Capturing Learning Activities
A learning activity can be anything that helps a student learn. In Accomplish-Ed, learning activities form the basis for capturing learning and each subject needs a list of learning activities, called the “assignment list,” that are marked complete.
The list can be abstract and not have specific pre-defined activities, for example: “Learning Activity 1, Learning Activity 2, … Learning Activity 100.”
The way the learning activities are set up for the subject can be determined by the approach to the subject.
If the plan for a subject is to use a curriculum, then the table of contents can help form the list of the learning activities. Or, if the idea is to approach the subject in an ad-hoc learn-as-you-go-along way, then the learning activities can be labeled as “session” or “learning activity” and then capturing the learning activity by writing it in the description and checking off the learning activity.
We recommend you set up the list of learning activities at the level that makes it easy to track and report.
Designed to easily capture learning activities, Accomplish-Ed provides a customized daily list for each student to know what to do and be able to quickly mark items complete, or capture a rabbit trail or life-based learning activity.
1. Organize
Define the students, their subjects, and the curriculum or learning activities for the subjects, and which days each student will work on those subjects.
1. Students
Add a student for each child
2. Subjects
Add subjects for students
3. Learning Activities
Add Assignment List of Learning Activities
Options for Learning Activities
Time
Total time for the subject. Use this when you need to determine time.
For example: 100 hours
Another option is to use a numbered list of a time amount, for example: “15 minute session” (and then it is marked complete as 15 minute sessions are completed)
Curriculum
Setting up and tracking curriculum progress can be an art, but it is easy to set up.
Look at how the content of the curriculum is organized. If it is organized by Lessons numbered from 1-100, then set up the assignment list using the numbered list pattern
Sometimes the content has repeating sub-elements, for example, one curriculum has 35 weeks of content that is divided into 4 days for each week.
Set up the Assignment List using the 4 repeating elements. Week 1-35 of Day 1, Day 2, Day3, Day 4 repeating list.
Rabbit Trails
To set up the assignment list to capture rabbit trails, or interest based learning activities, create a generic assignment list, such as “Lesson” or “Learning Activity” and then when marking the item complete type in what was done in the description box
No Specific Curriculum
For a subject that doesn’t have a set curriculum, use a similar pattern to that of Rabbit Trails, but call it the subject name.
For example: If History didn’t have planned content, the create a subject called “History” and create the assignment list of learning activities.
History
Learning Activity 1 – 120
2. Capture
Capture the learning to keep track of learning activities by checking the box for the learning activity and putting in any other information that might be desired.
Examples
Time-spent completion
Simple Completion
Flexible
3. See
See progression through learning activities using the Progress and Reports tabs.
Progress Tab
The Progress tab shows progress through the assignment list of learning activities by subject and student. Learning activities can also be marked off in the progress tab.
Reports Tab
The Reports tab creates reports of learning activities completed by a student across selected date range. The reports can be turned in for reports or they could supply the information needed to quickly fill out the school’s form.
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