FA - DreamBox Learning - Online Math Learning



12827-76391400 Insight Dashboards Introduction Q: What are the Insight Dashboards? What is included in this release?A: The Insight Dashboards enables full reporting for all educators; classroom teachers, school administrators, and district administrators that allows educators to access a far more intuitive, more powerful interface for reporting that enables them to discover deep insights about their students, classes, teachers, schools, and districts. It also includes student settings and classroom roster management. The reports provide a complete picture of student progress and proficiency against the standards, identify where learning gaps exist, and surface where you could focus your intervention efforts. Reports also surface how they are spending their instructional time, both in class and out-of-school time. These insights and learning data enable administrators and teachers to make informed decisions about instruction and instructional programming.Q: Do the Insight Dashboards work on tablets or smartphones?A: The Insight Dashboards are designed to be fully responsive to any screen size and to provide a great experience on any device with a modern browser. They are supported by Android, Mac, or iOS. Understanding the features of the Insight DashboardsQ: Where can I find answers to my questions??(Help Mode tips)A: Help Mode tips in the Insight Dashboards provide targeted help/information about specific elements of the user interface. Help Mode tips are represented by a flashing circle next to the feature. Clicking on a Help Mode tip will pop-up a dialogue that briefly describes the element being addressed. Q: How do I enable/disable the Help Mode tips?A: The Help Mode tips are on by default. This feature can be enabled/disabled from the Profile button menu in the upper right corner of your screen. Alternatively, you can click on a Help Mode tip and select to turn them off by clicking on the “Turn off these tips” link included in the Help Mode tip pop-up.Q: Where can I find a glossary of the new terminology? A: A glossary of terminology used in the Insight Dashboards can be found toward the end of this FAQ document.Data and metric definitionsQ: Will historical data be available in Insight Dashboards?A: Historical data is viewable in the Insight Dashboards. Navigate to district, teacher, classroom, or school level reporting and select any desired school year from the date dropdown. Historical date options are only available when historical data exists at that level.Q: Why do the new reports no longer show Unit Completion?A: To provide richer, more detailed information, the Insight Dashboards emphasize lesson completion, along with proficiency at standards. However, if you are interested to see which DreamBox Units students have completed, you can select the Classroom Standards tab, click the blue text under the "Standards Proficiency" title, and change the displayed standard set to "DreamBox Learning Units" (which replaces your regional standard until you change the setting back).Q: What does Growth mean in the reports?A: Given the adaptive and personalized nature of the DreamBox experience, Growth is the sum of all proficiency growth across all grade levels at which they are working, not just their current grade level. This Growth percentage communicates progress through the DreamBox curriculum.Q: What do the colors represent with regards to usage?A: Orange text represents usage below recommended minimums, and green text represents usage meeting or exceeding DreamBox recommended targets.Q: How can I see how much time my students spend using DreamBox outside of school hours?A: From the Classroom Reports or from a specific Student reports select the Usage tab. In the chart labelled “Average Minutes of DreamBox Usage” hoover over a bar representing a specific time frame. A pop up window will appear with information about Extended Use, School Use, and Total Use. Extended Use refers to time spent in DreamBox outside of school hours. Managing studentsQ: What is the difference between Curricular Grade Level (CGL) and Grade Level (GL)? A: Curricular Grade Level (CGL) represents where the school has determined that a student is performing in mathematics. If a student has not started playing DreamBox, the CGL which is set for them determines their placement in the curriculum, but editing their CGL later does not have an effect on the student experience. A student's Grade Level (GL) is assigned by the school/district and typically aligns to how the school district assigns students to a grade level classroom. This generally reflects a student's calendar age rather than a student's mathematical proficiency. For example, if a 4th grade student (9 or 10 years old) is working on 2nd grade mathematics, then her "Grade Level" is 4 and her "Curricular Grade Level" is 2.Q: What information can parents see about student learning?A: An all-new Family Dashboard will replace the legacy Parent Dashboard. The Family Dashboard will provide insights into what activities students have completed and which lessons they are in the process of completing. Parents and guardians will also see usage by minutes and lessons completed, in addition to how their student is progressing within DreamBox Learning Units. Metrics GlossaryUsageActive Students: Students are considered active if they spend about 15 minutes on DreamBox per week (specifically, 2 minutes per day on average across each 7-day period). All averages at Class and higher levels are calculated solely upon active students. Lessons: Total Lessons Completed in the specified time period. This information is available for Student and Class levels.Average Lessons