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Imagine Odysseyware Checklist
TIP: Groups make enrolling students in courses quick and easy, and progress monitoring and reporting is
more focused.
Student Management
Course Management
Enroll Students in Courses
Manage students to update existing student accounts and/or update student options as needed.
Ensure students have Odysseyware accounts.
If your district / school is responsible for adding students, search for accounts from the Students page.
If you are responsible for adding student accounts individually, you can use the Create Student or Import
Students feature on the Students page to create accounts.
SET UP TASKS
Welcome, Educators! This checklist will guide you through essential set up tasks to ensure you and your
students are ready to use Imagine Odysseyware this school year and beyond.
Create a group(s) and add students to the group(s).
First, log into Imagine Odysseyware using your educator credentials to make sure your login credentials
work and you can access the Imagine Odysseyware platform. *Contact your administrator if you need
assistance.
Locate courses available for your school from the Courses page.
Need Help Center? Check out Student Users
Select course(s) you will facilitate and click the icon to explore content.
Access Course Overview
Preview course activities
Manage course content and/or create courses as needed.
Need Help Center? Check out Courses
Ensure students are enrolled in course(s).
If you are responsible for enrolling students in courses yourself, use Add Enrollmemt feature on Gradebook
page.
If your district / school is creating course enrollments, use Course Enrollment page to search for your
students and check enrollments. TIP: Apply your group filter to Course Enrollment to narrow data view.
Manage individual course enrollments to meet specific student needs and accommodations.
Need Help Center? Check out Course Enrollment
and Gradebook
Imagine Odysseyware Checklist
TIP: Groups make enrolling students in courses quick and easy, and progress monitoring and reporting is
more focused.
Student Management
Course Management
Enroll Students in Courses
Manage students to update existing student accounts and/or update student options as needed.
Ensure students have Odysseyware accounts.
If your district / school is responsible for adding students, search for accounts from the Students page.
If you are responsible for adding student accounts individually, you can use the Create Student or Import
Students feature on the Students page to create accounts.
SET UP TASKS
Welcome, Educators! This checklist will guide you through essential set up tasks to ensure you and your
students are ready to use Imagine Odysseyware this school year and beyond.
Create a group(s) and add students to the group(s).
First, log into Imagine Odysseyware using your educator credentials to make sure your login credentials
work and you can access the Imagine Odysseyware platform. *Contact your administrator if you need
assistance.
Locate courses available for your school from the Courses page.
Need Help Center? Check out Student Users
Select course(s) you will facilitate and click the icon to explore content.
Access Course Overview
Preview course activities
Manage course content and/or create courses as needed.
Need Help Center? Check out Courses
Ensure students are enrolled in course(s).
If you are responsible for enrolling students in courses yourself, use Add Enrollmemt feature on Gradebook
page.
If your district / school is creating course enrollments, use Course Enrollment page to search for your
students and check enrollments. TIP: Apply your group filter to Course Enrollment to narrow data view.
Manage individual course enrollments to meet specific student needs and accommodations.
Need Help Center? Check out Course Enrollment
and Gradebook
Establish a basic beginning reporting routine and determine how often you will perform progress and mastery
checks and which pages and/or group-based and individual reports to use.
TIP: Use the Guide Me in-product tutorial to walk through the Dashboard for additional support.
TIP: Individual student reports are accessible by the student and can be used to self-monitor.
.
View the Dashboard report at least weekly to analyze data for active student enrollments
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Imagine Odysseyware Checklist
PROGRESS MONITORING, GRADING, & DATA
Homepage and Gradebook
View Homepage daily and throughout the day to identify students who need attention using the Activity Stream
including New Messages, Actions, and Assignment Alerts.
Utilize the Gradebook to take actions on individual student assignments throughout the course enrollment(s).
Reports
View Activity Reports to closely monitor engagement, progress, achievement, and growth (if available) and
inform instructional decisions.
Group-based reports help educators monitor and manage multiple students at one time and provide data to
identify individual students for further analysis.
Set and communicate weekly expectations.
BEST PRACTICES
Establish implementation model, usage goals, and classroom routines.
Consider implementing student goal-setting and self-monitoring protocols. If desired, use Imagine
Odysseyware's Student Goal Sheet to help students take ownership of learning.
Conference with students and develop action plans for assisting those struggling.
What type of conferencing schedule will you put in place?
How will you provide support for students inside and outside of the classroom?
Will you require notes or other support resources?
Celebrate student success!
Need Help Center? Check out Reports
Visit the Imagine Odysseyware Help Center for more information, guidance, and resources.
Need Help Center? Check out Understanding the Home Page
and Actions on Students within the Gradebook
TIP: It may be helpful to reference the Imagine Odysseyware Data Best Practices for Educators document
and locate strategies within the data and recommendations charts.
checks and which pages and/or group-based and individual reports to use.
TIP: Use the Guide Me in-product tutorial to walk through the Dashboard for additional support.
TIP: Individual student reports are accessible by the student and can be used to self-monitor.
.
View the Dashboard report at least weekly to analyze data for active student enrollments
Getting Started with
Imagine Odysseyware Checklist
PROGRESS MONITORING, GRADING, & DATA
Homepage and Gradebook
View Homepage daily and throughout the day to identify students who need attention using the Activity Stream
including New Messages, Actions, and Assignment Alerts.
Utilize the Gradebook to take actions on individual student assignments throughout the course enrollment(s).
Reports
View Activity Reports to closely monitor engagement, progress, achievement, and growth (if available) and
inform instructional decisions.
Group-based reports help educators monitor and manage multiple students at one time and provide data to
identify individual students for further analysis.
Set and communicate weekly expectations.
BEST PRACTICES
Establish implementation model, usage goals, and classroom routines.
Consider implementing student goal-setting and self-monitoring protocols. If desired, use Imagine
Odysseyware's Student Goal Sheet to help students take ownership of learning.
Conference with students and develop action plans for assisting those struggling.
What type of conferencing schedule will you put in place?
How will you provide support for students inside and outside of the classroom?
Will you require notes or other support resources?
Celebrate student success!
Need Help Center? Check out Reports
Visit the Imagine Odysseyware Help Center for more information, guidance, and resources.
Need Help Center? Check out Understanding the Home Page
and Actions on Students within the Gradebook
TIP: It may be helpful to reference the Imagine Odysseyware Data Best Practices for Educators document
and locate strategies within the data and recommendations charts.