There are two main tools in Connect and Summit which allow you to view your analysis against an alternative benchmark.
Account Benchmark selector
Selector allows admin user in a Connect/Summit account to impose a benchmark for all users.
Session benchmark toggle
Selector allows admin user in a Connect account to give control of benchmark selection to individual users.
User selects session benchmark.
How do I find these tools?
Connect
- Click on Analysis Settings from the Homepage
- Admin users will see the Account Benchmark Selector
- Colleagues who have been given permission to toggle benchmark will see the Session benchmark toggle (see below)
Summit
- Click on Benchmark setup from the Homepage
- All users will see the Account Benchmark Selector
- All users will see the Session benchmark toggle
Account benchmark selector
Summary:
Admin users have the permission to select a benchmark across the whole of the Connect or Summit account.
This will affect all users.
This will be a permanent change, ie when a user logs out and then in again, they will see this benchmark.
We highly recommend you read the articles signposted on the page as switching benchmarks has implications for all users and the resulting analysis.
1. Navigate to the Account Benchmark Selector page from the Homepage (see above).
2. Use the dropdown to select the desired benchmark.
3. Click SAVE and agree to the ARE YOU SURE dropdown.
All users will now use this selected benchmark. There will be a lozenge in the top bar informing the user which benchmark they are using.
Session benchmark toggle
Summary:
Admin users have to give users permission to see and use this tool in Connect. Summit users have this by default.
The benchmark switch lasts for the duration of the session and will reset to the account benchmark default on signing out and in again or refreshing the page.
The tool switches the benchmark for individual users only.
1. As an Admin user in Connect you will be able to give other user rights to toggle the benchmark. Note: Summit you will have this option by default.
a. Click into Manage Users
b. Note new column headed 'Client benchmark switching'
c. Click on edit user in final column.
3. User will now have the ability to switch benchmark. They should click on the Analysis Settings in the Homepage menu.
a. Click on the Session Benchmarks toggle
b. Read the information carefully. There are links on this page which we would urge any colleague looking to switch benchmarks to read as they contain essential information regarding the educational context.
c. Scroll to bottom of page and select the desired benchmark from the dropdown and SAVE.
4. The user will now be viewing Connect using the 2024 provider benchmark. There will be a lozenge in the top bar informing the user which benchmark they are using.
5. This switch will be applied to the whole of Connect/Summit and will persist until users either
a. Switches benchmark toggle back to national OR
b. Signs out of Connect/Summit, at which point the benchmark will default back to the 2019 version.