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K EYW ORDS
Creating a Group Progress Report
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Send Directly to Computer
Choose this option if you want to send the report to a file on your computer.
a. Make sure AlphaSmart Manager is not running on the computer.
b. Connect your NEO to the computer.
c. At the computer, open any program that accepts text (such as a word
processing or spreadsheet program). Open a new file or the file that
you want to accept text into. Make sure the cursor is in the file so it is
the active window. (For best formatting results, use a monospace font
like Courier for the report text.)
d. Press send on the NEO.
e. Disconnect the cable when the file has been sent.
Transfer to AlphaWord File
Usually, you would not need to send reports to an AlphaWord Plus file since
you can open them directly on your computer in AlphaSmart Manager.
However, you can choose this option if you want to send the report to an
AlphaWord Plus file in one of the eight file spaces on the NEO. On the NEO,
the report may wrap across several lines, making it difficult to read, but if you
later transfer the file to a computer or printer and you use a monospace font
like Courier, you can see the report with its proper formatting.
Follow these steps to send the report to AlphaWord Plus:
a. Type the number of the file you want to send the report to.
b. If the NEO warns you that the text that’s already in the file will be
deleted, press y for yes if you want to continue. The file will open in
AlphaWord Plus.
You will see a report like the one below, showing information for each
student’s latest KeyWords lesson:
If file passwords are
enabled for
AlphaWord Plus (see
page 5-4), you must enter the
password for the file you’ve
chosen before the KeyWords
report can be saved there.
You can substitute the master
password for the file
password.
KeyWords Group Progress Report
Student Name Latest Goal Actual Goal Actual Passed
Lesson WPM WPM Errors Errors
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Luis Camacho ASKL 8 77 12 2 Yes
Benjamin Donne ASKL 8 48 12 19 No
Keisha Fuller ASKL 8 5 12 24 No