LiveText Training

Instructions Created by:
Dr. Nancy Bailey & Professor Sue Joseph
January 2005

Background Information: The MSCD Teacher Candidate Portfolio and Teacher Work Sample are part of an assessment system that has been developed to provide evidence of teacher candidate proficiencies in professional, state, and institutional standards. Because of CDE and NCATE requirements that an electronic system of documentation be used to track each candidate's performance of these standards, the MSCD the Teacher Education Department will implement LiveText software into entry-level courses in the spring of 2003.

Procedure:

1. Sign-on:

Go to the Internet and type: http://www.college.livetext.com

2. Log-in:

Type in your log-in name and password and click login. If you have not previously used LiveText, you must click register to setup up your account. (Your registration key code is located on the inside of the CD cover you just purchased or it was provided when you purchased LiveText on-line.)

3. Finding My Desk:

Logging in takes you directly to your own personal Workspace known as "My Desk." You will access documents that you create from "My Desk." These documents will be saved directly onto the web, so you can access the contents of "My Desk" from any computer with an Internet connection. You can always return to this point by clicking, "My Desk."

4. Create a portfolio that applies to your licensure area by using one of the templates provided within Live Text.

Click the Create button and then scroll to find Document.

5. From Document, scroll to find Portfolio. From Template, scroll to find the appropriate template for your portfolio. Add the title for your portfolio and click Create Document.

Congratulations! Your portfolio is now created.

6. Note Personal Messages:

There is a place for you to tell your reviewer or editor what you want them to look at in your portfolio in the personal messages box at a later time. It is at the top of the portfolio page. When sending an artifact or your whole portfolio to a faculty member, it is a good idea to inform them of what you would like them to do when they receive the document in LiveText. For example, Please review my artifact, reflection statement and practice statement for the Technology Item.

7. Begin work in your own portfolio:

Click on the Welcome located on the menu at the left-hand side of your screen, locate the bar that says Welcome to my Portfolio and click edit. Edit opens a new page with a small word program area or text box, in which you may type information or data.

8. Data Entry:

The blue button labeled edit must be clicked to add data. From the blue page titled, Welcome to My Portfolio, place the cursor beside Name and add data to this page. Read the remaining directions to add data. Now that you have entered your personalized information, delete the directions from the page. By deleting the directions, the portfolio will read more like your personal portfolio rather than a series of questions and answers. NOTE: Make sure that all text is black. If text is another color, you may want to change it to black.

9. Saving Data:

Click the Save Section button located at the bottom of the screen. Then, click the Finish link in the upper-right corner of your screen.

10. Adding information to the Technology section of your portfolio:

Go to the menu bar and click 7. Technology. CPBS Technology Description gives an overview of that section and requires no typed response from you. Under Competency Evidence Item, click edit to invoke the word processor and type in today's date, the Title of Artifact and Developed for. Click the Save button and then click Finish.

11. Adding Standards:
Click the Edit link on CPBS Addressed bar. Click the Add Standards Tab and within Standard Set, scroll to find COPBST.

Within Standard Set Level 1, select 7 for Technology. Select all of the Standards and click the Finish button at the top-right hand of your screen.

12. Adding Artifacts:

Click on edit next to the Artifact section. Use Edit Attachments if you would like to attach your artifact to your portfolio. After clicking Edit Attachments, a left-hand box appears and asks you to locate on your computer the item you wish to attach. Complete Step 2-Attach and Step 3-Finish.

Or, you may do a copy and paste (transferred from a Word document on your computer). The artifact will then be placed into this section. If using this method, change the font style in MS Word to Arial 10pt. This is the best font to use for copying text and keeping the proper formatting of the document.

(If you would like to display an image (one per section) alongside your text, you may choose an Image found at the top of the screen. The scanner in the ERC WC258 can be used to scan data or pictures onto a disk as a Word document.)

For the technology section, you will be required to add one of the integration assignments created within this class. We strongly recommend that you attach your PowerPoint integration because this will be your showcase for all of the technology that you have learned in EDT3610.

12. Complete Reflection:

Read and use the guidelines under Reflection to explain your understanding of the artifact's relation to each of the technology standards (7.1 – 7.5) If there is not a relation between your chosen artifact and one of the standards, write your understanding of the standard itself. Complete your response and Save the section.

13. Practice Statement:

Read and use the guidelines under Practice to explain how you would use this artifact as an application for your future teaching. Complete your response and Save the section. Click finish.

14. Sending for review:

Once the Technology section of the portfolio has been completed, it may be sent for review. Click Share (top right side of screen).

Select Shared, Reviewers, and lookup names.

On the next screen type the name of the person you want to review your document and click Look Up Name. (HINT: Select lookup by last name and type in your instructor’s last name.) Then click Add Checked beside the reviewer's box. Next click the Finish button at the top right of your screen.

15. Was your technology section really sent for review?

Click on my desk, click on reviews from the left-hand menu bar. You will now see what has been sent/received for review. The Reviewed column provides the status of your portfolio review. If it displays pending, the portfolio has not been reviewed yet. If a date appears in the Reviewed column, that is the date in which it was reviewed. Click on your portfolio to view any comments that might have been made by your instructor. If your instructor suggests making any changes to a section, please make the required changes and then select Resend within the Actions column.

14. Print:

Use the tool bar on the top right side of the screen. With Print you may print all of the document or under Options select only those pages you would like printed.