How to Efficiently Build Data in Progress Learning

Rebecca Baker Updated by Rebecca Baker

This article serves as a helpful guide to create data in your Progress Learning account.

What does "build data" mean?

"Build data" means that you're prepared to show colorful reports and student dashboards for any type of demo that you have. That means building data in each state in your territory. It also means having data prepared for one of each type of student: K-1, 2-5, and 6-12.

When you provide an overview of Progress Learning, you typically include a demo of certain reports and features:

Progress Report:

The best practice is to always show a progress report that has a mix of pink, yellow, and green dots, especially at the top, for each tab of the report.

Results Report:

The best practice is to always show a results report that has a mix of pink, yellow, and green dots in the Dot Rank tab, with 10 students listed on the Item Analysis tab with data for that activity.

Student View:

The best practice is to always show a student who has done some practice in their study plan and has focus areas (they have an average of below 80% in a standard). For an elementary student, you want to show a student account with some Galaxy Stars earned, and having achieved beyond a level 1 in their Alien Rank. For a secondary student, you want to show a study plan that has a mixture of pink, yellow, and green dots. The Galaxy Stars and colorful dots need to occur at least at the very top of the study plan.

Liftoff:

It is a best practice to have an elementary LO student and a secondary LO student to demo from. The student needs to have completed at least one diagnostic, but preferably all of the diagnostics, so that their rockets are set in My Galaxies.

Types of Progress Learning Accounts

You will need three types of accounts: Teacher, School Admin, District Admin

 

Teachers

School Admins

District Admins

Create Assessments

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Create Assignments

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Manage Users

 

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Assign Remediation

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Instructional Resources

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Teacher and School Admin Accounts

If you need to create a new campus level account for yourself, here are the credentials you will need:

Sign into the campus:

Account ID: PLTX, PLGA, etc depending on the state

Username: schooladmin

Password: Progre$$

Click here to learn how to add a teacher.

Click here to learn how to turn a teacher into a school admin.

District Admin Accounts

If you need to create a district admin account, sign in to the district:

Account ID: PLDTX

Username: DistrictAdmin

Password: Progre$$

Click here to learn how to add a district user.

Prepare Your Account:

You will need to complete the following steps before you can start building data:

  1. Choose your students and/or upload your students. To do this, you will need to sign into your school admin account.

I recommend that you upload new students this school year with YOUR last name. It's really simple. Click here to learn how to upload a list of students. Ping Becca Baker on Slack if you need help. I'm happy to help you. I recommend uploading kids from at least 3 grade levels. You need one set from either Kinder or 1st grade, one set from 2nd-5th grade, and one set from 6-12 grade. Here is an example of student accounts that I uploaded. Once you have your students listed correctly, download your spreadsheet as a CSV file and upload it into the platform.

  1. Create classes. You need at least one class from each category: K-1, 2-5, 6-12. Pull in the students that you just uploaded. Be careful with these classes. Remember that any subjects you associate will show up on the student study plan. For 6-12 graders, the subjects will appear at the top as "suggested" areas of study with a drop-down menu at the bottom to select any area of study. For K-5 graders, this is a much bigger deal. Make sure to only associate on-grade-level subjects. Click here to learn how to create a class.
  2. Enable Liftoff for at least one student from your 2-5 grade and 6-12 grade class (Liftoff only goes up to 8th grade, even if the student is in high school). Click here to learn how to enable Liftoff.

How to Build Data:

What's the quickest way to get colorful reports in your PL platform? It's a good idea for you to create your own data for two reasons: 1. It helps you to learn the platform in a hands-on way 2. It guarantees that you will have colorful data in your account. If you rely on data from a shared class, some other trainer or AE might accidentally delete students or classes, and that would impact you accidentally. It's best to be in control of your own data! 

  • Quick Video 
  • How to build data instruction guide (Following these steps will provide data in your progress report and results report simultaneously).
  • Impersonate a student in elementary and a student in secondary, and take their Liftoff diagnostics.
  • Impersonate a student from each class and look at their study plan. Ensure that for 6-12 grade, colorful dots appear in the first several standards, and that they have Focus Areas. If they need more, do some independent practice to achieve the look that you need. To achieve focus areas, answer some questions wrong in one or more areas in the study plan. Ensure that for K-5 grade, you have some Galaxy Stars earned in the first few standards, and that they have Focus Areas. You will need to answer questions in the study plan to achieve the stars or to populate Focus Areas if they don't have any yet.

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