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Acuity Instructional Resources for Students. 2008-2009 School Year. What Are Acuity Instructional Resources?. Online guided tutorials with three components A series of screens that introduce and explain a skill Interactive guided practice questions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Acuity Instructional Resources for Students
2008-2009 School Year
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What Are Acuity Instructional Resources?
Online guided tutorials with three components
A series of screens that introduce and explain a skillInteractive guided practice questionsA mini-assessment (6 questions) to evaluate progress on the skill
Optional audio component for some skills
Use Acuity Instructional Resources to supplement classroom instruction or to provide targeted remediation or review
Assign Instructional Resources to students directly from Acuity reports in areas of need, or from the main menu
Preview any Instructional Resource before assigning it to students
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Preview Instructional Resources
Click INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES on the left-hand navigation menu
Click PREVIEW
Search for Skills by Skill Group or Standards
Select the following:
SubjectGradeContent/Strand/BandPerformance Indicator
Click SEARCH
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Preview Instructional Resources
Click the Preview link under Set 1 or Set 2
Acuity will assign Set 1 to students first
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Assign Instructional Resources
Currently, you can assign Instructional Resources to students
Directly from an Assessment Report
By skill/standard
By student
Starting in Spring 2009, Acuity will be able to automatically assign Instructional Resources to students in skill areas of need based on their assessment performance
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Assign IRs from an Assessment Report
Click REPORTS on the left-hand navigation menu
Click ASSESSMENT REPORTS, then choose the desired report (Student or Class)
Select Subject, Assessment Type, and other information (as relevant) from the drop-down menus
Click GET REPORT
Click the Assign link next to the area of instruction
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Assign IRs from an Assessment Report
Use the drop-down menu to select the skill
Click SHOW CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS
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Assign IRs from an Assessment Report
Check off the students you want to assign Instructional Resources (note “tiers”)
Click ASSIGN THESE STUDENTS
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Assign IRs by Skill/Standard
Click INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES on the left-hand navigation menu
Click ASSIGN BY SKILL/STANDARD
Search for skills by Standard or Skill Group
Click SEARCH
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Assign IRs by Skill/Standard
Click the corresponding checkboxes of students that you wish to assign the Instructional Resource
Click ASSIGN THESE STUDENTS
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Assign IRs by Student
Click INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES on the left-hand navigation menu
Click ASSIGN BY STUDENT
Select your Search Criteria:
ClassStudentChoose whether to select skills by Skill Group or
Standards
Click SEARCH
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Assign IRs by Student
Click the corresponding checkboxes of resources you wish to assign to the student
Click ASSIGN THESE RESOURCES
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IRs: The Student ExperienceStudents can log into Acuity using their own
usernames & passwords
Educators can view/print student login information: Click MANAGEMENT Click CLASSESClick VIEW ROSTER
Students click STUDY to complete Instructional Resources
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View Quiz Results from an IR
Click INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES on the left-hand navigation menu
Click STATUS BY STUDENT or STATUS BY SKILL GROUP
Enter search criteria to find relevant Instructional Resources reports
Click SEARCH
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View Quiz Results from an IR
Click the score link in the Last Score column to view detailed results from the quiz
Click the Result link next to each problem number to view the actual question
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Navigation/Demo
Log into Acuity:
Periodic Assessment Web site: http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/ResourcesforEducators/PeriodicAssessments
Click “Acuity”User Names are DOE Outlook email addresses (e.g.,
emullins5)Passwords are 6-digit file numbers
Preview an Instructional Resource
Assign an Instructional Resource to a Student
Student experience completing an Instructional Resource
View student results from an Instructional Resource quiz
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Educator Support
If you have any questions, please contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at:
OR
reference the Additional Help section of Acuity
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Feedback
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