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Barronsregents.com Administrator Tutorial
For Site License Holders
Welcome to Barronsregents.com! This tutorial will show you how to give users access to the Web site, monitor the user sessions,
delete sessions, and view usage statistics.
INDEX
Logging into Web site
Creating Your Profile
Administrator's Control Panel
Session Details
Student Access
Closing User Sessions
Viewing User Statistics
LOGGING INTO WEBSITE
- You will access the Web site from one of two ways:
- click on the BarronsRegents.com shortcut on your computer desktop
OR
- open your Web browser (Internet Explorer is the best way to view our site) and in the address bar type in the following address :
www.barronsregents.com/exams/SL_sec.login?i_license_id=XXXXXXXXX, where XXXXXXXXX is the username provided to you by us.
It will be a six digit number followed by the letters "SLA".
- Click in the "Password" box and type in your password.
- Click "Login".
CREATING YOUR PROFILE
On your very first visit to the site, you are asked to complete your user profile. Click in each field and enter
the appropriate data. Be sure to enter a new password. Use something you will remember. When the profile form is complete,
click "Create Profile" and you will return to your home page.
[Please note: Your personal information will never be given to anyone else.
Barronsregents.com does NOT SELL LISTS! Your privacy is very important to us.]
ADMINISTRATOR'S CONTROL PANEL
Once you're logged in your administrator's control panel will be displayed.
From here you can do a number of things:
- Monitor the current sessions of users accessing the Web site including total time online.
- Logout (end) any individual session or all current sessions.
- Review user statistics for your license including:
- total time online
- number of exams reviewed
- users' average score
- number of questions viewed
- number of exams printed
- Edit your administrator's profile.
You may also "refresh" your control panel at any time by clicking of the refresh button
.
This will give you the most up-to-date information on the status of your current users.
SESSION DETAILS
Click Show Detail to display the most current information for each open session:
- User Name (if entered by user)
- Time of Login
- Time Online
In addition, you will find an option to close an individual user's session. This is useful if a user has ended their session without
using the LOGOUT button themselves. By closing a session the total time online for that user will be
recalculated based on the last recorded action of that user, giving you a more accurate accounting of your Site License usage.
STUDENT ACCESS
Students, or users, will have access to Barron's test preparation site in one of two ways. Each student may be instructed to simply
open a browser window and type into the address box the following Web address:
www.barronsregents.com/exams/SL_sec.start_screen.
Alternatively, you may want to give users access directly through a link on the desktop of their individual computer terminal. This
method eliminates the possibility of students mis-typing the address.
To create a link on the desktop of a computer follow these steps:
- Close or minimize all open programs so that you see your Desktop screen.
- Right-click an empty space on the screen.
- Move your cursor over the word New and then click on Shortcut
- In the box under the instruction, "Type the location of the item:", type:
www.barronsregents.com/exams/SL_sec.start_screen and click "Next".
- Give this shortcut a descriptive name such as Barron's Regents Prep or NYS Regents Test Prep and click "Finish"
CLOSING USER SESSIONS
At any time, usually at the end of the day, you may be aware that all users have ended their online sessions but not all have actually
logged off our system. By clicking on Close All Sessions you will close all open sessions
(after confirming your request) and recalculate the total online time based on the last recorded action of each user thereby giving
you a more accurate accounting of your Site License usage.
VIEWING USER STATISTICS
This will be your most useful screen. From here you can review the following statistics relating to site usage:
- Total Time Spent Online - Time spent by users logged onto the Web site. This time is calculated as being from the time of
logon to either time of logoff or, if the user never actually logged off, the time of the last recordable action of the user (i.e. creating
an exam, grading an exam, printing an exam, etc.)
- Average Exam Score - The average score achieved by the users who completed their exams and had them
graded by the site.
- Total Exams Reviewed - The number of exams created by users, whether completed or not completed.
- Total Questions Reviewed - The total number of questions in all the exams created by users. Dividing this
number by the Total Exams Reviewed will give you the average number of questions per exam. Because users are able to create
custom exams with a variable number of questions, this statistic gives you an idea of how intensively your users are using the
site.
- Total Exams Printed - The total number of exams printed by users.
- Logins/Logouts - This shows you a comparison of the number of user logins against the number of times users
have used the LOGOUT button. When a user logs out properly, you get the most
accurate totals of time spent online.
ANYTHING ELSE?
Please be sure to contact us with any questions you may still have, now or in the future. We would love to hear of any suggestions
you might have regarding improvements to the site. Many of the features currently available are due to suggestions sent to us by
teachers and administrators.
Again, please be sure to keep your E-mail address current so that we may contact you with
any updates to your account!
Please contact us at HelpDesk@barronseduc.com
if you have any questions or require further assistance.