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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)

Assigning a Prompt

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

Assign and use Text to Speech

Set the Timer for an Assignment

Help Student use the Loadable Outlines

Complete Special Instructions - Convey teacher expectations, add sources and provide additional instructions

View the Portfolio - View/Print/Save student essays, track growth and view report data

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.

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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