Mastery Connect

School Core Training – Part 1

Richland County School District One

Provided by the Office of Accountability, Assessment, Research and Evaluation

August 2023
 Meet Mastery Connect Video (3 min.)

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 What is Mastery Connect?

Mastery Connect provides a digital assessment

platform for Richland One teachers to administer
standards-based formative and summative
assessments to their classrooms and analyze
score reports quickly and easily.

Teachers can also collaborate and share

curriculum resources with other educators in their
building, across the district and across the nation.
Intro slide also in Module 1.
 State Practice Test Dates
December 4-15, 2023

March 18-27, 2024

For High School Semester 1 For High School Semester 2

EOCEP Courses: EOCEP Courses:
Mid Comp: September 25-28, 2023 Mid Comp: February 12-15, 2024
(optional) (optional)
Final Comp: November 6-9, 2023 Final Comp: April 15-18, 2024
(required) (required)
 District Assessment Calendar

You can access the

latest version of the
District Assessment
Calendar from the
AARE Department
Homepage under
Testing Information.
Mastery Connect PD Matrix
 What’s New Inside
Mastery Connect?
A lot of changes in June!
 What’s New in Mastery Connect?
Mid-June, Instructure announced major updates in Mastery Connect, and they are summarized below.
Tracker Assessment List – New Tab
• Addition of an assessment list tab in the tracker
Organized by standard
Draft assessment section
Assessment Creation – Completely Revamped
• Addition of draft assessments
• Addition of draft assessments to the Assessment list
• Updated header across Mastery Connect
• Updated tools selection in item authoring
• Assessment creation experience for document & item assessments
SMART Alignments
Inline item authoring
Improved item filtering
Prefilled cut scores
Mastery Connect Global Navigation Bar – New Look
 Recommended Training Protocol
New Users
• Read MC Start of Year Guide.
• Watch any district-required PD
modules individually or as a
group. See slide.
• Create trackers under the
guidance of school expert.
• Receive in-person or virtual
training with school expert in the
first month of school. Include
testing schedule, handbook and
What’s New information.
Returning Users
• Read MC Start of Year Guide.
• Re-watch any district-required PD
modules individually. See next
slide.
• Have school expert check trackers
once they are created.
• Receive in-person or virtual
training with school expert in the
first month of school. Include
testing schedule, handbook and
What’s New information.
URL above: https://consulting.instructuremedia.com/embed/6831c7ff-697c-4aba-94ba-def08faa172f
 MC You Tube Videos
Primary Grades: One-on-One Assessments
(5:41 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6eCTe81ASI

Primary Grades: Performance Assessments – Math

Skills (using Performance Grader)
(5:25 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NdJfmez8QA

Primary Grades: Interventions and Raw Scores

(5:41 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLW6-fxqvJk
 MC You Tube Videos

The Power of Data in Student Learning | Lakeridge

Jr. High (<3 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLP3Z4oaxI

30-Minute PLC Meetings with Mastery Connect

(8 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYH_pPBx9c
 “The 48-Hour Mastery Connect Challenge”

For Grade Level Teams,

• Pick a standard that you will teach in the next 48 hours.
• Find or create an assessment as a grade level team.
• Teach standard.
• Assess students.
• Come back together in 48 hours to analyze results and
discuss next steps.
 Training Modules in Part 1
Module 1 Module 4
• Mastery Connect Basics • Learn Ways to Deliver
Assessments in Mastery
Module 2
Connect
• Navigating Mastery Connect
Part 1 of training also includes
Module 3 watching the Mastery Connect Back to
• Trackers and District School Update Video.
Curriculum Maps (CMAPs)
• How to Create a Tracker
Through a District Shared
CMAP
 Training Modules in Part 2
Module 5 Module 8
• Student Portals • Exporting Scores to
PowerSchool (PS)
Module 6
Module 9
• Learn Ways to Create
• Resource Pins
Assessments in MC
Module 10
Module 7
• Formative Assessment
• Reports
Examples
 Accessing Online PD
You can continue assessing all PD video content in Mastery Connect by simply clicking on the
Online PD button in the Helpful Resources widget or the Online PD icon in the app switcher in the
top right corner of the main navigation.

* The Instructure Online PD team is in the process of updating the assessment video content with
a turnaround by September 7, 2023.
 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Module 1: Mastery Connect Basics

 What is MasteryConnect?

Mastery Connect provides a digital assessment

platform for Richland One teachers to administer
standards-based formative and summative
assessments to their classrooms and analyze
score reports quickly and easily.

Teachers can also collaborate and share

curriculum resources with other educators in their
building, across the district and across the nation.
 Why are we using MasteryConnect?

Richland One wants:

• to streamline testing procedures and
processes.

• to make assessment, which is a critical part of

instruction, as simple as possible.

• to engage in true formative assessment.

• to focus on student’s mastery of content.

Strategies for Learning through MC
Strategies for Learning through MC

RECAP
IDENTIFY
TARGET
EVALUATE
 Mastery Connect Basics

Terminology
• Curriculum Maps (CMAPs)
• Trackers
• Common Formative Assessments (CFAs)
• State Practice Tests
• Benchmarks
• Resource Pins
• Learning Community

Note: The Mastery Connect system talks to PowerSchool and MUNIS

nightly. Therefore, student, class and staff data will become available or
updated to Mastery Connect as these two systems get updated.
 Mastery Connect Login
If you open the Mastery Connect
site or bubble sheet without using
the above icons, launch in
Google Chrome – DO NOT use
Internet Explorer or Edge.
• PERSONNEL: The green icon should be
available on all district computer desktops. It
launches the Mastery Connect site for district
and school staff. Staff can also access this
site at www.masteryconnect.com.
• STUDENTS: The MC blue and garnet icons
should be available in a desktop folder called
Student Menu. The blue icon launches the
MC BubbleSheet and is for testing online. The
garnet icon launches the MC Student Portal
and is for testing online and item review.
• Submit a 1-to-1 ticket about icon issues.
https://1to1plus.com/login/RichlandOne_SC
Login options through ClassLink are in the
process of being setup too!
 Mastery Connect Login - Personnel
Opening Mastery Connect:
1. On any district computer, you will have a GREEN
Mastery Connect icon. Double-click this icon to
launch MC (it should open in Chrome).
2. Or, go to: https://app.masteryconnect.com/login
(always open in Chrome).
• All Mastery Connect user names are set to district
email addresses.
Example: cerissa.allen@richlandone.org
 Mastery Connect Login - Personnel
NEW STAFF
• Staff who are new to Richland One will receive a Welcome email
from Mastery Connect once their MUNIS (and PowerSchool)
accounts are fully established.
• After receiving a Welcome email, new staff should follow the
prompts to set their password.
CONTINUING STAFF
• Staff who worked in Richland One last school year can continue
using the same username/password.
• For staff who moved from one location to another, their account
will be linked to their new location once updates are made in
MUNIS. It may take a few weeks at the beginning of the school
year for all user accounts to become active and aligned properly.
Mastery Connect Login

Remind staff at your

school about the
Forgot Password
link on the Mastery
Connect Login
page.
 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Module 2: Navigating Mastery Connect

 Navigate Through MC

Modules cover:
• News Feed
• Main and sub navigation bars
Trackers
Assessments
Learning Community
• Support Resources
Help Center
How to submit ticket to support team
Online PD
Profile &
Password
Settings
Important for CMAP Delivery:
Elementary and middle school
teachers receive access to shared
district cmaps based upon what they
select under Profile.
 Core
Settings

Related arts
teachers may
want to select
their default core
standards under
Other Subjects.
 Start-of-Year Resources
• MC Start of Year Guide for Teachers
• Online PD Modules
• MC Handbook (will be distributed soon)
NOTE
• Welcome Banner will prompt teachers when to begin creating trackers.
• Courses must be assigned in PowerSchool for teachers before setting
up trackers.
• Teachers should create one tracker for each course/section.
Community
Teacher Challenge:
Encourage teachers
to follow at least five
other teachers in the
district who teach the
same grade level or
content area.

This will allow them to

view other teacher-
created assessments
as they get created!

Pro-Tip: Have
teachers set privacy
of CFAs at least to
district level if
copyright allows.
 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Module 3: Trackers/District CMAPs

Mastery Tracker
 What is a tracker?
Teachers will
create Mastery
Trackers (that are
Remediation
aligned to the
state standards)
to help them Near Mastery
identify what their
students know
and don’t know Mastery
with real-time
assessment data.
What is a tracker?
What is a tracker?
 District Structure

District ~CFAs
Curriculum Trackers ~State Practice Tests
~Benchmarks
Maps (CMAPs) ~Resource Pins

District curriculum maps are shared blueprints aligned to the district’s pacing of the State
Standards. All teachers should create their trackers through a shared district cmap.

Each tracker is aligned to a district cmap and includes a student roster from PowerSchool.
Remember, each district cmap is aligned to the specific standards taught for each class.
Trackers will be used by teachers to add, create and deliver assessments.

Richland One has set up District Super accounts. Around 200 district cmaps have been
created in the district super accounts by our district curriculum leads. Our district curriculum
leads will provide all resources through the super accounts (versus their personal accounts).
 District Structure
Richland One has set
up District Super
accounts.

“Follow” these
accounts.

