Classroom Suite

Product Description

Please Note: Classroom Suite is only compatible with computers running Windows 7 or 8 and MacOS 10.6.8 to 10.11. Classroom Suite requires Apple QuickTime. As of April 14, 2016 Apple discontinued support for QuickTime on the Windows operating system.

Classroom Suite provides a multisensory environment for differentiated instruction by enabling educators to tailor specific instructional activities to the individual learning needs of students.

Features pre-made accessible educational activities for practicing essential skills and a set of creativity tools that enable teachers to produce their own accessible classroom activities for students with disabilities.

Classroom Suite is compatible with many alternative access methods, including switches and interactive platforms, making curriculum accessible to students with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Classroom Suite includes the flagship product Classroom Suite plus three additional powerful template tools: Primary Skills Builder, ReadingTutor, and MathTutor.

Classroom Suite 5
Grades PreK-5
Classroom Suite 5 is the platform software. It is a powerful software tool that includes many pre-made accessible activities for teachers to assign to students for practicing essential skills. In addition to pre-made activities, the software allows teachers to create their own activities so those activities closely align to each teacher’s planning and goals. Teachers have control over assigning and creating activities for their students. The software’s flexibility allows for differentiated instruction for individuals or groups to help students in grades PreK-5 achieve success in reading, writing, and mathematics. Out-of-the-box lessons incorporate a system of "model, practice, apply" to ensure that your students understand each educational objective.

Primary Skills Builders
Grades PreK-4
Primary Skills Builders feature early learning activity templates for skill development and assessment of emergent learners. These templates includes accessible books that are easy to author with sounds and animation, math word problems with supported cues and calculator for beginning addition and subtraction, comprehension assessments that address one, two, or three possible choices to support students with a variety of cognitive levels, sequencing assessments using letters, numbers, images, words, phrases, or sentences, spelling tests with auditory prompting and visual cues to support student practice, and fill in the blank assessments containing text, sound, and image support with customizable word banks.

ReadingTutor
Grades K-2
ReadingTutor includes pre-authored reading activities from letter name identification through phonemic awareness and phonics. In particular it features 398 activities (KK: 118; Level 1: 138; Level 2: 142), addresses K through 2nd grade basic reading concepts, 30 units covering the grade level content organized and sequenced by concept, as well as activities involving matching, blending, and manipulating phonemes; as well as letter sound correspondence.

MathTutor
Grades 2-3
MathTutor features targeted set of math activities to help students reach success in addition, subtraction and learning money. These templates include nearly 60 pre-made activities for a total of 12-hours of activities and can be excellent supplements to core math curriculum.

Addtional Features:

Response to Intervention (RTI) Tool
The software packages is a perfect Tier 2 and Tier 3 solution. As a supplement to core curriculum, Classroom Suite provides basic concept building and reinforcement with the ability to create custom units and activities. As an intensive intervention tool, Classroom Suite provides more than 4,000 activities created by teachers and therapists that support foundation skills.

Support for English Language Learners
For students whose primary language is not English, reading, writing, and literacy skills must be addressed as quickly as possible so that effective instructional practices can be developed. Classroom Suite provides support for bilingual teaching through the customizable instructions (auditory prompts), which can be simply recorded in any language by the teacher.

Accessibility
Classroom Suite has built-in alternative access through tools such as IntelliKeys and switch scanning to meet Universal Design for Learning (UDL) standards and is also 508 compliant. Classroom Suite is also perfect for whole group instruction and works with interactive platforms.

Please Note

Classroom Suite requires that Apple QuickTime be installed on the computer.
On April 14, 2016, Apple announced that it will no longer support the Windows operating systems for its QuickTime software. The sunsetting of QuickTime by Apple does have several negative consequences for Windows users of Classroom Suite.

If you upgrade to Windows 10 and do not have Apple QuickTime installed on your computer prior to upgrading, you will not be able to use Classroom Suite. There is a known bug in the Apple QuickTime installer that makes it incompatible with Windows 10. This bug will not be fixed due to the sunsetting of QuickTime by Apple.
On April 14, 2016, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and Trend Micro announced two security vulnerabilities with Apple QuickTime for Windows computers. Because Apple has sunsetted QuickTime support for Windows computers, it has been recommended that Apple QuickTime be removed from all Windows computers. If Apple QuickTime is removed from a computer, Classroom Suite will no longer work. For further information on these two security vulnerabilities, please visit www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-105A or http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/.

Going forward, if you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, to continue to use Classroom Suite, we would recommend you set up a dedicated computer workstation that is completely de-coupled from an internet connection (e.g. Both hard-wired and WiFi internet connections are disabled on this computer). For information on Windows 7 and 8 end of life support please visit here, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle..

