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The English Attack! Independent Teacher LicenseGuide for Teachers, Tutors and Trainers

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What is the English Attack! Independent Teacher License?

PRO Multi-User License• School or Company pays for

both Teacher and Learner Access; both have access to platform pedagogical tools

Independent Teacher License• Teacher pays for Access and

Teacher Tools• Learners pay for their own

Access at discounted rate; benefit from Student Tools

A cost-effective tool for using English Attack! with your learners independently of a school or

organizational affiliation

Benefits English Attack! Independent Teacher License

• Premium Access for the Independent Teacher to all English Attack content

• A Teacher Platform• Teachers can create classes, assign students to classes, assign content

units to classes, track student activity, and communicate with the class

• Discounted Student Subscription• Independent Teachers can suggest that their Learners subscribe to

English Attack using the Independent Teacher’s special Learner code. This entitles them to a 25% educational discount on the normal Booster Pass subscription prices.

• A Student Interface• Learners having bought a Booster Pass can see their assigned class, their

assigned content units, their classmates and communicate with the teacher and the class

Getting Started English Attack! Independent Teacher License

From Price Plans on the Home Page, go to the bottom of the Price Plans page

and click on Teacher Price Plans

Getting Started English Attack! Independent Teacher License

Select a Price Plan

The additional features of the Independent

Teacher License vs. a normal Premium

Subscription are listed here.

Getting Started

Once you have created an account on English Attack! and purchased an Independent Teacher Booster Pass, or entered a demo code

giving you trial access to the Independent Teacher role, your starting point is the site Home Page, and specifically the My School tab that

you will now see in the main navigation bar of every page.

To get started in your Teacher role, click on My School

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Inviting Learners English Attack! Independent Teacher License

The next step is to invite your learners to be in your class. Distribute this code to as many learners as you want, asking them to use it when creating a

User Account on English Attack! Using this code will enable them to purchase a

Booster Pass (required for them to have access to your classes) at a special 25% Educational

Discount.

Inviting Learners

As your learners create User Accounts with your Code, they will appear in the My Students view (they will not be able to do assignments however until they

purchase a Booster Pass)


Learners having using your Code will automatically see the

Discounted Price Plan instead of the normal rates.

Creating Classes

Once you have created a roster of invited Learners, you can start to

create classes.


Creating Classes English Attack! Independent Teacher License


The class “Intermediate English” has now been created. Click on it to assign Learners to it from your

Learner roster.


From the Class Page, select “Students”


You can now add students to this class.


Simply click next to each Student to

add them to this class, and

be sure to click on

“Apply” when you are done. Students can

be assigned to multiple classes.

If you don’t recognize

your Learners’ usernames,

you can search for individual

learners by e-mail address, first name, or

last name.

Adding / Removing Studentsto or from a Class

English Attack! Independent Teacher LicenseStudents ToAn Existing Class

To add a Student to an existing class.

To remove a Student to an existing class.

Assigning Content UnitsTo A Class

Go to the main Video Booster or Photo Vocab page and

browse content pages to find the content units you want to

assign to your Class

You wish to assign this Video Booster to one

of your Classes:

Launch it




Assign To Class


Choose the class or classes to which you want to

assign this Content Unit (the same unit can be assigned to multiple

classes)

Click on SUBMIT


Managing your Assignments

You can choose how to

communicate the assignment to the

class, and make assignment

comments, here.

The next time you click on this Class, you

will see the added Content Unit. You can add as many Content

Units to a class assignment as you

want.


When the deadline for this assignment has passed and you

want to assign new content, clear old assignment (it will be stored in “Past Assignments”) and start new

assignment.

Checking AssignmentCompliance & Scores

For each Content Unit assigned, you can see who in the class has

completed it, and what score they obtained.


Viewing Students’ Activity Stream

Selected Class

Activities Tab

All activity on the site by students in

your Classes, most recent

first.You can

comment on the activity for

each item; this will be

visible to the Students on

this same wall.


Class Message Boards

Selected Class

Message Boards are class-specific.

Anyone in the class, as well as the

Teacher, can initiate a discussion or respond

to a new thread.


Message Board

Tab

Student’s View

Student’s View:Getting Started

This user is one of your Students.

He or she has created an account using the Code given

by you.You have assigned him or her

to one of your Classes.


As for a Teacher, the Student’s starting point is the site Home Page, and specifically the My

School Tab in the main navigation bar of every page.

Student’s View:Assignments

Student’s Class

Student’s current

Assignment

Once the Content Unit is completed, student can

practice it with a

Learning Game for long-term

memorization


Student’s View:Activities

Student can check and comment the Activities of other

Students in the Class

Student’s Class


Switching from Independent Teacher to affiliated PRO Teacher

• If at any point you want to switch yourself (and your learners) from an Independent Teacher license to a PRO multi-user license for your educational organization, paid for by the organization, contact us at [email protected]

• You will retain your created Classes, registered Learners and Class Activity histories on the site, as will your learners. All Teacher Tools and Student Views will continue to work as before.

mailto:[email protected]

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