If you have never used Pegasus before you should watch our complete training video.
- The tutorial videos completely explain how to use Pegasus, take less than 30 minutes, and you can choose which video to watch. People are learning to use Pegasus successfully just by watching the videos, it’s that easy!
How can I register for Pegasus?
- On the homepage click the register link on the top right corner.
- On the “Teacher Details” page fill in your first and last name, your email address, your State or Country, your School Name, and create a username and password.
- Click “submit” when you are done.
- The form will clear and you will see:
- “You have successfully registered. Please Login.”
- Click the login button and type in the username and password that you just created. Remember, it doesn’t cost you anything to create an account or experiment with Pegasus. You will only be charged after you have created and finalized a report.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Subject tab and what can I do with it?
- The Subject tab is where you to create academic or non-academic subjects needed for a present level of performance, such as Math, English, or History.
- To create subjects click on the “Subjects” tab on the top ribbon and select “Add Subjects”.
- Type in the name of the subject such as Writing, then click the save button.
- This will take you to the edit page where you will see a list of subjects already created. This screen can also be accessed under the “View Subjects” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Strengths tab and what can I do with it?
- From the top ribbon click the “Strengths” tab and select “Add Strengths”. This takes you to the “Add Strengths” window.
- First select a subject.
- If you have not created any subjects, this page will not allow you to save. First write a sentence describing the student’s strengths for the subject you selected. For the tutorial I have selected Writing. My sentence reads:
- {S} is capable of writing a simple descriptive sentence when {s1} is allow to use {s3} dictionary
- Notice the brackets and wild card characters used in the sentence. These characters are used for names and pronouns such as his, him, or her. There is a list at the top of the page explaining each wild card character. Use capital letters for names or a pronoun that is used in the beginning of the sentence. Use lower case letters for pronouns in the sentence.
- The second part is the combined part of a sentence. To create a combined sentence just copy the above sentence and change the beginning to the word “and”. So our new sentence reads:
- “and is capable of writing a simple descriptive sentence when {s1} is allow to use {s3} dictionary”
- You can copy and paste the same as any word processing software. Notice that I have not put a period at the end of these sentences and that I have started the combined part with a lower capitol. This is required for the program to combine the sentences properly.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View Strengths” screen. This screen can also be accessed under the “View Strengths” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- You should create a variety of strength sentences that can be used to describe students. Try to think of things that are a “must know” in your classroom.
- You can find ideas for strengths by consulting grade-appropriate curriculum, school and district pacing plans, standardized testing results and other teachers.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Needs/Challenges & Goals tab and what can I do with it?
- From the top ribbon click the “Needs/Challenges & Goals” tab and select “Add Needs/Challenges & Goals”.
- Select a subject.
- If you have not created any subjects, this page won’t allow you to save. First write a sentence describing the student’s Needs/Challenges for the subject you selected. For the tutorial I have selected Writing. My sentence reads:
- {S} needs to learn to write a simple descriptive sentences pertaining to a topic that has been assigned to {s2}
- Notice the brackets and wild card characters used in the sentence. These characters are used for names and pronouns such as his, him, or her. There is a list at the top of the page explaining each wild card character. Use capital letters for names or a pronoun that is used in the beginning of the sentence. Use lower case letters for pronouns in the sentence.
- The second part is the goal sentence that is associated with the need that was previously created. Pegasus requires every need to be directly linked to a goal. The goal sentence should read something like this:
- {S} will learn to write simple descriptive sentences pertaining to an assigned topic measured by weekly tests or other teacher created measurements
- Notice that I have not put a period at the end of these sentences since that is done by the program.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View Needs/Challenges & Goals” screen.This screen can also be accessed under the “View Needs/Challenges & Goals” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Teacher Assessment Monitoring and what can I do with it?
- “Teacher Assessment Monitoring” documents student evaluations.
- From the top ribbon click the “Teacher Assessment Monitoring” tab and select “Add Teacher Assessment Monitoring”.
- For the tutorial I am going to use “Tests” and enter that in the Title field. The subgroup field is optional and will appear in brackets when the report is created. For the tutorial I am going to write “Weekly Quiz” in the subgroup field.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View Teacher Assessment Monitoring” screen. This screen can also be accessed under the “View Teacher Assessment Monitoring” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the District/State Assessment Monitoring and what can I do with it?
- This lists the district’s or state’s evaluation methods.
- From the top ribbon click the “District/State Assessment Monitoring” tab and select “Add District/State Assessment Monitoring”.
- For the tutorial we are going to use the “California High School Exit Exam” and enter that in the Title window.
- The subgroup field is optional and will appear in brackets when the report is created. For the tutorial I am going to write “English Passed” in the subgroup field.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View District/State Assessment Monitoring” screen. This screen can also be accessed under the “View District/State Assessment Monitoring” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Disability tab and what can I do with it?
