Wiley eGrade

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Wiley eGrade

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What is eGrade?

• Web-based software that enables instructors to
  automate the process of assigning and grading
  homework and quiz assignments
• Provides students with immediate feedback and
  grades
• Contains homework and test banks for many of
  Wileys leading titles in
• Engineering Computer Science
• Math Statistics
• Sciences

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eGrade features and benefits
Visit http//www.wiley.com/college/solutions for
a complete list of eGrade features and benefits
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http//egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpiro
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Sample Class Homepage
Class Specific Description
Student - Related Links
Instructor - Related Links
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• After logging in click appropriate link to
• Create assignments
• Create or modify individual questions
• View grades for an individual student or your
  entire class

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Create Assignments
Modify Assignments
Remove Assignments
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eGrade walks you through creating a new
assignment step-by-step
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Select question bank that you want to pull
questions from
Preview questions by clicking on question
Algorithmically generated questions are dynamic
questions that present different values each time
a student attempts to complete a question.
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To add questions
Check boxes for the questions you want to add
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Specify type of assignment
Specify information student is to receive once
the assignment is completed

• Set
• Passing grade
• Time Limit
• View

Set dates assignment is available
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Visual Summary of Assignment
Preview a visual summary of your new assignment
before saving it
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Upon selecting the finish button you will see
your newly created assignment!
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Now lets take a look at the Question Bank Editor
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• Question Bank Editor is used to

Create a new testbank
Upload one from your computer
Edit an existing testbank
Delete a testbank
eGrade supports multiple question types
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4 Key steps to writing a new question

• Input question

• Input answer choices and select correct answer

• Choose if you want answers scrambled

• Choose how many correct answers

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http//egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpiro
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Student View
We will now see how students access eGrade
Students access eGrade by

• Going to their class-specific URL

• Selecting the Register for this Class link

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• Student Learning Guides
• Contain unique access code that student must
  enter upon 1st login
• Students create user name and password
• 5 packaged with book
• 15 stand alone item

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Assignment Selection Menu
Students choose assignment to complete from those
that you have made available in your course
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Easy, intuitive navigational bar
Students complete the assignment by
Entering the answer to the question
Clicking the back/next arrows in navigational
bar to move through questions
Clicking the grade checkmark when theyre done
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Upon submitting their assignment for grading you
can provide students with immediate scores on
their work




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Provide students with question-by-question
feedback for correct and incorrect answers
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The instructor gradebook area allows you to

• View grades for individual students or your
  entire class

• View class averages

• Export grades to an external spreadsheet or
  database

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By selecting a students name you can pull up
detailed information for that student on a
particular assignment
The Gradebook allows you to display the results
of a class assignment in a wide variety of ways
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Shows details of the assignment history for the
student
Shows student and class information

• Shows
• Grade received
• Date taken
• Completion time

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eGrade allows you to give question-by-question
comments to a student
Good job John. You were the only student to get
this right. Please consider becoming a tutor.
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Im going to give everyone in the class that got
this right extra credit because we did not cover
this problem in the lecture.
eGrade allows you to manually change a students
grade
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Where to go for more information

• Visit
• www.wiley.com/college/solutions
• To find courses
• View demos
• Request trials
• Find out what eGrade test banks are available for
  the courses you teach

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Support

• Faculty Resource Network

The Faculty Resource Network is a group of peers
ready to support the use of online course
management tools and discipline specific
technologies into the classroom
Register on-line at www.FacultyResourceNetwork.com
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Thank you!