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Prepare: The Prepare tab allows you to create or import classes and students, lessons and assignments, and standards.Engage: The Engage tab allows you to run student response sessions based on the lessons created in the Prepare tab.Report: The Report tab allow you to run reportson session data.

Classroom Performance System Toan Pham x.2620toanpham@stockton.k12.ca.us

The CPS Tabs

An overview tutorial on setting up and using clickers in the classroom

Open CPS from the desktop icon. The CPS Open or Create New CPS Database window appears. If this is the first time you are using CPS, select Create New. A dialogue box will appear allowing you to choose the file location and name of your data. It is suggested that you maintain only one database for all your courses. Organizing the data collected by CPS is easy when you save multiple classes and lessons to a single database.

Create a CPS Database

Setting Up a Class, Adding Students

Prepare >Classes and Students tab

1. Click New and select Class2. Choose K-123. Follow the instructions in the wizard

Add students to your class manually or importing a csv file.

2The radio frequency (RF) receiver unit supports a set of 1000 student clickers. The receivers can accept signals from RF clickers up to 200 feet away. Students do not need a line-of-sight to transmit signals to the RF receiver unit.

Plug in the CPS receiver to an available USB port. Open CPS from your desktop icon. CPS will automatically detect your receiver settings.

CPS Receiver Set Up

Click on the eInstructionicon in the system tray and select “Device Manager”

The Device Manger willshow an icon of the

receiver with a check markto show it is connected.

Create Folders, Lessons, QuestionsPrepare>Lessons and Assessments 1. Click New, choose Folder, type name for folder2. Highlight Folder created, choose New and select Lesson.

(or right-click on folder for more options).

Using the Question AuthorSelect the lesson or folder in which you want the question to appear. Click New and choose Question menu item.(or right-click on folder for more options).

Save questions when done and move back or forward with one click.

Use arrows to search backwards and forwards through your questions.

Use green checkmark to select all questions and apply changes at once.

Select question type: multiple choice, T/F…

Template options to add graphics to questions and answers

Sets deployment criteria for questions

Apply standards and levels of difficulty to questions.

3. Type a name for lesson in the Title. Optional: Type a description or unique identifier. You may also choose a delivery style to support various assessment answer options, such as ABCD / FGHI. Lastly, you can also add a picture file by clicking the Browse button. They will appear directly beneath the lesson with which you associate them. When you have finished, select OK to save and apply

your changes.

1. Choose a Question Type in the Format group. 2. Type the question in the question box of the question template you selected. 3. Type the answers in the answer boxes of the question template you selected. 4. Select the correct answer by clicking in the checkbox beside that answer so that a checkmark appears. 5. Click Save and Move to Next Question. 6. Repeat steps 1-5 to add additional questions to the lesson.

Create Questions

Engaging Lessons

Use the Engage tab to begin using created lessons.

Note that each lesson and folder now contains a checkbox to its left. You must check the box next to the lesson you wish to engage to continue.

Advanced setup to further define your criteria for engaging the lesson.

Type: Categorize the assessment(Exam, quiz, review…)Class: Choose the class to engage

Assessment Setup: Choose Teacher led, student paced, student practice.

Select Engage to begin deploying assessment.

Add Graphics Add Notes and Media Copy, Paste, Edit, Reorder

1. Click Template > Add Graphics2. Select graphic style.3. Right-click in the image window.4. Browse and open the image.

1. Click Question> Notes and Media2. Choose CPS Note3. Type a note in the box.

4. Format with font and color.5. Choose Audio/Video tab.6. Browse and open audio/video file.7. Check box for availability option.

Prepare > Lesson & Assessment TabSelect Lesson. Select Question.1. Click “Copy”. “Paste” to a Lesson.2. Select “Edit” to make changes.3. Use up/down arrow to reorder.

Question

Answer 1

Answer 2

Answer 3

Answer 4

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4The Engage Toolbar

Click Next to begin CPS Type and Channel

Push to turn onHold to power down

Make a choice.Press Enter button

Correctanswer

Options: Opens the Delivery Options window to select options. Engage Toolbar Handle: Click and drag on this icon to move the Engage toolbar anywhere on your screen. Class: Randomly select a student from your active classlist or take attendance. Charting window: View performance data in a chart. Exit CPS: Save your results up to this point and shutdown CPS entirely.

Questions: Choose any of the pre-written questions in your lesson. Next (#1): indicates which question number is next in chronological order. Click here to display the next question. Verbal: Choose from a drop-down menu of question types to ask questions on-the-fly and record data.Chalkboard: Upload and draw images while delivering on-the-fly questions.

Go back

How many pads have responded

End the question

Start the timer

Feedback options

Those that have answered are dark blue.Changed answer: flashed yellow

ChartingGreen = Correct answersBlue = Incorrect answers

Choose randomstudent

Topscores

Answer distribution

Deliveryoptions

Nextquestion

Click & drag to move

Report

1. Click the Report>Reports tab. 2. Select a session from which you want to generate a report. 3. Click Generate in the Reports group. The CPS Reporting window opens. This window displays the names of the students who participated in the session you selected. It also displays the available report types. 4. Select the students for whom you want to generate a report. Reports include only performance data from students with a check mark by their name. You can select every student using the Select All option or Filter out students who didn‘t respond.5. Select a report type from report type list on the right side of the window and click Preview to see the report.

