Table of contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Getting Started
- 3. Related Information
- 3.1.1. Topics
- 1. Overview
- 2. Getting Started
- 3. Related Information
- 3.1.1. Topics
Overview
This guide will help assessors get started with the basics of standard assessment.
Getting Started
Once you have been provided with your Chalk & Wire User ID and Password, go to the Chalk & Wire login web page for your institution. If you do not know the correct URL, please visit ep3.chalkandwire.com and enter the name of your institution. You will be automatically directed to the correct login page. You should bookmark this URL.
NOTE: If you have not yet received or have misplaced your Chalk & Wire User ID and Password, please contact your local Chalk & Wire Administrator to inquire about receiving your account information.
Step 1. Log into Your Chalk & Wire Account
1. Enter your User ID or Email and Password.
2. Click 'Enter'.
Step 2. Accessing your Assessments
Once logged in, you will be directed to the Dashboard screen. Here you can view information regarding your account, pending assessments, and standards, rubric and portfolio progress.
You can access your Pending Assessments in two ways:
1. Use the 'Pending Assessments' widget on the Dashboard screen. Your pending assessments will appear in chronological order from oldest at the top to most recent at the bottom. Select the submission you wish to assess by using the Actions drop-down menu to choose the 'Assess' option.
NOTE: The above image was taken from an active account. If you are a new user, you will see an essentially blank Dashboard until students submit work to you. With use, the Dashboard widgets will begin to populate with data.
2. Use the 'Assessments' menu to select the 'Assess' option.
If you used the 'Assessment' menu to navigate to the Assessment screen, you can filter your Pending Assessments by Assessment Instrument if you like. Select the submission you wish to assess by clicking on the student's name and select 'Assess'.
Step 3. Select your Assessment Options
Before you begin assessing the student's work, you should select whether or not you would like the student to be notified and whether or not you would like the results of the assessment to be available to the student, when the assessment is completed.
NOTE: The default options are to notify the student and release the results immediately upon completion of the assessment. If this is the action you would like to take, you can ignore these options and begin assessing.
Step 4. Select Criterion Levels
To complete the assessment, select the appropriate performance level for each criterion by clicking on the description box. Once selected, the description box will turn green.
If the rubric associated with the submission requires you to enter scores instead of selecting a performance level, simply type a score for each criterion into the text field provided.
1. If you are not familiar with the criterion descriptions for the assessment instrument being used, you can view the description of each level by placing your mouse on the criterion description box.
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2. You can also view the rubric and select the performance levels for each criterion in expanded format by clicking on the 'Resize Column' button.
In the expanded format of the rubric, you can select the criterion levels simply by clicking on the description box. You can also add criterion-based comments at the end of each row. To return to the compressed view of the rubric and the student's work, click the 'Resize Column' button again.
Step 5. Commenting
There are several ways to add comments when completing an assessment, which include criterion-based comments, overall comments, and text or audio comments within the student work (Advanced Commenting).
Criterion-Based Comments: Click the 'Comment' icon next to a criterion to add a comment. The icon will turn green once a comment has been made.
Overall Comment: Enter a overall comment in the text box provided below the assessment instrument.
Text and Audio Comments (Advanced Commenting):
- Text Content: To make a comment directly within the student's written work, highlight the text on which you wish to comment.
You now have the option to enter a text-based comment and save it as a spelling or grammar mistake, or as a regular comment. You can also create an audio comment by clicking the 'Record Audio Comment' option.
- Video/Audio Content: If the student has submitted a video or audio file, click the 'Add Comment' button below the video or audio file.
You now have the option to enter a text-based comment and save it by clicking the 'Save Comment' button. You can also create an audio comment by clicking the 'Record Audio Comment' option.
Check Flash Player and Microphone Settings and Record Audio Comment
1. To ensure that your Flash Player and microphone settings are set up correctly:
- Windows: Right click on the Adobe Flash Player Settings window
- Mac: Hold down the Control key on your keyboard + click on the Adobe Flash Player Settings window with your mouse.
2. Select 'Settings...' in the drop-down menu.
3. Select the Privacy tab and ensure that 'Allow' and 'Remember' are both selected.
4. Select the Microphone tab.
5. If you are using your internal microphone (built into your computer) to record audio, ensure that the 'Built-in Microphone' option is selected. If you are using a headset or another type of external microphone which you have connected to your computer, use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate microphone.
6. Test your microphone by speaking. If you have selected the correct microphone option, you will see the green bar move as you speak. If you do not see this green bar, you have either not selected the correct microphone or you need to turn your microphone on using your computer preferences first.
7. Click 'Close'.
8. Click the 'Record' button to make your comment.
9. When finished, click 'Stop'. To replay the comment, click 'Play'.
10 When satisfied with your comment, click the 'Save' button.
On the Add Comment pop-up, click the 'Save Audio Comment' option.
Step 6. Completing an Assessment
Once you have finished scoring the submission and entering your comments, click the 'Save' button.
Step 7. Continue Assessing or Review Assessments
You can continue to assess or re-assess submissions by using the icons to the left. For example, you can select to:
1. Assess further pending assessments submitted by the same student.
2. Assess further pending assessments submitted against the same assessment instrument.
3. Assess further pending assessments submitted by any student and to any assessment instrument.
4. Review or re-assess your completed assessments.
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