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EducatorsCourseGuideTableofContents

CourseOverview.......................................................................................................................................... 2

Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2

Compatibility ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Fivecomponents ................................................................................................................................. 2

Additionalcomponents ....................................................................................................................... 3

AbouttheExercises ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Macrons ............................................................................................................................................... 4

Manuallygradingactivities .................................................................................................................. 4

ManagingYourCourse ................................................................................................................................ 5

Viewingyourstudents’grades ............................................................................................................ 5

Viewingyourstudents’quizzes/Manuallyadjustinggrades................................................................ 5

Exportingyourcourse’sgradebooktoExcel........................................................................................ 7

UsingEnrichmentReadings&ExercisesWorksheets .................................................................................. 8

Completingtheworksheets................................................................................................................. 8

Accepting,grading,andreturningelectronicallysubmittedworksheets ............................................ 8

Policies....................................................................................................................................................... 15

ModificationPolicy ............................................................................................................................ 15

End-of-TermCourseAdministrationPolicy ....................................................................................... 15

FAQs........................................................................................................................................................... 17



CourseOverview

Introduction

TheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewareisanessentialonlineancillaryforSusanC.Shelmerdine’sintroductoryLatintextbook,IntroductiontoLatin,SecondEdition.TheCoursewareisdesignedtoreinforcethelessonsinthetextbookandtheclassroom,aswellasallowstudentsto

workontheirowntimeandattheirownpace,focusandimproveontroubleareas,buildconfidenceusingLatin,andexpandonwhatthey’velearned.

Compatibility

IntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewarecanbeusedonWindows98andhigher,MacOSXandhigher,andtheiPad.Instructionsonhowtoentercharacterswithmacronsonallofthesesystems(necessaryfortheWorkbookexercises)areconvenientlyprovidedoneverypageofthe

CoursewareanddiscussedintheStudentCourseGuide.

Fivecomponents

TheCoursewaremirrorsthestructureofthetextbook,witheachchapterhavinguptofivecomponents.Adescriptionofthefivecomponentsfollows:

1. Vocabulary.Vocabularysectionshelpstudentsreview,practice,andlearnthechaptervocabulary.Resourcesincludeaudiorecordingsofthechaptervocabularyreadbytheauthor

(forfirstfivechapters),Latin-EnglishandEnglish-Latinflashcards,aPDFprintoutofthechaptervocabularyformattedsothatstudentscancoverupeithertheLatinortheEnglishwordsandpracticetranslating,andaninteractiveonlineactivitythatrequiresstudentstofillinthemissing

principlepartsoftheverbslearnedinthatchapter.

2. Readings.Readingsectionsaidstudentcomprehensionofthereadingsincludedinthetextbook.Thesesectionsincludeaudiorecordingsofthetextsineachchapterreadbytheauthorandher

colleaguesatUNC-Greensboro.Studentscanlistentotheseaudiorecordingsafterfirstreadingthetextssilently,tohelpappreciatespokenLatinandimprovepronunciation.Manyreadingsectionsalsoincludepre-readingworksheets.Theseworksheetsincludeexercisesforstudents

todobeforereadingthetexts,topreparethestudentforreadingthetextandimprovecomprehension.

3. Workbook.WorkbooksectionsincludealloftheexercisesfromtheIntroductiontoLatin,Second

EditionWorkbookbyEdDeHoratius,inonline,auto-correctingformats.Theseinnovativeexerciseshelpstudentsreviewandpracticegrammarlearnedineachchapterandbuild“reflexes”intheLatinlanguage.Exerciseformatsincludefill-in-the-blank,matching,multiple

choice,short-answer,andmore.Studentscandotheseexercisesafterreadingthechapterorlearningthematerialinclasstopracticewhatthey’velearned.Theycanalsoreturntoexercisesfromanearlierchapterforareview,orinpreparationforanexam.



Whenstudentscompleteanexercise,theyarethenimmediatelygivenascore,withtheircorrectanswersmarkedingreenwithacheckmark,andtheirincorrectanswersmarkedinred

withan“x”.Iftheyplacetheircursoroveranincorrectanswer,thecorrectanswerisshown.Astudentcanreviewhisorherscoresbyviewinghisorhergradebook(instructorscanviewawholeclassgradebookwitheverystudent’sscores).Theexercisesareprogrammedwiththe

defaultsettingthatallowsstudentstotrytheexercisesasmanytimesastheywish,withonlythehighestscorebeingsavedinthegradebook.[Formoreinformationongradingandexercisesettings,seeManagingyourcoursebelow.]

