Revising with Style and Sentence Diagraming

Middle School and High School

Revising with Style allows students to master writing and grammar skills and to check their understanding as they work through the exercises.

Sentence Diagraming allows students to master diagraming techniques and to check their understanding as they work through the exercises.

ISSUES:

General

How do I access Teacher Utilities?

I’ve changed the Teacher Utilities password and cannot remember the new password.

How do I add classes?

How do I add students?

How do I prevent students from adding themselves to the program or logging in as a guest?

Windows

Will this product work on Windows XP, 2000 and/or Windows ME?

When entering more than 200 students, I get the message "A maximum of 400 students can appear in the list."

Macintosh

Will this program run on Mac OS X?

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows:

· 100% compatible IBM computer

· Color Monitor

· CD-ROM drive

· Windows 95/98 or higher

· 8 MB RAM

· Mouse

MAC:

· PowerPC Macintosh

· Color Monitor

· Hard Drive

· CD-ROM drive

· Macintosh OS 7.5 or higher

· 3 MB RAM

· Mouse

INSTALLATION TIPS:

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP:

1. Insert CD-ROM into drive.

2. Click the Start button and choose Run.

3. Type in X:\Setup (where X = your CD-ROM drive letter). Press Enter.

4. Follow the on-screen directions to complete installation.

Macintosh:

Insert CD-ROM into the drive.
Double-click the installation program icon.
Indicate the folder where you want to install the program, and then follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Network:

1. Insert CD-ROM into drive.

2. Click the Start button and choose Run.

3. Type in X:\Setup (where X = your CD-ROM drive letter). Press Enter.

4. Enter a destination folder (for example, H:\courses\revising). The installation program creates the necessary folders and copies the files onto the network drive.

5. Follow the on-screen direction to complete the installation.

At each client workstation, create desktop shortcut that points to the program’s executable file (i.e. revising.exe) on the server.

ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS:

Issue: How do I access Teacher Utilities?

Solution: Please consult the user guide or contact Software Support at 800-437-3715 for assistance.

Issue: I’ve changed the Teacher Utilities password and cannot remember the new password.

Solution: Please consult the user guide or contact Software Support at 800-437-3715 for assistance.

Issue: How do I add classes?

Solution: The following steps describe how to add classes:

1. Access Teacher Utilities.

2. Click Update Class Information.

3. Click New.

4. Enter a class name, and check/uncheck options.

5. Click OK.

6. When finished adding classes, click Done.

Issue: How do I add students?

Solution: The following steps describe how to add students:

1. Access Teacher Utilities.

2. Click Update Student Information.

3. Click New.

4. Enter first name, last name, choose a class, and enter a password.

5. Click OK.

6. When finished adding students, click Done.

Issue: How do I prevent students from adding themselves to the program or logging in as a guest?

Solution: The following steps describe how to disable these options:

1. Access Teacher Utilities.

2. Click Set General Preferences.

3. Uncheck “Allow students to create new records” and/or “Allow students to log in as guest.”

4. Click OK.

Windows:

Issue: Will this product work on Windows XP, 2000 and/or Windows ME?

Solution: This product as been tested on Windows XP, 2000 and Windows ME, and it seemed to work fine on all three platforms.

Our customer base uses a wide variety of operating systems and applications and our software must be developed to be used on some lower end systems to meet our customer needs. Because of this, we cannot guarantee that our software will always work as expected as new operating systems and other applications are developed. We encourage you to give our products a 'test drive' on any new system you plan to implement. If you are not satisfied with the performance of our products, we will do our best to deliver a compatible product to you in a timely manner or refund your money.

Issue: When entering more than 200 students, I get the message "A maximum of 400 students can appear in the list"

Solution: There is an error in the message. The maximum number of students is 200. This error message will be fixed in future versions of the program. If the user needs to accommodate more users, see below:

The best way for the instructor to handle 500 students is to create two additional student folders, using Windows Explorer, at the same level of the existing student folder. The default path for each folder is listed below (where X refers to the drive letter of installation location):

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Revising with Style (MS)\Students

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Revising with Style (MS)\Students_2

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Revising with Style (MS)\Students_3

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Sentence Diagraming (MS)\Students

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Sentence Diagraming (MS)\Students_2

X:\Glencoe Language Arts\Sentence Diagraming (MS)\Students_3

The "Students" folder can contain 200 student files, the "Students_2" folder can contain 200 student files, and the "Students_3 folder can contain 100 student files. When students create a new student record, they should be instructed to use the Data Path button on the New Student

registration screen to select the correct student folder. The next time they log in, students should use the Locate button on the Student Registration screen to locate the folder containing their student records.

Macintosh:

Issue: Will this program run on Mac OS X?

Solution: This program runs in the Classic Environment of Mac OS X. Cursory testing has not revealed any issues.

Our customers use a wide variety of operating systems and applications, and our software must be developed to be used on some lower end systems to meet customer needs. Because of this, we cannot guarantee our software will always work as expected as new operating systems and other applications are developed. We encourage you to give our products a 'test drive' on any new system you plan to implement. If you are not satisfied with the performance of our product, we will do our best to deliver a compatible product to you in a timely manner or refund your money.