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School Board of Broward County Non-Instructional Personnel Online Course Orientation. What You Should Know!. You must complete all assigned activities with 85% or better mastery.
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School Board of Broward County Non-Instructional PersonnelOnline Course Orientation
What You Should Know! • You must complete all assigned activities with 85% or better mastery. • All reports must be received via pony to Sharon Curington, Sheridan Technical Center no later than July 5, 2013, No e-mails, No Faxes, No Exceptions • Please do not confuse the report due date, which is July 5, 2013, with the closing date, which is July 12, 2013. Your reports are due before the closing date in order for us to meet the closing date deadline. • You will have 7 business days after the report due date to complete the appraisal. After 7 days, the class will close without any additional notification to the participant. The appraisal is available on the first day of class. • It may take up 10 business days for the points to appear on to your inservice record.
Participant Responsibility It is the responsibility of the participant to make sure their reports are received on or before July 5, 2013. It is the responsibility of the participant to make sure they have obtained 85% or better mastery in each section assigned. It is the responsibility of the participant to make sure they have completed the appraisal before the closing date of the class. You can e-mail Sharon Curington, After July 5, 2013 to check the status of your reports. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSING DATE TO CHECK ON THE REPORTS.
Course Assistance • Should you encounter any problems or need assistance with the online program or its content, please contact your course instructor immediately. • Your instructor can be reach by CAB e-mail. Look for the name of your instructor in the e-mail provided. • PLEASE DO NOT POST QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS IN THE CAB CAP CONFERENCE. YOUR INSTRUCTOR MAY NOT VIEW THIS CONFERENCE FOR QUESTIONS.
Getting Started • Click on the section you’d like to start. • http://myskillstutor.com
Getting Started • Enter your user name, password, and site code provided in the e-mail. • Click “Log In” to enter the course. • Upon successfully logging in, you will see your name, the course title, and assignment group(s).
Getting Started • Your first step will be to complete a pretest, if required. The program will determine what lessons, if any, you must do based on your pretest score. • If the course does not require a pretest, you will begin to complete the activities. There may be some sections that do not start with a pretest. • To begin a particular pretest or activity, click on its name. The item will open up in a new window.
Completing The Course • In order to successfully complete the course, you must complete all assigned items with 85% or higher mastery. • Pretests can only be done once. The score of a pretest is not counted against you. • Lessons, activities, quizzes, and posttests can be done more than once. Each of these items must be completed with at least 85% mastery or higher.
Documenting Completion • After completing all assigned tasks (other than the pretests) with 85% mastery or higher, you must print each report. • These reports must be submitted via the ponyNO FAXES, OR E-MAILS to Sharon Curington at Sheridan Technical Center by the due date of July 5, 2013. • Upon review of your reports for completion of 85% mastery or more, a confirmation e-mail will be sent.
Score Reports • To view/print your reports, log in to the program and click a section’s name and then click “View and Print Usage Report”.
Score Reports • The report will open in a new window.
Software Requirements • Your online program requires 2 software programs to work correctly: Flash Player and Adobe Reader. • Flash Player must be version 7 or higher. To download this, go to www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer . • Adobe Reader must be version 6.0.1 or higher. To download this, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html .
Troubleshooting Tips • Potential Problem #1: The lesson does not appear after clicking on its name in the list of activities. • Cause: A pop-up block is probably suppressing the new window from opening. • Solution: Modify your browser’s settings to allow pop-ups from the www.myskillstutor.com site.
Troubleshooting Tips • Potential Problem #2: The lesson opens in a new window, but you’re unable to view some or all of the pages even though you’re clicking on the page in the appropriate place. • Cause: The computer may not have Flash Player installed or, if it does have Flash Player, it may not be the latest version. • Solution: Download the latest version of Flash Player and restart your computer.
Troubleshooting Tips • Potential Problem #3: You are unable to view the score report or open the score report that was emailed to you by the course facilitator. • Cause: The computer may not have Adobe Reader or it may have an old version of it. • Solution: Download the latest version of Adobe Reader and restart your computer.