Transcript Assessor’s Guide to using

School of Education
Assessors’ Guide to using
Revision: June 10, 2009
Presentation Author:
Paul Perrone, Accreditation Technical Assistant: School of Education, 2005 – 2009
Presentation Advisor:
Dr. Allan “Rocky” Shwedel, Ph.D., Associate Professor: School of Education
This presentation is intended for faculty and staff at Salem State College (Salem, MA) for instructional and / or
informational purposes only. Any unauthorized use and / or distribution is strictly prohibited. All images within
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Rationale
 When students submit their assignments via
Chalk & Wire, the next step is for the assignments
to be assessed (on Chalk & Wire) by the
appropriate Education faculty members.
 Assessments of assignments on Chalk & Wire
are essential to the continued reaccreditation of the
Salem State College’s School of Education by
the Department of Education (DOE), as well as the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE).
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C&W Assessment Steps
Manual
Assessments
Assessment of
Student Work
Creating
Student Groups
Logging into C&W
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Logging into Chalk & Wire
1) On your computer’s Desktop or “Start Menu”, open up an Internet browser,
such as:
Internet Explorer ®
OR
Mozilla Firefox ®
2) In the address bar of the Internet browser, type in the following URL:
http://www.chalkandwire.com/salemstate
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This is the Login Page that you should see.
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Your USER ID is
the first initial of
your first name,
followed by your full
last name.
If you are a NEW
assessor, enter your
temporary password.
Otherwise, enter your
personalized password.
Enter your USER ID and PASSWORD. Then, click the “Login” button.
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Click on “Change
Password” if you
need to change
your password.
This is the Main Screen, otherwise known as the “Dashboard”. This screen gives
you an overview of your Chalk & Wire account, such as any pending assessments,
C&W news flashes, etc.
It is highly recommended that you change your password (if you are currently
using the temporary password) to protect the privacy of your C&W account.
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If you need to change your password, your password MUST be at least 6 characters
in length.
After you enter your information, click on “Change”.
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Creating Student Groups
Click on the “My Assessments”
tab.
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Click on “Add new
student group”.
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In the “Name” field, type in the education course number you are representing, followed
by the current semester. For example, if you were teaching the course, “The Premise of
the School”, during the Fall 2009 semester, you would type “EDU 100 Fall 2009” into
that field.
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Select the students (one at a time) that are enrolled in your course from
the “Users Available” list. Students are listed in alphabetical order by
LAST NAME. After selecting an individual student, click on the “>>”
button, and repeat this procedure for each student in your course.
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When you are
finished, click
on “Save”.
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The message,
“Group has been
saved”, will appear.
Click on the
“Return” button.
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Your student group
is now listed.
If you need to add
another student group for
another course, click on
“Add new student
group” and repeat the
procedure, starting with
Slide #10.
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Assessment of Student Work
 Now that you have created student groups for
your course(s), you need to communicate to your
students in your course(s) of what assignment(s)
need to be submitted to you via Chalk & Wire.
 It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that your
students submit work to you on Chalk & Wire before
you assess their assignment(s).
 When you are ready to assess student work that
has been submitted, you need to first log onto Chalk
& Wire, and then click on the “My Assessments”
tab.
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This area shows the
students who (at the
present time) have
submitted work to you for
assessment.
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Click on the student’s name to view the assignments he / she has
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submitted to you.
This screen shows the assignments that the student currently has submitted to you.
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Click on “Assess” next to the assignment you wish to assess.
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Click on the document link to
view the work submitted for the
assignment. It will open in its
associated application (i.e.
Microsoft Word, etc.). When
you are finished viewing the
work, close or minimize the
document.
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Click on “Start
Assessment” to
begin assessing the
work.
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Click on the
appropriate rating,
based on the
corresponding
criterion.
Click on “Next”
to continue the
assessment.
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This screen will appear when you have successfully completed the assessment.
Click on “Continue”.
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If the student has submitted multiple assignments, the next assignment will appear.
If you do not wish to assess the assignment at this time, click on “Exit”, located in
the top right-hand corner. Otherwise, you may repeat the assessment procedure,
starting with Slide #21.
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You may now
assess submitted
work for another
student by clicking
on the student’s
name.
You may also view the
assessments you have
completed for a particular
student by clicking on the
student’s name.
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This is a sample Student Results page.
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Manual Assessments
 Sometimes it might be necessary to
perform a manual assessment if a student
has not submitted assignments via Chalk &
Wire.
 PPAs (Preservice Performance
Assessments) and SIOPs (Sheltered
Instruction Observation Protocols) are
usually manual assessments.
 Manual assessments are performed
ONLY for students who have not (or for
some reason, cannot) submit work via
Chalk & Wire.
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Click on “Show Students” for the appropriate student group.
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Click on “Enter Assessments Manually”.
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Select the appropriate department
(“Education” for undergraduate courses
or “Graduate” for graduate courses).
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Select the appropriate rubric
that pertains to your course
number and assignment.
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Click on
“Continue”.
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Click on a student
who DID NOT
submit work for the
assignment on
Chalk & Wire.
Please Note: All students within the course
(group) are listed. This list DOES NOT necessarily
indicate which students did or did not submit a
particular assignment via Chalk & Wire.
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Select the
appropriate ratings
from the dropdown menus for
EACH criterion.
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If necessary, click on another
student who DID NOT submit
the assignment via Chalk &
Wire and enter the appropriate
ratings.
When you are
completely finished
entering assessments
for students who did not
submit the assignment
via C&W, be sure to
click on “Save”.
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The message “Your
assessment has
been recorded”
appears.
Click on
“Return”.
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If you need to perform manual
assessments for another class,
click on the “My Assessments” tab
and repeat the procedure, starting
from Slide #29.
To end your current C&W
session, click “Log Out”.
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Chalk & Wire Support
 For general questions, you can e-mail
[email protected]. Please allow 3 to
5 business days for a response.
 Visit the C-TEP (SB-304) during the
announced Chalk & Wire Support Hours.
 To set up an individual appointment or
training, contact [email protected].
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