This document provides an overview and training on the Classroom Performance System (CPS). It covers creating a CPS database and classes, building lessons with questions, and engaging students in interactive sessions using their clickers. The training is divided into four parts that progress from database setup to question design to running a lesson with students.

1. Welcome to
Classroom Performance System (CPS) Training
Holly Owens
Northern Virginia Community College
IS&D
AA 337
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2. CPS- The Basics
Part I- Creating a database
Part II- Creating Classes and Adding Students
Part III- Creating a CPS lesson
Part IV-Engaging students in a lesson
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3. CPS Tabs
When working in the prepare tab, you’re in
edit mode. You are editing class lists, lessons
etc.
When working in the Engage tab,
you’re engaging your students in the
lessons you have created.
When working in the Reports tab
you are able to generate and view
various reports from lesson that you
have engaged your students in;
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4. Part I- Creating Your Own CPS Database
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5. Creating Your CPS Database
Title the file and save a new CPS
Choose “Create
Your database willit CPS Database” and click OK
Click on the wherein onwould
appear you
icon
the CPS system. desktop click “Save”
you like and
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6. Part II-Creating Classes and Adding Students
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7. Do you like CPS so far?
A. Yes
B. No
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8. Creating Class Lists
Again, fill in
Clickrequired and Class
on New Congrats! Your class will
Fill in required
information
marked bynow appear in your
information *
an
Choose Nodatabase as you have
marked by and*
and click Nextan
ChooseNext
click Other
and click Next it.
titled
and click Next
You do have the option of
creating another class if you
need to by repeating all these
steps, if not click on Done.
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9. Adding Students
Under the Prepare tab and classes &
students click on New and click
Remember to save your database after
Student. Make sure the class is
you haveBegin typing in yourwant to add
highlighted that youstudents. name.
entered in all your students
students to. continually type in names.
Hit enter to
The Pad ID corresponds to the clicker
the student is assigned to.
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10. Part III-Creating CPS Lessons
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11. Students will love using CPS.
A. True
B. False
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12. Setting up a Lesson
You will now be working in the Lessons &
To create aAssessments click tab New
new lesson, sub on to create your CPS
and then click Lesson.
lesson
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13. Type in a title for your lesson.
This title will be what appears in
your database. Click ok after
you have entered in your Title.
Your lesson will appear in you
database
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14. Adding Questions to Lessons
There arenew question, save, close,can use for
Create various features that you alter
Change question formats, preview
fonts
questions, and check spelling
creating questions.
To create a Question in your new lesson,
highlight the lesson you would like to add
questions to and click New and then Question.
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15. Adding Questions to Lessons
Click Save and close after you have
entered in all your questions.
Type in your question
and answer choices
Your question will now appear in your
database.
Be sure to mark the
correct answer.
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16. CPS is easy to use
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
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17. Part IV-Engaging Students in a Lesson
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18. Engaging in a Lesson
You will now be working in the Engage tab
Once the timerLessons out, or you have
under has ran & Assessments.
stop the question the correct answer will
be noted with a check mark. You will see a
display Next to many people chooselesson .
Click of how move into your CPS which
answer as well as statistics on correct
responses.
Check the lesson you would like to engage
the students in and make sure you are on
the right class list, then click Engage
Click start and the session will be engaged. .
To end the session click on the red exit and
hit close on the tool bar.
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19. I am excited about using CPS in
my classroom.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
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20. Thanks for your time
Stay Tuned…Up Next,
The Challenge game,
FastGrade Lessons, and
the Reports tab.
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