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Welcome to Chapter 4 of the Academy Orientation – Teach.
This session will focus on:  student classes, instructor classes, online assessment tools, exam activation, instructor grade book, historical grade book for instructors, certificates and letters, student certification vouchers, and success stories.
The primary role of the academy instructor is teaching.  There are other roles as well which include managing classes, orchestrate curriculum, and collaboration of community outreach.
The instructor will get involved in creating and viewing class information and accounts, and enroll and delete students from the class roster.
Creating a course will need the information listed on the slide which includes:
Time Zone, Enrollment, Primary Instructor, Secondary Instructor, Environment, Curriculum, Class, Name, Language, Version, Start Date, End Date, and Final Exam.
Please note secondary instructor status does not fill the teaching requirements for qualifications such as CCAI status.  Active instructors should be listed as the primary instructor on at least one class to meet all teaching qualifications.
If no students are enrolled in the class and no assessments have been taken, the user editing the class may delete the class by selecting the delete key.  Selecting the cancel button will return the user to the previous page without submitting any changes.
Instructors, main contacts and curriculum leads may be permitted to view class information.
Approved users may choose from the following options from the class information screen:
view class gradebook
view class roster
add new students
enroll eligible students
enroll incomplete students
New students - students who are new to the Academy Program and do not have an account
Eligible Students - students who have taken other courses in the Academy Program, have an account and have met the prerequisites for the course
Incomplete Students - students who were previously marked incomplete in the same course
When creating student accounts some information is optional:
•First Name
•Last Name
•Email Address
•Student ID
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To minimize the administrative burden on Instructors and Main contracts they may create a student account with only a serial number and password that is generated by the system.
Instructors may select to reuse the previous exam information (continue) or to erase the previous exam information (retake).
Student’s exam information may only be reused if the student was marked incomplete in the same course and same version as they are currently being enrolled.
Once a student has been marked incomplete they maybe enrolled in a different class of the same course.
Once the instructor has requested a new password the instructor will receive a confirmation page in which they can view the temporary password.  If the student’s email address has been stored in the system, the student will also receive a message with their new password.  The first time the student logs on to the system with the new password they will be required to change their password.
NOTE:  (read the information from the slide)
Displayed on the screen is the academy hierarchy.
Training guides are available for each environment that a course has an approved training model on the Academy Connection in the Library section of the right hand navigation.
The following information must be entered when creating an instructor class.
Final Exam
Time Zone
Maximum
Primary Instructor
Secondary Instructor
Environment
Curriculum
Class
Name
Language
Version
Start Date
End Date
Please note secondary instructor status does not fill the teaching requirements for qualifications such as CCAI status.  Active instructors should be listed as the primary instructor on at least one class to meet all teaching qualifications.
If no instructors are enrolled in the class, the user editing the class may delete the class by selecting the delete key.  Selecting the cancel button will return the user to the previous page without submitting any changes.
CATCs may also freeze a class to stop further enrollment.
Instructors, legal main contacts, and curriculum leads may also view class information.
Once an instructor chooses the option Register to Receive Training from the instructor home page they are bought to a screen displaying their Academy training status.  This page will display the courses offered through the Academy Program and the instructor’s status in each course.  The status may include:
·        Graduated – indicating successful completion of the course
·        Enrolled – indicating they are currently registered for the course
·        Prerequisites Met – indicating they may register for this course
·        Prerequisites Not Met – indicating the set of requirements for this course have not been met and therefore they may not register for the course
The curriculum training model (open or closed) will determine whether you are able to view all classes being offered or only those being offered by your Training Academy.
 
Once an instructor is registered for a course in this column they will receive a link to unregister for the course.
This is accomplished from the same screen that allows the instructor to view their current certifications and register from courses.
For example, if an instructor notices that a number of students in the class had difficulties answering questions regarding a certain concept, he/she may decide to add additional activities covering that topic before moving on to the next chapter.
