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ALEKS Instructor's Manual for Financial Accounting
Table of content
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 What is ALEKS?
1.2 The ALEKS Instructor's Manual
Chapter 2: Quick Start
2.1 Obtaining a Course Code
2.2 Registering Students
Chapter 3: Setup Guide for Instructors
3.1 Instructor Preparation
3.2 System Requirements
3.3 Instructor Module
3.4 Student Orientation
3.5 Registration
3.6 Tutorial
3.7 First Assessment
3.8 Report Tutorial
3.9 Beginning the Learning Mode
Chapter 4: Assessment Mode
4.1 Assessments in ALEKS
4.2 Guidelines for Assessments
4.3 How Assessments are Triggered
4.3.1 Initial Assessment
4.3.2 Automatic Assessments
4.3.3 Scheduled Assessments
4.3.4 Requested Assessments for a Single Student
4.4 Buttons
4.5 Answer Editor
4.6 The Answer Editor for Accounting
4.6.1 Journal Entries
4.6.2 Financial Statements
4.7 Assessment Report
4.7.1 Interpreting the Pie Chart
4.8 Ready to Learn
4.9 Progress Bars
Chapter 5: Learning Mode
5.1 The ALEKS Learning Mode
5.2 Interface Features
5.2.1 Ending an ALEKS Session
5.2.2 Resources
5.2.3 Options
5.2.4 Report
5.2.5 Dictionary
5.2.6 Calculator
5.2.7 Review
5.2.8 Course Forum
5.2.9 Gradebook
5.2.10 Calendar
5.2.11 Worksheet
5.2.12 Assignments
5.2.13 Inbox
5.2.14 Help
5.2.15 MyPie
5.3 The Learning Mode Workflow
5.3.1 Practice Page
5.3.2 Explanation Page
5.3.3 Wrong Answer Page
5.4 Feedback in Learning Mode
5.5 Review
5.6 Worksheet
Chapter 6: Instructor Module
6.1 Navigation
6.1.1 Search Box
6.1.2 Main Navigation
6.1.3 Sub-Navigation
6.1.4 Dashboard
6.1.5 Home Button
6.2 Instructor Account
6.2.1 Account Settings
6.2.2 Message Center
6.2.3 Reference Guides
6.2.4 Customer Support
6.2.5 Training & Resources
6.2.6 Log Out
6.2.7 Community
6.2.8 Feedback
6.2.9 Student Roster (Instructor Level)
6.3 Reports
6.3.1 Available Reports
6.3.2 Download Report Data
6.3.3 Send Message to Selected Students
6.3.4 Viewing Student History Across Multiple ALEKS courses
6.3.5 Interpreting Bar Graphs
6.3.6 ALEKS Pie
6.3.7 Display Options for ALEKS Pie Report
6.3.8 ALEKS Pie Report for a Single Student
6.3.9 Objective Report
6.3.10 Progress Reports
6.3.11 Learning Progress Since Latest Knowledge Check
6.3.12 Most Recent Knowledge Check
6.3.13 Best Performance in Learning Mode Over Time
6.3.14 Progress in Knowledge Check Over Time
6.3.15 Detailed Progress History
6.3.16 Progress Report for a Single Student
6.3.17 Time and Topic Report
6.3.18 Course Time and Topic Report
6.3.19 Individual Time and Topic Report
6.3.20 Knowledge Per Slice
6.3.21 Assignment Reports
6.3.22 Scheduled Knowledge Check Report
6.3.23 Homework, Quiz, and Test Results
6.3.24 Custom Reports
6.4 Course Creation and Configuration (Course Administration)
6.4.1 Creating a Course
6.4.2 Course Creation Wizard
6.4.3 Save for Later or Cancel
6.4.4 Textbook Integration
6.4.5 Set Objectives / Modules
6.4.6 Objective Completion
6.4.7 Objectives Editor
6.4.8 Edit Objective
6.4.9 Topic Recommendation Tool (TREC)
6.4.10 Post Objective Progress Assessment
6.4.11 Content Editor
6.4.12 Section Level Content
6.4.13 Core Readiness Topics in the Content Editor
6.4.14 Course Summary
6.4.15 Syllabus
6.4.16 Course Content
6.4.17 Class Options
6.4.18 Access Options
6.4.19 Student Activity Notifications
6.4.20 Learning Options
6.4.21 Student Assessment Options
6.4.22 Worksheet Options
6.4.23 Implementation Information
6.4.24 Class Duplicate Settings
6.4.25 Gradebook
6.4.26 Resources
6.4.27 Incoming and Exiting Student Options
6.4.28 Share Class Access
6.4.29 Student Groups
6.4.30 Course List
6.4.31 Cleanup Tool
6.4.32 Course Roster
6.4.33 Financial Aid Code
6.4.34 Forum
6.4.35 Calendar
6.4.36 Student View
