Navigation in the Student Compass Module

After logging in, either the Notification page or the Search page in the Student Compass Module will appear. This is based on permissions/security and/or number of students assigned to them.   To view a list of all assigned student, click the Student Matrix: Cases tab.  Click a student’s name to be taken to the case.   Navigation options for all users include  Student, Monitoring, Meetings, and Reports. Administration is available depending upon the access permissions. 

Once a case has been selected, the IEP module can be accessed by clicking the IEPs button from the IEP Summary page to access active and prior IEP's and to create a new IEP.  The Add New Case function is in the Student Matrix: Add New Case tab. 

Note:  Users see navigation options based on his/her assigned access permissions and user level.

Student Section, Notification--Allows users to see a list of notifications for all students. Notifications can be filtered by Notification type.

Student Section, Student Matrix, Cases--Allows users with the access permission of a teacher or school based administrator to navigate to his/her list of students.

Progress Tab--Aggregates IEP goals depending upon permissions. This page aggregates the goals and also displays the current progress based on progress updates entered for the goal selected. 

Meetings--Allows users to schedule any type of IEP team meeting and to view scheduled or past meetings.

Reports--Takes the user to a list of reports available to assist with monitoring and reporting of student IEP data.  In addition, a tab for the Data Analytics section is available to School Based Administrators, Data Managers and MSDE personnel.  This allows users to build custom reports with corresponding charts.

Administration--Allows users with access permissions to initiate Administrative functions, such as adding a new user, assigning students to a teacher, adding a case, and rolling over to the next school year.

Student Section, Notification

Displays a list upcoming events: meetings, annual review, reevaluations, overdue annual reviews and reevaluations, and Service Logs that need to be approved for all students. Notifications will be listed in date order then alphabetically by student last name and first name.

Student Section, Student Matrix, Cases

The Cases tab displays all students to which permission is given. Filters can be applied to this list.  A new filter “Cases that include me as a team member” is available.  There is a Search tab that can be used to search for a specific student.  Filters can be applied to the search criteria including the filter “Cases that include me as a team member”.

Progress

The Progress section aggregates IEP goals depending upon permissions. This page aggregates the goals and also displays the current progress based on progress updates entered for the goal selected.  Users can apply filters to the data to further investigate progress on IEP goal.  Filters such as: grade, primary disability, race can be selected and the data in the bar charts and table below will change to reflect the selected filters.

Meetings

The Meetings section is used to schedule any type of IEP team meeting and to view scheduled or past meetings.

Reports

The Reports section takes the user to a list of reports available to assist with monitoring and reporting of student IEP data.  In addition, a tab for the Data Analytics section is available to School Based Administrators, Data Managers and MSDE personnel.  This allows users to build custom reports with corresponding charts.

Administration

Depending upon access permissions, the Administration section is used to initiate Administrative functions, such as adding a new user, assigning students to a teacher, adding a case, and rolling over to the next school year.