Quick Start Guide for Teachers

ALL In Learning PLUS and ASSIST

Welcome to the ALL In Learning community!

This quick start guide will familiarize you with basic principles of using PLUS (the web-based part of the ALL In Learning system) and ASSIST (the iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch app). Topics are presented in a logical order, except that ASSIST topics are at the end. If you wish to use ASSIST primarily, you can skip to that section, and follow the references to prerequisite tasks as you go.

Sections:

Set Up Your PLUS Account
Create a Class and Add Students in PLUS
Generate Bubble Sheets
Create Lessons and Assessments in PLUS
Blueprint Sharing
Grade Assessments in PLUS
Continue Interrupted Grading Session in PLUS
View Grade Results in PLUS
Set Up ASSIST: The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch App
Download a Class Into ASSIST
Set Up Lessons and Assessments in ASSIST
Grade Assessments in ASSIST
Continue an Interrupted Grading Session in ASSIST
Upload Footprints from ASSIST

Set Up Your PLUS Account

Before you can proceed with either PLUS or ASSIST, you’ll need to set up your account.

How to Create your PLUS account

1. Go to http://plus.allinlearning.com, and click “Sign Up” on the upper right.
2. Enter your Subscription Key. (You may have received an email with your subscription key. If you didn’t, ask your ALL In Learning campus admin.)
3. Fill in the remainder of the form and click “Create my account.”
4. You should then see the your PLUS home screen.

Create a Class and Add Students In PLUS

Whether using PLUS or ASSIST, next you’ll need to create a class and students.

How to Create a Class

1. Click the Classes tab.
2. Click “Add New Class” on the left side of the screen.
3. Type the name of your class.
4. Click “Save.”

 
How to Add Students to Your Class

1. Click the Student Roster tab.
2. Click in the blank under “Last” and type your student’s last name.
3. If you see names auto-complete as you type click the one you want to auto-fill the rest of the student information, or type in the other fields to complete the student information.
4. Click the “Save” button to the right, or press Enter on your keyboard.
5. Repeat this process until your roster has all the students.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Create a Class and Add Students in PLUS >>
 

Generate Bubble Sheets

There are two types of bubble sheets you can use: “Smart” student-specific QR-coded bubble sheets that will automatically be assigned to the right student when scanned; and “blank, non-specific bubble sheets which will require manual student selection during grading. (Either can be scanned as an answer key.)

How to Generate Smart QR-Coded Bubble Sheets

1. Go to the Classes tab.
2. Select the class on the left you want bubble sheets for.
3. Click the Student Roster tab.
4. Click the check box just above your student list to select all students.
5. Click “Print Bubble Sheets.”
6. Click “40 Questions” or “60 Questions” to choose which type you prefer. This will create a PDF file of all selected students, which you can save or open, and print.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Generate Class Bubble Sheets in PLUS >>

How to Generate Generic Bubble Sheets

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click the “printer” icon in the “Bubble Sheets” column.
3. Click “40 Questions” or “60 Questions” to choose which type you prefer. This will create a PDF file, which you can save or open, and print.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Generate Generic Bubble Sheets in PLUS >>
 

Create Lessons and Assessments in PLUS

How to Create a Blueprint for a Multiple Choice Assessment

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click “Create New.”
3. Click the Key icon. This brings up the Create New Blueprint window.
4. Fill in the sections with asterisks. These descriptors will be important in your blueprint being searchable.
5. Click Next. This opens the Assessment Key Builder.
6. At the top of the screen choose the question type and the number of choices for the first question.
7. In the left pane, click the A, B, C, etc. button for the correct answer to question 1. In the right pane you will see question 1 added to your answer key automatically, while the left pane has advanced to question two. Click the answer for question 2 and you will see question 2 added to your key on the right, as well. Repeat this process to build your key.
8. You can edit the correct answers in your answer key on the right by clicking them. NOTE: In this process you can also align standards to questions as you add them. For details, see the following section called “How to Align Standards to Questions.”
9. Click “Save and Close” if you want to grade later, or “Save and Grade” if you wish to proceed to grading now. (For instructions on how to grade, look to the section called “How to Grade a Multiple Choice Test in PLUS.”)

