This video gives students a preview of their test experience and shows how to navigate the interface and solve different test question types. You can have students go to the Track My Progress home page and click "support" and then "videos" to access the video from their computer easily. Or you can watch the video together as a class on a large screen. Some teachers will pause the video and discuss each section to make sure students understand what they are viewing.
Transcript
0:12 You are going to be doing a short learning activity on the computer. This computer activity will help your teacher see what you have learned and what you are ready to learn next.
0:23 Do your very best. If you have any questions during this activity, you can raise your hand, and your teacher will help you.
0:33 You will need headphones or earbuds to hear the directions from the computer. To start, your teacher will give you a card with your school number, username, and password.
0:47 Go to trackmyprogress.com. Click Sign In. Click I'm a student, enter your school number from your sign-in card, then choose the name of your school, now enter your username and your password, and then click the sign-in button.
1:18 The activities have directions you can hear with your headphones; press the play button to hear the directions. Match the words with the same starting sound.
1:29 If you see a picture with a speaker button, you can click that button to hear what it says. Cat. Can.
1:43 Dog. Dog. Sometimes, a word or sentence will have a speaker button next to it. You can click that button to hear the word or sentence read to you.
2:05 When you know the answer, you can click on the button to choose it. If you do not know the answer to a question, you can click the next button to skip the question.
2:23 Choose all the addition sentences that make 10. Some questions ask you to choose more than one correct answer. Other questions will ask you to select a word from a sentence.
2:46 Use your mouse to click on the word, and you will see the word turn yellow. If you see a spelling question, click on the speaker button to hear the word.
2:56 Basket. Then, use the keyboard on your screen to spell the word. Then click the next button. If you see a passage with boxes like this one, use your mouse to click on the box and select the word that completes this sentence.
3:24 If you see a longer story like this one, click on the story and move your mouse toward the top of the screen.
3:37 When you see this screen, it means you have finished your activity.