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My school district has assigned only 1 test as a Pre/Post test that my students need to take twice. I appears that if they take the same test with a different test code then the first score will be replaced.

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Is it possible to change the current 'on' default (to 'off') for the Student View Grades Page that states "Calculate based only on graded assignments". Students SHOULD be able to realize that the posted Total course grade is based only on the graded ...

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How do I find the read aloud option for my students in Mastery Connect?

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Students hit submit without taking the assessments. I was shown via tech support how to fix it if it is a written test but the same method does not work on m/c benchmarks. How can it be reopened or reassigned for a student that purposely or inadverte...

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The Add Assessment button on my tracker is not active. When I try to add the assessment from the Mastery Assessment list...it says I have no trackers. But when I click on Master Trackers in my Canvas..it is there and I have added to it in the past.

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How do I set up performance bands in Mastery Connect? We're hoping to set up 5 performance bands for a district writing assessment.

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Is there a way to change the final grade book to exclude PLUS and Minus? Our program no longer gives plus and minus so it would be much easier if the student saw the final grade in the grade book. NOW... I have to convert it and omit the plus-minus.....

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Can teams collaborate on assessments?

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Is there a limit of how many assessments that can be created? It seems to be 20. All assessments after 20 will not show on my assessment screen. I also bookmarked the assessments. When I searched for bookmarked assessments, only 28 total assessments ...

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Gave School Superintendent the District Admin Reports Role since does not want to be bothered with assessment details. But when impersonating the "Overview" Report does not show District Benchmarks, just formative tests from schools. Is there a bette...

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New to this....Student has been absent.....test window was extended....trying to log him in to take assessment and once I put in the # of the test it goes to a blank screen.....

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In the Learning Mastery gradebook view the slide-in menu on the right-hand side that shows different levels of mastery does not match my levels of mastery. How can I change that menu to reflect my levels of proficiency?

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Can you manually add student responses to multiple-choice questions?

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I came across an assessment that I used for my class that they all made Basic on.  I started to research the questions and the key and noted the key had 5/12 wrong KEY ANSWERS that the students actually got right.  How do I correct the KEY?

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There is a teacher that is getting email notifications every time she fills out a grade for a student on a specific curriculum map.  I went into her email notification settings and nothing is checked. I'm puzzled..would you be able to help?

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There is a teacher that is getting email notifications every time she fills out a grade for a student on a specific curriculum map.  I went into her email notification settings and nothing is checked. I'm puzzled..would you be able to help?

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I am an instructional technology coach and I have an English teacher trying to assign an essay using the Essay with Rich Text question type. It allows you to select multiple standards when picking the question type but when you finish creating the qu...

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I would like to review an assessment with students that includes their answers. Am I able to print the test with their answers in Mastery Connect?

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Every time I attempt to create an Item for Mastery Connect, I receive the error message attached. 

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Our 5th grade team shares students. On one of our teams, there are three teachers. The reading teacher can see the breakdown of the reports on our last test for two classes, but not for the third. Anyone know how to change the settings to allow her t...

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Seems like such a simple issue, yet no option is available.I created a test in MasteryConnect, but aligned it to the wrong standard. You would think I could edit the test, but you would be wrong. Changing the standards is not allow. Rather than makin...

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Can the teacher see the student annotations after they take the assessment in Mastery Connect?

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Hi there,I am an administrator for Sinclair Elementary but when I run my reports in mastery connect, I see division wide information.  I am not sure how to view reports for my school only. Any help would be great.Cyndi Stephens 

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If I sent a pdf file through MasteryConnect, can the students still use the tools and accommodations?  I set up a practice test, clicked all the appropriate boxes for students to use in tools, but the students were unable to use them, i.e. highlight,...

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I make my own assessments weekly. Today when I went to assign the assessment, the assessment tab will not load.  Is this a website error? Is anyone else have issues with the assessment tab? 

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But I do not know where or how to generate an access code for students to access assessments. I thought it 

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I have 2 new students this 2nd quarter.  They are on my skyward roll but do not come up on the SIS??How do I add them to a tracker? 

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I have an inclusion teacher that is trying to view the question used during an assessment. When she goes to the tracker, she has each standard listed in it. If she hovers over the colors (remediation, proficient, etc.), she can see where it says exte...

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In creating an assessment, I have came across several questions that are aligned to the wrong standard.  Is there a way to correct this? 

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I am an administrator. How do I find how my teachers classes did on the BOY Science Assessment?

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As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions.

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The Mastery View College Prep Assessment Reports, previously only available via ShareFile, can be accessed by teachers, school administrators, and district leaders directly from within Mastery Connect.

