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USER GUIDE

1. Technical Requirements, FAQs and Support 2

2. Logging in as an Admin 3

3. Logging in as a Teacher 9

4. Teach 13

5. Homework 16

6. Class Records 24

7. My Marking 30

8. Logging in as a Student 32

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1. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, FAQS AND SUPPORT

Technical Requirements• Current versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS

• HTML 5 compatible browsers – IE 10 and above, Chrome, Safari, Firefox

• MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Reader

• Ensure that your email system accepts emails from @harpercollins.co.uk and @e.harpercollins.co.uk

• If you are on a secure network and are having problems loading any content, add the following domains to your whitelist: *.collins.co.uk, jwpsrv.com, *.jwpcdn.com, cdn.mathjax.js, ajax.aspnetcdn.com, www.googletagmanager.com

HelpIn the top right of the screen there is a Help section which includes support material.

If you require support, please email education.support@harpercollins.co.uk or ring 0844 576 8126, option 3

If you would like the Admin logins given to anyone other than the original purchaser, we require the Headteacher to contact us for authorisation to release these details.

IntroductionTreasure House is a digital primary literacy resource delivered via Collins Connect, Collins’ digital platform. Developed specifically to help teachers implement the 2014 English National Curriculum, Treasure House provides essential language building blocks and star-studded children’s literature, all in one place.

Treasure House provides a flexible bank of digital pupil resources, organised into the skills laid out in the National Curriculum:

• Comprehension

• Composition

• Spelling

• Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar

A fifth section, Reading Attic, explores immersive literature and encourages reading for pleasure, with texts and activities from the most exciting children’s authors.

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2. LOGGING IN AS AN ADMINThe role of the admin is to set up all users on the system.

2.1 LOGGING IN

Go to Https://connect.collins.co.uk

Click on the Admin login. Enter your username and password. You should have received these by email. If you have any difficulty, please contact our support team.

The welcome page will give you 2 options:

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View subscriptions and Manage users.

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2.2 VIEW SUBSCRIPTONS

By clicking on this button you can see all of the titles you have subscribed to. You can browse these to view the content.

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2.3 MANAGE USERS

This option will allow you to add teachers, who will then have full access to the teacher areas within Collins Connect. Click on the Create user option in the bottom right. It will prompt you for various pieces of information. Date of Birth does not have to be the correct date if this is not known.

Every field is mandatory. The password can be set to anything you choose.

Once you have entered all the information, click Save. This will add your user and you will see them on the Manage users page. You can go edit the information by clicking on the individual entries.

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2.4 ADDING CLASSES

Collins Connect admins can set up classes and add students on behalf of teachers.

Log in as Admin and go into Manage Users.

If you already have users on the system, click on the people icon in the bottom right of the user.

Note – This can only be done once the user has been added to the system. If you would like to add users this can be done through the Create user button in the bottom right of the screen.

Once you have clicked into the people icon, you click on the Create class button in the bottom right of the screen.

You should then enter a Class name, and then type in the details of the first pupil. Use the Add pupil button in the bottom left to add pupils to this class.

Please enter the following details for each student:

• First name• Last name• Date of birth, in the format of DD/MM/YYYY• Gender, enter F/f or M/m• Year, in a range of 1–6 • Password, enter a password or leave blank for students to enter their own at the first login. If students ever forget their password, you can come into this section to check it

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If you enter an incorrect format, the system will alert you to this. Click on the plus icon to keep adding pupils to this class and once you have added all of them click on the Save class button. You will then be asked whether you would like to Create another class or Finish.

If you click on Create another class it will bring you back to the Create class page. If you click Finish it will save the class. You will then see the class appear on the teacher’s classes page with three icons to the right.

This option allows you to switch the class teacher for this group

This option allows you to edit the class name and add/remove pupils

You are able to delete the class if you don’t require it anymore (only the Admin can do this)

Your classes with pupils are now set up and the teacher is able to login and start recording judgements and results against curriculum statements.

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3. LOGGING IN AS A TEACHER3.1 LOGGING IN

Go to Https://connect.collins.co.uk

Click on the Teacher login. Enter your username and password. Please contact your admin for this information. The first time you log in, you will be able to change this password to a password of your choice.

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3.2 VIEW SUBCRIPTIONS

The welcome page will show the titles you have subscribed to. Click on Treasure House.

Choose from the following options: Teach contains the teacher-facing content required to deliver a lesson and accompanying pupil materials; Homework contains homework tasks; Class Records is where the results from homeworks are presented and where you can record and view mastery judgements for your pupils.

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3.3 ADDING CLASSES

Log in as a Teacher and click on My classes in the top right.

If you don’t have any classes already set up, you will need to add these. See instructions under Admin role under 2.4 ADDING CLASSES.

