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studyON system requirements

Minimum requirements

Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Google Chrome, Konqueror or Safari 1.3 (312.00)
Adobe Flash Player 9

Javascript must be enabled (most browsers are enabled by default).

Enabling Javascript in your browser

Internet Explorer 7

Select Tools | Internet Options… menu item from the main menu.
Change to the Security tab at the top of the Internet Options window that pops up.
From the list of zones at the top of the Security options select the internet icon.
Select the button near the bottom that reads Custom Level.
In the new window that pops up, scroll down to the item that reads Active Scripting.
Select the option marked Enable.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and 2.0

Select Tools | Options... from the main menu.
Select Content button from the top row of options.
Select "Enable JavaScript." (You do not need to enable Java, but it is OK if you do.)
Note: You may wish to install the NoScript extension for Firefox to control which sites can run JavaScript.

Safari

Select Preferences from the Safari menu.
Select Security tab at the top.
Make sure "Enable JavaScript" is checked.

Opera 8 and 9

Select Tools | Quick Preferences ... from the main menu.
Make sure "Enable JavaScript" is checked.

Konqueror

Select Configure Konqueror from the Settings menu.
Make sure "Enable JavaScript globally" is checked under the Java & Javascript tab.

Netscape 6.x and 7.x (Mozilla 1.0)

Select Edit | Preferences… menu item from the main menu.
Click on the Advanced label displayed in the list of options on the left hand side of the Preferences window that pops up.
On the right hand side select the checkbox marked Enable Javascript for Navigator.

1. Navigating the main menu

1.1 AREA OF STUDY / MODULE NAVIGATION

In studyON, information is organised into Areas of Study or Modules (1), just like the study design.

1.2 TOPIC NAVIGATION

The content of each area of study in studyON is organised into topics (1) to guide and help you track your study and prepare for your exam.

All of the Topics in both Areas of Study are interrelated. Within each Area of Study, the Topics are organised and presented separately in a specific order to guide your study in a managaeble way.

1.3 CONCEPT NAVIGATION

Each Topic in each Area of Study is broken up into a set of interrelated Concepts (1), which are arranged in a logical order to guide your study.

There are usually a different number of Concepts for each Topic.

2. The Concept screen

The Concept screens (1) in studyON provide chunks of information on key knowledge or skill points specified in the study design.

Each Concept screen provides a summary of the key points you need to know.
Your study should focus on learning and understanding all of the concepts and the relationships between the Concepts.

Each Concept screen summarises key points on a relevant concept, but not always everything you want to study. For some concepts you may want to check or study additional information.

More information is always available by clicking one of the buttons on the right (2).

3. See More videos

If the ‘See More’ button is highlighted (1), then you can click this button to see a short video or animation about one or more other important aspects of the Concept.

4. Do More interactivites

If the ‘Do More’ button next to a concept screen is highlighted (1), then you can click this button for an interactive study activity.

All Do Mores are hands-on activities requiring you to manipulate additional important information about a concept in relevant and meaningful way.

As with a See More, you will decide whether or not to access a Do More.

When making your decision, you should keep in mind that every Do More activity has been designed to support your study of an important concept. Each Do More engages you in the learning process in a meaningful, goal-directed way.

5. Read More references

The Read More button is always highlighted (1). Read More provides you with a list of student text books which have been specifically written for the course.

The relevant pages numbers (2) are also shown to help you easily locate additional information on the concept.

5.1 Linking to your eBook

If you have purchased a Jacaranda eBookPLUS textbook, then you will have also received a free eBook copy of the textbook. To link to your eBook, ensure you have loaded it into your virtual bookshelf at www.jacplus.com.au (for more information about eBookPLUS, refer to the jacPLUS help topics).

The blue-coloured page numbers indicate that studyON is linked to your textbook. Simply click on the blue underline to launch your eBook (1). Your eBook will open automatically to the correct page (2).

6. My Notes

‘My Notes’ is also available for every concept (1).

Using My Notes enables you to personalise your studyON in whatever way you want to. Simply click My Notes to add your own notes or examples for any concept. You can format your notes by using the toolbar options (2).

You can access all information saved to My Notes whenever you want to. Simply click the ‘View All My Notes’ button (3)

6.1 Printing your notes

You can print some or all of the information you have saved to My Notes whenever you want to.

For example, you can print one or more pages of notes you have by clicking the print button (1).

Printing My Notes

Printing your saved information means that your personalised notes can also be stored in your workbook or taken to school to discuss with your teacher or classmates. You may also wish to print notes to study on the way to or from school.

7. Practice questions

One of the best ways of reviewing what you have learned in order to do well on your exam is to practice answering questions.

The best questions to use for this type of goal-based review are exam questions - not just any exam questions, but questions which have been used in a past exams or questions like those in the exam. StudyON is a rich source of these types of questions.

If you click on the ‘Practice questions’ button when in a concept screen, then you will access exam questions on the concept.

Quicktip!
Practice questions may also be accessed by clicking the’Q’ button on the Main Menu screen (2).

Whichever way you access the questions, you can be confident that all questions will actually examine the concept and are suitable for goal-based review.

