Barronsregents.com Teacher Tutorial

SETUP

LOGIN

• Click on
• Click in the "User Name" box and type in your user name.
• Click in the "Password" box and type in your password. ****** will appear when you type your password, this is a normal security measure.
• Click "Login".

CREATE YOUR PROFILE

• Search our database and put together custom exams by Topic.
• Pull up entire exams by the Regents exam dates.
• Create your very own custom exam questions and answers.
• Edit existing Regents questions to target the weaker areas your students need to concentrate upon.
• Once you have selected questions for your exams, you can then print them out as handouts, quizzes, or exams for your students.
• You can even use Barronsregents.com to assign them to registered students online , and monitor and keep track of their progress.

CREATE YOUR FIRST SAMPLE QUIZ

• Click "Create a Custom Exam". Click in the "Test Name" box, and type a test name such as "Sample Quiz". Click "Create Exam".
• The Test Creating Navigator appears. Now we can add questions to the quiz.
• Special Note: It should be mentioned here that if you assign an exam (more on this later) to your students who have subscriptions to BarronsRegents.com, when taken online, each student will be given the questions in random order.

SELECTING QUESTIONS FROM THE DATABASE

• The screen will now say "Test Creator". Here you have several options in creating an exam for your students. For this example, we will create an exam with questions from our Master Database. Click the radio button ()that says, "Search the Master Database", then click "Next."



• Click the pull-down menu of Regents Courses and choose a course to search from which you will select questions. Then, select the type of questions that you would like to search for, either "Multiple Choice or Short Answer Type Questions," or "detailed-response/essay type questions." Click "Next".



• You are now taken to the Database Search screen. On this screen you decide how to select questions for your custom exam from Barronsregents.com's on-line master database. You may either search by Topic, Exam Date, or perform a Text search.



1. Searching by Topic allows you to concentrate your questions on a particular area of the chosen subject. By clicking on the drop down menu, you will see subheadings for the selected exam from which you can choose questions.
2. Searching by Exam Date will bring up an entire section of a Regents exam for the specified date (Part I, Part II, Part III, etc.), from which you may choose specific questions.
3. A Text search will search the entire database under the chosen subject for EXACT TEXT STRING MATCHES. For example, say you are searching for topics associated with World War II. You can enter the text string "World War II" and the questions shown would be those containing the EXACT words/characters that make up World War II. Entering "WWII" as a search string would most likely result in no matches since most questions would not contain the abbreviation "WWII." Also note that all text string searches are case sensitive Therefore, entering a search string of " WWII", "WORLD WAR II", or even " world war II" would most likely return nothing the text within a question would appear in these ways.



• Now, select a method of searching. You can select more than one method, but you MUST choose at least one. The program will search for the criteria selected from this menu, then display the results on the "Query Results" page. While using multiple search methods can, in some cases, provide a more specific search, it is advisable to start with a general search and if you get too many questions you can always return to this screen.



• Your "Query Results" (questions that can be added to your exam) appear. Note that in addition to the questions are the correct answers, the answer choices (if any), the topic which the question falls under, the date of the Regents exam from which the question was taken, and whether or not the question comes with an accompanying image or diagram. Scroll down the page using the scrollbar on the right to browse the results.



• By default, all questions are selected for inclusion in your custom exam. You can deselect a question by clicking on a question's checkbox again and the checkmark will disappear, deselecting it. After deciding which questions you wish to include, scroll to the bottom and click "Add all Checked Questions". Anything that was left checked will be added to your exam.



• You are now returned to the "Test Creator" screen. The questions you selected appear in an abbreviated list format on the left under "Custom Questions". Pausing the mouse over the ">>" next to a question will show the complete question text .(Note: Most Math exam questions are stored and displayed on exams as IMAGES, therefore the mouseover will show "****" rather than the question text since the mouseover does not display graphics). Click the first question in the list. The full question with any accompanying images will appear in the right frame.



• Feel free to add additional questions by repeating the above steps for choosing questions from our database. Remember, questions of any type, topic, or course may be added to your custom test.



• Also of note is the ability at this time to print out an Answer Key for your assistance in grading your custom exams or to distribute as a helpful review sheet to your students. Simply click on "Key" on the bottom of the page and a printable answer key will appear in your browser with the original questions, the correct answers, and an explanation if one is available.

