Monarch™

Student User Guide

Student User Guide
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Contents

Let's get started 3

Log in 3

Learn about student features and tools 5

What the main nav bar buttons do 5
What the function toolbar tabs do 6
What you see in the sections of your Schoolwork page 7
Change your background theme 8
Change your password 9
Log out 10

View and open your assignments from your calendar 11

View your weekly calendar 11
View your monthly calendar 13

View your assignments and progress in your courses 17

Learn about course structure and assignments 17
View and open assignments 18
View progress for your courses, units, assignments and your completed work 19
What you see on the Courses (subjects) page 19
What you see on the Units page 20
What you see on the Assignments page 21
What you see on the Problems page 22

Work on your assignments 27

Learn about the tools and features available for working on assignments 27
Use the Vocabulary Arcade games to learn vocabulary words 28
Read lesson sections and work on questions 29
Print assignment text and images 30
Listen to audio version of assignments 30
Answer assignment questions (problems) 31
What you see in the Questions section of your lesson 31
Submit answers and get answer feedback 33
How problems are scored 34
Skip questions 35
Share information about assignments with your Teacher using problem notes 36
Work on projects 39
Keyboard characters for foreign language courses 45
Mark assignments as complete 46
Work on reassigned essay or paragraph problems 48

Take quizzes and tests and review your results 51

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 What does the Quiz/Test in Progress indicator mean? 51
What happens if you log off or exit out of the quiz or test before marking it as complete 51
Review your work before beginning quizzes or tests 51
Take quizzes and tests 54
View your results on quizzes and tests 56

Communicate with your Teacher using internal messaging 59

Read messages from your teacher 59
Send messages to your teacher 60
View sent messages 61

Practice and learn using the Resources' tools and activities 63

Get help with tasks and get your questions answered 69

Learn about assignment problem types 71

Index 79

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Let's get started

Student, welcome to Monarch™.

Monarch is a Christian homeshool curriculum that you can access at any time. This means you can do your schoolwork on
a schedule that works best for you and your teacher. Your teacher will give you the web URL for your student account,
along with your username and password. Your username is case-sensitive which means you must type it exactly as
provided by your teacher.
Once you log in to your student account, you see only your schoolwork assigned by your teacher and a school calendar
showing your assignments.

To help you become familiar with courses and how (questions) problems are graded, you can take a look at these topics
first:

Log in
1. Paste the URL in your browser to open the Monarch website .
The Monarch Login page appears.

2. Enter your Username and Password your teacher gave you. You don't see the plain text for your password; just a
series of dots appears.
l Can't remember your password? Ask your teacher to reset your password and provide you the new password.
Important: The Forgot Password? link only applies to requesting a password reset email for the Teacher
account and you must know the Teacher's username and email address associated to the Monarch account to
request a reset password email.

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Log in

Tip: Some browsers have a setting turned on by default that autofills (and saves) the password for the
entered username. If you want to require that the password be entered each time, go into the browser settings
and disable the setting for enabling autofill of web forms. Each supported browser's settings are different, but
if you search for "autofill" in the Settings, you will get the correct steps for the browser you use.

3. Click the Sign In button.

4. For first time users, you see:
a. The End User License Agreement (EULA). Scroll to read through the agreement and then click the I Agree
button at the bottom of the agreement to continue.
b. A Welcome page appears. This Welcome page provides easy access to helpful resources. To proceed, click the
Continue to Dashboard button.

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Learn about student features and tools

Your Home > Schoolwork page is the page you see every time you log in to Monarch Student.

Let's take a look at the top part of the page first.

What the main nav bar buttons do

At the top right of your Schoolwork page is the main navigation bar (main nav bar)(see item A).

This main nav bar contains several tools (buttons) that open the functions you use most often. The main nav bar is always
visible no matter what page you are viewing.

Tool/button Description See...

Home Click Home to "View and open your assignments from your calendar" on page 11.
return to your
Schoolwork page
and also to
access your
Calendar.

Learn Click Learn to go "View and open assignments" on page 18.

to your
and
assignments and
also to access "View progress for your courses, units, assignments and your completed work" on
your Courses page 19.
information,
including
completed work.

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What the function toolbar tabs do

Tool/button Description See...

Message Click Message to "Communicate with your Teacher using internal messaging" on page 59.
go to your Inbox
of the Monarch
internal
messaging
system to read
messages from
and send
messages to your
teacher.

Help Click Help to open "Get help with tasks and get your questions answered" on page 69.
the page where
you have buttons
to launch the
online Student
Help and access
a copy of this
Monarch Student
Guide .

[Your The button with "Change your background theme" on page 8.

name] your name and
and
small arrow (see
item B above) has "Change your password" on page 9.
additional and
commands that let
you: "Log out" on page 10.
l Change
your
background
theme or
colors.
l Change
your
password.
l Sign out.

What the function toolbar tabs do

Below the main nav bar is a function toolbar (item C below). The tools (tabs) on this function toolbar change when you
select a top-level button on the main nav bar (item A above).

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 What you see in the sections of your Schoolwork page

For example, when you click the Home button, you see the Schoolwork and Calendar tabs on the function toolbar as shown
in example C above. When you click the Learn button, the Assignments and Courses tabs are visible as shown in the
example below.

What you see in the sections of your Schoolwork page

The lower part of your Schoolwork page is divided into several sections so that you can easily see and open your current
assignments, read any messages sent by your teacher, .and open helpful resources. You may also see status for your
Monarch subscriptions.

The sections of the Schoolwork page identified above include:

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Change your background theme

Item Section Description See...

D Assignments Displays the next assignment you have in each Monarch subject "Work on your
list assigned to you and the date it is due. assignments" on
page 27.

E Projects list Displays all projects that are accessible to work on. If you do not "Work on projects" on
have any accessible projects, this section does not display. page 39.

F Messages Displays all unread messages received from your teacher, a link to "Communicate with your
list your Inbox, and a button to create a new message for your teacher. Teacher using internal
messaging" on page 59.

G Resources Contains a Student Guide link to the page with buttons to launch "Get help with tasks and
list the online Student Help file and the Student User Guide. get your questions
answered" on page 69.
Also contains links to various Resources, such as a historical
timeline, flash cards, math and vocabulary drill activities that your and
teacher has assigned to you. Click a link to open the resource.
"Practice and learn
using the Resources'
tools and activities" on
page 63.

Note: Your Schoolwork page may display another section called Subscriptions Status. This section
only appears when you have subscriptions that are set to expire or have already expired in the last
30 days. This is important information for you to know because no work can be done on expired
courses. Let your teacher know about subscriptions that are set to expire soon.

What's next?
Now that you have learned about some of Monarch Student features and tools, what do you want to do next?
l Learn about what I can see on my student calendar. "View and open your assignments from your calendar" on
page 11.
l Learn about other ways to view my assignments and courses. See "View your assignments and progress in your
courses" on page 17.
l Get started working on my assignments. See "Work on your assignments" on page 27.

Change your background theme

A background with no theme and default color for the toolbar is displayed for all of the application pages. You can change
the background to one of the available themes or change the color of the toolbar.
To change the background theme or toolbar color:
l Click the drop-down arrow next to your name and select one of the themes for the background of the pages. Or, if you
just want to change the color of the toolbar, select a color.

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The application refreshes and displays your selected background theme.

Change your password

You can change your Monarch password. Your new password must have:
l At least six (6) characters with no spaces.
l At least one uppercase letter (example: D) and one lowercase letter (example: b).
l At least one number (example:8).

Tip: If you forget your password and cannot log in, your Teacher can give you a new password.

To change your password:

1. On the main nav bar, click the drop-down arrow next to your name.
The Change Password page appears.

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Log out

2. In the Current Password field, enter your current password. For security and privacy, you don't see the password
characters; you just see a series of dots.
3. In the New Password field, enter a new password and then in the Verify New Password field, enter it again. As
mentioned in the previous step, your password displays as a series of dots.
4. Click Change Password.

