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Classroom Basics for instructors

Classroom Basics for instructors. Faculty Training – Phase II. Phase II: What to Expect. In this session, we will:. Review expectations for students. . Review expectations for faculty (developed by SmartPath Pilot participants). . Discuss adaptive best learning practices. .

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Classroom Basics for instructors

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  1. Classroom Basics for instructors Faculty Training – Phase II

  2. Phase II: What to Expect In this session, we will: Review expectations for students  Review expectations for faculty (developed by SmartPath Pilot participants)  Discuss adaptive best learning practices  Navigate the SmartPath environment:  Logging in 2) Interacting with students 3) Using SmartPath metrics

  3. Expectations for Students SmartPath: • Complete by Wednesday Determine Knowledge for that week’s unit (optional 10% penalty) • Complete by Sunday their individual learning path, including each node’s graded activity • Understand that unfinished nodes count as incomplete assignments and will lower the grade for that week’s unit

  4. Expectations for Faculty SmartPath: • Post “Getting Started” announcement and links to resources on first day of class • Email students same announcement and resource links • Hold first chat within first two days of week(Recommended) • Review SmartPath lesson nodes in chat via screen sharing • Answer student questions via email/SP message system and provide regular feedback on the DB • By Thursday am, contact students who have not completed Determine Knowledge by Wednesday

  5. Late Policies in Adaptive Learning IP & DB SmartPath • Standard language from late policy guidelines • DB: If there is an additional non-SmartPath DB, use existing DB Policy. • (May not apply to all courses) • The Determine Knowledge assessment is due by Wednesday of each week. • If students complete Determine Knowledge after the due date, the following penalties may apply to the SmartPath grade at faculty discretion: Late = -10%

  6. Best Practices Increased Outreach • Email students on the first day • Monitor student progress 3-4 times throughout week • Intervene promptly using SmartPath platform tools Adjust delivery style • Hold first chat within first 2 days of week (Recommended) • Use SmartPath topics and practice quizzes in live chat • Emphasize importance of Determine Knowledge • creates most accurate, individualized learning map • prevents student from having to work all nodes

  7. Navigating the SP Environment Faculty enter the classroom as usual via the VC: Click on the SmartPath icon

  8. Instructor Landing Page • “Show group (no objective)” icon: • shows messages from group (cannot respond) • provides student profiles and analytics

  9. Show group (no objective) Clicking “OK” acknowledges to student that message has been read. Message disappears. Clicking on student’s name opens student’s profile page.

  10. Instructor Landing Page = Default Selections

  11. Instructor Panel Overview 1 2 3 4

  12. Instructor Panel Overview

  13. Instructor Panel Overview Data for Entire Class Show records of interactions, interventions, and grading. Click group icon to see learning map for entire class. Click student name to see learning map for individual.

  14. Instructor Panel: Status Tab Group icon Individual student Click on a student’s name to reveal the student’s individual learning map. Status Tab provides four categories of information about members of the entire class: Due dates Specific problems Knowledge covered People (students)

  15. Status Tab – Specific problems • Most difficult problems for each student are displayed. • The student’s Name is a link to theprofile pages. Every Monday • To intervene with a student, click on the twirl down next to his/her name.

  16. Status Tab – Specific problems Clicking on “View” opens the lesson node as student sees it.

  17. Node View

  18. Status Tab – Knowledge covered Clicking on twirl down provides option to send message to one person or all persons in that group.

  19. Status Tab – People • Monitor and analyze student engagement to ensure that students are completing that week’s assigned nodes. • Focus on students who have not started or are working behind the rest of the group to. • Use twirl down to intervene and message individual student.

  20. Details Tab Could impact FSS The seven sections of the Details tab are used to determine where the class as a whole or individuals are doing well or poorly, allowing personalized interventions to help students stay on track or to keep them challenged.

  21. Details Tab – Question & Answer Queries

  22. Details Tab These two sections refer to the class as a whole. Item(s) under “Intervention may be needed” indicate the group as a whole is struggling.

  23. Details Tab Use “May Need Interventions” and “May Need Challenge” areas to identify individuals who may need intervention and those who are doing well and may need a challenge.

  24. Shows stats and knowledge trends You can expand your monitoring and analysis Analysis Tab

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