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What is LiveText?
LiveText is an Internet-based subscription service that allows students and professors to create, share, and collaborate on their work. Students can upload their work, align it to current standards, and share it with other students, appropriate instructors, and potential employers of their choosing. The initial component of this website being implemented at NLU is the "Electronic Portfolio."
For more information about LiveText and Student Assessments, please visit Student Assessments.
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What are the benefits of LiveText?
1. Allows for easy alignment with the latest state and federal standards for teacher education programs. Students can easily show "proof" that they have completed requirements.
2. Allows students to showcase their work to future employers and others. This can include worksheets, lesson plans, and photos of classroom activities.
3. Allows for easier creation and assessment of your portfolio.
4. Privacy is yours until you wish to share your data with others.
5. It costs less than $12 per quarter and will be used throughout your program.
6. Access from multiple locations: school, work, and home.
7. Helps organize materials for portfolios.
8. Students will increase their technology skills by using LiveText.
9. Eliminates bulky 3-ring binders.
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How do I sign up for LiveText?
1. Go to http://college.livetext.com.
2. Click on "Purchase Online"
3. Below "If you would like to purchase your membership online," click on "Click Here!"
4. Enter in the requested personal information. You will need to provide an email address, username, password, and credit card to register. IMPORTANT: Choose the $89 option - you will receive a $10 discount when the final purchase is complete. The subscription will last for three years.
- NOTE: In selecting username format, the following is suggested: first initial of first name + last name = Sally Smith = ssmith; if username is taken, add a number to make it unique = ssmith2.
- Select a password that is easy to remember. Write it down.
5. Enter payment information to cover the cost: $79, including IL sales tax.
- The site is approved as a secure server that significantly lowers the risk of credit card fraud.
- The one-time fee will allow students to use LiveText for the length of their program plus one year.
- Students without a credit card may now call LiveText and conveniently pay by check over the phone. Call LiveText Accounting at (708) 588-1725 (or 866-LIVETEXT) Mon-Fri 9:00-3:00. Be sure you state that you are from National-Louis University in Illinois. Among other information, Accounting will need your bank routing number and bank account as printed on the face of any of your checks. It is likely that you will be asked to send a quick email conveying your authorization. After receiving your email message, Accounting will reply by email providing your unique key code. Your key code typically arrives in email that same day or the next weekday.
6. Go back to the http://college.livetext.com screen and login with your username and password.
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How do I navigate LiveText?
1. Click "My Desk" to go to the main page where you can access major LiveText functions.
2. The left side of the screen lists Collaboration, Tools, and References. Once a material type is selected, all materials in that category will be listed to the right. Click on the title to open the desired file.
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What support is available to learn how to use LiveText?
1. Once you have registered and logged onto the website, a "Help" button appears on the screen. This is an excellent source of information because it is updated with the latest new features and changes. It has better information than the CDs mentioned below.
2. FREE CDs (compact disks) are available for students to help in learning how to use LiveText. The CD contains a series of instructional videos that demonstrate many of the functions of LiveText. Video sequencing instructions focusing on portfolio creation will be offered on the NLU website.
3. Videos and handouts explaining some aspects of LiveText are available at the NLU website.
4. Visit your campus for Walk-In Supports on specified dates and times.
5. Please remember: nothing substitutes for active use of the site. We are all encouraged to familiarize ourselves with the various features. As with many software programs, individual practice is expected.
6. After you have spent time on your own using LiveText, and you still are experiencing trouble, please call extension 3343 from any campus phone, or call 312-261-3343. Live support is available Sunday thru Thursday between 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Or you can call the LiveText Technical Support at (866) 548-3839. Live support is available Monday thru Friday between 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.
7. Once familiar with the product, additional requests for troubleshooting may be sent to livetext@nl.edu or support@livetext.com
8. FOR STUDENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO COMPUTER EXPERIENCE, CAD will be offering "Basic" computer classes to help students become familiar with using a computer, accessing the Internet, and learning the basics of LiveText. An easy self-assessment will be given to students initially to help them identify their readiness for using computers. Half-day sessions will be offered to those who indicate a need for these classes. Follow-up assistance will be offered only for those who have availed themselves of the initial "Basic" class.
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How do I label my LiveText Portfolio? In order to provide consistency to the Secondary Education Program, it is now necessary to have your portfolios named or renamed following the instructions below. If you have any problems with this process, please talk with your instructor. It is very important that you complete these steps ASAP since the Secondary Education Department will be placing your portfolios into the correct cluster number.
If you have not titled your portfolio, please follow the steps below:
Students need to title their portfolio to include Cluster Number, Content Area Abbreviated, Student Name, with the word Portfolio.
Example: CH023 Eng John Doe's Portfolio
The following abbreviations will be used for the content areas:
FLang (Foreign Language)
SoSt (Social Studies)
Mth (Math)
Biol (Biology)
Eng (English)
PhyS (Physical Science)
CLang (Classical Language)
If you have titled your portfolio already and it needs to be renamed because it is incorrectly labeled, please follow the steps below to modify your portfolio name.