Log out
When you are finished using the application, we recommend that you log out (close) it instead of just closing the browser
tab.
To log out:
1. Click the down arrow for your name button.
2. Click Sign Out to close the application.

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View and open your assignments from your calendar

On your Home page, next to the Schoolwork button on the toolbar is a Calendar button. Click it to open your student
calendar.

View your weekly calendar

When you open your student calendar, you see a weekly view for the current week, something like this:

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View your weekly calendar

You see each assignment you have due for each day of the current week. You can click an assignment to open it and start
working on it.

Tip: If you click an assignment that is Pending (not available yet), you are messaged that you must complete
the previous lesson first. Pending assignments have dimmed-colored Subject names and assignment titles.

A few things to notice (items A - E above) on your student calendar:

Item Description

A A check mark ( ü ) appears next to a Completed assignment.

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Item Description

B Assignments or projects that you can work on now have bright-colored Subject names and titles. Each subject
has a separate color so that you can easily identify it on your calendar. Click the assignment to open it and start
working.

C The legend explains how to know if an assignment is Pending, late (PastDue) or Blocked.

D Buttons let you view the calendar for a past week (or month), a future week (or month) and change the calendar
to the Week view or the Month view.

E Days that you do not have schoolwork scheduled show "No Schoolwork Assigned Today". Your teacher
manages your school and non-school days and schedules your schoolwork for specific school days. "No
Schoolwork Assigned Today" may also mean that you have an event or activity scheduled for a typical working
school day.

View your monthly calendar

Let’s take a quick look at your monthly school calendar.
l Click the Month button (see the box in example D above).
You can see it looks a bit different because your assignments are not readily visible, but you still have the legend at the
bottom and the navigation buttons at the upper right.

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View your monthly calendar

l To see an assignment, hold your mouse over one of the circles on a calendar day, like this. Notice that only the one
day is highlighted for a lesson.

If the assignment is a project, you may see several days highlighted to indicate that the project has multiple working school
days assigned to it.

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l If you put your mouse over any day in the monthly calendar, the View Week indicator moves and you can click it to go
directly to the week view for that specific week.

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View your assignments and progress in your courses

When you click the Learn button on the main nav bar, two buttons on the lower toolbar are available: Assignments and
Courses.

l Assignments - Displays your assignments, grouped by course. See "View and open assignments" on the next page.
l Courses - Displays all your assigned courses, including course progress, units' progress, assignments' scores and
progress, and completed work. See "View progress for your courses, units, assignments and your completed work"
on page 19.

Learn about course structure and assignments

Monarch courses (subjects) contain Units. The number of Units varies for a subject.
l Courses with 10 -13 Units are considered as full year, earning one full credit.
l Courses with 5 - 6 Units are considered as single semester, earning a half (0.5) credit.
Units contain Assignments. Think of an assignment as a bit of schoolwork you must do. It offers something new to learn or
review and gives you a way to put your knowledge into practice by doing the Problems (Questions) in each assignment.

Assignment types in units

Five different assignment types are used in courses.

Assignment
Description
types

Lesson Consists of instructional presentations that teach new information and provide problems (questions) to
do.

Project Offers creative ways to help use information learned in lessons. Typically, the problem tells the
requirements for completing the project and lets files be uploaded to complete the project or provides a
way to describe the effort.

Quiz Contains a set of problems to do after every few lessons, trying to find out how much has been learned in
the preceding lessons.

Test Contains a set of problems to demonstrate what has been learned overall.

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View and open assignments

Assignment
Description
types

Reference Monarch uses this type of assignment in three different ways:

l Course Overview - First assignment in Unit One of every course. Provides an idea of what should
be learned in the course and if there are any supplies or materials needed for the course.
l Glossary and Credits - Last assignment in each Unit. Recaps all of the vocabulary words from
every lesson in the unit. It also lists all of the web links and videos in all of the assignments in the
unit.
l Review Lesson - Some courses have a Review Lesson prior to the semester or unit test. Recaps
some of the key points that you should have learned in the course to this point. It gives a refresher
before a test. Remember, even though a Review Lesson has questions (problems) to answer, the
grade does not count.

View and open assignments

When you clicked the Learn button, you see another toolbar with two tabs: Assignments and Courses. If you clicked
Assignments, you see the Assignments page.
Your Assignments page shows the same list of assignments as on the Schoolwork page and on the Calendar. However, on
the Assignments page, you also see the name of the subject (course), the date the assignment is due, the unit the
assignment is in, the assignment title and a small forward arrow on the far right-hand side of the row.
l Click any where on the row with the assignment title to go directly into the assignment.

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View progress for your courses, units, assignments and your completed work
When you clicked the Learn button, you see another toolbar with two tools: Assignments and Courses. If you clicked
Courses, you see the Courses page. The Courses page is where you can view detailed information about all your assigned
courses, including all the units and assignments within those courses.
There are four "levels" of pages and as you go deeper into each level, the page shows your course progress complete,
units' progress complete, then your assignments' progress and scores, and finally, you see the problems (completed work)
for a selected assignment.

What you see on the Courses (subjects) page

The Courses (subjects) page is the first level and it contains a list of all of the subjects your Teacher assigned you. You see:
l The Title of each subject and year of the course.
l Your Progress in the course in both a bar chart and a percentage complete
The right arrow indicates there is a deeper level of information for each subject.

Actions you can do for courses

One action is available for courses:

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What you see on the Units page

l Click the right arrow or click anywhere on a row to open the units list for that subject.

What you see on the Units page

The Units page contains a list of all of the units in the subject you just selected. You see:
l The Title of each unit.
l Your Progress through each unit.
l The Date you Started working on assignments in this unit.
The right arrow indicates there is a deeper level of information on this unit.

Actions you can do for units

Several actions are available for units:
l Click the right arrow or click anywhere on a row to see a list of assignments in that unit.
l Click the left arrow on the toolbar to go back to the Subjects page.

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What you see on the Assignments page

The Assignments page contains a list of all of the assignments in the unit you selected on the previous page. There is a lot
of information on this page.

Items identified above on the Assignments page include:

Item Description
A Summary of your scores for the unit. You can see your lesson score, project score, quiz score, test score, and
overall unit (weighted) score.

B List of all assignments in this unit, the assignment type [Reference, Lesson, Project, Quiz, Test], Assignment
Title, Due date, Score on each assignment, date it was Completed (if already done), and the date the
assignment was Graded.

C Assignment titles that are in a lighter color and appear dimmed are assignments you do not have to do.

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What you see on the Problems page

Tip: If your Teacher has blocked assignments within a unit, the assignments are highlighted in the color pink
as shown in the example below. When an assignment is blocked, this means you cannot proceed working on
assignments until your Teacher unblocks the first blocked assignment.

Actions you can do for assignments

Several actions are available for assignments:
l Click the right arrow or click anywhere on a row to go to the Problems page showing a list of the problems
(questions) in the assignment. If the assignment is blocked, no action is available.
l Click the left arrow on the toolbar to go back to the Units page.

What you see on the Problems page

The final page is the Problems page which contains a list of the problems (questions) for the assignment you clicked on the
previous page and displays additional information about the problems, such as how many times you attempted the
problem, your score, and more.

Note: Problem details cannot be seen for a selected assignment until the assignment has been
submitted as complete. To work on an assignment, under Action, click the Work On This Assignment

button.

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 What you see on the Problems page

Items identified above on the Problems page include:

Item Description
A You see the assignment details of:
l Assignment Type, such as Lesson, Project, Quiz, or Test.
l Assignment Due Date.
l The Date you First Accessed (opened) the assignment.
l The Date you Last Worked on the assignment.
l Any Action you can do on the assignment based on whether or not the assignment is completed. See
Actions you can do for assignments.