If students ever forget their password, come into this section to check what it is.

You will see all your classes in a list. To the right there are 3 icons:

This option allows you to split the class into groups

This option allows you to edit the class

Delete class – only Collins Connect Admins can do this

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3.4 CREATING GROUPS

Once you have clicked this icon, you can split your class into up to four groups. Drag the relevant pupils into each group. Give each group a name by clicking on Enter sub-group name.

Click on Save to save the changes.

3.5 EDITING A CLASS

Clicking this icon will open the class list page and allow you to edit the pupils within this class.

You can also deactivate pupils, for example if they leave your class. Click on the bin icon to do this. (Note, the deactivated pupils’ records will be kept in the system.)

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4. TEACHClick on Teach to access the teacher-facing content required to deliver a lesson.

The year groups that you have subscribed to will show on this screen. Select your year group.

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Once you have selected your year group, you will see all the strands in that year

Select a Strand to enter the Activity and Teaching notes for that strand.

Available for Years 1–6, each year of Treasure House has five sections:

• Comprehension [CMH] (15 units)• Composition [CMS]  (15 units)• Spelling [SPL] (14–22 units)• Vocabulary, Punctuation and Grammar [VGP] (approx 24 units)• The Reading Attic [RA] – showcasing HarperCollins Children’s fiction (5-6 books per Year, 4

units per book)

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By clicking on the Activity green tick, the activity will open.

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5. HOMEWORKThere are 2 ways to create homework

• Through the Teach section

• Through the Homework section

5.1 CREATING HOMEWORK THROUGH THE TEACH SECTION

Once in the Teach section, click on the Set homework button in the top right. Once in the content, click on Set homework button in the top right.

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Click the button above Assign on the right of the page to choose each unit. You can only select one unit at a time. If you would like to see the content of the unit, click the green box with the tick.

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Assign a unit and click on Finish and assign.

A pop-up box will then appear, allowing you to give your homework a title, and to add any instructions for your pupils

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Once the homework name and description have been entered, click OK to see a message to show that your Homework has created successfully.

5.2 ASSIGNING HOMEWORK

Your created homework will be sitting here, drag it into a class that you want to schedule it to.

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A message will pop up confirming that the Homework has been assigned to the class. Click on OK.

The homework will display within that class group. Click on Finish and review.

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Then select the date period for which the homework will be available to the class. Enter a Start and End date using the calendar date picker. Click on Confirm and notify students.

Once you have done this a confirmation message will show you that the Homework has been scheduled successfully.

5.3 CREATING HOMEWORK THROUGH THE HOMEWORK SECTION

You can also create and assign homework using the Homework button

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After choosing Homework, the year groups that you have subscribed to will appear in white boxes on your screen. Select one. Year groups not subscribed to will appear in grey boxes.

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5.4 ASSIGNING PRE-CREATED HOMEWORK

If you have already created the homework you want to use, you can assign it straight away to your classes, read 5.2 Assigning homework.

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After choosing Homework, the year groups that you have subscribed to will appear in white boxes on your screen. Select one. Year groups not subscribed to will appear in grey boxes.

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5.4 ASSIGNING PRE-CREATED HOMEWORK

If you have already created the homework you want to use, you can assign it straight away to your classes, read 5.2 Assigning homework.

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5.5 CREATING NEW HOMEWORK

If you want to create homework, click on the Create new homework button.

It will then show you all the strands available, select one.

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You will be shown the units within that strand. You can then follow the steps in 5.1 Creating homework through the Teach section and then once it is created follow the steps in 5.2 Assigning pre-created homework.

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6. CLASS RECORDSThe Class records area enables you to view the results of any homework you have set and to then use those results to help you set mastery judgements for your pupils. Click on Class records.

Select the year group. Note if you are responsible for more than one class, you will need to select a class before choosing the year group.

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You can now see an overview of the mastery judgements you have set for your class by strand.

There is a key on all pages to remind you what the red, amber, green and grey designations stand for.

You can choose to view the records for each strand by unit, pupil or strand using the green buttons.

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6.1 VIEW DATA BY UNIT

When you choose to view data by unit, a Unit summary screen will open initially. This gives an overview of the masteries you have set for the units covered so far in the strand you selected.

Click on View, add or edit mastery judgements to see homework results and set masteries for your pupils. You will see a table showing the total scores your students have achieved with the score for the final challenge question separated out and the smiley face indication of how the students found the activity. Question marks will appear instead of scores when an assignment is still running and there is still marking for you to do (see section 7 My marking).

