Illuminate - DnA

*Note: Illuminate has been purchased by Renaissance Learning, but the product we use, DnA, is the same. Illuminate offers many products and DnA (Data and Assessment) is the product that we use for benchmark testing, classroom assessments, and elementary standards based grading.

Students sign in at murraycity.illuminatehc.com with their MCSD Google credentials. They can also test with a quick code at illuminate.online

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Contact Geri Smith at gsmith@murrayschools.org

Illuminate Assessment Trainings and Resources

Beginning User Resources from Illuminate Curated list of resources from Illuminate representatives. Great way to get started or to get quick answers to specific assessment questions

💡Illuminate FAQs (updated 11/2022)-Updated after secondary training in Sept., 2022

💡Secondary Training- Training on Assessments & reports

Diving into a New Itembank Assessment -Tour of where to find information about the standards covered and navigating reports with a new itembank assessment

Scoring a constructed response item - How to view and score student response when it is a rubric-scored item (open-ended and not auto-graded)

Diving into an Old/Legacy Itembank Assessment -Tour of where to find information about the standards covered and navigating reports with a new itembank assessment

Elementary Training- Training on Assessments & reports, focused on the New Itembank (very similar to the above link)

Generic Training 20-21 - Overview of Assessments & reports, many links to guides

Illuminate Report Types - Overview of helpful reports by a secondary ELA teacher (Thank you, J. Carpenter)

Illuminate Webinars - Illuminate offers webinars (live and recorded) for you to learn more

Illuminate Gradebooks & Report Cards - Elementary specific

💡Gradebooks for Grades 1-6 - Updated for 2024-2025

💡Report Cards for Grades 1-6 - Updated for 2024-2025

Gradebooks & Report Cards for Kindergarten - Updated for 2024-2025

Printing Report Cards - Includes tips for non-classroom teacher users (admin, coaches, secretaries, etc)

Common Issues FAQ - Common problems in gradebooks that cause trouble with report cards & how to fix them

Gradebook Filter - Video showing how to adjust the filter to view 1 term at a time

Linking an Assessment to Gradebook - Step-by-step directions with screenshots to link an Illuminate assessment (benchmark, Eureka shell, etc) to an Illuminate gradebook

Illuminate Gradebooks & Report Cards - For Elementary Parents/Students

How to View a SecureDoc - Guides parents in how to view a SecureDoc in ParentSquare which is how we send report cards

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