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Will 6th grade band be able to come into the school in small groups in August?

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If a teacher is sick or on personal day, should they just put into the system like last year and lessons are placed on Schoology for the students?

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What are the models that we are using?

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Considering poverty, technology, sibling care, etc. consider:

Allow a certain number of excused absences (no questions asked 5-10?)
“Family Activity”

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Need for clear expectations from the beginning of the year.

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Block Schedule reduces the number of teachers/classes students need to focus on and reduces students stress level.

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Are there training opportunities for teachers to learn culturally responsive education?

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Will we have to take attendance for each hour several times/day? If a kid doesn't check in online during the class period, do we have to keep going back to check if they've contacted, did work, emailed, chatted, etc. This was a STRUGGLE last spring. going back and forth checking on which kids did something later.

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Schoology has released new analytics that will better track time spent on task in Schoology. This does not solve all problems with tracking student activity, but it gives us another data point.

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As of August 1, 2019 School Analytics is using a new system that provides better insights around the overall adoption of Schoology at the district level and course level. The latest Usage and Course Analytics update now includes Time Spent data.

This update includes the following:

A more accurate way of tracking the time spent on course materials.

Covers the time faculty and students spend on materials across web, iOS app, and Android app.

Helps system administrators and instructors understand the overall usage in Schoology amongst students in their organization.

Visit our Help articles to learn more about Usage Analytics and Course Analytics.

Accessing Time Spent

Time Spent data is available to both system administrators at the district level and instructors at the course level.
System Administrators:

Time Spent is available from the Usage Analytics export file.

The export file displays the amount of time a user spent on a course material.

Time Spent data is supported on all course materials.

Time Spent is displayed in seconds.

Course Administrators:

Time Spent is displayed under the Report Dashboard and Student Detail Report in New Course Analytics:

The Report Dashboard displays the total amount of time spent across all course materials:

Student Detail Report displays the amount of time spent per item. You may filter by Assessment, Assignment, Discussion, Managed Assessment, and Test/Quiz only:

If you require time spent data on other course materials, system administrators may access this from the Usage Analytics export file.

Time Spent is displayed in a DD:HH:MM format.

Tracking Time Spent

The new tracking system offers a more modern way of measuring Time Spent. Instead of providing the Start Time and End Time for URL accesses, the new system implements a time spent tracking solution specifically on course materials to target how long students are spending on their course work.

Time Spent data is tracked across web, mobile web browser, and Schoology mobile apps as per the following criteria:

Every 60 seconds, Schoology automatically checks whether or not a user is still actively using Schoology on their device, and will stop tracking time when they leave the platform.

Tracking begins once a user opens a course material. Tracking continues while that view remains static - i.e. the user does not navigate to another browser tab or another area of the material. Tracking ends for that specific view once the user navigates away from that view.

Additionally, Time Spent data for each static view on an item is captured up to a maximum of 15 minutes. Since usage reporting is typically not required for more than 15 minutes to account for idle time, the duration of data is capped at this limit. For example, if a student views a discussion for 20 minutes, the Time Spent count displays as 15 minutes.

If you're using the Time Limit feature on assessments and managed assessments, the Elapsed Time data displayed in the Grading area may differ from the Time Spent data due to the cap on the duration of data as outlined above.

Time Spent data is displayed in seconds in the Usage Analytics export file and in DD:HH:MM format in Course Analytics. Currently, the time spent data is displayed by rounding down to the nearest minute. For example, if a student spends 2 minutes 20 seconds on a course material, Time Spent is displayed as 2 minutes (Course Analytics) or 120 seconds (Usage Analytics).

Time Spent data is tracked across all roles in your organization.

Web and Mobile Web Browser

Review the following criteria to learn more about how time spent is tracked specifically on web and mobile web browser:

Time Spent is counted as the amount of time a user spends on a material while the browser or browser tab is active i.e. when the browser is visible on screen in any way, including if it's partially on screen and other windows are visible.

Time Spent data is tracked as soon as a material is opened in a browser.

Scenarios

Use the following examples for a better understanding of how time spent is calculated.

Scenario 1: A student has one tab of Schoology open, navigates to a material, then navigates away

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens a material page.

Time stops tracking when the student navigates away from the material.

If the student clicks on features within the material, time continues to be tracked.

Scenario 2: A student has one tab of Schoology open, navigates to a material, then switches tabs

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens a material page.

Time stops tracking as soon as the student switches tabs or desktop programs.

When a student navigates back to the tab, time is tracked again.

Scenario 3: A user has one tab of Schoology open, navigates to a material, then opens the same material in another tab

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens the first material page.

Time continues to be tracked as specified above.

If the student opens the same material in a new tab while it is still open in the original tab, time continues to be tracked on the material whenever the student has one of the two tabs displayed.

Time stops tracking if the student switches to a tab that doesn't have the material open.

Time is not tracked twice if the student switches between tabs that display the same material.

Scenario 4: A student has one tab of Schoology open, navigates to a material, then walks away from their computer

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens the first material page.

Time continues to be tracked as long as the computer is on and the window/tab is visible on screen.

iOS and Android App

Review the following criteria to learn more about how time spent is tracked specifically on the Schoology iOS and Android mobile apps:

Time Spent is counted as the amount of time a user spends on a material while the mobile app is active i.e. the app is visible on screen and the user does not navigate to another app on the device.

