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GettingStartedGuidefortheCambridgeLMSforTeachers&TeacherAdminLastupdatedJanuary2016LMSRelease15.1(27January2016)LoggingintotheCambridgeLMSifyouhaveausernameandpassword........................................1RegisteringintheCambridgeLMS....................................................................................................................2RegisteringintheCambridgeLMSasaTeacher....................................................................................2RegisteringintheCambridgeLMSasaTeacherAdmin.....................................................................5
CreatingClassGroups(TeacherAdminonly)...........................................................................................11CreatingaClass(TeacherAdminonly)........................................................................................................12AddingStudentstoaClass(TeacherAdminonly)..................................................................................16Addingsinglestudents...................................................................................................................................16Addingmultiplestudents..............................................................................................................................18
AddingNewProducts(TeacherAdminonly)............................................................................................20Viewingthecontentinyourclass...................................................................................................................22UsingtheLMSTools.............................................................................................................................................23UsingtheGradebook............................................................................................................................................25
LoggingintotheCambridgeLMSifyouhaveausernameandpasswordIfyouhaveausernameandpasswordalready(forexampleiftheClientAdministratorinyourinstitutionhase-mailedyouthedetails)pleasegotothewebsiteaddresstheClientAdministratorhasgivenyouorwhichisinyourbook(forexamplewww.cambridgelms.org/main).ThenenteryourusernameandpasswordinthecorrectfieldsandselectLogIn:
RegisteringintheCambridgeLMSTheCambridgeLMShastwolevelsofaccessforteachers:Teacher,andTeacherAdministrator.Thedifferencesareasfollows:
• Teacher.ATeacherintheLMSmustbeaddedtoaclassbyaninstitutionalClientAdministrator.AsaTeacheryoucanseetheperformanceofthestudentsinyourclasses,butyoucannotseeanyotherclassesandyoucannotcreatenewclasses.Also,youarenotabletoadministerthestudentsinyourclasses,e.g.youcan’tenrolorunenrollstudents–onlyyourClientAdministratorcandothis.
• TeacherAdmin.AsaTeacherAdminyoucancreateyourownclassesandmanagestudentsinyourclasses,e.g.enrolandunenrollstudents.However,youcan’tadministertheclassesofanyotherteachers.
DependingonwhetheryouwouldliketoregisterasaTeacheroraTeacherAdminpleasefollowtherelevantinstructionsbelow.
RegisteringintheCambridgeLMSasaTeacherIfyoudon’thaveausernameandpasswordfortheCambridgeLMSpleaseregister.ToregisterintheCambridgeLMSpleasegotothewebsiteaddressinyourbook(forexamplewww.cambridgelms.org/main)
1. SelecttheRegistertab:
2. Inthefirstfieldselect“IamaTeacher”.Completethefieldsintheboxthatappears:Chooseausernamethatyouwouldliketouse.IfsomebodyelseisalreadyusingthatusernametheLMSwillsuggestadifferentone,oryoucanchooseanotheroneinthenextstep.
Onceyouhaveenteredyourdetails,pullthekeyiconontothelockiconandselectRegister.YouwillnowbeintheLMS:
Younowneedtojoinyourschool.AskyourClientAdministratorforyourSchoolCode,thenselectJoinaSchool:
EntertheschoolcodeandselectJoinaSchool:
YouwillthenjoinyourschoolandyourClientAdministratorcanaddyoutoclasses.
RegisteringintheCambridgeLMSasaTeacherAdminIfyourinstitutionhasaClientAdministratorpleasefollowtheinstructionsinthelastsection;yourClientAdministratorcanthengiveyouTeacherAdminstatus.IfyourinstitutiondoesnothaveaClientAdministratorpleasefollowthesesteps.
1. SelecttheRegistertab:
2. Inthefirstfieldselect“IamaTeacherAdmin”.Completethefieldsintheboxthatappears:
Chooseausernamethatyouwouldliketouse.IfsomebodyelseisalreadyusingthatusernametheLMSwillsuggestadifferentone,oryoucanchooseanotheroneinthenextstep.Completetheemail-addressandPasswordfields,leavetheSchoolCodefieldemptyifyoudonothaveone,andaccepttheTermsofUse.SelectNext.
3. Completetheinformationaboutyourschool:
SelectNext.
4. Choosethetitleoftheproductyouareusing:
5. Nextchoosealeveloftheproductyouareusing.Ifyouusemorethanoneleveland/ordifferentvarietiesofonelevelchooseonelevelfirstandyouwillbeabletoaddmorevariationsinthenextsteps.