4. AdditionalExercises.SomeoftheearlierchaptersintheCoursewareincludeafewadditionalexercisesinthesamemoldastheWorkbookexercises,tobeusedinthesamefashion.Thesegenerallyaskstudentstofillinthemissingformsofanountopracticeaparticulardeclension,or

averbtopracticeaparticularconjugation.

5. EnrichmentReadings&Exercises.Onceastudenthasmasteredthechaptermaterial,heorshecanmoveontotheEnrichmentReadings&Exercises.Theseareacomplementarysetof

worksheetswithunadaptedLatinreadings,supplementalnotes,andreviewquestionsthathelpstudentsexpandonwhattheylearnedinthechapter.Readingsbyprominentauthorsarecarefullychosenforillustratinggrammarlearnedinthetextbook,aswellasfortheircultural,

historical,andliteraryvalue.Exercisesincludetranslatingschoolmottos.Instructorscanassigntheseatthecompletionofachapterorasoptionalextra-credit.

TheworksheetsareinPDFformandmustbereviewed/gradedbyaninstructor.Studentscan

eitherprintandcompletetheformsbyhand,orcompletethemelectronicallyandemailthemtotheinstructor.Formoreinformationonusingtheseworksheets,seeUsingEnrichmentReadings

&ExercisesWorksheetsbelow.

Additionalcomponents

• TheLatinAlphabet&Pronunciation.TheCoursewareincludesaudiorecordingsofthisentireintroductorychapterreadaloudbyAndrewBecker(VirginiaTech).Theseaudiorecordingsareveryhelpfulforstudentsbecauseitallowsthemtoactuallyhearthepronunciationrulesand

lessonsthatcanonlybedescribedwithwordsinthetext.Theseaudiorecordingscanbeassignedwiththereadingofthisintroductorychapter,sostudentscanlistenalongastheyread.

• StudentQ&AForum.Thisisaconvenientforumforstudentstopostanyquestionstheyhave

aboutLatin,andforstudents/instructorstorespond.



AbouttheExercises

TherearetwotypesofexercisesontheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCourseware.

Quiz.Quizactivitiesareautocorrectingactivitiesforavarietyofquestiontypes,includingmatching,

multiplechoice,fill-in-the-blank,andshortanswer.Theyaremarkedwithacheckmarkicon( ).

HotPot.HotPotactivitiesareautocorrectingexercisesforflashcardandfill-in-the-blankquestion

types.TheyaremarkedwiththeHotPotatoicon( ).

Bothoftheseexercisetypesaredesignedtobeself-explanatorysothatstudentscanclickandcompletetheseintuitively.Nevertheless,step-by-stepinstructions(withscreenshots)onhowto

completetheseexercisesareincludedintheStudentCourseGuide.Toseefirsthandthestudent’sexperienceofcompletingtheseexercises,consulttheStudentCourseGuideand/ortryoutanexerciseonthestudent’sdemocourse.

Macrons

Workbookexercisesrequirestudentstoentermacrons.Guidesareprovidedonthecoursepages

showingstudentshowtoconvenientlyandeasilyentermacronsonallplatforms,includingiPads(seescreen-shotbelow).Answerswithoutmacronswillreturnascoreof“incorrect.”

Manuallygradingactivities

TheonlineIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEditionCoursewareincludesallofthequestionsthatareofferedintheprinteditionoftheWorkbookbyEdDeHoratius,includingthosethatrequireshortanswerorfreeresponsequestions.Alloftheseexercises,withafewexceptions,donotneedtobe

gradedbyaninstructorbecausetheyareequippedwithcomputer-generatedfeedbackthatidentifycorrectandincorrectanswersandrecordthescoresinthestudentgradebook.

Theexceptions—thereareonlyfour—areexercisesinwhichcorrectanswerswillvaryfromstudent

tostudent.Thesefourexerciseshavebeenmarkedwithanasterisk(*)tohighlighttoboththestudentsandinstructorsthatthesequestionsrequireormayrequireinstructorreview.



Instructionsonhowtoreviewquizattemptsandmanuallyadjustgradesimmediatelyfollows.

