Students can be assessed in accordance with state standards or learning frameworks by tracking developmental milestones attached to specific activities. Teachers can post activity observations to track a student's milestones. Staff can view the milestones from the assessment tab in the student's profile.
💡 Assessment frameworks must be added to Playground by administrators. If you don't see milestones in Playground, contact your administrator to select a framework.
Add Milestones to Activities
Milestones can be added to individual activities in the Learning Skills tab of the Edit Lesson Activity page.
From your Admin Dashboard, click Lesson Plans and then Activities.
Click an activity to open the Edit Lesson Activity page.
Click Learning Skills on the left side of your screen, and then click Add Learning Skills.
A list of the domains in your framework will appear. Click on a domain to view all its milestones.
Select the checkboxes next to the milestones that should be attached to the activity, then click Done.
Click Save in the top right corner of your screen to save the changes made to the activity.
💡 Now that milestones are attached to activities, you can record observations to track students' progress through these milestones.
Record Activity Observations & Milestones
Student milestones are tracked by recording activity observations. Observations are posted to the student's feed and can be viewed by the student's guardians and your school's administrators.
🚨 Activity observations can only be recorded on mobile.
From the Playground mobile app, tap the + New Post button in the top left corner of the screen.
Select Observation as the post type, and then select the checkboxes next to the student(s) for whom you want to record observations.
Tap Select an Activity from the top of the screen and choose the activity the students completed.
The milestones related to the activity will appear under the student's name. Select the rating for each student and add notes.
[Optional] Add a photo or video to the post.
Tap the blue Post button in the top right corner of the screen to post the observation(s).