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1: Start
the Assignment “Tutor” in TAKS Grade
05 Writing. Add a note to a screen. |
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Part
2: Answer
an open-response writing prompt.
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Part
3: Log
out and print your response to the writing prompt.
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Part
4: Start
the Assignment “Tutor” in TAKS 5th
Grade Reading. Highlight text in each of the
colors blue, yellow, and pink. Remove the highlight.
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5: Edit
the Preferences to preview the questions and their
answer choices before viewing the passage. |
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6: Create
a Feedback file. |
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| Part
7: Change
Global Preferences to show alternate titles in
Login screen. |
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Part
1: Login to a Writing Assignment and add a note. |
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Login
to “TAKS Grade 05 Writing” and select “Start
Assignment” under the File Menu. Click OK on
the Session Report. |
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On
any screen, hold down the control key while clicking
on the screen. |
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In
the dialog box that appears, type in a quick note.
Click on OK. |
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Observe
the small icon that looks like a piece of paper. |
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Click
on the icon of the piece of paper to see your note
again. |
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2: Answer a Writing Prompt. |
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Select “Question
. . .” under the Goto Menu.
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Scroll
down to the bottom of the list and click
on any writing prompt to select it. Click
on OK.
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Read
the writing prompt and click on the Write your
essay button.
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Type
some text in the Free Response window. Click
on OK.
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Part
3: Log out and Print the Writing Prompt Response.
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Select “Logout” from
the File menu. The “Open Ended Answers” window
should appear containing the text you typed in Part
4. |
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Examine
the Open-Ended Answers window. As a teacher, you can
add comments to this window by clicking anywhere in
the window and typing. Click on the Print button. |
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Click
on the OK button to close the window. Click on the
OK button on the Session Report. |
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4: Access the Calculator |
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Log
in to “TAKS Grade 05 Reading.” Click
on the Yes button. On any screen, hold down
the shift key while clicking on a piece of
text. Note that a small blue highlight appears.
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Shift-click
on the same spot again to turn the highlight
yellow, and a third time to turn it pink.
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Shift-click
on the highlighted block again to remove the
highlight.
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Part
5: Preview Reading Questions.
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Select
Preferences . . . from the Edit menu. |
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Click
on the Access tab. Select Preview Questions in the
upper window. |
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Type
a 3 in the Value field. Click on the Save button. Click
on the OK button. |
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Log
out and log back in to “TAKS Grade 05 Reading.” The
questions and their answer choices should now precede
the passage. |
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6: Create a Feedback file. |
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Hold
down the shift and command (Mac)/control (Windows)
keys and click on the letter F. |
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Type
text in the feedback window that appears. Click on
OK. |
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Select
Logout from the File menu. |
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If
possible, look in your Sleeksit folder. You should
see a file named feedback.txt which you can email
to support@sleek.com. |
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| Part
7: Use Alternate Titles |
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At
Incredible Tutor™ Login screen, type the
teacher password in the password field. (See your manual
for teacher password.) |
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Click
on the Set IT! Up button. |
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Scroll
down in the list of On or Off Preferences. Find the
Preference Use Alternate Title Name. |
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Click
to the left of the Preference to make a blue dot appear.
Click on the OK button. Click on Yes. |
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Click
once on the Stand-Alone button. Notice that grade levels
have been replaced by colors in the list of titles. |