ManagingYourCourse

Viewingyourstudents’grades

Toseeyourstudents’grades,clickthe“Grades”linkinthe“Settings”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.Youmayneedtoscrolldownthepagetofindit.

Viewingyourstudents’quizzes/Manuallyadjustinggrades

ToseethedetailsoftheQuizzes,clickthe“Quizzes”linkinthe“Activities”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.

Toseeyourstudents’specificscoresforeachattemptonthatquiz,clicktheappropriatelinkinthe“Attempts”column.



Toseetheanswersastudentgaveforthatparticularattempt,clickontheappropriatelinkintheQuestioncolumn.

Toadjustthegrade,select“Makecommentoroverridemark.”

Afterreviewingtheanswers,enterinthenewgradeinthe“Note”boxifthestudent’sanswerswarrantedahighergradethantheauto-correctionawarded.



Exportingyourcourse’sgradebooktoExcel

Toexportyourcourse’sgradebooktoanExcelspreadsheet,firstopenthegradebookbyclickingthe“Grades”linkinthe“Settings”sectionoftherightsidebaronyourcoursepage.

Fromthe“Chooseanaction…”dropdownmenuinthetop-leftcornerofthegradebook,choose“Excelspreadsheet”underthe“Export”header.

Fromthispage,youcanmodifywhatwillactuallybeexported:

• “Includefeedbackinexport”willputanyfeedbackyouprovidedyourstudentsontheuploadingassignmentsintothespreadsheet.

• “Previewrows”setsthenumberofrowsyouwillseeonthepreviewofyourexportedsheet;itdoesnotaffecttheendfile,butcanhelpyoujudgehowthespreadsheetwilllook.

• “Gradeexportdisplaytype”allowsyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttoexportyourstudents’gradesasnumericalvalues(“Real”),percentages,orlettergrades(e.g.,apercentagegradeof95getsexportedasan“A”).

• “Gradeexportdecimalpoints”letsyouchoosethenumberofdigitspastthedecimalofeachgradethatyouwantreportedintheexport.

• Finally,“Gradeitemstobeincluded”letsyouchoosewhichassignments’gradesareactuallyexported.Bydefault,allofthemare,butyoucanremovesomesothat,forexample,onlyonechapter’sgradesareexported.



Onceyouhavechosenyourexportoptions,scrolltothebottomofthepageandclick“Submit.”ThenextpagewillprovideyouwithapreviewofwhattheExcelspreadsheetwilllooklike.Ifyouare

satisfied,clickthe“Download”buttontoretrieveyourexportedgradebook.

UsingEnrichmentReadings&ExercisesWorksheets

Completingtheworksheets

ThePDFworksheetsaredesignedtobecompletedintwopossibleways:

1. Worksheetscanbeprintedandcompletedbyhand.

2. Worksheetscanbecompletedelectronically,andtheneitherprintedorsentelectronicallytoaninstructororotherdesiredrecipient.

DirectionsforprintingtheworksheetsaswellascompletingandsendingthemelectronicallyareincludedintheStudentCourseGuide.Iftheinstructorwishestoassigntheseworksheets,heorsheshoulddecidewhichofthesetwo(orboth)isanacceptablewayforastudenttosubmitthem.The

followinginstructionsexplainhowtheinstructorcanaccept,grade,andreturnworksheetscompletedelectronically.

Accepting,grading,andreturningelectronicallysubmittedworksheets

Instructorscangradeelectronicallysubmittedworksheetsoneoftwoways:

PrintingtheWorksheets.Theeasiestwayforinstructorstogradeaworksheetistoprintit,gradeitbyhand,andreturntothestudentinperson.Tomakesurethedocumentprintswiththestudent’sanswers,selectDocumentandMarkupsfromthedropdownlistunderComments&Formsonthe

printmenu.Makesurethestudent’sanswersareshownontheprintpreviewwindowbelow.



GradingandReturningtheWorksheetsElectronically.Instructorscanalternativelygradetheworksheetelectronically,andreturnittothestudentelectronically.Thissectiondiscusseshowto

gradeandreturntheworksheetelectronically.

1. ReviewtheStudentCourseGuidetomakesurestudentsunderstandtheprocessandhavecorrectlymarked-upandsubmittedtheworksheetselectronically.

2. YouwillneedAdobeReaderXItocompletethesesteps.Youcandownloadthisprogramforfreeat:http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html.

