Navigating Prepineer
A guide to help you get going
Below you will find explanations for a series of features that are found throughout Prepineer. Anytime you want to learn more about our powerful platform of components or become stuck, hop on over and spend a few minutes learning so you can begin implementing and making more progress than ever before.
When you first log in to the system, you will land on the profile set up page.
Here you will provide information for the system to use to develop your suggested Track of Study that’s fully in line with the latest NCEES specifications for your discipline.
Information required on this page is as follows:
- What Exam are you Studying For?
- What Discipline will be your focus?
- How many years out of school?
- Have you taken the exam before?
- When are you taking the exam?
Once your information is populated in full, a button titled “Continue to Learning Dashboard” will appear for you to click and continue forward to your Learning Dashboard.
The following video will give you a run through of the features of this page:
The following video will give you a run through of the features of this page:
The following video will give you a run through of the features of this page:
Your Track of Study is populated with the most important subjects that you will need to know come exam day.
The flow of this suggested course of study is based on the experience of those here at Prepineer as well as a proprietary algorithm developed to ensure the appropriate subjects are highlighted and organized to make the most impact as you make your way towards your exam day.
However, we never want to pigeon hole any student in to a hard coded course of study…this defeats the whole purpose of allowing one the flexibility of fitting studies around their schedule.
With that, each student has the ability to edit their track to flow in whatever order they so please. If you want to put your harder subjects at top, you can.
If you want to put the harder subjects at the end, you can do that as well.
The whole point is to provide a platform that is not only technologically advanced, but provides an element of flexibility that assists in developing a plan that is perfect and makes sense for each student.
Here is a video walking you through this feature:
Your Track of Study is populated with the most important subjects that you will need to know come exam day.
Within each of these subjects are topics that are defined precisely in line with the latest NCEES exam specifications.
The flow of these topics are based on the experience of those here at Prepineer, the proprietary algorithm developed around the system, as well as the natural progression of content in the educational realm.
However, we understand that being tied in to a strict flow of content can be both restricting and frustrating for students.
Some may be an expert in one area of a subject, while lacking in another.
Maybe that same student feels that a certain topic needs to lead up to another topic rather than the other way around.
Either way, each student has the ability to edit the topics within each subject to flow in whatever order they so please.
They can also silence the topics altogether if they don’t want to see them in their course of study at all.
Any changes made though are not everending. If the student decides that they want to study a topic they once silenced, they can do that, simply by jumping back in the edit screen and bring the topic back in to view.
Developing the perfect plan for the student is the foundation of a successful program, Prepineer provides this ability.
Here is a video running you through the process:
Each subject has a robust Note Tracker that follows you all the way through your sub track, giving you one central place to assess your understanding of the material, attach supplemental materials, and write notes.
There a few components to note in this section:
- Gobal Mark Complete
- Material Assessment
- Attaching Additional Resources
- Notes
Each of these items will be covered in a separate feature documentation.
Here is a video illustrating this feature:
Each subject has a robust Note Tracker that follows you all the way through your sub track.
A feature of this Note Track is the Material Assessment buttons.
These buttons allow you to assess your comfort level and understanding of the content as you make your way through the exercises.
There are three options for you to select, “Good”, “With Time”, and “Review”
If you feel solid as you are making your way through the content, select the “Good” button, which will highlight green.
If you are ok at the content and could definitely use some touch up if you get the time, select the “With Time” button, which will highlight yellow.
Maybe you are struggling with the subject and you know that you need to come back to it at a later date prior to the exam, then you would select “Review”, which will highlight red.
This feature can be adjusted as you make your way through the subject.
Maybe things start off slow, and you select the “Review” button right off the bat. But as you make your way through the content, you begin to warm up and decide that you are good to go, you can switch your assessment to “Good”.
This workflow allows you always keep a close monitor on your strengths and weaknesses, allowing you to continue making headway through your studies, without losing sight on the subjects you know you need to go back to.
This is done by rolling up each one of these assessments to your Learning Dashboard, giving you a 30,000 foot overview of the health of your studies.
The goal at the end of the day is to see a lot of green, leading to your best performance come exam day.
Here is a video running you through this powerful feature:
A feature of this Note Track is the ability to attached additional resources that you create or come across as you are progressing through your studies.
These resources can be anything that you feel is beneficial for your preparations. Maybe it’s a document full of URLs to videos on a specific subject, or maybe it’s an excerpt out of the NCEES Reference Manual, or handwritten notes.
Whatever it is, you can now upload it to one place and be sure to keep track and not lose track of them as you move forward.
Here is a video illustrating this feature:
Each subject has a robust Note Tracker that follows you all the way through your sub track.
A feature of this Note Track is the ability to write personal notes.
These can literally be anything you want, the point is to avoid spreading your personal notes across numerous physical notebooks, only to have to go back and try to find a specific reference in the future.