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Create a MC Answer Key in PLUS >>
 

*Key Concept: Blueprints
A Blueprint is basically a container for assessments and prepared instruction materials.
 

How to Create an Assessment Key for a Constructed Response (Short Answer) Assessment

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click “Create New.”
3. Click the Key icon. This brings up the Create New Blueprint window.
4. Fill in the sections with asterisks. These descriptors will be important in your blueprint being searchable.
5. Click Next. This opens the Assessment Key Builder.
6. At the top of the screen choose “Short Answer”.
7. Type in the short answer for question 1 and click Save. Notice question 1 with its correct answer is automatically added to the answer key on the right, and the short answer field you just typed in has advanced to question 2. Repeat this step until you’ve added all your questions.
8. Click “Save and Close” if you want to grade later, or “Save and Grade” if you wish to proceed to grading now. (For instructions on how to grade, look to the section called “How to Grade a Consctructed Response (Short Answer) Test in PLUS.”)

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Create a Blueprint for a Constructed Response Test in PLUS >>
 

How to Create a Rubrics Assessment

You can grade an essay test using rubrics related to content, grammar, spelling, etc., and you can assign each of those rubrics different point values (for example you may wish for content to count for a majority of the grade, while spelling and grammar count for a small amount of the grade).

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click “Create New.”
3. Click the Key icon. This brings up the Create New Blueprint window.
4. Fill in the sections with asterisks. These descriptors will be important in your blueprint being searchable.
5. Click Next. This opens the Assessment Key Builder.
6. At the top of the screen choose “Rubric.”
7. Slide the slider to set the point value for your first rubric, and click the “Save” button to the right. Notice question 1 with its rubric is automatically added to the key on the right, and the rubric slider on the left advanced to question 2. Repeat this step until you’ve added all your rubrics.
8. Click “Save and Close” if you want to grade later, or “Save and Grade” if you wish to proceed to grading now. (For instructions on how to grade, look to the section called “How to Grade a Rubics Assessment in PLUS.”)
9. To add display names for your rubrics, such as “content,” “grammar,” etc., click the name of the assessment you just saved in the Blueprints tab, click the slide for your first rubric on the left, and edit the name in the center of the screen from “Question 1 Rubric” (for example), to your rubric name of choice.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Create a Blueprint for a Rubric Test in PLUS >>
 

How to Align Standards to Questions
There are several ways to associate standards with questions. We’ll cover the most convenient one — aligning standards as you create a multiple choice answer key, and mention some other avenues as well.

1. Follow steps 1-6 in the above section titled “How to Create an Assessment Key for a Multiple Choice Test.”
2. Click “Show” in the Insert Standards Toolbar at the bottom of the window.
3. Click the links to drill down to the standard you want to align to your first question.
4. To select the standards you wish to align to the first question, click in the check boxes next to them .
5. Click the correct answer to your question in the window above. Note that the question is added to your answer key on the right, and the aligned standards are listed underneath.
6. Add more questions with the same standards, or select different standards by placing checks in their boxes before adding more questions to your answer key. Repeat the process of building your answer key with standards until you are finished.
7. If you want to change the standards aligned to questions already in your answer key on the right, place checks in the boxes of the standards you want to change to, and re-enter the correct answer to the questions on the right – this will overwrite the standards alignment for the questions you click to the standards you have selected.
8. Follow steps 7-9 of the above section titled ““How to Create a Blueprint for a Multiple Choice Test” to finish and save your blueprint.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Align Standards to Questions in PLUS >>
 

