Engagement Check-In (Teaching Center)

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Create an Engagement Check-In to help gauge student well-being and engagement in your class and with curriculum. Questions relate to overall well-being, engagement in class, and feelings about specific assignments and curriculum. 

Check-Ins display on the Today screen in Campus Student. Check-Ins are not visible in Campus Parent.

Screenshot highlighting the smile icon on the teacher center that opens the engagement check-in side panel for that section.  Use an Engagement Check-In to solicit information about student well-being and engagement. 

Filter between All and Active Check-Ins using the buttons at the top. A Check-In is Active when today's date falls within the Check-In's date range.

Individualized and Hidden check-ins are indicated with labels.


Access to Engagement Check-In is granted through the Engagement Check-In tool right Additional Access Rights > Instruction Tools.

Create a Check-In

To create a Check-In, click theScreenshot of the smile icon. icon to open the Check-In list and click New

  1. Enter a Name for the Check-In

  2. Enter a Summary if desired.

  3. Enter Start and End Dates. Check-Ins are only available to students within this date range. If desired, click All next to Students to limit the students who receive the Check-In.

  4. Select the Question for the Check-In. Questions are grouped by well-being, followed by Classroom and Curriculum. Once you select a question, the possible answers display. 

    • If selecting a Curriculum question, choose the specific piece of curriculum, an assignment or resource, that the question is related to. Individualized assignments and those that are not visible to the class (Hidden) are indicated.

  5. Select a Follow-Up if desired, which allows students to enter additional information in a text box.

  6. If desired, click Add Engagement Question to add another question to the Check-In. Click Remove to remove a question if there is more than one.

  7. Click Save when finished.

Screenshot of a new check-in, with the summary, dates, and first question shown. 

In Campus Student

In Campus Student, students access Check-Ins from the Today screen: 

Two-part screenshot of a check-in in Campus Student and the details of the check-in as seen by the student.  Students access Check-Ins from Campus Student. 

View Check-In Results

Open a Check-In and click Edit to make changes. Questions cannot be changed once a student has responded.

Open an existing Check-In to view results. Three tabs display: Detail, Response Summary, and Student Response.

Detail

The Detail tab shows a read only view of the Check-In. 

Response Summary

The Response Summary tab summarizes the number of students who have and have not responded and shows a distribution of answers per question. 

The Total Assigned section shows the number of students who received the Check-In. The totals of who have responded, who have not responded but have opened the Check-In, and who have not responded or opened the Check-In also display. 


For each question, the total number of students who selected each answer is displayed. Hover over a response and then the eye icon that displays to see a tooltip listing the students who selected that response. If the Check-In included a Follow-Up question, the total is the number of students who responded to that question. 


Click on any total or response to view a filtered version of the Student Response tab.

Screenshot of the response summary tab of a check-in with respondent totals for the check-in and by question.

Student Response

The Student Response tab shows responses by student. 

Screenshot of the student response tab in a check-in.

Navigate between students using the Student dropdown list or the arrow buttons next to it. The selected student's response displays. 


Click View Student Info to view information about the student as shown in the Teaching Center


Filters

Click Filter Students to limit the Student dropdown list to only those who meet the selected criteria. For example, filter the list to only students who had negative responses or those who responded to the Follow-Up question. Click Reset to clear the filter.