Program Introduction Document

Version 1.1 June 01, 2011

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Description
Introduction
Feedback Channel
Academic Design How to use MOD
Screen 1: Login screen
Screen 2: Main menu
Screen 3: Static Ad
Screen 4: Loading screen
Screen 5: How to use this program
Screen 6: Chapter Ad sample 1
Screen 7: Chapter Ad sample 2
Screen 8: Diagnostic exercise
Screen 9: Diagnostic analysis
Screen 10: Diagnostic answer key
Screen 11: Intro
Screen 12: Intro content
Screen 13: LOs
Screen 14: Blank screen (that shows an error from CLs side)
Screen 15: Funda segment 1
Screen 16: Funda ending
Screen 17: Funda segment 2
Screen 18: Quiz question
Screen 19: Quiz incorrect answer feedback
Screen 20: Quiz correct answer solution
Conclusion

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Introduction
Welcome friends to the CL online CAT training experience. This document tells you how to
effectively use the MBA Test Prep On-Demand (or MOD for short) program. You should
spend some time on this document once and to then refer back to it whenever you need it.
The document takes you through the screens that you may encounter as you begin to use the
program.
Feedback Anchors
This is a very large program not just in terms of the number of hours it will take you to go
through it but also in terms of the number and complexity of the html and interactive flash
files that it contains. Please do get in touch with us if you encounter any errors or problems as
you go through the program and we will get them corrected ASAP.
There are broadly two types of problems you may encounter.
1) Navigation and interactivity related problems:
Examples:
a. You click on a button or a link and a blank white screen comes up and nothing
happens even after two or three minutes
b. You click on a next or previous button inside a topic in Algebra and the content
changes from Algebra to Probability
c. You click on a button or a link and nothing changes on screen
Caution: Some of the flash files are pretty large and may take a few minutes to load the first
time you click on their links. However in most places a loading screen will show you the
progress of how much of the file has been downloaded.
Contact person: pawan.sharma@careerlauncher.com
2) Content related problems:
Examples:
a. The solution to a quiz question is wrongly given or the solution is of some other
problem
b. The voice over in the Funda portion says something that you know is incorrect
c. Some text on screen doesnt match the voice or is written wrong
Contact person: abhishek.gupta@careerlauncher.com (or) vijay.jha@careerlauncher.com

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Academic Design
The MBA Test prep on demand has been designed keeping in mind the need for an MBA
aspirant to have a virtual teacher who can be accessed 24x7 for clearing any concepts.
Here are some facts and thoughts behind the design of MOD.

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1.

Question
Comprehensiveness

Response
The following were kept in mind while designing MOD
1. It must cover at least 90 % of the scope of any MBA Test
Preparation.

2.

Depth

2. Based on an in depth analysis of all the critical MBA

admission tests .
So if you can master what is in MOD, you would be on the way
to a good B School
The Version 1.0 of MOD has same stuff for all users. So we
have taken adequate precaution to be able to keep every
level of student engaged in the sessions. There are
sufficient amount of challenging questions and
discussions spread over the topics.
To give relief and keep you intellectually stimulated a fairly
good number of puzzles has been sprinkled across the
different topics.

3.

Practice

MOD is intended to be a programme that clears the concepts of

a student. The basic methodology is
Funda Quiz ( Basic and then Advanced ) Fundatill the
topic is completed.
Once you are through with a topic, refer to exercises in your
books (or) attempt the Topic Tests in the TEST GYM on your
SIS.

4.

Usage / day

5.

How do I use it ?

The recommended usage is about 60 to 90 min per day.

If you consistently spend this amount of time with MOD and
exhaustively do all the stuff that is provided it could take
you anywhere between 3 to 4.5 months to complete the
programme.
Two ways :
1) If you are using it as the sole resource for your preparation
It should be MOD Test Gym MOD.
2) If you are also attending live class room lectures the best
usage would be Study material MOD Live Lecture
MOD (Funda) + Quiz Study material + Test Gym

6.