B See "Other key information for problems" on the next page.

C See "Assignment points and score details" on page 25.

Actions you can do for assignments

Several actions are available for assignments at this level:

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What you see on the Problems page

l Work On This Assignment. For assignments you have not worked on, click the Work On This Assignment button to
open the assignment.

l Review Your Work. Click to review work, such as lessons and quizzes, you have already completed. Reviewing your
work helps you to prepare for quizzes and tests.

l View Reference Material. Usually seen only on Glossary and Credits, Reference, or Course Overview assignments.
Click to open the reference material.

Tip: If there is not an action shown, this means you cannot open the assignment at this time. Check with your
teacher to see if the assignment is blocked.

Other key information for problems

Other information (see example B below) shown in columns on this page include:

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 What you see on the Problems page

Item Column Description

1 Problem number.

2 Points Number of points you received (NR) and number of points possible (NP) for the problem
(NR/NP).

3 Score Your resulting score (percentage and letter grade) for the problem.

4 Needs Displays an indicator icon if your teacher needs to grade the problem.
Grading

5 Student Displays an indicator icon and the reason you entered when you skipped the problem.
Skipped

6 Teacher Displays an indicator icon if your teacher marked the problem as "Skipped" so that you
Skipped did not have to answer it.

7 Attempted The date you most recently attempted to answer the problem.

8 Attempts Number of times you attempted to answer the problem.

9 Answer Displays Yes if you clicked the View Correct Answer button for the problem, otherwise, No
Shown appears.

Assignment points and score details

Below the list of problems (example C below) in the Points column you see the total number of points you received for this
assignment out of the total number of points possible, and in the Score column, you see your total score and grade for this
assignment.

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Work on your assignments

We’ve looked at several different ways to open and view the details about your assignments and courses in "View your
assignments and progress in your courses" on page 17. Now, let’s take a look at what you see when you open a lesson to
work on it.

Learn about the tools and features available for working on assignments
The top of the lesson page has the main nav bar and the function toolbar. The function toolbar has a few new tools on it
when you are in an assignment.

Item Tool/feature

A Title of the assignment and subject.

B Read and Questions buttons. When the assignment opens you are on the Read page. This is where you find the
body of your lesson - the text, your goals for the lesson, any media, vocabulary list, etc. Sometimes lessons are
broken into sections.

C Section number indicators. Indicate the assignments has multiple sections. Click the number to go to the next
section or you can click the Read Next Section button on the bottom of the page. You don’t want to miss a
section!.

On the right side of the lesson are several tools (item D below). These tools allow you to:
l Print the assignment. See "Print assignment text and images" on page 30.
l Listen to an audio version of the assignment text. See "Listen to audio version of assignments" on page 30.

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Use the Vocabulary Arcade games to learn vocabulary words

The body of the page (item E below) is the presentation part of the lesson. This is the part you need to read. It may have
videos and slide shows to watch, pictures to see and vocabulary and spelling words to practice. Most lessons have one or
more vocabulary words used in the lesson. You should become familiar with all of these words. Each of the vocabulary
words is recorded.

l Click the Play button to hear the word.

There may also be links to take you to more on the lesson topic. You may even come across a fun activity to practice what
you are learning! In some of your lessons you may see a date in blue. This opens a timeline. Click it to see what events
were taking place around that same time.

Use the Vocabulary Arcade games to learn vocabulary words

Below your Vocabulary words, you may see a Vocab Arcade icon.
l Click the icon to open a page showing the vocabulary games you can play to help you learn the definitions and
spelling of your vocabulary words.

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l To play the game, click the icon.

While playing the game, your lesson becomes inactive so that you can practice spelling of the vocabulary words or learning
their definitions. When you finish the game and close it, your lesson is active again. To learn more about the vocabulary
games, see "Practice and learn using the Resources' tools and activities" on page 63.

Read lesson sections and work on questions

Make sure you read each section of the lesson carefully so you can answer the questions. Once you think you understand
what you read you are ready to start working on the problems (questions). You can read a section and then work on the
questions at the end of that section, or you can read all sections and then answer the questions. Example F below shows
the Read Next Section and Work on Questions buttons.

l To move to the next section, click the Read Next Section button.
l To answer the questions, click the Work on Questions button. See "Answer assignment questions (problems)" on
page 31.

Tip: You can also click the Questions button on the assignment toolbar to answer the questions.

When you've answered all the questions, you need to mark the lesson as complete so that Monarch knows it is done and
you can get a grade for your work. If you just exit the lesson without marking it as complete, you won't get a grade for the
lesson until it is marked as complete. See "Mark assignments as complete" on page 46.

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Print assignment text and images

Print assignment text and images

You can print assignment text and images. To print, you need to have a printer connected to the computer.

Tip: Depending on the browser you use for Monarch and other software you may have installed, you may be
able to save the print job as a pdf, save it to different destination (such as your Google® Drive™ if you use
Google® Chrome™), right-click the print preview page and do a Save as to save it as a web page (html file),
and more.

1. Open an assignment.

2. To print the text and images in this section of the lesson, click the Print tool.

3. To print another section, click the section number to go to that section, and then click the Print tool again.
4. When finished, to leave the assignment, click the Home button.
If a section has a video, you see a white space on your printed page where the video is in the lesson.

Listen to audio version of assignments

You can listen to a person (speaker) read an audio version of assignment text. This text-to-speech feature works with
assignment text only. To use this feature, you need to have an audio (sound) feature enabled on the computer you use to
access Monarch.
1. Open an assignment.
2. To select a person (speaker), click the Speaker tool, and select a name.

3. To listen to the entire text, click the Play tool. Or, if you want to listen to selected text, highlight the text in the
assignment, and then click the Play tool.
As the speaker reads the text out loud, the text is highlighted in yellow and the word being spoken is highlighted in
blue and bold text so that you can see the words being spoken as shown in this example.

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4. Use the audio player tools to pause, stop, or play the audio speaking.

Answer assignment questions (problems)

Questions (problems) help you check to see if you learned what is presented in a lesson. Each problem is a question about
something covered in the reading part of the lesson. Each problem has a point value assigned to it or your teacher gives it a
point value which makes up the grade (score) for the lesson. To learn more about problem scores, see
l To work on the assignment questions, click the Work on Questions button at the bottom of the lesson page, or click
the Questions button on the function toolbar at the top of the lesson page.

Tip: To help you answer the questions, you can easily go back and forth between the questions and lesson.
Click the Read button on the function toolbar to find the answer and then click the Questions button to return
to the question.

What you see in the Questions section of your lesson

Let’s take a look at the question section of your lesson.

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What you see in the Questions section of your lesson

This table explains the items A - E identified in the Questions section above.

Item Feature/tool Description

A Question Row of numbers below the function toolbar. Each number is a question for you to answer. The
bar number with the arrow pointing to it is the question you currently see. You can click any number
to go to that question.

B Question
buttons

l Submit Answer button lets you submit your answer and have Monarch provide an
immediate score. See "Submit answers and get answer feedback" on the facing page.
l Skip button lets you skip the question if your Teacher has allowed skipping for
assignments. If the button is inactive, you cannot skip questions. See "Skip questions" on
page 35.
l When you stay on a question, you see the Next Question button display beside the Skip
button. Click this button to move to the next question.
l Notes button lets you write a note to your teacher about a problem. If the Notes button

looks like this with a red circle and number, it means your teacher has added a
note to the problem for you to read. See "Share information about assignments with your
Teacher using problem notes" on page 36.

C Attempts Tells you how many times you can try to correctly answer the problem. Once this counter reaches
counter zero (0), the last answer you entered is the one that your teacher sees and that grade is your
score for the problem. The number of attempts is set for you by your teacher.