How to Create a Lesson Blueprint and Insert a Building Block with an Answer Key

1. Go to the Blueprints tab and click “Create New.”
2. Click the “Create a Lesson Blueprint” icon.
3. Fill in the sections with asterisks. These descriptors will be important in your blueprint being searchable.
4. Click Next. This opens the Assessment Key Builder
   name of the blueprint you wish to edit. This opens the blueprint editor.
5. Click the Insert menu and choose “Building Block.”*
6. Select SA or HA (these two can be used for scanning bubble sheets) and click close.
7. Select the SA or HA building block you added on the left.
8. Click the Insert menu and choose “Assessment Key.”
9. Follow steps 4-9 in the above section called “How to Create a Blueprint for a Multiple Choice Test” or following sections to add Rubric questions and save.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Insert Assessment Key in PLUS >>
 

*Key Concept: Lesson Blueprints and Building Blocks
If you click Create new in the Blueprints tab and choose the “Create a Lesson Blueprint ” option, you will be able to manually build robust lesson plans with instruction and presentation elements, activities, and assessments — creating powerful, quantifiable lessons that can be shared. Each element of a lesson is a “Building Block.” For brevity, here we’ll show you a lesson-building task that gets you thinking in terms of building blocks.
 

How to Add or Edit Standards Alignments for an Existing Blueprint

You can edit or add standards in an existing blueprint, in the Blueprint Editor.

1. Go to the Blueprints tab
2. Click the name of the blueprint you wish to edit. This opens the Blueprint Editor.
3. Click the question slide on the left to which you want to add or edit standards.
4. Click “Edit” on the upper left corner of the slide.
5. In the bottom of the Edit Question window, click on the standards listed and drill down to the standards you wish to apply to the question.
6. Click the check boxes for the standards you want to select.
7. Click OK.
8. Be sure to save your blueprint before you exit.

 

Blueprint Sharing

Teachers and admins can share blueprints between teachers, and access shared blueprints.

How to Share Blueprints with Your Campus

Blueprints created by teachers and admins can be shared easily on a campus level for others to use, in just a few clicks.

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Under the Share column on the right, click the icon for the blueprint you wish to share.
3. Read the confirmation box that appears, and click “Confirm.”
4. Click the Campus Blueprints tab on the left to see your that your blueprint is shared.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Blueprint Attachments Sharing and Copying in PLUS >>
 

How to Copy Shared Campus Blueprints For Your Use

In order to use a blueprint from the shared Campus Blueprints tab, you need to copy it into your My Blueprints tab.

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click the Campus Blueprints tab on the left.
3. Under the “Copy” column on the right, click the icon for the blueprint you wish to copy.
4. Click “Confirm.”
5. Click the “My Blueprints” tab on the left to see the blueprint is now available for you to activate.

Note: You can search for blueprints of using the Search box at the top, or narrow down your search even more by clicking “advanced” next to the Search box and getting more specific.
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Blueprint Attachments Sharing and Copying in PLUS >>
 

Grade Assessments in PLUS

How to Grade a Multiple Choice Test using Web Scan It

You can use most document cameras and any standard webcam to scan ALL In Learning bubble sheets. For instructions on printing bubble sheets, see the “Generate Bubblesheets” section of this guide.

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click the “Activate Blueprint” button under the blueprint you wish to grade.
3. Click the class you wish to grade for.
4. Click the camera icon to enter Web Scan It. If your USB camera is plugged in, you should see its feed in the window on the right. If you do not see camera feed or it’s the wrong camera, click the help link at the bottom of the window labeled “Change Web or Document Cam” to see instructions on setting up the camera.
5. Position your first bubble sheet in the camera view so that the rectangle is completely in view, and click “Capture.” If you are using student-specific bubble sheets, you will instantly see your student list on the left updated with the student score. If you are using “generic” bubble sheets, you will see a dialog box open, asking you to choose which student this sheet was for — make your selection and you will see your student list on the left updated with the student’s score.
6. If any questions were unanswered or unreadable due to improper filling in, you will see a red number next to the student name in the list on the left. Click the hand icon next to their name to see their answers and click in any corrections, then click “Done” to return to scanning mode.
7. Repeats steps 5-6 for the remainder of your students.
8. Click “End Session” when you are finished grading. NOTE: If for some reason you do not finish before losing your connection, your computer crashes, or you close the window improperly, your grading data is saved invisibly for you to reactivate the footprint and finish correctly.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade an MC Test with PLUS and Smart Bubble Sheets >>
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade an MC Test with PLUS and Generic Bubble Sheets >>
 