Who do I contact, if The two mentors that you have been assigned to till Dec 31,
there is a
2011 are Abhishek Gupta and Vijay Jha. They can be
doubt ?
reached at abhishek.gupta@careerlauncher.com and
vijay.jha@careerlauncher.com

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Now let us move to some of the screens that you would encounter during the course of
your experience.
Screen 1: Login

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Login screen
By clicking on the Access MBA on Demand link on the HOME
page of the CL Student Information System or the SIS
Type in your login ID and password and then click on the Login
button
Take the time to read the note on this screen the first time to login
Clicking on Login takes you to a screen which allows you to
navigate through the program

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Screen 2: Main menu

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Main menu screen

By entering the CORRECT user name and password for MOD in
the login screen
Clicking on the tree on the left of the screen
The tree has three main headings.
a. Introduction- An introduction to MOD that tells you how
to navigate through the content
b. Quant- Includes all the Math, DI topics in the program.
Arithmetic, algebra, probability etc.
c. English- Includes all the English topics in the program.
Nouns, reading comprehension, tones etc.
Clicking on the main menu items opens them out one level.
Clicking on the open tree items closes them again.
The red icon to the left of the menu item tells you whether the
menu is expanded or closed
Click on the menu item that you want to go to. In this document
we will see what happens when we click on Introduction

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Screen 3: Static Ad

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Ad screen
By clicking on Introduction on the menu on the left
You can click on any of the links on the tree on the left of the
screen
Clicking on any menu item that has a sub level makes the menu
expand and shows the AD screen. In the screen shown above I
clicked on Introduction which expanded that menu item to show
How to use this program as a sub menu
Click on How to use this program if you want to see it or you
can click on any of the other menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 4: Loading screen

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Loading screen
By clicking on How to use this program on the menu on the left
Wait
Menu item gets highlighted when you take your mouse
over it.
Clicking on the menu item makes the program download
the relevant content. The counter on the screen shows you
the progress of the download.
Depending on your internet connection speed, you may
have to wait a couple of seconds to a few minutes. Once
the download is complete you will be able to play this
instantaneously the next time, if you do not clear the
temporary internet files.
Wait to see the introduction

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Screen 5: How to use this program

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Introduction content
By clicking on How to use this program on the menu on the left
Listen to the self running content and wait for it to finish
This introductory segment has no pause and play button unlike all
the other self-running content in this program. So you will have to
play it in its entirety by clicking on How to use this program
again if you want to see a specific part in the middle
Click on any of the other menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 6: Chapter AD sample 1

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Chapter main AD screen 1

By clicking on Arithmetic on the Quant menu
You can click on any of the links that are now showing on the
menu tree
This screen is exactly similar to Screen 3 because this is also an
AD screen. However you may see different ADs coming up for
different chapters in the subsequent versions of MOD. This screen
also highlights that some chapters may be hidden under sub
menus. Here Percentages which is a full chapter is under
Arithmetic which is under Quant
Click on Percentages on the menu or click on any of the other
menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 7: Chapter AD sample 2

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Chapter main AD screen 2

By clicking on Percentages under Arithmetic which itself is
under Quant
Same as what you did in the previous screen. You click on any of
the menus visible on screen
When we clicked Percentages nothing seemed to change on
screen except the tree opening up one more level. Actually the
graphic changed too but since we are not using any advertising in
this version of MOD except the CL name the same AD came up
again giving you the illusion that nothing changed on screen
Click on Diagnostic Exercises on the menu or click on any of the
other menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 8: Diagnostic Exercise

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Diagnostic Exercise
By clicking on Diagnostic Exercise under Percentage
Solve the problems that come up on screen one by one.
You cannot skip questions.
There are usually at least 5 diagnostic questions that you need to
solve in the chapters in Quant.
Diagnostic Tests are not incorporated in the English Section.
After you solve the problem and click on what you consider the
correct answer a Next button appears on screen.
Clicking on NEXT takes you to the next question.
At the end of the test you get your score.
The answer key lists out all the correct answers
Click on the Next button that appears when you choose an
answer option and go on to solve the next diagnostic question that
comes up on screen

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Screen 9: Diagnostic analysis

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Diagnostic analysis report

By clicking on the Next button on the final diagnostic exercise
Read through the message on screen and clicking on Answer
takes you to the answer key.
Only the answer key is given as shown in screen 10.
The solutions are not worked out in detail.
You may like to come back and solve the exercises again after you
go through the entire chapter and see if you get the correct
answers
Click on Answer button if required or click on any of the other
menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 10: Diagnostic answer key

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Diagnostic answer key

By clicking on Answer on the diagnostic analysis screen
Read the answers and note which ones you got wrong
There is no solution only the correct answer key on this screen
Click on the Next button if it is on screen or click on any of the
other menu items that you see on screen

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Screen 11: Intro

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Sample Intro screen

By clicking on Percentage Equivalence under the Percentages
chapter
Click on the Start button
Intros in the program are designed to do two main tasks
1. Give a short introduction to the topic highlighting some point of
interest
2. Lay out the learning objectives (LOs) of the particular topic
Note however that in many topics only the LOs are listed out and
in a few topics there is no Intro button at all
Watch whatever happens when you click the Start button

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Screen 12: Intro content

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Sample Intro content

By clicking on the topic Successive %ages under Percentages
Listen to the self running content and wait for it to finish
This shows a sample of the rich content that many of the Intros
have
Wait for this to finish

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Screen 13: LOs

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Sample LOs
By waiting for the self running intro content to finish and end up
in this screen
Read through the LOs
Some intermediate topics that build up on previous topics may not
have explicit LOs hence they are not listed out in this manner
Click on the Funda tab

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Screen 14: Blank screen

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?

