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 Wiley’s leading

titles in – Engineering & Computer Science– Math & Statistics– Sciences

eGrade features and benefits

Homework & Quiz Management -Grades assignments online-Delivers instant feedback to students-Ability to view statistics and scores online

Robust Wiley Content Book specific content maximizes eGrade’s functionality

Easy assignment editor -Create new assignments or modify existing ones-Define start and end date/time

Algorithmic questions -Receive a different question each time an assignment is created

Visit http://www.wiley.com/college/solutions for a complete list of eGrade features and benefits

Student - Related Links

Class Specific Description

Instructor - Related Links

Sample Class Homepage

http://egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpirozzi UNIQUE URL

After logging in click appropriate link to:•Create assignments

•Create or modify individual questions

•View grades for an individual student or

your entire class

Create Assignments

Modify Assignments

Remove Assignments

Give your assignment a meaningful name

eGrade walks you through creating a new assignment step-by-step

Select question bank that you want to pull questions from Preview questions by clicking

on question

This is an algorithmically generated question. Click “Refresh” to Generate new values for the parameters.

Algorithmically generated questions are dynamic questions that present different values each time a student attempts to complete a question.

Check boxes for the questions you want to add

Then click “Add Selected”

To add questions:

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

Visual Summary of Assignment

Preview a visual summary of your new assignment before saving it

Upon selecting the finish button you will see your newly created assignment!

We are done with the Assignment Editor

Now let’s take a look at the Question Bank Editor

Question Bank Editor is used to:

eGrade supports multiple question types

Create a new testbank

Upload one from your computer

Edit an existing testbank

Delete a testbank

4 Key steps to writing a new question:

1. Input question

2. Input answer choices and select correct answer

3. Choose if you want answers scrambled

4. Choose how many correct answers

You can add comments to questions. e.g. “If you get this question wrong please see me immediately”

You can also provide hints to each student. e.g. “The correct answer is greater than 1 and less than 3”

Student View

Students access eGrade by:

http://egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpirozzi

•Going to their class-specific URL

•Selecting the “Register for this Class” link

We will now see how students access eGrade

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

Assignment Selection Menu

Students choose assignment to complete from those that you have made available in your course

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 they’re done

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

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

The Gradebook allows you to display the results of a class assignment in a wide variety of ways

By selecting a student’s name you can pull up detailed information for that student on a particular assignment

Shows student and class information

Shows details of the assignment history for the student

Shows:

•Grade received

•Date taken

•Completion time

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.

eGrade allows you to manually change a student’s grade

I’m going to give everyone in the class that got this right extra credit because we did not cover this problem in the lecture.

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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

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

Thank you!