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PLS: Engagement Calendar 

The Engagement Calendar allows teachers to create and manage instructional activities, events, and field trips while tracking student participation. Participation recorded in the Engagement Calendar automatically populates each student's Activity Log

Ways School Pathways can track Synchronous Instruction:

  • Engagement Calendar- Synchronous Events
  • PLS Roster- Engagement Log

Navigation:

Teachers > Engagement > Engagement Calendar

Or

Click the Engagement Dashboard from your dashboard

 

To Add an Event:

Click the Plus Sign

  • Fill out the required fields: We do highly recommend entering an End Date as well as you most likely do not want this to reoccur into the next school year.
  • Click Save

*Optional Fields- Courses, End Date

*We recommend using the end date so the event does not repeat year over year.

  • Check the boxes for the students you wish to attend the synchronous event
  • Click Save

 

Once the event has been saved you will be redirected back to your Engagement Calendar main page.

On the left side of the screen you will see the Event listed with Edit features as well as the list of students who you have registered for the event

You will see on the right side of the screen, your event is showing on the event calendar.

Record Attendance

To Take Attendance (Participation) for a specific event,

  • Click on the Event on the Calendar (right side of screen) to open the event on the left side of the screen

  • If a student attended the synchronous event, use the checkbox for “Participation” (left side of screen)
  • Add notes if desired
  • Click Save

By selecting the Participated checkbox for a student and saving, the student's attendance will automatically be reflected as Attended in the Synchronous Instruction section of the Engagement Logs on the PLS Student Roster for that date.

Engagement Calendar: To see a full list of events for a particular day:
  • Click on a specific date within the calendar(the number) to view a larger list of all events scheduled for that day. (right side of the screen)

  • Click on the Activity you would like to view to see a full list of the students who have been invited to attend.

*The left side of the screen is where the list of students will appear once you have chosen the activity you desire to view (on the right hind side of the screen.)

  • When the Participation checkbox is clicked, it will pre-enter a
    time value based on the length of the meeting. Users can also click on the 3 vertical dots to mass set a custom time.
  • Entered values can be viewed on the Activity Log as well as through the Synchronous Instruction and Live Interaction Participation Report.

Adding Students After Initial Setup

  • Click the Person Icon within the Calendar area

  • Choose what Students to add by placing a check mark in front of their name

  • Select Save.

 

 

Important! Each time you add a new student to the PLS class, you will have to add them to the engagement calendar event, follow the steps above for adding a student

Participation Date Range

Important! Make sure this information is up to date for Tiered Re-Engagement to run smoothly.

  • All Students within an event are automatically given the same start date and end date as the event to edit this information, click on the Select Students icon again after adding.
  • You can also remove a Student from the event as well.

 

Engagement Logs

Engagement Logs provide an alternate view for tracking student engagement and function similarly to other Learning Logs within the system. This page allows staff to quickly record engagement for multiple students at once. Keep in mind that any participation recorded through an event on the Engagement Calendar will automatically populate the student's Engagement Log. This information will also be reflected on the PLS Roster under the Engagement Logs section, eliminating the need for duplicate entry.



Navigation

Teachers > Engagement > Engagement Logs

You can "Check all" for Live Interaction and Synchronous by :

  • Click on the day of the week , Example click on the word Tuesday
  • A dropdown will appear and you can Click both Live Interaction and Synchronous and it will mark all as attended

Check Engagement Logs on the PLS Roster

Navigation: Teachers> PLS Student Roster

  • Dropdown Mass Print Reports
  • Click Engagement Logs Icon under the LP you are working in
  • You will be able to check that any live Interaction and Synchronous Instruction has been marked off as completed.