The district leads will

be providing all
resources including
curriculum maps,
CFAs, and resource
pins through the super
accounts (versus their
personal accounts).
District Super Accounts-Early Childhood
District Super Accounts-Elementary
District Super Accounts-Middle
District Super Accounts-High
 Sample Elementary Tracker
Richland One would like
the trackers for
elementary classes to
follow an uniform color
scheme. When creating
trackers, teachers are
asked to set the folder
color as follows:

ELA – Yellow
Math – Red
Science – Green
Social Studies – Blue
Health – Brown
PE – Orange
FL - Black
How to Create a Tracker?
How to Create a Tracker?
How to Create a Tracker?
Tracker Naming Convention
 Turn Off Remote Scores

This topic is
covered at 04:52
in the Tracker
Basics Module!
Turn Off Remote Scores
 Add a Collaborator to a Tracker
This topic is covered at 07:25 in the Tracker Basics Module!
 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Module 4: Delivering Assessments

Deliver Assessments
 Deliver Assessments Options
Student with Devices ***Recommended***
• Laptops: through www.MasteryConnect.com/bubblesheet
• IPads – through MC Student App

Students without Devices

• Using Bubble Sheets: Teachers can grade with IPad, Laptop with built-in
camera, Webcam, or Document Camera. Examples: Walking around
with device and grading, having students come to desk for grading, or
collecting papers and grade with device later.
• Using classroom computers or computer labs as schedule permits
through www.MasteryConnect.com/bubblesheet
Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
1) Power your computer completely off, turn it on and then log in.
2) Locate and open the blue Mastery Connect Bubblesheet icon
to launch the online bubble sheet.
3) The Mastery Connect bubble sheet will then open.
4) First, enter the Test ID that is given to you by your teacher and
click Next.
5) The next screen will prompt you to enter your Student ID and
click Next. Ask your teacher for assistance if you don’t know
what your Student ID is.
6) You should now see your test and are ready to begin testing.
Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser
Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser
 Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser

Test ID Facts
• Once an assessment is started, the ID
lasts 7 days by default.
• Teachers can adjust that to be more or
less.
• If teachers are using the same
assessment in 5 trackers, that
assessment will have 5 different IDs.
• It is best practice to expire a
Test ID after every test session.
Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser

Richland One
Student IDs are
either 5- or 12-
digits in length.
Deliver Assessment with a Web Browser
Apps for Devices

https://community.canvaslms.co
m/t5/Mastery-Connect-Getting-
Started/How-do-I-download-the-
Mastery-Connect-iOS-mobile-
apps/ta-p/567846

https://community.canvaslms.
com/t5/Mastery-Connect-
Getting-Started/How-do-I-
download-the-Mastery-
Connect-Android-mobile-
apps/ta-p/567844
Apps for Devices

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aslms.com/t5/Mastery-
Connect-Getting-
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Mastery-Connect-
Teacher-app/ta-
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 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Module 6 Preview:
Creating Assessments in MC
Overview of Assessment Sources
1. Document-Based Assessments
❑ Upload Document -> Upload PDF or document.
❑ Add Questions (when not uploading document)
2. Item-Based Assessments
❑ Author New Item
❑ Add from Item Bank ***Two purchased bank options***
❑ Mastery Item Bank (formally Navigate/Certica)
❑ Mastery Item Bank Supplemental (formally CASE)
3. Raw Score Assessment
4. Peer-Created Assessments
❑ Add a Community Assessment
❑ Add an assessment from Your News Feed
 Overview of Assessment Types
1. Multiple Choice ~ answer choices A,B,C,D,E
2. Multi-Select ~ more than one correct answer
3. True/False ~ answer choices True or False
4. Rubric Criteria ~ allows teacher to associate a point
value or rating to each item.
5. Bubble Sheet Rubric Scoring ~ allows teacher to
associate a point value to each letter in the bubble sheet so
that it can be scored with GradeCam

Note: You can mix and match types when creating assessments.
 Item Types
1. Multiple Choice [Multiple Choice/Single Response,
Multiple Choice/Multiple Responses, Choice Matrix]
2. Fill in the Blanks (Cloze) [Cloze Association,
Cloze Dropdown, Cloze Text, Label Image with Drag
and Drop, Image Association]
3. Classify, Match & Order [Classification, Match
List, Order List, Sort List]
4. Written & Recorded [Essay with Rich Text, Essay
(Plain Text), Short Text, Essay (Long Text)]
 Item Types
5. Highlight and Drawing [Image Highlight,
Hotspot, Simple Shading, Highlight]
6. Math [Image Cloze Math Formula, Cloze Math
Formula, Math Formula, Formula Essay]
7. Graphing [Number Line Association, Number List
Plot, Graph Plotting]
8. Charts [Simple Chart]
9. Desmos *This is a paid upgrade. More details on
next slide.
Desmos Item Types
 School Core Training
Richland County School District One

Provided by the Office of Accountability, Assessment, Research and Evaluation

August 2023