How do I assess my pupil's at home?
Once at home you can complete the assessment of your class by loading the AdKlass Assessment Program by clicking on the desktop icon (AdKlass Offline Working) to load the software:
Once loaded the AdKlass Assessment Program will show a list of Strands/Assessments, if your open strands dialog is empty please read “How do I take my work home?” to find out how to download strands to work on.
Select the Strand/Assessment you want to work on and click the OK button to proceed:
The main program will load, click on the Statements drop down list and choose a statement or assessment you wish to work on:
To assess a pupil, click on the coloured squares with your mouse or on the pupil’s name and press 1, 2 or 3 to indicate the level achieved by the pupil. You can press the down arrow on your computer keyboard to move to the next pupil. Press 1, 2 or 3 to on the keyboard to apply the appropriate level to the next pupil. Repeat for all pupils:
A default comment is applied when you assess your pupils. To have the comment appear in the report click the Report cell so Report becomes highlighted in green.
“He can independently choose what to write about, plan and follow it through” will now appear in Ben Hall’s report.
You can personalise a comment given to a pupil by clicking on the pupil’s name and editing the text in the Comment input box.
Click the Set button to apply your changes to the pupil you have selected.
There are many ways you can apply a comment to several pupils in the group simultaneously.
For example, to apply a comment to the above average members of the group click the Select above button at the bottom of the screen:
Type the comment you want to apply to the above average pupils into the Comment input box and click the Set button:
The comment is applied to the above average members of the class:
You can use the buttons along the bottom of the page to apply comments to various different levels of pupils in your class.
| Select all | – | Will apply the comment to all of the members of the group. |
| Select none | – | Use to deselect any pupils currently selected by the program. |
| Select below | – | Selects the below average members of the group, those with an assessment of 1. |
| Select average | – | Selects the average pupils of the group, those with the assessment of 2. |
| Select above | – | Selects the above average pupils of the group, those with an assessment of 3. |
| Select unassessed | – | Selects any members of the group you are yet to assess. |
Once you have assessed your class you can select a different statement from the Statements drop down list to continue working or click the X on the top right of the program to close it. Your work will be automatically saved, there is not need to click a save button.
You can also watch an online video on this subject: