Discovery Education`s Site School Coordinator Responsibilities
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Seminole County Public Schools
&
Discovery Education
Reading, Math, & Science
Administrations
Getting Started
Administration Dates
August 27 – September 28
November 12 – December 14
February 4 – March 8
– Reading (replacing FAIR AP1, AP2, and AP3)
– Math and Science (non-EOC courses and replacing DA)
Materials Needed for Testing
Computer
Access Codes for Teachers
– Print out or email Access Code to Teachers
Scrap Paper for Math and Science
4-function calculator for Math (Grades 7-12)
Pencil
Agenda
User Guide
– http://help.discoveryeducation.com/assets/support/Assessm
ent_User_Guide_2012-2013_20120720.pdf
How to Log In to Discovery Education’s site
School Coordinator Responsibilities
– Manage Users
– Add Users (Site Admins, Teachers, Students)
– Add a Class
– Start a Benchmark Assessment
Teachers Responsibilities
Sample of Reports (School Coordinator and Teacher)
Discovery Education’s Site
Log in to Discovery Education’s site
– Go to www.discoveryeducation.com
– Enter your username and password under Subscriber Login
Discovery Education’s Site
Once logged in, click Assessment from the My DE drop
down menu
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Access
Access the following from the Assessment Home Page
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Manage Users
View Benchmark Reports
Add New User
Download PDF Tests
• Not available until 2 weeks before the testing window opens
• You will have to transcribe student responses into the computer
– Manage Assessments
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Manage Users
Click on Manager Users
– At the bottom of the screen is a list of users for your school
Double click on “Role” to sort Ascending or Descending, so
that you can view by “Teacher” role
OR
Search by Users (last name, first name, username, email)
If a user is not listed, then you will need to “Add User”
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Add a New User
Add a New User (Site Admin, Teacher, Student)
– Click on “Add User”
– Make sure that the Account is Seminole District and
Site is your school, then click “Go”
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Add a New User
Select Role
– Only for Site Admins and Teachers (not students),
you MUST select “Assessment Access”
• Make sure “Assessment Access” is under the Assigned box
– Recommend completing entire “Profile” for individual
(set a generic password for all new users)
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Start a Benchmark Assessment
You will need to login as a teacher in order to start a
Benchmark Assessment and receive an Access Code
Click on Manage Users
Find the teacher/user and click on “Login to DE”
– This will log you in as that particular teacher
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Start a Benchmark Assessment
Verify user by name in the upper right corner
Click on Assessment from the My DE drop down menu
Select Start a Benchmark Assessment
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Start a Benchmark Assessment
Students will be uploaded by Teachers’ Classes/Periods
– For example: Csonka_Gr5 Math, Risner_Gr8 Math_Period 4
After you have selected Start a Benchmark Assessment, you will
need to click the bubble next to the Class Name/Grade/Subject
that you want to start
Click “Proceed to next step”
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Start a Benchmark Assessment
Select the test (Test A, Test B, or Test C)
– Only the test that is available for that testing period will be
accessible
• Test A (8/27-9/28); Test B (11/12-12/14); Test C (2/4-3/8)
Generate Access Code
– Click on “Generate Access Code” to receive the seven-digit
Benchmark Code for accessing the test (recommended that
you print or email this information for teacher)
• Access Codes are only good for 10 hours from the time you
generate the codes
• DO NOT generate codes unless you plan to administer within
the 10hr timeframe
– See next slide for graphic
Recommend printing
the Access Code sheet
for each teacher
Select File and Print
Log out as the teacher
to return to your
administrator access
Repeat process for all
teachers
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Start a Benchmark Assessment
Only click on “Start Assessment” for…
– Students that took a paper test and the teacher needs to
enter the student’s responses into the system
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Add a Class
If the teacher’s class is not listed, then you or the teacher
will need to add the class/students
Also, you can group students together in a particular class
(for example, if a reading coach wants to put all her ESE
students in one class)
Find Teacher then log in as that teacher by clicking on
“Login to DE”
Select Assessment from the My DE drop down menu
Click on Manage Your Classes
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Add a Class
Create a Class by adding students from the school roster
Click on Create Class
Enter Class Name (Csonka_Gr5 Math_ESE) and Class Description
Select students by Searching on student’s last name, first name,
username, student ID
Click the box next to the students’ name and it adds the student to the
Class Roster and click Save
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Add a Student to a Class
To Add a New Student that is not in the system
Click on the tab “Add New Students”
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Add a Student to a Class
Add student information and then click Add New Students
– You can enter more than one student at a time
After you add a student(s),
student(s) will appear in the
Class Roster
Click Save to ensure students
are entered into the system
Teacher Responsibilities
Make sure that the student Discovery Education icon/link is
on each computer
– http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com
Provide the Access Code for students (write it on the board)
Students will click on the link
– Type the Access Code
– Type their first and last name
– Click Login
Teacher Responsibilities
Students will be required to Click on their name from an
alphabetical list (by teacher’s class)
Teacher Responsibilities
After the student clicks on his/her name, the test will appear.
Math test will always begin with Question 41
Teacher will need to walk around the room and ensure that the
student has logged in to their own test.
Student
Name
Sample Reports
School Coordinator
&
Teacher
Sample – School Coordinator
Drill-Down Report
used to drill down
reports by grade,
teacher, or student, and
sort by proficiency
prediction.
Sample – School Coordinator
Item Analysis Report displays item level information at
the class, school or district level and exportable to Excel
Sample - Teacher Reports
Class and Grade Skill Summary Report identifies performance by skill
for entire class or grade.
Sample - Teacher Reports
Student Skill Report plots individual student performance
and proficiency by skill.
Sample - Teacher Reports
Individual Student
Report summarizes
scores on all interim
assessments for an
individual student.
Sample – Teacher Reports
Item Summary Report presents information on every
question in an interim assessment.
Additional information
will be provided at a
later date.
Stay Tuned….