District objective library management (system admins)

Review district objectives

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives to display the parent objectives and learning objectives created during the import process.
   • Folders represent parent objectives. Select a folder to display and navigate through the hierarchy.
   • A target indicates a learning objective you can associate with individual graded items.

Why are there two tabs for objectives in my Grade Settings area?

District Mastery is a solution that can be enabled by building within your organization. Some buildings may be using District Mastery, while others use the previous mastery tool.

You can manage your objectives for buildings using District Mastery from the District Objectives tab. If you have custom objectives you want other buildings to access, create, and manage those from the Learning Objectives tab. The two tabs appear similar but are not connected in any way.

Add objectives

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives.
4. From District Learning Objectives, choose Add Parent Objective from the Add list. Alternatively, select a parent objective and then choose Add Parent Objective or Add Learning Objective from the Add list.
   Ensure you add an objective to the correct parent objective. You cannot move an objective to another parent objective. 
5. Enter the objective details and then select Add.
   • Enter a unique external ID. You cannot change the external ID to one already used in your library.
   • The Gading Scale list only displays scales that match the points, description, and color requirements. You must manually assign grading scale associations. They cannot be imported.

Reorder objectives

Reorder the display order within each level. You cannot reorder the district mastery hierarchy or move objectives from one level to another.

When instructors select learning objectives to align with course materials at the course level, objectives appear in the same order as in the District Objective Library.

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives.
4. Select Reorder from the list of parent objectives or a specific parent objective.
5. Choose the arrows for the selected objective and drag and drop them in the desired order.
6. Click Save Order.

Edit objectives

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives.
4. For the selected objective, select Edit from the gear list.
5. Edit the details and then select Save.
   • Enter a unique external ID. You cannot change the external ID to one already used in your library.
   • The grading scale list only displays scales that match the points, description, and color requirements. You must manually assign grading scale associations. They cannot be imported. 

Remove objectives 

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives.
4. For the selected objective, select Remove from the gear list.
5. Select Remove from the confirmation message.

Learning objectives are deleted or archived based on their alignment with materials:

• Non-aligned objectives are deleted and removed from your library.
• Aligned objectives are archived. Archived objectives stay aligned to materials and appear in reports but can't be aligned to new materials.

For parent objectives:

• If none of its learning objectives are aligned with the materials, the parent and learning objectives are deleted.
• If learning objectives are aligned, the aligned ones are archived, and the non-aligned ones are deleted.

Delete an entire library

 If your initial library import was incorrect due to an inconsistent learning objectives hierarchy and a new import is required, you can delete the district objective library and re-import an updated or new library.

1. Select Tools, and then choose School Management,
2. From School Management, select Grade Settings.
3. Select District Objectives.
4. Select Delete Library.

Deleting a district objective library cannot be undone. Follow the steps outlined in District Objective Library Import to re-import the objective library.