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Item Feature/tool Description

D Mark
Lesson As
Complete
button Click this button to submit the lesson for grading. You must answer at least one question before
marking the lesson as complete. See "Mark assignments as complete" on page 46.

E Problem Tells you what type of problem it is and how to work the type of problem. In the example above,
description we see a “Matching” type problem and the explanation of how to complete a problem of that type.
text For more information, see "Learn about assignment problem types" on page 71.

Submit answers and get answer feedback

1. Based on the problem type, answer the question. If you are working on an essay or project problem, be sure to
upload a file if one is required.

2. To submit your answer, click the Submit Answer button.

Note: If you click the Submit Answer button and have not answered the question, you are notified
that the question must be answered to get a grade. However, if you answered the questions, but
have not clicked the Submit Answer button, and try to mark the lesson as complete, the message
below appears letting you know to click the button first.

3. For answered questions, colored indicators appear to the right of each question number to let you know whether or
not you answered the question correctly, incorrectly, partially correct, or skipped it. Depending on the type of problem,
a message lets you know the number of attempts remaining.

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What the colored indicators mean

The colored indicators next to the question number of an answered question give you feedback of how you answered the
question.

Indicator Means...

Black Question has not been answered. You need to answer the question and click Submit Answer for the
question question to get the point value grade.
number,
no
indicator

Green Answer is correct. You get the full point value for the problem type.
check
mark

Red "x" Answer is incorrect and you have no attempts remaining.

Orange Answer is partially incorrect and you may have attempts left to change it. Depending on the type of
check problem, you may see an message telling you the number of points possible for the answer and the
mark number you have correct. You can keep trying to get all points if you have attempts left to change it.

Gray Question has been allowed to be skipped by the teacher, or you, as the student, have skipped the
arrow question. A skipped question earns 0 points and may or may not count towards the lesson grade. Your
teacher may assign a skipped question back to you to answer it again.

4. Answer the questions in the order presented, or you can click any question number to read the question first, and
then answer it after you have reviewed the lesson text again. Be sure to click the Submit Answer
button for each answered question.

Tip: If you need some assistance on a problem or just want to explain an answer, write a note to your teacher.
See "Share information about assignments with your Teacher using problem notes" on page 36.

5. If you have attempts remaining, for partially correct questions, you can attempt the answer again until you have no
attempts left.
6. When you are done answering questions, now you need to mark the lesson as complete so that your Teacher is
aware of any questions that need grading and Monarch can update the assignment with a completed date. See
"Mark assignments as complete" on page 46.

How problems are scored

Problems are scored based on their point value. Each problem and assignment score is a percentage based on the total
number of points received (correct answers), divided by the total number of points possible for the assignment. Point values
vary from problem to problem, depending on the type of problem and the number of answers required. Typically, the
curriculum author determines the number of possible points for a problem based on the problem type and number of
answers required.

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Here are a couple of examples of how lesson scores are calculated:

l A lesson has 10 problems with one point possible for each so the student can receive a total of 10 points. If the
student incorrectly answers one problem, then the lesson has a total of nine points out of a possible 10. The grade
percentage is 90% (9/10 = 9 or 90%).
l A lesson has 10 problems, but one of those problems is worth two points, so the student can receive a total of 11
points. If the student incorrectly answers one problem worth one point, then he/she can receive a total of 10 points out
of a possible 11. The grade percentage is 91% (10/11 = .9090 or 91%).
l A lesson has 10 problems, but one of these is a nine-point sort problem, so the student can receive a total of 18
points. If the student answers three of the items in the sort problem incorrectly, but get all the other problems in the
assignment right, he/she will receive a total of 15 points. The grade percentage is 83% (15/18 = .8333 or 83%)

Note: For some teacher-graded problems, even though the Teacher may give the Student 4 points
out of a possible 4 points which equals 100% for the answer, the system may only show 1 out of 1
point, which equals 100%, because that was how the point value was coded for the problem type by
the curriculum author. The resulting score is the same. It does not affect the student's grade.

To learn about the problem types and their possible point values, see "Learn about assignment problem types" on page 71.

Skip questions
If you cannot find an answer in the lesson or don’t understand the question or answer, you may have the option of skipping
the question. Be aware that once you skip a problem, you are not able to go back and submit an answer for that problem
because the Submit Answer button is disabled for that problem.

Note: Skipped problems are sent to your teacher with a zero ( 0 ) grade until your teacher decides
how to handle them. Your teacher can keep the problem skipped or he/she can reassign the problem
to you.

You have to provide a reason for skipping the question. These steps assume you are working on the Questions in an
assignment.

1. While viewing a problem, click the gray Skip button.

Tip: If you don't see the Skip button, this means your teacher is not allowing you to skip problems. Contact
your teacher.

2. In the dialog box that appears, enter the reason you want to skip this question, and then click the Skip button.

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The problem number now shows a gray arrow next to the number which indicates the question has been skipped by you. A
message also appears telling you that the problem has been skipped.

Notice that the Submit Answer button is disabled (dimmed) for the skipped problem.

3. To continue answering questions, click the Next Question button. Or, if the skipped question is the last one in the
assignment, click the Mark Lesson as Complete button.

Tip: You can click the Read button on the function toolbar at any time to return to the presentation part of the
lesson.

Share information about assignments with your Teacher using problem notes
You can share information with your teacher using problem notes for an assignment. For example, you are having trouble
understanding a problem in a math lesson. You can add a note to the problem asking your teacher for help. To alert your
teacher that you added a problem note, if your teacher is using the Problem Note / Message Center E-mails school
notification, he/she gets an immediate email notification. Also, a message appears in their Monarch Message Center
Teacher Inbox as a visual alert that you need assistance. A link in the email notification as well as in the message lets your
teacher easily get to the note and respond. See Write problem notes to your teacher.

Tip: Your teacher sees a red indicator with a count on the Notes button, like this , when a new note
is added by you to a problem.

Your teacher can write notes to you about an assignment problem. Maybe your teacher has reviewed an upcoming lesson
and has some guidance for you about a problem. To alert you that your teacher has added a problem note, a message
appears in your Monarch Student Inbox. A link in the message lets you easily open the note and respond to it. See Read
and respond to problem notes from your teacher.

Tip: You also see a red indicator with a number on the Notes button, like this , when a new note has
been added by your teacher to a problem.

Note: You can add problem notes to all your active, open courses. Once a course becomes closed
(this means, all the assignments are graded), existing problem notes can be viewed, but you cannot
add notes to a problem in a closed course.

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Note: Your teacher can delete a problem note in Monarch Teacher and this means you will not see
the note in Monarch Student.

Write problem notes to your teacher

You can add one or more notes to problems in lessons, projects, quizzes, and tests.
1. Open a lesson, project, quiz, or test. See "View and open assignments" on page 18.
2. If you opened a lesson or project, click the Work on Questions button or the Questions tab.

3. Click a problem number for which you want to add a note, and then click the Notes button.
4. In the Notes for Question [number] page, in the Add a Note text box, enter your note, and then click the Add Note
button. If desired, continue adding notes to the problem. If you are finished, click the Close X, or click another problem
number.

Your teacher gets an immediate email notification (if your teacher is using the Problem Note / Message Center E-mails
school notification) and/or a message in their Monarch Message Center Inbox alerting him/her about the note. If your
teacher sends a response, you get a message in your Inbox. See Read and respond to problem notes from your teacher.

Read and respond to problem notes from your teacher

You can read and respond to problem notes sent to you by your teacher. You can open the problem note in your Message

Center or when you open the assignment and go to the problem, the Notes button looks like this with a red
indicator and the note count. When you read the note, the count changes or disappears entirely.

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Note: You cannot view problem notes for blocked, unassigned, or future (not scheduled to be
worked) assignments. You will get the message about the note, but you cannot open the assignment
with the note until your teacher takes action to make the assignment available to you or the
assignment is ready for work.

