Evaluate 2.1.1 – Data Driven Instruction, Analytics, Reporting Tools Quest

Enrollment:

The LMS show the teacher’s current classes from January to May.  The teacher is currently teaching AP Microeconomics with 23 enrolled, Economics with 49 students enrolled, and American Government with 43 enrolled. This will help the teacher keep track of the number of students enrolled, the dates of the class, and the numbers may help with formulating class groups.

In enrollment, you can also see if a student has taken the orientation. This is important to making sure the student understands the class. You can also see the student type. This will help the teacher plan for enrichment or remediation. It also contains data on whether they plan are test, if they dropped the course. Apparently it also has some demographics. This is a great to do a quick check on a student or information to contact the students’ patents. Currently, all students are testing and no one has dropped.

Communication:

The communication log nicely tracks the teacher’s communication. In this case the teacher has made a welcome email and 2 emails indicating poor grades. This is a way to ensure parents are aware when a problem has arisen. In addition, the teacher has indicated positive to feedback to commend a student for excellent work. I think it is important to communicate when there is a problem, but it is also necessary to let students know when they are doing well.

Data and Analytics:

Tracking activity in a course will help the teachers see a picture of the amount of time the student is online. It is important though that just because a person is logged on does not mean they are necessary working. Some LMS systems have an idle time feature that monitors this. If a student appears to be logging on and not idle but still is having difficulties some interventions may need to be put in place. If a student is not online or idle for too long and not performing, it is important to contact parents to ensure students are completing the work.

Student Monitoring Their Own Learning:

In the LMS, the student is able to see how they are doing. They can review feedback, see grades, and see missed answers on tests. The feedback section is so important because it allows the user to use it to improve in the future. I think it would be valuable to have students discuss their progress and set goals.

If a teacher was using this data to adjust ion the future, he or she could encourage more online participation from the students who are struggling, a review and analysis of feedback, and a goal setting session after each graded assignment is returned.