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EducatorsCourseGuideTableofContents
CourseOverview.......................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
Compatibility ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Fivecomponents ................................................................................................................................. 2
Additionalcomponents ....................................................................................................................... 3
AbouttheExercises ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Macrons ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Manuallygradingactivities .................................................................................................................. 4
ManagingYourCourse ................................................................................................................................ 5
Viewingyourstudents’grades ............................................................................................................ 5
Viewingyourstudents’quizzes/Manuallyadjustinggrades................................................................ 5
Exportingyourcourse’sgradebooktoExcel........................................................................................ 7
UsingEnrichmentReadings&ExercisesWorksheets .................................................................................. 8
Completingtheworksheets................................................................................................................. 8
Accepting,grading,andreturningelectronicallysubmittedworksheets ............................................ 8
Policies....................................................................................................................................................... 15
ModificationPolicy ............................................................................................................................ 15
End-of-TermCourseAdministrationPolicy ....................................................................................... 15
FAQs........................................................................................................................................................... 17
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CourseOverview
Introduction
TheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewareisanessentialonlineancillaryforSusanC.Shelmerdine’sintroductoryLatintextbook,IntroductiontoLatin,SecondEdition.TheCoursewareisdesignedtoreinforcethelessonsinthetextbookandtheclassroom,aswellasallowstudentsto
workontheirowntimeandattheirownpace,focusandimproveontroubleareas,buildconfidenceusingLatin,andexpandonwhatthey’velearned.
Compatibility
IntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewarecanbeusedonWindows98andhigher,MacOSXandhigher,andtheiPad.Instructionsonhowtoentercharacterswithmacronsonallofthesesystems(necessaryfortheWorkbookexercises)areconvenientlyprovidedoneverypageofthe
CoursewareanddiscussedintheStudentCourseGuide.
Fivecomponents
TheCoursewaremirrorsthestructureofthetextbook,witheachchapterhavinguptofivecomponents.Adescriptionofthefivecomponentsfollows:
1. Vocabulary.Vocabularysectionshelpstudentsreview,practice,andlearnthechaptervocabulary.Resourcesincludeaudiorecordingsofthechaptervocabularyreadbytheauthor
(forfirstfivechapters),Latin-EnglishandEnglish-Latinflashcards,aPDFprintoutofthechaptervocabularyformattedsothatstudentscancoverupeithertheLatinortheEnglishwordsandpracticetranslating,andaninteractiveonlineactivitythatrequiresstudentstofillinthemissing
principlepartsoftheverbslearnedinthatchapter.
2. Readings.Readingsectionsaidstudentcomprehensionofthereadingsincludedinthetextbook.Thesesectionsincludeaudiorecordingsofthetextsineachchapterreadbytheauthorandher
colleaguesatUNC-Greensboro.Studentscanlistentotheseaudiorecordingsafterfirstreadingthetextssilently,tohelpappreciatespokenLatinandimprovepronunciation.Manyreadingsectionsalsoincludepre-readingworksheets.Theseworksheetsincludeexercisesforstudents
todobeforereadingthetexts,topreparethestudentforreadingthetextandimprovecomprehension.
3. Workbook.WorkbooksectionsincludealloftheexercisesfromtheIntroductiontoLatin,Second
EditionWorkbookbyEdDeHoratius,inonline,auto-correctingformats.Theseinnovativeexerciseshelpstudentsreviewandpracticegrammarlearnedineachchapterandbuild“reflexes”intheLatinlanguage.Exerciseformatsincludefill-in-the-blank,matching,multiple
choice,short-answer,andmore.Studentscandotheseexercisesafterreadingthechapterorlearningthematerialinclasstopracticewhatthey’velearned.Theycanalsoreturntoexercisesfromanearlierchapterforareview,orinpreparationforanexam.
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Whenstudentscompleteanexercise,theyarethenimmediatelygivenascore,withtheircorrectanswersmarkedingreenwithacheckmark,andtheirincorrectanswersmarkedinred
withan“x”.Iftheyplacetheircursoroveranincorrectanswer,thecorrectanswerisshown.Astudentcanreviewhisorherscoresbyviewinghisorhergradebook(instructorscanviewawholeclassgradebookwitheverystudent’sscores).Theexercisesareprogrammedwiththe
defaultsettingthatallowsstudentstotrytheexercisesasmanytimesastheywish,withonlythehighestscorebeingsavedinthegradebook.[Formoreinformationongradingandexercisesettings,seeManagingyourcoursebelow.]