How to Grade a Constructed Response (Short Answer) Test

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click the “Activate Blueprint” button under the blueprint you wish to grade.
3. Click the class you wish to grade for.
4. Click the hand icon to enter into “Web Tap It” mode.
5. Click the hand icon next to the student you want to grade first. This will open Web Tap It to the right.
6. Click on the short answers on the right that you wish to mark as incorrect, placing an X to the right of the answer.
7. Click the next student name you want to grade on the left.
8. Repeats steps 5-6 until you have graded all students.
9. Click “End Session” when you are finished grading.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade a Constructed Response Test with PLUS >>
 

How to Grade a Rubric Test in PLUS

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Click the “Activate Blueprint” button under the blueprint you wish to grade.
3. Click the class you wish to grade for.
4. Click the hand icon next to the student you want to grade first. This will open the Web Tap It page.
5. Click and drag the sliders to grade each rubric category. Points are displayed under each rubric and change as you move the slider.
6. Click the student name at the bottom to advance to the next student in your roster or click “Done” to return to the student list.
7. Repeats steps 4-6 until you have graded all students.
8. Click “End Session” when you are finished grading. NOTE: If for some reason you did not finish before losing your connection, your computer crashes, or you close the window improperly, your grading data is saved invisibly for you to reactivate the footprint and finish correctly.

 

How to Attach Files to Blueprints, and open Attached Files

This feature is a great way to attach a PDF version of a test to the blueprint it belongs to, especially before you share the blueprint with your campus. However, you can attach lots of files, for all kinds of reasons.

1. Go to the Blueprints tab.
2. Under the the Attachments column, click the green plus sign for the blueprint you want to attach something to.
3. Click “Choose File.”
4. Navigate to the file you want and double-click it.
5. Click “Upload File.”
6. Click “Close.” You should see that the green plus sign has a paper clip on it to show there is an attached file for that blueprint.
7. To open the attachment, click the paper clip icon, and click the file you want to open in the file list.

Note: There is a 10MB file size limit for attached files.
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Blueprint Attachments Sharing and Copying in PLUS>>
 

Continue an Interrupted Grading Session in PLUS

As grade assessments in PLUS, your session is saved, so that if you get interrupted, you can activate the same blueprint and class and pickup where you left off — from any computer. You can also pause and restart your grading session, or even “reactivate” a finalized footprint to add more grades.

How to Pause and Restart Grading

1. Follow the steps in the appropriate section on grading your assessment except for clicking “End Session.”
2. Click “Pause Session.” This does not create a footprint, but saves your progress in the cloud.
3. To restart the session, go to the blueprints tab, activate the footprint, choose the class and grade as normal. You can do this from any computer.
4. Only clicking “End Session,” will create your finalized Footprint.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Pausing and Restarting a Blueprint in PLUS>>
 

How to Activate a Finished Footprint to Add More Grades

1. Click the “Footprints” tab.
2. Click the “activate” button next to your footprint.
3. Grade and save as you normally would, according to the instructions in the appropriate section above.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Activating a Footprint in PLUS>>
 

View Grade Results in PLUS

 
*Key Concept: Footprints
Graded Blueprints are saved as “Footprints” but footprints are more than just grades. In the Footprints tab you’ll find powerful, flexible report data on each footprint you create.
 

How to Look at Footprint Results

1. Click the “Footprints” tab.
2. Note the summary information to the right of each footprint.
3. Click on a footprint to open its detailed reports.
4. Click the tabs on the left to access different types of reports on this footprint data.

