Getting Started Coach Digital Compass - Teachers

Getting Started Coach Digital Compass - Teachers

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Thank you for using the Coach Digital Compass program. This versatile program provides content and materials for teacher-led or guided instruction. It also provides practice for students with standard and assignment reporting. The program aims to provide teachers with a host of resources to support accelerated learning for the whole class, plus remediation of unfinished learning for those who need it the most. This guide will provide a condensed outline for teachers to set up their classes, assign content, and view reports. 

Creating Classes

Teachers must first set up their classes to begin assigning material. If your school uses Clever or ClassLink to roster students, your classes will likely already be created in Coach Digital Compass. However, if you log into the program manually, you will need to create your own classes.

  1. To manually create a class, from the drop-down menu in the toolbar, select Classes,

  2. Coach Digital Compass interface with Classes highlighted in the dropdown menu.

    Select Add a Class. (Note: On this page, for an existing class, you can Copy, Delete, Edit, View Groups, Print Letters, Print Rosters, and View Rosters, by clicking the Actions drop-down),

Coach Digital Compass Manage Classes page, EPS ELA class listed, Add a Class button highlighted.
  1. Fill in the fields on the Add a Class page,

    1. You can filter through the students by grade and/or last name,

    2. Add students by selecting the box next to their name.

  2. Select Save to finish adding the class.

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Coach Digital Compass Content 

Coach Digital lessons are available under the Content link which is available in the the top toolbar menu. Under here, you will find Books, Lessons, Assessments, Catch Up with Coach, Placement Tests, and other classroom materials. Teachers can browse this material by choosing the subject and grade(s).     

To view Coach Digital content, choose your preferred Subject and Grade(s). You can choose more than one grade.

Coach Digital Compass navigation. Coach Math Grade 3 filters selected. Library tab highlighted.

Under the Library, you will find all of your program titles. You can browse through our courses or filter by standard. The books and lessons available will appear at the center of the page, and additional instructional material can be found on the left-hand toolbar. If you want to see the kinds of titles we have in this program, please see the workbook lists in the linked files (these are for titles within grades 1 to 8).   CDC Math Titles, CDC ELA, and Reading Titles

Catch up with Coach identifies student learning gaps, then addresses those gaps through specific lessons and practice suggested by prescriptive reporting. The resource will provide you with grade-level screeners, pre-/post- tests for units, and lessons that correspond to those units

Digital Assessments. You can assign digital stand-alone Placement Tests and Digital Assessments. The Digital Assessments contain both summative and formative assessments.

Teacher Resources provides Print-Only Assessments, Assessment Answer Keys, Teacher Guide and other Tools and Glossaries.

Coach Digital Compass interface. Library tab selected. Coach ELA Grade 3 filters applied. Practice Coach Plus resource displayed.
Coach Digital Compass interface. Catch Up with Coach tab selected. Coach ELA Grade 3 filters applied. Lesson Planner displayed with various activities.

 

Coach Digital Compass interface. Digital Assessments tab selected. Coach ELA Grade 3 filters applied. Placement Tests and Digital Assessments listed.

 Assigning Instructional Material

Teachers can assign lessons and tests to classes, groups, and individual students. 

  1. Select Library and, using the filters at the top of the page, identify the material you wish to assign,

  2. Click the Assign button next to the title of the lesson or test,

Coach Digital Compass interface. Practice Coach Plus resource. Lesson 1 Ask and Answer Questions line with Assign button highlighted.
  1. On the Create Assignment page, fill in the required fields,

  2. Click Assign.

Create Assignment form. Class Standard Book Activity Name Start Date Expiration Date fields filled. Instruction plus Practice selected. No students listed.

Managing Assignments

You have multiple ways of managing existing assignments. These can be found under the Manage tab in your Assignment List, or by selecting the Managing tab on your Getting Started page.

Coach Digital Compass Getting Started page. Manage tab selected. Managing section highlighted. View Assignments button highlighted.

This will give you the list of all of the assignments that have been assigned by you.   

Assessment Builder

Teachers can build their own unique assignments through the “Assessment Builder” which is located in the top toolbar. Using the Assessment Builder, teachers select questions from our Question Bank and build assignments for their classrooms.

  1. To create customer assessments, from the top toolbar, click Assessment Builder > Question Bank,

Assessment Builder dropdown menu open. Question Bank highlighted.
  1. Using the Question Bank Filters, choose a Product (if applicable), Subject and Grade(s). You can also choose the Question Type, Depth of Knowledge Level or Standard,

  2. Scroll through the Question Bank list and drag-and-drop the questions you like into the Assessment Preview on the right-hand side of the page,

Assessment Builder page, Question Bank view. A red box highlights a button with a paperclip icon next to a question. A callout box explains that dragging from here will add all linked questions to the test.
  1. Give your assignment a name, and add any directions to your students in the appropriate field,

  2. Click Save and Preview or Save when finished.

Any assessments you build will be stored under Assessment Builder > Custom Assessments in the top toolbar. (Note: From the Custom Assessments drop-down, you can select from your assessments or assessments built by a School or District Admin.)

Coach Digital Compass interface. Custom Assessments tab selected. List of custom assessments displayed. Create an Assessment button visible.

 Reporting Tab

Teachers can track student progress and activity from the Reporting Tab. To see what reports are available, hover cursor over Reporting in the top toolbar. The reporting tool will give you a breakdown of student proficiency and recommendations based on student learning gaps. Select Cumulative Standards Report to track student mastery across skills. Select “Assignment Reporting” to view student assignment data by test or lesson.

Assignment Report page. Reporting dropdown menu open with Assignment Report highlighted.
Assignment Report showing Math Grade 4 Lesson Practice with 100percent completion. Filters and proficiency checkboxes visible.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a webinar walk-through of the program, contact your Educator Success team at success@epslearning.com.

 


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