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The mastery will be grey for each pupil initially to indicate a judgement needs to be made by you. You can use the information in the unit results table to decide on the mastery level for each pupil for the unit. The score in the separate challenge question should be used to help decide between an amber mastery (Mastery achieved) and a green mastery (Mastery achieved and exceeded). To make your mastery judgement, click on the grey circle. It will turn into a green, amber and red selection panel – click again on the colour you would like to select.

You can click on the speech bubble icon in the Comments column to record a short note on why you have made the particular judgement you have for each pupil.

If you set the same activity multiple times for the same class in the year, a plus icon will appear next to the date in each pupil row enabling you to view results from the previous assignments.

For further help in deciding on your mastery judgements, see how the pupils performed on each question in the activity. Click the View detailed scores button.

This opens a table listing the pupils’ scores question by question to help you establish areas where there might be particular strengths and weaknesses both class-wide and for individuals.

You can click on the overall score to view the students’ actual answers versus the correct answers.

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6.2 VIEW DATA BY PUPIL

Choosing to view data by pupil enables you to see at a glance how each of your pupils is performing across the units within a particular strand. The table lists the mastery judgements you have set for all of the units covered so far within a strand one pupil at a time.

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6.3 VIEW DATA BY STRAND

Choosing to view data by strand gives you a list of the pupils in your class and their mastery level for the strand overall.

The pupils’ mastery judgement for strand is calculated using the pupils’ results for the units within that strand. The calculation of the strand mastery judgement is made using the following rules. If you have judged the pupil to be amber for all units, they will be amber for the strand. If you have judged a pupil to be red for any units in the strand, they are red overall for the strand. Even if they have been judged as green for one or more of the units, they will still be red for the strand. If the pupil is green for any units and has no red judgements, they will be green overall for the strand.

As a teacher, you can override the mastery judgement calculated by the platform for each pupil by clicking on the coloured circle in the mastery column and selecting a different colour. You can provide a comment for your reasoning for doing this. Note however that once you have done this, the platform will no longer automatically update the strand mastery judgement for that pupil if they complete further units, so you will then need to continue to manually update their strand mastery judgement if necessary.

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7. MY MARKINGClick My Marking at the very top of the screen.

The homeworks you have set are displayed here showing whether there is any marking for you to do. There will be marking available if any pupils allocated to that homework have completed and submitted it. Each tile shows how many pupils have submitted the homework and there is a reminder of the deadline you set for it. Click on the tile for the homework you want to mark.

The following screen will allow you to mark the homework completed.

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The pupils that have completed their homework but have not been marked will appear in the top left under To do with the ones marked showing under Marked.

Once you have selected a pupil to mark, their unmarked questions will appear in the To do section at the top. To give each question a mark, use the circled number buttons above the submission box. Note guidance is given for you on how to assign marks for each question.

Once you have marked all available submissions for a particular question, the question number will move to the Done section on the right and turn green. Note that if further pupils’ submissions come in, that question will have moved back to the To do section the next time you log in.

You do not have to finish all marking in a single session. You can do as much or as little as you like. Click Save and send at the end of the session. If you have marked all questions in the homework for one or more pupils, you will be given the option to send those results immediately to the pupils. If you choose to do this, their results will appear in your class records and the pupils will also be able to see how they did in their results area. You can also choose not to send the results yet if you prefer to wait until you have marked all pupils’ submissions and send them all in one go at the end.

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8. LOGGING IN AS A STUDENT

8.1 LOGGING IN

Go to https://connect.collins.co.uk

Click on the Student login button and it will take you to the school selection page. Start typing in your school’s name and it should appear in the list. Click on your school name and you will be taken to the Student login page.

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Enter your date of birth, the first letter of your last name, and your year group, then select your name from the list. This will take you to the View homework page, where you can access any work assigned to you by your teacher, as well as results of completed work once your teacher has marked it.

Once logged in, any notifications for you will appear:

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8.2 COMPLETING HOMEWORK

Once logged in, the set homework for the pupil will appear. Click on the homework box for the homework to start. Note that the end date for the homework is in the bottom right of the box.

Read the instructions and work through the homework page-by-page. Click the green Next button to move forward a page, or the green Previous button to go back.

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At the end of all the questions, you can choose a smiley face to say how you found the homework. After that, or at any time, you can click the red Submit homework button at the top to send your homework to your teacher.

8.3 CHECKING RESULTS AS A STUDENT

Once logged in as a student, click the View my homework results button at the top. You will be asked to enter your password. If you do not know this, please ask your teacher.

All completed and marked homework will be listed on this page with the overall score and the smiley face feedback you gave it. Use the page numbers and arrows at the bottom to scroll between the pages.

If you have any questions or require support, please contact us on:

education.support@harpercollins.co.uk0844 576 8126 option 3

www.collins.co.uk/treasurehouse