Transcript Learning Point Navigator

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Learning Point Navigator
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Objectives
• Understand the features and benefits of Learning
Point Navigator
• Learn how to navigate through Learning Point
Navigator
• Be able to instruct teachers how to create and
manage assignments and reports for their
students
• Be able to explain to students and their families
how they can use Learning Point Navigator
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Features and Benefits of Learning Point
Navigator
• Provides teachers with teaching and learning resources
that are linked to the Minnesota Academic Standards
• Allows teachers to give assignments designed to
address current classroom content in order to help
students gain proficiency in the identified standards
• Allows students and their families to access teacherselected learning resources when they are at home so
learning can continue outside the classroom
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Creating Class Rosters before Using
Learning Point Navigator
• For teachers to use Learning Point Navigator,
District Assessment Coordinators must create
class rosters.
• There are two ways to create class rosters:
– Through TIDE
– Through the Online Reporting System
• Detailed steps on creating class rosters in both
systems will be available in the user guides for
these systems.
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Welcome Page
• The first way to access
Learning Point Navigator
is directly through the
portal.
• On the portal
homepage, select the
Learning Point Navigator
icon.
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Login Page
• At the Login page,
enter your username
and password to enter
the Learning Point
Navigator
environment.
• This login information
will be generated and
emailed to users as
they are added
through TIDE.
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Getting to Learning Point Navigator from the Online
Reporting System
• For the MCA 3–8 Math test,
teachers can also access
Learning Point Navigator
through the Online
Reporting System.
• Within the Online Reporting
System, users can navigate to
a report by standards for a
particular group of students.
• Selecting the “Find
Resources” button next to a
particular standard will take
you directly to a list of
resources in Learning Point
Navigator that are related to
that standard.
Relative
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Browse Resources: Filtered Search
• Users will be taken to this
Filtered/Faceted search
page in the Browse
Resources section of
Learning Point Navigator.
• On the left, you can see
that the particular subject,
grade, strand and standard
filters have been set based
on the choice from the
Online Reporting System:
in this example, a 7th
grade Mathematics
standard.
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Homepage
• On the Learning Point
Navigator Homepage,
users can view
assignments, view
classes and find teaching
materials.
• The general navigation
bar at the top allows
users to access active
assignments, archived
assignments, classes,
students and resources.
General
Navigation
Chat Room
Access
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Finding Teaching Materials
• Selecting “Find Teaching
Materials” allows teachers
to browse through
resources.
• In November, Math and
Reading resources will be
available. Science resources
will be added in January.
Resource
Tools
• These resources can be
filtered by grade, content
and keyword.
• This helps teachers select
the materials most
appropriate for their
students.
Search Options
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Assigning Materials to Students
• Once an appropriate
resource is selected, a
teacher can choose to
assign that resource to
students.
• An assignment may be
given to an individual
student or group of
students, the entire class
roster or multiple class
rosters.
Individual Students
Entire Roster
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Sample Assignment: Opening View
• Once a resource has
been selected for
assignment, the
teacher can create a
message about what
the students are
supposed to do and
which portion of the
assignment the
teacher would like
them to complete.
Resource
Teacher-created
Message
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Student Self-Assessment Questions with Feedback
• The guided practice
section of the
assignment gives the
student selfassessment questions
and provides him or
her with immediate
feedback.
Feedback
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Quiz Questions
• In the quiz section, a
score is provided
when the student
completes the
questions.
• Once the student has
completed the quiz,
feedback will be
shown in the
student’s
assignments folder.
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Active Assignments Page
• The Active
Assignments page
includes the date
when an assignment
opens for the
students, the due
date (when the
assignment closes for
the students), the
assignment title, who
it has been assigned
to, the subject and an
“Edit” button.
Assignment
Features
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Report: By Student
• Teachers can see the
students’ individual
results on a particular
assignment.
• Here the report for the
“Comparing to Tenths”
assignment has been
selected.
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Report: By Benchmark
• Teachers can also view
an assignment report by
the benchmarks it
assesses.
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My Classes Page
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View Class Report
• By selecting a
particular roster, a
teacher can see the
average score, the low
score and the high
score for the students
included in the roster
for the three given
assignments.
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Student Assignments
• Teachers can elect to
see the assignment
results for a particular
student listed in a
roster.
• This page shows how
the student did on
each of the
assignments.
Investigate
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Student Assignments: Quiz Results
• If you view the quiz for
the “Comparing to
Tenths” assignment,
you will see that the
questions the student
answered incorrectly
are highlighted in pink.
• Examining these more
closely might help
teachers make
additional instructional
decisions.
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Learning Point Navigator
Virtual Classrooms
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Class/Student Settings
• Teachers can decide to
enable the Chat feature
and the Discussion
Board feature.
• Teachers can decide to
turn on the Chat and
Discussion Board
features for a particular
class or roster.
• The teacher also
decides when to turn
off the Chat and the
Discussion Board
features.
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Class Chat Rooms
• Class Chat access
appears in the lower left
corner of the Learning
Point Navigator
Homepage.
Class Chat
• Selecting this option will
bring up a list of the
classes with which the
teacher is associated.
• Selecting an individual
student name allows the
teacher to have a
separate chat with that
student.
Access to
Transcripts
Chat Room List
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Virtual Classrooms: Discussion Topic
• Another feature of
Virtual Classrooms is
the Discussion Board.
• Note that there are
options to add an
audio or video file in
addition to text.
• The file types that are
supported are listed on
the right side of the
screen.
Upload a file
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Learning Point Navigator
Student and Family Access
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Student Login Page
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Student Homepage
• Once a student logs in,
he or she will be taken
to the My Assignments
page.
• This page displays the
student’s active
assignments along with
any chats or
discussions that are
taking place.
Start Assignment
• To begin an
assignment, the
student clicks the
“Start” button.
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In Progress Assignment
• If a student has
started an
assignment, the
status bar shows
the student’s
progress toward
completion.
Continue
Assignment
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“Need Help?” Button
• While students are
working on an
assignment, they can
click the “Need Help?”
button.
• This will bring up
related resources that
may help students fill
some of the gaps.
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Features of Learning Point Navigator
• A resource for supplementary materials to aid instruction including
– student activities
– lesson plans
– meta-instruction/professional development
• A system for assigning resources to students and reviewing results
• A system that allows students and their families access to teacherselected learning resources
• A system that allows students to enter into online discussions with
other students and their teachers while they are working on their
specific assignments
• A system that allows students and their families to evaluate
learning and select additional instructional materials for practice
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For More Information
• Contact the Help Desk by email at [email protected]
• Contact the Help Desk by phone at 1-877-215-8749
• Monday–Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Saturdays during online Reading and Mathematics GRAD
retest windows: 7:00 a.m. to 12 noon
• Visit the Minnesota Assessments Portal for important updates
at www.mnstateassessments.org
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