4. AdditionalExercises.SomeoftheearlierchaptersintheCoursewareincludeafewadditionalexercisesinthesamemoldastheWorkbookexercises,tobeusedinthesamefashion.Thesegenerallyaskstudentstofillinthemissingformsofanountopracticeaparticulardeclension,or
averbtopracticeaparticularconjugation.
5. EnrichmentReadings&Exercises.Onceastudenthasmasteredthechaptermaterial,heorshecanmoveontotheEnrichmentReadings&Exercises.Theseareacomplementarysetof
worksheetswithunadaptedLatinreadings,supplementalnotes,andreviewquestionsthathelpstudentsexpandonwhattheylearnedinthechapter.Readingsbyprominentauthorsarecarefullychosenforillustratinggrammarlearnedinthetextbook,aswellasfortheircultural,
historical,andliteraryvalue.Exercisesincludetranslatingschoolmottos.Instructorscanassigntheseatthecompletionofachapterorasoptionalextra-credit.
TheworksheetsareinPDFformandmustbereviewed/gradedbyaninstructor.Studentscan
eitherprintandcompletetheformsbyhand,orcompletethemelectronicallyandemailthemtotheinstructor.Formoreinformationonusingtheseworksheets,seeUsingEnrichmentReadings
&ExercisesWorksheetsbelow.
Additionalcomponents
• TheLatinAlphabet&Pronunciation.TheCoursewareincludesaudiorecordingsofthisentireintroductorychapterreadaloudbyAndrewBecker(VirginiaTech).Theseaudiorecordingsareveryhelpfulforstudentsbecauseitallowsthemtoactuallyhearthepronunciationrulesand
lessonsthatcanonlybedescribedwithwordsinthetext.Theseaudiorecordingscanbeassignedwiththereadingofthisintroductorychapter,sostudentscanlistenalongastheyread.
• StudentQ&AForum.Thisisaconvenientforumforstudentstopostanyquestionstheyhave
aboutLatin,andforstudents/instructorstorespond.
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AbouttheExercises
TherearetwotypesofexercisesontheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCourseware.
Quiz.Quizactivitiesareautocorrectingactivitiesforavarietyofquestiontypes,includingmatching,
multiplechoice,fill-in-the-blank,andshortanswer.Theyaremarkedwithacheckmarkicon( ).
HotPot.HotPotactivitiesareautocorrectingexercisesforflashcardandfill-in-the-blankquestion
types.TheyaremarkedwiththeHotPotatoicon( ).
Bothoftheseexercisetypesaredesignedtobeself-explanatorysothatstudentscanclickandcompletetheseintuitively.Nevertheless,step-by-stepinstructions(withscreenshots)onhowto
completetheseexercisesareincludedintheStudentCourseGuide.Toseefirsthandthestudent’sexperienceofcompletingtheseexercises,consulttheStudentCourseGuideand/ortryoutanexerciseonthestudent’sdemocourse.
Macrons
Workbookexercisesrequirestudentstoentermacrons.Guidesareprovidedonthecoursepages
showingstudentshowtoconvenientlyandeasilyentermacronsonallplatforms,includingiPads(seescreen-shotbelow).Answerswithoutmacronswillreturnascoreof“incorrect.”
Manuallygradingactivities
TheonlineIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewareincludesallofthequestionsthatareofferedintheprinteditionoftheWorkbookbyEdDeHoratius,includingthosethatrequireshortanswerorfreeresponsequestions.Alloftheseexercises,withafewexceptions,donotneedtobe
gradedbyaninstructorbecausetheyareequippedwithcomputer-generatedfeedbackthatidentifycorrectandincorrectanswersandrecordthescoresinthestudentgradebook.
Theexceptions—thereareonlyfour—areexercisesinwhichcorrectanswerswillvaryfromstudent
tostudent.Thesefourexerciseshavebeenmarkedwithanasterisk(*)tohighlighttoboththestudentsandinstructorsthatthesequestionsrequireormayrequireinstructorreview.
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Instructionsonhowtoreviewquizattemptsandmanuallyadjustgradesimmediatelyfollows.
