Menu Security by Role
When setting menu security by role, consider the information users are authorized to display or update when given access to a menu option.
Items
These menu options are available when you select Items from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| New Item | Create new items | Items are the questions built for use on Performance Matters assessments. This menu security is typically turned on for users involved in item and test creation. |
| New Item Source | Create new item sources or banks | Every item created must be saved to a source and bank. Allowing a user to create a source or bank also allows them to create their item folders and grant others access to it through permissions. |
| New Item Assignment | Create new item assignments | Item assignments are created by users who are creating projects for authors to complete. This is typically used by districts that have designated item authors. |
| Item Assignment Status | Access the status of item assignments | This page allows users to display all item assignments and their status. This is typically used by district personnel who create item assignments. |
| New Resource | Create a new resource | This allows users to create new resources including, but not limited to, reading passages, audio files, and videos for items. |
| New Rubric | Create a new rubric | Rubrics are assigned to items that require different scoring options based on student performance. This menu security is typically turned on for users involved in item and test creation. |
Tests
These menu options are available when you select Tests from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| New Test | Create new tests | This menu security should be turned on for any user involved in test creation. Both Answer Key Only tests and OLA tests can be accessed through this menu. |
| Test Center | Access Test Center to administer tests | Test Center is the main page where users administer tests. They can see all tests that correspond to their schedule course type and grade level. |
| OLA Student Admin | Access OLA Student Admin to see the progression of students within an assessment | OLA Student Admin displays the status of all students in a certain test. Users can see whether the student has the test assigned, is in progress, submitted a test, or has results for a test. They can also control these actions through OLA Student Admin. |
| New Blueprint | Create new blueprints | This menu security should only be turned on for districts that use the Blueprint process to create items and tests. |
| GradeCam | Utilize GradeCam (if your district has turned on GradeCam for scanning purposes) | If GradeCam has been purchased by your district, you will need to decide which roles should have access to this specific tool. |
| Online Scoring | Score students' assessments | Turning on this menu security allows users to score students online for any test that they have access to that has been enabled for online scoring through the test editor. If online scoring is enabled for items flagged for manual scoring only, then the human scorer will not be able to update the machine-scored responses. This is controlled by the creation of the test itself. It is also important to note that users can update student responses for any students on their schedule who have taken the assessment. |
| Scoring Assignment Summary | Display a comprehensive list of all of the scoring assignments to which permissions are given | This page lists the scoring assignments to which a user was added. They can directly access the scoring assignment from this page by clicking the assignment title. |
SLO (Add-On Module)
These menu options are available when you select SLO from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| New SLO | Create new SLOs | This menu should be turned on for any role that needs to create Student Learning Objectives to measure student performance. |
| New Group SLO | Create new group SLOs | This menu should be turned on for any role that needs to create Student Learning Objectives to measure student performance by group. |
| Results by Teacher | Create a report to display a summary of performance by teacher SLO | Results by Teacher allows a user to create a report to display the performance by teacher associated with the SLOs. This menu security should be given to users who need to evaluate teacher performance. |
Intervention (Add-On Module)
These menu options are available when you select Intervention from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| New Intervention | Create new interventions | This menu security should be given to any user who is using Intervention. This allows them to define the properties of new interventions. |
| Intervention Admin | Create and administer interventions | This menu security should be given to any user who is using the Intervention model. This allows them to set up and define the overall structure of the tool. |
Reports
These menu options are available when you select Reports from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball Card Report | Access the Baseball Card report within Performance Matters | This provides users access to Baseball Card within Performance Matters. They can display any public, local test, and any other data loaded for the district. This report provides useful test information such as a breakdown of standards or strands and a comparison between test scores. |
| Scoreboard | Access to the Scoreboard report | Scoreboard allows users to compare test data across classes, schools, and districts. |
| Student Item Analysis | Access to the Student Item Analysis report | This report provides in-depth information per test, including student averages, data by standard, and data by item. |
| Student Detail | Access to the Student Detail report | Student Detail provides information to users regarding specific students. This information includes, but is not limited to, class schedules, test information, and PMPs (if applicable). |
| MyReports | Access to MyReports | MyReports provides different reports according to the user's access level (Admin, District, School, or Teacher). Admin users can decide which reports the role should have access to within the Search Generated Reports tool and specify the permissions. |
| MyDashboard | Access to MyDashboard | MyDashboard is the default home page for teachers. They use it to access their students and their Performance Matters tasks. |
| Item Statistics Analysis | Access to the Item Statistics Analysis report | This report provides useful information about items used on assessments. Users can identify the strengths and weaknesses of the questions and student performance. |
| Print Responses | Print student responses | This menu security allows users to print student responses from assessments that have results. This is a useful tool for users to review assessments with their students. |
Admin
These menu options are available when you select Admin from the main navigation menu.
| Menu Option | Permission | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Menu Security | Change and update menu securities for users and roles | This page allows users to change the menu security within their site. |
| Impersonate User | Log in as a user to display their account | This allows users to log in to another user's account using the impersonation tool. They can display their site and respective data. To use this function, the user must be a site Admin, or they will receive an error when trying to use this tool. |
| User Manager | Access to User Manager | User Manager allows users to search for a specific user or role within the organization. They can see the email address and location and can reset a user's password. Active Directory users cannot reset passwords. |
| News | Create new News items for the site | This menu security allows users to create News items. |
| Instructional Strategies | Create new instructional strategies | This menu security should be turned on for users who need to create new instructional strategies for PMP purposes. This is an add on within the PMP module. |
| Groups | Create new groups | This menu security should be turned on for any role that will need to create groups within the organization. One or more members can be assigned to a group that can then be given permissions. |
| Search Groups | Search existing groups | This allows the user to search for available groups. |
| New Review Board | Create new review boards | This menu security should be turned on for any role that will participate in the creation of review boards. Review boards are typically used to review items before the items become available for use on assessments. |
| Search Review Boards | Search existing review boards | This allows a user to search for available review boards. |
| Create Filter | Create new filters | This menu security allows users to create filters to access frequently used data. There are certain reports where you can apply a custom filter. |
| Search | Search existing filters | This allows users to search for available custom filters. |
| PMP Admin | Create and manage PMPs The PMP module must be purchased by the district before it will be available on the site. | This menu security enables users to create and manage Progress Monitoring Plans. A user can add and manage rules, content, and filters. |
| New Performance Band | Create New Performance Bands | This menu security allows a user to create a new Performance Band which sets the cut scores and colors that can be used on assessments. |
| Search | Search existing Performance Bands | This allows users to search for created Performance Bands. |