Note: When you try to open a problem note for a quiz or test, if the quiz or test is your next
assignment, you are asked if you want to start the quiz or test. However, if the quiz or test has already
been completed by you, you cannot open the note.

1. On your Home > Schoolwork page, in the Messages list, is a message with the subject "Teacher posted a new
problem note" . Click the message in the list to open the message.
The message displays in your Inbox.
2. Read the message and if you want to respond to the note and see the problem, click the Click here link.

3. If the assignment is your next scheduled assignment, it opens to the problem with the note. Or, if the next assignment
is a quiz or test, you may be asked if you want to start the quiz or test. Click Continue if you are ready to start.

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4. Read the note and if you want to write a reply to your teacher, in the Add a Note text box, write your note. Click Add
Note. Your teacher is immediately sent the note in a message.
Or
If you do not want to reply or you just want to close the note window, click the Close X.
5. You can:
l Keep the assignment open and continue working on it.
l Close the assignment and not work on it. To do this, click the Home button on the main nav bar.

Work on projects
There are a couple of different kinds of project assignments, including essays and reports. Because project assignments
allow one attempt, be sure you are ready to submit your work and mark the lesson as complete. Projects are graded by your
teacher.

How to open a project to start working on it

There are several ways to open a project that is accessible to work on:
l On your Home > Schoolwork page, look in the Projects list. Click the project.

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l On the Calendar page on any day where the project's start date and due date time is shown. Click to open the
project.

l On your Learn > Assignments page, click the project to open it.

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l On your Learn > Courses assignment page. Look for the project and click it. Then, click the Work On This
Assignment button.

When you open a project, you see a project page. Typically, there are instructions on the page that tell you what is expected
for the project.

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Complete work on projects

1. Read the instructions.
2. Click either the Questions button on the function toolbar or the Work on Questions button on the bottom of the project
instructions.
Once you click the Questions button, your page may look like the example shown here.

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3. There are two ways you can complete this project:

l You can type your essay in the text box (see item A above). Use the buttons on the toolbar (item B above) for
help or to format your work (see "Project formatting features" on the next page.) Be sure to click the Save button
often so you don’t lose any of your work.

Note: If you see a link to an existing file when you click the Questions button the first time, either your
teacher or Monarch has already created a place for you to start your project.

l You can use another program, for example, Microsoft® Word, or Excel®, or PowerPoint®, or any word processor
or text program should work to create your project. You then upload the file. See "Upload files for projects" on
page 45.
4. If you want to add a note to the problem, for example, you may want to explain your answer or maybe you need help

from your teacher, click the Notes button. See "Share information about assignments with your Teacher
using problem notes" on page 36.
5. Now you have to decide if you want to complete the project or continue working on it.

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Option Do this...

I am finished and ready to have the a. Click the Save button.

project graded by my teacher
b. At the Save Successful message, click Done.

c. Click the Submit Answer button.

You have one attempt for a project and once you click the Submit Answer button,
it becomes disabled and you cannot make any more changes.

d. Click the Mark Lesson as Complete button.

The project now appears as Completed (ü) on the Calendar on the project start
date and is sent to your teacher for grading.

I want to save my work and come a. Click the Save button.

back later to finish the project
b. At the Save Successful message, click Done.
c. To leave the project, click the Assignments, Courses, or Home button.
The project is saved, but not yet submitted for grading. When you are ready to
have it graded, follow the steps in the first option.

Project formatting features

Projects have a formatting toolbar containing tools to assist you.

Button Description

Save the work you have done.

Select the style of text you want to use for selected text.

Select the format style you want to use for the paragraph.

Remove the formatting for the selected text.

Indent text in the direction the arrows indicate (left or right).

Set a quotation of text from someone else and

indent it on both the right and left without using quotation
marks.

Insert special characters.

See an explanation about essays type questions.

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Button Description

Make the selected text bold.

Italicize the selected text.

Underline selected text.

Strikethrough (draw a line through) selected text.

Align text, to the left margin, center, or right margin.

Create a numbered or bulleted list.

Open the project instructions in a separate window.

Upload files for projects

1. Create a file according to the project instructions.
2. Save that file on your computer.
3. Log in and open the project assignment.
4. Click the Questions or Work on Questions button.
5. Click the Choose File or Browse button to locate the file you saved to your computer in Step 2.
6. Once the file shows in the File: box, click the Upload button.

Tip: If you uploaded the wrong file, click the Delete button to remove the file. If you want to make changes
before you send it to your teacher for grading, you can make the changes in the file on your computer and
upload it again.

Keyboard characters for foreign language courses

Foreign language courses use characters you don’t see on your keyboard. The table below shows you how to get the
characters you need to complete your foreign language assignments.
l To use the characters, press the left ALT key and hold it down while you type the keys on the Number Pad of your
keyboard to get the character in the left-hand column. You see the character when you release the ALT key.
l Using a laptop - Hold down the Fn and ALT keys and type the numbers.

Tip: Some characters have more than one number code. You can use either number.

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ALT Key + ALT Key + ALT Key +

Character Character Character
Number Number Number

á 160 or 0225 É 0201 ü 129 or 0525

é 130 or 0233 Í 0205 Ú 0218

í 161 or 0237 ¿ 168 or 0191 Ó 0211

ó 162 or 0243 Ñ 165 or 0209 ¡ 173 or 0161

ú 163 or 0250 ñ 164 or 0241 ¼ 172

Á 0193 Ü 154 or 0220 ½ 171

º 167

Mark assignments as complete

Once you have answered all of the questions for the assignment and are ready to have your assignment graded, you need
to mark it as complete so that Monarch can change the assignment's status, notify your teacher if problems require teacher
grading, and compute the current grade.

Warning: Do NOT click the Mark Lesson as Complete button if you have not submitted answers for all of the
problems because any problems you did not answer or skipped get a score of zero (0). Skipped problems are
handled by your teacher who decides whether or not to keep the problem skipped or re-assigns it to you. If
you try to mark the lesson as complete and have not submitted an answer for at least one question, you
cannot proceed in the lesson.

To mark an assignment as complete:

Tip: If you want to leave the assignment before you are finished, click the Assignments, Courses, or Learn
button. Remember, you can usually only open a quiz or test once unless your Teacher has allowed you to
enter and exit as many times as you want.

1. When you feel that you have answered all the questions for the assignment, click the Mark Lesson as Complete
button.
2. A message window appears asking you if you are sure you want to complete the lesson. Click Mark Lesson as
Complete if you are done with the assignment. Or, click Cancel to stay in the assignment.

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3. If the assignment can successfully be processed, a message window appears showing you the current grade for the
assignment. Gold stars visually indicate your grade based on the grading scale set by your teacher. Click the Return
to Assignments button to close the message window and return to your schoolwork.

Note: If you did not submit an answer for at least one question, another message appears stating that
you must answer at least one question. Click Cancel to return to the lesson.

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Work on reassigned essay or paragraph problems

After you have submitted a lesson or project (marked it as complete) and that lesson or project contains one or more essay
or paragraph problems, you may see that your teacher has reassigned the lesson or project back to you so that you can
redo your effort. Your teacher had two options available when reviewing your essay or paragraph:
l Save a draft of your work so that you can start with the current content and revise it based on your teacher's
suggestions.
l Clear all your work so that you have to enter the contents of the essay or paragraph again.
With either option, opening the reassigned problem is the same.

To work on a reassigned essay or paragraph problem:

1. Do one of the following to open the reassigned lesson or project:
l On your Home > Schoolwork page, under Assignments, under the subject, click the assignment.
l Click the Learn button, and then on your Assignments page, under the subject, click the assignment.
2. Click the Work on Questions button at the bottom, or on the function toolbar, click Questions.
3. If the lesson or project had more than one problem, click the question number.

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Tip: Look to see if your teacher added a note to the problem. If the Notes button has the red
indicator with a number, that means you have a note from the teacher.

