Printing CPS Lessons
You can print your CPS lesson (be it an exam, homework or review), hand it out to students, and then grade the material with the CPS response system. You can print lessons directly from CPS, or you can export lessons to a word processing application and print the lesson from the word processing application.
Print CPS Lesson from CPS
To print your CPS lesson from CPS, follow these directions:
1. Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab.
2. Select the lesson, from the lesson side (left or top window) of the screen, you want to print.
3. Click Print… in the Lessons group. The CPS – Print Questions window appears. Alternatively, right-click on the lesson name to access the pop-up menu. Choose Print Questions from the pop-up menu. The CPS Print Questions window appears.
4. Click inside the box in front of the questions you want to print, or click Select All in the lower left corner to include every question on the printout. A checkmark will appear in the box in front of the questions you selected.
If you want an answer key, an area for including a name, an area for including a date, or a combination of any of the available options included in your printout, check the box or boxes at the bottom of the CPS – Print Questions window that coincide with your preference.
5. Click the Preview button. The Print Preview window opens showing the selected questions just as they will print—except for graphics. NOTE: The directory path of any graphic associated with a question displays in the Preview window. Graphics will print, but do not display in the Preview window.
6. Click on the top toolbar to print the selected questions as they appear in the Print Preview window. The Print widow appears.
7. Make sure you are connected to a printer, and then click the OK button to print this lesson.
8. In the CPS Print Questions window, click the Close button to return to the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab.
Print CPS Lessons from a Word Processing Application
To print your CPS lesson from a word processing application, follow these directions:
1. Click the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab.
2. Select the lesson, from the lesson side (left or top window) of the screen, you want to print.
3. Click Print… in the Lessons group. The CPS – Print Questions window
appears. Alternatively, right-click on the lesson name to access the pop-up menu. Choose Print Questions from the pop-up menu. The CPS Print Questions window appears.
4. Click beside the questions you want to print, or click Select All in the lower left corner to include every question on the printout.
? If you want an answer key, an area for including a name, an area for including a date, or a combination of any of the
available options included in your printout, check the box or boxes at the bottom of the  CPS Print Questions window  that coincide with your preference.
5. Click the Preview button. The Print Preview window opens showing the selected questions just as they will print—except for graphics. NOTE: The directory path of any graphic associated with a question displays in the Preview window. Graphics will print, but do not display in the Preview window.
6. Click Outputfrom the side toolbar. A list of export options appears.
7. Select the RTF File or Text File export option.
? An RTF file will open in Microsoft Word.
? A Text File will open in Notepad.
The Export report to RFT File or Export Report to Text File window appears.
8. Use the Save in: drop-down menu to locate the location you want to save the lesson.
9. Type in the file name in the File name: box.
10. Click Save.
11. The lesson questions open in the word processing application. Look at the word processing application’s title bar to see the file name of the printout. NOTE: If Microsoft Word is set to automatically view text and graphic files, then graphics associated with questions display as well as the text. Other word processing programs may not be capable of displaying images.
12. Review the file and make any layout adjustments.
13. Click the File menu and the Print command. The Print window appears.
14. Make sure you are connected to a printer, and then click the OK button to print this lesson. You can close the word processing application and the lesson you printed at any time.
15. Return to the Reporting Preview window and click Close.
16. In the CPS Print Questions window, click the Close button to return to the Prepare>Lessons and Assessments tab.