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I heard a rumor that it's possible to merge two trackers into one class. My school does not track students by class, but differentiates inside each class based on weighted vs. non-weighted grades. They split our rosters in PowerSchool and it forces u...

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I have been using MasteryConnect for years, and just today I tried to add an assessment to trackers and it says I need to Convert the Mastery Levels to match my trackers.  I noticed that they had added a mastery level called Exceeds Expectations to t...

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We are using Mastery Connect for benchmark testing and are having the problem of text to speech beginning to read the passage but then stopping.  The students have to repeatedly click stop and play over and over until the entire passage is read.  Has...

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My Benchmark assessment is not showing on MasteryConnect.  Trackers have been created and Benchmark has been assigned to my school.  

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When I go to my "all students" tracker to add the "individual class trackers" to it, it takes me to a list of all of the individual students instead of the other trackers I have created? How do I fix this so that it will let me add the trackers I hav...

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Is there a way to easily print all of our students' Narrative writing responses to a Predictive Assessment? My teachers want to give student feedback on a document.

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After my students write their answers to the prompt I put in comments about the assessment as I read it. However, when my students go in to view their graded assessment it shows up in HTML showing all the formatting and making it really difficult for...

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So, something that doesn't seem to be available on MasteryConnect assessments, is the ability to set up questions like Classification & Sorting, where they're worth more than 1 point, to give partial credit for the parts of the answers that are corre...

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Our teachers have created assessments through the portal and are in need of an overall average of the assessment. Is that a posibility?

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Last year, I was able to roll over questions bars and proficiency bars and the list of student names would pop up that applied to that level.  This year, this function is not active and it is missed a great deal. Can it please be brought back?

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Hello,I have a student who is unable to take the Benchmark Assessment in Mastery Connect.  Even though the student took the midterm exam in Mastery Connect, it is saying that she has no activities yet as if she has never accessed the program.  The di...

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I am missing 1 student in my trackers that I used the SIS to create class list.  I have tried to search up how to manually add her and your help screens do not match what I am seeing on my screens.  For example: your help screen says to: 1. Open Trac...

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I was trying to get help with a Mastery Connect issue and clicked into Instructure Community.  However, I cannot get out of this.  I use Clever to login to Mastery Connect (through my district) but it takes me immediately into Instructure Community. ...

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I have a duplicate tracker in Mastery Connect and I need to delete it- how do you delete?

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My students are retaking a unit test this week. It was a pretty long test so I do not want them to have to answer the ones that they already got correct. Is there a way to only reset the sections that they need support in? Someone told me to go to as...

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If a student accidentally submits an online assessment before it is complete, how can I reset the test for them to go back in and finish? Or delete the score altogether?

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Is there a way to reopen an assessment for an entire class to allow students to correct answers.  It would be helpful in math classes to have multiple attempts on some assessments.  The only way that I have found to reopen an assessment is to delete ...

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My students just finished their first Benchmark. When I pull up the report it shows all students as Blue (mastery). Obviously something is not correct. Please advise.

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I have a student who was taking his test with the class. He did not have access to the test before test time. After he answered 1 question, the system kicked him out and said he was finished and gave him a score of 1%. I followed the directions to re...

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Is there a way to release student answers to the students on a close math question. When I release the questions and answers to students they are only able to see if they got credit. It would help to show them what answer they typed. I can see this i...

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How do I add state standards to my student trackers?

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To whom it may concern,I need to create an assessment that incorporates 8th grade math standards and algebra 1 standards. How do I do that?

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I am trying to scan my bubble sheets and it keeps saying, "student hasn't completed the assessment".  Why does it say this.  Why can't I just scan my bubble sheets?  

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Is there a way to monitor a student's progress as they take an assessment on Mastery Connect? All I have found is being able to see their scores and results once the student has submitted the assessment. I am curious if I can see what question each s...

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Is there a way I can tell what item/items have been used on assessments?  

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Hello,I've created a curriculum map with 6 units.  Within those 6 units I want to add 3 assessments (2 common formatives and 1 summative).  When I upload unit 1's assessment, the assessment appears in all the units that have those standards instead o...

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I have added an assessment to my trackers. I have 2 students that it does not show up when they log in and attempt to take the assessment. Everyone else can see it and take it. How can I fix this issue for these two students? We have taken other asse...

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As standards are tested multiple times, is the score averaged on that standard in mastery connect?

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How can I set the quiz in Mastery Connect so that it will reveal the correct answers to questions they missed?

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How do you assign co-teachers in 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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Districts want to help their educators ensure standard mastery, and then correlate those formative results with benchmark and summative data to predict progress - as well as to analyze disparities and trends by school, cohort, student subpopulation, ...

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Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the MasteryConnect Updates: More to Love for Back to School ‘21  webinar! We had a great time showing off the awesome new features that are on the way. If you were unable to attend, it’s not too late ...

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Using MasteryConnect and Canvas just got better! Soon Trackers will be connected to Canvas Courses, making it even easier to access the power of the MasteryConnect directly from your Canvas Course. Now you’ll have more time for teaching, assessing, a...

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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 (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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In this Mastery Connect release (July 1), instructors can create a new tracker from one of their created or shared curriculum maps from the trackers list.     New Features   Create New Tracker from Curriculum Map Instructors can create a new track...

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In this Mastery Connect release (June 24), Mastery Connect has updated branding for Item Bank names, TE21 Reports and names, and mobile app tiles to better align with the Instructure brand.     New Features   Mastery Connect Branding Updates Maste...

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