Onceyouhavechosenalevelyoumayhavemoreoptionsavailabledependingontheproduct:
Selectasmanyoptions/variationsasyouneedandselectAdd.Youwillthenseethefollowingwindow:
Thefirstwindowdisplaysadditionaloptionsavailablewhichyoucanaddifyouneedto;thesecondwindowdisplaysoptionsyouhavealreadychosen.Youcanremoveanyoftheseifyoudecideyoudon’tneedthemafterall.Toaddfurtherlevels,nowchangethe“ProductLevel”fieldandrepeattheprocessaboveofadding/removingindividualoptions.Onceyouhaveaddedalltheproductsyouneeddragthekeyiconoverthelock,andselectRegister.Youwillnowseethefollowingalert:
Checkyoure-mailsandselectthelinkinthee-mailyouhavereceivedfromtheCambridgeLMS.OnceyouhaveselectedthelinkyouwillhaveTeacherAdminaccesstotheLMSandyouwillseethefollowingwhenloggedintotheLMS:
CreatingClassGroups(TeacherAdminonly)BeforeyoucreateclassesyouneedtocreateatleastoneClassGroup.ClassGroupsarelikefoldersonyourcomputerandallowyoutoorganiseyourclasses.YoumaywanttogiveyourGroupsnamessuchas“Semester1”,“Semester2”etc,ortheyear,orlevel–thisisuptoyou.TocreateaClassGroupselecttheMyAdmintabinthetopnavigationbar.ThenselectManageClassGroupsandthenCreateGroup:
GivetheGroupaname,chooseaGroupLanguageifdesired,andselectSave.
CreatingaClass(TeacherAdminonly)AsaTeacherAdminyouhavetheabilitytosetupclasses.Pleasefollowtheseinstructionstosetupaclassandenrolstudents.
FirstyouneedtocreateatleastoneClassGroup–seethesectionCreatingClassGroupsandfollowtheinstructionsthere.Therearetwowaysofcreatingclasses–eitherfromtheMyTeachingortheMyAdminsection:
1) OnyourMyTeachingpageselectCreateClassnexttotherelevantproductandlevel.In
thisexamplewewillsetupaclassforCambridgeEnglishEmpowerB1+intermediatewithoutOnlineWorkbook:
2) ThiswilltakeyoutotheMyAdminsection.Here,choosetherelevantproductandlevel
fromtheMasterCoursedrop-downmenu:
YoucanenteraClassCodeorleavetheClassCodefieldempty,inwhichcasetheCambridgeLMSwillcreatethisforyouautomatically.Givetheclassaname.SelecttheClassGroup,andsetthestartandenddatesfortheclass.ChooseClassBasedScoringifyouthinkyourstudentsareverylikelytoberepeatingcourses.Selectingthisoptionmeansthatifastudentmovesfromoneclasstoanotherone(withthesameproduct)theywillenterthenewclasswithanemptygradebook.IfyoudonotchooseClassBasedScoring,astudent’sgradeswillappearinthegradebookofthenewclass.Ifyoulike,youcanregisterandaddstudentsimmediately.Ifyoudon’twanttodothisnow,youcaneasilydoitlater.Inthisexamplewewilladdstudentslater.OnceyouhavecompletedthefieldsselectSubmit:
3) ApopupwindowwillnowappeartellingyoutheClassCode:
Copythisclasscodeandpasteitintoane-mailtoyourstudents.Theycanthenjointheclassthemselves(seeStudent’sGettingStartedGuide);thismeansyoudon’thavetoenrolthestudentsyourself,savingyoutime.SelectOKandyouwillbebacktoyourMyAdminpage.
AddingStudentstoaClass(TeacherAdminonly)
AddingsinglestudentsStudentscanjoinaclassthemselvesusingtheClassCodefromthepreviousstep.Youcanalsoaddstudentstoaclassyourselfthoughbyfollowingtheseinstructions.1) Toaddausertoaclass,gototheMyAdmintabandselectManageUsers:
2) SelectAddSingleUser.ChoosewhethertheuserisaStudentoraTeacher.Fillintherequiredinformation.YoumustincludetheClassCode.YoumayalsoenteranActivationCodefortheproductyouareusing.Thiswaythestudentwillseeitassoonastheylogin.IfyoupreferforthestudenttoentertheActivationCodefromtheirbookthenleavethisblank.TheCambridgeLMScansendanemailtotheusertotellthemthattheyarepartoftheclass.Youmustchoosewhethertosendtheemailnow,laterornever.
SelectSubmitwhenyouarefinished.
AddingmultiplestudentsAtthebeginningofasemester,youmighthavealotofuserstobringinatthesametime.TheeasiestwaytodothisistoselectAddMultipleUsers.Hereyoucanaddalotofusersandputthemstraightintoclasses.YoushouldcreatetheclassesfirstandtakeanoteoftheClassCodes.IfyouhavealistofActivationCodesyoucanalsoenterthemduringthisprocesssothatthestudentsdon’thavetodothisthemselves.1) GotoMyAdmin>ManagerUsers>AddMultipleUsers:
2) DownloadtheSampleTemplatefromthispage:
Thiswillopena.csvfilewithcolumnsforthefollowingfields:Role(studentorteacher)FirstnameLastnameUsernameEmailaddressIsyourage13orunder(yes/no)DateofbirthClasscodeActivationCodeOneachrowstartingfromrow2enteryourstudents’details.Youdonotneedtoenteranactivationcode.Whenyouhaveenteredallthestudentinformation,saveyourCSVfileonyourcomputerasaWindowsCompatibleCSVfile,thenselectChooseFiletofindit.SelectyourfileandchooseOpen.TheCambridgeLMScansendanemailtotheusertotellthemthattheyarepartoftheclass.Youmustchoosewhethertosendtheemailnow,laterornever.Whenyouhavefinished,selectCheckandUpload:
Ifyoureceiveanerrormessage,selectthemessagetore-openyourspreadsheet.Thereyou’llfindthespecificreasonwhyyourspreadsheetwasnotacceptedbytheCambridgeLMS.Makethenecessarycorrectionsandsavethefilethenuploaditagain.
AddingNewProducts(TeacherAdminonly)WhenyoufirstregisterintheLMSyouneedtoaddatleastoneproduct.However,youmaywanttoaddmoreinordertocreateclassesaroundnewproducts.ToaddanewproductselecttheMyAdmintab,thenManageProductsandAddProducts:
FromtheProductTitlelistselectaproduct.IfnecessarymakefurtherchoicessuchasLevelandProduct.Addanylevelsyouneed,andfinallyselectAddProducts:
Theproductsyouhaveaddedwillnowbeavailabletoyouandyoucancreateclassesforthem.
Viewingthecontentinyourclass
1. GototheMyTeachingpage.FindtheclassyouwanttoaccessandselectContent:
Thiswilltakeyoutothespecificclassandtothecontents.
2. YouwillnowseetheContentpage.Dependingontheclassorproductyouhavechosenyoumayseedifferenttypesofcontent.InthisexampletheproducthasAssessment,OnlineWorkbooksandExtensionactivities.Toexplorethecontentsselectoneachheadingatatime,thenselectthe“Showall”linkonthepage.Thiswilllistalltheunits,activitiesorothercomponentsforyoutoview.
UsingtheLMSTools1. TouseanyoftheLMSTools,logintotheLMSandgototheMyTeachingpage.Find
yourclassandselectClassHomenexttoitsname:
2. OntheClassHomepageyouwillseetheClassToolstab.Selectittoshowthetoolsavailableinthatclass.
Selectthetoolyouwouldliketouse,forexampletheForum.
UsingtheGradebookTheGradebookgivesyouinformationaboutyourstudents’performance–whichactivitieseachstudenthasdone,whatgradestheyhaveearnedandmore.1) ToviewtheGradebookgototheclasshomepageandselecttheGradebooktab:
2) Scrolldownthatpagetoseeawhole-classoverviewofyourstudents,initiallyinScore
view:
Sointhisexample,1studenthasreceivedanaveragescoreof20–39%ontheworktheyhavedone,3studentseachhavereceivedanaveragescoreof40–59%and60–79%,and2studentshavereceivedscoresof80–100%ontheworktheyhavedone.Furtherdownthepage,underStudents’Details,youcanseehowmuchofthematerialsastudenthasdone(e.g.StudentThreehasdone5%ofthecourse)andtheaveragescoreonthoseactivities(54%).3) IfyouselectProgresstheviewchangestogiveyouinformationaboutstudents’
progressratherthantheirscores:
Sointhiscase,16studentshavecompletedbetween0and19%ofthematerials,indicatingthatthisisthebeginningofterm.4) Inbothcases–Scoreview,andProgressview–youcanselectaparticularstudentto
findoutmoreinformationabouttheirstudies.SelectingStudentThreegivesthisview:
NexttoeachUnityouwillseeScoreandProgressinformation.Selecttheunitheadertorevealinformationaboutindividualactivitiesworkedon:
HereyoucanseeScoreandProgressforeachactivity,andalsothenumberofattempts(thenumber1againstayellowcircle).Selecttheicontotherightofeachactivitytogiveyoutheopportunitytocomparestudents’gradesonthatparticularactivity,changeagradethattheLMShasgivenastudent,orleaveastudentacommentonaparticularactivity:
FormoreinformationontheGradebookandhowtosetituppleasevisitthevideoplaylistatwww.cambridge.org/clmsteacherplusvisit
www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/frequentlyaskedquestionsoraccesstheTeacher’sGuidetotheCambridgeLMS.