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AIMSweb Progress Monitor online user training is intended as a review for Progress Monitor users and is not intended for new Progress Monitor Users AIMSweb Progress Monitor Online User Training Slide 2 Overview: This review highlights the very familiar, but new features of the Progress Monitor Caseload. After this training, you will be proficient in navigating the AIMSweb Progress Monitor System. Slide 3 Agenda: Logging into the AIMSweb System Preparing Your Current Progress Monitor Caseload Managing Students Creating Assessment Schedules Entering Assessment Scores Viewing Progress Reports Deleting and Transferring Assessment Schedules Logging Out of the AIMSweb System Slide 4 Logging into the AIMSweb System Login to your AIMSweb Benchmark account at www.aimsweb.com. Click the Customer Login button in the upper right corner of the AIMSweb website.www.aimsweb.com Enter your Customer ID, Username, and Password (provided to you by Pearson). Then, click the Login button. Slide 5 Logging into the AIMSweb System (continued) When you first login to the AIMSweb system, you will see six tabs across the top of the screen: Welcome, My Account, AIMSonline, Downloads, Reports, and Progress Monitor. The Welcome tab provides a Getting Started review of all six tabs and their primary functions. Slide 6 After you login, click the blue Progress Monitor tab to view your Progress Monitor Caseload. Preparing Your Current Caseload Slide 7 If you did not file your completed assessment schedules at the end of the last school year, the schedules will appear in the Progress Monitor active caseload listing. You will want to file these assessment schedules. Click the check box in the upper left corner of the student list to select all assessment schedules. Click the button to file the schedules. Slide 8 Your Progress Monitor Caseload window will display a message stating You currently do not have any Active assessment schedules. Slide 9 Create new assessment schedules by clicking the button. Lets review the Manage Students features. Managing Students Slide 10 The Manage Students window appears in two sections: Add a Student and Student List. Existing students will appear in the student list to the right. Slide 11 Designate a student to be assessed by either searching for an existing student or adding a new student. Search for an existing student by entering search criteria in any of the searchable (red) fields and clicking the button. Slide 12 The student will appear in the Student List. Add this student to your Progress Monitor Caseload by clicking the check box next to the students name. Then, clicking the button. Slide 13 The student will then appear highlighted under the Student List. A icon indicates the student is in your Progress Monitor Caseload. Slide 14 If your student does not appear in the Student list after the search, you will need to add a new student. This will automatically add the student to your Progress Monitor Caseload. Begin Adding a new student by entering information in the Add a Student column at the left of the page. All required fields are red. Once the information has been added, click the button. Slide 15 Note the student appears highlighted in the student list. When you have finished adding students to your Progress Monitor Caseload, click the home button to return to the Progress Monitor home page. Slide 16 Now that the students are in your caseload, you can create assessment schedules. There are three parts of an assessment schedule, which must be identified: 1)The General Outcome Measure to be Assessed 2)The Goal Duration and Frequency 3)Survey Level Assessment, Initial Performance, and Goal Scores Creating Assessment Schedules Slide 17 General Outcome Measures to be Assessed Select a General Outcome Measure to be assessed by clicking the Select link next to the students name. Slide 18 A new window will appear. Select the GOM you wish to assess by clicking the circle next to its name. Click the Save button to save the changes and return to the Progress Monitor Caseload window. Slide 19 Goal Duration and Frequency Next we need to enter the assessment schedule duration and frequency. To do this, click the Enter Schedule link next to the students name. Slide 20 The Determine Goal Duration and Assessment Frequency will appear. You must enter the Goal Start and Ending Dates into the appropriate text fields. Select the schedule and frequency by clicking the appropriate radio (circle) buttons. Designate a weekly schedule by clicking the check box of the day of the week the assessments will take place. Use the drop down menus to designate less frequent schedules. Use the drop down menu to select the timeline for the periodic review, if applicable. Slide 21 When finished, click the Save button to save your settings and return to the Progress Monitor Caseload window. Slide 22 Entering Survey Level Assessment, Initial Performance, and Goal Scores Enter the Survey Level Assessment, Initial Performance, and Goal Scores by clicking the Enter link under the goal column next to the students name. Slide 23 This will display the Enter SLA, Initial Performance, and Goal Scores window. Enter SLA scores at this time. After the scores have been entered, click the Save & Graph button to view the students performance in comparison to the AIMSweb Educational Averages. Slide 24 Next, Select the Assessment Grade Level and enter the Initial Corrects and Errors. Initial Performance Label and Descriptions can be entered. These will appear in the students progress report. Then, enter the Goal Corrects and Errors. Click Save. Slide 25 Entering Assessment Scores Click the link under the Next Score column next to the students name to enter his or her assessment scores. Slide 26 Enter scores for the date the assessment was given. Use the and buttons to view previous or upcoming scheduled dates. Use the icon to create and note interventions. When finished, click the Save button to save the changes or the Cancel button to remove any changes and return to the Progress Monitor Caseload home page. Slide 27 Viewing Progress Reports After scores have been entered a Progress Report is available. A brief progress description is displayed in the Progress Report column. Click the description link to view the report. Slide 28 Click the Expand link to view the available options for this report. The chart displays the students progress in corrects and errors. Slide 29 Student assessment score data is listed below the chart. Slide 30 The green back button returns you to the Progress Monitoring Caseload home page. Slide 31 The blue email button allows you to the Email the Progress Monitoring Improvement Report. Slide 32 The red PDF button creates a PDF file of the report. Slide 33 Transferring and Deleting Schedules Student assessment schedules can be transferred to other Progress Monitor Users by clicking the check box next to the students name and clicking the Transfer Schedule button. Slide 34 Use the Transfer To drop down menu to designate the students new Progress Monitor teacher. Click the Transfer Schedule button to transfer the student. Slide 35 Delete an assessment schedule by clicking the check box next to the students name and clicking the Delete button. This will delete the students assessment schedule, but not the student from the Manage Students list. Slide 36 Logging Out of the AIMSweb System When you are finished using the AIMSweb system, click the Logout button. Then, click OK on the confirmation window. For security purposes, we strongly recommend closing your browser after you have logged out. Slide 37 For more information on the AIMSweb system, reference your tab. From there, you can print and download the following documents, which will provide you with further information: The End Progress Monitoring Strategies for Writing Individualized Goals in General Curriculum and More Frequent Formative Evaluation Administration and Scoring Training Manuals for Use with General Outcome Measures (GOMs) AIMSweb Progress Monitor for Users Software Guide