7.1 Question type option

studyON enables you to choose the specific type of review question.

For instance, you may review using one or more multiple-choice questions, one or more short-answer questions or a mix of both types of questions. Simply select your preference using the drop-list menu (1).

Note: sometimes there is only one question type for a concept because past exams have only used this question type.

7.2 Question filters

Number of questions

You can choose the number of questions you would like to attempt simply by selecting the option from the drop list menu (1).

Questions previously answered correctly

Sometimes, you may wish to review by concentrating on new questions only.

Alternatively, you may wish to re-visit a previously attempted question which you got partially correct and attempt it again after having completed additional study.

StudyON gives you these options.

Clicking this check box (2) enables you to include or exclude questions you may have correctly answered at a previous time, but for which you did not necessarily achieve full marks.

You should keep in mind that if you do not achieve full marks for a question during a previous attempt, you may have gaps in your knowledge or understanding of the concept. You should therefore consider re-attempting questions you got partially correct at some time before the exam.

Achieving full marks for all questions on a concept will give you greater confidence in tackling all questions on this concept in the June exam.

Questions that can be answered online

You may also choose only those questions that are easy to answer online (3). For example, the process of answering this multiple-question online is easy because you can quickly click in your answer or change your answer with minimal effort.

When answered online, all multiple-choice questions are automatically marked by studyON.

The process of answering a short-answer question online is also relatively easy because you can quickly key in the words required. As with multiple-choice questions, it is also easy to change your answer for a short-answer question.

Questions that require equations in their answer are not easy to answer online. Keying in an equation for an online answer takes too much extra time and effort. It is best to answer this type of question on paper. This can be achieved by reading the question onscreen and answering on paper.

Setting a time limit

Finally, you can choose to set a time limit for answering your review question or questions.
Look at the available options, including the option for no time limit.

Enter your preference by clicking a selection from the drop list (4).

If you choose to set a time limit, then a clock will appear on screen after you click (5).
Note that clicking the start button also brought the questions you requested onto the screen.

The practice questions are now ready to be answered.

7.3 Marking Practice Questions

When you submit your answers to studyON, you receive feedback on your performance. This feedback will support you in reviewing how well you know and understand a concept. The type of feedback you get depends on the question type.

For multiple-choice questions, your answers are automatically marked by studyON.

For short-answer questions, you are provided with a user-friendly self-marking guide.

In studyON, many of the marking guides for both multiple-choice and short-answer questions include relevant notes from the official assessment reports if these have been published by VCAA. The notes provide additional information on answers and marking.

When you click the submit results button (1), you recieve a total score for your questions and your marks are saved in My Results so that you can track your progress..

8. Sit exam

As the exam approaches, you will want to practice exam sitting using entire exams.
There are many sources of exams for practising exam sitting.

StudyON recognises that the best exams for exam sitting practice are past exams used by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

You can access several past exams to practice exam sitting by clicking the ‘Sit exam’ (1) button.

StudyON Sit exam usually has the three most recent exams for exam-sitting practice (2). All of these exams have been used to assess the key knowledge and skills in the current study design. The exams may be accessed in any order and you can also choose sit each exam when and where you want to.

However, before accessing any exam, you should read the summary on the right (3) for an explanation of why an exam may be missing one or more questions.

8.1 Sitting an exam

To Sit the exam:

download & print the exam paper (1)
prepare all your materials
allow yourself 90 minutes in a quiet space

When you are ready to take the exam, select ‘Begin exam’ (2)

This clock will appear on screen and automatically start to countdown. For most exams you will first be given 15 minutes reading time before the actual exam timer begins.

8.2 Marking your paper

Once you have finishing taking the exam, use the marking guide (1) to self-mark your answers.

8.3 Entering your results

When you finish marking your exam, you can enter your results to studyON.

Entering your results to studyON means that the results will be saved to My Results and you will be able to get detailed feedback on your performance in the exam. Use the drop list menu to enter your results for each question one at a time (1).

Once you have entered all of your results, click the ‘Submit to My results’ button (2).

A summary of your result for the exam will appear on screen.

There are two scores:

One score is your raw score out of 75 marks, with 75 marks being the total marks allocated for the exam.
The second score is your raw score converted to a percentage. This enables you to estimate an approximate grade for your exam result if you want to do this but it can be misleading because official grades are calculated differently.

More detailed feedback on your exam performance is obtained by clicking this link to my results (3). Clicking this link also saves your results in studyON.

9. My results

My Results - Progress Bars

There are a number of ways to track your progress in studyON. You can get a snapshot view by looking at the progress bars on the Main Menu screens (1).

Each bar represents the total amount of marks available for the questions on each concept, but based on 100% rather than actual mark totals so that you can make quick comparisons between concepts. Green (2) indicates the proportion of marks that were achieved on all questions attempted, red (3) indicates the proportion of marks not achieved on all questions attempted and grey (4) the proportion of marks still available for all the questions which have yet to be attempted.

What tentative conclusions could you draw about your progress from the bars?

Generally, the larger the amount of green on a bar, the better the progress you are making on a concept.
And, the larger the amount of red on a bar, the greater the attention you may need to still give to studying and reviewing the concept.