AbleNet has reviewed alternative options to Apple QuickTime for Classroom Suite and at this time none of the options are viable to move to.

Specifications

Technical	Windows System Requirements: Windows 7 or 8 Processor: 1 GHz or faster 3-bit (x86) compatible RAM: minimum 2GB Hard Disk Space: minimum 250MB Display with 16-bit hi-color 1024x768 resolution Sound recording and playback ability DVD drive QuickTime version 7.6.9 or newer Macintosh System Requirements OSX 10.6.8 to 10.11 Processor: 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) compatible RAM: minimum 2GB Hard Disk Space: minimum 250MB Display with 16-bit hi-color 1024x768 resolution Sound recording and playback ability DVD drive QuickTime version 7.6.9 or newer Classroom Suite requires that Apple QuickTime be installed on the computer. Please note that on April 14, 2016, Apple announced that it will no longer support the Windows operating systems for its QuickTime software. The sunsetting of QuickTime by Apple does have several negative consequences for Windows users of Classroom Suite. If you upgrade to Windows 10 and do not have Apple QuickTime installed on your computer prior to upgrading, you will not be able to use Classroom Suite. There is a known bug in the Apple QuickTime installer that makes it incompatible with Windows 10. This bug will not be fixed due to the sunsetting of QuickTime by Apple. On April 14, 2016, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and Trend Micro announced two security vulnerabilities with Apple QuickTime for Windows computers. Because Apple has sunsetted QuickTime support for Windows computers, it has been recommended that Apple QuickTime be removed from all Windows computers. If Apple QuickTime is removed from a computer, Classroom Suite will no longer work. For further information on these two security vulnerabilities, please visit www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-105A or http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/. Going forward, if you are a Windows 7 or 8 user, to continue to use Classroom Suite, we would recommend you set up a dedicated computer workstation that is completely de-coupled from an internet connection (e.g. Both hard-wired and WiFi internet connections are disabled on this computer). For information on Windows 7 and 8 end of life support please visit here, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle.. AbleNet has reviewed alternative options to Apple QuickTime for Classroom Suite and at this time none of the options are viable to move to.
Manual	Classroom Suite Quick Start Guide Classroom Suite Math Tutor, Reading Tutor, and Primary Skills Builders Quick Start Guide
Brand	AbleNet
Manufacturer Name	Intellitools
Assembly Required	No

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Product Use

Product Use/Directions	How students and teachers use Classroom Suite Students on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Activities are easily individualized to address specific instructional needs cited on IEP, and are perfect for collecting data for the IEP and alternative assessments. Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling students Teachers can individualize reading and math instruction for students who are at risk or to provide supplementary instruction to district or core curriculums. Universal Design for Learning All activities are switch and IntelliKeys® accessible, allowing students with physical, visual and cognitive disabilities to access curriculum and learn concepts. Whole Group Instruction Multimedia concept models and creativity tools, all supported by interactive text, pictures, and buttons, make Classroom Suite ideal for use with interactive white boards. Classroom Suite Learning Supports Multimedia Learning Classroom Suite provides an engaging learning environment utilizing the power of multimedia. Text can be read aloud to support early readers. Concepts can be animated to support differentiated instruction. Word Prediction and Spell Check provide student’s access to writing and editing support. Model, Practice, Apply Classroom Suite performs like an excellent instructor. Great teachers give direction (Model), support guided practices with their class (Practice), and then turn the reins over to their students (Apply). With Classroom Suite, students are led through three stages: Show Me: the computer plays a video-like sequence to orient the student to the lesson. Practice: the student practices and learns as the software provides strategic and corrective feedback. Challenge: the educational objective is identical to the objective for “practice” but the corrective feedback is withdrawn and data is collected for reports. Individualized Instruction Lessons can be individualized in a few seconds and can be organized into units that fit your district or core curriculum. Lessons determine the mastery level of individual students which then leads to more practice or advancement. Easy tracking of student progress Each activity captures data, such as scores and time it took to complete an activity. This enables you to monitor the student’s progress or determine where additional, direct instruction, may be necessary. Reports can be printed out as support documents for IEP meetings, or information in a parent communication packet. Customizable Templates Use templates to adapt your curriculum Classroom Suite templates contain research-based curriculum that supports national educational standards. Templates provide you the opportunity to choose the content to match your curriculum needs. There are dozens of templates organized into four main categories: Early Learning, Math, Reading, and Writing. Pinpoint skills for reinforcement As you observe students working in the classroom, make notes about any problem areas. Then select the appropriate template that would allow students to practice the skills they are struggling to master. Refer to the Flow Charts printed separately to help in determining which templates address the skills with which the student is struggling. Customize templates Each Classroom Suite template can be customized to align with the specific skills, lessons, or core curriculum that you are focusing on with your students. Some examples of modifications you can make include: pictures, number of questions or items, range of numbers, types of manipulatives, as well as targeted sounds. To open the Customize dialog box, click the Customize button on the Teacher page or within the Preview activity. Assessment in Classroom Suite Classroom Suite provides three highly-integrated feature sets designed to help you with diagnosis and placement of students. Assessment and Automaticity Templates Assessment and Automaticity templates measure high-stakes Math and Reading skills, enabling you to diagnose areas of weakness and pinpoint where intervention may be required. If taken at the beginning of the school year, these activities also allow you to determine baseline skill level for placement purposes. Reports Each activity in Classroom Suite captures data, such as scores and time it took to complete an activity. This enables you to monitor the student’s progress and to determine where additional, direct instruction may be necessary. Unit Builder The Unit Builder allows you to link activities into a sequence for the purpose of building skills, managing student time, keeping unit lessons together, or for creating a series of scaffolded activities. You can set the parameters for determining if and when students can continue through the sequence of activities based upon scores in the Challenge portion of the activity. Student and Classroom Management Teachers and program assistants can perform administrative and management tasks, including: Student and class setup Assign work Generate reports