- This lists the students’ disabilities.
- From the top ribbon click the “Disability” tab and select “Add Disability”.
- This is where individual disabilities are entered and can later be used and selected as wildcard characters. For our tutorial we are going to enter “Specific Learning Disability”.
- The subgroup field is optional and will appear in brackets when the report is created. For the tutorial I am going to write “Visual processing” in the subgroup field.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View Disability” screen. This screen can also be accessed under the “View Disability” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Impact of Disability tab and what can I do with it?
- Federal law requires that every student with an identified disability has an IEP. Many IEP’s require that it states how the disability affects learning in a specific area.
- From the top ribbon click the “Impact of Disability” tab and select “Add Impact of Disability”.
- Enter an appropriate disability sentence. I am going to write: {S}’s {D} makes it hard for {s2} to follow the Algebra class at the speed required by general education standards.
- Notice the brackets and wild card characters used in the sentence. These characters are used for names and pronouns such as his, him, or her. There is a list at the top of the page explaining each wild card character. Use capital letters for names or a pronoun that is used in the beginning of the sentence. Use lower case letters for pronouns in the sentence.
- When done click save at the bottom right corner and you will be taken to the “View Impact of Disability” screen. This screen can also be accessed under the “View Impact of Disability” tab.
- To edit a field click the little pencil under edit. To delete a field click the red x under delete. A confirmation window will appear asking if you want to delete the subject. Select either ok or cancel.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What is the Teacher Feedback Sheet Tab and what can I do with it?
- This is a customized form which can be printed out and handed to anyone who needs to provide input for the IEP. This is a free service of Pegasus and that you may print as many feedback sheets as you want without being charged!
- First select the subject that you want to create. In this tutorial I will use writing.
- Type in the student’s name and select gender.
- The following boxes are optional: “Current grade in class”, Work Habits”, Citizenship”, and “Please put your own personal text here”. They give the teacher or the Pegasus user the ability to specify what feedback is required.
- For the tutorial I am going to enter “Please get this back to me as soon as possible.” Put your own personal text here and leave the other ones blank for the teacher to fill out.
- I then select “no” on “I want to create my own form” and the program creates a list of writing strengths previously entered under “Strengths”.
- You can either choose “select all options” for everything, or choose only the sentences you need.
- I then write “Thank you for your feedback” in the last “Please put your own personal text here” box and click “Create Form”.
- To create your own feedback form select “yes” on “I want to create my own Form” and you can write up to a 100 feedback sentences.
- Remember, this is a free service of Pegasus and that you may print as many feedback sheets as you want without being charged!
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.
What about Price Tab?
- This is where you may select how many reports you want to buy. Notice that the more reports you buy the more free reports you receive!
- Please be aware that all payment is done via PayPal® and Pegasuseditor.com doesn’t store any of your credit card or payment information.
- Should you have a problem with a payment please contact PayPal® directly at www.paypal.com
How do I create a Report?
- Here’s where you find out how powerful Pegasus is!
- Click the “Create Report” button in the top right corner of the screen.
- Type in the name of the student and select gender.
- Select the first subject you want in the report. For the tutorial I selected Reading.
- I select as many “Teacher Assessments” as needed and do the same with “District Assessments’.
- Next is “Strengths”. I click on student’s strengths, then if necessary, I go to the right for the combined sentence. Sentences don’t have to be combined but it creates a better paragraph.
- Next is “Needs and Challenges”. I click everything that is needed on the IEP, including changing the percentage of the goals and attempts when necessary. 80% and 8/10 times are default values assumed by the program.
- Next is “Impact of Disability”. Select the impact of disability from the menu and the disability of the student.
- If only one Present Level of Performance is needed you can press create report and proofread the report. Otherwise, just click on the next subject and continue.
- Once you have created the report and you see some changes to make, click the ‘back” button at the bottom of the page. Do not use the browser back arrow.
- When you are sure that the report is correct select “Finalize This Report”. WARNING: the next screen is where you will be charged for the report. Do not press finalize until you are completely sure that you want the report. A confirmation window will pop up and you can select or cancel there. Once you select OK you will be taken to a page were you may either email the report or download the report to your hard drive. It is advisable to have the report emailed to you if you are not sure where your browser downloads the report. WARNING: You can only email or download the report otherwise you will be charged twice for the same report. For legal reasons and confidentially reasons it is not possible for a report to be re-downloaded or emailed once you have left this screen so be sure that you only select one of the two methods. Should you decide to email the report to yourself, make sure that you enter the correct email address.
- Still need more help or prefer to see a video on how it is done? Watch our tutorial video here.