Time is tracked as soon as a user opens a material view within the Schoology app.

Scenarios

Scenario 1: A student has the Schoology app open, navigates to a material, then navigates away

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens a material page.

Time is tracked until the student navigates away from the material.

Time continues to be tracked if the student is clicking on features within the material.

Scenario 2: A student has the Schoology app open, navigates to a material, then switches apps

Time is tracked as soon as the student opens a material page.

Time stops tracking when the student switches apps; puts the Schoology app into the background; or quits the app.

Time is tracked again when the student navigates back to the app and if the material view is still open.

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Tracking Time Spent Data on Usage & Course Analytics

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As of August 1, 2019 School Analytics is using a new system that provides better insights around the overall adoption of Schoology at the district level and course level. The latest Usage and Course Analytics update now includes Time Spent data. This update includes the following: A more accurate way of tracking the time spent on course materials.

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Could a teacher post a quiz question each day, and if students answer the question, he/she is marked present for the day?

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If students needed to submit something in Schoology each day, that would be an easy way to scan and check each student quickly. This would ideally be checked the next morning as Russ suggested.

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This extends Ryan's question about changing how we grade. Would competency based grading fit better for distance learning with performance based criteria which may be more accurate anyway.

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The 100 point scale gives students 64 ways to fail... I think we should be more creative in assessment and measuring learning rather than "point chasing".

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If students fail to complete an “attendance question” in Schoology, but complete another interaction with content (make-up work, question to teacher, viewing an instructional video), have they still completed the state requirement for attendance for that day?  What is the responsibility of the instructor to “track down loose ends” when it comes to taking attendance?  Can teachers dictate that a student response question for the day on Schoology is the sole metric for taking attendance in order to make attendance an efficient process that doesn’t take too much time away from prep/instructional time?

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Since tests are not very effective during distance learning, we need to explore authentic, performance based assessments.

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Since tests are not very effective during distance learning, we need to explore authentic, performance based assessments.

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How do we offer remediation/support without pushing students even further behind? In other words, if we use class time to catch kids up, they are missing the new information and falling even further behind. Is there a way to integrate the "gap work" into new projects and activities, so it doesn't feel like an add-on?

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Should we be digging more into Universal Design for Learning to provide students with alternate ways to demonstrate their learning/understanding?

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When it comes to learning gaps from the previous year, is the intent with discussions around this to be able to make up  learning gaps, or to be intentional concerning a “starting point” for the coming year?  What impact does this have on SEL, and what space do we need to make in our classrooms time and curriculum-wise to make sure that we are supporting students in the best way possible?

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If we are giving an assessment in class, can we give a digital form of the same assessment on that day to "B" students or with AB days do we need to give the in person assessment the next day to "B" students

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It will be important that teachers create lessons that work in all three formats. It is not realistic to create three lessons for each day. There are ways to do this, but teachers may need training/guidance and time to plan. It probably requires a shift to a facilitator/coach role.

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When can staff return to school? There is so much to be done, it would be nice to get back in the buildings.

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What happens when teachers are in contact with Covid? Quarantine Period? Is that personal/sick time or move into workmans comp like the police have written? Expectations for subs and teachers to continue instruction?

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There should be time parameters in place for attendance so that teachers don't have to spend so much time going back and changing things (like we did in the Spring - that was awful, and a terrible time-suck)     If we let parents and students know that everything after 5 p.m (for example) would be counted for the next day, then everyone would know what to expect (and if they didn't turn anything in, or make contact before 5 p.m., it would be counted as an absence).

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I know many high school students (and parents) want A-F grading, especially those with college aspirations, but under the circumstances, most colleges are taking COVID into consideration and not looking so much at that - wouldn't it be more prudent (and fair) to grade on a Pass/Fail scale, or another grading model?

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What happens if a teacher needs to quarantine. Either due to exposure themselves, family exposure, or family sickness? How will subs (??) be covered, where will the time off count? If we have to use our own sick time for this, I imagine a lot of teachers going to work anyway? There needs to be very clear guidance about how this will work. If we are out for quarantine or sickness, who does our planning and delivery of instruction? And how do students receive the instruction?

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Four days of workshop week doesn't seem like enough to get teachers ready. If we are to deliver the educational services that our parents and students are used to, we need guidance quickly and clearly. Are we really waiting until a week before we start working to give out guidance about these big rocks? It seems to me like the big rocks should be addressed NOW with staff, and the smaller details can be shared at the end of August.

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Where are students reporting when teachers are absent? Can we still operate without subs.

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Are we "tied" to our computers during the day?

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Are we "tied" to our computers during the day?

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We do in person assessments in the art rooms. Are students online expected to watch the assessments? Is that a violation of data privacy? When will be do the things that are classroom/materials management? IE loading kilns, cleaning tools, organizing tools, sanitizing sinks, etc. We are constantly having conversations with students. Are those all on camera?

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Are all of our lessons supposed to be recorded? Actually?

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Are all of our lessons supposed to be recorded? Actually?

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I agree that A-F grading doesn't work. It needs to change. However, is this really the time to change it? We can't even give staff and families clear guidance about what the school will look like in a month. There is NO WAY teachers will be on board with implementing something like this right now.

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Will course fees be assigned to students if we are in a hybrid or distance learning model?

Courses such as art may need to distribute supplies for use at home.