Wadsworth
InSite
Student Guide
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Table of Contents
Getting Started with Wadsworth InSite ................... 1
Creating a User Profile .......................................... 1
Logging in to InSite ............................................... 5
Enrolling in a Class ............................................... 6
Viewing the Class Portfolio ...................................... 6
Submitting a Paper ................................................ 6
Writing a Peer Review ........................................... 8
Reading Instructor Markup .................................... 9
Viewing Remediation Assignments ....................... 9
Reading a Peer Review ...................................... 10
Viewing Originality Reports ................................. 11
Viewing Grades ........................................................ 11
Viewing the Class Calendar .................................... 12
To view the calendar ........................................... 12
To view notes and holidays ................................. 12
To view the syllabus ............................................ 13
Using InfoTrac College Edition .............................. 13
Managing your InSite Account ............................... 13
Resetting your Password .................................... 13
Logging out of InSite ........................................... 13
Updating your User Profile .................................. 13
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Getting Started with Wadsworth InSite
Wadsworth InSite is Web-based application service that allows
students to view assignments, submit papers and review papers
written by their classmates.
Getting started with Wadsworth InSite is a two-step process. You
must complete both steps to participate in your class.
Step 1—Create a User Profile. Before you can log on to
Wadsworth InSite, you must create a user profile. The user profile
contains your e-mail address, password and other identifying
information.
Step 2—Enroll in a Class. Your instructor will provide you with a
Class ID and an enrollment password to use
Creating a User Profile
1.
On the InSite home page at http://insite.wadsworth.com,
click Login.
Click the link next to Would You Like To Create Your User
Profile. Required text boxes are outlined in red. Click the link
next to Would You Like To Create Your User Profile that is
located in the lower half of the screen.
2.
The Create a User Profile (step 1) dialog appears. Using
the are you a student or instructor pulldown choose
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Student and click Next.
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3.
Enter the Class ID and Password given to you by your
instructor and click Next. Note: the password is casesensitive.
4.
Enter the PIN code that came with your book or was
given to you by your instructor. IMPORTANT: You
must enter you PIN as it appears on your PIN Card. This
includes underscores _ and special characters *$ (example
HNLE_GEN_***333$$Y23).
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Type your e-mail address and click Next.
6.
Type a password using the following criteria:
 6–12 characters
 Minimum one number and one letter
Note: Passwords are case sensitive.
7.
Type the password again to confirm, and then click Next.
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8.
Choose a secret question and answer combination and
click Next. You will be asked for this combination if you
ever forget your password and need to reset it.
9.
Type your first name.
10. Type your last name.
11. Choose your resident country from the list.
12. Select your resident state (if U.S. resident) from the list,
and then and click Next.
13. Read the terms of the end-user agreement and click one of
the following:
 To reject, click I Disagree – Cancel Profile
 To accept, click I Agree – Continue with Profile
14. Click end wizard and log in to log on.
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Logging in to InSite
1.
On the InSite home page at http://insite.wadsworth.com, click
Log in.
15. Type the e-mail address that you used to create your user
profile.
16. Type your password.
17. Click Login.
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Enrolling in a Class
From the Student home page, you can enroll in a class, view the
classes you have joined and drop a class.
1.
On the Student home page, click the Enroll in a Class button.
18. Type the Class ID. Your instructor will provide you with
this information.
19. Type the Class Enrollment Password. Your instructor
will provide you with this information.
20. Type the Pin Code that was provided with your textbook.
21. Click Submit. The class appears on your Student home
page.
Viewing the Class Portfolio
The Class Portfolio lists all the assignments and peer reviews for
your class. You can submit papers, do peer reviews, and read the
instructor markup of your own papers from the Class Portfolio.
To view your Class Portfolio, click a Class Title on the Student
home page.
Submitting a Paper
1.
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On the Class Portfolio page, click the Submit icon
the assignment.
next to
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22. Choose a method for submitting the paper.
 File upload - Use this method to submit a paper saved as a
separate file.
 Cut & Paste - Use this method to submit text copied from
another application. This method does not preserve any
formatting.
23. Type the title of the paper.
24. Type the author ID (optional). Your instructor can choose
whether or not to use this feature.
25. Locate the paper.
If you are using the File Upload method, do the following.
 Click Browse.
 Locate the paper you want to submit.
If you are using the Cut & Paste method, do the following:
 Select the text in the program you are using, and choose
the Copy command.
 In the InSite browser window, click to place the cursor in
the text box.
 On the Edit menu of the browser, select Paste.
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26. Click Submit. InSite displays a plain text preview of the
paper you submitted. Please note that formatting is not
preserved in this preview. Use this preview to confirm
that you are submitting the correct paper.
27. If this is the correct paper, click Yes, Submit. Otherwise
click No, Go Back and repeat the process.
InSite displays a digital receipt for the paper submission.
Writing a Peer Review
The peer review process lets you read your classmates papers and
comment on them. All papers are anonymous, except to your
instructor. Your instructor sets the options for how the peer review
is conducted. A peer review contains a combination of the
following:
 Topic Questions. You instructor assigns topic questions to
focus your peer review efforts to particular subjects. Your
answers to these questions may have minimum length
requirements. You also have the option to associate rubrics
from your class handbook with each question.
 Metrics. Metrics ask you to rate an aspect of the paper on a
scale of one to five.
Your instructor can assign any number of papers for you to read
and review. Some specific papers may be assigned to you and
others you may be able to select for yourself.
To write a peer review:
1.
On the Class Portfolio page, a peer review assignment appears
in the Assignment List below the associated paper
assignment.
28. Under Your Portfolio, titles of papers assigned to you
appear in the list. If you instructor has asked you to select
a paper to review, a link called "select a paper" appears in
the list.