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Discover three updates to help districts and teachers create their Mastery Trackers for the 2024 school year! 

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A new report sharing predictive validity evidence for the Mastery View Predictive Assessments is now available. The report provides evidence from seven districts across four states for grade 3–8 students in math, reading, and science.

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If you have accessed your Mastery Connect account since last week, you likely noticed a change in our default color palette. While this change has significant visual impact, we believe it will ultimately improve Mastery Connect by making it more acce...

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Explore your Mastery connect data with new dashboards, visualizations, and features! 

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Please read for important updates to our Mastery Connect teacher and student mobile apps.

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Beginning on April 10th 2024, explore and provide feedback on over 200 items aligned to the ACT reporting categories. Access the new sample items for free for two-weeks!

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Your students can now demonstrate their Mastery on any graded Canvas Assignment or graded discussion. Simply align your assignment, and score your student's work. 

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A few weeks ago our team was able to visit districts in the Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium in Mississippi.  We were met with warmth and enthusiasm when over 40 representatives from various districts across the region joined us, bringing w...

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As uncovered in our latest studies, grade 3–8 students who completed more assessments in Mastery Connect had significantly higher ELA and math performance on end-of-year assessments. 

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During the past few years, our Product teams have been on a continuous journey of innovation. We’ve compiled a captivating walk down memory lane to highlight the enhancements made to Mastery Connect from 2021 through 2023.

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Welcome Back to School! The Mastery Connect R&D Team has been working all summer to support the learning you will do in your classroom this year. 

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The April updates to the Instructure Roadmap are now live. Get an overview of the adjustments, then dive into linked articles for more information. 

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At Mastery Connect we are always working to ensure that educators have access to what you need to start your school year off right. In that spirit we have made a few changes to our roadmap to make sure you can start assessing students on day one. 

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Mastery Connect and the Mastery Item Banks provide educators with tools to build and administer classroom assessments and intuitively visualize student mastery of a standard. But what happens when states update their standards?

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Since I joined Instructure earlier this year, I’ve been repeatedly honored and humbled by educators around the world and the work you are doing. I have found the many, many conversations I have had with teachers and leaders invaluable as we continue ...

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Today is the day! After reviewing our proposed path forward with various community members, we can share an outline of the next version of Idea Conversations! Building on what we learned from you, we created the following guiding principles, which sh...

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If you are a district administrator using both the Mastery Connect (AMS) and Canvas (LMS) applications, you already have the tools for a successful year. You can easily deliver learning activities through Canvas and visualize student levels of unders...

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Mastery Connect Help Center and Online PD are moving to new and improved homes!

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Read on to find out how to participate in user interviews so that we can improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook experience!

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Here at Canvas, we remain committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging and to serving all members of the Instructure family. We have updated the icon for item banks and resources within Canvas LMS and Mastery Connect to a file folder to acknowled...

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What do you do if your school or district changes courses at the end of the semester, but your MasteryConnect Tracker is set up to measure student progress for the entire school year? We have a solution, link that Tracker to a different course. 

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The MasteryConnect team was hard at work in 2021. Check out some of the features we are most proud of sharing with you.

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The MasteryConnect Teacher App works as the perfect companion for mastery-tracking both around the classroom and away from your computer. The Teacher App is available on both iOS and Android! 

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Managing content at a district level is a huge job, and content is always changing. Check out three tools that will help you get your most up-to-date content into Teacher’s Trackers to help inform instruction.

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The MasteryConnect team is looking toward the future, and we want to hear from you! 

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Welcome back for the 2021-2022 school year! It is time for fresh crayons, blank notebooks, and a new MasteryConnect integration with Canvas. Since teachers are busy getting ready for the return of students I wanted to share six of my favorite time sa...

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Mastery Connect Release Notes

Learn about the latest releases, updates, and bug fixes for Mastery Connect

In this Mastery Connect release (December 19), Mastery Connect supports bulk Printable benchmark PDF and answer key exports, and assessment authors can preview assessments. Additionally, Gradecam enhancement has been implemented.    New Features  ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 31), Mastery Connect supports single sign-on (SSO) through ClassLink. Additionally, Mastery Connect & Desmos customers can request the Desmos Matrix Calculator to add to available Desmos calculators.    New ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 27), the Quick Reassess feature allows Mastery Item Bank users to easily reassess students with a few clicks. Additionally, the Mastery Connect login page is redesigned with an improved user experience.   ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 19), administrators can export multiple Mastery View Predictive Assessment Reports at the same time, item types have been updated, and all educators can search for their items and passages using keywords in...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 22), admins and teachers can easily compare an assessment to other assessments.    New Features   Assessment Compare   Admins and teachers can easily compare an assessment to other assessments.   On any Ass...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 25), district admins can restrict teacher tracker creation. Additionally, districts can opt to change account settings so teachers only have access to approved cores when creating trackers, curriculum maps, or a...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 19), the Mastery Connect global color palette is updated to enhance accessibility.    Updated Feature   Global Color Palette Update   The Mastery Connect global color palette is updated to be fully accessible...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 11), the Save option allows users to save selected dashboard filters and options.    New Features   Saved Dashboards The Save option allows users to save selected dashboard filters and settings. This feature a...

