Quick Start                3. Click Edit this Group
                             4. Click- Create a User in this Group
                             5. Enter all information indicated by an
     PLATO LINK                    asterick (*). Caution: you cannot modify
                              the user type field once you click the Send
                              button.
ENTER INTO PLATO WEB/LINK                6. Send
 1. Type: www.platoweb.com
 2. Enter account # (if not done previously) and
                                  PLATO Link
   click submit
 3. Enter your PLATO name
                           SETTING UP CLASSES
 4. Enter group name – Send
                            From Personal Home Page in PLATO LINK
 5. Enter and confirm password
                            1. Click the click here to create a new class
 You are in PLATO WEB
                            2. Select a Grade Level and a Subject from the
                              drop-down lists.
  CREATE A GROUP
                            3. Click Next.
  1. Click group tools
                            4. Enter and select information
  2. Click Create a Group
                            5. Click Next.
  3. Enter group name
                            6. Confirm the class settings
  4. De-select “Allow Users to Self Enroll”
                            7. Click Done.
  5. Select PLATO Link school
                             The Add/Remove Student page displays
  6. Click Send
                            8. Select a student listed in the left column and
  7. Check box to indicate which coordinators
                              select the add button to include a student in
   have access to this group
                              the class.
  8. Send (at bottom of page)
                            Note: If you don’t see the student’s name, use
                            the down arrow and click the Students in the
Note: You must set up users within PLATO
                            School link.
Web Learning Network group associated with
                            9. Click the Done button
PLATO LINK schools.
                           ASSIGN A PREDEFINED TEST
ASSIGN PLATO LINK TO GROUP
                           From the Class Home page
(PLATO LINK will be an assignment option
                           1. Click on Class
when student accesses their assignment)
                             1. Click Create and Review Assignments
  1. Click – Group Tools
                             2. Click on Pre Defined Test
  2. Click on your Group
                             3. Edit the following information for this test:
  3. Click – Edit Group Assignment
                                 a. Standardized Test
  4. Select Assign Checkbox for PLATO LINK
                                 b. Test name
5. Click – Assign Selected Activities (at bottom of
                                 c. On Line or paper
screen)
                           Click on Next
Click Update Assignment
                                 d. Due date
                                 e. Student(s) assigned to the test
CREATE PLATO LINK USERS
                           Click on Next
From Administrator Home Page
                             4. Review the details of the test
  1. Click Group Tools
                             5. Click Confirm and Assign
  2. Click on the group in which you want to
   create learner

                             11. Click – Confirm and Assign
CREATING TESTS OR QUIZZES
  Math – From the Class Home Page
                            ASSIGNING ACTIVITIES
 1. Click on Class
                              From the Class Main Page
 1. Click- Create and Review Assignments
                             1. Click – Create and Review Assignments
 1. Click – Create a Test
                             2. Click – Assign an Activity
 2. Enter test information
                             3. Enter instructions for student to follow
     a. Chapter(s) and/or objectives
                             4. Enter name for the activity
     b. Test name
                             5. Enter a URL to associate with the
     c. Alignment of Test to state standard
                              assignment (optional)
       or state test
                             6. Select a date due
     d. Number of questions
                             7. Assign Student(s)
     e. On-line test or hard copy (paper)
                             8. Click - Submit
       test.
                             9. Click - Confirm and Assign
 3.Click Next
 4.Edit the test to determine:
                            VIEWING PROGRESS REPORTS
     a. Skills the test will cover
                            From the Class Home page
     b. Number of questions per skill
                             1. Select Progress Reports
     c. Due Date
                             2. Click on the Magnifying glass icon to view
     d. Timed or un-timed
                               progress details for a particular skill for each
     e. Students Assigned to the test.
                               student in the class.
 5. Click Submit
                             3. Select an individual student from the Roster
 6. Click Submit
                               drop-down menu
 7. Review the Test details
                             4. Click on the magnifying glass icon to see
 8. Click Confirm and Assign
                               how the student answered the last five test
                               questions for a particular skill.
Reading – From the Class Home Page
                             5. TIP: Click your browser’s Back button to
1. Click Create and Review Assignments
                               return to the Individual Student Progress
  1. Click Create a Test
                               report
  2. Enter Test Information:
      a. Alignment of test to state standard or
                            LOGGING OUT OF PLATO LINK
       state test. Click Next
                            1. Click the Close PLATO LINK at the top of the
  3. Define each section of the test as necessary
                            page.
    (note: Select up to SIX passage types)
  4. Click - Next
                            2. When the PLATO Web Learning Network
  5. Indicate the number of question types for
                            Home page displays, click on Log Out.
    each passage
  6. Click - Next
  7. Modify test information:
      a. Test name
      b. Due Date
      c. On-line or hard copy test
      d. Student(s) assigned to the test
      e. Timed or Un-timed
  8. Click Next
  9. Review the test details
  10. Click Next