3. OpenthesubmittedworksheetwithAdobeReader.ClickonCommenttoopenthecomment

pane.



4. Onthepanethatappears,clickonthestampicon[AddStamp].ThenplaceyourcursoroverSignHere>.Onthemenuthatthenappears,clickonthegreencheckmark.

5. Withthegreencheckmarkselected,clickonthestampbutton[AddStamp]again.Thenclickon

AddCurrentStamptoFavorites.



6. Repeatsteps4and5,butswitchgreencheckmarkforred“X”.Thegreencheckmarkandred“X”shouldnowappearinyourfavoriteslist.

7. SelectgreencheckmarkfromfavoriteslistunderAddStamp.Yourcursorshouldnowbeagreencheckmark.Placethecheckmarknexttocorrectanswers.



8. Repeatwiththered“X,”placingitnexttoincorrectanswers.

9. Commentonincorrectanswersbyclickingonthe“T”[AddTextComment]button.Clickwhereyouwanttoenteryourcomment.ThenchangeyourtextcolorbyclickingonTextColorbutton

onthetexttoolbar.



10. Youcannowtypeyourcommentinacolorthatdistinguishesitfromtheotherwritingintheworksheet.

11. WhenyouarefinishedgradingtheWorksheet,addacommenttothetopofthepagewitha

finalscore.

12. Whenyouareallfinishedgradingtheworksheet,savethefilebyclickingonSaveAs...undertheFiletab.



13. Toemailthefilebacktothestudentorsendtootherdesiredrecipient,clickSendFile...undertheFiletab.

14. Chooseyourpreferredemailoption,andclickContinue.

15. SendyouremailtothestudentorotherdesiredrecipientwithcompletedPDFattached.



Policies

ModificationPolicy

Youarewelcometoaddnewresourcesandmaterialstoyourcoursepage,butpleasedonoteditor

changeanyofthematerialsthatcomewithyourcoursepage.Ifyouaccidentallyorpurposefullychangeanyofthematerialsthatcomewithyourcoursepageandneedthemtoberepaired,youwillbechargedafeeof$65.00perhourfortherepairs.

FocusPublishingwillnotbeabletotrainyouinhowtouseMoodle.However,thereisalinktotheMoodlewebsiteatthebottomofyourcoursepage.

Therearealsolinkstocontextualpop-uphelppagesinalloftheeditingpages.

End-of-TermCourseAdministrationPolicy

Attheendofyourpurchasedterm(usuallyamaximumof15monthsfromwhenyoupurchased

yourcourse),ifyourcourseisstillavailable(notreplacedwithaneweredition)andyouwanttorenewyourcourse,thesiteadministratorwillremoveallofthestudentdatafromittoprepareitforthenextschoolyear.Tosaveyourcourse’sgrades,seetheinstructionsforexportingthegradebook



toanExcelspreadsheetabove.Ifyouwillneedextratimetosaveyourgrades,makesurethatyoue-mailthesiteadministratoratcustomer@hackettpublishing.com;otherwise,thegradeswillbe

removedwiththerestofthestudentdata.

Ifthereisanewversionofthecourseavailablewhenyourenew,youwillbesuppliedwithacleancopyofit.Otherwise,youwillbeallowedtokeepyouroriginalcoursepage,includingany

modificationsthatyouhavemadetoit.



FAQs

FAQs:InstructorsRegistrationQuestionsHowdoIregister? FollowtheregistrationinstructionsontheIntroductiontoLatin,SecondEdition

Categorypage.Howlongdostudentshaveaccessfor?

Studentshaveaccesstothedurationofthecourse,asprovidedduringregistration(maximum15monthsfromstartdate).

Howdomystudentsregister?

Soonafterregistering,thesiteadministratorwillnotifyyouwhenyoursiteisavailable,andwillprovideyouwithinstructionsonhowstudentscanregister,whichyoucandistributetotheclass.

GeneralQuestionsCanIchangemyusername,name,orpassword?

Tochangeyourname,password,oremailaddressassociatedwithyouraccount,selectEditProfileintheSettingsblock.

Tochangeyourusername,emailbothyourcurrentusernameandyourdesiredusernamefromyouraccountemailaddresstocustomer@hackettpublishing.com.

HowdoIturneditingon?

Clickonthe“Turneditingon”buttonintheupperrightcornerofyourcoursepage.



