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TIPS
FOR GETTING STARTED
Log In and Out
1. Before you log in the first time, get
your user name, password and the
web address (URL) for Renaissance
Place from your school contact
person.
2. Open your web browser.
3. Type your Renaissance Place web
address and press Enter.
4. On the Renaissance Place Welcome
page, click I am a Teacher/
Administrator.
5. On the Login page, type your user
name and password and click Log In
or press Enter.
If the My Settings page opens, asking
you to change your password, enter a
new password in the two fields and
click Save. (Passwords must be at
least 3 characters long and contain at
least one number.)
6. Your Home page opens and you can
begin using Renaissance Place.
7. To log out, click your name at the top
of the page, then choose Log Out
from the menu.
Use the Home Page
Note the programs on the Home page.
These are the Renaissance Place
programs that you have available. To see
the links for a product, click the product
name. Clicking a link for one of the
programs takes you to that feature in the
selected product.
Navigate Using the Software’s
Links
Use the links in the software, not the
browser’s Back button, to move to a
different page in the software. At the top
of every page, links show the pages you
have visited since you left the Home
page.
Changing Your Password
1. On the Home page, click Students.
2.
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lick My Settings.
3. Ent
er your user name and password
and click Sign In.
4. If the Chang
e Password section is
hidden, click the heading. Enter a
new password, then verify it by
typing it again. Passwords must be at
least 3 characters long and contain at
least one number.
5.
Click Save.
Importing Data
Before you begin adding students,
personnel, courses and classes, consider
whether you can import that
information from other software. You
can import data into Renaissance Place.
For more information about importing
information, see the Renaissance Place
Software Manual. To find this and other
manuals, click Manuals in the top right
corner of any page in the software. (On
the Home page, click ?, then Manuals.)
Marking Periods and Non-
Teaching Days—Add, Edit or
Delete
Follow these steps to set marking
periods and non-teaching days for
schools. (Marking periods are used for
class durations, reports and targets.) You
can also copy marking periods and non-
teaching days from the previous school
year; see the Renaissance Place Software
Manual.
1. Make sure you are working in the
school year (current or future) that
you want to add marking periods or
non-teaching days for.
2. On the Home page, click School
Years.
3. Click Add/Edit Marking Periods or
Add/Edit Non-Teaching Days.
4. If you are a school network
administrator or school network staff
member, on the Select Schools page,
tick the box for each school that you
want to set dates for. Click Next >.
5. Set the marking periods or non-
teaching days for the schools:
To add a marking period or non-
teaching day, enter the
information in the fields at the top
of the page and click Add.
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff,
Teacher
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff,
Teacher
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff,
Teacher
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff,
Teacher
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School Net Admin, School Admin
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School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff
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TIPS for Getting Started
To edit a marking period or non-
teaching day, click Edit in the
Action column, make your
changes and click Update.
To delete a marking period or non-
teaching day, click Delete in the
Action column.
To re-sort the list by start date
instead of by name, click Start
Date.
If you selected multiple schools,
you can click the number of
schools to see the school names.
6. Click Save.
Personnel—Add, Edit
or Delete
1. On the Home page, click Users.
2. To add school network personnel,
click Add School Network
Personnel, enter the information
and click Save (or Save and Add to
add another).
3. To add school personnel, click Add
School Personnel (or Add
Personnel), enter the information
and click Save (or Save and Add to
add another).
4. To edit or delete personnel
information, click View Personnel.
Use the search function to find a
specific person or click Search to list
all personnel. Click Select in the row
for the person whose information
you want to edit.
Use the task menu on the left to
update that person’s personnel
record or school assignments or to
delete/deactivate that person in the
database.
Students—Add, Edit
or Delete Information
or Characteristics
On the Home page, click Users. Then,
you can do any of the following:
To add a student, click Add Student,
enter the information and click Save
(or Save and Add to add another).
To edit or delete student
information, click View Students.
Use the search function to find a
specific student, or select a school
and click Search to list all students in
the school. Click the name of the
student whose information you want
to edit.
