Mastery Tab

Mastery tab 

The Mastery tab in the Gradebook allows you to see how students’ course activities align with institutional goals. Based on the goal performance scale set by the institution, the tab displays the mastery of each alignment. You can track and support your students as they gain mastery. 

From the Mastery tab, you have access to view mastery in several ways: 

• View the level of mastery per alignment for each student. 
• View how each student is performing against those alignments. 
• Drill down view for individual student mastery performance. 
• Sort students by surname. 

You can select View Scale in the Mastery tab to view how your institution has configured the Goal Performance Scale. The Goal Performance Scale’s ranges, labels, and colors can be customized at the institutional level.

Goals tab 

Tracking mastery helps students understand their development in the course and address learning gaps early. Students view their mastery through the Goals tab of the Gradebook. 

Students have multiple ways to learn about their mastery through the Goals tab: 

• View specific skills and competencies that they need to master. 
• Access their performance as it relates to each specific criterion. 
• Focus on key areas where mastery was not achieved.

Calculations 

The calculation method is points-based. To weigh different items, different point values should be assigned. For example: 

• You want to weigh performance on a rubric criterion ten times greater than a matching question on a test. Therefore, you should set the rubric row to 50 points and the matching question to 5 points.  

The calculation method prioritizes more granular alignments. Priority is given to alignments on individual rubric rows or test questions. Other alignments are then ignored. When the alignments are only on the assessment itself, those alignments will apply to all the assessment’s test questions or rubric criteria.