Upgraded Assignment Reviewer

August 14, 2017August 18, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

**COMING SOON**

Soon, you’ll be able to view student grades on both lessons and WebTests, including question statistics, from one centralized location: Assignment Reviewer.

The Assignments tab in the Hawkes Grade Book is shown, with the link to Assignment Reviewer circled.

When you open up Assignment Reviewer, you’ll be able to sort assignments by lessons or WebTests. Each assignment is listed, along with scores.

You can view question statistics to see how much of your class answered each question correctly, helping you assess whether you need to go over certain concepts again in the next class. You can also check out the average time spent on each question, giving you further insight into which concepts students struggle with the most.

When you look at students’ performance at Certifies, you can quickly see who mastered the lesson and who hasn’t, as well as the number of attempts.

When a student attempts a Certify, you can see exactly how they answered each question. Just select their name from the list to see an overall report of the Certify session.

Once you choose the Review Attempt button, you’ll see exactly how the student answered each question. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the page to easily navigate to any questions the student answered incorrectly.

This tool helps you keep track of performance on both individual student and overall class levels. For more information, call us at 1-800-426-9538.

Six ideas to get the most out of your Learn Screen Notes

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

Customize your lessons even further with the Learn Screen Notes tool, which allows you to add your own content to our pre-created Learn screens. If you want to take full advantage of all that this tool has to offer, try out the six expanded uses below!

1. Embed videos.

Have you uploaded a video to YouTube to help explain a certain concept to students, or love a video that you can share with your class? Easily embed it within the notes.

In YouTube, select the Share option of a video, then copy and paste the code within the Embed area:

The number 1 is next to the Share button of a video in YouTube. The number 2 is next to the Embed button. Below that, the link to the video is highlighted.

Next, when you’re logged into Learn Screen Notes from your Grade Book, select the Source option at the top of the menu. Paste the code into the field. If needed, you can change the width and height of the video. Deselect the Source button.

Hawkes Learning's Learn Screen Notes is shown. Within the menu of formatting and content options at the top, the Source button is selected with the number 1 next to it. Below that, the number 2 is next to the video code that is now pasted within the field. A call-out next to the code says, "Change width and height of video," pointing to the area in the code to do so.

You can then preview what students will see when they log into their courseware and enter the Learn mode:

An example of what the student sees as a Learn Screen Note is shown. Underneath the pre-created objectives slide within a Hawkes lesson, there is a video that the student can click to view.

2. Embed Google Docs.

This option is a great way for you to share more in-depth notes that you’ve typed up for class.

**First, make sure your document is uploaded to Google Drive.**

Open Google Site (New > More > Google Site).

Select From Drive, then select the file you wish to embed.

The Google Drive menu is shown with an arrow pointing at the "From Drive" option in the drop-down menu.

Within Google Drive's My Drive, an arrow points at a Word Document underneath the Files category.

Copy and paste the embedded file into Word, and you’ll get a link similar to this:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_5e341lLJGwcXFSYUFCQW9aX28&authuser=0

(The part in red will be unique to the document you select.)

Then, use the following HTML code, replacing what’s in red with the corresponding part in your Google link:

<p><iframe align=”middle” class=”YMEQtf L6cTce-purZT L6cTce-pSzOP” frameborder=”0″ height=”700″ scrolling=”yes” src=”https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_5e341lLJGwcXFSYUFCQW9aX28/preview?authuser=0″ width=”700″></iframe></p>

In your Learn Screen Notes, select the Source button at the top of the menu, then paste your HTML code. Deselect the Source button, then use Preview to check things out:

A preview of the Hawkes Learning student courseware with the Learn Screen Note is shown. Below the pre-created objectives list within the Learn mode, a Word document is shown.

3. Embed interactive elements.

A few instructors we work with have told us about Geogebra and Desmos, which are two websites that let you create interactive graphs and elements. You can share these within your Learn Screen Notes easily!

For Desmos:

After you create your graph, select the Share option at the top of the page. Choose Embed, then copy the code.

A number one is next to the Share button at the top menu. A number two is next to the Embed link underneath "Share your graph," then a number three highlights the HTML code to embed.

In your Learn Screen Notes, select the Source button, paste the link into the notes section, then deselect Source. Choose Preview to see what it looks like for your students:

A Hawkes Learn screen is shown with the lesson slide on the top half of the page and an interactive graph at the bottom.

For Geogebra:

In Geogebra, select the menu option next to the interactive element (the symbol with three dots), then Share. Choose the </> Embed link and copy the code.

In the website Geogebra, a Share box with options to group, link, email, and embed the graph is shown. The Embed option is highlighted above the HTML code. When you’re in your Learn Screen notes, follow the same steps as those for inserting Desmos graphs.

A Hawkes Learn screen is shown with the lesson content at the top of the page and an interactive image of two weights with adjustable masses at the bottom.