6.4.37 Course Archive
6.4.38 Course Tools
6.5 Assignments
6.5.1 Course Assignments
6.5.2 New Homework
6.5.3 Name & Date
6.5.4 Content
6.5.5 Gradebook Settings
6.5.6 Advanced Options
6.5.7 Grading Scale
6.5.8 Edit Homework
6.5.9 Scheduled Assessments
6.5.10 Scheduled Assignment Behaviors
6.1.1 Pie Mastery, Time, and Topic Categories
6.6 Gradebook
6.6.1 Gradebook Interface
6.6.2 Gradebook Setup
6.6.3 Grading Scale for Total Grade
6.6.4 Chapter or Objective Completion and the Gradebook
6.6.5 External Assignments
6.6.6 Adjust Student Scores
6.6.7 Gradebook Log
6.7 Student Administration
6.7.1 Account Summary
6.7.2 Move and Unenroll Student
6.7.3 Student Cleanup Tool
6.7.4 Student Gradebook
6.7.5 Student Reports
6.7.6 Student Assignments
6.7.7 Edit Extensions
6.7.8 Student Worksheets
6.7.9 Request Assessment
6.7.10 Cancel Current Assessment
6.8 Administrator Features
6.8.1 Institution Account Summary
6.8.2 Schedule Domain Upgrade
6.8.3 Learning Management System (LMS) Integration
6.8.4 Instructor Roster
6.8.5 Create New Instructor Account
6.8.6 Subscription Management System
6.8.7 Administrative Reports
6.8.8 Student Roster (Institution Level)
6.9 Master Templates
6.9.1 Master Templates List
6.9.2 Getting Started
6.9.3 Master Template Basic Settings
6.9.4 Master Template (Course Summary)
6.9.5 Lockout Options
6.9.6 Create Assignments in Master Template
6.9.7 Create Linked Courses
6.9.8 Courses to be Assigned
6.9.9 Create a Master Template from an Existing Course
6.9.10 Duplicate a Master Template
6.9.11 Archive Master Templates
6.9.12 Delete Master Template
6.9.13 Master Template Reports
6.9.14 Effects of Editing a Master Template
6.10 District Features
6.10.1 Account Summary
6.10.2 Learning Management System (LMS) Integration (District Level)
6.10.3 Administrator Roster
6.10.4 New Administrator
6.10.5 Course Activity
6.10.6 Student Roster (District Level)
6.10.7 Subscription Management System (District Level)
6.10.8 Administrative Reports (District Level)
Chapter 7: Teaching with ALEKS
7.1 The ALEKS Educational Paradigm
7.2 The Instructor and ALEKS
7.3 Planning the ALEKS Course
7.4 Preparing Your Students
7.5 Focused Instruction with ALEKS
7.6 Models of Classroom Integration
7.7 Monitoring Student Use
7.8 Monitoring the Progress of a Course
7.9 Monitoring Individual Progress
7.10 Ordering Assessments
7.11 Independent Study and Distance Learning
7.12 The ALEKS Knowledge Structure
7.13 Objectives
Chapter 8: Knowledge Spaces and the Theory Behind ALEKS
8.1 History
8.2 Theory
8.2.1 Domain, Items, and Instances
8.2.2 Knowledge States
8.2.3 Knowledge Structures and Knowledge Spaces
8.2.4 Inner and Outer Fringes of a Knowledge State
8.2.5 Assessment
8.3 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 9: Frequently Asked Questions
9.1 General
9.2 Technical
9.3 Theory
9.4 Assessments and Reports
9.5 Learning Mode
9.6 Educational Use
Chapter 10: Support
Appendix A: ALEKS Student User's Guide
A.1 Student Account Home
A.1.1 Account Management
A.1.2 Course Management
A.1.3 Switching to a New Course
A.1.4 Suspend Account
A.1.5 Leave of Absence
A.2 Tutorial
A.3 Assessments and Learning
A.3.1 Assessments
A.3.2 Results
A.3.3 Learning Mode
A.3.4 Progress in the Learning Mode
A.3.5 Additional Features
A.3.6 ALEKS Inbox
A.4 Guidelines for Effective Use
Appendix B: Syllabi in ALEKS
B.1 Accounting Cycle (Corp)
B.2 MBA Financial Accounting Cycle Review
B.3 Accounting Cycle (Sole)
B.4 Financial Accounting (Corp)
B.5 Prep. for MBA Financial Reporting
B.6 Financial Accounting (Corp) - Early Cash Flow
B.7 Financial Accounting (Sole)
B.8 Principles of Accounting (Corp)
B.9 Principles of Accounting (Sole)
Index
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