4. If the teacher saved a draft of your work, you see the contents in the text box so that you can make changes as
requested by your teacher. Otherwise, if the teacher cleared your previous work, the text box is empty and you need
to enter new content.

5. When finished, click the Submit Answer button.

6. If the lesson or project is complete, click the Mark Lesson as Complete button.
The teacher sees a grading task and will review your effort.

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What makes a quiz or test different from a lesson or project assignment is that there is usually no content in the top section
of the content page. You just click the Questions button to see the quiz or test questions. To ensure you are ready to take
the quiz or test, a helpful reminder message appears when you click the Work on Questions button and you must click OK
to continue on to take the quiz or test. If you are not ready at this time, you can click Cancel and the test or quiz does not
open.
Before you start a quiz or test, you may want to review your work in the previous lesson or lessons so that you are prepared
to answer the questions. See "Review your work before beginning quizzes or tests" below.

What does the Quiz/Test in Progress indicator mean?

Most of the time, a quiz or test can only be opened ONE time unless your teacher has allowed you to exit and re-enter
quizzes or tests as many times as you need until marking the quiz or test as complete. This means your teacher has
enabled the "Open Book" setting. If the "Quiz/Test in Progress" indicator (see the example below) appears in the upper left
when you open a quiz or test, this means you are in "Quiz/Test Mode" and you cannot open another assignment until you
complete the quiz or test.

While you have quiz or test open, you can usually read through all of the questions, answer each one, go back through the
questions and change your answers if your teacher has allowed you to change the answers. Once you are done, and mark
the assignment as complete, you CANNOT change the answers again. If your teacher gives you a different kind of quiz or
test, you may only have one chance to answer the question, so think carefully before you submit your answer.

What happens if you log off or exit out of the quiz or test before marking it as complete
If you log off while still in the open quiz or test or leave the quiz or test before marking it as complete, Monarch automatically
marks the quiz or test as "complete" and all unanswered questions receive a ZERO unless your teacher has allowed you to
exit and re-enter a quiz or test as many times as you want. If you exit a quiz or test that has Quiz Mode enforced, your
teacher may have to clear any quiz or test questions that you answered so that you can take the quiz or test again.

Review your work before beginning quizzes or tests

When a quiz or test is your next assignment, you probably want to study before you take the quiz or test. You can go back to
your completed lessons to review and study.
1. Click the Learn button on the main nav bar, and then click the Courses button on the function toolbar.

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2. Click the subject to go to the units.

3. Click the unit to go to the assignments.
4. Click a completed assignment, and then click the Review Your Work button to open the completed lesson to study for
the quiz or test.

You see the lesson material as well as your answers to the questions. Indicators and colors appear with each question
number so that you know the questions you answered correctly or incorrectly.

Indicator Means...

Black question number, no Question has not been answered.

indicator

Green check mark Answer is correct.

Red "x" Answer is incorrect.

Orange check mark Answer is partially correct.

Gray arrow Question has been allowed to be skipped by the teacher, or you, as the student, have
skipped the question.

5. Make sure you find the correct answers before you take the quiz or test! Or, if your Teacher has given you permission
to access the answer key, click the View Correct Answer button for any incorrect answers.

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6. To also help you study, you can print the lesson material and make a study guide. See "Print assignment text and
images" on page 30.
7. To review another completed lesson in the course, on the toolbar, click the Courses button, and then click the Back
arrow (located at the top) to see all the assignments. Click the assignment, and then click the Review Your Work
button.
Or, if you are ready, take the quiz or test. See "Take quizzes and tests" on the next page.

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Take quizzes and tests

1. Do one of the following to open the quiz or test:
l On your Home > Schoolwork page, under Assignments, click the quiz or test.
l Click the Learn button, and then on your Assignments page, click the quiz or test.
2. Click the Work on Questions button.

3. A message appears asking you to confirm that you are ready to start the quiz or test. If you are ready, click OK. If you
are not ready, click Cancel.

Note: Once you click OK, and depending on your Quiz/Test settings that your teacher has set up for
you, you are in "Quiz/Test Mode" and the "Quiz/Test in Progress" indicator appears on your
Assignments page. This means you cannot work on another assignment until you complete the quiz
or test you started.

If you clicked OK, proceed to the next step. If you clicked Cancel, the quiz or test section does not open.
4. To look at a question, click the question number at the top or click the Next Question button.

5. When you are ready to answer a question, answer it, and then click Submit Answer button.

If your teacher has allowed answer feedback on quizzes and tests, you will see the answer feedback indicator for the
question. If answer feedback has not been allowed, you will just proceed to the next question.
Answer feedback indicators are:

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Indicator Means...

Black Question has not been answered. You need to submit and answer for the question to get the point value
question grade.
number,
no
indicator

Green Answer is correct. You get the full point value for the problem type.
check
mark

Red "x" Answer is incorrect and no attempts remaining.

Orange Answer is partially incorrect and you may have attempts left to change it. Depending on the type of
check problem, you may see an message telling you the number of points possible for the answer and the
mark number you have correct. You can keep trying to get all points if you have attempts left to change it.

Gray Question has been allowed to be skipped by the teacher, or you, as the student, have skipped the
arrow question. A skipped question earns 0 points and may or may not count towards the lesson grade. Your
teacher may assign a skipped question back to you to answer it again.

The example below shows that answer feedback indicators have not been turned on for quizzes. All you see is that the
student has answered questions 1 - 4 because the question numbers have changed color.

6. If you cannot answer a question and want to skip it, click the Skip button and enter a reason.

Tip: If you don't see the Skip button, this means your teacher has not allowed you to skip problems in quizzes
or tests.

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7. If you want to, you can add a note to a problem so that your teacher can see it. See "Share information about
assignments with your Teacher using problem notes" on page 36.
8. When all the questions have been answered and you are done, click the Mark Lesson as Complete
button.
9. A message window appears asking if you are sure you want to complete this lesson. If you are ready to turn in the
quiz or test, click the Mark Lesson as Complete button. If you want to go back to the quiz or test, click Cancel.

10. If you decided to complete the quiz or test, another message window appears displaying your current grade for the
quiz or test. Gold stars visually indicate your grade based on the grading scale set by your teacher. Click the Return
to Assignments button to close the message window and return to your schoolwork.

View your results on quizzes and tests

After you have taken a quiz or test and marked it as complete for grading, you can view your results.
1. Click the Learn button, and then click the Courses button.
2. Click the Course (subject) title to go to the Units page.
3. Click the Unit title containing the quiz or test to go the Assignments page.
4. On the Assignments page, click the Quiz or Test to go to the Problems page.

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On the Problems page (see example A below), you see:

l (item #1) All the problems, points received and points possible, and your score for each problem.
l (item #2) The number of attempts are listed as well as the date you worked on the problem.

l (item #3) An indicator icon would appear in the Needs Grading, Student Skipped, or Teacher Skipped columns
if a problem requires teacher grading, was skipped by you, or was marked as skipped by your teacher. In example A
below, there is no indicator icon.
l (item #4) At the bottom of the page, you see your number correct out of the number of problems and your overall
score and grade for the quiz or test.

5. If you want to see the problems you answered incorrectly or partially answered, click the Review Your Work
button (#5 above on example A). This action opens the assignment. Or, if you are finished, go to step
6 to exit.

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a. Then, click the Work on Questions button or the Questions tab to open the quiz or test. Remember - Incorrect
problems have the red X next to the problem number as shown in the example below.

b. If your Teacher has allowed you to access the answer key, you see the View Correct Answer
button located below the problem numbers. Click it to see the correct answer for the problem marked as
incorrect. Click the Close X to close the answer window.
6. When finished viewing results, on the toolbar, click Courses. To go back to the assignments page, click the top left
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Monarch has an internal messaging system that lets you send messages to and receive messages from your Teacher. If
you and your Teacher use problem notes to communicate about problems in assignments, problem notes messages also
appear within the Monarch Message Center. The Messages area of your Schoolwork page lets you know you have unread
messages.

