Monarch™ Student User Guide StudentUserGuide ©2019,AlphaOmega®Publications,adivisionofGlynlyon,Inc.Allrightsreserved. Confidentialandproprietary.Thisdocumentcontainsinformationthatshallnotbedisclosedtothirdpartieswithoutwritten consent.Thisdocumentshallnotbeduplicated,usedordisclosed,inwholeorinpart,foranypurposeotherthanto evaluatetheinformationherein. AlphaOmega®Publications 804N.2ndAve.E. RockRapids,IA51246 Othertrademarksnoticeandattribution Ownershipofothertrademarksusedinthisdocumentationsetareasfollows: InternetExplorer,Excel,PowerPoint,andWindowsareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation. l FirefoxisaregisteredtrademarkoftheMozillaFoundation. l ChromeandDrivearetrademarksofGoogleInc. l SafariisatrademarkofAppleInc. l System Requirements MonarchrequiresthatyouhaveaHighSpeedInternetconnectionandoneofthefollowingdesktopbrowsers.Ifyouarenot usingoneofthesebrowsers(orversions)tointeractwithMonarch,pleasedownloadorupgradetoanewbrowserora supportedversion.Ifyouelectnottoupgradeyourdesktopbrowser,yourexperiencemaynotbeoptimal,oryoumaynotbe abletousecertaintoolsinMonarch. SupportedBrowsers: Google®Chrome™currentversion l Microsoft®InternetExplorer®versions11,10 l Mozilla®Firefox®currentversion l Apple®Safari™version9 l BestEffortBrowsers: AppleSafariversion8 l MicrosoftEdge†† l ††Whileanumberoftouchscreen-specificfeaturesarebuiltintoWindows®10,wedonotofficiallysupporttouchscreen interactionsatthistime. Helpfulresources CustomerService:Phone-TollFree:1-800-622-3070Monday–Friday:7a.m.-5p.m.CT TechnicalSupport:Phone-TollFree: 1-888-881-4958Monday-Friday7a.m.-5p.m.CT Website:www.aop.com/Support/Monarch Contents Let'sgetstarted 3 Login 3 Learnaboutstudentfeaturesandtools 5 Whatthemainnavbarbuttonsdo 5 Whatthefunctiontoolbartabsdo 6 WhatyouseeinthesectionsofyourSchoolworkpage 7 Changeyourbackgroundtheme 8 Changeyourpassword 9 Logout 10 Viewandopenyourassignmentsfromyourcalendar 11 Viewyourweeklycalendar 11 Viewyourmonthlycalendar 13 Viewyourassignmentsandprogressinyourcourses 17 Learnaboutcoursestructureandassignments 17 Viewandopenassignments 18 Viewprogressforyourcourses,units,assignmentsandyourcompletedwork 19 WhatyouseeontheCourses(subjects)page 19 WhatyouseeontheUnitspage 20 WhatyouseeontheAssignmentspage 21 WhatyouseeontheProblemspage 22 Workonyourassignments 27 Learnaboutthetoolsandfeaturesavailableforworkingonassignments 27 UsetheVocabularyArcadegamestolearnvocabularywords 28 Readlessonsectionsandworkonquestions 29 Printassignmenttextandimages 30 Listentoaudioversionofassignments 30 Answerassignmentquestions(problems) 31 WhatyouseeintheQuestionssectionofyourlesson 31 Submitanswersandgetanswerfeedback 33 Howproblemsarescored 34 Skipquestions 35 ShareinformationaboutassignmentswithyourTeacherusingproblemnotes 36 Workonprojects 39 Keyboardcharactersforforeignlanguagecourses 45 Markassignmentsascomplete 46 Workonreassignedessayorparagraphproblems 48 Takequizzesandtestsandreviewyourresults 51 Monarch™StudentUserGuide 1 WhatdoestheQuiz/TestinProgressindicatormean? 