 
The video linked below discusses the reports available and some practical applications.
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Look at One Footprint in PLUS >>
 

How to Aggregate Footprints

Aggregating footprints pulls multiple footprints into one report to view side by side. It’s a great way to compare results between assessments or get detailed insights into how students are progressing over time.

1. Click the “Footprints” tab.
2. Click in the check boxes to the left of each footprint you want to aggregate together.
3. Click “Aggregate Footprints” at the top.

 
The video linked below discusses the reports available and some practical applications.
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Aggregate Footprints in PLUS >>
 

Set Up ASSIST: The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch App

If you will not be using the ASSIST mobile app on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, you can skip this section.
 

*Key Concept: The Relationship Between ASSIST and PLUS
Your primary ALL In Learning tool is PLUS, which you access using a web browser on your computer or tablet. ASSIST is the freely available iOS app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Once you’ve entered your PLUS user name and password in ASSIST, your iOS device becomes a special ALL In Learning platform, with quick, simple, powerful features that make the most of your device’s mobility, convenience, and charming interface and hardware.
 

How to Install ASSIST on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch

To install ASSIST on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, search for “ASSIST” in the App Store, and install the ALL In Learning ASSIST app.


 

How to Connect ASSIST to PLUS

1. On your iOS device, open ASSIST by tapping on it.
2. Tap “Settings.”
3. Tap the “Email Address” field and enter your PLUS username.
4. Tap in the “Password” field and enter your PLUS password.
5. Tap “Done.”

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Connect ASSIST to PLUS in ASSIST>>
 

Download a Class into ASSIST

Before you can get a class into ASSIST, refer to the above section entitled “Create a Class and Add Students in PLUS.”

How to Download Your Class Roster into ASSIST

1. Tap “Classes.”
2. Tap “Get More Classes.”
3. Tap the class you would like to select, placing a checkmark next to it.
4. Tap “Download.”
5. Tap “OK.”
6. Tap the “ASSIST” button to return to the main menu.

 
NOTE: Before you can download a class into ASSIST, you’ll need to have created one in PLUS. Follow the steps in the above section called “Create a Class and Add Students In PLUS.”
 

Set Up Lessons and Assessments in ASSIST

You can download blueprints from your PLUS account, or create them right in ASSIST.

How to Download a Blueprint into ASSIST

Blueprints you create or copy in PLUS can be downloaded into ASSIST.

1. In ASSIST, tap “Blueprints” at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap “Get More Blueprints.”
3. Tap the blueprints you want to select, placing check marks next to them.
4. Tap “Download.” After a moment you should get a confirmation of “Download complete.”
   Tap “OK.”
5. Tap “Assist” to return to your blueprints screen.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Download a Blueprint in ASSIST>>
 

How to Scan an Answer Key in ASSIST

In ASSIST you can scan create a blueprint and scan a bubble sheet answer key for convenience.

1. Print out and fill in a blank bubblesheet from this link
   http://www.allinlearning.com/assist-app/bubble-sheet-for-scan-it/  (Note: It is recommended that you only use this bubble sheet for your answer key, and follow the steps in the above section called “Generating Bubble Sheets” for smart, QR-coded student bubble sheets.)
2. In ASSIST on your mobile device, tap “Blueprints.”
3. Tap “Create a New Blueprint.”
4. Tap “Summative Assessment” and then tap “Done.”
5. Tap “Summative Assessment.”
6. Tap the “Name” field to enter a name, and clicked “Done” when finished.
7. Tap the camera icon.
8. Position your device over the bubble sheet so that the rectangle is just inside the edges of the camera view, and tap the camera icon.
9. Scroll through the answer key on screen to confirm it’s correct.
10. Tap “Blueprints” and “ASSIST” to go back.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Scan an Answer Key in ASSIST >>
 

Grade Assessments in ASSIST

How to Grade a MC Test with Scan It in ASSIST

These instructions apply to using automatically-recognized “smart” QR-coded bubble sheets printed from the Students section under Classes tab in your PLUS account. See the instruction above in the section titled “How to Print ALL In Learning Bubble Sheets for Grading with Scan It.”

