USING MY ACCESS

1.       Go to www.gomyaccess.com and sign in. Your username is your first and last name as listed in the email. Your password is your school code (189), your first initial, and your last name. For instance, mine would be 189ljudkins.

2.       After signing in the first time, you will be asked to accept terms. Do that and continue. Then, you will be asked to confirm your sign-in. Do that, and continue.

3.       Click on the tab labeled “Groups and Assignments”, the second tab in the upper left corner.

4.       On this page, you will need to name a group. Click on the “Create a Group” button. You can name it demo or training if you like, or you can call it what you will name your actual class. You do not have to add members at this time. Name the group and click “Save.”

5.       You will be sent back to the page to make assignments. Click the radial button in front of your group’s name, the click the group of papers under assignments.

6.       On the assignments page, click “Add Prompt.” This takes you to the Assignment Wizard. Go through the choices and make your selections, then click on the Search button. The appropriate prompts will show below that top box. Select a prompt from those shown. If you don’t like any of the ones listed, go back to the top and change your settings to get different choices.

7.       Once you have chosen a prompt, you will click on Step 2 in the left column. You can click on any of the icons shown to select resources for the students to use. These resources may include outlines, checklists, and other graphic organizers. Most are in pdf format so that you can just print out and copy for each student. Click to go to step 3.

8.       The next page will ask how you want to make this prompt available. Set it up for a reasonable time, giving some extra days if you want students to be able to work on it at home, and save to go to step 4.

9.       Choose the feedback you want students to have and save to go to Step 5, Feedback Set-up. Make choices there, then click to go to Step 6.

10.   Your choices in Step 6 will depend on whether you want students to do the entire writing assignment on the computer. If they will be doing prewriting with paper and pencil, you will not want those tools available. You also may not want the timer going. Make your choices and click “Save and Assign.”

Go back to Groups and Assignments, and you can now make your group. Click on the radial button in front of your group name. Click on the icon under Students and put check in front of students that are in your group. Each student will use his lunch number as his sign-in and password with few exceptions.