Hands On Tour: Math
The best way to get acquainted with the SuccessMaker Math course is to take a session. This section shows you what you may see when you sample some exercises in SuccessMaker Math.
Taking a Session
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Prepare a sample student user and course for the assignment:
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Create a student user account. See “Add a Student” in SuccessMaker Help.
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Choose a course. You can choose the Math (default) course or you can customize a course by settings, skills, or standards, or aligned to a Savvas core program. See “Create a Custom Course” in SuccessMaker Help. To experience Initial Placement (IP
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Assign the course to the student. See “Assign a Course” in SuccessMaker Help.
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Sign in to SuccessMaker as the student user you created.
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Select the assigned Math course.
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As you progress through the course, use a variety of answering techniques to see how the course reacts to your responses, such as:
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Answer questions correctly and incorrectly
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Answer correctly on a second attempt
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Select the Menu button in the upper left to display the left menu bar, and then select the various menu buttons to explore the tools and features available to your students. See Math Student Navigation and Resources for a description of each of the available menu items.
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During your session, allow yourself to exhaust the idle time for a question. SuccessMaker is monitoring the inactivity (mouse movement, keyboard entry, etc.).