Welcome to the first edition of the Accelerus teacher newsletter! We will bring you time saving tips, links to resources, alerts and updates to the program, all designed to lighten your load and lessen the time consuming task of assessment and reporting.
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New Website For Teachers
The Accelerus team is committed to making the task of reporting easier for teachers! To access your teacher resources, go to: www.accelerus.com.au/teachers
Teacher Videos Are Now Available
Are you new to Accelerus? Would you like to know more, but haven't got the time? Go to www.accelerus.com.au/teachers, click on the Videos link and watch the Getting Started series. Each video runs for about 5 minutes. They are an ideal introduction to Accelerus, or as a refresher before the report writing season starts again.
Here is a summary of what you will find:
Introduction to Accelerus for Teachers
Entering Results in the Results Grid
Customising the Result Grid
How to Collect and Synchronise an offline file
Did You Know?
Collecting an offline file
If working with an offline file you need only collect it from the Accelerus database once. From then on, each time you make changes to your offline file, or at the beginning of a new reporting cycle, such as a new year, just synchronise your existing offline file with the database.
Once you have collected and logged in to your offline file, each time you open Accelerus to the Accelerus Login screen, the offline file will be listed as the most recently used file and you can then login to it.
Reordering your assessment item columns
You can change the order of your assessment item columns by clicking on the assessment item's column heading and then dragging the column into the required order
Class Assessment Items
Did you know that you can create your own assessment items to record results for students? Go to the Results menu, select Class Assessment Items > New Class Assessment Item or click on the icon in the Toolbar. Enter a code, description and marking scheme. The marking scheme determines the results you can give for the assessment.
News Alert!
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Tips & Tricks...
Viewing Assessment Items:
To restrict which assessment items you can see in your class, select the Results > View menu and select the required Tag.
To see only particular types of assessment items, for example comments, click the Results > View menu and select Comment items. For other types of assessment items select the appropriate option from the Results > View menu.
Parent Teacher interviews:
Why not take your offline file to parent teacher interviews? Use the grid view to see a quick comparison of the student to the rest of the class. Use the single student view if you wish to show one student’s results to a parent.
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"Quote Spot"
'Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each'. Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.
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