This resource helps teachers to understand and maximize their use of the Progress tab within a Learning Tree community.
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ACCESSING THE PROGRESS TAB
Within your community, click the Progress tab.
IMPORTANT: This area is a dashboard for teachers to organize and analyze student data. Teacher can create custom reports focused on data points in an adaptable PivotTable format.
NOTE: When you access the Progress tab, the dashboard is set to its default view.
WARNING: If you customize your data, leave the community, and then return later, the data in your Progress tab will always revert to the default view regardless of any changes you have made.
UNDERSTANDING THE FIELD CHOOSER
To access the Field Chooser, which will allow you to build custom tables, click Show Field Chooser.
TIP: You can drag and drop filter fields into the Row, Column, and Data fields sections.
Fields placed under Row Fields will show as rows in the data grid and as the bars in the graph.
TIP: Place fields in rows identifying who or what. Examples include Members, Activity, Objective, and Is Assignment.
NOTE: It is possible to layer fields. For instance, objectives are broken down by community members.
Fields placed under Column Fields will show as columns in the data grid and as variables along the X axis of the graph.
TIP: Place fields in columns that are variables, like Status and Performance.
Data is the measurable field found along the Y axis of the graph.
TIP: It is suggested to leave Count as the default as the system needs something to read and total.
Field Definitions
The field definitions are as follows:
- Activity – The name of the activity, assessment, or graded assignment. Lincoln Learning Objects are a type of activity.
- Activity Type – Activities can be an assessment, assignment, content, discussion, video, etc.
IMPORTANT: Activity Type can only be used in conjunction with Activity.
TIP: Put Activity Type before Activity in the filter for better organization and a cleaner view.
- Count – The number of whatever is in the column fields.
IMPORTANT: Count should always be placed under Data Fields.
- Course – This would only be used if a teacher has multiple courses or root goals in a community.
- Is Assignment – True or False? Is this an assessment or a teacher-created assignment? This field may be used less frequently.
- Member – This lists the students in the community.
- Objective – This is the lesson number within the course content.
- Objective Type – This would be how the content is divided, such as Unit, Chapter, Topic, etc.
WARNING: With the way the Lincoln content is laid out, this field should not be used.
- Performance – This is the performance type, either Performance Grade Band or Performance Rating, customized by your district.
- Status – This is the student’s progress on an activity, assessment, or graded assignment.
Status Types and Definitions
The status types and definition are:
- Completed – These are the assessments or graded assignments which have been turned in and have been graded.
- InProgress – These are assessments or graded assignments which have been opened by the student but are not completed and turned in for grading.
- Not Started – These are activities which have not yet been accessed.
- Pending Evaluation – These are assessments with extended-text questions, like essays, which are awaiting teacher grading.
- Reopen – These are assessments or graded assignments which the teacher has reopened to allow the student to possibly finish an incomplete assessment/assignment or to clarify an answer.
- Submitted – These are graded assignments and upload assessments which are awaiting the teacher to submit a single assignment score.
- Viewed – These are non-graded activities which students have opened.
IMPORTANT: With the Lincoln Learning content, when the activity is viewed, it has met the criteria for completion.
BUILDING CUSTOM GRIDS AND GRAPHS
There are a variety of ways you can customize you grids and graphs. In this section, we will focus on showing:
Viewing Completed Activities
NOTE: Remember completed activities are assignments and assessments which have been submitted and graded.
To see how many activities an individual student has completed, locate the Completed bars in the graph and hover over each bar to see each student’s completed activities.
You can also see the number in the graph matches the number in the grid under Completed.
TIP: If you click this number, you can drill down into the data and get more detailed information.
Viewed Activities
NOTE: Remember viewed activities are non-graded items that have met the criteria for completion.
To see how many activities an individual student has viewed, locate the Viewed bars in the graph and hover over each bar to see each student’s completed activities.
You can also see the number in the graph matches the number in the grid under Viewed.
TIP: If you click this number, you can drill down into the data and get more detailed information.
NOTE: Notice how these items are missing a performance grade band. This is because these are not graded assignments or assessments.
A Single Student's Data
If we want to look at one student’s data, using a filter on the Member field will allow us to choose one or more members.
Begin by selecting the Member filter.
In the pop up, click the checkbox by the student’s name and select OK.
The grid and graph changes to express the data for your chosen student. As you add and remove filters and fields, your grid and graph will continue to shift to show the correct data.
TIP: To remove a filter, simply click on the filter icon on the field and deselect the checked item or Select All, then click OK to return to the default.
Performance Breakdown
To see the student’s performance breakdown for completed assessments and graded assignments, filter further by clicking the Completed chevron in the grid.
You can now see how many assessments and graded assignments were completed by Performance Type.
You can drill down to see the assessments or graded assignments per Performance Grade Band by clicking on a number within the grid.
Pacing
IMPORTANT: Using Lincoln Learning content, a full-year course is about 180 lessons; therefore, students should be completing about one lesson per day to stay on pace.
For this pacing example, we will say we are on the 10th day of class; therefore, students should have completed Lessons 001-009. To see if your students are on pace, begin by clicking on the Objective filter.
In the pop up, select Lessons 001-009 and click OK.
Our data now reflects all information found through Lesson 009.
Notice how the Not Started status is not visible. This is because all the students have accessed all the activities in Lessons 001-009; therefore, they are on pace.
TIP: When your graph reflects your correct data, you can print it or export it in a variety of formats for reporting purposes.
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