Tracking Live Zoom Participation in PowerSchool

We have a consistent way for teachers to track real time student attendance in live Zoom sessions. This guidance document shares purpose and instructions for use of the new code. Be sure to note what this is and is not.

This process does not count for official attendance. Students must complete tasks to be counted present according to official guidance and current policy. This process gives us an additional data point that will likely become important.

On a related but separate note, the only way that we can see that students watched a recorded Zoom session is if teachers create the task for students to complete in Canvas. Students must complete the task so that the data point is captured. The guidance sent out Friday provides directions for teacher on this process.

Purpose: Our district is committed to providing families with flexibility in accessing rigorous grade level learning; however, it is important that we as a district have the ability to understand who is accessing and engaging in live, synchronous learning in a common format.

Knowing which students are attending live learning sessions is an important data point when determining the various factors leading to success and engagement in distance learning. The ability to track students attending synchronous sessions may highlight areas of inequity that may need to be addressed.

What Tracking Live Zoom day-to-day is:

• A data point to determine which students are engaging in both synchronously and asynchronously through the week when compared to Canvas.

• An opportunity to assess a student's success at logging in and connecting as related to synchronous engagement
  

What it is not:

• A required activity to count toward final attendance for the week. Students may watch the lesson recording as well.

• The way to track live Zoom sessions as an instructional activity for final attendance purposes. Students will still need to complete their completion activity (or “exit ticket”) in Canvas.

• A reason to meet with parents if students are participating asynchronously and successful with accessing grade level content and completing instructional activities.