4. Add images.

If an image is online, you can just copy and paste it into your notes!

If you take a photo of your lecture notes or scan them and save them as an image, you’ll just need to copy and paste it into a Google Doc. Then, copy the image from the Google Doc and paste it into your Learn Screen Notes.

An arrow points at the Copy option from a drop-down menu for an image pasted in a Google Doc.

5. Embed Google Slides.

Add any PowerPoint presentation that you’ve created for class directly into the Hawkes courseware using Google Slides. (And remember Hawkes has PowerPoint presentations available at http://www.hawkeslearning.com/Instructors/InstructorResources.htm!) Just make sure you upload your presentation to your Google Drive, then follow these quick steps:

When you’re in Google Slides, open up the presentation. Select File > Publish to web > Embed. Then, copy the code provided.

A PowerPoint presentation is shown in Google Slides. The "Open with" drop-down menu is displayed, with Google Slides highlighted. A window titled "Publish to the web" is shown. The Embed tab is chosen, and the Publish button is highlighted.

In your Learn Screen Notes…you guessed it! Select Source, paste the code, deselect Source, and then choose Preview to check it out:

A Hawkes Learn screen is shown with the lesson at the top of the page and the PowerPoint presentation at the bottom.

6. Embed Google Forms.

Want to add in quick quizzes to check in on students’ progress within Learn, or even polls regarding the lesson content? Now you can using Google Forms!

First, create your Google Form. Select the Send button in the top right, then “< >.” Copy the HTML code.

The Send Form in Google Forms is shown. The Embed HTML is highlighted.

Once you’re in your Learn Screen Notes, follow the usual steps: select Source, paste the code, deselect Source, and then choose Preview.

The Hawkes Learn screen is shown with the lesson content at the top of the page and the embedded Google Form at the bottom. The embedded Google Form is called Pop Quiz and asks a true/false question of "A square has five 90 degree angles."

If you have any questions on using Learn Screen Notes, contact your Training & Support Specialist at 1-800-426-9538.

Please note that Hawkes Learning is not responsible for user-created content. View our Terms of Use.

Splitter, be gone!

August 14, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

We have a quick interface update in the online student courseware: the splitter is no longer there!

In case you’re unsure of what the splitter looked like, it was the line between the question and answer in Practice and Certify. It could be moved up and down, but doing so was difficult; sometimes it would hide part of the question. Instructors and students informed us of this issue, and we took action.

Before:

A Practice question in Hawkes is shown on the top half of the screen. The bottom half shows a graph where students plot the points to answer the question. In between the question and answer is a dotted line that can be moved up and down.

Now, students only see a clean and simple divider differentiating between the space for question and answer. This change makes our student courseware more accessible and user-friendly for all.

After:

New Viewing Life Mathematically Questions to Add to Your Curriculum

August 14, 2017August 15, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

Before the fall term kicks off, we’ve added more than 80 new questions to the Viewing Life Mathematically question bank.

To see the new questions, please log into your Grade Book, navigate to Assignments tab > Curriculum, and open Assignment Builder by choosing a hyperlinked lesson. These questions are labeled by case numbers so that they’re easy to identify.

Below is a list of the lessons, case numbers, and topics covered by these new questions:

Lesson	Case Number	Topics
1.1	11 and 12	Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
1.2	11–13	Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
2.1	13 and 14	Set Notation
2.2	14	Subsets and Venn Diagrams
2.3	11	Operations with Sets
2.4	11–14	Applications and Survey Analysis
3.1	9	Logic
3.2	6	Logic
3.3	12 and 13	Logic
3.4	9	Logic
3.4	10 and 11	Logic
4.1	10–13	Rates and Unit Rates
4.2	10 and 11	Ratios
4.3	12 and 13	Proportions and Percentages
4.4	11	Percentages
5.1	10–12	Functions
5.2	10–13	Linear Growth
5.3	13 and 14	Quadratics
5.4	9 and 10	Exponential Growth
5.5	10 and 11	Logarithmic Growth
6.1	13–17	Geometry
6.2	11–14	Geometry
7.1	11 and 12	Probability
7.3	11 and 12	Probability
7.4	11–14	Probability
7.5	11 and 12	Probability
8.1	7–11	Statistics
8.2	12 and 23	Statistics
9.1	11 and 12	Personal Finance
9.2	11 and 12	Personal Finance
9.3	10	Personal Finance
10.3	6–8	Voting and Apportionment
10.4	7–9	Voting and Apportionment
11.1	5	Applications of Geometry to the Arts
11.2	6 and 7	Tiling and Tessellations
12.2	8	Sports

Contact your Training & Support Specialist at 1-800-426-9538 if you need help adding these new questions to your lessons!

