DATA VISUALIZATION GUIDE Learneratordatavisualizationsprovideapowerfulwaytotakeyourclassroomexportstothe nextlevel.weknowhowimportantdataistoprovidingdifferentiatedinstruction.thatiswhywe createdatoolforteacherstobeabletoexporttheirclassdatatoexcel.youcanviewthevideo tutorialtodatavisualizationshere. Withourvisualizations,youcancomparestudentstoclassaverages,APscores,andidentify relationshipswithease. WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE RUNNING A VISUALIZATION Inordertovisualizeyourstudentdata,youwillneedtohavecreatedaclassroomandtohave hadyourstudentsjoinyourclassroom.ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,navigatetothe Options menuinthetoprightcornerofthesite,andclick Classes. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 1
Fromhere,click Createaclass inthetopmiddleofthescreenandinputthedesiredclass nameaswellasthesubjectyou dliketheclasstobein. Note:(Make(classroom(names(without(symbols(such(as(colons<(otherwise,(an(error(will(occur(where(you(will( not(be(able(to(finish(creating(your(class.(( ( Oncetheclassroomhasbeencreated,youwillwanttoinviteyourstudentstojoinyour classroombyprovidingthemwiththerandomlygeneratedclasscode.thefollowingisthe confirmationscreenafteryouhavesuccessfullycreatedaclassroom: Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 2
Incaseyoudidnotcopyyourclasscodethefirsttimeyoucreatedit,itcanalsobefoundonthe righthandsideoftheclassroomsummarytabafterclickingintotheclassroom. Tip:Anefficientwaytoinviteyourstudentsisbyclicking InviteStudents andinsertingalistof yourstudents eomails.youmayaddupto40atatime. Returntothe Classes page,andclickintotheclassroomyouwouldliketoexport.ifyouhave followedthepreviouslymentionedsteps,youshouldseealistofallstudentsenrolledinthe classafterclickingintotheclassroom.thisisalsoknownastheclassroomsummarytab. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 3
Belowtheclassroomname,click Export.Thiswillpromptaloadingscreennotifyingyouthat yourclassroomisbeingexported. Oncetheexportiscomplete,theclassroomsummaryfilewillautomaticallybedownloadedby yourbrowser.inordertoviewthesummary,youwillneedaspreadsheetprocessorsuchas MicrosoftExcelorGoogleDrive. Openyourclassroomsummaryfile,andthenopenthedatavisualizationfile:Learnerator ClassDataCharts.xlsm.Youcanalsodownloadithere. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 4
RUNNING THE DATA VISUALIZATION Inordertorunthedatavisualization,firstopentheclassroomdataexportyouwouldliketo analyze.youcandownloadthisfromyourteacherdashboardatlearnerator.com.next,open thedatavisualizationfileandmakesuretoenablemacroswhenprompted.next,copyand pastethenameoftheclasssummaryfileintocelld5. Makesuretoincludethe.xlsextensioninthefilename. Afterthisisdone,thevisualizationswillautomaticallyupdate.Forthetabswithstudentnames, youwillneedtorunthemacroincludedintheexcelfileinordertoupdatethegraph. YouareallsetGototheothertabsinthecharttemplateatthebottomtoseethechartsthatare automaticallygenerated.consultthechartospecificinstructionsifyouareunsureofhowthey work. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 5
QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY STUDENT Thistaballowsyoutoseewhothemostactivestudentsareandhowtheirusagebreaksdown byquestiondifficulty. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 6
STUDENT ACCURACY BY DIFFICULTY Thistaballowsyoutoseeyourstudentsrankedbyoverallaccuracyandaccuracyoneach difficultylevel. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 7
EASY VS. DIFFICULTY ACCURACY BY STUDENT ThistabshowstheaccuracytrendssideObyOsidewithquestiontakingvolume. Note:(If(the(names(of(students(are(not(properly(updating,(you(will(want(to(select(the(chart,(then(click(the(Tools( menu,(macros,(and(run(attachlabelstopoints.(if(you(get(an(error,(click( Abort (and(the(macro(will(still( complete(successfully.(click(end(in(the(popup(window.( Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 8
ACCURACY VS. AP SCORES Thistaballowsyoutoseetherelationshipbetweenaccuracy,APscores,andtotalquestions answered. Note:(If(the(names(of(students(are(not(properly(updating,(you(will(want(to(select(the(chart,(then(click(the(Tools( menu,(macros,(and(run(attachlabelstopoints.(if(you(get(an(error,(click( Abort (and(the(macro(will(still( complete(successfully.(click(end(in(the(popup(window.( Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 9
STUDENT ACCURACY PER TOPIC COMPARED TO CLASS AVERAGE Thistaballowsyoutoseeexactlywhereastudentstrugglesorexcelscomparedtotheclass averageforanygiventopic. Note:(After(selecting(your(first(student s(name,(go(to(the(formulas(tab(and(click(calculate:now.(this(only( needs(to(be(done(once.(( Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 10
ACCURACY BY TOPIC Thistaballowsyoutoseethedistributionofstudentaccuracyacrosseachtopic. CONCLUSION Learneratordatavisualizationsareaneasywaytodrawinsightsfromyourclassroomexports. Wehighlysuggestspendingtenminuteseveryweekrunningthevisualizationstolearnabout yourclassrooms latesttrends. Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorsuggestionstothisguide,pleaseeOmailhello@learnerator.com. Interested(in(school(licensing?(E1mail(schools@learnerator.com 11