ManagingYourCourse
Viewingyourstudents’grades
Toseeyourstudents’grades,clickthe“Grades”linkinthe“Settings”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.Youmayneedtoscrolldownthepagetofindit.
Viewingyourstudents’quizzes/Manuallyadjustinggrades
ToseethedetailsoftheQuizzes,clickthe“Quizzes”linkinthe“Activities”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.
Toseeyourstudents’specificscoresforeachattemptonthatquiz,clicktheappropriatelinkinthe“Attempts”column.
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Toseetheanswersastudentgaveforthatparticularattempt,clickontheappropriatelinkintheQuestioncolumn.
Toadjustthegrade,select“Makecommentoroverridemark.”
Afterreviewingtheanswers,enterinthenewgradeinthe“Note”boxifthestudent’sanswerswarrantedahighergradethantheauto-correctionawarded.
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Exportingyourcourse’sgradebooktoExcel
Toexportyourcourse’sgradebooktoanExcelspreadsheet,firstopenthegradebookbyclickingthe“Grades”linkinthe“Settings”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.
Fromthe“Chooseanaction…”dropdownmenuinthetop-leftcornerofthegradebook,choose“Excelspreadsheet”underthe“Export”header.
Fromthispage,youcanmodifywhatwillactuallybeexported:
• “Includefeedbackinexport”willputanyfeedbackyouprovidedyourstudentsontheuploadingassignmentsintothespreadsheet.
• “Previewrows”setsthenumberofrowsyouwillseeonthepreviewofyourexportedsheet;itdoesnotaffecttheendfile,butcanhelpyoujudgehowthespreadsheetwilllook.
• “Gradeexportdisplaytype”allowsyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttoexportyourstudents’gradesasnumericalvalues(“Real”),percentages,orlettergrades(e.g.,apercentagegradeof95getsexportedasan“A”).
• “Gradeexportdecimalpoints”letsyouchoosethenumberofdigitspastthedecimalofeachgradethatyouwantreportedintheexport.
• Finally,“Gradeitemstobeincluded”letsyouchoosewhichassignments’gradesareactuallyexported.Bydefault,allofthemare,butyoucanremovesomesothat,forexample,onlyonechapter’sgradesareexported.
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Onceyouhavechosenyourexportoptions,scrolltothebottomofthepageandclick“Submit.”ThenextpagewillprovideyouwithapreviewofwhattheExcelspreadsheetwilllooklike.Ifyouare
satisfied,clickthe“Download”buttontoretrieveyourexportedgradebook.
UsingEnrichmentReadings&ExercisesWorksheets
Completingtheworksheets
ThePDFworksheetsaredesignedtobecompletedintwopossibleways:
1. Worksheetscanbeprintedandcompletedbyhand.
2. Worksheetscanbecompletedelectronically,andtheneitherprintedorsentelectronicallytoaninstructororotherdesiredrecipient.
DirectionsforprintingtheworksheetsaswellascompletingandsendingthemelectronicallyareincludedintheStudentCourseGuide.Iftheinstructorwishestoassigntheseworksheets,heorsheshoulddecidewhichofthesetwo(orboth)isanacceptablewayforastudenttosubmitthem.The
followinginstructionsexplainhowtheinstructorcanaccept,grade,andreturnworksheetscompletedelectronically.
Accepting,grading,andreturningelectronicallysubmittedworksheets
Instructorscangradeelectronicallysubmittedworksheetsoneoftwoways:
PrintingtheWorksheets.Theeasiestwayforinstructorstogradeaworksheetistoprintit,gradeitbyhand,andreturntothestudentinperson.Tomakesurethedocumentprintswiththestudent’sanswers,selectDocumentandMarkupsfromthedropdownlistunderComments&Formsonthe
printmenu.Makesurethestudent’sanswersareshownontheprintpreviewwindowbelow.
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GradingandReturningtheWorksheetsElectronically.Instructorscanalternativelygradetheworksheetelectronically,andreturnittothestudentelectronically.Thissectiondiscusseshowto
gradeandreturntheworksheetelectronically.
1. ReviewtheStudentCourseGuidetomakesurestudentsunderstandtheprocessandhavecorrectlymarked-upandsubmittedtheworksheetselectronically.
2. YouwillneedAdobeReaderXItocompletethesesteps.Youcandownloadthisprogramforfreeat:http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html.
