It is important to know what all of the buttons in the MyQ program do, and what to expect when students are working in MyQ.
At the top of the screen are these four buttons:
Change Program: Returns the student to the iLearn Hub.
Reports: Takes the student to view individual student reports.
Settings: Allows the student to move the keypad to the left or right.
Logout: Logs the student out of all iLearn. The student should log out using this button rather than closing the browser.
The program interface provides important information for both the student and the teacher.
The top bar reading “Missing Addend” is the title of the student’s current Lesson.
The logo on the left identifies the program so the teacher can easily see it, and is a button to return to the MyQ homepage.
This section displays the student name (allowing the teacher to verify the student is not logged in as someone else), navigation buttons, and the current activity. The navigation buttons for students are only active during Lesson Instruction. Students can click
to replay a page,
to pause (if turned on by school administrators),
navigate to a previous page of instruction, or
navigate to the furthest page of instruction the student reached (students cannot skip pages of instruction, but can use the left facing arrow to review previous pages, and then use the right facing arrow to navigate back to the furthest page reached).
This section shows the student’s location in MyQ. Above, the student is working in E.3.1, which is Unit E, Chapter 3, Lesson 1. We also know from above, the student is in Lesson Challenge. “Page” shows the current page in the element, and the Question Status shows the number of questions the student has answered correctly. In this case, the student is on the third page, and has one correct answer. The first bar is green indicating a correct answer, while the second is dark blue indicating it was not answered correctly. The third question has not been entered or evaluated.
In activities where the background is blue such as Lesson Instruction, Lesson Practice, Lesson Mixed Practice, Chapter Practice, Focused Review, and Cumulative Review the Time indicator does not represent the amount of time the student has left in the activity. Rather, the Time indicator is an activity timer to make sure the student is currently active and has not walked away from the computer. When the time counts down to zero the screen will turn red, shown below:
When the screen turns red the student must click anywhere on screen within 30 seconds to return to the same page. If there is no interaction in 30 seconds, they are logged out as indicated above.
In Tests (Unit Challenge and Mastery and Chapter Challenge and Mastery – when the background is green) the Time indicator does represent the amount of time remaining in the test. All tests have a time limit of 120 minutes which is ample for any test in the program.
The keypad is the on-screen tool for entering answers. Students may use the mouse to click the appropriate buttons to enter an answer. They can also use the computer’s keyboard to answer questions. The keypad is not active in Lesson Instruction where attention is focused on multimedia presentations.
Some lessons require students to enter operands, variables, and/or symbols. Orange buttons will display dynamically, i.e. when needed, to accommodate the characters needed to answer.
The calculator is available in only some lessons where instructionally appropriate.