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Is there a way to assign books to my students?

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Is there a way to assign books to my students?

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Yes, you can assign books to students!  You can do this through myON projects.  Click here for a quick 5-minute tutorial on how to assign projects.

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Projects #2_ Creating a New Project 3-4_Rebrand.mp4

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Is there a way for me to reset my student's lexile (because their book recommendations are "too easy" or "too hard")?

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Is there a way for me to reset my student's lexile (because their book recommendations are "too easy" or "too hard")?

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Yes!  Here is the link with instructions:

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If Lexile® assessments are included in your license, as a teacher or administrator, you can follow these steps to manually assign a Lexile® benchmark or placement exam.

You will need to assign the Lexile® benchmark or placement exam through a project. If you do not know how to create a project, see How to Create Projects (Faculty).

You can create a project from a faculty, specialist, or building administrator account. (District administrators can also create a project, but they cannot assign it to students - they must share the project with others in order for it to be assigned.) In the steps below, we will be using a faculty account, but specialist and building administrator account processes are the same.

1. When you create a new project or edit an existing project, you will see a section at the bottom called "Add Tasks." Click the plus button next to Lexile® Exam Task to add a Lexile® task.

2. After you select this task, a window will open. Give the task a title (tasks require titles before saving), and select the appropriate Lexile® exam to assign to your students by checking the radio button. (The explanations in the window can help you choose.) After selecting the Lexile® exam and giving the task a title, click the red X to close the window. Note: You cannot change the type of Lexile® exam on a task after it has been created. To make a change, you must delete the task and add a new Lexile® task.

3. After you add the task to the project, it will appear under "Order Tasks" to the right. Click Save at the top of the screen to save the project.

4. Just like other projects, once this project is saved or newly created you will need to assign students to it. If you do not know how to assign students to a project, see How to Assign Projects (Faculty).

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If Lexile® assessments are included in your license, as a teacher or administrator, you can follow these steps to manually assign a Lexile® benchmark or placement exam. You will need to assign the Lexile® benchmark or placement exam through a project. If you do not know how to create a project, see How to Create Projects (Faculty).

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Where should I go if I need technical support?

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Where should I go if I need technical support?

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1. Immediate Assistance: Contact Renaissance Chat or Call them at: 1-888-728-1266
2. Contact DPS Service Dept.
3. Contact Heather

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What is the difference between a myON book quiz and an Accelerated Reader (AR) quiz?

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What is the difference between a myON book quiz and an Accelerated Reader (AR) quiz?

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The myON book quiz is an in-program five question quiz which asks general questions about the books (vocabulary, main idea, details, etc). The AR Quiz link in myON allows students to read a book in myON and then directs the students to log into the AR program to take a more in depth quiz. I have included two links which go over each quiz type in more detail:
myON Book Quizzes: https://help2.renaissance.com/myON/how-book-quizzes-work-myon

AR Quiz Link: https://help2.renaissance.com/myON/how-take-ar-quizzes-myon

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Most books in myON have a comprehensive book quiz after the student has completed reading the book. The book quiz is 5 questions long, and the questions are pulled from a bank of 12 preset questions. The quizzes will pull different questions in different orders every time.

If the book has a quiz, the student will be prompted to take it after they are done rating and/or reviewing the book.

In order for the student to be presented with the quiz, they need to click I finished this book! after reading the last page.

Note: Students can't complete the book until they have met both of these criteria:

They have read at least 90% of the pages (viewing each of those pages for more than one second).

The total time spent reading the book (in seconds) is >=90% of the word count divided by 4.

Since students can easily move to different pages in the book without reading it sequentially, these requirements enable myON to evaluate the effort the student put into reading the book. myON includes that information in reports.

After clicking the button, students will be immediately prompted to rate the book (and to review it if the school has that functionality enabled). Click Save Your Review to finish.

After finishing the book rating/review, students will be prompted to take the book quiz. The quiz will display 5 questions, and the numbered circles will display which question the student is on. Once all questions are answered, students will be able to click Submit Quiz.

After a student turns in the quiz, the system will process it, and the student will be able to see which answers were correct or incorrect. The correct ones will be highlighted green; an incorrect answer will be highlighted red. Students select Return when they are done.

If the student has a Benchmark test ready to take, the student will see a Continue to Benchmark button instead of a Return button, and the Benchmark will start after the quiz. (This does not apply if your license does not include Benchmark tests.)

To find out how your students are doing on book quizzes, see the Quizzes Report.

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Most books in myON have a comprehensive book quiz after the student has completed reading the book. The book quiz is 5 questions long, and the questions are pulled from a bank of 12 preset questions. The quizzes will pull different questions in different orders every time.

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What if my students took the Early Literacy test in the winter?  What options do they have?

