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LUCYRUDDER · 2024-09-30

How do I connect my already created tracker and canvas course together? I have already tried clicking on the link tracker part of canvas with the panda on it, but all it offers is to create a new tracker or to link to another course which won't work ...

StephanieBaldwi · 2024-09-30

Our district is new to Mastery Connect and we had been told it had a grade cam like what we were currently using.Now we have started the year with Mastery Connect and find out...grade cam ONLY grades 10 question quizzes. And we were told we can't cha...

ASHTONBROWN1 · 2024-09-30

reeseme · 2024-09-28

In Mastery Connect help tutorials I have seen references to being able to change rounding setting between "none" and "round down" when using the partial match scoring setting. My quizzes are defaulting to round down (so if I had 3 responses and a stu...

3t · 2024-09-28

How to get to a specific class that needs grading. I continue to get the wrong class that has already been graded

KMurphy-LOMS · 2024-09-27

Is there a way for teachers to see how much time students spent on an assessment in MasteryConnect? I have Googled this question and it takes me through a step by step process, but it tells me to find a "classes" tab and I only have a "trackers" tab...

ParsheenaBerch · 2024-09-26

Students have taken the assessment that I have assigned for them. It is not showing their color on my tracker. It is showing that they haven't taken the assessment. When I click on that specific standard, they have taken it.

AllisonNippe · 2024-09-26

Is there a way to email assessments to parents? When my students test, I have them put their answers on an answer sheet, and that is what I send home. Several are wanting to see the test. I teach 50 students and I do not have to copies available t...

TonyaH · 2024-09-25

My entire class just up and disappeared and is no longer even linked to a tracker. The assessment they took is no longer there. How soon can you add this tracker back with the results of the assessment they took????

SarahKrus · 2024-09-25

I have 27 sections. I have to create 27 behavior trackers and 27 standard based trackers. Is there a way to bulk import from SIS? With assignments we can add to multiple sections at a time. Is there something similar for trackers?

CarlaMitchell · 2024-09-25

How do I get access to Mastery Connect? I use to have an account but it has been suspended.

tbaird903 · 2024-09-25

We have teachers who have imported Quizzes from CANVAS onto Mastery Connect. When the students click on the Mastery Connect tab on the CANVAS page it requires them to take the quiz with a test id which is what we want.However, if a student goes into ...

GeraldEngland · 2024-09-25

Our district uses CANVAS as its LMS and we are beginning to use Mastery Connect to monitor student achievement. I teach Career Technology Courses and almost all assignments are project based assignments where the student demonstrates knowledge by cre...

Brushami · 2024-09-22

I have been tasked this year with using Mastery Tracker and Mastery Connect to create assessments in my classes. I am currently teaching Algebra Functions & Data Analysis along with Algebra II. I typically create questions that are either short-ans...

SarahFreeze · 2024-09-21

I have built an assessment, but I am unable to click the "Create Assessment" button. All items that are included in the assessment are published items, created by me. There are no error messages or warning bubbles that I can see. What am I doing wron...

KLong10 · 2024-09-20

I have created a quiz in Mastery Connect with a classification option. Under the "More" dropdown for grading, there are four options that I am not clear as to their meaning. Where can I find some clarification instead of having to grade/regrade every...

MirandaPeterson · 2024-09-19

I have created assesments in MC with the short answer feature. Is there a setting where teachers can self-grade a short answer in the "Launch Performance Grader"? Teachers have shared in the past they could click the green check mark and it would c...

DeidraNava · 2024-09-19

While the grader is easy to use, I'm struggling to find a way to leave students feedback on their responses in the assessment. Is there a way to write something instead of just assigning a numerical score?

LewisTD · 2024-09-19

Can a single assessment be added to a tracker more than once? Or is there a way to allow students multiple attempts on a single assessment?

AnneLangdon · 2024-09-19

I have five students who took an assessment through Mastery Connect (online with testing code) and their submissions are not showing up. 1) If the students do NOT hit the Finish button, does the test not save their answers? 2) Is there a way for me t...

rebecca_ryan054 · 2024-09-18

A teacher gave students an assessment, and the questions looked good on their end. The question was taken from a bank of questions created by the district. For some students, fractions, and exponents were shown incorrectly. For example students are s...

StacieKegley · 2024-09-18

I had a teacher who accidently created multiple trackers with the same roster of students and then those students took an assessment. Once she caught her mistake, she updated her trackers and the data is showing as "dog-eared' in the correct tracker....

AkahaiLazarus · 2024-09-17

Is it possible to set just one standard's proficiency calculation as decaying average? Most of my standards should be set to "most recent" but I do want one or two of them set as "decaying average". Right now, I only see the option to change all stan...

AndreaTracy · 2024-09-16

When I click on an assessment to access the data I receive an Ooops. We're Sorry message. This is the same for another assistant principal in my school...

MichaelSmith24 · 2024-09-16

I teach Physical Science. I teach the basics of Chemistry. Is there a way for me to get to those questions in the bank even though those classes are not my official classes and add them to a physical Science Test?

DesmosMac · 2024-09-16

I'm not sure why/how I have this data tool bar when I view my assessment results, however many teachers in the district don't. I also only get it for certain assessments. I am a district admin, but this tool bar shows "Details, Settings, Progress, & ...

RebeccaDondanvi · 2024-09-14

Is there a way to create sub-folders within your personal item bank? I teach 6 different courses across 6 sets of standards and need to be able to organize items in my bank to find them again. Right now, the only community answers I can find relate...

RebeccaDondanvi · 2024-09-14

When searching the entire Instructure community, I found a single post by a moderator that indicated you could assign more than one standard to an assessment item. In that post, the moderator said that after selecting the first standard you want to ...

DannyScruggs · 2024-09-13

How do students see their dashboards. The only option they see now is a box for test ID and a box for Student ID

DawnProbst · 2024-09-12

After my students completed an assessment, the results by student by standard aren't populating out on my tracker. I only see each student's total score for the assessment and my class average score; the columns for each standard are blank. My techno...

ChrisNguyen · 2024-10-28

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.

Cason · 2024-08-23

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

ChrisNguyen · 2024-08-01

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.

Cason · 2024-07-22

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...

Cason · 2024-07-08

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

Cason · 2024-05-29

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

ChrisNguyen · 2024-04-04

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!

Cason · 2024-03-25

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.

DanaOkerlund · 2024-03-08

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...

AlLeeLP · 2024-03-05

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.

KenzHughes · 2024-01-08

Beginning today, Community members will only be able to comment on Product Blogs published in the last six months.

noel_gomez · 2023-12-08

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.

DanaOkerlund · 2023-09-01

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.

jmitchell3 · 2023-04-05

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

DanaOkerlund · 2023-04-04

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.

BlakeHelm · 2023-03-09

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?

shirenv · 2022-12-16

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 ...

shirenv · 2022-11-30

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...

Cason · 2022-08-17

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...

marpar · 2022-08-12

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

BenFriedman · 2022-07-12

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

MPioRoda · 2022-07-06

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...

DanaOkerlund · 2022-01-12

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.

noel_gomez · 2022-01-06

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

Kyle_Sipple · 2021-12-03

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!

DanaOkerlund · 2021-10-05

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.

DanaOkerlund · 2021-09-08

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

DanaOkerlund · 2021-08-06

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...

KathrynGrady · 2021-07-19

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, ...

noel_gomez · 2021-07-14

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 ...

Published: 09-27-2024

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. ...

Published: 09-20-2024

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...

Published: 08-23-2024

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...

Published: 07-26-2024

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...

Published: 07-22-2024

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...

Published: 07-12-2024

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...

Published: 07-01-2024

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...

Published: 04-19-2024

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...

Published: 04-12-2024

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, ...

Published: 03-21-2024

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...

Published: 10-27-2023

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...

Published: 10-19-2023

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...

Published: 09-29-2023

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...

Published: 09-22-2023

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...

Published: 08-25-2023

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...

Published: 08-18-2023

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...

Published: 08-11-2023

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...

Published: 07-21-2023

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...

Published: 06-29-2023

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...

Published: 02-06-2023

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...

Published: 01-23-2023

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...

Published: 01-13-2023

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...

Published: 12-16-2022

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...

Published: 12-02-2022

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...

Published: 09-16-2022

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...

Published: 08-19-2022

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...

Published: 07-29-2022

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...

Published: 07-22-2022

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...

Published: 07-01-2022

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...

Published: 06-26-2022

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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