User Guide for Trainers Version 1.0

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1 User Guide for Trainers Version 1.0 Table of contents About this website... 1 How to register... 1 How to log in... 1 Terms of use agreement... 2 How to add workers... 2 How to view and edit worker information and delete them... 3 Information about the profiles... 3 Information about the assessments... 4 How to view assessment results and learning plans... 5 Understanding assessment results... 5 How to see and use learning plans... 7

2 About this website This website helps you determine how strong your worker s Essential Skills are. It also provides both you and your workers with learning materials to address skill gaps. The website features: 1. Essential Skills profiles for 56 occupations. There is also a profile for college readiness. 2. Built-in assessments to determine your worker s reading, document use and numeracy skills. 3. Individualized test result reports that highlight your worker s skills and gaps. Test results are available immediately. 4. Individualized learning plans that direct trainers and workers to useful learning resources. All of the learning resources are available on-line and free of charge. How to register Trainers are registered by Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM). You do not need to sign up on your own. Once you are registered, you will receive an from WEM with a username and password. How to log in There are two ways to log in. Click on the Register Now button located at the top right-hand corner of the home page. Or Click on the large green Click here to log in button located near the center of the home page. Use the username and password provided by WEM to log in. 1

3 Terms of use agreement Each time you log in, you will see a message that outlines terms of use for this website. Only organizations/ trainers see it; workers do not. It emphasizes the importance of not using test results as the only source of information to determine a worker s suitability for academic or employment opportunities. There are many things that can influence test results fatigue, illness, testing environment, etc. Only those who agree to the website s terms of use agreement get access to the website. How to add workers This web application allows trainers to add any number of workers. To add a worker, click on the Add Worker tab. Fill in the information requested about the worker and click Save. Note: You create a username and password for each worker. Each must be at least five characters long. Try not to use sequential numbers because it makes it easy for those who you sign up to guess the usernames and passwords of other workers. Two things happen when you click Save: 1. An with the worker s username and password is sent to the address you provided. 2. The worker s information will now appear on the Your Workers page, including their username and password. Workers can take assessments as soon as they log in. 2

4 How to view and edit worker information and delete them To edit a worker s information, go to the Your Workers page. Click on Edit by the worker s name and make the changes. To delete a worker, click the Delete button. A message will appear, asking if you are sure you want to delete this worker. Click OK to permanently delete them. Information about the profiles This website has Essential Skills profiles and assessments for more than 56 occupations. To learn about the Essential Skills required of each occupation, click on the Occupations tab on the top of the page. You don t need to log in. Select an occupation from the alphabetical list. Letters in green contain occupations; letters in grey do not. Click View Profile. Each occupation has an Essential Skills profile. It s like a detailed job description that lists the task that workers are expected to do. Here is an example from the baker profile: Read instructions and other text entries on product labels, e.g. read instructions for storing and mixing concentrated colour and flavour extracts. (Complexity: 2) Beside each task, you will see this: (Complexity: 2). The number in brackets varies, depending on how difficult the task is. It ranges between 1 and 5, where 1 is low and 5 is very high. 3

5 For most jobs, there will be some high numbers and some low numbers. The highest number listed for each Essential Skill area (e.g. reading) determines the skill level that people need to perform this job successfully. For example, bakers perform reading tasks at levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. That means bakers need level 4 readings skills. Most jobs require at least level 3 skills. Visit to learn more about complexity ratings. Information about the assessments Once logged in, workers can take assessments for any of the occupations. The assessments test people s ability to perform the reading, document use and numeracy tasks listed in the profiles. Each of these skills are assessed separately. The reading and document use assessments take about 20 minutes to complete. The numeracy assessment takes minutes, depending on the occupation selected. Workers receive instructions before the assessment starts. They include hints like having a note pad, pen and calculator handy. Here is more information about each assessment: Essential Skill Reading Document Use Numeracy How the Assessment is Performed The worker reads a written passage online, such as a memo or health and safety regulations. They then answer a series of multiple-choice questions online. The worker finds information on a document that is provided online, which could be a form, graph, table, sign, blueprint, etc. They use that information to answer a series of multiple-choice questions. The worker answers a series of multiple-choice questions that require them to do the kind of math they need for the job they chose. That could include adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers, decimals, fractions and percents. It could also include converting measurements. The workers should bring a calculator. 4

6 How to view assessment results and learning plans Test results are accessible as soon as the worker has completed an assessment. Go to the Reports page. Find the worker on the list and click on their name. A menu will appear for that worker, listing the assessments they have completed. Click the View button to see the Results Report or Learning Plan. A PDF will appear. Note that if the worker re-takes an assessment, only their most recent Results Report and Learning Plan appear. If they take assessments for more than one occupation, each assessment they took will be viewable. Understanding assessment results The Results Report compares the skills your worker has to the skills desired for the occupation they selected. Each report focuses on one Essential Skill, depending on which assessment they took. On the front page, you will see Your Results at a Glance. It is a summary of their scores. Level 1 is low and level 3 is high. For the reading, document use and numeracy assessments, you will also see a number in brackets like this (276). That is the score on a scale of 0 to 500. It s useful information because it allows you to clearly track skill gains and see exactly where the worker sits within a level. 5

7 For numeracy, results are also listed by math skill area. Different occupations require different kinds of math. If the occupation does not require a specific math skill (e.g. trigonometry), it was not tested and you will see N/A (not applicable). If the worker can do the kind of math tested, you will see a check mark. If not, you will see a. The Results Report also takes a closer look at test results. It lists many of the tasks that require the Essential Skill that was tested. Beside each task, you will see a check mark or a. That tells you whether or not the worker likely have the skills to perform that task successfully, based on their test results. 6

8 How to see and use learning plans Workers get a Learning Plan each time they take an assessment. It is available immediately. It focuses only on the skills they need to build, not the ones they already have, and only on the Essential Skill they tested. That means a worker may have several Learning Plans one for each Essential Skill. The Learning Plan lists free online learning resources that the worker can use to quickly and efficiently build the skills they need. These lessons take them from their current skill level to the level they need. For example, if the worker has level 1 reading skills and need level 3, their Learning Plan includes resources for levels 1, 2 and 3. It s a good idea for people to start at their current level and work their way up. To open a link, click on the website address. It is the long address highlighted in blue and underlined. It takes you directly to the lesson, which workers can complete at their own pace. The website program does not monitor their progress. Workers do not need to complete all of the lessons, but it s a good idea to do several before they take the assessment again. They can do the assessment as often as they like. Their most recent results are the only ones that appear under Reports. The website does not archive old reports. 7