Evaluate 2.1.1 Data Driven Instruction, Analytics, Reporting Tools Quest

Enrollments and Attendance

The enrollments information is important for an online teacher to have some kind of knowledge about the class he/she is going to teach. It is a good information to start with. The teacher could use this information as the semester progresses. It might be important in some cases to keep in  mind the number of students you have in that class when the teacher prepares quizzes, tests, and projects.

Having data of students' attendance is a valuable information for a teacher. If a student attendance is poor, we will probably do not expect the student to do well in class. That's where we start our intervention. Research has shown student and teacher attendance is directly correlated with student achievement. Having data of student's attendance definitely helps a teacher to help the student succeed.

To have data of the communication log is important not only for accountability purposes, but also helps to come up with a strategy in collaboration with all concerned stakeholders (parents) to help the student improve if he/she is failing. So keeping parents posted about students' progress is vitally important. If you record what information you have already shared with the parent, you can continue from there. In your next communication log, you can praise the student for improving or you can update parents that the students is not improving or you can warn the parents that the students may not pass the class unless he/she show improvement as soon as possible.  The point is the teacher can build on information he/she had already shared about the student.

Monitoring Course Progress With Observational Data & Analytics

This is what is going to drive your instruction. If you have the above analyzed data, you will be able to differentiate your instruction accordingly. It helps the teacher to know who is working hard, spending time accessing the course content, and actually doing the work by just observing their activity data.

Students Monitoring Their Own Learning

This information is also important in its own right. Students can see how they are doing in the course and know what it takes to get what they want to get in that course. Students can read feedback from their teachers, monitor their grade, get due dates reminders etc.