Points to note

What should I do next?

Blank error screen

By clicking on Funda in a topic
If a blank screen like this stays on your screen for more that 2 or 3
minutes and you have a broadband connection it means that we
have messed up a html link from our end. Please send an email
immediately to pawan.sharma@careerlauncher.com and I will get
it fixed up ASAP
This kind of screen also appears if your internet connection is
slow. However this screen will quickly lead to the loading screen
with the CL logo if the link is functional. A blank white screen for
three minutes is a sure sign of a bug that escaped our checking
process
Click on some other topic on the menu tree because there is no
point looking at this particular topics Quiz

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Screen 15: Funda

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

Sample Funda screen, Segment 1.

By clicking on the Funda tab after clicking on Successive
%ages
Listen carefully to the voice and pay attention to the content
changing on screen. Do the activities or solve the problems that
come up on your screen and ask for your inputs.
The hierarchy of the content is that a chapter (Percentages) can
have many topics (Successive percentages) and each topic has an
Intro, Funda and Quiz. Each Funda can have many segments
(Succesive percentage change is segment 1 of this topic and as the
top panel shows this topic has 3 segments)
The navigational buttons that you see on screen are selfexplanatory. Please proceed to use them and find out for yourself
how they work.

What should I do next?

A point to remember is that when the Narration button is pressed

the text of what the voice is saying comes up on screen and the
voice stops. If you want to listen again you need to press the
button again
Wait for the content to play through

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Screen 16: Funda ending

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Funda segment ending screen

By letting the segment 1 of the highlighted topic play through
Take a deep breath. It makes you less sleepy
This screen also highlights inside Funda when the voice stops.
The screen usually has an instruction that comes up telling you
what to do next. Here it says- Click on the NEXT button
Notice also that the slider bar in the bottom panel has reached the
end. You can use your mouse to drag this and press the Play
button to go to any part of that segment.
Click on the Next button to go to the next segment of Funda

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Screen 17: Funda segment sample 2

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Funda segment 2
By clicking on Next at the end of the previous segment
Watch and interact and learn
Segment 2 is now highlighted on the top panel. You can also click
directly on the segment number here to navigate
Go through all the segments in this Funda one by one

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Screen 18: Quiz question

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note
What should I do next?

Quiz question
By clicking on the Quiz tab
Solve the problem on screen and click on the answer you think is
correct
There is no way to navigate to the next question without first
getting the correct answer of the question on screen.
Click on any of the 5 answer options on screen

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Screen 19: Quiz incorrect answer feedback

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Incorrect answer feedback dialog box

By clicking on the incorrect answer choice
Read what the feedback box says
In this program we have tried to give you answer choices that
catch the common errors that you may commit in your solutions.
Therefore the feedback box in many places lists out the probable
mistake that you may have committed. So please pay extra
attention to these boxes because they may help sort out many of
your conceptual problems
Click on the close button and choose another answer option

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Screen 20: Quiz correct solution

Screen name
How did I get here?
What do I do now?
Points to note

What should I do next?

Quiz correct solution dialog box

By clicking on the correct answer option
Read through the solution and see if your method of arriving at
the solution was different or not
Many of the problems in Quant have been solved using multiple
methods. Please remember to scroll the solution page right down
so that you dont miss any alternative solutions that are hiding
below the level of the dialog box.
It is only after the solution box appears that the Next button
appears at the right bottom of your screen. So you have to get the
right answer before you get the next quiz question
Close this dialog box and go on to the next question

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Conclusion
The 20 screens that are featured here are representative of what you will mostly face in the
program. However there are a lot of variations in the individual chapters, which you will
encounter. Also the English chapters have a slightly different way of navigation through
them. But if you have been able to use the program properly with the guidelines given in this
document you dont need any more help.
So happy learning and may this program help you in getting into your favorite B-school.
Thanks,
Pawan Sharma
CL academic research team,
email: pawan.sharma@careerlauncher.com

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