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STEMscopes Student Management System A Step-‐by-‐Step Guide
Visual Introduc7on to Management System Components Pages 1-‐5
Using the Shared Student Login (Same for all students) Pages 6-‐8
SeGng and Using Individual Logins Pages 9-‐14
STEMscopes Student Management System A Step-‐by-‐Step Guide
The Teacher Dashboard When you first log in to STEMscopes, you will see the Teacher Dashboard. Below is an image of the Dashboard with informa7on detailing its features.
This is the Recently Completed Assignments sec7on, where you
can check your students’ assignment results.
If your district has input your scope and sequence into the STEMscopes system, it would
show up here.
If you’re ever having trouble with STEMscopes, no7ce an error, etc. either click this link to send us an email, or call the number. We’re
happy to help!
In this sec7on, you can see the items you’ve assigned that are upcoming. When an assignment is submiYed, it moves from this sec7on into the Recently Completed Assignments
sec7on.
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Students From the STEMscopes homepage, click on Students to manage all things student-‐related.
This lists your groups, or classes. If you’re one teacher in a self-‐contained classroom, then you might have only one group. A
middle school teacher with 6 classes might
have 6 groups.
The second column tells you at a glance how many students are in those groups.
Show Students: This will show you a lis7ng of the students in that group. Going further, clicking “Show” on that student’s row will show you everything that student has been assigned.
Ac3ve Assignments: This buYon will show you a lis7ng of all upcoming assignments for the students in that group.
Completed Assignments: This buYon will show you a lis7ng of all assignments completed by students in that group.
More informa+on on the next page about what you see when clicking on these bu9ons.
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Clicking on the “Show Students” bu?on for a group shows you:
Here is a list of the students in Period 2. You can see the students’ names as well as the number of assignments they have yet to complete. The Shared Student is ALWAYS in each group, by
default. More info on page 6.
Clicking here will show a more detailed list of each student’s
assignments. For example, Harry has one assignment leb, while Hermione and Ron have three. Below are the results of clicking the “Show” buYon
for Harry and Hermione.
Clicking on the “Ac3ve Assignments” bu?on for a group will show you:
A green clock symbol means that the due date has not passed for the assignment. A red clock means the due date has passed, and if a red clock appears in the Ac7ve
Assignments sec7on it means a student did not complete their task before the deadline.
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Clicking on the “Completed Assignments” bu?on for a group will show you:
Here you see when the student completed the assignment, as well as his or her score. Clicking the “Results” buYon on the right will show you the actual assignment, so you can review the ques7ons the student answered
correctly or incorrectly.
The Filter sec3on:
Check this box and click Search and you will see ONLY the assessment
elements.
Check this box and click Search to see the results of the students using the
Shared Student login.
Type a TEKS in this box and click Search and you’ll see all of the
assignments for that TEKS
only.
Type a student’s name or username and click
Search to see results for that student only.
Type an element name and click Search to see
results for only a certain element, like Reading Science or an assessment.
Select an op7on from this box and click search to see an alphabe7zed list of your students.
Here you can filter to see only Complete
Assignments, only Ac7ve
Assignments, or All Assignments.
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And, the Delete and Due Date sec3on:
Click the “Select all/none” box and then this Delete buYon to delete all results/assignments from the list. To remove
individual assignments, just click the box for that par7cular assignment, and then
click the Delete buYon.
To assign a start date or due date for all assignments, simply click the “Select All” buYon (or individual assignment buYons) and then click the empty box by Start Date to select a start date from the calendar; click the Start Date buYon to set. To set a Due Date, click the box by the Due Date buYon and select a due date from the calendar; click the Due Date buYon
to set.
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Using the Shared Student Login This informa,on will be useful ONLY if you intend for ALL students to use the SAME username and password. If you want to use the individual login features, proceed to page 8.
Step 1: Create a Student Group. When you created your STEMscopes account, a group was already created for you labeled “Default.” To change this, first click on “Students” at the top of the STEMscopes screen.
On the next screen, click “Edit Groups.”
Here, you can create as many groups as you’d like. Click “+add group” to create another group; click “x remove” to delete a group. Once you’re finished, click “Update” to save your changes.
Step 2: Create the Shared Student Username and Password. From the resul7ng screen, click on the “manage students” buYon. Then, on the next screen, click “Edit Students.” You should see the following:
When you created your STEMscopes account, a Shared Student login was created automa,cally: st_yourusername. Delete this and replace with something that would be easy for your students to remember. Create a password, and enter the password in the Password and Confirma,on boxes. Then click the “Update” buPon.
You are now ready to visit a scope page in STEMscopes to assign components to your shared student account!
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Step 3: Visit a Scope and assign elements to your Shared Student account. Click on “Scopes” at the top of the screen to access the curriculum resources. In the Search box, type whatever TEKS you’re teaching, or a keyword, to access the scope for that TEKS.
When you access the scope page, you’ll no7ce several colorful icons on the naviga7on bar on the leb side of the screen. When you see this icon, it means that component is assignable to your students.
This signifies an element that is assignable to students.
If, for example, you wanted to assign the Reading Science passage, click the blue “Reading Science” link. At the top of the page, there will be a green “+Assign” buYon.
When you click the “+Assign” buYon, you will see a menu, shown here. First, select your group, and then select the “Shared Student” box. If you want to set a start/due date, simply click those boxes and select a date from the calendar. Click Done when finished, and the element is assigned!
