User manual PRENTICE HALL WORLD EXPLORER VERSION 2.2

[. . . ] The User's Guide for the Computer Test Bank appears in electronic format on the CD-ROM. Contents Overview Installation Using the Teaching ResourcesLibrary Using Planning Express Editor 2 4 6 8 10 11 12 Using the Local Objectives Moving Planning Express Class Files Between Computers Frequently Asked Questions Overview Resource Pro contains three tools to help you streamline your lesson planning, materials preparation, and test writing. These tools-the Teaching Resources Library, Planning Express, and the Computer Test Bank-reduce the amount of time you spend preparing for your classes, so you can spend more time with your students. Resource Pro features the Local Objectives Editor for Planning Express, a tool that allows you to include state and local objectives in your lesson plans. Guided Tour The Resource Pro Guided Tour introduces the Planning Express, Local Objectives Editor for Planning Express, Teaching Resources Library, and Computer Test Bank. To start the demonstration, start Resource Pro and select the Guided Tour button. Teaching Resources Library Prentice Hall has developed a set of teaching materials for you to use in teaching your classes These materials include Chapter Support Files, transparencies, a variety of assessments, and other resources. [. . . ] All of the Teaching Resourcesmaterials are saved as electronic files in Portable Document Format (. pdf) and are linked together in the Teaching ResourcesLibrary using Adobe Acrobat Reader@. You can easily open, view, search, and print the resourcesavailable in the Teaching ResourcesLibrary. m 6 a Status bar Displays resource information, such as the current page number and magnification level. resources for you to view. m Search buttons through multiple you need: Allow you to search resources to find what m Document area Displays teaching Displays the Search dialog box. r!IBookmark Represents a resource or a set of resources. Click on a bookmark to go to that resource or to display additional resources. ~ ~ ~ Displays search results. Displays the previous occurrence of m Toolsbuttons Provide tools to scroll through the window, reduce or magnify the view, and select text. tm!Ithe search item in the search list. U Displays the next occurrence of the search item in the search list. IJ Browse iii resources. buttons Navigate through the buttons Set display options for pages displayed in the document area. Options include actual size, whole page, or scale to window width. Page View Tip You can learn more about Adobe Acrobat (and the Teaching Resources Library) by referring to its Online Help system. For a quick introduction, review the Teaching ResourcesLibrary section of the Guided Tour. For Windows users, select Acrobat Reader Help from the Help menu. For Macintosh users, select Acrobat Reader Help from the balloon Help menu in the upper right corner. m Find button Opens the Find tool for use in searching for a word, partial word, or phrase in the resource currently displayed. 7 Using Planning Express Planning Expressprovides the tools you need to create, schedule, view, modify, and print your lesson plans. This section provides an overview of the main work area in Planning Express. To learn more about Planning Expressfeatures, run the Resource Pro Guided Tour. For more specific information about how to use the application, please refer to the Planning ExpressOnline Help or the Pacing Options and Features Guide, both located in the pull-down Help menu of Planning Express. 8 a Day View [!JWeek View button Sets the view to the Ii!iI Objectives tabs The Objectivestabs dis- mode pictured here. This is the default view for Planning Express. button Displays a weekly summary of lesson plan titles. [!IMonth View button Displays a monthly summary of lesson plan titles. m Make Lesson Plans button Starts the Schedule Lessons wizard, which allows you to schedule the lesson you want on the days you choose. I) Insert Special Day button Starts the Insert Special Days dialog which allows you to set aside special days like field trips or professional days. Planning Express will not schedule lesson plans on days designated as special days. (I Previous Day button Displays a lesson m Next Day button scheduled on the previousday. Displaysa lesson scheduled on the next day. Class Information area play the objectives associated with the displayed lesson plan. You may change the objectives or add your own. You may update the local objectives using the Local Objectives Editor for Resource Pro. For more information about using the Local Objectives Editor, see the Online Help. I]] Lesson Resources tab The Lesson Resources tab displays a list of the recommended additional resources for your lesson plan. m Resource Library tab The Resource Library tab displays a complete list of all the resources available for a particular course. [. . . ] Simply highlight the material you want to use and choose Copy from the Edit menu. You then open a new document in your word processing program and choose Paste from the Edit menu. The pasted text loses any formatting it had in the resource file, but you can format it again easily. Repeat this process as many times as necessary to copy and paste the text you need from one or more of the resources. [. . . ]