Teacher Guide to Straightforward Practice Online

Straightforward Practice Online guide for TeachersActivating your tokenGo to www.straightforward‐online.comIf you have not activated your token, click on ‘Enter your token details’Your token is found in theback of yourTeacher’s Book.Enter your unique tokenand the securitylettersYou will then be promptedto create your profile andpassword.Accessing your Practice Onlinewww.straightforward‐online.comEnter your email address here.Enter the password you selected when youactivated your token here.Click ‘Login’If you have more than one Practice Online courseactivated, you will need to select the course youwant to open from the list.

Setting up a classAs a teacher you can create a class for your students to join. Once the student hasjoined your class you can see the course content your students have access to, viewtheir progress and scores.To set up a class:1. From the ‘Classes’ tab, clickon ‘Add a class’2. Fill in each box and choosewhich courses you would liketo add to the class3. You can change thePassword of your class ifnecessary. The passwordmust be unique.4. Click on ‘Submit’ whenyou are finished5. Click on the cross toclose the class.6. You will now see your class inthe Classes area.Inviting students to join classesAfter students have activated their Practice Online token,they can be added to your class. To do this you need toshare your class’ unique password with them. To find thepassword:1. From the home page click on the title of the course2. Click on ‘GO TO CLASS’

3. Click ‘Edit class details’.When the student logs in, they click on ‘Join a class’ then enter the password. Onceyour students have joined, you will see the course content your students have accessto ,view their progress and scores.CoursesThere are over 100 ready‐to‐use Macmillan Practice Online courses. Courses areresources grouped together so that your students can follow a cohesive syllabus.Some courses have been built around Macmillan course books and others are standalonecourses such as CEFR, business English, academic English or exam practice.Macmillan Practice Onlinecourses are divided into items.If the course accompanies aMacmillan course book, theitems will have the same namesas the chapter or unit titles ofthe book.Some courses aresub‐divided into Units. This isoften the case when a group oftopics are followed by a reviewfor that part of the course.To see further detail,click on the title of eachitem in your course.You will seedescriptions oflanguage areas thatare being covered anda list of resources.

To access the resources in a course, you can either:1. Click on the name ofthe course on the lefthand side and then clickon the item you wouldlike to go to. Now clickon the title of theresource you’d like toopen up.Orresource in the current course you have open.2. From yourhomepage, click on anyof the grey boxes to getinstant access to aIf you can’t open up the resources in a course, it may be because your studentshaven’t joined your class yet. Read ‘Inviting students to join classes’ to find outmore.ResourcesHere is a list of resource types you can find in your Macmillan Practice Online course:Exam Preparation ExercisesGamesGrammar Reference UnitsLanguage ExercisesWeb ProjectListening ActivitiesPronunciation ActivitiesSample EssaysVocabulary ActivitiesScoresAll exercises that students complete in a course on Macmillan Practice Online arerecorded and can be viewed by you if the student has joined your class. To view astudent’s course score:1. From the home page click on the title of the course2. Click ‘GO TO CLASS.’3. Click ‘Student overview’4. Then ‘Show Markbook/Gradebook’

The scores are recorded as a percentage except for certain types of exercises which,if completed, only show as ‘Viewed’. Below are the resources that show as ‘Viewed’or ‘Not viewed’:Grammar reference unitsSample essaysWeb projectsGamesMessagesYou can use Practice Online to send messages to your students. To access yourmessages click on the envelope in the top right corner.If you have any unread messages a number will appear next to the icon indicatinghow many.Click ‘New’ to create a newmessageDouble click on a message title toread it.To choose a recipient, click on ‘Add’and select the teacher you wouldlike to contact. Write a subject, amessage and click on ‘Send’.

Macmillan English Dictionary Online (MEDO)To access theMacmillanEnglishDictionaryOnline click on‘Dictionary’ inthe top rightcorner of yourscreen.The dictionary will open up in a separatewindow.Write your entry in the search box at thetop left of the page and click ‘Go’.If there is more than one result, click onthe word you require.You will see the definition, an example sentence, and have the option to listen toAmerican and British pronunciation.Some entries have clickable images.

Some entry score will display orange boxes that contain extra information likecollocations, synonyms and false friends.