MY Access! is effective whether teaching in a bricks-and-mortar, blended, or completely on-line classroom. After all, good teaching is good teaching and, most importantly, we are here to help!
We've developed both print and video resources, using the MY Access! tools. We also encourage you to schedule a webinar to discuss best practices. Just contact Dr. Madeline Pan (mpan@vantage.com) VP Professional Learning Connections or your Literacy Specialist.
View or download the following resources:
General References
Assign and Use Text to Speech - Instructions
Teacher Quick Reference Guide - Learning to navigate MY Access! for teachers
Student Quick Reference Guide - Learning to navigate MY Access! students
Student Tour Guide - This "map" will lead students through an exploration of the program (great for teachers too)
Tips to Eliminate Potential Loss of Text
Preparation Checklist - Easy first steps
Introductory Lesson Outline - Simple lesson introducing the program to students
Four Step Writing Lesson Plan - Step by step writing lesson plan, multiple class sessions
CiteSmart Guide - (Originality/Plagiarism Detection) – A guide to enabling and using this optional feature
Citing References:
See the How-to Video Library for more help.
The Basics - How do I?
Begin to use MY Access: Basic Directions
Create and Name Groups (Video)
Creating and Assigning a MY Prompt
MY Prompt Writing Guidelines - A guide for successful prompt construction
Creating a Demo Group For Modeling - Step by Step Instructions
Make Changes to Assigned Prompts
Set the Timer for an Assignment
Help Student use the Loadable Outlines
Complete Special Instructions - Convey teacher expectations, add sources and provide additional instructions
- Video
- Document
- Attach a Resource to Special Instructions
View the Portfolio - View/Print/Save student essays, track growth and view report data
- Video
- Document - Viewing the Student Portfolios
- Export, Print and Save essays from the Portfolio
- Flagged Essays (nonscorables) explained with samples and solutions
- Editing Flagged Essays ( nonscored) essays
Add Comments - Provide individualized and group writing feedback to guide revision
Help Students Create a Revision Plan - Teach students to set goals, strategies and reflect on revision
Help Students Safely Copy and Paste an essay into MY Access! - video
Assign and Use Text to Speech Function - Instructions
Use Keywords to find prompts - type the following in the Keyword section on Step 1 of the Assignment Wizard (remember to enclose phrases in quotes)
- type multisource - find prompts that require students to read, watch or listen to sources and cite them in the essay. Below you will find lists of multisource prompts where MY Access! provides the sources for the students.
- type Author's last name - to find prompts associated with an author's works
- type Main word in a book or story title - to see if there is a prompt associated with the work; you may also try typing this in the Title Area
- Find prompts that mirror state tests - type acronym for the test i.e. caasp, sbac, parcc. sol, act, pssa
- Type special topics i.e.
- Blackhistory
- Math
- courage
Multisource Prompts including Resources
Revision Strategies
MY Tutor - Guide students to apply one or two goals for each revision
Lesson Plans - MY Access! Writing Roadmaps - Provide students with directions for completing the writing process from pre-writing to revision and editing in all genres.
Attaching a Roadmap to an Assignment
Writing Roadmaps - Blank Template |
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| Narrative | Informative |
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