Help
The home page has to the top left corner of the screen:
Home – Displays the home page.
Help – Opens the help file for your reference.
Log Out – Logs out the user and displays the Log In page.
Change Role - This features enables a user with multiple roles to toggle between each of these roles without having to Log out and Log in at every instance.
E.g., As a user with a primary role of an Account administrator, you may have a secondary role as a School administrator and/ or teacher. After completing your task as an account administrator, you wish to move to your role as a school administrator. Click Change Role to select a different role. Select Learning Organization Administrator/Teacher/Learner as the case may be.
The Change Role option is available only when a user with multiple roles logs in.
The top panel of the screen has menus.
Account Administration
Curriculum Planning
Reports
Each of these menus have sub menus.
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Account Administration |
Curriculum Planning |
Reports |
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Create New User |
My Resources |
Progress Report |
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Find Users |
Find Standards |
AYP Report |
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Create New Class |
Find PLATO Courses |
License Usage Report |
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Classes and Assignments |
Find Resources |
Browser Type Report |
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Batch Enroll |
Build Course |
Operating Systems Report |
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Batch Enroll Monitor |
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Page Access Report |
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Licensing |
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Resource Usage Report |
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Manage Academic Year |
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Site Traffic Report |
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Account Settings |
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Print/Refresh Report |
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Messages |
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Discussion Board |
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The menu options Batch Enroll, Batch Enroll Monitor, Licensing, and Account Settings are accessible to the account administrator only. The left of the screen displays announcements for each of the user types. The center of the page displays a welcome note.
Note: Under Account Administration, Batch Enroll, Batch Enroll Monitor, Licensing and Account Settings are sub menus accessible to Account administrators only.
Under Reports, License Usage Report, Browser Report, Operating Systems Report, Page Access Report, Resource Usage Report, and Site Traffic Report are reports accessible to Account administrators only.
The home page displays resource information in three sections. These sections are as follows:
Top Section:
Displays the details of the top five items in Plato courseware. It has the following columns:
Item: Displays the name of the item
Expiration: Displays the expiration date of the item
Middle Section:
Displays details of usage of the top five items in Plato courseware. It has the following columns:
Resource Name: Displays the name of the resource
Type: Displays the resource type
Curriculum/Subject: Displays the subject to which the resource belongs
Launch Counts: Displays the total number times that the resource has been launched
Cumulative Session Time: Displays the sum total of time of all sessions take together for a particular resource
Bottom Section:
Displays details of the top five newly customized courses.
All other information such as, Announcements, Reminders, Messages, and Discussions are displayed in the left-hand side of the home page.