Renaissance Learning 2Know User manual

User’s Manual
Combine easy-to-use
software and wireless,
handheld remote
devices to help
teachers maximise
classroom
participation and
instantly assess
students’academic
performance.
Classroom Response System
with AccelTestTM Software and the AccelScanTM Scanner

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Welcome to AccelTest and the 2Know! Classroom
Response System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How the 2Know! Classroom Response System Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How AccelTest Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using AccelTest to Create, Assign and Score Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using AccelTest with Teacher-Paced Sessions (for In-Class Assignments) . . . . . . . . . .2
Programs You Will Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
AccelTest Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Renaissance Wireless Server Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Other Programs that You May Use with the 2Know! Classroom Response
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learning AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Online Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Need More Help?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Started with the AccelTest Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Starting the AccelTest Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking for Updates to the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Getting the AccelTest Version and Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Navigating the AccelTest Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tasks to Be Completed for AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Closing the AccelTest Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Getting Started with the 2Know! Classroom Response System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting Up the 2Know! Classroom Response System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Assigning a Unique Name to Each Receiver If You Have More than One. . . . . . . . . . . .9
Changing the Administrator PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Assigning a Student Owner to Each Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing a Student’s Personal Identification Number (PIN) for a Responder . . . . . . 13
Displaying a Forgotten Student PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Resetting the Student Owner of a Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Responder Firmware Versions and Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Classes and Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Classes Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adding a Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adding a Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enrolling Students in a Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Removing Students from a Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Importing Classes from Renaissance Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Importing Student Names from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About Comma Separated Value (CSV) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
About Importing Data from Other Desktop Renaissance Learning Programs . . . . . . .23
How to Import Students from a CSV File or Another Desktop Program. . . . . . . . . . . .23
Editing a Class Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Editing Student Names or IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deleting a Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Exporting Student Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deleting a Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding Standards to Your Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding Standards from the Renaissance Learning Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Adding Standards from a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Deleting Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Up Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing the List of Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Preferences That Affect Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Item (Question) Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating Assignments in AccelTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding Graphics, Equations and Plots to Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding Graphics to Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Adding Equations to Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Adding Plots to Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Creating a New Score Key for an Existing Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating a New Score Key for Assignments That Will Be Done on Responders
or NEO 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Creating a New Score Key for Assignments That Will Be Scored with
Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Scanning a Card with the Correct Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Aligning Items to Standards on an Assignment or Score Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Importing Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing (Editing) Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adding Items to the Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adding One Item to the End of the Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adding Multiple Items, or Adding Items from the Libraries or Other
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Changing (Editing) an Item on an Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Moving Items on an Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Changing Assignment Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Changing the Assignment Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Changing (Editing) Score Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Copying Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Printing a Single Copy of an Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Previewing Responder or NEO 2 Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exporting Assignments or Score Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Deleting Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Viewing a Class Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adding Assignments to the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adding an AccelTest Assignment or Score Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Adding a Points-Only Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Assigning Assignments to Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Printing Assignments for Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the Dates, Category and Other Properties for Record Book
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
How Students Complete Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the Responder or NEO 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Completing In-Class Assignments, Including Quizzes, Tests and Exams,
Using a Responder or NEO 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Completing Homework Using the Responder Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using the AccelScan Scan Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
For Manual Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Scoring Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Scoring Assignments with the Responder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Scoring Assignments with the NEO 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Scoring Assignments with the AccelScan Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Starting the Scanning Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Scanning Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Ending the Scanning Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Scoring Assignments Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Scoring Points-Only Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Overriding Scores in the Record Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Viewing Assignment Scores in the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
About the Scores and Status Messages in the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Changing How Scores Are Shown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Viewing Students’ Scores for Each Item on an Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
How Marks Are Calculated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Term, Semester and Final Grades (Marks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
How AccelTest Preferences Affect Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Categories (Category Weights) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Grading Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Extra Credit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Two Ways to Choose Extra Credit Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