The new name should include Cluster Number, Content Area Abbreviated, Student Name, with the word Portfolio.
1. Go to your Portfolio
2. Click on the "Edit Properties" tab
3. Change Title of your Portfolio
Example: CH023 Eng John Doe's Portfolio
The following abbreviations will be used for the content areas:
FLang (Foreign Language)
SoSt (Social Studies)
Mth (Math)
Biol (Biology)
Eng (English)
PhyS (Physical Science)
CLang (Classical Language)
4. Click Save
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How do I submit my LiveText Portfolio to the Secondary Education Department?
How do I share my portfolio with my instructors?
1. Open the Portfolio you wish to share
2. Click "Submit for Review"
3. Type in Secondary Education
4. After the screen refreshes, click "Finish"
Or you can follow the directions in LiveText Sharing Portfolios. The LiveText group name is "secondaryeducation."
How do I check if I have submitted my portfolio for review?
1. Go to "My Desk"
2. Click "Reviews"
3. Under "Submit for Reviews," look for the document that you sent. You should find the following information: your file name, instructor's name, date sent, and whether or not it has been reviewed.
4. If it doesn't appear, repeat the directions for how to share Portfolios to your Instructors.
How do I read the comments from my instructors?
1. Go to "My Desk"
2. Click "Reviews"
3. Under "Sent for Review," look for the document that you sent. If it has been reviewed, you should find the words "view" and "resend" to the right of the document identification information. Click "view" to read the instructor's comments. NOTE: Pages with comments will be highlighted with another color.
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How do I create a new portfolio outline? (The process is the same for all Materials, for example, Projects)
NOTE: You will do this in one of your classes but here is further information. If you have already done this please do not create a new portfolio.
1. At the main page (My Desk), click "Portfolios"
2. Click "Create New" button
3. STEP 1: Scroll down to verify material type; click "Next"
4. STEP 2: Type in the title for your portfolio. For example if your name is Mary Smith and you are in the Secondary Education program, you would type Cluster Number, Content Area, Student Name, and the word Portfolio. Example CH034 Eng Mary Smith's Portfolio.
5. STEP 3: From the Pop-up menu choose your program area template. For example: Secondary Education students select "NCE Secondary Education Portfolio." Sometimes the state you are located in is indicated.
a. Notice that the categories all change in the boxes below the pop-up menu. (NOTE: It is possible to customize the page titles and actual pages included; HOWEVER, check with your instructor before making any such changes, especially to your portfolio.)
c. Click "Finish" and on the next screen click "Click Here"
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Attachments - How do I enter new information into my portfolio (resume example)?
1. Refine, update, and save your resume as you normally would using MSWord* so that your most recent changes will appear in LiveText.
2. Now go back to the Internet and log into the LiveText Website.
3. Open the LiveText portfolio in which you wish to place the document.
4. Click on the area in which your resume would be most appropriately placed.
5. Across from 'Resume' click "edit" on the right.
6. Remove any text that might be in the text box. Type "Please click on the link below to see my resume."
7. Below that text box, click "Edit Attachments."
8. Click "Browse"
9. Choose your resume file (or any file you wish to attach in this area).
10. Click "Open," "Attach," then "Finish"
11. Click "Finish" in the lower right, lower left, or upper right corner. (This will also save your new changes).
12. REPEAT THIS PROCESS TO ATTACH ADDITIONAL FILES TO YOUR PORTFOLIO.
*NOTE: You may also use any other word processing program, but keep in mind that if the person viewing your file does not have the program on their computer, they will not be able to open it.
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Copying and Pasting - How do I enter new information (papers without formatting 'issues')** into my LiveText document (philosophy example)?
1. Refine, update, and save your file, such as "Philosophy of Education," as you normally would use any word processing document so that your most recent changes will appear in LiveText.
2. Highlight all of the text in this file.
3. Select "Edit" in the upper menu and "Copy"
4. Now go back to the Internet and the LiveText website.
5. Open the LiveText portfolio in which you wish to place the document.
6. In your portfolio, click on the area that is most appropriate for the recent file, such as "Philosophy of Education."
7. In the section that appears for the "Philosophy of Education," click "Edit" on the right.
8. After the online word-processing screen appears, remove any text in that area.
9. Go to "Edit" in the upper menu and choose "Paste."
10. Viola! You should see the file you just copied appear in this text box.
11. Click "Finish" in the lower right, lower left, or upper right corner. (This will also save your changes).
12. Take a look and see if you put everything where you want it to be.
13. REPEAT THIS TO COPY AND PASTE ANY ADDITIONAL FILES INTO YOUR PORTFOLIO.
**NOTE: Highly formatted documents such as resumes, table of contents, unit/lesson plans, etc. do not copy and paste very well into LiveText. Unless you are familiar with "translating" these documents into HTML, it is best to attach the files rather than copy and paste them into LiveText. For directions on how to attach a file, please see the question above.
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Last modified on: 2009-03-13 12:08:33 _co-mead.nl.edu_
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