Connect - 'How to' videos

Connect - 'How to' videos

This article contains short videos designed to help you make the most of Connect:

  1. Gap analysis on strategic indicators
  2. Using the Trends tab on the Subject page
  3. Custom Gradepoints - Selecting your gradepoint trends
  4. Individual Student Trends
  5. MEGs and Targets by Subject
  6. Modelling grade changes - 'How do I?' and What If
  7. Modelling the effect of individual students using Ad Hoc
  8. Review the impact of fine grades
  9. Review of individual teaching set monitoring accuracy for subject review
  10. Analysing your teaching set
  11. Reviewing Targets - are they aspirational?
  12. Preparation for subject review
  13. Isolate the performance of one subject in the SPO

 

Strategic

Gap analysis on strategic indicators


Apply filters to your pages in the Strategic areas of Connect to help you identify gaps in progress.

2 mins 50s

 

Subjects


An all new trend tab in the subject area, built to help track students between in-year Gradepoints and identify those who may require additional intervention.

2 mins 24 s

 


This video will show you how to choose the Gradepoints you wish to view 

3 mins 41 sec

 


Monitor individual student progress across the Academic Year for all subjects with our new trendline; a simple way to cut through the data, to the student at its heart.

2 mins 39s

 

MEGs and Targets by subject



There is a longer version of this video on the Alps Champions webpage accessible from your Connect homepage. 

A short overview of the relationship between MEGs and the targets by subject.

4 mins 49sec

 

Modelling grade changes - 'How do I?' and What If


Use the 'What If' tool in Connect to identify key students or groups of students who could make a difference to the overall value added outcomes.

3 mins

 

Modelling the effect of individual students using the Ad Hoc


Use the Ad Hoc feature to isolate individual students or groups of students to model the effect on the overall grade.

3 mins

 

Review the impact of fine grades


If you are using fine grades - how might you use Connect to assess the impact of grade security on your subject value added grades.

2 mins 28s

 

Review of individual teaching set monitoring accuracy 


In the monitoring accuracy and in the subject area, chose your gradepoint to analyse how accurate your predictions were leading to the examinations. 

3 mins 22sec

 

Analysing your teaching set


What your teaching set page tells you about progress - includes gap analysis description.

8 mins

 

Reviewing Targets - are they aspirational?


Use Connect to check your targets are aspirational and that meeting them will result in a red VA outcome by subject - includes use of 'What If'.

5 mins

 

Preparation for subject review


Using Connect at the subject level to fully prepare for your subject review meeting - includes 'How Do I' and adding comparisons. 

8 mins 49sec

 

Students

Isolate the performance of one subject in the Student Analysis Overview


This short video shows you how to drag and drop one subject in the Student Analysis Overview, allowing you to interrogate the progress of students studying that subject, and compare this to their other subjects.

1 mins

 

 


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