The Classroom Performance System (CPS)
Using the Classroom Performance System (CPS) 5.0
- Create a New Database (Suggestion: Save it in the CPS_Databases folder on your H: drive and include your name in the file name. This file will hold all of your lessons and classes)
- Detect your CPS Receiver
- Click Settings.
- Click Delivery Options.
- Select Receiver tab.
- Click Detect Receiver.
- Click Ok.
- Create a Class
- Click the Prepare tab.
- Click the Classes & Students button.
- Click NewClass. The CPS New Class Wizard Appears and will walk you through creating a class.
- After finishing the wizard. Click on the class you have created and then click NewStudent and enter students’ information into the table.
- Adding Current ExamView Content
- From the Prepare tab, click Lessons & Assessments
- Click AddFile(s)… in the “Lessons” section.
- Browse your computer to find the ExamViewtest file you would like to add and click Open.
- The ExamView file will now be located in the ExamViewfolder in the Lessons tab.
- Or, right click on New CPS File.cps and choose Add File(s)
- Engage Students
- From the Engage Tab, select Lessons & Assessments
- Place a check mark beside of the assessment you would like to use. Note the questions appear to the right.
- Click on the Engage button
- Use the Toolbar to run the assessment.
- Click on Next to bring up the first question and/or to advance to the next question.
- Click on Questions to list the questions in the assessment.
- Verbal goes to verbal mode.
- Chalkboard goes to chalkboard mode.
- Close—closes the toolbar
- Running the Session
- Once the question appears, use the information located at the bottom of the window to control the questions.
- Click on Start to made the question available to student responses
- Click the arrow to the right of the timer to start the timer. The + and – are used to increase and decrease the time allotted to the question.
- Press end to end the time allowed for the question if the time has not run out.
- The graph icon will display how the students answered the question.
- The four arrows icon will allow you to move the window around.
- The blue person icon will allow you to randomly select a student and/or response pad.
- Out of the Box Engagement, On the Fly Assessment
- From the Engage tab, click the Engage Verbal icon.
- Type a Session Title of your choice.
- Select a class that you have previously created or click Create to create a default class and follow the screen directions.
- Click OK to start
- The Engagement Toolbar floats over any content that you would like to display (websites, MS Powerpoint, MS Word, etc.) on your PC.
- Click the Verbal… button on the Toolbar and select the type of question from the pull-down menu (ie: Multiple Choice A-D). The software will begin receiving responses.
- Click End to stop receiving responses.
- After receiving responses, mark the correct answer by using the Correct Answer pull-down menu at the bottom of the charting screen.
- Click Close to close the charting screen and move to the next question.
- Create your own Content, to be engaged as Teacher-Managed, Student-Managed, or as a Challenge Board
- From the Prepare tab, click the Lessons & Assessments button.
- Select NewLesson.
- Provide your desired Lesson name. Click Ok.
- Highlight your newly named Lesson and select NewQuestion.
- In the ‘format” section select the question type (ie: “MC4” for Multiple Choice with 4 answer choices)
- (To change the font to be viewed on the screen, select the options from the “font” section. Note: You can select the “check mark” icon to select the question and answer stems to change them all at once.)
- (If you want to put in graphics, choose TemplateAdd Graphicsfrom the “format” section, choose where you want the graphics to appear, click the picture area, and browse for your file.)
- Provide the appropriate question, and answer choices.
- Check correct answer in the check box.
- Assign appropriate Standards, Notes, or Media files, by clicking on the Question icon in the “Options” section.
- Save the Question by clicking the Diskette icon.
- Engaging Pre-made or ExamView Questions
- From the Engage tab, check the Lesson orLessonsthat you would like to engage.
- (To engage in Teacher Led, Student Paced orStudent Practice mode, click Assessment Setup and then the appropriate mode at this point.)
- Click Engage Teach.
- Give a Session Title of your choice
- Select the appropriate class from the Class pulldown menu or Select Create to create your class and follow the screen directions.
- Click OK to start
- Click Next on the floating tool bar
- Click Start to begin receiving responses.
- Creating a Challenge Board
- From the Preparetab, click on Team Activities
- Click New
- Create titles for the Challenge Board and Categories and click OK.
- Browse the Lessons window to find the questions you want to include on the challenge board.
- Drag questions (one at a time or multiple) to the category icons on the right side (note: you can drag the question to the specific point values or to the category title.
- Click FileClose on the Menu Bar.
- From the Team Activities tab, click on Challenge Board
- Highlight the Challenge Board you created and click Engage.
- Hint: During play it is helpful to use the student generator button to allow a random student to choose a category.