Tip: If your Teacher uses the school Notifications setting for problem notes and emails from you, he/she is
notified in a timely manner when you have entered a problem note or sent a message.

Read messages from your teacher

From your Inbox, you can see all of the new messages you have received. Unread messages appear in bold text in the list
of messages.
l Click anywhere in the text to read a message or click the Inbox button or Message button (on the main nav bar) to
see all of your read and unread messages. To read and respond to a problem note message from your Teacher, click
the link to open the assignment's problem. For more information about how to write and respond to problem notes,
see "Share information about assignments with your Teacher using problem notes" on page 36.

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When you view a message, from either your Inbox or your Sent message box, you can see the following information:
l Who the message is from or who the message was sent to.
l The subject of the message.
l If it is a message about a problem note, you see the course, unit, lesson, and problem information along with the
comment/response left by the parent. Also, if the problem is within an assignment the student has access to, then
there's a link in the message that will take you directly to the conversation for that problem.
l When the message was sent.
After reading a message:
l To answer a message, click Reply, enter your response, and click Send.
l To delete read messages, you click the Delete button on the message. You can only delete one message at a time.

Send messages to your teacher

You can send a message to your teacher.
1. Click the Compose button to open a new message.
2. Enter a subject.
3. In the text box, enter your message.
4. Click Send.

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View sent messages

Once you create a message and send it, the message is placed in the Sent message box list.
l To view sent messages, click the Sent button next to the Inbox button.
You can reply to sent messages and delete them just like with received messages.

Note: If you forward a problem notes message from one student to another student, that second
student does not see the link to open the assignment.

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Practice and learn using the Resources' tools and activities

The Resources section of your Home Page has tools and activities to help you practice and learn. Click the link for the
activity or tool you want to use. Your teacher decides what activities and tools you can access.

Test your memory using the Flashcards

Use the flash cards resources and arcade games to test your memory. All flash card resources and games work the same
way.

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1. Click the Draw pile in the top left corner, then click the card when you are ready to check your answer.
2. Click Discard, if you are done with the card or Return to put it back in the Draw pile.
3. Click Close when you are finished practicing.
Both of the Geography games and the Times Tables, along with the Vocab Arcade - Flash Cards inside your lessons work
this way. For the World Capitals flash cards, you are asked to pick the area of the world.

Learn about historical events using the Timeline

The Timeline resource shows you significant events in history.

To use the Timeline resource:

1. To see a specific year, enter a year in the box at the top left corner. You can toggle between BC and AD. Or, just click
an event.
2. Click Close Event when you are finished viewing the event details.
3. Click the Close [X] button when you are done.

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Learn about numbers playing the Fact Quest game

The Fact Quest game tests your skills with numbers.

1. Pick the level you want: Easy, Medium, or Difficult.

2. To learn how to play the game, click the Help button, or click Play Game to get started.

Practice your math facts playing the Operantics game

Operantics has several math categories to choose from.

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1. Select the math category.

2. To see how to play the game, click Instructions. If you are ready to play, click Play.
3. Click Close when you are done.

Learn about the Periodic Table of Elements

This resource lets you learn about the elements in the world.

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1. Click any element cell to learn more about that element.

2. Not sure what all those numbers and letters mean? Click the Key to Reading Element Cells to learn.
3. Click the Table of Element Names to see a list of all of the elements in order of their Atomic Number.
4. Click Close when you are finished.

Practice your vocabulary words using the Spelling Bee game

The Spelling Bee game is available in many lessons. You open it from the Vocab Arcade button.

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To play the Spelling Bee:

1. Click Vocab Arcade, and then click the Spelling Bee icon.
Your lesson becomes inactive so that you cannot see the vocabulary words.
2. Click anywhere on the screen to begin, and then choose a bee.
3. Listen to the pronunciation, and then type the word.
4. Click Enter when you are done typing.
5. Once you have correctly spelled all of the words (or are done playing), click the Close X at the top of the window.
Your lesson becomes active again and you can see the vocabulary words.

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Get help with tasks and get your questions answered

You have two ways in Monarch Student to get help with tasks and get a question answered:
l On your Home > Schoolwork page, under Resources, click the Student Guide link.
l On the main nav bar, click the Help button to the left of your name.
Both ways open the Contact page where you see buttons to launch the Monarch Student Online Help and the Monarch
Student Guide.

l Click the Launch Online Help button to open the Monarch Student Online Help system in a new browser window.
Enter a search term in the Search box to find the help you need or use the Contents and Index tabs to get help with a
task.
l Click the Launch Student Guide button to open this Monarch Student Guide as a pdf.

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Learn about assignment problem types

Assignments can contain multiple problem types, such as True/False, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and more. This
section explains the major problem types, including the grading associated with each type, from the student's perspective.
Click the link to learn about the problem type.
Drag and drop problems
Project and plain text essay problems
Fill-in-the-blank problems
Layered text boxes problems
Matching problems
Multiple choice problems
Multiple select problems
Paragraph box problems
Sorting or ordering list problems
Text multiple choice problems
True/False problems
Unordered answer problems

Drag and drop problems

A drag and drop problem requires students to click an item - an image, a word, a phrase, a character - and drag it to its
correct location. Sometimes, the student may drag an item onto a picture. For example, the student would drag the name of
a city onto a map. Other times, the student might drag an item over a word or phrase to label the part of speech of a word.
Grading: Typically, one point for each correctly-dragged item. The total points for a problem may depend on how many
items to drag. It's possible to receive partial credit on drag and drop problems.
To answer a drag and drop problem:
1. Select the item to drag. Click and hold it with the mouse.

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2. Still holding the mouse button down, drag the item to its correct location. When the item is over its correct location,
release the mouse button to “drop” it there.

3. Repeat this process until all the items have been placed in their correct locations.
4. Click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

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Note: Be careful not to "stack" one item over another, or the problem may be graded as incorrect. If
an item is dragged to the wrong place, double-click it to pick it up and continue dragging it to its
correct location. Also, drag any item to the "trash can" to start over again.

Project and plain text essay problems

Most projects have one or more problems where the student must type the answer or can upload a file. Likewise, with plain
text essay problems, the student enters the answer or can upload a file containing the answer. Students should always read
the instructions before beginning the assignment.
Grading: Essays and projects are graded by the Teacher, not by the system. However, some essay and project problems
may have a grade point already assigned by the curriculum author when the problem was written. This means that the
Teacher grades the problem, but the student cannot receive a grade percentage higher than the one assigned by the
curriculum author.

Fill-in-the-blank problems
Fill-in-the-blank problems are what they sound like. The student types the answer in the blank box. There is a special kind of
fill-in-the-blank question often used, especially in math problems. This special type has a green text box to type in. The
student can tab to the next field that should be completed.

Note: Students need to take care with spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and spacing of the
missing word. It must be the exact word or words from the text to get full credit.

Grading: Fill-in-the-blank problems are usually one point per answer.

To complete a fill-in-the-blank problem:
1. Click in the empty box and type the answer.
2. If the problem has more than one blank box, TAB to the next empty box and type the answer.
3. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

Layered text boxes problems

Layered text questions are much like fill-in-the-blank questions. Students most often see them in math problems, where
tabbing to the next text box is helpful.
Grading: Layered text box problems are typically worth 1 point each.
To answer a layered text box problem:
1. Enter the answer in the green text box and tab to the next green text box.

2. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

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Matching problems
Matching problems have two columns of related information, for example, terms in one column and definitions in the other.
Students enter the number of an item in the box next to the corresponding item in the second column.
Grading: Typically, one point for each correct match.
To answer a matching problem:
1. Begin with the item in the left column.
2. For the correct corresponding item, enter the number in the box.

