How to Setup and Filter using Student Attributes and Custom Student Attributes
What are Student Attributes?
Attributes can be assigned to a student to allow teachers to filter attainment and progress reports for monitoring purposes.
Default student attributes exist in every Learning Ladder system:
Ethnicity= Read about the system's recognised Ethnicity codes here
PP =Pupil Premium
EAL= English as an Additional Language
SEN= Special Educational Need
How to assign default attributes to students
- If a school has an active MIS integration, attributes will sync into student's information in Learning Ladders (as long as the same reference is used).
- Without an MIS integration, the most efficient way to assign default attributes to multiple students is using the student import file.
CAUTION: To avoid duplicates of students, the same UPN must be used to update information for a student. - For a single student, attributes can be added to a student manually.
Click on students> students and search for the student. Click on the eye icon to view information about
the student.
Click the 'Edit' button (only available to Learning Ladder's Admin user) on the top of the page. Scroll down to 'Student Attributes' on the 'Update a student' page. Use the drop down menu to select the attribute to assign to the student and click 'Update Student' to save.
Custom Student Attributes
Schools can create their own custom student attributes for monitoring students. It is important to create a consistent tag for the custom attributes e.g. yes, no, 2021/22 and use this across the school.
How to create a custom student attribute
To do this;
- Go to ‘Settings’, ‘Settings’
- You will see a tab called ‘Custom Student Attributes’
- Click on ‘Custom Student Attributes’
- This will show an empty tab. To add an attribute click ‘New Attribute’, type in your new attribute and click ‘Save’
- Your new attribute is now live
How to assign a custom attribute to a student
Assigning a custom attribute to a student can only be performed manually to each individual student.
See instructions for assigning an attribute manually above.
Filtering reports using student attributes
Within Assessment Summary and Insights teachers have the option to filter data by student attributes.
Assessment Summary
Teachers can click on the 'Student Attributes' selector to filter assessment summary reports by default and custom attributes.
A drop down menu allows the teacher to select a default attribute, or custom attribute to display the data required.
For custom attributes, a consistent response must be used in the box e.g. yes or no as agreed by your school.
Insights
To view Student Attributes, click on the plus sign under 'target group' to open the drop down menu.
If you have any questions about Pupil Attributes or Custom Student Attributes, please reach out to the team at support@learningladders.info
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