How
To Directions For Students 
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I.
How
To Download Your Portfolio
1. Login LiveText
at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On your main page, My Desk, select Create button (top of
page). The Create Document page opens.
3. From Choose a Folder dropdown
list, under Valdosta State
University
select
Portfolios.
4. From the Choose a Template dropdown list, select Your Program Portfolio (e.g., ECE
Initial Program Portfolio).
5. Wait until the screen displays the
template outline on the right side of the screen.
6. Enter the Title for your portfolio: “Name of Your Program Portfolio” (e.g., ECE
Initial Program Portfolio).
7. Click “Create
Document” button.
II.
How
To Download Your Teacher Work Sample
1. Login LiveText
at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On your main page, My Desk, select Create button (top of
page). The Create Document page opens.
3. From Choose a Folder dropdown
list, under Valdosta State
University
select Projects.
4. From the Choose a Template dropdown list, select the Teacher Work Sample for your program .
5. Wait until the screen displays the
template outline on the right side of the screen.
6. Enter the Title for your Teacher Work Sample “Name of Your Program Teacher Work
Sample” (e.g., ECE Teacher Work Sample).
7.
Click “Create Document” button
III.
How
To Edit Your Documents:
1. Login LiveText
at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On your main page, My Desk, find the document that you would like to
edit (i.e., your portfolio,
your TWS).
3. Open your document to edit
by clicking on the name of your document.
4. After your document opens, find the section in your document that
you would like to edit, and click on the "Edit" on the top right of that
section.
5. An editing window will open
and you can edit the section selected.
6. As you edit, you can save by clicking on the "Save" button at the bottom of the
page.
7.
When you have completed your editing,
then click on the "Finish"
button at the top right side (this will take you back to your document
page).
8. You
can select another section to edit
or click on "My Desk" button
(top left side) to take you back to your My Desk (main page).
IV.
How
To Submit Your Documents for Review
1. Login LiveText at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using
FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On My Desk (main page), find your document you would
like to
share for review.
3. Click on your document for review.
4. After your document opens, click on the "Submit for Review"
top of page.
5. Send to Reviewers small
window will open. Type last name of reviewer, this
will
bring up a list of names.
6. Click on the name of
reviewer, this will put the reviewer’s name in the Send to Reviewer
space. Then click the “Send”
button. (If you want to send to additional reviewers, repeat steps
4-6.)
7.
Click “Finish.” (Your document will be sent to your
reviewer’s LiveText
account to be assessed.)
V.
How
To Hide & Unhide Pages & Sections of Your Portfolio or
Documents in LiveText
(If you want to only
send or submit only a certain page or section in LiveText, then you can
hide the pages of your portfolio or document that you do not want to
send.)
A. How To Hide
Pages
1. Open the portfolio or document
in your LiveText that you want to send, but would like to hide some of
the pages.
2. At the top of
the page, select "Edit Document."
3. Put
a check in the box in front of all of the pages that you want
to hide. (The page that you want to send should not be
checked.)
4. Click on the "Hide." (The text for the pages
that you want to hide will turn a light gray color.)
5. Click “Finish”
at top right side of the page. (This will take you to the page
that you did not hide and you are ready to Submit for Review or Share.)
(After you submit or
share your document, then you may want to unhide pages of your
document. Then your document will be ready to use again.)
Unhide Pages: If
you want to unhide your
pages: Select the Edit Document
and check the
pages that you want to unhide. Click on Unhide and then Finish.
B.
How To Hide
Sections on a Page
1. Open the page in your
portfolio or document that you want to hide some of the sections.
2. On the top
right of the page, select "Edit Page."
3. Put a check in the box in front of all of the section(s)
that you want to hide. (The section(s) that you want to
send should not be checked.)
4. Click on the "Hide." (The text for the pages
that you want to hide will turn a light gray color.)
5. Click “Finish”
at top right side of the page. (This will take you to the page
and section(s) that you did not hide and you are ready to Submit for
Review or Share.)
(After
you submit or share your document, then you may want to unhide
the sections.)
Unhide Sections: If
you want to unhide your
sections: Select the Edit Page
and check the sections that
you want to unhide. Click on Unhide
and then Finish.
VI. How
To View Your Assessments in LiveText
1. Login LiveText at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using
FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On My Desk (main page), click on "Reviews" (under Collaborations on left side).
3. Under Sent for Review tab, click on "View" next to
the document that you would like to view your assessment.
4. After your document opens, click on the "View Assessment"
at top of page. Assessment window will open and select the assessment rubric for your document.
5. A rubic window will open to view the assement for your
document. When you are done viewing your assessment, you can
select "Close" at the bottom of the assessment window.
VII. How To Print a Copy of Your
Assessment Rubric
1. Login LiveText at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using
FireFox,
Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On My Desk (main page), click on "Reviews" (under Collaborations on left side).
3. Under Sent for Review tab, click on "View" next to
the document that you would like to view your assessment.
4. After your document opens, click on the "View Assessment"
at top of page. Assessment window will open and select the assessment rubric for your document.
5. A rubic window will open with your assement, and
it will have a "Print" button
to print your assessment rubric.
VIII. How To Download “Lesson Plan
Template
for ATTACHED Lesson Plan” & To Attach a Lesson Plan”
A. Download
Lesson Plan Template to Attach Documents
1.
Login LiveText at: college.livetext.com/college. (Using
FireFox, Internet Explorer, or Mozilla)
2. On your main page, My Desk, select Create button (top of
page). The Create Document page opens.
3. From Choose a Folder dropdown
list, under Valdosta State
University
select Lesson Plans.
