CPS How-to Videos and PASS linking

 Videos and PASS Linking
There are how-to videos showing you screen by screen how to use CPS.  We will watch a few of these in class, bookmark this page because I have found this resource very helpful.  
Following the link to the video index, I have step by step instructions on how to download the Oklahoma Pass Objectives and import them into your CPS to be able to gradually build a very concise tool.  However, please consider the Core Curriculum changes that are in the works before you spend alot of time building this.  

How-to Videos are available here, which opens a new window with topic options.

The sheer volume of how-to videos selection can be overwhelming, but they are very helpful. I will post a narrowed down selection in the next few days based on the participant interests.

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Integrating State Standards into Your CPS

Click the download link from one of the files below to begin downloading the database that contains your state's full set of standards. Filename - OK_PASS_v1.0810.cps (3.46 MB) Last Updated: - Tuesday, September 07, 2010 Filename - Oklahoma_Standards_PASS_22.cps (4.60 MB) Last Updated: - Monday, May 14, 2007 A File Download box will appear. Click Save to save the database to your machine. It is recommended that you create a folder in same directory as your current databases called Standards and save your state standards database there. When the download is complete, click Close in the Download Complete dialog box and follow the Importing State Standards Instructions.

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Import Standards into Your CPS Database

Start CPS. Open the CPS database into which you want to import your standards.   Browse for the Standards Folder Click the Standards tab. The window and database name you want to work in should be highlighted (not gray) in the window's title bar (the title bar is at the top of the main CPS window). Click the database name from the left side of the Standards tab. Click the Import button. The CPS - Import Standards box appears. This dialog box allows you to browse for the standards database downloaded from our web sit

Click the Browse button. The Open dialog box appears. In the Look In drop-down list, find the CPS_Databases folder that contains the Standards folder where the state's standards database is saved. For example, the Texas state standards database is named Texas Standards (TEKS)_convert.cps. Highlight the state's database name. Click Open. The state's standards database appears in the Import Standards dialog box with a (+) box beside it, as well as an empty check box.

Click the (+) box to open up the tree structure under the database. Click in the check box beside each individual standard you want to import. Clicking on the checkbox during importing will include everything beneath that heading in the tree structure. In this example, only the Third Grade standards from the Texas standards database are selected for import. Click OK once you have chosen your set of standards. Your standards are now imported into your content database.

For information and instructions about how to use these imported standards with existingquestions, or how to create questions to go with these standards, referto the CPS User's Guide. A desktop icon was created during the CPS installationthat will take you directly to this step-by-step guide.