per Week (Avg Lessons/Wk): Average Lessons Completed per Week across all active students in the specified time period. This information is available for Teacher, Grade, School, and District levels.Minutes per Week (Min/Wk): Minutes Spent on DreamBox per Week in the specified time period. This information is available for Student and Class levels.Average Minutes per Week (Avg Min/Wk): Average Minutes Spent on DreamBox per Week across all active students in the specified time period. This information is available for Class, Teacher, Grade, School, and District levels.Extended Use: Average proportion of time spent outside of school hours (by default, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.) on average for all active students in the specified time period. This information is available for Teacher, Grade, School, and District levels.GrowthGrowth: Total growth across the time period (where 100% growth is one school level based on regional standards) for the student. Growth in the DreamBox Learning Math curriculum may occur in multiple grades within the selected time period, but this overall growth figure gives you a way to compare students’ growth independently of the grade level(s) in which they are gaining proficiency. ProficiencyProficiency: Percentage of curricular area (whether grade level, subdivision of grade such as domain, or a specific standard) completed by the student (or at a class level, the average percentage across all students in the class). This information is always reported as of the current date. ReportsDistrictGradesAt a Glance Cards: These cards provide quick information about active students enrolled in each grade level in your district. Each card ("Grade 4," for example) shows Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed and Average Growth, calculated for that student cohort (i.e., 4th Graders) active within DreamBox. Be sure to use the drop-down above the bar graph to select the date range desired.Clicking on a grade cohort's card will take you to the "Schools" report for the selected grade.SchoolsEach row in this table displays data for a single school. It shows Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed, Average Extended Use (proportion of time spent on DreamBox outside-of-school hours) and Average Growth, each calculated across all active students in the selected school. Columns in a table are able to be sorted by selecting the column title. To change the order of the sort, select the up or down arrow.The bar graph is a visual representation of the data distribution in the table. Selecting a column changes the frequency graph above the table to display the number of students who fall into each displayed range in the graph (i.e. selecting Average Minutes per Week will show the distribution of schools with high-and-low-average-time-spent students in the chart).PerformanceWhen students use DreamBox consistently (we recommend 60+ minutes per week) we see direct correlation to growth against standards. This scatterplot demonstrates the relationship between usage (Average Minutes per Week on DreamBox by active students) and progress (Average Growth by active students). If you have many schools represented, select a cluster to zoom in for even more detail. The table below provides detail on each school displayed. SchoolsThis table and associated frequency chart show the same metrics per School as at the District level, but each school’s data are filtered to the cohort of students enrolled in the selected grade.GradesAt A Glance Cards: These cards provide quick information about active students enrolled in each grade level in your school. Each card ("Kindergarten", for example) shows Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed and Average Growth, calculated for that student cohort (i.e., Kindergarteners) active within DreamBox. Be sure to use the drop-down to select the date range desired.Clicking on a grade cohort's card will take you to the "Teachers" report for the selected grade.TeachersEach row in this table displays data for a single classroom teacher. Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed, Average Extended Use (proportion of time spent on DreamBox outside of school hours) and Average Growth, each calculated across all active students reporting to the selected teacher. Columns in a table are able to be sorted by selecting the column title. To change the order of the sort, select the up or down arrow. The bar graph is a visual representation of the data distribution in the table. Selecting a column changes the frequency graph above the table to display the number of students who fall into each displayed range in the graph (i.e. selecting Average Minutes per Week will show the distribution of teachers with high-and-low-average-time-spent students in the chart).School by GradeTeachersThis table and associated frequency chart show the same metrics per teacher as at the School level, but each teacher's data are filtered to the cohort of students enrolled in the selected grade.TeacherClassesAt A Glance Cards: These cards provide quick information about your classes. Each card shows Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed and Average Growth, calculated for active students within the specified class. Be sure to use the dropdown above the cards to select the date range desired.StudentsEach row in this table displays data for a single student. Average Minutes per Week spent on DreamBox within the selected date range, as well as Average Lessons Completed, Average Extended Use (proportion of time spent on DreamBox outside of school hours) and Average Growth are shown for the listed student. Columns in a table are able to be sorted by selecting