Product Use/Directions

How students and teachers use Classroom Suite

Students on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

Activities are easily individualized to address specific instructional needs cited on IEP, and are perfect for collecting data for the IEP and alternative assessments.

Response to Intervention (RTI) for struggling students

Teachers can individualize reading and math instruction for students who are at risk or to provide supplementary instruction to district or core curriculums.

Universal Design for Learning

All activities are switch and IntelliKeys® accessible, allowing students with physical, visual and cognitive disabilities to access curriculum and learn concepts.

Whole Group Instruction

Multimedia concept models and creativity tools, all supported by interactive text, pictures, and buttons, make Classroom Suite ideal for use with interactive white boards.

Classroom Suite Learning Supports

Multimedia Learning

Classroom Suite provides an engaging learning environment utilizing the power of multimedia. Text can be read aloud to support early readers. Concepts can be animated to support differentiated instruction. Word Prediction and Spell Check provide student’s access to writing and editing support.

Model, Practice, Apply

Show Me: the computer plays a video-like sequence to orient the student to the lesson.
Practice: the student practices and learns as the software provides strategic and corrective feedback.
Challenge: the educational objective is identical to the objective for “practice” but the corrective feedback is withdrawn and data is collected for reports.

Individualized Instruction

Lessons can be individualized in a few seconds and can be organized into units that fit your district or core curriculum. Lessons determine the mastery level of individual students which then leads to more practice or advancement.

Easy tracking of student progress

Each activity captures data, such as scores and time it took to complete an activity. This enables you to monitor the student’s progress or determine where additional, direct instruction, may be necessary. Reports can be printed out as support documents for IEP meetings, or information in a parent communication packet.

Customizable Templates

Use templates to adapt your curriculum

Classroom Suite templates contain research-based curriculum that supports national educational standards. Templates provide you the opportunity to choose the content to match your curriculum needs. There are dozens of templates organized into four main categories: Early Learning, Math, Reading, and Writing.

Pinpoint skills for reinforcement

As you observe students working in the classroom, make notes about any problem areas. Then select the appropriate template that would allow students to practice the skills they are struggling to master. Refer to the Flow Charts printed separately to help in determining which templates address the skills with which the student is struggling.

Customize templates

Each Classroom Suite template can be customized to align with the specific skills, lessons, or core curriculum that you are focusing on with your students. Some examples of modifications you can make include: pictures, number of questions or items, range of numbers, types of manipulatives, as well as targeted sounds. To open the Customize dialog box, click the Customize button on the Teacher page or within the Preview activity.

Assessment in Classroom Suite

Classroom Suite provides three highly-integrated feature sets designed to help you with diagnosis and placement of students.

Assessment and Automaticity Templates

Assessment and Automaticity templates measure high-stakes Math and Reading skills, enabling you to diagnose areas of weakness and pinpoint where intervention may be required. If taken at the beginning of the school year, these activities also allow you to determine baseline skill level for placement purposes.

Reports

Each activity in Classroom Suite captures data, such as scores and time it took to complete an activity. This enables you to monitor the student’s progress and to determine where additional, direct instruction may be necessary.

