Moodle Training Site Information

The Moodle Training Site (Moodle) allows teachers and administrators to access training for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). The CAASPP consists of Smarter Balanced for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics, the California Science Test (CAST), the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), and the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for ELA, mathematics, and science. The ELPAC consists of the Initial ELPAC, Summative ELPAC, Initial Alternate ELPAC, and the Summative Alternate ELPAC.

Moodle Training Site

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Moodle includes required and optional training courses, presented in the following table.

CAASPP

Assessments	Audience	Moodle Course Name	Estimated Completion Time	Deadline
Smarter Balanced for ELA and mathematics, CAST, and CSA	CAASPP test administrators	Test Administrator Tutorial	2 hours	Prior to testing students
CAAs for ELA, mathematics, and science	CAASPP test examiners	Test Examiner Tutorial*	1.5 hours	Prior to testing students

*Asterisk denotes a required course.

Note: The estimated times shown are averages; completion times vary widely based on experience.

Initial and Summative ELPAC


Assessments	Audience	Moodle Course Name	Training Time	Calibration Time	Deadline
Initial ELPAC	ELPAC test examiners	Test Examiner Training and Calibration *	Training time to be determined by the LEA. Training may take 6–8 hours	Calibration Certification times vary by grade level, number of domain certificates and experience. K–2 Speaking and Writing (2–3 hours) Grades 3–12 Speaking (2 hours) Grades 3–12 Writing (2 hours) Actual calibration times vary by person and may exceed the estimates provided.	Prior to testing students
Initial ELPAC	LEA ELPAC coordinators	Initial ELPAC LEA Certification course* Note: If certification has been completed in the last three years, LEA coordinator verifies training in the AST website	2 hours	N/A	August 4, 2023
Summative ELPAC	ELPAC test examiners	Test Examiner Training and Calibration course*	NOTE: Training time to be determined by the LEA. Training may take 6–8 hours	Calibration Certification times vary by grade level, and experience K–2 : 1–2 hours Grades 3–5: 1–1.5 hour Grades 6–8: 1–1.5 hour Grades 9–12: 1.5–2 hours Actual calibration times vary by person and may exceed the estimates provided.	Prior to testing students
Summative ELPAC	LEA ELPAC coordinators	Summative ELPAC LEA Certification course*	2.5 hours	N/A	TBD, 2023

*Asterisk denotes a required course.

Note: The estimated times shown are averages; completion times vary widely based on experience.

Initial and Summative Alternate ELPAC

Assessments	Audience	Moodle Course Name	Training Time	Deadline
Initial Alternate ELPAC	LEA ELPAC coordinators	Initial Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course*	30 minutes**	August 18, 2023, unless it is verified that a current staff member from the same LEA has completed this course in a previous year.
Summative Alternate ELPAC	LEA ELPAC coordinators	Summative Alternate ELPAC—LEA Certification course*	2.5 hours**	December 15, 2023
Alternate ELPAC (both Initial and Summative)	Alternate ELPAC test examiners	Alternate ELPAC—Test Examiner Certification course*	2 hours, 15 minutes**	Each examiner must certify annually before any further administration of either Initial or Summative Alternate ELPAC.

*Asterisk denotes a required course.

**Double asterisk means these times represented assume all optional videos are completed and the videos are watched at standard speed.

Note: The estimated times shown are averages; completion times vary widely based on experience.

Administration and Scoring Training Information

Alternate ELPAC Administration and Scoring Trainings web page
Initial ELPAC Administration and Scoring Trainings web page
Summative ELPAC Administration and Scoring Trainings web page

Administration and Scoring Training Site

The LEA coordinator must log on to the Administration and Scoring Training (AST) site and select the appropriate [Moodle Training Site] button to access the Moodle enrollment keys. Access codes for each program were emailed to the primary coordinator.

Within the AST site, coordinators can:

Access Moodle enrollment keys for the LEA certification course.
Access the appropriate Moodle enrollment key(s) for trainers and test examiners.
Request Moodle reporting access for up to three staff for all programs.
Order picture cards for Alternate ELPAC.
Download the Moodle User template to have multiple Moodle user accounts created.

Moodle Training Site User Guide

Resources for LEA Coordinators

Additional Support

For questions about access codes, contact your LEA Success Agent .

For questions about accessing and using Moodle, contact the Sacramento County Office of Education at moodlesupport@scoe.net. This mailbox is monitored Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please allow 24 hours to receive a response to your inquiry and 48 hours to process Moodle template requests.

Last Reviewed: September 8, 2022

Moodle Training Site Information

CAASPP

Initial and Summative ELPAC

Initial and Summative Alternate ELPAC

Administration and Scoring Training Information

Administration and Scoring Training Site

Moodle Training Site User Guide

Resources for LEA Coordinators

Demonstration Video

At-A-Glance Documents

Template Letters

Additional Support