Video Tutorials

• Launching the Portal
• Creating a Class
• Editing a Class
• Reports
• Student Rosters
• Making Student Accounts

Help Contents

• Four steps to Getting Started
  1. Launch the Portal
  2. Create a Class
  3. Work Within Portal
  4. Enroll Students
• Portal for Students
  1. Access the Portal
  2. Running Activities
  3. Saving Data
• Video Demonstrations of Tools
  1. Graphing Tool
  2. Drawing Tool

Four steps to Getting Started

1. Launch the Portal

Click here to watch the video on 'Launching the Portal'.

Begin by launching the portal with the orange button.  

If you have not created an account then sign up for access as a teacher. (If you have already created an account then enter your Username and Password and click 'SUBMIT'). 

To create an account you will need to provide your full name and email, as well as the name of your schools to sign up for access.  You will also need to create a login and password. When you are done, 'SUBMIT' the information.

An email will be sent to the email address that you provided from itsisu@concord.org confirming your account, and your Username.  A link back to the portal will also be provided.

Use your new username and activation link that you received via email to log into the ITSI-SU portal.  

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2. Create a Class

Click here to watch the video on 'Creating a Class'.
Click here to watch the video on 'Editing a Class'.

Once you have logged in you can create a new class from using the 'Create A Class' button in the left hand column. 

To create a class enter the name of the class such as Science 1st hour or Sophomore Physics. Choose your school from the list of schools in the drop down menu. Choose the semester the students will be using the portal from the drop down menu. If you plan to use the portal for an entire year select fall.  You will also need to create a class word that your students will use when they create their accounts to sign up for your class. Select the grade level of your class, and the activities you would like them to complete.  When you are done save the class with the button located above the list of activities.

You have now created your class and it will appear in the left hand column of the website.

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3. Work within Portal

Click here to watch the video on 'Reports'.

In the orange bar under the name of the class you just created there are two options.

 Preview Activities You can preview the class to see how it will appear to your students.  

You can also use the 'edit' button to return to the page you used to create the class and edit the information and/or assign more activities. 

Click on 'Save this Class' to keep your changes if you have edited the class with the 'edit' button. 

At the top of the activity there are five options, four on the left and one on the right.

Print Activities Under the PRINT option there are several options depending on what you want to print. Keep in mind that student work is under the REPORT link and not under the print link. From the PRINT link you can print the individual sections of the activity.

Run Activities Under the RUN option you can “preview the activity as a student“ or “run in teacher mode“.  This can be used to help you prepare to assist the students as they work through the activity.

Report Activities The REPORT option will open a new screen and provide you with a list of each question and how many students answered the question. You can also find out how many students skipped the question and the total number of answers and skipped questions combined.

While looking at the report you can also click on the 'Show responses' link on the right hand side of the box to see what each individual student answered. For example in the mutations activity this was Ima Kid’s answer, and we can also see that Kyle Science did not answer the question.

 The 'print this' link in the upper right hand corner under the navigation bar will print the information you have displayed on the page at the time when you select the button.

The 'print all users' link will print individual reports for all the students, with their answers listed under the questions.

You can also obtain individual student reports by clicking on the REPORT button across from the individual students name when not on the report screen.

On the right hand side the 'Show Individual Reports' link will show you the information on the activity as well as the number of students that have completed the activity, their names and how many times they ran the activity.

Select Activities By clicking the DEACTIVATE button you will remove the activity from the students view. The link will change from to However, the activity will still be visible on your teacher account. If you want the students to have access to the activity again then you can click the ACTIVATE link.

The activities cannot be reordered in the teacher window. When the activities are visible to students they are sorted under the subcategories in which they were organized when you chose the activities for the class.

Add Activities To assign more activities to your class first click on the class in the left hand column of the page.  Once you are on that specific classes page then click on the “Edit“ button.  Under the class information is the list of activities.  You can choose the activities you want to assign to your class by finding them in the list and clicking on the check box next to the name of the activity.

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4. Enroll Students

Click here to watch the video on 'Student Rosters'.

At the bottom of the list of activities that you choose for your class there is a box labeled “Student Roster“ click on the orange plus sign in the upper right hand corner of the box to open it.

The name of the class and the number of students registered will be displayed. If you already have students registered you can choose their names from a drop down menu on the right. If you have new students you can select “Register and add a new student“

There will also be three columns listing the student’s name, their login and a third column filled with red X’s allowing you to remove them from a class. 

When you add a new student you will have to provide their first and last name as well as a password to provide the student access their accounts and they will be added to your class.

By having students in multiple classes both teachers will be able to see all of their work. If students are working with the portal in multiple classes you can have them create multiple logins. The student will be notified of this upon entering the second class word.

Student Accounts

When students create their accounts they will need to provide their first name and last name. Each student has to make a password for their account and enter the class word that you created for their class. In addition to this information the students will be asked to answer three security questions.  The security questions allow the student to reset the password to their account if they can not remember their password. It is important that they answer all three questions because as a teacher you can not access their password or reset their password for them.

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Portal for your students

Click here to watch the video on 'Making Student Accounts'.

1. Access the Portal

Have your students access the Portal by going to itsisu.portal.concord.org and logon with their Username and Password. If it is their first time to the portal, they may wish to watch the movie.

2. Running activities

Students run an activity from the Portal by clicking on the green arrow.

A Java window will pop up. Students should choose to open the file by clicking OK and clicking on Allow to see the activity.

Depending on the connection speed, it may take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple minutes for the activity to open for the first time.

3. Saving data

Student data is saved when a student closes an activity. They do not need to click any special button!

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Video Demonstrations of Tools