 
Instructors can use assessment results to guide students in further study of material not yet mastered, improve upon existing instructional practices, and enhance existing instruction with additional activities.
The next slide will demonstrate the assessment and personalized feedback.
Assessment and personalized feedback cycle.
Multiple-sources of information are needed.
The on-line tests, as with any test, should be considered one of several sources of information used to make decisions or assign grades.
•A single test should never be used for important decisions (e.g. course grade).
•Instructors should consider other sources of information including performance on the hands-on skills exam and other indicators of classroom performance.
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Hands-on performance is needed as well.
As currently designed, the on-line exams primarily provide information about a student's knowledge about networking concepts and procedures. To appropriately assess the total set of knowledge, skills and abilities of the student, it is essential that hands-on assessments (cabling, router configuration) be used in the classroom as well.
Assessments serve multiple purposes.
The purpose of an assessment determines the appropriate design and use. A test designed for one purpose (for example, giving instant feedback about knowledge of a specific fact) may need to be very different from a test designed for another purpose (for example, summing up knowledge from a whole course for comparison with other students). The first type of assessment is more like the quizzes in the Networking Academy Program
The information from the test needs to be interpreted relative to local conditions.
The information gained from the test generally tells us the proportion of questions the student answers correctly. However, if the class did not cover a certain topic or had insufficient time to complete a lesson, the students would undoubtedly receive a lower score than they would otherwise. In such situations the instructor needs to carefully consider adjusting the grade the student is given to reflect the student's growth. The actual scores of the test cannot be edited in the gradebook; however, the instructor may consider using the Custom Scores function in the gradebook to modify grades and reflect adjustments to classroom circumstances
The types of assessment opportunities available through the on-line resources include:  quizzes, practice exams, pre-test exams, and chapter and course final exams.
Quizzes are provided at the end of the chapters.
Practice exams are designed to give both instructor and student a means to assess how much knowledge they have gained and where they could use further study.
Pretest exams are given at the beginning of the course to see how much a student is familiar with before the course begins.
The chapter and course final exams cover material for one chapter and in some instances, multiple chapters.  The final is a longer exam and comprehensive.
Cisco recommends the final exam to be closed book and notes and the chapter exams can be left up to the instructor as whether to use open or closed book assessment.
When an exam that has multiple forms is activated, the default setting will be to randomly assign students to a form, unless an instructor chooses to activate a specific form during exam activation. The gradebook exam details page will display the student records and exam items separated by form.
Testlets
Testlets are small stories or descriptions with multiple questions that support integrative work.  A scenario of some type is presented to the student. This can be a simulation, static graphic with text, video, audio, etc. A series of questions follows the scenario asking the student about various aspects of the task
These questions will not appear in the gradebook. Questions that are being field-tested will appear randomly within an exam, can vary in number, and may differ from student to student.  Field test items usually appear on Final exams, however they can be used on any type of exam.
Instructors can determine if a particular form of an exam will have field test items by looking at the Form information provided on the “Default Form Attributes Page”. Students will be informed that field test items are included on their exam on the exam introduction page, prior to beginning the exam.
it is important that each student be aware that the exact number of questions he or she answers may differ from other students and that they must always complete their entire exam to receive a grade.
It is important however, that students are not merely learning the items themselves, but rather the content in the chapter. The academy assessment team provides guidelines regarding the maximum number of attempts for each exam. These are our recommendations based on how the exam was authored and should be used in conjunction with local guidelines regarding allowing students to take exams multiple times.
Instructors wishing to allow students a chance to re-take final exams, multiple forms should be utilized and the student should be given a different form upon re-taking the exam
The academy support home page provides the following functionality:  Find answers, ask a question, my help summary and curriculum and assessment quality.  The academy support home page can be reached through the help link in the resource area of the academy connection home page or at:  http://netacad.custhelp.com
Curriculum and assessment quality can be accessed through the academy support home page or at:  http://currassess-quality.custhelp.com
The links may be to specific pages, learning objectives, or even to an entire chapter. Students can also use this tool for self-guided study. Personalized Feedback may help instructors integrate assessment as a normal part of the instructional process, providing more specific guidance for further instruction.
