Use CPS with Examview

eInstruction’s Classroom Performance System (CPS) allows teachers to get real time data while they teach.  Sometimes though, there is not time to prepare questions or a teacher simply wants pre-built content.

Examview is a digital content gallery.  Over the years it has amassed more than 14,000 standard aligned k12 questions from more than 60 leading text book publishers.  If you’ve opened a new  textbook and found a content cd in the back  then you have the Examview content for that book.

This library can be used to build paper tests or electronic tests which  can then be administered, graded and reported on quickly and easily with CPS clickers.  As a bonus, Examview Test Generator is able to mirror the format of  state tests and can generate a bubble type test which can then be read by a scanner.

For the  purpose of this demo, we’ll  show how you can quickly and easily pull the library of digital content into CPS.  The first method allows you to choose the specific questions that you would like to teach.

Method 1: Pre-selected questions or test

1. Open Examview  Test  Generator
2. Choose “From Scratch” or “Wizard” (From scratch will allow you to  pick and choose individual questions, wizard will  allow you to  choose question types but Examview will randomly choose the questions from the bank for you)
3. If using “from scratch” click the binoculars on the top toolbar.
4. Choose “Learning Series” and then continue  to select your subject area, grade level and content area.
5. Once you click “OK” it will  load the bank or banks of content that you selected.  Click on the check  box  to the left of a question to select it and add it to your test.
6. When done click “finish” and your test will be generated.  You can now print the test or save it to import into CPS.
7. Make a note of where you’ve saved the test.  The default is in the Examview folder in tests.
8. Open CPS
9. If you are adding this test  to an existing lesson then go to the prepare  tab and click on the lesson.  If you don’t have a lesson yet then go to the prepare tab and click new – select lesson.
10. Once  you have selected your lesson and it is highlighted click the “add files” tab.  Browse to the folder where you saved your test, select the test and click “ok.”

Method 2: Import all questions in a bank

1. Open CPS
2. In the prepare tab create a new lesson or select the lesson that you would like to add content to.
3. Click on “add files”
4. Browse to the Examview folder, Learning Series then the subject area, grade level and content that you would like to import.
5. Click  “ok” and the entire bank of selected questions will be imported to the selected lesson.