This article explains the process of printing assessments via copy centers.
For each IA cycle, the print order should be made at least 2 week prior to the administration date.
Printing assessments for Ponder Paper is different from printing regular assessments because each packet is unique to each students; each packet includes a unique QR code and a student name.
Instead of printing the .pdf document multiple times (regular process), we need to print one large .pdf with all the student roster in it.
The process includes:
- Downloading .pdf files from Ponder Paper
- Creating an instruction for printing
- Writing to the copy center
- Instruction for printing
- Uncommon Schools Billing
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1. Downloading .pdf files from Ponder Paper
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- Go on https://uncommon.ponderpaper.co/school
- Log in using your uncommon credentials
- Select the school and the assessment you want to print e.g. Kings Collegiate Charter School, 0.IA1
- For each assessment you want to print, hit 'Generate PDFs for printing'
- On the pop up window, hit download '1 PDF per part'
- Create a top folder with the name of the school and the assessment e.g. IA-KCCS
- Do the same for all the assessments you want to print (select the created folder 'IA-KCCS') to have the PDFs automatically organized
The folder structure should look like this:
ASSESSMENT-SCHOOL > ASSESSMENT CODE > SCHOOL > GRADE SUBJECT > PDF PER TEACHER - Once you hit download, select 'View Files' and 'Save Changes'
- Create a new folder for each school you print for
2. Creating an instruction for printing
Each .pdf downloaded requires an instruction for how many pages the copy center needs to sub-staple the document.
The best way to do this is to take a screenshot of the Ponder Paper school view. The shortcut for Windows computer is (Windows Key + Shift + S). The number of pages to staple is indicated on the left column.
If there are multiple parts, it is indicated by the multiple numbers on that line.
Remark: all numbers should be even, the odd numbers are rounded to be even numbers in order for the stapling to work.
3. Writing to the copy center
- Upload all the documents on to the Uncommon Google Drive. Make sure the folder arrangement follows this convention.
ASSESSMENT-SCHOOL > ASSESSMENT CODE > SCHOOL > GRADE SUBJECT > PDF PER TEACHER - Include the contact information for each school
- Include the billing information for each shcool
- The exam would ideally arrive 1 week prior to the administration
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