3. To change a number, enter a different number in the box.

4. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

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Multiple choice problems

Multiple choice problems ask students to choose only one correct answer between three to five possible answers in a list.
Only one answer can be selected.
Grading: Multiple choice problems are typically worth one point each.
To answer a multiple choice problem:
1. Click the circle button next to the correct answer.

2. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

Multiple select problems

Multiple select problems ask students to select all the possible correct answers in a list. Students can select none, some, or
all of the answers.
Grading: Multiple select problems are typically worth one point each. In some cases, if there are multiple correct answers,
students may receive one point for each correct answer.
To answer a multiple select problem:
1. Click the check boxes next to the correct answers, placing a check mark in each box.
2. To clear an answer, click an existing check mark.

3. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

Paragraph box problems

Paragraph box problems require students to type a response in a text box. A response might be one or two sentences or
even one or two paragraphs long, depending on what the problem is asking for.
Grading: Although the points each paragraph box problem is worth may be visible to the student, these problems are
teacher-graded and are not figured into the grade until the Teacher has completed grading.
To answer paragraph box problems:

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1. Click anywhere in the paragraph box and type the response.

2. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit to Teacher for grading.

Sorting or ordering list problems

Sorting or ordering list problems require students to select items and place them in the correct order based on the question.
Examples of some typical sorting problems would be: putting a list of items into alphabetical order, or ranking numbers in
order from largest to smallest.
Grading: Depending on what a sorting problem asks for, either one point for the entire problem or one point for each
correctly sorted answer. It is possible to receive partial credit on sorting problems.
To solve a sorting problem:
1. Begin with the first item in the series (the first event to happen, the first word to appear in alphabetical order, etc.)
2. Select the item and hold the mouse and drag the item to its correct position in the order. Release the mouse button.
3. Select the next item in the series and continue dragging and dropping until finished sorting each entry and are
satisfied with the answers.
4. To change any answers, hold and drag the item. Release the mouse button.

5. When finished, click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

Text multiple choice problems

Text multiple choice problems look like fill-in-the-blank problems, except students select the correct answer from a list of
possible answers.
Grading: The number of points often depends on how many textboxes or graphics appear in the problem. Typically, one
point for each answer.

To answer a text multiple choice problem:

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1. Click the Choose arrow to see a list of possible answers.

2. Click the one answer deemed to be be correct so it is displayed in the box.
3. Click the Submit Answer button.

True/False problems
A True/False problem shows a question with a True option and a False option. Select the correct option, and then click the
Submit Answer button.
Grading: True/False problems are one point for a correct answer.

Unordered answer problems

Unordered answer problems ask students to type a series of responses, usually words or phrases. Students receive credit
as long as all the correct answers appear in the boxes.
Grading: Unordered answers are normally worth one point per answer.

1. Type answers into the answer boxes in any order.

2. Click the Submit Answer button to submit for grading.

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Index

A weekly
viewing 11
accessing
changing
Student guide 69 background themes 8-9
Student online Help 69
passwords 9
adding completed work
notes to assignments 36 reviewing 51
Answer Shown 25 completing
answering assignments 46
problems 31 lessons 46
questions 31
projects 39
assignment types quizzes 46
Lesson 17
tests 46
Project 17 Course Overview, assignment type 18
Quiz 17 courses
Reference 18 foreign language
Test 17 keyboard characters 45
assignments viewing 19
listening to audio version 30 Courses page 19
marking as complete 46
notes D
writing and reading 36
reference material Date First Accessed, assignments 23
viewing 24 Date Last Worked, assignments 23
reviewing work 24 deleting
turning in for grading 46 messages 60
viewing 21 uploaded files
viewing in units 21 projects 45
working on 24 drag and drop problems 71
Attempted 25 E
Attempts column, problems 25
attempts counter 32 essay and project problems 73
audio essays
listening to assignment text 30 completing 39
reassigned
B with drafts 48
background themes 8 expired subscriptions 8
changing 9 F
browsers, autofilling forms 4
Fact Quest game 65
C fill-in-the-blank problems 73
calendar Flashcards 63
completed assignments foreign language courses
viewing 12 keyboard characters 45
current assignments G
viewing 13
monthly Glossary and Credits, assignment type 18
viewing 13 grades
viewing assignments 14 assignments
viewing 21

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problems N
viewing 25
Needs Grading indicator, problems 25
units
non-school days 13
viewing 21
notes
H adding for problems 36
writing and reading 36
Help page 69
Home Schoolwork page 5 O
I Operantics game 65
overall unit (weighted) score, viewing 21
indicators, answered questions 33
P
K
Paragraph box problems 75
keyboard characters
paragraphs
foreign language courses 45 reassigned
L with drafts 48
passwords
Launch Online Help 69 changing 9
Launch Student Guide 69 Periodic Table of Elements 66
layered text problems 73 Play button 28
Lesson, assignment type 17 point values, problems 34
lessons Points 25
marking as complete 46 Points column, assignments 25
notes printing
writing and reading 36 assignments 30
page overview 27 lessons 30
printing 30 problem notes 36
questions problem types
answering 31 drag and drop 71
skipping 35 essays and projects 73
viewing answer feedback 33 fill-in-the-blank 73
questions page layered text 73
overview 31 matching 74
sections multiple choice 75
reading 29 multiple select 75
turning in for grading 46 paragraph box 75
vocabulary words sorting 76
hearing 28 true/false 77
logging in 3 unordered answer 77
logging out 10 problems
M answering 31
grading required indicator 25
matching problems 74 how scored 34
messages viewing 22
deleting 60 viewing number of attempts 25
reading 59 viewing points 25
replying to 60 viewing skipped items 25
sending 60 viewing teacher skipped items 25
viewing 59 Project, assignment type 17
monthly calendar projects
viewing 13 completing 39
multiple choice problems 75 files
multiple select problems 75 uploading 45
formatting tools 44

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notes skipping
writing and reading 36 questions
uploaded files students 35
deleting 45 sorting problems 76
Spelling Bee game 67
Q Student guide
questions accessing 69
answering 31 Student online Help
indicators 33 accessing 69
skipping Student Skipped indicator, problems 25
students 35 students
viewing answer feedback 33 questions
Quiz, assignment type 17 skipping 35
Quiz/Test in Progress 51, 54 subscriptions
Quiz/Test Mode 51, 54 viewing status of 8
quizzes T
marking as complete 46
results Teacher Skipped indicator, problems 25
viewing 56 Test, assignment type 17
reviewing completed work 51 tests
rules for taking 51 marking as complete 46
studying for 51 results
turning in for grading 46 viewing 56
reviewing completed work 51
R rules for taking 51
Read Next Section button, lessons 29 studying for 51
reading turning in for grading 46
messages 59 text-to-speech tool 30
problem notes 36 text multiple choice problems 76
Reference, assignment type 18 Timeline 64
replying to true/false problems 77
messages 60 U
reports
completing 39 units
Resources 63 viewing 20
Review Lesson, assignment type 18 unordered answer problems 77
Review Your Work button, assignments 24 uploading
reviewing files
completed work 51 for projects 45
S V
school days 13 View Correct Answer indicator, problems 25
Score 25 View Reference Material button, assignments 24
scores viewing
assignments assignments 21
viewing 21 assignments grades (scores) 21
problems calendar
viewing 25 monthly 13
units weekly 11
viewing 21 problems 22
sending problems grades (scores) 25
messages 60 reference material 24
set to expire subscriptions 8 results
quizzes and tests 56

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sent messages 61
subjects 19
unit grades (scores) 21
units 20
Vocab Arcade icon, lessons 28
vocabulary words
hearing 28
vocabulary words, unit recap 18
W
weekly calendar
viewing 11
Work on Questions button, lessons 29
Work On This Assignment button, assignments 24

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