1. In ASSIST on your mobile device, tap “Blueprints.”
2. Tap “Activate a Blueprint.”
3. Tap the blueprint you want to activate.
4. Select the class you are grading and tap “Continue.”
5. The Scan It camera view will open, with a prompt asking if you want to save your images to your photo library. Tap “Yes” or “No.”
6. Position your device over the bubble sheet so that the rectangle is visible in the camera frame, and tap the camera icon to snap a picture. Student-specific “smart” bubble sheets will be immediately recognized and assigned to the correct student. If you are using “generic” bubble sheets, you will see a dialog box open, asking you to choose which student this sheet was for — make your selection, note that the student list is updated with the student’s score, and click “Back to Camera.”
7. If the scan results are ever displayed in red, there was a problem grading one or more questions (maybe more than one bubble was filled in or the question was skipped). Tap the hand icon to see scan results. A dark “X” to the right of a question means it is being counted as incorrect. Tap in their intended answer manually or leave the question blank. Tap “Done” to return to scanning.
8. Repeat step 6 to scan the next bubble sheet.
9. Tap “Done” when finished grading, and you will see how the class performed by category and by question.
10. Tap “Done” and “End” to finish the session.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade a MC Test in ASSIST with Smart Bubble Sheets >>
 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade a MC Test in ASSIST with Generic Bubble Sheets >>
 

How to Grade a Rubric Test in ASSIST

For essay rubric grading, you will use the Tap It feature.

1. In ASSIST on your mobile device, tap “Blueprints.”
2. Tap “Activate a Blueprint.”
3. Tap the blueprint you want to activate.
4. Tap the class you are grading.
5. Tap the hand icon to the right of the first student.
6. Tap and drag the slider for each category to grade by rubric. Note their score on the lower right is automatically calculated.
7. Tap the arrow on the bottom right to grade the next student.
8. Tap “Done” when finished grading, and you will see how the class performed by category and by question.
9. Tap “Done” to return to Blueprints screen.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade a Rubric Test in ASSIST >>
 

How to Grade a Test with Tap It in ASSIST

For short answer tests, you will use the Tap It feature.

1. In ASSIST on your mobile device, tap “Blueprints.”
2. Tap “Activate a Blueprint.”
3. Tap the blueprint you want to activate.
4. Tap the class you are grading.
5. Tap the hand icon to the right of the first student.
6. Tap the check marks on the right of the wrongly-answered questions. Note the score is automatically calculated on the bottom right for your reference.
7. Tap the arrow on the bottom right to grade the next student.
8. Tap “Done” when finished grading, and you will see a performance summary.
9.  Tap “Done” to return to Blueprints screen.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Grade a Constructed Response Test in ASSIST >>
 

Continue an Interrupted Grading Session in ASSIST

If you grade an assessment but some students were not present, you can activate the footprint and grade the additional students later.

How to Activate a Footprint in ASSIST

1. Tap the “Footprints” button at the bottom of ASSIST.
2. Tap “Evaluate a Footprint.”
3. Tap the Footprint you want to add grades to.
4. Tap “Activate” at the upper right.
5. Tap “Continue.”
6. Grade as you normally would, following instructions in the appropriate section above.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Activate a Footprint in ASSIST >>
 

Upload Footprints from ASSIST

Once you’ve finished grading a Blueprint, the results are saved as a Footprint. Uploading it will allow you to view and share the reports back in your PLUS account.

How to Upload A Footprint from ASSIST

1. Tap the “Footprints” button at the bottom of ASSIST.
2. Tap “Upload Footprints”.
3. Tap the footprint you wish to upload.
4. Tap “Upload” at the bottom of the screen.
5. You should receive a message confirming success.

 
Watch the step-by-step video: Upload a Footprint from ASSIST >>