Teacher Training FluencyLink Slideshow

Welcome to FluencyLink! 

• Please take a moment to make sure you can log in to https://fluencylink.com/. Submit a ticket if you have any questions.

• Over the next few slides, we’ll be walking through the most important functions you will come across in FluencyLink. For the highest-quality video, click the play button and select “Full Screen”. It will take about an hour to complete this training.

Using eBooks

Using eBooks

Review: 

• Click Learning Content and select “Library”, then select a book to open it

• Navigate with arrow buttons, by selecting pages, or by choosing the correct thumbnail.

• Find audio and video resources using the “Resources” tab or by clicking hotspots

• Bookmark pages for easy access

• Take notes and highlight text

• Zoom in or out and change your view

Test yourself! Using the eBook (5 mins)

In FluencyLink:

• Open a textbook you’ll be working with this year

• Navigate to and bookmark page 20

• Find an audio recording and play it

• Navigate to the next page and add a note to yourself

• Highlight any word or sentence on page 42

• Navigate back to your note

Using the Course

Assigning Books to Students (K-12 teachers only)

Assigning Books to Students, K-12

Review: 

• Click “Learning Content” and “Assign Content” to access the module

• Select the book(s) and the class(es) or groups you want to assign to and click “Assign”

• If you get an error message, you may have exhausted your available licenses

  • Bulk Unassign to reassign books to different students

How to Access Teacher’s Resources

• From the left sidebar, select "Learning Content" then “Teacher Resources”

• Open the document associated with the desired resource

• Click the download hotspot to download the zipped (compressed) folder to your computer

• On PC, right-click and “Extract All”. On Mac, double-click.

How to Access Character Workbooks

• Open the associated Workbook in your Library

• From the top menu, select “Resources” and click the + to open the “Documents” folder

• Click the desired portion to download as a pdf

Practicing in the Workbook

Practicing in the Workbook

Review:

• Click a hotspot to work through a question

• By default, students can check their answers

• When the question is complete, students are given the opportunity to complete the section from their "Activity" page

• If they click through the entire section and hit submit, their work will be submitted to you

Assigning Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Assigning Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Review:

• All auto-gradable work must be an “Assignable Activity” (previously called “Standard Tests”). Assignable Activities can be used for homework, classwork, or formative assessment

• Click “Activity” and select “Manage Activity” to get to assignable work

• Click on the “Assign” button (shaped like a checkbox) to assign an activity.

  • Choose a class

  • Choose a due date (date and time)

  • Make available after Due Date if you would like

  • Click “Assign”

Creating and Editing Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Creating and Editing Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Review:

• Create a new Assignable Activity from scratch or edit an existing one by cloning it

• Name your activity meaningfully

• Add questions from the Question Bank

• Create your own questions

• Remove unwanted questions

• Set rules such as a time limit, shuffling questions, and checking answers on each attempt

• Publish

Test Yourself! Creating an Activity (10 mins)

Navigate to the Activity Bank

• Clone an existing activity and rename it

• Delete a question from your newly-cloned activity

• Add a question from the Question Bank

• Write your own questions

  • Write a “Single Choice” question with 4 answers (make sure to choose the correct answer!)

  • Edit the Question settings to make the question worth 20 points

  • Save and Add New

  • Add an Audio Recording Question

• Publish
  
  

Evaluating Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Evaluating Activities (formerly “Assessments”)

Review:

• Click “Activity” and select “Manage Evaluation”

• Click “Evaluate” next to the activity you wish to see submissions for

• Go to the "Pending Evaluation" tab

• Click "Evaluate" next to the student's name

• For each question, you may type in a score, and enter feedback (if you would like to)

• Save as Draft or Submit

• Select Performance Report to see students in aggregate

Help & Support

• Find our Help & Support page from the FluencyLink footer

• Watch video tutorials on all these topics

• Access robust documentation

• Submit a ticket

• Don’t hesitate to email us

• Thank you for your time!