Interactive Tutor
Self-Assessment (ITSA)
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The Interactive Tutor
Self-Assessment Software allows your students to check their subject matter
knowledge and understanding as they work through their textbook. |
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ISSUES:
General The answers do not print on a student report. The fonts used for the overviews, quizzes, and reports do not
appear properly. A student forgets his or her password. The teacher password does not work or is not available. The program does not correctly interpret a student’s typed
response. A student cannot repeat a quiz. The Score Item button is not available for a quiz. The software displays an error message when a student attempts
to save his or her work. New student records are not saved in the appropriate location. What steps are required to remove (uninstall) the program? How do you get into the Teacher Utilities? Will this program run on Windows 2000/XP or OSX? Can this program be networked? Mac Issues |
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
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Windows:
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MAC:
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Power Mac or
higher ·
OS 8.6 (or
higher) ·
Color monitor ·
High-density
3.5” disk drive ·
3 MB RAM ·
Mouse ·
Printer
(optional, but recommended) |
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INSTALLATION TIPS:
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Windows 98/2000/XP:
1. Insert Program Disk 1 into the Floppy Drive. For
the CD version, insert CD in CD drive. 2. Click START and choose RUN. 3. Type a:\setup and press ENTER. For the
CD version enter the drive letter for the CD in place of the a: (example D:\setup). 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. 5. The program creates the necessary folders. The default folder is ITSA. Network Installation for Windows: 1. Insert Program Disk 1 into the Floppy Drive. For
the CD version, insert CD into the CD drive. 2. Click on Start, then Run. 3.
Floppy version, type a:\setup.exe and press ENTER.
For
the CD version enter the drive letter for the cd-rom
drive in place of the a: (example D:\setup). 4. Change the
destination folder to the network drive and click OK to install the program. 5. Once
installation is complete, close the installation windows. 6. Create a
shortcut on the local workstation desktop that browses out to ITSA.exe located in the network ITSA folder. 7. Launch the
program by double clicking on the shortcut. |
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Macintosh Install:
1.
Insert Program
Disk 1 into the disk drive. For the CD
version, insert CD into CD drive. 2.
Double-click
the installation program icon. 3.
Indicate the
folder where you want to install the program. 4.
Follow the onscreen
instructions. 5.
The program
creates the necessary folders. The
default folder is Interactive Tutor with another
folder inside that has the name of the title of the book (example: American
History-Early Years). 1.
Insert
the Interactive Tutor
Self-Assessment Software installation disk in the disk drive. 2.
Double-click
the installation program icon. 3.
Indicate
the server and folder where you want to install the program. 4.
Follow
the prompts on the screen. The installation program creates a folder called Interactive
Tutor and another
folder inside it (example, Network Server: Interactive Tutor: American History). 5.
Then
the installation program copies the necessary files to the network server. 6.
Remove
the installation disk from the drive. Startup Instructions: 1.
Turn
on the computer. 2.
Locate
the Interactive Tutor program icon for the appropriate textbook. 3.
Double-click
the program icon to start the software. 4.
Click
on the splash screen to display the Student Registration dialog box. 5. If the Main menu already appears on
the screen, choose Open. 6.
Record option from the File menu to display the Student Registration
dialog box. |
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Network Considerations: ·
The
Interactive Tutor Self-Assessment Software can be installed and run
from a network server. However, you can use the network resources to print
reports and store student performance data even if you install the program on
individual computers. ·
If
your computers are connected to a network, printing is handled automatically.
The program directs all reports to the specified printer, and the software
prints the student's name on all performance reports. ·
Another
benefit of using a network is that you can use it to store class information.
This is especially useful when you create or update classes. If you install
and run the program from a network server, students can access their files
from one central location. On stand-alone computers, you must copy the class
information to each computer. |
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ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS: |
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Solution: The preference options are initially set to
print answers, but you can turn this option off. Check the setting in the teacher utilities. |
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Issue: The fonts used for the overviews, quizzes, and reports do not
appear properly. |
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Solution: Windows: The
program requires these TrueType fonts:
Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New. Macintosh: The
program requires |
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Solution: Use the Update
Student Information option in Teacher Utilities to determine |
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Issue: The teacher password does not work or is not available. |
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Solution: |
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Issue: The program does not correctly interpret a student’s typed
response. |
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Solution: The
program does not accept misspelled words.
Proper capitalization is also required. For example, if the student enters “great
depression” it would be marked as incorrect since the answer it was looking
for was “Great Depression”. |
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Solution: The initial preference setting allows
students to repeat any quiz, but you can turn this option off. Check the settings in the teacher utilities
for the class assigned to your students. Steps:
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Solution: The Score Item button is initially
enabled, but may be turned off. Check
the class setting in the teacher utilities. Steps:
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Issue: The software displays an error message when a student attempts to
save his or her work. |
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Solution: Students must have the proper write-access
privileges before they can save their work to a network server. |
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Issue: New student records are not saved in the appropriate location. |
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Solution: By default, the ITSA program attempts to
save new student data in the program folder.
Change the data path using the Set Data Location option. Steps:
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Issue: What steps are required to remove (uninstall) the program? |
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Solution: Windows: Locate the
ITSA files on the hard-drive or Network drive and delete folder. Macintosh: Drag the
program folder (HardDrive: Interactive Tutor) and
its contents to the trash can. |
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Solution: |
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Solution: Cursory testing performed on Windows XP and
2000 machines have not revealed any issues. For Mac, this program will run in
Classic mode. Our customer base uses a
wide variety of operating systems and applications and our software must be
developed to be used on some lower end systems to meet our customer
needs. Because of this, we cannot
guarantee that our software will always work as expected as new operating
systems and other applications are developed.
We encourage you to give our products a 'test drive' on any new system
you plan to implement. If you are not
satisfied with the performance of our products, we will do our best to
deliver a compatible product to you in a timely manner or refund your money |
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Solution:
Yes, this program is networkable. It has been tested on a Windows server.
Windows instructions are here: Win Network
Installation . This product has not been tested on a Mac server. Mac
server instructions are here: Mac Network Installation
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Issue: On
Macintosh OS 9 (OSX machines running Classic also) the default password was
changed and no one knows what it is. |
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Solution: 1. Backup the program. 2. Open ITSA and at the student login screen, click on
ALL CLASSES and write down all class names exactly as they appear. Note:
If there is only 1 class you can open the ITSA Classes
document in TextEdit and write down the class name
immediately following 'No Class Assigned.' 3. On the Hard drive, open the Classes
subfolder of Interactive Tutor and drag the ITSA Classes document to
the trashcan. 4. Login as the teacher using the default password and
add new classes using same class names you wrote down earlier. |
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