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National Geographic Learning Online Practice

Primary Platform Guide Students/Parents Guide

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2

1. Introduction 3

2. System requirements 4

3. Signing into the Online Practice 5

a. Sign in using the credentials provided by your institution 5

b. Self-register your child 5

c. Forgotten password 7

4. My account 9

5. Platform overview 10

6. Unit, Lessons, Activities and Games 11

1. Activity Types 13

2. Games 20

7. Progress 25

A. Student Awards 26

B. Parents View 28

8. Messages 29

9. Support 31

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1. Introduction

This document explains how to use National Geographic Learning Online Practice.

The Online Practice has been optimized to be used on mobile devices (smartphones

and tablets) as well as on both laptop and desktop computers.

It includes activities and games for practice and exam preparation.

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2. System requirements

The recommended system requirements to use the product are:

Operating system:

● Windows (64-bit only) 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10

● Mac OS 10.13 or higher

● Ubuntu 18.04 or higher

Tablets and smartphones:

● iPad generation 2 or higher

● iPhone 6 or higher

● ndroid 7.0, Hardware as per oogle Pixel 1 reference

Browser:

WINDOWS

● Chrome latest version

● FireFox latest version

● dge latest version

MAC

● Safari latest version

Internet Speed: 2 Mbps

RAM: 4 Gb

Space in Hard Drive: 100 Mb free space

Screen Dimensions:

● 768 * 1024 px for landscape use

● 1334 * 750 px for portrait use

To ensure optimal results, configure your display screen to 100% scale within the

Display Settings:

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3. Signing into the Online Practice

Access is granted through learn.eltngl.com, where you will need to:

a) Sign in using the credentials provided by your institution

b) Self-register your child

a. Sign in using the credentials provided by your institution

Once in the Online Practice home page, click on Sign in and type the username and

password provided by your institution.

b. Self-register your child

Once in the Online Practice home page, click on Register my child and fill in the form.

You will need:

1. Access code. Find the Access code in the inside front cover of your Student Book

or in the interior pages of the Printed Access Code package. The code is a 10-

character alphanumeric code.

2. Course Key. The Course key is an 8-character alphanumeric code that should be

provided by your institution or teacher. If your child is a Self Study student and

studies on her/his own without being part of any institution, please visit

ELTNGL.com/coursekey.

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Whether you are registered to a teacher-led course or you plan to self-study, you will

need to have both an access code and a course key. The process for signing in is the

same.

Complete the form with your child’s details, include your email address and define a

username and password to use when signing into the platform.

Remember that you can only register for one course at a time.

Finally, acknowledge and accept the terms and conditions of the platform and click on

Register your child.

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You will now get a “ egistration successful” message and be brought to the Online

Practice home page, where you will need to sign in with your credentials.

c. Forgotten password

If you forget the password, there are two ways to reset it:

1. Ask your institution to provide you with a temporal password that will let you log

in and then set the password you would like. With the password your institution

provides you, go to the main page (learn.eltngl.com) and Sign in with your

username and new password.

Once signed in, the following pop-up window will appear where you will be able

to set a new password:

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NOTE: Your Current password now is the temporal password the institution

provided you. Passwords must be minimum 8 characters, include 1 number, 1

uppercase and 1 lowercase.

Click on Update and your password will be reset.

2. From the main page (learn.eltngl.com), click on Sign in and then on the Forgot

password? link to reset it.

Enter your email address where you would like password reset directions to be sent:

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Then follow the instructions sent to your email.

*You may choose to select “ emember me” to avoid repeating this process in the future.

4. My account

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Click on the icon to view your child’s account profile: name, last name, username

and platform language.

5. Platform overview

There are three main screens:

● Home: view all your lessons and activities

● Progress: see your child’s progress

● News: communicate with your teacher

If your teacher assigned homework, it will display after you sign in.

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From this screen, click on a Unit to view the lessons within the unit.

6. Unit, Lessons, Activities and Games

Each Unit of a course has several lesson cards, and each lesson card has several

activities and games.

Visual indicators tell the student about their progress on each card.

Activities are represented with circles and games with stars .

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White-filled circles and stars represent activities and games that have not been completed.

After activities and games are completed, they will become green circles and stars

.

You can also track your child’s progress within a lesson. If the lesson card is completely

yellow, it shows that none of the activities from the lesson have been completed.

If the lesson card contains some orange, it means that your child has completed some of

the activities and games from the lesson. If the lesson card is completely orange and has

a green check mark, it means your child has completed the whole lesson.

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In addition, you can track progress at the unit level with the yellow progress bar under the

unit title that shows how much progress has been made in the unit.