Keep notes in your Note Tracker will ensure that you notes are timestamped, organized, and maintained in one central place throughout your entire studies, allowing you to jump back and reference them with ease.
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Each subject has a robust Note Tracker that follows you all the way through your sub track.
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After completing your profile set up, the system will take you to your Learning Dashboard, where you will see your personal Track of Study. This is a suggested course of study based off the experience of those at Prepineer as well as a proprietary algorithm developed to ensure you are focused on the material that will be most important for you as you progress through your studies.
Your Learning Dashboard is your home base.
You will start all your study sessions here, and have access to a number of metrics and indicators that will help you gauge the momentum of your studies as well as tools to streamline the mobilization of each session.
The components of note on this page are:
- Continue Your Studies Banner
- Progress Bar Indicator
- Track of Study
- Edit Track Button
- Subjects
- Topics
- Material Assessment Indicator
Each of these items will be covered in a separate feature documentation.
Here is a video running you through this page:
Each time you login to the Prepineer program, you will be directed to your Learning Dashboard.
Here you can jump immediately in to your studies in one of two ways:
- Continue Your Studies Button
- Individual Topic within Track of Study
Each time you return to your studies, you will have displayed at the top of the Learning Dashboard a button titled “Continue Your Studies”. You will notice that this button has a specific Subject and Topic noted next to it. This is where you left off in your previous session, and clicking the button will take you right back to that exact point so you can continue on your way.
Alternatively, you can also enter your studies by scrolling down your Track of Study, locating the topic you want to jump in to, and clicking on it.
Either way, you are getting back right where you left off quicker and easier than you ever have before.
Here is a video walking you through this feature:
When you jump in to your studies, you will come to what is called a sub-track. A sub-track is simply a track of study for one specific subject from your overall study plan.
While in this view, you will have access to all the exercises and material for the specific subject that you are currently focusing on.
The components of note on this page are:
- Sub-Track Navigation
- Progress Indicators
- Q&A Forum Button
- Content Viewer
- Progress Buttons
- Note Tracker
Each of these items will be covered in a separate feature documentation.
Here is a video giving you an overview of this feature:
When you select a certain exercise, the material of that exercise will be displayed in your content viewer. You are able to do a number of things with the viewer including:
- Scroll through pages
- Zoom
- Reset view
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While in a sub-track, you have the ability to cycle forward, backward, and mark exercises complete using the three buttons displayed below your content viewer.
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Each subject has a robust Note Tracker that follows you all the way through your sub track.
A feature of this Note Track is the ability to mark the entire subject and it’s content complete without going through each individual exercise.
To do this, simple click on the grey checkmark to the left of the Note Track Subject Title.
A pop up will appear asking you to confirm that you would like to proceed with marking the whole subject complete.
If this is your desire, simple click OK, otherwise, you can cancel it out.
Here is a video running you through this process:
When you are complete with the selected exercise, you can mark it complete using the button displayed below your content viewer.
Clicking on this button will to a number of things:
- Visually mark the exercise complete with a green checkmark
- Update your progress for the current subject
- Update your overall progress for the Track of Study as a whole
- Continue you to the next exercise in the series
When you reach the end of the subjects content, you will see the progress adjust to 100% as well as a large green checkmark highlight in your Note Tracker.
This is simply indicating that you are complete with the content and can make you way back to your Learning Dashboard to begin your next subject.
Here is a video running you through this process:
When you jump in to your studies, you will come to what is called a sub-track.
While in this view, you will have access to all the exercises and material for the subject that you are currently focusing on.
Down the left side of the screen is your sub-track navigation that highlights all the topics within the current subject. Within each topic you will also see the individual exercises to be completed in your studies of the current various topics.
You can navigate to any area within the subject, jumping topic to topic, or exercise to exercise, simply by clicking on the desired spot in the navigation.
While studying, you have the flexibility to run through the exercises in order or complete them in any order you desire.
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While in a sub-track, you have the ability to return to your Learning Dashboard at any time simply by clicking on the “Back to Dashboard” link above the navigation.
Here is a video illustrating this process:
[VIDEO] Navigating back to your Learning Dashboard while in your Sub-Track
While in a sub-track, you have the ability to switch between the subjects you are viewing simply by clicking on the drop down arrow in the side navigation window.
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While in a sub-track, you will have a number of progress indicators that are put in to place to help you keep gauge on your progress and help you maintain momentum as you work your way through your current subject.
First, as you complete an exercise and mark it complete, a green checkmark icon will display to show that you have successfully completed it.
Simultaneously, at the top of your sub-track navigation, you will see a percentage complete updated to display your current progress for that subject.
This progress is dedicated to your current subject and does not reflect the progress for your entire track of study.
However, this progress is updated and displayed on your Track of Study next to the topic you are working on and can be referenced by returning to your Learning Dashboard.
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