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I have a student that is unable to access the District Formative Assessments (DFA) listed in their assignments. It shows the assessment, but when student selects one, it says they don't have access to them.

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I would like to know if there is an option to turn off the scores that the students are able to see after testing. I have come to the realization that it increases test anxiety because students are able to see a number at the end of the assessment ul...

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I created a new tracker but it isn't giving me the link to connect to Canvas.  What gives?

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My administration wants use the "Print Student Reports" on each track to send home data about our benchmark assessments.  I know that we can print scores to do this, but it doesn't give explain the standards, so they want "Print Student Reports".  Ho...

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What is the difference between trackers created from Cmap verses trackers that are auto-aligned?

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I have a test that is broke into two parts - calculator active and calculator inactive. As of right now I have two separate tests that I give on different days to accommodate this need. Is there a way to create test that have different parts/sections...

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When making a new common assessment for my district, I noticed a new option for standards. TN (Tennessee)2016 Standards are still an option, but I noticed there is an option for 2022 Standards. Do these standards now include the updates to the TN Sci...

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In the admin view, you are able to see the last login for staff/teachers. How is the Last Login determined?

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We have several students who receive the accommodation of shortened tests and/or answer choices. Is there a setting we can select in the accommodation choice or a way to have that happen automatically? We've been doing it manually on the paper, but s...

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We do not want students to be able to view their scores at the end of a benchmark assessment.  How do we disable this function?  Is this something that teachers can do or does someone with an admin account need to disable this feature?

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How can you see all the questions and standards associated with a passage?

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I need to add a student to my existing tracker.  It used to give me an option to "add students" in the drop down menu under the People tab.  That is no longer there.  How do I add a student?

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How do you create a question that is optional in Mastery Connect?   Like a bonus question.  Which will count for extra credit and not count against if missed.

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I would like to add an assessment I created through a tracker in a course to a curriculum map. I understand how to connect the assessment to the curriculum map but the correct map (I teach multiple courses) is not popping up. What am I missing?

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I created 3 trackers for a colleague but somehow used the wrong email address.  How can I correct the email address? 

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Hello, Does anyone have recommendations for how to add a school admin to multiple schools in MasteryConnect? Currently, we only have the ability to assign one school to a School Admin role, but our administrator serves two different schools and needs...

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I need to create one assessment with items from two different sets of standards.  Is that possible?  If so, please give some guidance about how to do it.

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When I create a passage with a writing prompt, I do not see an option for students to have a highlighter tool. Am I missing it or is it not an option? 

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It would be really helpful to be able to reorder assessments in the Tracker Student View for a specific standard  For example, if a teacher creates an end-of-unit assessment, starting in the tracker, it will be added to the tracker, but if the teache...

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My trackers are set up by class period.  I have a student that has been moved from the 3rd period to 6th period.  The trackers are linked to our LMS (synergy).  I have clicked on update for both trackers but the student has not moved.  The LMS has hi...

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Asking this question again because it has not been addressed in previous forums. In the settings for an assessment, an option for multiple attempts exists. However, it does not work. We have tried to delete the students score and reopen the assessmen...

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Is there a way to access a report showing how long a student spent on an assessment in Mastery Connect?

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I created all the trackers for my teachers at the beginning of the school year.  However, when the reports from the benchmarks come back the classes are indistinguishable as they are all titled with my name.  Is there a way to change the owner of the...

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Is there a report that will give our school percentiles based on the current district benchmark our students completed?   We need this due to placing student in our RTI process   

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I've got a student who accesses MC through Clever, but another student's info comes up. I think this is an issue for support to look at, but I can't find where to submit a specific student case here. I've checked the data on both students and it is c...

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Student Chromebook (Dell 3100 2-in-1 touchscreen) repeatedly gets stuck in MC student and is unable to navigate out of the app, power off, or force quit.  We tried swapping devices and same issue persists.  The only thing i've found to get out of the...

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How do you create a classroom test with separate subparts? I know the benchmarks are created this way, but I am unable to create an exam for my classroom with separate subparts. 

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My students took a county-made and controlled Benchmark. When they finished, I could see the scores and the class average for each of 3 blocks. Today, I can't see anything from my 1st block. The other two are fine. Any ideas?  The Benchmark is not ev...

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As of yesterday, October 21, 2024, over half of my student's names are missing from my tracker. I've restarted my computer but they are still missing, which means I am unable to see their scores or input their rubric points for their assessment. Plea...

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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.

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

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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.

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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...

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

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

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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!

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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. 

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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...

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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

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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. 

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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?

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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

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

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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...

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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. 

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

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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! 

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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.

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

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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...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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Learn about the latest releases, updates, and bug fixes for Mastery Connect

In this Mastery Connect release (October 31), Mastery Connect supports single sign-on (SSO) through ClassLink. Additionally, Mastery Connect & Desmos customers can request the Desmos Matrix Calculator to add to available Desmos calculators.    New ...

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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.   ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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  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...

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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...

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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, ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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