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How AccelTest Uses Points Possible with Extra Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
How Category Weights Work with Extra Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Exporting Scores from AccelTest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Exporting Results from One Class’s Assignments in the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Exporting Detailed Scoring Data for One Assignment and Multiple Classes . . . . . . . .97
Unassigning Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing Assignments from the Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sending Notes to Students’ Renaissance Responders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
How to Send Notes to Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
How Students Get and Read Notes on Their Responders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
How Teachers View the Note History for a Student, Change Notes and Delete
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Using Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
What Are Sessions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the Teacher-Paced Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting a Session for Projected Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Starting a Session for Existing Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Starting a Session for Verbal Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Starting a Session for PowerPoint Slides (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
PowerPoint Sessions with an Existing Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
PowerPoint Sessions with Verbal Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Using the Student-Paced Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
How Students Answer Questions on Responders and NEO 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Multiple-Choice, True/False and Yes/No Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Numeric-Response Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Short-Answer Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Viewing Information on Past Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Printing or Previewing AccelTest Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Report Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Assignment Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Assignment Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Assignment Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Class Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Form Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Free Response Grading Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Group Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Overdue Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Program Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Record Book Summary by Term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Student Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Student ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Student Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Student Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
AccelTest Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Auto Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Assignment Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Data Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Grading Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Libraries/Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Scanner Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
School Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Setting the Data Location Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Check Rights Before Choosing or Creating a Different Data Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Rights Required for Network Data Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Rights Required for Data Folders on Windows 2000, Windows XP and
OS 10 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
How to Choose a Different Data Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Setting Reports Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Setting Assignment Creation Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
About Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Installing Accelerated Maths Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Other Responder Features and Settings . . . . . . . . . 150
Changing the Responder Font Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using the Calculator in the Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Disabling the Calculator Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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W ELCOME TO A CCEL T EST AND THE 2K NOW !
C LASSROOM R ESPONSE S YSTEM
The 2Know! classroom response system allows students to enter their answers to
assignments on hand-held Responders or NEO 2 for quick, automatic scoring. The
system also allows teachers to send homework and notes to students.
AccelTest software allows you to create your own quizzes, tests and assignments
for any subject, score assignments quickly and have the scores entered in its
electronic Record Book. AccelTest can help you manage all your existing
assignments, quizzes and tests.
How the 2Know! Classroom Response System Works
The optional 2Know! classroom response system includes a Renaissance Receiver
and Renaissance Responders.
The Renaissance Receiver is
connected to the teacher’s
computer. Working with the
AccelTest software, it sends
assignments, homework and
notes from the teacher to
students’ Responders. When
students use the Responders to
complete assignments, the
Receiver sends their responses
to the AccelTest software for
quick, automatic scoring.
When you purchase the 2Know! classroom response
system, students use hand-held Renaissance Responders to
answer questions to assignments. They can also use them
to get their assignments and notes from the teacher.
If you received this software with a NEO 2 SmartOption
Mobile Lab, students can also use NEO 2s to answer
questions to assignments, though NEO 2 does not support
homework and notes.
Your Responder
firmware version
determines which
features the Responder
supports. For more
information, see page 14.

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You can use AccelTest to create, assign and score the assignments that you want to
give your students, or you can use it to score assignments that exist outside of
AccelTest. You can also use AccelTest for in-class assignments.
AccelTest also calculates overall student marks, which are based on the dates
teachers set for the school year and terms and on the grading scale teachers have
chosen.
Using AccelTest to Create, Assign and Score Assignments
1. You create assignments.
2. You add the assignments to your class Record Book.
3. If you did not assign the assignments as you added them to the class Record
Book, you assign the assignments later. If students need printed copies of the
assignments, they will be printed when you assign them.
4. The assignments are scored in one of three ways:
•Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2
during a student-paced session, and the assignments are then scored
automatically by the software.
•Students enter their answers on AccelScan cards, and you use the
AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring.
•You score the assignments manually.
Using AccelTest to Score Assignments You Already Have
1. You create a score key for the existing assignments. (The assignments are not
in the AccelTest software—only the score key is.)
2. You add the score key to your class Record Book.
3. You assign the score key to your students.
4. The assignments are scored in one of three ways:
•Students enter their answers on Renaissance Responders or NEO 2
during student-paced sessions, and the assignments are then scored
automatically by the software.
•Students enter their answers on AccelScan cards, and you use the
AccelScan scanner to scan the cards for automatic scoring.
•You score the assignments manually.
Using AccelTest with Teacher-Paced Sessions (for In-Class Assignments)
1. You create the assignment.
2. You start a teacher-paced session and select the assignment. You can project
the assignment, use PowerPoint slides, ask students questions verbally, or
use printed copies for students.
3. Using Renaissance Responders or NEO 2, students complete the assignment
in class at the pace you set in the session. These assignments may or may not
be scored, depending on the choice you made as you started the session. If
you chose to score the assignments, the software will score them
automatically, and the scores will appear in your Record Book after the session
is complete.
Assignment
questions can be in
a variety of formats,
including multiple-choice,
matching, ranking, true/false,
yes/no, essay, short answer or
numeric response.