Unit Builder

The Unit Builder allows you to link activities into a sequence for the purpose of building skills, managing student time, keeping unit lessons together, or for creating a series of scaffolded activities. You can set the parameters for determining if and when students can continue through the sequence of activities based upon scores in the Challenge portion of the activity.

Student and Classroom Management

Teachers and program assistants can perform administrative and management tasks, including:

Student and class setup
Assign work
Generate reports

Documents

Documents	Student Activity Checklist Classroom Suite Quick Tips Classroom Suite Readymade Templates

Student Activity Checklist

Classroom Suite Quick Tips

Classroom Suite Readymade Templates

Tips

Tips	Classroom Suite Free Trial The trial version is a fully functional version of the Classroom Suite product, enabling the user to sample cross-curricular activities, customize classroom activities with sample templates, or author their own activities, worksheets, and presentations. Use Classroom Suite Trial for 30 days to evaluate its potential as a curriculum boost for your diverse student needs! 30-Day Trial Download and Installation Instructions Read these directions before downloading and installing Classroom Suite. After you download and install Classroom Suite, please view the How-To-Videos to learn more about how to use your Classroom Suite demonstration software and to learn how you can have a successful trial of the program. 1. Download the Trial installer to your desktop. Double-click and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation. 2. For Macintosh computers, locate the Classroom Suite Trial alias icon on your desktop and double-click to open your Trial version - OR Locate the IntelliTools folder in the Applications folder on your hard drive. For Windows computers, from the Start Menu, select IntelliTools Software> Classroom Suite Trial > Classroom Suite Trial. 3. Classroom Suite will open with a Registration screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to register your Classroom Suite Trial. After completing Registration, Classroom Suite Trial will open to the Navigation screen signed in as the user "Administrator". 4. Click the Templates button to start exploring the many features of Classroom Suite. We recommend that you print the QuickStart PDF in the Classroom Suite Trial Documentation folder in the Classroom Suite Trial folder installed on your hard drive. On Windows there is a shortcut to the QuickStart from the Start Menu> IntelliTools Software> Classroom Suite Trial > Classroom Suite Documentation. 5. For additional Help, open any Classroom Suite document and select the Help menu. The searchable Help will find for you more information about Classroom Suite. 6. The Title Bar of any open Classroom Suite document will show how many days are remaining before your Trial expires. When the 30 day trial period has expired, the Trial version will cease to function. Trial versions, once expired can not be reinstalled on the same computer. Click here to download your free trial of Classroom Suite for Windows. Click here to download your free trial of Classroom Suite for Mac OS X.

Classroom Suite Free Trial

The trial version is a fully functional version of the Classroom Suite product, enabling the user to sample cross-curricular activities, customize classroom activities with sample templates, or author their own activities, worksheets, and presentations. Use Classroom Suite Trial for 30 days to evaluate its potential as a curriculum boost for your diverse student needs!

30-Day Trial Download and Installation Instructions

Read these directions before downloading and installing Classroom Suite.

After you download and install Classroom Suite, please view the How-To-Videos to learn more about how to use your Classroom Suite demonstration software and to learn how you can have a successful trial of the program.

1. Download the Trial installer to your desktop. Double-click and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.

2. For Macintosh computers, locate the Classroom Suite Trial alias icon on your desktop and double-click to open your Trial version - OR Locate the IntelliTools folder in the Applications folder on your hard drive. For Windows computers, from the Start Menu, select IntelliTools Software> Classroom Suite Trial > Classroom Suite Trial.

3. Classroom Suite will open with a Registration screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to register your Classroom Suite Trial. After completing Registration, Classroom Suite Trial will open to the Navigation screen signed in as the user "Administrator".

4. Click the Templates button to start exploring the many features of Classroom Suite. We recommend that you print the QuickStart PDF in the Classroom Suite Trial Documentation folder in the Classroom Suite Trial folder installed on your hard drive. On Windows there is a shortcut to the QuickStart from the Start Menu> IntelliTools Software> Classroom Suite Trial > Classroom Suite Documentation.

5. For additional Help, open any Classroom Suite document and select the Help menu. The searchable Help will find for you more information about Classroom Suite.

6. The Title Bar of any open Classroom Suite document will show how many days are remaining before your Trial expires. When the 30 day trial period has expired, the Trial version will cease to function. Trial versions, once expired can not be reinstalled on the same computer.

Click here to download your free trial of Classroom Suite for Windows.

Click here to download your free trial of Classroom Suite for Mac OS X.

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Choking Hazard	No
Sterile	No

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