Step 1: Assessment Explanation and its purpose Take this time to explain the Star Digital Literacy Assessment and its purpose: Microsoft Word This can be read verbatim to the students: The North Star Digital Literacy Assessment has set the standards of what it means to be knowledgeable about different aspects of the computer. The purpose of this assessment is to provide learners with a standard with which everyone learns the computer to ensure that they will be successful outside of the classroom. If you pass the assessment with an 85% or higher, you will receive a certificate stating you passed the Microsoft Word assessment. These certificates can be presented to employers as proof of your computer skills when you apply for a job. This assessment is going to be difficult for most of you because it is using a version of Windows that we have not used in class. Use the clues that are provided in the question to locate the answers that will be on the page. Step 2: How the assessment works This can be read verbatim to the students: When it is time to begin, students will open the assessment titled Microsoft Word. The assessment begins with a test of the speakers. If you hear the piano playing, you will use your mouse to click the button. “Next” that if that student does not hear the piano playing, they can look above their keyboard at Explain and they will see three buttons on the right. These are the volume buttons, one to turn down volume, turn it up, and turn it off. Next, North Star will go through an orientation of how the assessment works. Each question asked in the assessment will be a function of the program, so your answer to the question will be performing that function. BE CAREFUL not to simply click when the page comes up because the assessment will read that as your answer and you cannot go back. Teacher should pull up the Screen Shot page and review it with the students.
Step 1: Assessment Explanation and its purpose Take this time to explain the Microsoft Word Star Digital Literacy Assessment and its purpose: This can be read verbatim to the students: The North Star Digital Literacy Assessment has set the standards of what it means to be knowledgeable about different aspects of the computer. The purpose of this assessment is to provide learners with a standard with which everyone learns the computer to ensure that they will be successful outside of the classroom. If you pass the assessment with an 85% or higher, you will receive a certificate stating you passed the Microsoft Word assessment. These certificates can be presented to employers as proof of your computer skills when you apply for a job. This assessment is going to be difficult for most of you because it is using a version of Windows that we have not used in class. Use the clues that are provided in the question to locate the answers that will be on the page. Step 2: How the assessment works This can be read verbatim to the students: When it is time to begin, students will open the assessment titled Microsoft Word. The assessment begins with a test of the speakers. If you hear the piano playing, you will use your mouse to click the “Next” button. Explain that if that student does not hear the piano playing, they can look above their keyboard at and they will see three buttons on the right. These are the volume buttons, one to turn down volume, turn it up, and turn it off. Next, North Star will go through an orientation of how the assessment works. Each question asked in the assessment will be a function of the program, so your answer to the question will be performing that function. BE CAREFUL not to simply click when the page comes up because the assessment will read that as your answer and you cannot go back. Teacher should pull up the Screen Shot page and review it with the students.
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