What are they?
Pupils may be combined into groups called “Classes”. Each Class is a folder within the “Pupils” folder which is located in the “Master Key” folder or “Master Key Network” folder. To use this, create new folders within the Pupils folder and name them the Class names. Then drag the Pupils into their appropriate Class folders.
You may create the Class Folders in the Class Selection for the Class Editor and create Pupils in the Class Editor.
Drills may be combined into groups called “Units” in the same way that Pupils can be grouped into Classes. Just create new folders in “Drills” folder and name them their Unit names. Then drag the appropriate Drills into these folders.
You can also create Class and Unit folders and organize the Drill and Pupil files in the Mac Finder or Windows file browser like you would with any other files.
How do I remove Pupils or Drills I don't want?
Each Pupil or Drill is a file so you can remove anything you don't want in the Mac Finder or in Windows file browser. If you have no use for AZERTY drills for instance, you can remove the entire unit folder.
Taking Advantage of Classes with the Class Editor
Open the Class Editor by selecting Edit Class… from the Teacher menu.
You are then asked to choose the class in much the same way you would be asked when you choose a pupil. The difference here is you are selecting the whole class and not an individual pupil.
The Class Editor will take a look at all of the pupils in that Class folder and show this list on the right listbox.
Note: The Class Editor is limited to editing five pupils for Standard Edition but virtually unlimited for Classroom Edition.
Settings can be selectively applied to several Pupils at once by clicking and dragging through the list of Pupils. To select multiple noncontiguous Pupils, hold down the Command key (Control key in Windows) and click each Pupil.
The Class Editor does not remove Pupils. Pupils can be removed like any other file in the Mac Finder or Windows file browser. These files are in the Pupils folder.
For a class of new Pupils, if you will be setting all of the Pupil passwords, you may also turn off the requirement for Pupil passwords (in the Preferences) while creating new pupils, set them all in the Class Editor, then later turn the Pupil password requirement back on.
If you created pupils without giving them passwords and you don't give them passwords in the Class Editor and you turn on the pupil password requirement in the Preferences, then the pupil will be asked to provide a password when he/she chooses his/her Pupil file.
Tip: To allow the pupils to set their own passwords at login time, set the pupil's password to "password" in the Class Editor.
Class Reports
Select Class Reports from the Teacher menu.
Here you can read overall statistics for a class for all drill history or you can restrict it to the last 5, 10, or 20 drills. You can then export this as tab-delimited text file or print it. You can also open the history window for each pupil by double-clicking the pupil or selecting the pupil and then pressing the Details button.
On the Class Mastery tab, you can focus on a particular drill and how a class of pupils is progressing on that drill.
On the Pupil Mastery tab you can choose to see the status of mastery for any unit for any pupil, and if the drills do not contain a speed goal, you can choose to apply the speed goal you want to the analysis of the unit. From here you can choose to print a mastery status page for any pupil.