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  In this Mastery Connect release (July 1), Overview and Assessment dashboards provide admins with flexibility and insight into student Mastery performance and assessment results. Also, educators can align assignments and grade Canvas content to a s...

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In this Mastery Connect release (April 18), the Assessment Editor for item-based assessments is updated with an analysis view. Furthermore, all assessment types are updated with an in-depth printable answer key. Additionally, searching for and filte...

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In this Mastery Connect release (April 12), additional item types are available for printing.    Updated Feature   Printable Item Type Updates Additional item types are available for printing. To ensure a smooth experience for printed assessments, ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (March 21), admins and instructors can align a Canvas assignment to a standard in a Mastery tracker for a more unified experience. Additionally, the header in the Mastery Connect student assessment experience is updat...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 26), Canvas New Quizzes can be converted to Mastery Connect assessments.    New Feature   New Quiz Conversion to Mastery Connect Canvas New Quizzes can be converted to Mastery Connect assessments. New Quizz...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 19), users can include archived student data when bulk exporting scores as CSV reports.    New Feature   Bulk Export Archived Student Data Users can include archived student data when bulk exporting scores...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 28), district administrators can bulk deliver benchmark assessments. An interface update is also included.    New Feature   Bulk Benchmark Assessment Delivery District administrators can bulk deliver benc...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 21), teachers, collaborators, and admins with permissions to access a tracker can export a CSV report that displays mastery and assessment results by student for each standard in a tracker. Additionally, in...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 24), administrators can download a CSV-formatted file of the Overview Report. Also, the experience for creating and editing curriculum maps and trackers is updated to provide various windows for an intuitive wo...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 17), all standard selector drop-down menus are updated. Also, instructors can print all of their assessments. Additionally, users can easily view the number of items found next to the standard and item type. A...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (August 11), districts that use Chromebooks can install Respondus Lockdown Browser using a new extension via the Chrome Web Store.    New Features   Respondus Lockdown Browser Chromebook Extension Districts that us...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (July 20), a Tracker Status field is added to the benchmark progress export.    Updated Features   Tracker Status Field A Tracker Status field is added to the benchmark progress export.    The Tracker Status field...

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In this Mastery Connect release (June 29), Mastery Connect introduces an updated user experience which includes: the ability to convert Canvas Classic Quizzes to Mastery assessments, a new assessment creation experience, and a Tracker Assessment lis...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (February 2), the district teacher export includes teacher status.   New Features   Teacher Status The district teacher export includes a teacher status column. This update allows users to easily view teacher statu...

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In this Mastery Connect release (January 19), the option to Include Dictionary and Picture Dictionary is available in the Export Students modal.   New Features   Export Students Dictionary Setting The option to Include Dictionary and Picture Dicti...

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In this Mastery Connect release (January 13), teachers can create a Spanish language Mastery Connect item or passage. Additionally, Teachers can enable dictionary tools in Enhanced Accommodation (EA) assessments for individual students.   New Featur...

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In this Mastery Connect release (December 15), teachers and administrators can access Mastery View Predictive Assessment reports within Mastery Connect.   New Features   Mastery View Predictive Assessments Administrators and teachers can access Ma...

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In this Mastery Connect release (December 1), contextual metadata has been added to the item analysis graphs: this includes, item type, points available, the depth-of-knowledge (DOK) rating, and the item title. Updated Features Item Analysis...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 15), district admins can export CSV reports of trackers, sections, students, and teachers from Mastery Connect.     New Features   Section, Tracker, and User CSV Exports District admins can export CSV rep...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 18), the Helpful Resources menu links are updated to direct users to new Instructure Community, Online PD, and Support resources.     Updated Features   Helpful Resources Menu The Helpful Resources menu lin...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 29), an export option is available in the Tracker-level Item Analysis report.     New Features   Tracker-level Item Analysis Export   An export option is available in the Tracker-level Item Analysis report. Th...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 21), benchmark and district formative assessments are updated to provide a more clear user experience.     New Features   Assessment Management Experience Benchmark and district formative assessments are updat...

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