On the tabs on the Student
Information page, you can update
that student’s personal information
(or delete the student), edit the
student’s characteristics or enrol or
un-enrol the student in a school or
class.
To add a characteristic, click Set Up
Characteristics under Related
Student Tasks. Next, select the school
to which the characteristic will be
assigned (either All Schools or an
individual school). Then, click Add
Characteristic, enter the name of the
new characteristic and click Add.
To edit or delete a characteristic,
click Set Up Characteristics under
Related Student Tasks, then select
the school for which the
characteristic will be edited or
deleted (either All Schools or an
individual school).
Click Edit or Delete next to the
characteristic you want to update or
delete.
If you are editing the
characteristic, make your changes,
click Save and then click Done.
If you are deleting a characteristic,
click OK in the confirmation
message.
Courses and Classes—Add
1. On the Home page, click Courses
and Classes.
2. If necessary, select the school from
the School drop-down list.
3. To add a course, click Add Course,
enter the information and click Save
(or Save and Add to add another).
4. After you add a course, you can add
its classes. On the course page (which
you see after clicking the course
name), click Add Class.
On the Add Class page, enter the
class name, choose a primary
teacher and choose the marking
period that shows the duration of the
class.
Next, tick the products that the class
will use. Students in the class can
only use the products that you
choose.
To enrol students in the class, click
Add Students; then, search for
students, tick the boxes next to the
students you want to enrol and click
Add. When you have added all the
students, click Continue.
Click Save on the Add Class page to
finish adding the class.
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin
Who can do this?
School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin
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School Net Admin, School Net Staff, School Admin, School Staff
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TIPS for Getting Started
Check Software Requirements
To see if a computer has the necessary
software to use Renaissance Place, and
to check other requirements, click Check
Software Requirements on the
Renaissance Place welcome page
A
before you log in.
On the next page, click Downloads on
the left (or the top). The Downloads page
opens. This page includes:
The server name or address B.
The Renaissance Place ID C, a unique
identifier that provides a shortcut to
your Renaissance Place site. It can be
used during setup of Accelerated
Reader on iPad®, iPhone® or iPod
touch® or wherever you see the RPID
image going forward.
Renaissance Place Downloads D,
which are used with some
Renaissance Place products. (Note:
The AccelScan and Renaissance
Responder programs are used with
Accelerated Maths.) Click the link for
the software you need. Note that this
area of the page includes a tab for
each operating system; you can click
the tab for other operating systems
to see the downloads available for
them.
The necessary third-party software
E, including a link for testing for a
PDF reader program on the computer.
If any programs are missing or need
to be updated, click the Download
link for that program or the name of
the program.
Note: Before you install software on a
computer, make sure you have the rights
required to install software for all users
on that computer.
To see the browser and operating system
you are using and to see the Renaissance
Place browser requirements, click
System on the left (or the top). The
System page also includes a link to the
full Renaissance Place requirements. To
see whether your computer or device
can connect to all necessary
Renaissance Place servers, click Support
on the left (or the top).
You can also get the most up-to-date
software, hardware and operating
system requirements for Renaissance
Place at http://doc.renlearn.com/
KMNet/R003777603GF3F7F.pdf.
Get Students’ User Names and
Passwords
Follow these steps to get students’ user
names and passwords so they can log in
and begin working in the software:
1. On the Home page, click Users.
2. Click View Students on the
Personnel and Students page.
3. Use the search fields to choose which
students to search for; for example,
you may want to search for a specific
class or year. Then, click Search.
4. In the search results, click the
Passwords tab. This tab lists
information about each student,
including the user name and
password. If the student is using
MathsFacts in a Flash, you will also
see a NEO 2 or Responder PIN, which
is used for sending information about
offline maths facts practice on these
devices to Renaissance Place.
If you want to print the page of results
that you are viewing, click Print Page.
If you have more than 50 students in
the results, use the arrows above the
table to go to the next or previous
page of results.
If you want to print a list of all
students in the results and to choose
grouping and sorting options, click
View PDF. Then, choose the options
you prefer and click View Report to
open the PDF file. You can then save
or print the PDF using the Adobe
Reader buttons.
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and other documents.
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