Step by-step--associating standards

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Associating Questions to Questions

You can associate one or more specific standards to a question using the CPS™ Question Author.

To associate specific standards to a question, follow these instructions.

1. Select Prepare > Lessons & Assessments.

2. Select the lesson you want to associate standards with. Then, from the question side of the

window, double-click the question to be associated with a standard.

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3. The CPS - Question Author window appears.

4. In the Options group, click Question > Standards.

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5. The CPS - Question Standards window appears.

6. Click the box(es) beside the

standard(s) you want to associate

with this question. Click the plus

sign next to listed CPS databases

to see and select any child-level

standards contained in those

databases.

7. Click OK to save

the association and return to the

CPS Question Author.

8. In the Navigate group, click Save > Close to return to the Prepare > Lessons & Assessments

tab.

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The standards associated with a question will be visible on the question side (right side) of the

Lessons & Assessments window.

Associate Dynamic Standards to Questions

The Dynamic Standards feature allows you to easily align state standards to your questions during a

delivery session. This feature lets you choose a subset or a list of standards applicable to the lesson

you are engaging.

You can choose to be prompted with this subset before you ask each question, or you can

automatically apply all the standards in your subset to all of the questions in the lesson you are

engaging.

To associate Dynamic Standards to your questions

1. Select Engage > Lessons & Assessments.

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2. From the lesson side (left or top window), click the box next to the lesson you want to engage.

The Engage Options group appears.

3. From the Engage Options group, select Advanced.

4. The Advanced Engage Options window opens.

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5. Click the Dynamic Standards icon.

6. The Dynamic Standards Setup window opens to show all standards you have downloaded.

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7. Select each standard to be included in your subset.

8. Select or deselect the Prompt for Dynamic Standards and Automatically Align Selected

Dynamic Standards options at the bottom of the window.

a. Prompt for Dynamic Standards is the default setting. If you leave this option selected,

the Dynamic Standards Setup window will open with each question you ask. This

allows you to decide, upon delivering the questions, which standards to align with each

question. This option is especially useful with the Verbal Question feature.

b. If you choose Automatically Align Selected Dynamic Standards, CPS will

automatically align the standards you define in your subset with each question in your

session, and CPS will not prompt you with the Dynamic Standards Setup window.

c. You may also leave both boxes unchecked. If unchecked, CPS will not prompt you with

the Dynamic Standards Setup window, and CPS will not automatically align standards

to your questions. If you de-select both boxes, you can still select a subset of standards

and align those standards to your questions by clicking the dynamic standards button at

any time.

d. Note: If you currently have state standards aligned with your questions, you do not

need to re-select them in the Dynamic Standards Setup window. The standards you

choose in the Dynamic Standards Setup window will be aligned in addition to those

you have predefined.

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9. Click OK to return to the Advanced Engage Options window.

10. Click OK to return to the Engage >

Lessons & Assessments tab.

Note: Dynamic standards can be set

up at any time during a verbal

question session by clicking the

Dynamic Standards icon in the Verbal

Questions Setup window.

11. In the Teach group, click Engage to

start the lesson. If you chose to be

prompted with dynamic standards,

then the Dynamic Standards

Alignment window will appear when

you start your session. Choose your

standards and click OK.

12. To add more standards, you can click Settings to access all standards in your Database. Select

the additional standards then click OK.

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13. The additional standards will be added to the Dynamic Standards Alignment window for use

throughout the lesson, if desired.

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