0️⃣ Overview
Welcome to the Your Students Dashboard! This powerful tool is here to help you (proactive tutors) provide personalized support to all your students during virtual tutoring sessions by giving you insights into their progress and needs using real-time student data from IXL.
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to use Your Students Dashboard to deliver consistent, personalized support to all your students. By the end, you'll be able to easily access the dashboard, monitor student progress, identify those who need your assistance, and offer the right support at the right time. Let’s get started!
1️⃣ Access Your Student Dashboard
1.1 Open from PLUS
To get started, simply log in to PLUS and navigate to the Your Students tab under the Toolkit section. Be sure to keep the dashboard open throughout your session—this is where you’ll track your students’ real-time learning statuses and know when and how to intervene.
2️⃣ Access Session Information
2.1 Select session to display students’ information cards
Once you're in, click the "Select Session" button to display the students from the sessions you're working with. All the relevant student data will automatically appear on your dashboard.
2.2 View students’ information
Each student card gives you a clear, real-time view of what’s going on with each student. Here’s what you’ll see on each card:
Student Name
Learning Status Label: A color-coded indicator that shows whether a student "Needs Motivation," "Needs Content Help," or is "Working."
Status Description: Additional notes for how to approach tutoring students.
💡 For instruction on goal setting, see this article How to Check-Ins Goals with Students
These elements update in real time, reflecting the student's immediate needs and helping you make informed decisions on where to focus your attention.
2.3 Feature your assigned students on the top
Since Your Students Dashboard doesn’t automatically know which students are assigned to you before the session, you can click the bookmark icon, then sort by Bookmarked First to bring your bookmarked students to the top of the list. This way, you can focus on them throughout the session, ensuring they get the attention they need.
3️⃣ Monitor Learning Status and Allocate Your Time
3.1 Identify struggle and prioritize your assistance
You can quickly identify students’ real-time learning statuses using their student cards. The cards are organized in a specific order to help you quickly prioritize: "Needs Motivation" students appear first, followed by "Needs Content Help" and "Working." This setup ensures you can easily identify and support students who need immediate attention.
First, attend to students who need motivation!
These students are inactive in IXD and require immediate intervention to help re-engage with their work. Look for the "Needs Motivation" label at the top of the student's card to identify students who may be struggling to stay focused.
💡 Here is what you should do and say:
Step 1: Greet the student and say their name.
“Hi, Juan! Tell me how things are going today.”
Step 2: Make sure they can log into the math software or not otherwise technically blocked.
“Juan, are you still able to access IXD?”
“Juan, I can see you are not using IXD, how can I help you?”
Step 3: Reinforce you are here to help and have confidence they can succeed & try to identify the reason for their lack of motivation
“Juan, this math learning can be tough. I am here to help.”
“Juan, you might struggle sometimes. That’s good. I know you can do it.”
“Juan, are you feeling supported?”
“Juan, do you feel like you can learn this math?”
“Juan, do you feel like this math is useful?”
Step 4: Provide motivational support with strategies below:
Encourage the student to talk with you by asking them open questions.
Practice active listening, see slide 6: here
Praise students for effort often (“I’m proud of how hard you’re working!”)
Next, turn your attention to students who need content help.
Students with the "Needs Content Help" label are facing difficulties with the math material.
💡 Here is what you should do and say:
Step 1: Greet the student and say their name.
“Hi, Josie! Am I saying your name correctly?”
Step 2: Determine what the student is struggling with by asking questions.
“Josie, tell me what you are working on.”
“I can see on my end that you are stuck. What can I help you with?”
“Explain to me what you are thinking”
“How would you begin this problem?”
Step 3: Provide math support with strategies below:
Ask open questions to get the student talking (avoid yes/no questions)
Use math vocabulary (see Using Math Vocabulary lesson)
Encourage students to explain their thinking
Practice active listening (see slide 6 here)
Keep an eye on working students.
The "Working" label means the student is actively engaging with IXD problems without triggering alerts. While they generally need less immediate attention, be ready to assist if their status changes.
💡 It's important to continually monitor their statuses throughout the session and adjust your priorities accordingly.