4. From the Choose a Template dropdown list, select Lesson
Plan Template for ATTACHED Lesson Plan.
5. Wait until the screen displays the
template outline on the right side of the screen.
6. Enter the title for your
document: give the name of the course
for the lesson plan, lesson plan number
(1 or 2), and the person that observed that lesson (Supervisor, Mentor,
Peer,
or Self-evaluation), for examples: “ECED
3000 Lesson Plan 1 Observed by Mentor” and “READ 3500 Lesson Plan 2
Observed by
Supervisor.”
7. Click “Create Document” button.
B.
Attaching
Lesson Plan to the ATTACHED Lesson Plan Template
1. After Lesson Plan Template
for ATTACHED Lesson Plan opens.
2. Select “edit” for the Section for Attaching Lesson Plan.
3. Complete the sentence in
this section: Attached below is a lesson plan written for….
4. To add lesson plan file, click on “edit” at the end
of the Attachments.
5. An attachment window opens. To add your lesson plan file
attachment, click on “Browse” and select your lesson plan to
attach and
click on Open. Then the attachment window will open
again.
Select Attach and then Finish.
6. This takes you back to the Edit page, and you should see your
attachment at bottom of page. Select Finish when you have
completed your editing.
7.
Now you are ready to share your Attached Lesson Plan Document with your
course
instructor and the person who observed you teaching the lesson. (See below SectionIV: How To Share Your
Documents.)
IX.
How
To Create a Page and Add Sections to a Page:
A. How to Create
a Page
1. Open
LiveText at college.livetext.com/college
(Using
Internet Explorer or Mozilla).
2. To login enter: your username and password.
3. On your main page (my
desk), select your document (e.g., portfolio).
4. Open your document.
5. At the top right of your document, you will see edit/share/copy/print, more.
6. Click on edit.
7. You should then see Edit Document:_______ at the top of
the page.
8. Under this, you will see a row of buttons:
Create
Page/Order/Hide/Unhide/Edit
Titles/Copy/Delete
9. Click “Create
Page”
button.
10. You will have a pop-up box that will appear that
will prompt you to enter a page title (Please
enter a Page Title).
11. Type in the title of your page.
12. The page will automatically be placed at the
bottom of your list.
13. Next, go back to the top and click on the “Order” button.
14. An “Edit Page
Order” box will appear.
15. Using the side scroll down bar, scroll down to
the bottom of the box.
16. Click on your new page.
17. When that page is highlighted (after you click on
it), click on the arrow up button on the right side of the box.
18. Keep clicking the up button until your
highlighted page is at your desired location.
19. Click the Save
button at the bottom of the box.
Congratulations,
you have now created a page!
B. How to Create
Sections a Page
1. Open
the page that you want to add a section and click on the Edit button on the right side of the
page.
2. At the top of the page, you see buttons labeled:
Create section, Order, Hide, Unhide,
Edit Titles, Copy Delete.
3. Click on Create
Section.
4. A drop-down box will appear. Click on “Text &
Image.”
5. A pop-up box will appear prompting you to enter a
Section Title (Please enter a Section
Title).
6. Type the title in the pop-up box and click “OK”
7. Create another section, following steps 3-4.
8. When your pop-up box appears, type in your new
section title.
9. Continue until you have created all the sections
you would like.
X.
How
To Move Information & Files from your Old Portfolio to your New
Portfolio:
(Tip -
To move your portfolio information: open your "old portfolio" in
Mozilla & your "new portfolio" in Internet
Explorer.)
A.
To Open Old Portfolio:
1.
Open LiveText at college.livetext.com/college
using
Mozilla.
2. To login enter: your username and password.
3. On My Desk (main page),
find your "old portfolio."
4. Open your "old portfolio."
B. To
Open New Portfolio:
5.
Open LiveText at college.livetext.com/college
using
Internet Explorer.
6. To login enter: your username and password.
7. On My Desk (main page),
find your "new portfolio."
8. Open your "new portfolio."
C.
To Move Text
Information
from your Old
Portfolio to your New Portfolio:
9. Now you have your "old portfolio" and your "new portfolio"
open.
10. Open your "old portfolio" to the page that you want to copy text. (Do not open the edit window to copy
text from your old portfolio.) Highlight the text and copy.
11.
Open your "new portfolio" to the section that you would like to add
information from your "old portfolio" and
click on the Edit on the top
right of that section.
12. An editing window will open,
paste the
information from your "old portfolio" into your "new portfolio."
13.
When you have completed your editing
then click on
the "Finish" button on the top
right side (this will take you back to your portfolio page).
D. To Move Files
from your Old Portfolio to your New Portfolio:
If you still have a copy of the
file that you want to move from the old portfolio to the new portfolio,
you can add the file as an attachment at the bottom of the
editing window, or you can copy & paste. See directions below:
14. You should have your "old
portfolio" and your "new portfolio" open. (See directions
VII above to open both portfolios.)
15.
Open your "old portfolio" to the page that has the attachment that you
want to move. (Do
not open the edit window to copy text from your old
portfolio.) Highlight the name of the attachment and copy.
16. Open your
"new portfolio" to the section that you would like to add your
attachment from your "old portfolio" and
click on the Edit on the top
right of that section.
17. An editing window will open, paste
the
name of the attachment from your "old portfolio" into your "new
Portfolio." (Since your attachment is linked in your LiveText
account, then your copied linked attachment will also be connected.)
18.
When you have completed your editing
then click on
the "Finish" button on the top
right side (this will take you back to your portfolio page).
How To
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