 To review an assigned paper, click the title of the paper.
The paper appears in a new browser window.
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 To select a paper to review, click select a paper. In the list
that appears, click the pencil icon next to the paper you want
to review. The paper appears in a new browser window.
29. Answer each topic question. Each question may have a
required minimum length.
 Type the response in the text box.
 To associate a rubric with your answer, select the rubric
from the list, then click on the paper to mark the point.
 You can also mark a place in the paper without associating a
rubric. You can associate more than one mark with each
question.
 To delete a mark, click the delete mark
mark/rubric you want to delete.
next to the
 Click Submit to save each response.
30. Answer each metric question.
 Choose a number from one to five for each metric.
 Click Submit to submit all the metrics at once.
31. When you have finished writing the peer review, close the
browser window for the peer review.
Reading Instructor Markup
From the Class Portfolio page, you can view the instructor's
markup of the papers you have submitted.
To see markup and comments made by your instructor, click the
Markup icon . InSite displays your paper with the marks made
by your instructor. An explanation of each mark appears at the top
of the window.
Viewing Remediation Assignments
If you see a red exclamation point icon in the last column for a
paper you submitted, then you have a remediation quiz to take.
Each remediation quiz is a quiz on a particular rubric.
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Your instructor associates rubrics with comments while marking
up your paper. When the number of times the instructor drops a
particular rubric reaches a certain threshold, then InSite
automatically assigns the quiz. Your instructor sets this threshold
for quizzes to be assigned.
To take a remediation quiz:
1.
On the Class Portfolio page, click the red exclamation point in
the last column.
2.
If more than one quiz is assigned, InSite displays a list of
quizzes to take.
3.
Click the quiz link in the Take Quiz column. The quiz
appears in a new browser window.
4.
Follow the instructions on screen for the quiz, and answer
each question. When you are finished, click View Results.
You must click View Results for the grade to be reported to
InSite so that your instructor can know that you have taken the
quiz. Otherwise, the quiz appears as incomplete.
5.
When you are finished, close the browser window.
Reading a Peer Review
1.
On the Class Portfolio page, the number of reviews completed
for your own paper appears in the Reviews column.
To read the reviews, click the number in the Reviews column.
32. InSite displays a list of the reviews for your paper. Click
the icon
in the Full Review column, and the review
appears in a new browser window.
33. Scroll through the responses at the top of the window and
scroll through the paper in the lower part of the window
to view rubric marks.
34. When you have finished, close the browser window.
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Viewing Originality Reports
When you submit a paper to InSite, it compares the paper with a
variety of sources including other papers submitted to InSite, the
Internet, and InfoTrac College Edition. Your instructor chooses the
sources to check against, and your instructor also decides if the
report will be visible to you.
The color of the Originality Report icon indicates the percentage of
unoriginal text. Blue represents an original paper while red
indicates a highly unoriginal paper.
 To read an originality report, from the Class Portfolio page,
click the Originality Report icon . The report includes
sources of matching text, if they exist.
 To compare a paper to the sources indicated, click Side-bySide Comparison. The report appears in a new browser
window.
Red, underlined text indicates the matching text.
When you have finished reviewing the report, close the
browser window.
Viewing Grades
If your instructor has enabled this feature, you can view your
grades.
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To view your grades:
On the Class Portfolio page, click My Grades on the navigation
bar. A grade appears next to each assignment.
To view instructor notes:
If your instructor has written a comment to you about the paper, an
icon appears in the Note column next to the Grade. Click the Note
icon to view these additional comments from your instructor about
the assignment.
Viewing the Class Calendar
The class calendar shows assignment start, due and post dates for
the class. Announcements, notes or holidays posted by your
instructor also appear on the calendar. If your instructor has loaded
a syllabus, you can view it from the calendar.
To view the calendar
1.
On the Class Portfolio page, click Calendar.
There are two calendar views.
 Traditional. Use this view to see a graphical calendar with
assignment start and stop dates appearing on the days they
are due.
 List. Use this view to see a running list of the assignments
and peer reviews along with their respective start and stop
dates.
35. To change the view, click the List/Calendar Mode. The
link switches between the two views.
36. To view assignment information, click the Assignment
Title. A summary of the assignment appears in a new
browser window. When you have finished, close the
window.
To view notes and holidays
The note icon appears if there is a class note from the instructor.
Click the icon to view the note.
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If a holiday is designated as a day off, the day has a blue
background.
To view the syllabus
1.
On the Class Portfolio page, click the Calendar button.
37. On the Calendar tab, click the Syllabus link in the upper
right corner of the calendar.
Using InfoTrac College Edition
InfoTrac College Edition is a complete online research and
learning center containing over 10 million full-text articles from
nearly 5,000 scholarly and popular periodicals.
From your class portfolio, click InfoTrac on the navigation bar.
The InfoTrac College Edition home page appears. You do not need
to log in to InfoTrac separately.
Managing your InSite Account
Resetting your Password
If you lose your password, you can reset it at any time.
1.
Go to the InSite home page at http://insite.wadsworth.com.
38. Click Log in.
39. Below the boxes for entering your user name and
password, click the link next to Forget your password.
40. Follow the instructions on screen.
Logging out of InSite
Click Logout on the navigation bar at any time.
Updating your User Profile
Your user profile contains personal and password information and
a set of user preferences. When you create a user profile, InSite
sets default preferences. You can change these preferences at any
time.
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1.
Log in to InSite.
2.
Click User Info on the top navigation bar. Your user
information and preferences appear.
3.
Update your personal information or password as needed.
4.
To change a setting, select the default you want to change. For
an explanation of each preference, click Help! at the top of the
page.
5.
Click Submit.
InSite displays a confirmation message in the upper left corner
when you new information is saved.
41. Click My Classes to return to the student home page.
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