51 Whathappensifyoulogofforexitoutofthequizortestbeforemarkingitascomplete 51 Reviewyourworkbeforebeginningquizzesortests 51 Takequizzesandtests 54 Viewyourresultsonquizzesandtests 56 CommunicatewithyourTeacherusinginternalmessaging 59 Readmessagesfromyourteacher 59 Sendmessagestoyourteacher 60 Viewsentmessages 61 PracticeandlearnusingtheResources'toolsandactivities 63 Gethelpwithtasksandgetyourquestionsanswered 69 Learnaboutassignmentproblemtypes 71 Index 79 2 Monarch™StudentUserGuide Let's get started Student,welcometoMonarch™. MonarchisaChristianhomeshoolcurriculumthatyoucanaccessatanytime.Thismeansyoucandoyourschoolworkon aschedulethatworksbestforyouandyourteacher.YourteacherwillgiveyouthewebURLforyourstudentaccount, alongwithyourusernameandpassword.Yourusernameiscase-sensitivewhichmeansyoumusttypeitexactlyas providedbyyourteacher. Onceyoulogintoyourstudentaccount,youseeonlyyourschoolworkassignedbyyourteacherandaschoolcalendar showingyourassignments. Tohelpyoubecomefamiliarwithcoursesandhow(questions)problemsaregraded,youcantakealookatthesetopics first: Log in 1. PastetheURLinyourbrowsertoopentheMonarchwebsite. TheMonarchLoginpageappears. 2. EnteryourUsernameandPasswordyourteachergaveyou.Youdon'tseetheplaintextforyourpassword;justa seriesofdotsappears. Can'trememberyourpassword?Askyourteachertoresetyourpasswordandprovideyouthenewpassword. l Important:TheForgotPassword?linkonlyappliestorequestingapasswordresetemailfortheTeacher accountandyoumustknowtheTeacher'susernameandemailaddressassociatedtotheMonarchaccountto requestaresetpasswordemail. Monarch™StudentUserGuide 3 Login Tip:Somebrowsershaveasettingturnedonbydefaultthatautofills(andsaves)thepasswordforthe enteredusername.Ifyouwanttorequirethatthepasswordbeenteredeachtime,gointothebrowsersettings anddisablethesettingforenablingautofillofwebforms.Eachsupportedbrowser'ssettingsaredifferent,but ifyousearchfor"autofill"intheSettings,youwillgetthecorrectstepsforthebrowseryouuse. 3. ClicktheSignInbutton. 4. Forfirsttimeusers,yousee: a. TheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA).ScrolltoreadthroughtheagreementandthenclicktheIAgree buttonatthebottomoftheagreementtocontinue. b. AWelcomepageappears.ThisWelcomepageprovideseasyaccesstohelpfulresources.Toproceed,clickthe ContinuetoDashboardbutton. 4 Monarch™StudentUserGuide Learn about student features and tools YourHome>SchoolworkpageisthepageyouseeeverytimeyoulogintoMonarchStudent. Let'stakealookatthetoppartofthepagefirst. Whatthe main navbarbuttonsdo AtthetoprightofyourSchoolworkpageisthemainnavigationbar(mainnavbar)(seeitemA). Thismainnavbarcontainsseveraltools(buttons)thatopenthefunctionsyouusemostoften.Themainnavbarisalways visiblenomatterwhatpageyouareviewing. Tool/button Description See... Home ClickHometo "Viewandopenyourassignmentsfromyourcalendar"onpage 11. returntoyour Schoolworkpage andalsoto accessyour Calendar. Learn ClickLearntogo "Viewandopenassignments"onpage 18. toyour and assignmentsand alsotoaccess "Viewprogressforyourcourses,units,assignmentsandyourcompletedwork"on yourCourses page 19. information, including completedwork. Monarch™StudentUserGuide 5 Whatthefunctiontoolbartabsdo Tool/button Description See... Message ClickMessageto "CommunicatewithyourTeacherusinginternalmessaging"onpage 59. gotoyourInbox oftheMonarch internal messaging systemtoread messagesfrom andsend messagestoyour teacher. Help ClickHelptoopen "Gethelpwithtasksandgetyourquestionsanswered"onpage 