3. OpenthesubmittedworksheetwithAdobeReader.ClickonCommenttoopenthecomment
pane.
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4. Onthepanethatappears,clickonthestampicon[AddStamp].ThenplaceyourcursoroverSignHere>.Onthemenuthatthenappears,clickonthegreencheckmark.
5. Withthegreencheckmarkselected,clickonthestampbutton[AddStamp]again.Thenclickon
AddCurrentStamptoFavorites.
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6. Repeatsteps4and5,butswitchgreencheckmarkforred“X”.Thegreencheckmarkandred“X”shouldnowappearinyourfavoriteslist.
7. SelectgreencheckmarkfromfavoriteslistunderAddStamp.Yourcursorshouldnowbeagreencheckmark.Placethecheckmarknexttocorrectanswers.
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8. Repeatwiththered“X,”placingitnexttoincorrectanswers.
9. Commentonincorrectanswersbyclickingonthe“T”[AddTextComment]button.Clickwhereyouwanttoenteryourcomment.ThenchangeyourtextcolorbyclickingonTextColorbutton
onthetexttoolbar.
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10. Youcannowtypeyourcommentinacolorthatdistinguishesitfromtheotherwritingintheworksheet.
11. WhenyouarefinishedgradingtheWorksheet,addacommenttothetopofthepagewitha
finalscore.
12. Whenyouareallfinishedgradingtheworksheet,savethefilebyclickingonSaveAs...undertheFiletab.
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13. Toemailthefilebacktothestudentorsendtootherdesiredrecipient,clickSendFile...undertheFiletab.
14. Chooseyourpreferredemailoption,andclickContinue.
15. SendyouremailtothestudentorotherdesiredrecipientwithcompletedPDFattached.
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Policies
ModificationPolicy
Youarewelcometoaddnewresourcesandmaterialstoyourcoursepage,butpleasedonoteditor
changeanyofthematerialsthatcomewithyourcoursepage.Ifyouaccidentallyorpurposefullychangeanyofthematerialsthatcomewithyourcoursepageandneedthemtoberepaired,youwillbechargedafeeof$65.00perhourfortherepairs.
FocusPublishingwillnotbeabletotrainyouinhowtouseMoodle.However,thereisalinktotheMoodlewebsiteatthebottomofyourcoursepage.
Therearealsolinkstocontextualpop-uphelppagesinalloftheeditingpages.
End-of-TermCourseAdministrationPolicy
Attheendofyourpurchasedterm(usuallyamaximumof15monthsfromwhenyoupurchased
yourcourse),ifyourcourseisstillavailable(notreplacedwithaneweredition)andyouwanttorenewyourcourse,thesiteadministratorwillremoveallofthestudentdatafromittoprepareitforthenextschoolyear.Tosaveyourcourse’sgrades,seetheinstructionsforexportingthegradebook
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toanExcelspreadsheetabove.Ifyouwillneedextratimetosaveyourgrades,makesurethatyoue-mailthesiteadministratoratcustomer@hackettpublishing.com;otherwise,thegradeswillbe
removedwiththerestofthestudentdata.
Ifthereisanewversionofthecourseavailablewhenyourenew,youwillbesuppliedwithacleancopyofit.Otherwise,youwillbeallowedtokeepyouroriginalcoursepage,includingany
modificationsthatyouhavemadetoit.
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FAQs
FAQs:InstructorsRegistrationQuestionsHowdoIregister? FollowtheregistrationinstructionsontheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEdition
Categorypage.Howlongdostudentshaveaccessfor?
Studentshaveaccesstothedurationofthecourse,asprovidedduringregistration(maximum15monthsfromstartdate).
Howdomystudentsregister?
Soonafterregistering,thesiteadministratorwillnotifyyouwhenyoursiteisavailable,andwillprovideyouwithinstructionsonhowstudentscanregister,whichyoucandistributetotheclass.
GeneralQuestionsCanIchangemyusername,name,orpassword?
Tochangeyourname,password,oremailaddressassociatedwithyouraccount,selectEditProfileintheSettingsblock.
Tochangeyourusername,emailbothyourcurrentusernameandyourdesiredusernamefromyouraccountemailaddresstocustomer@hackettpublishing.com.
HowdoIturneditingon?
Clickonthe“Turneditingon”buttonintheupperrightcornerofyourcoursepage.
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HowcanImoveanitem?