HowcanImoveanitem?

Witheditingturnedon,clickonthearrowsnexttoresourceyouwishtomove.

Whenthepagereloads,clickontheboxinthespottowhichyouwishtomovetheresource.

HowcanIhidesomematerialonthesitesothatteacherscanviewitbutnotstudents?

Witheditingturnedon,clickonthe“openeye”icontohidetheresource.Hiddenresourcesarenotviewablebystudents.

Tounhidearesource,clickontheclosedeyetoopenit.

CanIaddmyownmaterialtothesite?

FocusCoursewaredoesnotprohibityoufromaddingmaterialtoyoursite,butpleasenotethatanyaddedmaterialsmaybelostwhenyoursubscriptionends,evenifthecourseisrenewed,orwhenanewversionofMoodleisreleasedandthesiteisupdated.Also,pleasenote:Ifyoumakeaccidentalchanges,torestoredefaultsettings,whenpossible,therewillbeaservicefeeof$65/hr.

HowdoImakemypageloadfaster?

Viewonly1chapteratatime,sothemanyhundredsofresourcesinthesitedon’tneedtobedisplayedsimultaneously.Todothis,clickontheboxtotherightofthechapteryouwanttoview.

Scrolldownandselectachapterfromthedropdownlisttoviewthatoneinstead:



HowcanIlinkto/frommyschool’sownMoodle/Blackboardsite?

YourCoursewaresiteandeachoftheresourcesonthesitehasitsownuniqueURL.ToobtainthisURL,opentheresourceorcoursemainpageandcopytheURLfromyourbrowser’snavigationbar.

ToaddalinkinMoodle,makesureeditingisturnedon,andthenselect“URL”fromthe“Addaresource”drop-downlist.

PastetheURLintothe“ExternalLink”field.



Quiz/HotPotQuestionsCanIchangeaquizorHotPotactivitysothatstudentscanonlytakeitonce?

Quiz:Witheditingturnedon,editthequiz/hotpotsettingsbyclickingonthe“handwriting”icon:

Thenselectthenumberofattemptsstudentsareallowedtotake.Forquizzes,thiswillbefoundinthe“Attemptsallowed”category.

HotPot:ForHotPot,thiswillbeunderthe“Extrarestrictionsonattempts”category.(Thiscategoryisanadvancedoption.Click“showadvanced”ifitisnotdisplayed.)



CanIsetduedatesonquizzes/HotPotactivities?

Quiz:Inthequizsettings,enablethe“Closethequiz”categoryandselecttheappropriateduedate.

HotPot:Inthehotpotsettings,enablethe“Availableuntil”featureandselecttheappropriatedate.(Thiscategoryisanadvancedoption.Click“showadvanced”ifitisnotdisplayed.)

TodisplaytheduedateontheentrypagefortheHotPotactivity,select“showentrypage”andturnon“dates”underHotPotsettings.

Whatfeedbackdostudentsreceivewhentheytakeaquiz?CanIchangethefeedbacktheyreceive?

Thedefaultsettingisgenerally“deferredfeedback,”inwhichthestudentcompletestheentireexercise,submitsit,andthenreceivesascore,adetailedreportofwhatanswerswerecorrectandincorrect,andwhatthecorrectanswersresponsesshouldhavebeen.Intheuncommoninstancethattherearemultipleexercisesperquiz,theadaptivemodeorimmediatefeedbackmodecanbechosentogivefeedbackonindividualexercisesastheyarecompleted.Select“manuallygraded”tomanuallygradethequiz.



CanIdifferentiatebetweenquizzes/hotpotsthataretakenforagrade,andthosethatareoptionalorpracticeforstudents?

1. Createaspecialcategoryforgradedquizzes/hotpots.First,click“Grades”inthe“Settingsblock.”Thiswillallowyoutoview“GradeAdministration”settings.

2. With“GradeAdministration”nowvisible,click“Simpleview”

under“Gradeadministration”inthe“Settings”block.

3. Addcategory;enteranameandadjustsettingsifdesired.

4. Returnto“Simpleview”instep1.Checkquizzes/hotpotsthat

youwanttobegraded,andmovethemtothecategoryyoucreatedinstep2.Quizzeswillnowappearinseparatecategoryingradebook.

Don’tseeyourquestion?Visithttp://moodle.org/formoreinformationontheMoodleplatform,[email protected].

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