First, select a group, and second, check the Shared Student box. This will assign the component to the Shared Student login, so when any student logs in with that username and password, they can access the content you’ve assigned.
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When a student logs in using the Shared Student Login: First, they will see a screen that shows all of your groups.
To access their assignments, the students using the Shared Student login would need to first select the group in which they are placed. So, a student using the shared login and clicking on Period 1 would see the following:
To complete an assignment, the student will click on “Show.” As soon as they click “Submit” aber comple7ng the assignment, it will go to your Recently Completed Assignments box, and will be removed from the student’s dashboard. Before submiRng, a student will be prompted to enter his or her name so you will know how to assign credit.
Periodically you may want to delete all of the results from your Completed Assignments window. Please see page 4 (“The Filter Sec,on”) for instruc7ons on how to delete completed assignments from the teacher dashboard.
All Shared Students will see this at the boYom of an assessment, and will need to enter a name before clicking Submit.
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Using the Individual Student Login This informa,on will be useful ONLY if you intend for your students to have unique logins. NOTE: Although all student usernames should be different, students can all have the SAME password and s,ll access the site.
Step 1: Create a Student Group. When you created your STEMscopes account, a group was already created for you and is labeled “Default.” To change this, first click on “Students” at the top of the STEMscopes screen.
On the next screen, click “Edit Groups.”
Here, you can create as many groups as you’d like. Click “add group” to create another group; click “remove” to delete a group. Once you’re finished, click “Update” to save your changes.
Step 2: Create the Student’s Unique Usernames and Passwords. From the resul7ng screen, click on the “manage students” buYon. Then, on the next screen, click “Edit Students.” You should see the following, in the “Other Students” sec7on: (Some sample students have already been added here.)
To create a new student, click on the “+add student” buYon. You will see the following row:
Mul7ple students can be created at once, by simply clicking the buYon when a new entry is ready. When all students have been entered, click the “Update” buYon to save the student informa7on.
Step 3: Now that you have created your students, you can add them to your groups. First, select the group to which you want to add students, and click Show Students in that group’s row. For example, Period 1.
Click “Add/remove students” on the next page.
Instruc,ons con,nued on next page.
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Student’s Username Student’s First and Last Names Create and confirm the student password.
Click here to add students.
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This is what you’ll see when you click “Add/remove students.” (Some students have already are in the Students in Group sec7on, for example purposes.)
On the right-‐hand side of the screen, you will see a list of the students whose informa7on you just entered. To add the students to your group, simply click the “+Add” buYon by the student’s name, and click “Update” when done. Now, you have students in your group and are ready to assign resources from STEMscopes!
The “Search for Students” feature: It is possible for us to import a list from your district/class, so that you do not have to input each student’s individual informa3on manually, as described on page 10. If you want to explore this op,on, email us at [email protected], and we can send you the Excel template needed to process your students’ informa,on.
If you use the “Search for Students” feature to add students to a group, just type the student’s name in the Search box, and click “Search.” If the student is in the system, his or her name will appear with the “+add” buYon. Simply click the buYon to add the student to your group! For example, I want to add Harry PoPer to my Period 1 class. I just typed the name “Harry” and clicked Search, and his name appears, because he was already in the system. I click “+add” and then “Update”, and he’s now in the group!
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Step 3: Visit a Scope and assign elements to your individual students. Click on “Scopes” at the top of the screen to access the curriculum resources. In the Search box, type whatever TEKS you’re teaching, or a keyword, to access the scope for that TEKS.
When you access the scope page, you’ll no7ce on the naviga7on bar to the leb of the screen several colorful icons. When you see this icon, it means that component is assignable to your students.
When you click the “+Assign” buYon, you will see the following drop down menu:
This signifies an element that is assignable to students.
If, for example, you wanted to assign the Reading Science passage, click the blue “Reading Science” link. At the top of the page, there will be a green “+Assign” buYon.
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First, click on the group to which you want to assign something. For example, Period 1. The list of students in that class (including the Shared Student, if you want to use the generic login) will appear.
Clicking “Assign All” will assign the element to all students in the list; “Unassign All” will remove it. You can also assign to individual students only by clicking on the box by that student’s name.
Click the white boxes by “Start” and “Due” to set start and due dates for the assignment. Note: If you assign something to start on a certain date, the assignment will NOT appear in the Student’s dashboard un,l that date.
Here the element has been assigned to Harry. It will open on Jan. 19 and will be due on Jan. 20. Click “Done” to save the changes.
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Step 4: Invite students to access the website to view (and complete) their assignments. Students will access the same website you do (yourdistrictorschool.stemscopes.com) and will enter the username and password you set for them. When Harry logs in with his individual login (test09) and password (science), he will see this:
To complete an assignment, the student clicks on the “Show” buYon in that assignment’s row. If it is an assessment to be submiYed to the teacher, once the item is submiYed, it is removed automa7cally from the student’s dashboard and appears in the teacher’s Recently Completed Assignments box. If you want a student to take an assessment again, you must re-‐asssign it a second ,me.
Periodically you may want to delete all of the results from your Completed Assignments window. Please see page 4 (“The Filter Sec,on”) for instruc7ons on how to delete completed assignments from the teacher dashboard.
For any further ques,ons or support, please email [email protected] or call us at 713-‐348-‐5433. We’re happy to help!