Witheditingturnedon,clickonthearrowsnexttoresourceyouwishtomove.
Whenthepagereloads,clickontheboxinthespottowhichyouwishtomovetheresource.
HowcanIhidesomematerialonthesitesothatteacherscanviewitbutnotstudents?
Witheditingturnedon,clickonthe“openeye”icontohidetheresource.Hiddenresourcesarenotviewablebystudents.
Tounhidearesource,clickontheclosedeyetoopenit.
CanIaddmyownmaterialtothesite?
FocusCoursewaredoesnotprohibityoufromaddingmaterialtoyoursite,butpleasenotethatanyaddedmaterialsmaybelostwhenyoursubscriptionends,evenifthecourseisrenewed,orwhenanewversionofMoodleisreleasedandthesiteisupdated.Also,pleasenote:Ifyoumakeaccidentalchanges,torestoredefaultsettings,whenpossible,therewillbeaservicefeeof$65/hr.
HowdoImakemypageloadfaster?
Viewonly1chapteratatime,sothemanyhundredsofresourcesinthesitedon’tneedtobedisplayedsimultaneously.Todothis,clickontheboxtotherightofthechapteryouwanttoview.
Scrolldownandselectachapterfromthedropdownlisttoviewthatoneinstead:
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HowcanIlinkto/frommyschool’sownMoodle/Blackboardsite?
YourCoursewaresiteandeachoftheresourcesonthesitehasitsownuniqueURL.ToobtainthisURL,opentheresourceorcoursemainpageandcopytheURLfromyourbrowser’snavigationbar.
ToaddalinkinMoodle,makesureeditingisturnedon,andthenselect“URL”fromthe“Addaresource”drop-downlist.
PastetheURLintothe“ExternalLink”field.
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Quiz/HotPotQuestionsCanIchangeaquizorHotPotactivitysothatstudentscanonlytakeitonce?
Quiz:Witheditingturnedon,editthequiz/hotpotsettingsbyclickingonthe“handwriting”icon:
Thenselectthenumberofattemptsstudentsareallowedtotake.Forquizzes,thiswillbefoundinthe“Attemptsallowed”category.
HotPot:ForHotPot,thiswillbeunderthe“Extrarestrictionsonattempts”category.(Thiscategoryisanadvancedoption.Click“showadvanced”ifitisnotdisplayed.)
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CanIsetduedatesonquizzes/HotPotactivities?
Quiz:Inthequizsettings,enablethe“Closethequiz”categoryandselecttheappropriateduedate.
HotPot:Inthehotpotsettings,enablethe“Availableuntil”featureandselecttheappropriatedate.(Thiscategoryisanadvancedoption.Click“showadvanced”ifitisnotdisplayed.)
TodisplaytheduedateontheentrypagefortheHotPotactivity,select“showentrypage”andturnon“dates”underHotPotsettings.
Whatfeedbackdostudentsreceivewhentheytakeaquiz?CanIchangethefeedbacktheyreceive?
Thedefaultsettingisgenerally“deferredfeedback,”inwhichthestudentcompletestheentireexercise,submitsit,andthenreceivesascore,adetailedreportofwhatanswerswerecorrectandincorrect,andwhatthecorrectanswersresponsesshouldhavebeen.Intheuncommoninstancethattherearemultipleexercisesperquiz,theadaptivemodeorimmediatefeedbackmodecanbechosentogivefeedbackonindividualexercisesastheyarecompleted.Select“manuallygraded”tomanuallygradethequiz.
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CanIdifferentiatebetweenquizzes/hotpotsthataretakenforagrade,andthosethatareoptionalorpracticeforstudents?
1. Createaspecialcategoryforgradedquizzes/hotpots.First,click“Grades”inthe“Settingsblock.”Thiswillallowyoutoview“GradeAdministration”settings.
2. With“GradeAdministration”nowvisible,click“Simpleview”
under“Gradeadministration”inthe“Settings”block.
3. Addcategory;enteranameandadjustsettingsifdesired.
4. Returnto“Simpleview”instep1.Checkquizzes/hotpotsthat
youwanttobegraded,andmovethemtothecategoryyoucreatedinstep2.Quizzeswillnowappearinseparatecategoryingradebook.
Don’tseeyourquestion?Visithttp://moodle.org/formoreinformationontheMoodleplatform,[email protected].