If you do not allow students to log in to Renaissance from home, they can still log in to Renaissance Home Connect to see their progress toward reading practice targets and reading certification targets and to see their scores for quizzes they have completed. (Quizzing is not available through Renaissance Home Connect.)
To give students the information they need to log in to Renaissance Home Connect, teachers or administrators can select Accelerated Reader on the Home page and then select Reports in the menu that opens. Then, they select the Home Connect Send Home Letter and choose the students to generate the letter for. A letter will be generated for each student that you include. The letter can be sent home with students so that both students and parents have the address as well as the user name and password needed to log in.
Students then go to the address provided in the letter, enter their user name and password, and select Log In.
The student will then see three tabs: My Targets, My Certifications, and My Completed Work.
If your school allows email updates in the Home Connect Email preference, parents can set up email updates from the student Home page or in Renaissance Home Connect so that they receive an email whenever their child does work (including Accelerated Reader quizzes).
Parents who want to look up books with quizzes can go to https://www.arbookfind.co.uk (in the UK) or https://www.arbookfind.com.au (in Australia).
My Targets/My Progress
The My Targets tab shows students their progress toward reading practice targets. If students do not have targets, the tab is named My Progress, and it shows information about the student's reading progress.
Viewing Progress for Older Students
For older students (students who do not have badge targets), students can see their progress toward their target for points, reading range, and average overall quiz score (percentage correct). If the teacher chose the rocket model, the points target is shown as a rocket heading toward a planet, and the student can see the points they have earned and the target. (If there is no target, the rocket is flying through space and the student sees the number of points earned.)
If the teacher chose the target model for the oldest students, the student's target progress is shown on a line:
Older students also have targets for average percentage correct and reading range. Average percentage correct targets are shown as a gauge where the student can see the target and their own achievement. (If there are no targets, the overall quiz score gauge shows whether the student's average score is above 85%.)
When reading range targets are set, students see their range and a message telling them how well they are doing in selecting books within their range(s).
Older students also see statistics about their reading and their Star scores on the Unified scale (if they have scores in the selected marking period). The percentage of fiction versus non-fiction reading is based on the number of points earned for each.
Viewing Progress for Younger Students
For younger students, progress is shown in terms of the tokens and badges earned. Students earn a token for each passed quiz: a star if they got some questions wrong and a trophy
if they answered all the questions correctly. These tokens fill in the requirements for animal character badges. The student can see each character as they earn the number of tokens required for each badge; they can see the books that count toward a badge by selecting the badge.
Tokens for short books (books worth 0.5 points) go in Greenwood Glen (shown above). Medium books (worth 1 point) go in Timber Park. Long books (worth 2 points) go in Pinnacle Peak. Students will only see the areas that apply to their targets.
At the top of the My Targets tab, students can see statistics about their reading and the recommended book levels they should read at.
If the teacher chose to use reading ranges when selecting the target model, the student will see a message telling the student the best book levels for them as shown above
My Certifications
This tab shows students' progress toward certification targets. This tab is not available to students whose class is using the badge target model. The My Certifications tab includes:
- Just under the tabs, students will see a marking period drop-down list and how much of the marking periods has passed; to see targets for a different marking period, students select another one from the drop-down list.
- Under the marking period information, the student will see his or certification target, including the requirements for the certification. Only passed Reading Practice quizzes count toward certification targets.
- Under the target, the student will see the achieved certification targets for the current school year. (A number after the certification means the student re-certified at that level that many times.)
My Completed Work
The My Completed Work tab is a showcase of all the quizzes that the student has taken in the past several years. The quizzes are organised by month, with the most recent quizzes listed first; the score earned for each is shown.
Students can also search the list for a specific quiz using the title, author, or quiz number. In the search field above the list and to the right, the student can enter the information and click the magnifying glass to start searching.
The quizzes that matched the student's search will be listed. If the student wants to see the whole list again, the student selects Clear Search.
When students select a book cover, they will see:
- More information about the book. This may include title, author, quiz number, language, ATOS book level, Lexile®* measure, and points.
- Their rating of the book (shown by stars and text).
- How many questions they answered correctly, their percentage correct, the number of points they earned, and the number of words they read.
- The Review Questions button (if the Show Quiz Answers preference allows students to review quiz questions and if the quiz was taken during the current school year). For passed quizzes, students can select this button to see the questions and the answers to any questions that they answered incorrectly.
- The View TOPS Report button. Students select this to open their TOPS report in a new tab. The report includes their score on the quiz and information about their progress. Students can select PDF to print the report. When they finish, they can close the tab.
- A < Back button that they can use to go back to the list of completed quizzes.
For some quizzes, details may not be available. A message will tell you that when you click the book cover.
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