Cluster Reporting Widgets

I've had to revisit a number of my widgets so that they can also run at cluster level for individual schools within the cluster.  A few hours work but it was worth the effort.

Below is a Progresso Cluster User Dashboard which uses 2 widgets (previously posted on this blog) but the establishment parameter in each widget points at a different school within the cluster. Hey presto! I can see a summary of a number of schools on a single page.

But what about viewing many schools data within a single widget you ask?  Well I call those true cluster widgets. The establishment parameter in these type of widgets is a multi-choice field, so you can select just the schools you want (e.g. only the primaries within my trust, or just the secondaries as displayed in the dashboard below - Starters and Leavers).

SEN Summary and Review Reminder

With so much going on at schools today, it's easy to miss things.  So why can't your MIS remind you?

Here's a simple little widget that lists the SEN reviews in chronological order and highlights any that have gone past their date (in red) and the ones to be done in the next 3 weeks (in green).   Oh, and if the learner doesn't have a review date then these are also highlighted (in grey).

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Attainment vs National Average

As an ex-teacher I remember having access to key information at the right time was always challenging.  If I've entered the current assessment levels why can't I easily see it without having to navigate through the system?

Well here's a widget that just might help with that.

The Attainment vs National Average widget allows a user to select an assessment point (e.g. Year 4 / Autumn 1 / NC Level) and compares it to a specified level (e.g. National Average).  The widget will produce a summary of the subjects with data recorded and identify the number of students that are below, at or above the set value.  Furthermore, each subject can be expanded to show the individual students and their point difference.

The image below shows part of a dashboard that contains 2 of these widgets showing Autumn 1 and 2 entry points.  This provides a quick view to see what levels of improvement has been made over the term.

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I see you.... View today's users and their duration

Not all data in Progresso is manually entered.  What about all that information collected in the logs?

I wanted to see if I could easily view who was logged on so I built this simple widget which looks at today's users and calculates how long they have been using the system.

It's surprising what other data is stored, such as the IP address.  This gave me the idea to try out the SSRS feature to launch an external URL.  So if you click on the IP address a new window will open that showing the users login location (that's if it's not hidden).

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Happy Birthday to you

Did you know that your MIS can help remind you of those really important dates?

Why not add the "Todays Birthdays" widget to your dashboard and set the parameters just to look at your Form/Tutor/Registration group.

Btw, the widget only looks forward 7 days and the highlighted row is the current day.

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