CourseMaster for Records Management

Getting Started for Students

Preliminary StepsLocate your Access Code. If you purchased

CourseMaster from the bookstore, your Access Code is inside the CourseMaster booklet. Option: purchase it at www.CengageBrain.com

If you do not have a single-sign on account (SSO), go to www.cengagebrain.com or http://login.cengagebrain.com

Locate Quick Start GuideFrom your SSO Records Management site,

click Free Materials. Download and print the Student Quick Start

Guide. Details are available for getting started and various question types.

Single-Sign On Account (SSO)Go to http://login.cengagebrain.com to

register for the online course.Register as a new user or log in if you

already have a SSO account.

Creating an SSO AccountRegister and

complete the form to establish an SSO account.

Paste Student Access CodeOnce you have established an SSO account, Copy and Paste

your Access Code for CouseMaster for Records Management; it is found inside the printed booklet you purchased.

Paste Course Key Copy the Course Key provided by your

instructor where shown.

Open the CourseOnce your

student access code is registered, your course will display.

Click Open.

Opening Screen If the left

navigation button displays, click the gray button at the top to close it.

Click a lesson to open it.

Exercise Tip #1 Click Enter to continue.Read the directions

carefully for each exercise—they vary by activity.

Exercise Tip #2Click Submit button at the bottom of the exercise when

completed.

Incorrect answers are flagged. Click Rule to review the rule, click Try Again, and resubmit.

Indexing must be 100% correct before you can alphabetize the names when alphabetizing is required.

Exercise Tip #3Whenever you are alphabetizing a group of cards,

drag the first card to the lower left edge of the screen—this is position 1. Move the next card behind it. When column 1 is full, move the next card to the bottom of column 2.

Exercise Tip #4—Key to IndexWhenever you index by keying a name, each

letter must be keyed correctly; spelling counts; capitalization does not count as an error.

Do not key punctuation marks as they are not an indexing unit.

Close up space between words within a single indexing unit. For example: Key InAndOut for the name In-And-Out

Student ResultsResults of each exercise are posted in parentheses

next to the exercise on the chapter contents. Exercises must be complete in order to be graded. If

not complete, a green checkmark appears in the box. If you redo an exercise, results are saved over the top.

Complete AssignmentsSelect the exercise you want to complete.Follow the directions on screen. Once an activity is completed, click Submit.

You will receive feedback on incorrect answers and points for each completed activity.

Display the Chapter contents to see points for each completed activity.

Read the CourseMaster Student Quick Start Guide for further details