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1. http://books.quia.com/books/ This is the Quia Books homepage where students and instructors log in to their accounts. Students log in by clicking on the Students section.

2. This is the cover page of the book. You can navigate by either clicking “Prev Page” and “Next Page” at the top of the screen, by jumping directly to a page using the Book Guide (on the left-hand portion of the screen), or by clicking on the section you are interested in on the left of the page

3. Each section of the book has a list of all of the activities in that section. The student can jump directly to an activity by clicking on the activity title. The student can see which activities have been completed on each page, indicated by the checkmark in the right-hand column.

4. This is the first page of Lección 1. Note that it looks just like the page found in the printed version of the Manual.

5. This is an activity with an audio clip for the student to listen to. The student simply clicks on the headphones icon and the audio will play. The student completes this activity by typing in the correct answer.

6. A small window opens to indicate that the audio file is playing. The student may pause the audio and replay it as many times as he/she would like.

7. This is another type of activity, one that utilizes art. Notice that each activity looks very different and matches the layout in the printed version of the Manual.

8. In this activity, the student listens to the audio file, then chooses the correct answer from the drop-down list.

9. Any activity that requires the student to type accented characters includes an accent toolbar. The student simply clicks on the accented character button and the character will be entered into the field in the sport where the cursor is. The student does not need to remember any special key strokes to type an accented character. Students can make the accent bar “float” next to each question so they don’t have to scroll to the bottom of the page. They do this by grabbing onto the top portion of the toolbar and dragging it to the desired location.

10. This is an activity with audio files and images.

11. This is another activity type, one that emphasizes the input-based nature of Vistazos by having students indicate information that is correct for them. This activity is not scored and graded, but students receive credit for having completed it.

12. The student can also log in to the Student Workstation from the Quia Books homepage: http://books.quia.com.

13. In the Student Workstation view, students can see information about their course, including the course syllabus, their scores, instructor announcements, and an e-mail link to their instructor.

14. Students can view their results and any feedback from their instructor.

15. The instructor can also log in to the Instructor Workstation from the Quia Books homepage: http://books.quia.com.

16. This is the first screen the instructor sees after logging in to the Instructor Workstation. All of the instructor’s courses will be listed here. Within each course, an instructor may have multiple classes. In this example, the instructor has one Spanish course that has two classes (Section 1 and Section 2). From here the instructor can preview the book, drill into the course to see a list of classes or drill directly into a class to see student results and class features.

17. The instructor can view the roster of students who signed up for the course. Students self-register for the course, so instructors can create their course in fewer than ten minutes. Instructors do not have to type in all of the students’ names and information since students have already registered. From the roster, the instructor can drill into each student’s results, e-mail the student, drop the student from the class, or transfer the student to another class.

18. Instructors can view their students’ performance on the activities. They can see the mean, low, and high scores as well as individual scores for each activity. Instructors can override scores automatically graded by Quia and can manually grade items such as short answer or essay questions.

19. This is an individual student’s grading screen. The instructor is grading Alexander Zorn’s activity 1-2D. The instructor can award points and enter feedback for each question or enter feedback for the activity as a whole. The feedback entered will display in Alexander Zorn’s account, which Alexander can then access through the Student Workstation.

20. The instructor may also grade by question. This instructor is grading question 3 anonymously. Instead of showing the students’ names in the first column, only a number is shown, so the instructor will not be biased when grading. This is an effective method for grading short answer or essay questions.

21. This is the Student Report. The top table summarizes each student’s results on the activity. Below the top table are detailed statistics and information about each question, including the names of students who missed the question and the incorrect answers that were given.

22. This is the Question Report. The top table summarizes performance on each question. Below the table are detailed statistics and information about each question.

23. Instructors can easily customize the activities in the book. They can add, delete, or edit questions from an activity. In this example, an instructor is editing multiple choice question #1.

24. The instructor can create an announcement board (class home page), which is linked to the book. If the student clicks “Announcement” from the top of the screen, the instructor’s announcement board will display. An announcement board may include the syllabus, homework assignments, general announcements, and so forth.