Teacher's+Toolkit

This page is dedicated to helping other teachers who use the Carnegie Cognitive Tutor in their classroom how to access different student reports so they can monitor student progress on a detailed level. For most teachers who are familiar with using computers and the internet, this may seem pretty simple, but I can understand the frustrations that teachers who struggle with technology have in doing some of these simple tasks, especially when their colleagues assume they know how to do it. This can also be helpful for the teacher who have never really looked at the specific data that the teacher toolkit provides. Sometimes teachers are inclined to only look at what unit or section their students are on the Cognitive Tutor and not exactly what they are doing while working on the tutor. Take the following steps to use the toolkit more effectively.

First make sure you know how to login to the Teacher's toolkit by going to the initial login page at [|Carnegie Teacher Login]



Click on the "Launch the Software an an Instructor"



This page requires your school ID. Type in your school ID. For example, I teach at Kennedy High School and our ID is in the box already. Click the Log In button when your ID is typed in.



Click the Launch TEACHERS TOOLKIT button.

Type in your User Name and Password. Make sure no students know your User Name or Password since everything is controlled through the Teacher's Toolkit. Click OK when all information is typed in.



This is the main toolkit center. This is where you can do pretty much anything with your students from change their placement to add new students. As stated before, most teacher only use the "View Class Progress" tab and do not use the "Student Reports" tab. On the "Student Reports" tab, you can create reports that give much more detail of a student's work than just knowing what Unit he or she is on. Click on the "Student Reports" tab.



Once on this screen, you want to select the class you are trying to get a report for. Then if you look below the list of students in the class you selected, you will see "Select Level of Detail." Here you have a few options to choose of what kind of reports you want. In this specific instance, I have selected "Detail per Section."



Here is the example of the "Detail per Section" report. The names would normally be on the left hand side, but I have cut them off for obvious reasons. As you can see, this report gives way more detail than just knowing what Unit and Section or students are in. All of these reports can be of great use to you in determining where your students are struggling and even where they are succeeding. I hope this has been instructional for you.