Pull-Down
Menus in Incredible Tutor™ Several
menu items are available which will allow access to other
functions and areas of Incredible Tutor™. The
following describes each feature and its use.
File
Menu Items
Start
Assignment
This feature will only be used when Incredible Tutor™ is used
in Stand-Alone mode. It allows the student to start a new Assignment within
the same title from a list of factory and custom Assignments.
Save
Main Report As . . .
This feature allows you to save the Main Report to a file that can be opened
in a spreadsheet or word processing program (such as Microsoft Word).
Print
Main Report . . .
Selecting this option prints the Main Report, using the view shown on the
screen.
Print
Free-Response Answers
If a student has typed in a response to a writing prompt, selecting this
feature will bring up the text of their response which can be printed out
for grading. More information on this feature will appear in a later section.
Logout
This
will take the student back to the Login window after seeing
the Session Report and, in some cases, the Print Open-Ended
Answers window. Note that when the student logs in again, she
will pick up where she left off.
Quit
This will quit Incredible Tutor™. The student will not go back
to the Login window. When the student logs in again, she will pick up where
she left off.
IMPORTANT: The
following features are only active for those holding Site Licenses
for each subject, when logged in using the teacher password.
Print
Full Lessons
(Biology only) This feature allows printing of groups of lessons, where
available.
Print
Specific Lessons
Selecting this feature will prompt the user to select a specific lesson
to be printed. The available lessons will correspond to the title which
the user is logged into.
Print
Questions
This feature will prompt the user to select a specific question or group
of questions to be printed. The available questions will depend upon which
title the user has logged into.
Print
Current Window
Selecting this feature will print whatever is on the current screen.
Edit
Menu Items
These
items will only be available when using the Incredible
Tutor™ in Stand-Alone mode. More information
about this feature will be covered in other lessons.
Goto
Menu Items
The
Goto Menu allows the student to access several
different parts of Incredible Tutor™ or
different areas within a specific Assignment regardless
of which screen or activity the student is currently
using. Access to the Goto Menu can be switched
off when setting up preferences. The items available
in this menu will depend on which title is in use
and which Preference Set the Assignment is using.
Problem
. . .
This feature allows teachers to direct students to a specific problem type.
Using this feature will move the bookmark to this area of the Assignment,
and the student will continue working problems from that point toward the
end of the Assignment. Incomplete items will be covered before the student
finishes the current Assignment, but the order of the questions will now
be altered.
Specific
Lesson . . .
This feature allows teachers to direct students to a specific lesson.
The list corresponds to all the lessons available for use in solving
the problem set in the current Assignment.
Resource
. . .
This menu item functions the same as the Resource button described earlier.
Choose
Scoreboard . . .
This menu item allows students to choose a different format for their
Scoreboard. The choices are Points Pool, Soda Shop, Space Place, or Wall
of Fame.
Help
The Help function within the Goto Menu provides additional information
for teachers to access when customizing parts of Incredible Tutor™ for
their students’ specific needs.
Windows
Menu Items
The
following items in this selection will allow you to navigate to any of
the following screens within Incredible Tutor™: Main Report, Session
Report, Scoreboard, Problem, Lesson, and Calculator (Math only). These
screens correspond to the buttons along the top when you are in the Problem
view. The Tile Windows and Maximize Windows features are generally used
only in the Reading Titles.
Tile
Windows
When viewing a Reading question, you may select the Tile Windows option
to split the screen and show both the question and the passage. This allows
questions to be reviewed and answered while still keeping the passage in
view, or a passage can be scrolled to find key words or sentences.
Maximize
Windows
When the screen has been tiled using one of the methods described above,
you may select Maximize Windows to return to full-screen mode. When the
screen is tiled, you may also click once on the arrow to the right of
the Main Report button to access full-screen mode.
Calculator
An on-screen calculator is available in all of our Math titles. Simply
choose Calculator from the Windows menu. This option can be disabled
in the Preference Editor.
