAM to archi ve the answer file for y our assignment. Answer f iles are autom at ically saved in ar c hived memory. Saving them in archived memory requires a cert ain amount of RAM. You m ust exit t he A pp and delete or archive some f iles to create more av ailable RAM on your TI-83 Plus.
Your TI-83 Plus does not have enough available RAM to run the LearningCheck™ App. You must exit the App and delete or archive some files to create mor e available RAM on your T I-83 Plus.
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Error Message Descriptio n
The file name t hat you entered for the response form already ex ists, or the corresponding answer file for t he r esponse f or m already exists.
Select
DELETE EXISTING to overwri te the
existing file.
Select
ENTER A NEW NAME to enter a new fil e
name.
Your TI-83 Plus does not have enough RAM t o save the changes that y ou made to your response form. Y ou must delete or arc hive some files to create m or e available RAM on your TI-83 Plus.
You have attempted t o c hange the item type of an item on a response form. If yo u c hange the item type (for exampl e, from multiple choice to free response), any answer that you have given for the question will be del eted.
Select
CONTINUE to c hange t he item t y pe and
delete any answer associated wit h the item.
Select LEAVE AS IS to leave the item type unchanged.
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Error Message Descriptio n
You entered a response for a fill-in-the-blank question that requires a numeric r esponse that is not a real numeric value. Select change your response.
GO BACK and
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Texas Instruments (TI) Support and Service Information

For General Information

E-mail: ti-cares@ti.com Phone: 1.800.TI.CARES (1.800.842.2737)
For U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Ri c o, and Virgin Islands only
Home Page: education.ti.com Customer Support
Center: International
Information:
support.education.ti.com/srvs
support.education.ti.com/srvs (Click Interna tional
Information)

For Technical Questions

Phone: 1.972.917.8324

For Product (hardware) Service

Customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands: Always contact Texas Instruments Customer Support before
returning a produc t for service. All other cust omers: Refer t o the leaflet enclosed with this product
(hardware) or contact y our local Texas Instruments retailer/distributor
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.

End User License Agreement

BY INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS.
1. LICENSE: Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”) grants you a license to use and copy the software program(s) (“License Materials”) contained on this diskette/CD/web site. You, and any subsequent user, may only use the Licensed Materials on Texas Instruments devices.
2. RESTRICTIONS: You may not reverse-assemble or reverse-compile the Licensed Materials. You may not sell, rent, or lease copies that you make.
3. COPYRIGHT: The Licensed Materials and any accompanying documentation are copyrighted. If you make copies, do not delete the copyright notice, trademark, or protective notices from the copies.
4. WARRANTY: TI does not warrant that the Licensed Materials or documentation will be free from errors or that they will meet your specific requirements. THE LICENSED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” TO YOU OR ANY SUBSEQUENT USER.
5. LIMITATIONS: TI makes no warranty or condition, either express or implied, including but not limited to a ny implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the Licensed Materials.
IN NO EVENT SHALL TI OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, WHETHER THE ALLEGED DAMAGES ARE LABELED IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR INDEMNITY.
SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.
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Page Reference
This PDF document contai ns el ec t ronic bookmar k s designed for easy on-screen navigation. If you deci de to print this document, please use the page numbers below to find specif ic topics.
Important Information.......................................................................................2
What is the LearningCheck App?......................................................................3
What You Need................................................................................................4
Where to Find Installation Instructions..............................................................5
Getting Hel p .....................................................................................................5
Starting and Quitting the Appl i cation.................................................................6
Starting the Application................................................................................6
Quitting the Application................................................................................6
Navigating........................................................................................................7
Selecting Menu Items..................................................................................7
Using On-Screen Options............................................................................7
Using the TI Keyboard.................................................................................8
Distributi ng Assignments to a TI-83 Plus...........................................................9
Completing an Assignment.............................................................................10
Overview...................................................................................................10
Opening and Navigating through an Assignment .......................................12
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions........................................................16
Answering Fill-in-the-Blank Questions........................................................ 18
Answering Open-Response Questions....................................................... 20
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Inserti ng Symbols, Commands, and Special Characters............................ 21
Sequencing Items in a List......................................................................... 25
Viewing Comments or Instructions............................................................. 27
Clearing All Answers..................................................................................28
Checking Answers.....................................................................................29
Viewing Results.........................................................................................31
Creating, Changing, and Renaming Response Forms..................................... 32
Creating Response Forms.........................................................................32
Changing a Response Form ......................................................................35
Renaming a Response Form ..................................................................... 37
Using Response Forms...................................................................................39
Answering Questions.................................................................................39
Clearing All Answers f rom a Response Form............................................. 44
Pausi ng the Learni ngCheck App..................................................................... 45
Error Messages..............................................................................................46
Texas Instruments (TI) Support and Service Information................................50
For General Information ............................................................................ 50
For Technical Questions............................................................................50
For Product (hardware) Service.................................................................50
End User License Agreement .........................................................................51
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