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webTRAC: Using
Virtual Explorer
Virtual Explorer is a file management application
that students use via Curriculum Viewer and teachers use via webTRAC Manager.
AES Work:
While working in a unit and creating electronic files, students
access unit files in a folder called AES Work. Each student has his or her
own AES Work folder. The AES Work folder will only contain work for the unit
in which students are currently logged on. It will not contain work for other
units.
To open AES
Work at a student station:
1.
Open Virtual Explorer.
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IT: Introduction to Computers and IT:
Lesson 7 in any 7-lesson unit
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IT: Computer Applications: the
Evaluate lesson in any Integration Project
2.
Click the + symbol beside Local Computer.
3.
Click AES
Work.
Class-Level Folders
Note that the following information also applies at
local stations. However, only the files of the logged on student will be
displayed.
Open the
Class Folder
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If needed, open Virtual Explorer at the
teacher station (To open Virtual Explorer, click Virtual Explorer on the webTRAC Manager Virtual Desktop).
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Click the + symbol beside Network.
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Click the + symbol beside webTRAC Server.
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To open the class folder, click the + symbol beside
the class name. Class folders will list the name of each
individual class.
Class
Common: The Class Common folder allows students to share files. All
students can see files in their class’s Class Common folder.
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Click the + symbol beside Class Common.
Student
Area: After a student closes out of a unit, files are stored in the
Student Area folder. Student Area folders contain all closed out unit work
and portfolio files.
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Click the + symbol beside Student Area.
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Click the + symbol beside the student’s name.
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Click the + symbol beside Units.
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Click the + symbol beside the unit name. Files are NOT separated by lesson. All unit files
are located in the same folder.
Student
Lockers: When a student has not closed out of a unit, files are stored in
the Student Lockers folder. Student Locker folders contain current work. When
a student logs on to a unit, files in their Student Locker folder are
transferred to AES Work.
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Click the + symbol beside Student Lockers.
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Click the + symbol beside the unit name.
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Click the + symbol beside the student’s name. Files are NOT separated by lesson. All unit
files are located in the same folder.
System-Wide Folders
Units Folders
The Units folders will list the name of each unit. The
Master Units folder contains all of the units installed on the server, as
well as units that have been created by a webTRAC Administrator. Units
supplied by AES appear in the Master Units folder under product line
subfolders.
Private: The Private folder contains sample student work. Sample student
work can be used by the teacher to see an example of how students may
complete the curriculum and may also be shared with students.
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Under the webTRAC Server folder, click the +
symbol beside Units.
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Click the + symbol beside the unit name.
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Click the + symbol beside Private.
Transfer: The Transfer folder contains all of the template files,
forms, checklists or rubrics needed for the unit.
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Under the webTRAC Server folder, click the +
symbol beside Units.
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Click the + symbol beside the unit name.
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Click the + symbol beside Transfer.
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