Describe the main features of MY Access! and the rationale for use.
Understand how to successfully navigate MY Access! as a student and a teacher.
Use the features of MY Access! correctly.
What is MY Access!®
MY Access! ® School Edition is a Web-based, cross-curricular program that transforms writing instruction and assessment by applying superior artificial intelligence and linguistic technologies to the writing process.
Educators can make timely, data-driven decisions for successful differentiated instruction, and motivate students to write more frequently by providing them with immediate feedback.
It is equipped with more than 1,300 writing topics in math, science, language arts, and social studies that are aligned to the common core standards.
Main Features
Provides more than 1,300 prompts.
Access from any computer with internet access.
Produces formative and summative reports.
Allows one-to-one communication
For the teacher:
Main Features
Provides immediate, detailed, and developmentally
appropriate prescriptive feedback.
Accessible from any computer with internet access.
Find the group you want to add students and place the bullet next to the group name on the left
Click the Students icon on the right
The list on the left side of the screen shows the current members of the group and the list on the right shows all the student registered in MY Access!
Click the boxes next to the names of the students whom you wish to add to your group.
Click the SAVE button. The students that you selected will now appear on the left side of the screen.
Adding Students to a Group
Setting Up Your Classes
Activity
Create a group for each of your class periods.
Add the students to the appropriate class periods.
Setting Up Your Classes
View Student Login Information
You can view the login information for each student by
clicking the View Student Login Information button at the
top of the screen.
Assignments
Adding an Assignment
You can add assignments for a specific group or your entire roster
and here’s how …
Select from the tool bar
Locate the group you want to add an assignment and place a bullet next to the group name on the left.
Click on the icon to the right
Click the in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. A new screen will appear with the assignment wizard, allowing you to choose an essay prompt and customize the essay options.
or return to the Group Management screen, click the
button at the bottom.
Assignment
Group & Assignments
Add Prompt
Assignments
Selecting a Prompt
You can choose an essay prompt and customize the essay options, just
Special Instructions: You are half way there, remember to proof read your essay.
Warning Message: You have 5 minutes left.
Duration: 30 minutes
Let’s Review
What are some key features of MY Access! for TEACHERS?
Think
Turn to your left and discuss
Student View
Topic: Log In and Home Screen
Questions/Main Ideas Notes
What is the site
address?
How do I log in?
What is Snapshot Report?
What does the message center do and how can it help students?
Log in at http://myaccess.com/
Enter user name and Password.
Click Welcome Page.
Click Yes, this information is correct.
The report shows the student’s progress over time. It is updated weekly and is based on: focus, content development, organization, language use, mechanics & conventions.
The student’s performance is scored as below proficient, proficient, and advanced.
The Message Center will auto-alert the student when you add a comment. The message will disappear once you read it.
How do students resume an assignment on another day?
How do students revise their work after a submitting an essay?
What is the difference between “save and finish later” and “submit essay”?
To begin writing, click start on the appropriate prompt.
Click on the resume button to come back to the essay. The resume will only work if you have not submitted your essay for scoring.
Essay may be revised as many times as you allow. All students have to do is click on start revision and then okay.
When students save and finish later the text will not be scored. When students are ready for their text to be scored, they must click on resume and submit essay.
Topic: Using the Tools
Questions/Main Ideas Notes
My Tutor
My Editor
Comments
Prewrite
Reference
Revision Plan
Style Tools
Spell Check
Thesaurus
Gives feedback on focus & meaning, organization, content &
development, language use, voice & style, and mechanics &
conventions.
Gives feedback on grammar, usage, style, and formatting.
Displays teacher feedback.
Provides numerous prewriting tools to help students organize.
Allows students to access numerous writing tools.
Describes the revision plan and goals, strategy, and reflection.
Allow students to change format, type, spacing, and style.
Check essay for spelling errors.
Offers definitions and synonyms.
Topic: Understanding your score and MY Tutor Revision Plan
Questions/Main Ideas Notes
What does the graph mean?
What is a revision plan and how do I use it?
Text was assessed based on the 6 traits of writing. The graph provide student a big picture of the overall quality of the essay.
Each revision plan is individualized to help students revise and improve their writing. It is organized by the 6 traits and displayed in the suggested order.
How do I view the different parts of my portfolio?
A list of completed assignments & scores, Summary Report, My Tutor Feedback Report, My Editor Report, comments, and the Revision Plan for each assignment.
Filter Results allow you to decide what you want to see in the Portfolio.
Essay Action gives links to print/save summary and My Editor reports.
Summary Report provides a graphed summary of all summary reports.
My Editor Report helps you find possible errors and gives suggestions for improvement.
Scores show your holistic (big picture) scores.
Status indicates if your essay was scored, not scored, or flagged for inappropriate content.
Topic: Understanding your portfolio
Questions/Main Ideas Notes
How do students see their scores?
How do students view and print?
How do students view the MY Editor Report?
How do students view comments from the teacher?
What is “Writer’s Models”?
Click Scores next to the assignment to see holistic and trait
Scores. Red scores are from you.
Click view/print.
Click the check box next to the essay. At the top of the page students can select different options to help edit the text.
To view teacher comments, click on the comments button on portfolio page. A new window will open and show the date/time of each comment.
These are examples of student writing and are organized
according to the rubric. Models 1-3 are Below Proficient, 4-5 are proficient, and 6 is Advanced. Explanation is provided on how the models were scored.
Responding to a Prompt
Activity
Log in as the demo student assigned to you.
Go to assignments.
Start the pre prompt.
Submit your essay when you’re done.
Let’s Review
Turn to your right and discuss
1. List the steps a student must go through to submit an essay for scoring.
2. How do students revise an essay after it has been submitted for scoring?
3. What is the difference between “save and finish later” and “submit essay”?
Turn to your left and discuss
Teacher View
Student Portfolios
The portfolio page allows you to view essays, scores, overall performance, and status. You can also generate parent letters, create and send comments, feedback, and email.
Select from the access bar
Student Portfolios
Select the group you would like to view and the date range from the dropdown menus at the top.
Click the button and your results will display in the bottom table
Go
You can use the dropdown menus to toggle between groups, or click on a student’s name to view his/her individual profile.
Student Portfolio
View/Print/Save
Delete
Parent Letter
Email
Summary Report
MY Editor Report
Comments
Revision Plan
Scores & Feedback
Student Portfolio
Activity
Run a Summary and My Editor reports.
Email a comment to the student regarding the essay.
Send a parent letter home.
Let’s Review
What are some key functions you can do under the student portfolio tab?
Turn to your right and discuss
Reports
The steps for producing each report are similar and here’s how…
1. Click on the access bar
Reports
2. Select the type of report you want to generate from the list of available reports by clicking on its button
4. Click button to generate the report.
Submit
3. Use the dropdown menus and selection lists to select the general report settings
Reports
Performance Summary: Shows the average performance overall (holistic score) and for each specific domain tested on one or more writing assignments.
Early Intervention: Groups students according to their performance on a specific writing assignment.
History: Show average performance over multiple assessments over time.
