Before creating your first project, you need to set up your School Profile, and a Test Subject. To access or create a Test Subject, press the Teacher menu, followed by the Tests sub menu, and finally the Test Subjects sub menu as shown above in the application.
The top portion of the Projects screen is then displayed as shown below.
To create a project, press the NEW PROJECT button. This will display the New Project screen as shown below.
The following describes each field 1 through 6 and how it is used in the application. All fields preceded with an * indicates a mandatory field.
(1) Project Type is a dropdown list preloaded with the values of Book Report, Class Work, Presentation, and Research/Essay. The project types are associated with test subject categories which affect weighing when generating progress reports and report cards. See the Test Subjects documentation.
(2) Test Subject is a dropdown list of test subjects created via the Test Subjects screen.
(3) Student Id is a dropdown list of students created via the Students screen.
(4) Score is the numbered score the teacher assigns to the project.
(5) Project Name is a non-unique name given for a Book Report, Class Work, Presentation, and Research/Essay.
(6) Project Description is a detailed explanation of the Project that will help better identify the given project name and its applicability.
The following describes the Report tab and how it is used in the application.
(7) Report is where the teacher enters or copy/pastes the text of the student's project.
The following describes the Teacher Comments tab and how it is used in the application.
(8) Teacher Comments is where the teacher enters their overall comments about the student's project.
The following describes each field 9 through 10 and how it is used in the application.
(9) To save the Project, press the Save button. A message will display indicating that the project was saved successfully.
(10) Back when pressed will send you back to the previous screen.
The following describes the Add Media tab and its each field each field 11 through 14 and how it is used in the application.
(11) Media Type is a dropdown list preloaded with the values of Image and PDF. The media types are associated with the type of media that the teacher will upload and associated with the project.
(12) Media Title is a non-unique name given for the media to be uploaded.
(13) Choose File when pressed will present the teacher with an Open dialog that provides the capability of choosing an image or pdf to be uploaded.
(14) Upload when pressed will upload the image or pdf to the server.
After the project is saved, the Student Grade, Grade, and School Year fields are added to the header as shown in the application below.
The following describes each field 15 through 19 and how it is used in the application. Once you add media, you will see a list of your existing media. From the list, you can view and delete a media.
(15) Show entries when pressed presents a dropdown list with the values of 10, 25, 50, and 100. The number selected will translate to the number of media entries displayed on the screen.
(16) Search can be any value that when entered will filter only those media where a match is found in the columns.
(17) View when pressed will open the media in a separate browser tab. From the new tab, you can choose to print or download the media.
(18) Delete when pressed will delete the media.
(19) Pagination when pressed will allow you to navigate to the Previous, individual numbered, or Next page of media. If 10 or less media exist or 10 media are displayed based on the minimal value of 10 in the Show entries field, then the pagination will display just 1 page and the pagination will be disabled. If multiple pages exist, then the Previous, individual numbered, and Next buttons will be available for navigation.
The following describes each field 20 through 25 and how it is used in the application. Upon returning to the previous screen or entering the screen from the menu, you will see a list of your existing projects. From the list, you can edit, print, or delete a project.
(20) Show entries when pressed presents a dropdown list with the values of 10, 25, 50, and 100. The number selected will translate to the number of project entries displayed on the screen.
(21) Search can be any value that when entered will filter only those projects where a match is found in the columns.
(22) Edit when pressed will take you to the Edit Project screen where you can then update the existing project.
(23) Print when pressed will produce the Project Detail report which is an exact carbon copy of the project. Once the report is rendered, you will be able to export the report to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, a PDF, Tiff, MHTML (web archive), CSV (comma delimited), XML file with report data, and a Data Feed.
(24) Delete when pressed will delete the project.
(25) Pagination when pressed will allow you to navigate to the Previous, individual numbered, or Next page of projects. If 10 or less projects exist or 10 projects are displayed based on the minimal value of 10 in the Show entries field, then the pagination will display just 1 page and the pagination will be disabled. If multiple pages exist, then the Previous, individual numbered, and Next buttons will be available for navigation.
NOTE:
Hovering over some of the controls will display tooltips.