69. thepagewhere youhavebuttons tolaunchthe onlineStudent Helpandaccess acopyofthis MonarchStudent Guide. [Your Thebuttonwith "Changeyourbackgroundtheme"onpage 8. name] yournameand and smallarrow(see itemBabove)has "Changeyourpassword"onpage 9. additional and commandsthatlet you: "Logout"onpage 10. Change l your background themeor colors. Change l your password. Signout. l Whatthe function toolbartabsdo Belowthemainnavbarisafunctiontoolbar(itemCbelow).Thetools(tabs) onthisfunctiontoolbarchangewhenyou selectatop-levelbuttononthemainnavbar(itemAabove). 6 Monarch™StudentUserGuide WhatyouseeinthesectionsofyourSchoolworkpage Forexample,whenyouclicktheHomebutton,youseetheSchoolworkandCalendartabsonthefunctiontoolbarasshown inexampleCabove.WhenyouclicktheLearnbutton,theAssignmentsandCoursestabsarevisibleasshowninthe examplebelow. Whatyou see in the sectionsofyourSchoolworkpage ThelowerpartofyourSchoolworkpageisdividedintoseveralsectionssothatyoucaneasilyseeandopenyourcurrent assignments,readanymessagessentbyyourteacher,.andopenhelpfulresources.Youmayalsoseestatusforyour Monarchsubscriptions. ThesectionsoftheSchoolworkpageidentifiedaboveinclude: Monarch™StudentUserGuide 7 Changeyourbackgroundtheme Item Section Description See... D Assignments DisplaysthenextassignmentyouhaveineachMonarchsubject "Workonyour list assignedtoyouandthedateitisdue. assignments"on page 27. E Projectslist Displaysallprojectsthatareaccessibletoworkon.Ifyoudonot "Workonprojects"on haveanyaccessibleprojects,thissectiondoesnotdisplay. page 39. F Messages Displaysallunreadmessagesreceivedfromyourteacher,alinkto "Communicatewithyour list yourInbox,andabuttontocreateanewmessageforyourteacher. Teacherusinginternal messaging"onpage 59. G Resources ContainsaStudentGuidelinktothepagewithbuttonstolaunch "Gethelpwithtasksand list theonlineStudentHelpfileandtheStudentUserGuide. getyourquestions answered"onpage 69. AlsocontainslinkstovariousResources,suchasahistorical timeline,flashcards,mathandvocabularydrillactivitiesthatyour and teacherhasassignedtoyou.Clickalinktoopentheresource. "Practiceandlearn usingtheResources' toolsandactivities"on page 63. Note:YourSchoolworkpagemaydisplayanothersectioncalledSubscriptionsStatus.Thissection onlyappearswhenyouhavesubscriptionsthataresettoexpireorhavealreadyexpiredinthelast 30days.Thisisimportantinformationforyoutoknowbecausenoworkcanbedoneonexpired courses.Letyourteacherknowaboutsubscriptionsthataresettoexpiresoon. What'snext? NowthatyouhavelearnedaboutsomeofMonarchStudentfeaturesandtools,whatdoyouwanttodonext? LearnaboutwhatIcanseeonmystudentcalendar."Viewandopenyourassignmentsfromyourcalendar"on l page 11. Learnaboutotherwaystoviewmyassignmentsandcourses.See"Viewyourassignmentsandprogressinyour l courses"onpage 17. Getstartedworkingonmyassignments.See"Workonyourassignments"onpage 27. l Change yourbackground theme Abackgroundwithnothemeanddefaultcolorforthetoolbarisdisplayedforalloftheapplicationpages.Youcanchange thebackgroundtooneoftheavailablethemesorchangethecolorofthetoolbar. Tochangethebackgroundthemeortoolbarcolor: Clickthedrop-downarrownexttoyournameandselectoneofthethemesforthebackgroundofthepages.Or,ifyou l justwanttochangethecolorofthetoolbar,selectacolor. 8 Monarch™StudentUserGuide