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MANAGING ROLES AND PERMISSIONS UNDERSTANDING ROLES AND PERMISSIONS Mastery Connect has many roles and permissions that allow you to delegate certain responsibilities and tasks, and manage access to your teachers and staff. The highest level is District Administrator, with the lowest being Teacher. HOW DO I KNOW IF I CAN MANAGE ROLES AND PERMISSIONS? Ensure your Mastery Connect account has the Admin Tab. Through the Admin Tab , select Manage and then select Teachers . PRO TIP: You will have the ability to update the role of any staff member that has equal or less permissions than your own. EDITING ROLES AND PERMISSIONS If your account has permission to update roles, select Admin Tab , Manage , and Teachers . Locate the user you want to update permissions for and select Edit to assign their primary role under the Role dropdown menu. PRO TIP: Only a District Administrator can assign Additive Permissions. DISTRICT AND SCHOOL-LEVEL ROLES WHAT ROLES ARE THERE AT THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEVELS? Standard District Level Roles District Administrator Limited District Administrator District Administrator Reports Standard School-Level Roles School Administrator Limited School Administrator School Administrator Reports Instructional Coach Administrator Instructional Coach Teacher Additive Permissions Benchmark Author Benchmark Facilitator Content Approval District Item Author Benchmark Reporting WHY DOES THE ROLE ASSIGNED TO A STAFF MEMBER MATTER? Assigned Roles and Additive Permissions determine what a staff member will be able to “see” and “do” within the Mastery Connect platform. PRO TIP: It is important to consider what responsibilities a staff member has/will have as this will help determine the best role and Additive Permissions to assign. A user’s job title within the school district may not be the equivalent Mastery Connect Role. It is essential to consider what the user will need access to within the platform. BREAKDOWN OF ROLES DISTRICT LEVEL ROLES SCHOOL LEVEL ROLES ADDITIVE PERMISSIONS LET'S TRY IT OUT WHAT ROLES AND PERMISSIONS SHOULD WE ASSIGN? Ms. Williams is a Literacy Coach at Quincy Elementary who supports grades K-5 and monitors school reports. She also builds and authors district benchmarks. What roles and permissions should we assign? Ms. Williams is set as an Instructional Coach Admin because she requires school-level access to overview reports and management of teachers in her building. Her Additive Permission is set as Benchmark Author because she will need the ability to author district items and build district-level assessments. PRO TIP: Ms. Williams’ primary role and Additive Permission allow her to access the reporting and management within Mastery Connect. Remember: a user’s job title within their organization may not necessarily be the same role (or title) assigned in Mastery Connect. Ultimately, Ms. Williams’ roles and permissions were assigned based on her responsibilities. FINAL THOUGHTS Using Mastery Connect roles and permissions helps to ensure key staff members are able to access information that supports teachers and students. Watch the blog video here and check out our Community Guide on Roles and Permissions! Please comment below. We’d love to hear from you! Our Mastery Services team provides expert professional development, strategic consulting, and alternative options designed to support the vision, goals, and adoption of Mastery products. If you would like to learn more about our services check out our Professional Development Options and contact your CSM for more information! ... View more

LOCATING A BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT | CANVAS & MASTERY CONNECT How do I find my district’s benchmark assessment? A Mastery View Predictive Assessment is automatically added to your Mastery Tracker as a district benchmark assessment. Once a benchmark is made available by your district, you will be able to set up the delivery of your assessment.   A benchmark assessment can be found in multiple places: Benchmarks can be found on the Mastery Connect Home Page in the Benchmark tab.  Benchmarks can be found in the Mastery Tracker (once released by your district).  If using Canvas, the Benchmark can be found in the Assignments Tab in your Course Navigation. PRO TIP: If you do not see your Benchmark assessment appear in your Mastery Tracker, make sure that you go to the Tracker button inside your Tracker and select “Benchmarks” to ensure that the benchmark is visible in your tracker.     BENCHMARK STATUS | CANVAS & MASTERY CONNECT How will I know the status of the benchmark assessment? Each benchmark will display an icon letting you know the status of the assessment. The four icons that represent the status of a benchmark are:  Scheduled Available Paused Completed   PRO TIP: A district may pause a benchmark assessment, knowing that the assessment is paused will let you know that your access and the student’s access to the benchmark have been temporarily suspended by the district.   DELIVERING A MASTERY VIEW PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT | MASTERY CONNECT Benchmark Delivery  Locate the Benchmark Assessment in the Mastery Tracker  Hover over the column of the assessment and select Assess You will see all of the standards that are being assessed in the benchmark appear within separate columns Above each column, you will see Assess  Select Assess from any of the columns (don’t worry, they each take you to the same place) The Assessment Delivery window will appear and allow you to determine if you would like to deliver the assessment using the TEST ID or the Student Portal.   TEST ID: This method requires students to have a TEST ID (provided by the teacher) to access the benchmark assessment.  Student Portal: This option gives students access to the benchmark without needing a TEST ID.   PRO TIP: TEST IDs are unique to each assessment and tracker.  No TEST ID will be the same from tracker to tracker, even if it is the same assessment!  DELIVERING A MASTERY VIEW PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT | CANVAS Benchmark Delivery  Locate the Benchmark Assessment in the Mastery Tracker  Go to Assignments in the Course Navigation and locate the unpublished Benchmark Assessment and click on the title of the assessment Select Edit Assignment Settings At the bottom of the window, you will be able to assign the benchmark assessment to your students and set availability windows.  Note: If you have a cross-listed Canvas course, you can set different availability dates and times per section.   Once you have selected the availability times, select Publish to make the assessment available to your students.   Students then log in to their Canvas account, go to your course and access the assessment in their Assignments tab.   PRO TIP: If you have any students who have an extended time accommodation, you can set a different availability time for individual students too!     FINAL THOUGHTS Whether you are delivering a Mastery View Predictive Assessment to students in Mastery Connect or Canvas, it is a relatively straightforward process!  After delivering a MVPA to your students, in addition to the reports your district will continue to receive in Sharefile, you’ll now be able to view students’ benchmark data side by side with your own formative data in your Mastery Tracker, enabling you to really target your students’ specific areas of need!   Please comment below. We’d love to hear from you! Our Mastery Services team provides expert professional development, strategic consulting, and alternative options designed to support the vision, goals, and adoption of Mastery products. If you would like to learn more about our services check out our Professional Development Options and contact your CSM for more information! Also, don't forget to watch the Video Blog about this post as well! ... View more