CPS as an Instructional Tool

You can use CPS immediately without creating any questions. Verbal questions are “on the fly” questions that you can use to engage students. Use this feature to ask questions during a lesson in coordination with existing questions from a textbook, multimedia presentation, or made up on the spot.

Click Engage. The CPS Verbal Question window appears.

Engage>Lessons and Assessments

Optional: Change your session options. Include Session in Gradebook: Records grades in the Gradebook. Export to Question Grid: Creates Question Grid Report as an Excel file to display results. Anonymous Mode: Will ensure answers are not associated with specific students. Session Title: Type the name of your session. Session Category: Select a category for the lesson. Max Points: Choose your Max Points. This field will default to 100. Class Options: Assign a pre-generated class to the lesson

CPS allows you to create and engage lessons, view student performance data, and track student performance data as grades. CPS saves the grades in the database where they can be retrieved through the Report > Gradebook tab. The Report > Gradebook tab also allows you to review your class roster, sort grades by assessment type, and view Gradebook reports.

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CPS as an Assessment Tool

Students can respond to hardcopy worksheets and CPS homework, tests, quizzes, and other class work with their response pads. Use the FastGrade function from the Tool icon on the Lessons tab to create an answer template that coordinates with your existing paper in-class assignments, homework, quizzes or tests—without spending time typing in the questions. Then engage the FastGrade assessment and leave the grading to CPS.

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3. Title your lesson 4. Click on the correct answer for each question

Prepare >Lessons & Assessments1. Click the New icon 2. Select the FastGrade Lesson

CPS as an Evaluation Tool

At the end of asking any question, verbal, FastGrade, or CPS lesson, you will see the Percent Correct for that question. As an instructor, you can look at this percentage and determine if you need to immediately go back and re-teach this topic.

The Cumulative % Correct tells you how the class is doing for the session. You may want to use this as a class incentive

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CPS as a Review Tool

Use the Team Activities function to deliver team games called There it is! and Challenge to review previously studied topics. This is a great way to divide your class into teams and work on collaborative learning.

Prepare > Team Activities1. Click the New icon to setup a new Challenge Activity where you can pull answers from created lessons.

Engage > Team Activities- Click Engage icon to launch the Challenge activity created.- Click There It Is! to select the lesson to review.

Click Start to begin the competition.

Each team will be given a different question to work on and answer when ready. Scores will be shown for each group.

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• Use CPS smoothly across your session. That is, don’t wait until the end of class then ask 10 questions very fast. Keep your students alert by continuously involving them throughout the session. • Vary the activities. For example, use the Team mode and divide up the class, then have them compete with each other. Show results and urge collaboration: the real world works best with teamwork. • Use the Cumulative Class Percent Correct as an incentive if they achieved a certain percentage.• Let the students create some Verbal questions in teams for delivery to the class over a specific topic. • Manage the class. For example, do not permit students to shout out, provide answers for others, or allow excessive celebration. It is your class and you set the rules for conduct independent of the instructional tools you use. Make sure this is a positive tool not a negative situation. • Manage your response pads. Have the students always retrieve and return the pads to the same place. A visual check is very easy based on the layout of the response pad carrying case.

Helpful Hints Using CPS

Helpful Websites

eInstruction CPS K-12 Video tutorials and Quick-Step guideshttp://legacy.einstruction.com/support_downloads/training/CPS6/K12.htmlEngaging Technologies training resources : http://www.engaging-technologies.com/clicker-activities.htmlCPS resources for teachers: http://sites.fcps.org/trt/cps_remoteseI Community: https://www.eicommunity.com/pages/home.aspxWiki resources: http://aasuetccps.pbworks.comInstructional Technology Resources page: http://www.stockton.k12.ca.us/IT/resources

Using ExamView

You can add ExamView question banks and tests into any folder or lesson within your CPS database. Once the files are added they cannot be edited so be sure to use the ExamView Test Generator to create whatever files you want to use with CPS prior to importing them.

Add ExamView Files 1. Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab. 2. Select the folder or lesson under which you would like to import the ExamView lesson. 3. Click Add Files in the Lessons group . The Add Files window opens. 4. Navigate your computer to select the ExamView file you want to add. (Note: To limit which files are displayed, click the arrow in the Files of type: box, and select the ExamView Files option.) and click Open. 5. The ExamView file appears in the folder or lessonyou selected.

Using PowerPoint with CPS

If you want to use PowerPoint presentations with CPS you can either use the original CPS software or CPS for PowerPoint.

CPS for PowerPoint adds a CPS toolbar to PowerPoint 2007 above or 2003 below so you can add interactive slides to a PowerPoint .

With the CPS software you import PowerPoint presentations into any folder or lesson in your CPS database to engage as a lesson.

All of the data is stored in the CPS database where you imported the PowerPoint file.