1. Activity Types

There are several unique activity types and games. Four of them are non-scorable

activities: Flashcards, Memory, Games and Dialogue. The Done button at the end

of the activity will trigger completion of the activity and it will mark it as done in the

platform - star or circle is filled in.

If the activity has multiple screens, it is the Done button on the last screen that

triggers the completion of the activity. These activities will be represented in the

gradebook and they will always have a 0% score.

Some of the activity types include:

o Flashcards

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o Fill-in-the-Blank

o With drag and drop

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o With multiple choice

o Multiple Choice Multiple answers

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o Dialogue

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o Sequencing

o Matching

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o Highlighting

Within most activities, there are multiple screens. After you complete a screen, check the

answer by clicking the icon on your smartphone or the icon on your

desktop.

To move from a screen to the next one, use the arrow located at the bottom left corner

on your smartphone, or on the right-hand side of your desktop screen. To go to the

previous screen, click on the arrow.

After your child has completed all the screens, click on to see the final score.

After an activity is completed, your child will receive a message with the activity score

and an image :

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If the score is low, your child will receive a “Try again!” message:

Once the activity is completed, there will be several options:

● review each sub-activity answer by clicking the backwards arrow

● re-do the activity by clicking the arrow

● move on to the next activity by clicking the forward arrow

● close the activity and go back to the unit view

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2. Games

The Online Practice has several types of games. Some examples that can be found in

some programs are:

1. Crossword Puzzle

Students must complete the crossword puzzle by filling the blank spaces with letters,

using the keyboard. Once a new word is filled in correctly, it will disappear from the

screen.

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2. Boxdrop

This is a sorting game. Students cut the rope so that the item drops into the correct

category.

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3. Catch

Students click on the correct answers within geometrical shapes to score points.

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4. Guess the Word

Students find a “mystery word” by using the keyboard to choose letters.

5. Memory

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Students match cards that go together.

7. Progress

To track your progress, access the Progress view by clicking the award icon in the

top center of the screen. You will see all the awards you have won, as well as all those

you can still win by completing activities and assignments correctly. You can earn badges

and uncover surprises by progressing through activities.

If the course is teacher-led, you will find a progress summary in your assignments on the

left side of the desktop screen.

From this view, you can also print your awards by clicking the printer icon and

accessing the Parents View.

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A. Student Awards

There are two types of student awards:

● 1. Progress awards. There are three types of progress awards issued for

progress in a course:

· Blue: Award received when 1/3 of the activities have been

completed.

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· Green: Award received when 2/3 of the activities have been

completed.

· Yellow: Award received when 100% of the activities have been

completed.

Each award is visible from the beginning but is covered with “slime.” The

slime progressively uncovers the hidden image the closer the student

reaches the goal in four phases:

● 25% - 49% of a course is done.

● 50% - 74% of a course is done.

● 75% - 99% of a course is done.

● 100% - All of the course is done.

Each time the image gets clearer and covered with less slime, an

encouraging message will pop up next to the progress navigation icon.

When the award is uncovered, the slime will “explode” on the screen.

● 2. Skills awards. There are three types of skills awards issued for good

performance in a course:

· Orange: For when the student has scored 100% on 20% of all the

activities in the course.

· Purple: For when the student has scored 100% on 40% of all activities

in the course.

· Red: For when the student has scored 100% on 60% of all activities in

the course.

Each award is visible from the beginning but is covered with “slime”. The “slime”

uncovers the hidden video in four phases. Each time more of the video gets

uncovered, an encouraging message pops up next to the progress navigation

icon.

After one award has been issued, the counting for the next award starts again

from 0%.

When the last blob of slime “explodes,” the award will be shown After that, the

award will display. You can close the pop-up screen, and you can always go

back and click on each of the awards received to see them in full screen.

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B. Parents View

Parents can view the percentage of the unit completion at a glance, as well as

the activity results.

You can easily view another unit’s progress by simply selecting the desired unit

from the dropdown menu under “Parents View”.

For each activity you will see the last time your child modified it, the result

obtained, the number of attempts and the time spent to complete it. The result is

shown as a percentage of the activity completed correctly, and it follows a color

key.

The key of colors is explained when clicking the icon:

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Click on an activity to see the eye icon. Click on it to view the exact answers

given to an activity.

8. Messages

Easily communicate with the teacher via News. Check teacher Messages as well as

News from the institution the icon which brings you to the News section. Manage

all messages in your Inbox.

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Easily create a new message or reply back:

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9. Support

For more information, please visit support.eltngl.com/onlinepractice.