More Details in the Detailed Student Grades Report

August 11, 2017August 14, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

The Detailed Student Grades Report lets you do more than simply view a student’s grade in Hawkes. When you choose a student name at the top of the report, you can view their lesson activity by selecting that option:

An arrow points to hyperlinked text that says View Lesson Activity. A spreadsheet of lesson activities for a student is shown, including the lesson number and title; if the student Certified in that lesson; and how much time the student spent in the courseware, including the Learn, Practice, Certify, and overall data.

This report breaks down how much time a student spent in each lesson’s Learn, Practice, and Certify modes, as well as the overall time per lesson. We know that sometimes students may feel like they’ve spent more time in the courseware than they really have, so these numbers are a good indication of whether they should spend more time in each Learning Path mode.

The report also lets you see quickly whether a student Certified in a lesson and how many times they attempted to Certify. It’s especially helpful to see if students are unsuccessfully attempting Certify again and again. Did they only take a quick glance at the Learn screens? Did they try the Practice mode?

If they’ve only spent a few minutes in the two first modes before jumping right into Certify, you can guide them to Learn and Practice to better equip them for their homework. Students may feel like practicing the lesson questions is a waste of time, but if they try answering these questions with the Tutor and Step-by-Step options available to them, they may just find they have an easier time in Certify!

You can also adjust individual student settings for WebTests from the Detailed Student Grades Report. Select the ellipsis icon next to a WebTest that the student hasn’t taken yet, then choose the Update Student Settings option:

An arrow points to the Update Student Settings option in a drop-down menu next to a hyperlinked WebTest.

You can then adjust the dates, number of attempts, and test length for the student. These options are especially beneficial for students who need a little extra time completing their tests. You can also make the test password-protected and wait to make the test visible to the student.

Student settings by student are shown. The data displayed is the student name with the options to make bulk changes and make the following changes to individual WebTests: start and end dates, whether the test is visible to the student, a password option, number of attempts a student can take the test, grading method, and test length.

Have questions? Contact your Training & Support Specialist at 1-800-426-9538 for more information.

Create your own questions with Question Builder

August 10, 2017August 14, 2017HawkesLearning Leave a comment

A question field is shown with a toolbar including special characters at the top and level of question difficulty choices underneath the toolbar. Below is a text field called "Step 1 of 1" with answer options underneath.

Want to add your own questions to the Hawkes courseware? Now you can with the NEW beta release of Question Builder!

You can customize your course content by building dynamic questions into the Practice and Certify modes, as well as your Hawkes assessments. Questions can be free response or multiple choice and include images, explanations for wrong answers, adjustable tolerance ranges, and more.

Question Builder allows you to seamlessly integrate your very own questions into your students’ Hawkes experience to get the most out of their course led by you. If you’d like to use this feature, contact your Training and Support Specialist at training@hawkeslearning.com.

Question Builder Overview

You can access the Question Builder tool directly from your online Grade Book. Questions are organized and displayed in folders for organization. You can create multiple folders to house different types of questions you’re creating.

Question Types

You can choose from the following question types:

Multiple choice
Free response
Open ended
Click-to-select
Click-to-insert

Multiple choice questions let you do the following:

Add up to 30 answer choices
Assign partial credit to answers
Choose between check boxes or radio buttons
Add answer explanations to incorrect answers
Lock the answer order

Creating free response questions allows you to assign one or more answers to a question for which the answer must be typed in using the keyboard and/or keypad.

Free response questions let you do the following:

Choose how to evaluate the answer
Set the number of decimal places for the correct answer
Specify a tolerance range in which an answer will be accepted as correct
Create an expression that must be entered to answer the question
Add a static prefix or suffix to correspond with the answer box
Add a second answer box or add another answer choice

For any question, you’ll be asked to complete the required steps:

Name the question (This is how the question will be identified in the question folder.)
Select a difficulty level
Enter the question
Enter your answer(s)

For any question type you can create a multi-step question by choosing Add Another Step below each question box. Open-ended questions do not require an answer.

The toolbar located across the top offers standard editing options, as well as the ability to insert images, tables, symbols, expressions, and variable iterations into the question or answer.

Tutor options are listed below the question giving you the ability to add a General Explain Error, Hint, Step-by-Step, or Solution to the question you’ve built.

The Step-by-Step option allows you to provide more in-depth help to your students by breaking up the question at hand into more workable steps and walking the student through it at a manageable pace. Students can use as much or as little guided assistance as they need to truly learn how to answer the question.

This feature is a student favorite in Hawkes Learning’s pre-created questions, so we wanted to give you the freedom to add it to your own questions to better assist students in their learning.

For math questions, the tool uses LaTeX, the common document preparation system used in many mathematics publications. The technology is so user-friendly that anyone trying out the tool for the first time will quickly become an expert.

Check out our quick video below!

Want to opt into Question Builder before it’s available for everyone? Contact your Training and Support Specialist at 1-800-426-9538 or training@hawkeslearning.com today!

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