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What if my students took the Early Literacy test in the winter?  What options do they have?

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The connection between myON and STAR Early Literacy is still in development, which means that your early readers will be given a generic score based on their grade levels, but teachers and parents can use the search filters in myON’s Library Search tool to help them find books within their reading levels.

For Parents: they can use the instructions in the link below to search for books using the Guided Reading Level or the Lexile Level:

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Follow these instructions to use the filters available in the myON book search.

First, select Library, then Search.

If you do not see the filter options, you many need to click the funnel icon in the top left part of the page to open the filters. ( or depending on your assigned grade).

For Faculty with no grade and for students in upper grades, the page looks like this:

For students in lower grades, the page looks like this:

Students or Faculty choose the filters they want to use, then enter words to search for and click the magnifying glass to search. To reset filters, select or .

Each filter is described below.

Include Only

For younger students, clicking this icon gives you access to the following filters: Series, Title, Author, Description, and Publisher. (For Faculty and older students, these options show automatically.) Students then click the boxes for the things they want to search for. In the example below, the student wants to search for the word in book titles and descriptions.

Fiction/Nonfiction

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To search for fiction or nonfiction books, click the Fiction icon; then, click the box for the kind of books you want to search for. In both examples below, the student is searching for nonfiction books about cats. The first example shows what younger students see; the second shows what older students students see.

Lexile®

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The Lexile® option allows you to search for books that fall within the Lexile® score you select.

For younger students, if you have a Lexile® score, the filter may show the best Lexile® for you; in the example below, 100 is circled. The student can select any number.

Older students click and drag the circles to choose a range of Lexile® levels to search for. In the example below, the student is searching for books about cats with levels from 700L to 900L.

ATOS

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The ATOS option allows you to search for the ATOS book level you are interested in. See Levels: Book, Interest, and Reading for more information on ATOS book levels and interest levels.

Younger students select an ATOS book level to search for books that start with that level.

Older students click and drag the circles to select a range of book levels to search for. In the example below, the student is searching for books from levels 4 to 7. If you know your ZPD and you want to find books within the range, this is one way to search for those books.

Reading Level or Guided Reading

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Click the Reading Level or Guided Reading icon to search for books based on reading level (A-Z). For more information, see https://www.capstonepub.com/classroom/resources/leveling/

For lower grades, students select a single letter.

Older students click and drag the circles to choose a range of letters. In the example below, the student is searching for books with levels from T through V.

Grade Level

or

Click the Grade Level icon to search for books by recommended grade level.

For younger students, the student's grade is circled. The student selects one grade level.

Older students click and drag the circles to choose a range of grade levels. In the example below, the student is searching for books recommended for grades 5-7.

Story Type or Book Type

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The Story Type or Book Type icon allows you to search for books that are Short, Medium, Long, or Epic. You can also specify whether you want books with audio or without audio.

Younger students select one of the book length choices (Short, Medium, Long, or Epic). Then, they choose one or both of the audio options: Yes for books with audio or No for books without audio.

Older students select "Any" under Story Length or one of the book length choices; for audio, they select Any, Yes, or No.

Language

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Clicking the Language icon gives you the option to search for books in English, in Spanish, or bilingual. Depending on the available books, you may also choose to see books in Russian, UK English, Mandarin Chinese, Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, Yavapai, Cheyenne Arapaho, and/or Welsh.

Both younger and older students click/check the boxes for the languages that they want to see book results for.

Using punctuation and words like "the," "a," and "and" can make it harder for the software to find the specific books you're looking for. Search for the main words in the title to find books quickly.

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Follow these instructions to use the filters available in the myON book search. First, select Library, then Search. If you do not see the filter options, you many need to click the funnel icon in the top left part of the page to open the filters. ( or depending on your assigned grade).

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Can I "manually" assign a student the benchmark test?

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Can I "manually" assign a student the benchmark test?

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No!  The myON with STAR subscriptions allows your district to pull your students’ STAR scores from the Renaissance Site to use in myON.  This means your students wouldn’t need to (and don’t have the ability to) take in-program Lexile assessments or benchmarks.  All your students need to do is click the “Connect Now” button when they first login and enter their Renaissance Site username and Password when prompted.

This link goes over what it looks like and what your students need to do to connect their STAR scores to myON: https://help2.renaissance.com/myON/how-link-star-scores-student

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If your school uses Star Reading and your myON license allows you to use Star Reading scores, students' Star Reading scores can be linked to myON so that myON can recommend books that are within each student's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is a range of suggested readability levels from which a student could select books to read. It is a range that is neither too hard nor too easy, within which students can experience optimal growth. Remember that ZPDs are approximate; use your professional judgment when recommending books to fit the ability level of each student.