the column title. To change the order of the sort, select the up or down arrow. Selecting a column changes the frequency graph above the table to display the number of students who fall into each displayed range in the graph (i.e. selecting Average Minutes per Week will show the distribution of high-and-low-average-time-spent students in the chart).Classroom OverviewThe class overview gives key usage and growth metrics for each student in your class over the selected time period. "Min/Wk" is the Average Minutes per Week the student was logged in to DreamBox. "Lessons" measures the Total Lessons Completed during this time period. "Growth" represents proficiency gained across the entirety of the DreamBox curriculum, where 100% represents one grade level of growth.The right-hand side of the student overview shows the student's current proficiency in each displayed grade level. Proficiency data represents, against regional standards, the percent of learning objectives for which a student has demonstrated proficiency. To find out more detailed information for each of the displayed grade levels, select the "Standards" report tab. Columns in a table are able to be sorted by selecting the column title. To change the order of the sort, select the up or down arrow. ActivityThis activity feed is a timeline of student accomplishments within DreamBox. Cards in the feed include Lesson Completed, Lesson Group Completed, and Lesson In Progress. On each card, a brief description of the material covered is displayed, along with links to the standards the lesson relates to. Clicking on those links will take you to the relevant standard in the Standards Completion report for that student. Additionally, on desktop web browsers which support the feature, a "Play Demo Lesson" link allows you to review a representative lesson related to the one your student worked on (it may not be the exact same lesson, but it will closely reflect the content your student was introduced to).StandardsStandards Completion: Browse your selected regional standards, using the grade-level dropdown and the tabs and dropdown below to navigate to any individual standard or group of standards. The "All Domains" tab shows student completion for the entire selected grade level. Once you have drilled into the desired curricular area current status of each student in your class is displayed, if they have not started, are completed and have demonstrated proficiency, or if they are in progress on the material (with their current completion percentage shown). You can use this information to create ideal learning groups for your students. UsageThese bar graphs show usage over time for the selected period. The top graph displays Average Minutes per Week on DreamBox, and the bottom graph displays Average Lessons Completed, both calculated for all students in your class. Lower than minimum-recommended usage is displayed in orange, and usage meeting or exceeding DreamBox recommended targets is displayed in green.StudentOverviewThe student overview gives key usage and growth metrics for the student over the selected time period. "Min/Wk" is the Average Minutes per Week the student was logged in to DreamBox. "Lessons" measures the Total Lessons Completed during this time period. "Growth" represents proficiency gained across the entirety of the DreamBox curriculum, where 100% represents one grade level of growth.The right-hand side of the student overview shows the student's current proficiency in each displayed grade level. Proficiency data represents, against regional standards, the percent of learning objectives for which a student has demonstrated proficiency. To find out more detailed information for each of the displayed grade levels, select the "Standards" report tab.Below the student overview data is the student activity feed: a timeline of the student's accomplishments within DreamBox. Cards in the feed include Lesson Completed, Lesson Group Completed, and Lesson In Progress. On each card, a brief description of the material covered is displayed, along with links to the standards the lesson relates to. Clicking on those links will take you to the relevant standard in the Standards Completion report for that student to see how much progress toward the standard the student made. Additionally, on desktop web browsers which support the feature, a "Play Demo Lesson" link allows you to review a representative lesson related to the one the student worked on (it may not be the exact same lesson, but it will closely reflect the content your student was introduced to).StandardsStandards Completion: Browse your selected regional standards, using the grade-level dropdown and the tabs and dropdown below, to navigate to any individual standard or group of standards. The "All Domains" tab shows the student's completion percentage and progress for the entire selected grade level. Once you have drilled into the desired curricular area, any recent progress for the student is displayed in the chart below, where each vertical bar represents growth in that area in the specified interval (by default, a week).UsageThese bar graphs show usage over time for the selected period. The top graph displays Average Minutes per Week on DreamBox, and the bottom graph displays Average Lessons Completed for the selected student. If you select "Last 30 Days" or "Last 7 Days," each interval (bar in the graph), displays the actual usage of the student within that interval rather than an average over the period. Lower than minimum-recommended usage is displayed in orange, and usage meeting or exceeding DreamBox recommended targets is displayed in green. ................
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