Is It Right for You? How to Choose Software for Your Students
Teachers can get a free 30-day trial of our best-selling online software. …
This is the best way for you to check out the courses and decide
which ones are right for you and your students.
To get started, go to the websites for:
and sign up for your 30-day free trial. Then use this article to help you evaluate the software.
Your 30-Day Trial
Check your email and use the access code to register as a teacher.
Follow the instructions to “Create a course” and check it out.
How Is the Layout for Students?
Click “Student View” in the upper right hand side of any
screen to switch to the student point of view:
- How intuitive is the layout?
- Can your students find their homework?
- Can they find their grades?
How to Evaluate Exercises
While still in Student View, click “Study Plan.” This shows you how the exercises are organized. Open them up and try them out:
- What happens when you get an answer wrong? Does the software tell you the answer right away, or do you get another chance to figure it out yourself?
- Are there enough exercises?
- Are the exercises automatically graded, or does the
teacher have to grade them?
How to Evaluate Teacher Tools
Click back to “Instructor View.”
- How can you edit your study plan?
- Can you find your students’ grades?
- Will this save you time otherwise spent grading homework?
Try It Out Yourself
- Go to Azar Interactive, Longman English Interactive, or Focus on Grammar Interactive today to get a free 30-day
trial. - Contact your local ELL Specialist to get more information: **Ask about adding Azar Interactive and Focus on
Grammar Interactive to student books for as little as $11.50.**
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