Tips for Training- DnA Basics

1. Visit your own district Illuminate site. For example, districtname.illuminateed.com.

2. Enter your username and case-sensitive password, and then click Sign In.

1. Select Control Panel for user information.

2. Click Lessons & Videos to access step-by-step instructions and videos.

3. Select the appropriate help manual to search for a lesson or click on any topic.

4. Call 949-242-0343 or email help@illuminateed.com for more help.

1. Click Reports.

2.  Under General, click View Reports (Prebuilt & Custom Reports).

3. Click on any report title.

4. Make selections within the filters at the top of the page. Then click View in Browser.

*Note: Mark the report as your Favorite by clicking on the silver star in the right corner. *It will now appear in your Favorites widget on your dashboard!

Note, you can:

• Click Next Page to scroll page by page
• Download the report to Adobe PDF or Microsoft Excel

1. Click Assessments.

2. Click List Assessments under the General section.

3. If you want to narrow your list, start typing an assessment title in the Search Assessments bar OR choose More Filters and click Search.

• Click on any test name to open it, or
• Click Action by any test name to Administer/Scan/Preview/View Results/Share/Delete the assessment.

1. Click Assessments.

2. Click Create a New Assessment under the General section.

If I want to manually type my answers:

1. Select Manual/Hybrid Assessment, enter the # of questions on the test, and click Okay.

2. Enter Title (plus any additional information to later help you find the assessment) and click Save.

3. Visit any tabs you like. (See last step below)

If I have a bubbled answer key:

1. Select “On the Fly”, enter the # of questions on the test, and click Okay.

2. Manually enter or scan your answer key and select Save and Continue.

3. Scan students’ answer sheets you want to record (if any). Then select Save & View Results. Click Save as an Assessment to save data and results in your account.

If I am giving students a skills assessment (i.e. assessing students recognition of numbers, short words, letters, etc.):

1. Select Skills Assessment then Okay.

2. Set up your series of questions (or prompts) and then assesses the student and record the results in real time.

If I'd like to create an Itembank assessment:

1. Select Itembank, and then Okay.

2. You will be taken into the Illuminate Itembank to select (or create) questions to build an assessment from scratch.