It is important to remember that these reports are based on a generalized model of student performance. The student performance model is created using student results on previous exams and determining the pattern of difficulty across the topics in the course.
Instructors can use the feedback to guide further classes. The Cisco Networking Academy Program uses Course Feedback information regarding materials in developing both new versions of curriculum and new tools to facilitate teaching of networking content.
The next few slides deal with exam activation. 
This slide covers the default exam.  Following the steps on the slide and in the curriculum will provide you with the information.
batch activation requires the following conditions:
•Use the default exam attributes
•Use the default form attributes
•Activate exams for all eligible students
•Be unable to specify different logon period for each exam
When batch activation is selected, the maximum logon period allowed when activating all these exams simultaneously is one month.
This slide and the next few slides will cover the assessment attributes.  They will include available attempts, instructor approvals, and form selection.
The total number of attempts reflects the total number of times a student can take an exam. This can be set up to occur all within one activation period, or over the course of many activation periods
However, there will be some cases in which no maximum is specified. In this case the instructor may choose any number of attempts.
When checked, "Instructor must approve additional attempts" indicates that the course instructor must authorize any additional attempts by a student who has already submitted the exam. If the check box is not selected, students may take the exam again without instructor authorization. Please note that only the most recent submission will be reflected in the gradebook
When accessing the exam, students will first select the language and then one form of the chosen language will be randomly assigned to the student.
The instructor may customize the form attributes if the values are permitted to be edited after being set by the academy program assessment team.  They include:
Randomized Items within a form
Personalized Feedback
Item Information
Proficiency Reports
The Sub-Score Reports
Duration of the form
Number of retries
Stop Criteria
The instructor can select which  students to activate the exams/assessments.
If the checkbox "Instructor must approve additional attempt" is checked during exam activation, the Activate Additional Attempts For This Exam will appear on this page. The instructor may click Activate in the table to allow students additional attempts to take the exam.
If the checkbox "Instructor must re-enable expired sessions" is checked during exam activation, the Re-Enable column will appear on this page. If the exam expires unexpectedly before a student finishes and submits the form, the instructor may click Re-enable to allow the student to retake the exam. The Re-enable feature will also permit instructors to more closely monitor online assessments.
Expired assessments can be viewed by selecting the link – View Expired Assessment Activations from the Assessment Home Page.
This slide displays the expired exams information.
If an instructor does not want an exam to be available, the instructor would select the deactivate link on the exam home page.
From the grade book,  the instructor may complete the following tasks.
issue the certificates and letters to the students
view the detailed exam results
decide the weight of each exam in the final grade.
Enter  custom scores
An instructor can edit the following columns:
Skills-based Exam
Grade Base
Attendance Column
Result Column
The instructor can get detailed results about exams.  This information reflects the students’ performance for each form.  Please read target indicator 4.5.2 for more detailed information.
Sometimes one or more forms in an exam may have a few survey items. These items are included to gather feedback from students. Students are not required to answer these items and the items do not affect scoring in any way.
An instructor can add assignments from the custom scores page.
The student will see the information listed on this slide from the student homepage.
The course feedback page displays the survey results for each class.  It will give the instructor the student’s satisfaction for the course.
The Historical Gradebook provides information on the exam results for previous classes. The Historical Gradebook will be a read-only screen in the new system. Users will not be able to edit any information in relation to these classes, however they will be able to view all of the information and screens that were available in the old system.
In order for an instructor to be eligible and receive a certificate of course completion and a letter signed by John Chambers, they must receive a passing grade in the results column of the gradebook.
Through the instructor’s class homepage, instructors may give the students the ability to print their own certificates and letters.
The only discount vouchers available for instructors and students are for the CCNA and the CWDSA.
To request vouchers, students will select career development and then click vouchers from their homepage.
In summary this lesson covered the details for teaching and managing classes.
Are there any questions?