ThinkCentralTips

=**ThinkCentral continues to have "access denied" errors for some features. When this happens, please contact your tech facilitator with the specifics and they will forward those concerns to Maureen Miller**=


 * Thanks to all teachers for contributing directions and fixes. Please add if you have found other "work arounds", do so by clicking the "Edit this Page" button at the top. Be sure to save your changes.**

We've been told TC works best in Firefox.

__**Logging In**__

-Usernames continue to be your email login name -Password: nssd (case sensitive; please reset to your email password once you login)
 * Teacher:**

ALL teachers will have access to ALL grade level materials (K-5)

Problem: • Students with two first names (Molly Rose, Hannah Pearl) in addition to a middle name and last. • Last names with spaces or punctuation (Di Carlo, O'Malley) • Names with Jr. or III at the end

Expect some students to need help logging on because of this.

For example, Molly Rose Jones Smith came out MollyRoseSmith

It all depends on what is in the first name box in Power School.

-Usernames continue to be child's FirstnameLastname (case sensitive; no space; duplicate names will have a numeral added after the last name...you will be informed) -Password for ALL students: d112 (case sensitive)
 * Students:**

__**Adding your Products- textbooks, assessments, transparencies**__

The HSP products are currently not in our product list. Everyone has to add the math components into their "My Products"

1. Log in 2. Click on the wrench icon (along left side) 3. Search for math materials and choose your grade level 4. Click refresh (below the box, NOT ON YOUR BROWSER!) 5. Select all math materials by checking the boxes. 6. Scroll up to the top box (where you selected grades and subject areas) and click on Save button, next to refresh. 7. Download all math materials.

__**SETTING UP YOUR CLASS SO YOU CAN START GIVING ASSESSMENTS**__

1. Go to www.thinkcentral.com. 2. Enter your username and password. 3. Click on classes and students. 4. Click on my class or the class name you created 5. Click on roster. 6. Pull open the drop box on all students. 7. Select your grade level. (Currently to get your grade level you need to select the grade level before you, but that might change.) 8. From the whole group of students at your grade level, choose a student that is in your class. Highlight the student’s name, then click add. 9. Do this for every student in your class. 10. Click save.

__**ASSIGNING THE BENCHMARK TEST**__ 1. Go to www.thinkcentral.com. 2. Enter your username and Password. 3. Click on assignments. 4. Click on add an assignment. 5. In the title box type beginning benchmark or a title of your choice. 6. Under subject choose reading. 7. Click on search above resource preview. 8. Choose online assessment grade (your grade). 1. Click search. 9. Click on the 4 to go to page 4 of the assessments. 10. Find Benchmark Assessment: Beginning-of-Year Test. 11. Put a check mark in front of it AND click assign. 12. Click save. The benchmark will appear in your assignments window. (there may be other ways of doing this, please share if you have typed directions)

__**Editing the Benchmark Test or other assignments**__ 1. Log in to Thinkcentral.com 2. Click on Assignments, Assignment editor window will appear again. 3. Choose the Dates and Times tab. 4. Set the date and times you would like your students to access the assessment, __set it longer than you think you need__. 5. Click the Students tab. 6. Choose the students you would like to take the assessment. You may add the entire class or select individual students. 7. Click the Assessment Options Tab. 8. Make your selections, be sure to allow __PAUSE and allow QUIT__. 9. Click the sections tab. 10. Select the parts of the assessment you would like students to take. This will give you the option of breaking it up into pieces. 11. Click **Save**

__**STUDENT DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING THE TEST**__ 1. Go to www.thinkcentral.com. 2. Enter your username and Password. Student usernames are their full first and last names with no space all lower case. Student passwords are all d112 3. Click things to do. 4. Click on assignment (benchmark). 5. Take test. 6. To continue the test at another time just click pause. DO NOT SCORE until the whole test is done. It may take several days to take the test. For the writing part, type "writing" and have students complete writing using pencil and paper.
 * If a student does not have the benchmark available to them, you may have to go back to your class and add the student manually.

__**Accessing Daily Transparencies**__ 1. Log in to think central 2. Click on Resources and assessments 3. Find HSP Math Daily Transparencies in your list of resources. 4. Download it and open it 5. On the left hand side, you can click on the arrow next to the Unit you want, and it will open up the chapters. 6. Click on chapter you want and you will see each transparency listed (1.1) followed by the answer key transparency. 7. Print them out for use with the Elmos or connect laptops to the projector.

__**iTools**__ iTools are only available when you select grades 3,4,5. If you are a k-2 teacher, it won't automatically show up.

1. Think Central Home page 2. Log in 3. click wrench 4. click 5. My Products 6. check grades 3,4,5 and math 7. click refresh 8. Go to last page 9. iTools should be there 10. Make sure it is checked 11. click save

Revised 09/17/08