Cohort Reports
Coaches have access to the Cohorts tab that lists all course cohorts that they have been enrolled in as a coach. School admins also have access to this tab, and they can view every cohort.
If you have more than a handful of students, keeping track of them - how far they've progressed in the course, how well they're doing, and what issues they've had during their time - can be daunting. Pupilfirst sets up a few simple interfaces to make these checks easier.
Coaches can track the progress of the student cohort wise by visiting the link to a particular cohort in the page above.
The Overview tab shows the overall course progress statistics for the cohort. This includes the total students, the number of students who have completed the course, and the student wise distribution of milestones completed.
The Students tab shows the list of students in the cohort, and you can filter this list by the student's name, email, milestone completion status, milestone pending status and course completion status.
Detailed report
To get a detailed look at a student's progress, you can click on an entry to open up a report for that student.
The left sidebar shows all available details about the student. Top to bottom, these are:
- Personal details, supplied by the student.
- Their status of milestones in the course.
- The total targets they've completed, and their average score in your quizzes.
- The average grades that they received for reviewed submissions, grouped by each of the evaluation criteria that you've set up.
- Their team members, if any.
- Coaches assigned to them, if any.
The right-side of the report contains two tabs: the coach's notes about the student, and a list of their reviewed submissions.
Grading should be objective
Assuming that your grading scale, and your review process is objective, you can use these average grades as an indicator of how well they're performing in your course.
In isolation, these value of these numbers is questionable, but it can be extremely useful when comparing the performance of students, or comparing their graded performance to your expectations.
However, it's very difficult (if not impossible) to eliminate subjectivity from the review process, so these numbers should always be used with care. When possible, use of these metrics should be backed up by other measures such as coach's notes.
Keep notes on students
During your interactions with a student, or while reviewing their submissions, you may notice that a student is particularly weak (or strong) at something. At this point, it might make sense to write a note about it.
Our memory is fallible, so it's wise to leave notes on the student's page which you and other coaches can refer to, later on for a a quick recap, and to help guide future interactions with the student.
School admins can view all the coach notes, but they cannot add a note to a student's profile unless they have been enrolled to that cohort as a coach.