When a student connects to Star Reading, myON retrieves all of the student's Star Reading scores from the last two years. The most recent test provides the scores shown on the student's starting page in myON. As students take more tests, the information will be updated.

You can see which students have linked their Star data and their Star scores on the myON with Star Report.

In the building settings, the Building Administrator determines which metrics are shown to students and listed in the myON with Star report.

Your students may or may not need to follow the steps below:

If you log in using the myON login page, students follow the steps below to link their Star scores; students only need to connect to Star Reading once.

If you open myON from the Renaissance Home page, students' Star data is automatically linked, and students do not need to follow the steps below.

If necessary, each student follows these steps to link his or her Star Reading scores to the information in myON:

1. After logging in, you will see a suggested ZPD based on your grade. If you have not yet linked your Star Reading score, you will see "myON + ?", then "myON + Renaissance Star Reading". Select Connect Now at the bottom of the banner.

2. Next, you will be asked to log in to the Renaissance software. Enter the user name and password that you use to log in when you take a Star Reading test.

3. You will go back to myON. After a moment, the ATOS ZPD that is shown will be based on your latest Star Reading test.

If you see a message telling you that you will see your Star Reading score once you have taken a Star test, you have not yet taken a Star Reading test.

Once you see your Star Reading scores, you can select See more to see your Star Reading scores for the last two years along with the number of days with reading and the number of minutes you read. You can choose to see your ZPD, Star Reading score or Lexile® scores from your Star Reading tests.

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If your school uses Star Reading and your myON license allows you to use Star Reading scores, students' Star Reading scores can be linked to myON so that myON can recommend books that are within each student's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).

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It appears that all students are set to audio "always on." Do we want them to always have the audio or does it matter as long as they are spending time on the reading?

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It appears that all students are set to audio "always on." Do we want them to always have the audio or does it matter as long as they are spending time on the reading?

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Audio can be disabled per individual student, or for multiple students at once.

From your dashboard, click on Classroom > Students. Mark the box/boxes next to each student you wish to disable audio for, then click in the "Select an Action" dropdown and choose "Audio Setting." In the "Select Audio Setting" dropdown box select "Always Off." A box will appear asking you to confirm whether you want to change audio settings; select Yes

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Does myON integrate with Google Classroom?

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Does myON integrate with Google Classroom?

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At this time it does not. However, as the district moves towards a single sign on in the future, it might.

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Is there a myON app that my students can use?

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Is there a myON app that my students can use?

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Yes! Here are the instructions for how to use/download the app. However, since our school is not using myON Single Sign on the username and password will be different for the tablet app vs what they login with normally. The username is found from within the myON tile and looking at the student’s information. The password will be their tablet pin that the students receive from clicking on the blue tablet icon on their home page.

If teachers want to attempt to set up parents and students with it, they are welcome to but they will need to contact Renaissance support for help with it.

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If you want to download books to read when no internet access is available, please start by downloading the myON app. To do so, go to the corresponding app store for your device (see myON Apps for links) and add the myON app to your device.

The myON app is available for free download on Chromebooks, iPads, and Android tablets. The myON app is NOT designed for use on mobile phones, and myON's use on phones is not supported.

The myON app is designed solely as a source for offline reading; it can store up to 20 downloaded books per device for reading when an internet connection is not available. The myON app does not have the full functionality available to students when using myON via a web browser.

When using the myON app, students will not have access to teacher assigned projects, end-of-book quizzes, or Benchmark assessments. If you have Wi-Fi available regularly, we recommend using the web browser on your device to access myON in order to take advantage of all the features available in the program.

After downloading the app, please add a user:

1. Tap or click on the appropriate icons to add a user:
iPad:

Chromebook:

Android and Kindle Fire:

2. To select your school, begin typing the name in the appropriate box or field and corresponding options will appear. Select your school from the drop-down list.

3. Enter your user name and your password or PIN as you would to log in via a web browser.

Note: Clever users may be required to use a PIN instead of a password. To find their PIN, users can log in to myON using a web browser on a computer; after you log in, your PIN is in the upper-right corner of the page near your name.

4. Once logged in, you can download books by following the directions in How Can I Download Books onto the myON App?.

For specific instructions for each app, see the links below:
iPad App Android App Kindle Fire HD App Chrome App

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If you want to download books to read when no internet access is available, please start by downloading the myON app. To do so, go to the corresponding app store for your device (see myON Apps for links) and add the myON app to your device.

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How can I find my students' usernames and passwords?

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How can I find my students' usernames and passwords?

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You can find your students usernames and passwords by following the instructions on Slide 15 in this presentation.

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I don't see students on my roster. What should I do?

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I don't see students on my roster. What should I do?

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Students will not appear in myON until they have logged in for the first time.  Teachers need to assign students to their rosters once they log in.  Check out this quick video for instructions on how to do this.