Instructor Zone - Step-by-step Guide

Instructor Zone - Step-by-step Guide

This article is intended for instructors.


When accessing your new portal 2.0, the INSTRUCTOR ZONE contains all the tools you need to manage your group simulation.


The objective of this article is to clarify:

When to use a specific tool?

Why use a specific tool?


Before the simulation

Step 1: Groups

Your group simulation is created automatically by requesting a new deployment. By accessing a group via the Groups tab, you can manage most of the simulation's features.


Step 2: Planner

The Planner is essential for the instructor who wants to save time and plan the simulation sequence from beginning to end. It allows you to automate various tasks, including:    

  1.        the end date of the Practice Zone
  2.      the simulation calendar
  3.        the minimum number of rounds to complete in the Practice Zone
  4.      the starting date
  5.        the number of rounds to complete
  6.        tools you wish to display or hide from the students
  7.        the option to copy the configuration to others groups

Step 3: Participants

Comparing the Participants list with your student list is important before starting the real simulation.

You want to be sure that all students have registered and are associated with the correct simulation group.


During the simulation


Step 4: Reports

The Reports tool is a game-changer for tracking and comparing student results and engagement throughout the simulation, including the Preparation phase.

The instructor can use this tool to extract results and create reports at various points during the Simulation phase based on different metrics of their choosing.


After the simulation


Step 5: Engagement

The purpose of the Engagement report is to provide a score based on student commitment within the simulation. As an instructor, you can choose different metrics such as:

  1. Time spent on site
  2. Reports consulted
  3. Advice read
  4. Podiums consulted, etc.

Then, determining the weight of each of these indicators in the overall score will allow you to obtain the Engagement Score.

If you want to give some points for this metric in the final score of the simulation, you will need to calculate it before configuring the Grading report in the next step.

Step 6: Grading

The Grading report can be configured at any point - before the simulation starts, during the simulation, or once it is completed.

This report generates an overall score for each student based on the following components of your choosing: 
  1. Tutorial Score
  2. Simulation results
  3. 360-Degree Evaluation
  4. Questionnaire results
  5. Engagement Score
  6. Logbook Score
These metrics can be combined to create a final grade that reflects both performance and participation throughout the simulation.

Notes
You can create more than one final evaluation with the same tool. For example, if you want to compare student progress, you can create one report at the beginning (e.g. Year 2) and another at Year 10.

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