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The Domain teacher summary and Teacher Dashboard aggregate and display data about student performance, progress, and teacher responsiveness.
Threshold defaults in Buzz
In order to provide this summarized data, Buzz uses the following default thresholds and color indicators for the Teacher Dashboard:
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Needs grading columns: The color signal on the Needs grading: total count indicates the following statuses:
- Green: All submitted gradable items have been graded within 2 days or fewer.
- Yellow: One or more submitted gradable items have remained ungraded for 3-5 days.
- Red: One or more submitted gradable items have remained ungraded for 5 or more days.
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Student performance: Assesses overall student achievement based on scores and recent submissions in each course.
- Green: Students, in aggregate, are performing more than 10% above the course's minimum passing grade.
- Yellow: Students, in aggregate, have failed 1 of their last 5 submissions or are within 10% of the minimum passing grade.
- Red: Students, in aggregate, have failed 2 of their last 5 submissions or are below the minimum passing grade.
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Student Pace: Evaluates how closely students are staying on schedule with submissions in each course.
- Green: Students, in aggregate, are submitting work on time, with fewer than 10% of gradable items past due.
- Yellow: Students, in aggregate, have 10-30% of gradable items past due.
- Red: Students, in aggregate, have 30% or more of gradable items past due.
Needs grading colors differ in the Domain teacher summary
While the Domain teacher summary uses the same thresholds as the Teacher Dashboard, the color signals represent overall responsiveness across the teacher's courses to help administrators understand whether grading backlogs are isolated or indicate a broader concern.
In the Domain teacher summary, the Needs grading: total signal colors work as follows:
- Green: Most submissions are being graded within 2 days.
- Yellow: Submissions are trending toward longer grading times (3-5 days).
- Red: A significant portion of submissions have been waiting 5+ days.
Learn more: Domain teacher summary
Change Teacher Dashboard data defaults
If you want to change these thresholds to meet your organization's standards:
- Open the vertical menu in the toolbar of Domain Details.
- Select Domain Settings.
- Open the Text editor from the toolbar.
- Add the following code to theDomain Customization window within the
customizationtags:
<enrollmentmetrics>
<performance>
<score red="0" yellow="0.25"/>
<direction count="5" red="2" yellow="1"/>
</performance>
<pace>
<late red="0.3" yellow="0.15"/>
<activity red="15" yellow="8" range="false"/>
</pace>
<responsiveness red="5" yellow="3"/>
<completion red="0.8" yellow="0.9"/>
<rollup redweight="4" yellowweight="1" red="0.3" yellow="0.1"/>
</enrollmentmetrics>This code represents the enrollmentmetrics element and it specifies the parameters for the data shown on the Teacher Dashboard and elsewhere in Buzz. Each value is optional, and if not otherwise specified, the defaults outlined above are used.
- Edit the relevant values to meet your standards (see table).
- Save.
Elements
This table outlines the enrollmentmetrics elements you can edit for your courses.
|
Element |
Attribute |
Meaning |
| enrollmentmetrics / performance / score |
red |
The fraction above the course passing score for the red threshold. The default is 0. For example if passing score is 0.7 set red="0.1" to make the threshold 0.73. |
| yellow |
The fraction above the course passing score for the yellow threshold. This is larger than red. The default is 0.25. For example if passing score is 0.7 set yellow="0.3" to make the threshold 0.79. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / performance / direction |
count |
The last count number of gradable items to use. Default is 5. |
| red |
The minimum number of items below passing. The default is 2. |
|
| yellow |
The minimum number of items below passing. The default is 1. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / pace / late |
red |
The fraction of items that are past the due date. The default is 0.3. |
| yellow |
The fraction of items that are past the due date. The default is 0.15. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / pace / activity |
red |
The number of days without any student activity in this enrollment. The default is 15. |
| yellow |
The number of days without any student activity in this enrollment. The default is 8. |
|
| range |
Set to true to apply activity metrics to range sections. The default is false. Normally range sections have other indications that the student needs help, including late and performace. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / responsiveness |
red |
The number of days that the oldest assignment has been in the queue to be graded. The default is 5. |
| yellow |
The number of days that the oldest assignment has been in the queue to be graded. The default is 3. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / completion |
red |
The fraction of student enrollments with a passing grade. The default is 0.8. |
| yellow |
The fraction of student enrollments with a passing grade. The default is 0.9. |
|
| enrollmentmetrics / rollup |
redweight |
The weight for a rollup for a red signal. The default is 4. |
| yellowweight |
The weight for a rollup for a yellow signal. The default is 1. |
|
| red |
The weighted average for signals for a rollup. The default is 0.3. |
|
| yellow |
The weighted average for signals for a rollup. The default is 0.1. |
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