EDITING EXISTING QUESTIONS

• You can also edit any question (except Math exams) by selecting questions from the " Custom Questions" list, and then making any changes to the text directly in the form fields. You can also remove or add choices. You cannot remove images. Math exams cannot be edited, since the questions are scanned images due to the complexity of formulas and special characters. Click " Submit Question" after making some changes to the first question.

ADDING QUESTIONS

• Type a question in the blank question box in the center of the screen.
• Click in the Choice "A" box and type a choice. Continue adding choices.
• Click on , next to the correct answer.
• Type a topic if you wish, and click "Submit Question." The question now appears in the listing of questions on the left.

DELETING QUESTIONS

• If you change your mind about a particular question in your custom exam and want to remove it, you can do so by clicking on the question in your "Custom Exam" list and then clicking on the "Delete Question" button below the displayed question

PRINT YOUR FIRST SAMPLE EXAM

• Click at the bottom of the screen. Your quiz/exam is shown in its entirety and is now formatted for printing from your browser.
• Use the print function on your browser if you wish to print a copy. When finished, click your browser's back button to return to the "Test Creator."

CREATE YOUR OWN CLASSES

• Click "Create Class Lists". Enter a salutation (example: Ms. Allen). In the first class box, type a class name such as "Biology Period 1". Click on " Create Classes." You will now be returned to your home page menu.

ASSIGN YOUR FIRST SAMPLE QUIZ

• Select the class you would like to assign this quiz to and click "Submit ." Select the due date for the assignment. Click "Assign to Class".
• You should now arrive at your gradebook (which has no students because you don't have any yet). The message in red tells you that when your students login they will be able to take your exam once they register for one of your classes (more on this below).
• Click to return to your personal menu. If you wish to assign this exam to other classes that you may have created, click on the classes' name from your menu. Click on and select an exam to assign to this class.

REGISTERING STUDENTS FOR A CLASS

• Have your students log in and select "My Classes". Then have them click "Register for a Class" and choose your class from the list provided. (You will have to create you class list first!). This is quick and easy for you, as the students will appear directly into your class record as soon as they register!
• Barron's recognizes that sometimes teachers may want to register a student by hand. If this is the case for you, click on the name of the class for which you want to register a student. At the bottom of the next screen, click on the icon of a student marked "Add" and then follow the directions given.

REVIEWING YOUR CLASS'S PERFORMANCE

• Once you have created and assigned an exam you can monitor the progress of your students within a particular class by clicking on the class name in your class list on the home page. While this "performance analysis" focuses mainly on your exams, you also have the ability to review a student's performance on exams of their own creation.
• The "Class Performance Screen" shows the names of the students registered for that class, the exams currently assigned and the test scores for each.
• By clicking on the various underlined links on this screen you will see additional performance/progress as follows:


CLICK ON...


1. Student name: get a progress report for this student.
2. Exam name: get class statistics for this exam.
3. Test score: get an exam "Report Card" for this student.
4. Exam due date: Change assignment due date for this exam.
By simply holding your cursor over any link, you can view the function of each.


• An even more detailed analysis of an individual student is possible by clicking on one of the "Topic" graph bars displayed on the student's progress report. This will display the results by exam for that Topic.
• On the next screen, clicking on an "exam" graph bar will display the results by question for that exam within that Topic.

NOW HAVE YOUR STUDENTS LOG IN FOR THE FIRST TIME

ANYTHING ELSE?

• The exam you created is stored in your "Personal Exam Library". Click "Personal Exam Library " from the main menu to return to your exams at any time. You can makes changes to the exam if needed, provided that the exam has not already been assigned to a class. Once an exam has been assigned to a class, you may only make a printout of that exam. Otherwise, you will need to create another exam for your class. Your personal exam library will be the place where you can pull up your exams whenever you need them. Should you wish to renew your subscription with us each year, we will gladly continue to save these exams if you notify us that your subscription will be a RENEWAL. This will save you much valuable time rather than always creating new exams each class year!



• You may click on "Update Profile/Change Password" to make changes to your profile at anytime.



• From your personal menu you can add more classes, remove classes, and edit class names as you need to.