Metro Nashville

Public Schools

Greater student progress faster

Compass Learning provides personalized digital learning solutions
for intervention, blended learning, credit recovery, and project-based learning. Our
approach combines rigorous, research-based instruction with fun, engaging digital content
and real-time, actionable data to produce greater student progress faster.
We are excited to announce the launch of CompassLearning and grateful for the opportunity to partner
with educators in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Getting Started with CompassLearning

Logging In
1) Using your preferred search engine, enter the URL: www.compasslearningodyssey.com
Teacher Login Information
User Name: First Initial + Last Name (i.e. Noodles Hahn = NHahn)
Password: abc123 (we recommend that you change this i.e. birthdate YYMMDDJCSD)
School: ____WRIGHT MIDDLE__ (Click inside the box, delete ODYSSEY and enter your school code.)

2) Click Log in

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:

If any user is unable to login or receives a login error, try entering the User Name and Password again.
Check to make sure you are using the correct School code.
Usernames and passwords should not have any extra spaces or characters.
Check for pop-up blocker error messages. Always Allow pop-ups from Compass Learning.
On a Mac, sometimes the new window will open up behind previous windows, instead of in the front.

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Ipad / Tablet access

Partnered with Puffin Academy
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Go to the App Store for your mobile device and find Puffin Academy by CloudMosa.
Download the Puffin Academy app (not Puffin Web browser, also by CloudMosa).
Open the Puffin Academy app.
Find the Compass Learning icon and click it. We are currently listed as a featured publisher, so we are on
the home page. Otherwise, a simple search for compass learning will bring you to Odyssey.
5) Click the logo, then click the logo again, and you will be redirected to the Odyssey login screen.
6) Login as you would normally login and begin using Compass Learning Odyssey!
*Note: The login routine described above is one-time only. After establishing Compass Learning as the solution of
choice, the app will launch with Compass Learning every time, without the additional steps of clicking on the logos.

Navigating the Teacher Site

The first time a teacher logs in they will be presented with the End User Agreement. Review the agreement, scroll
to the bottom of the screen, check the box in front of Do Not Show this Again and then click Accept.
Initially, the teacher Dashboard will not reflect any information as the teacher has not yet created classes and
students have not submitted completed activities. Once the teacher creates classes, their student names will be
listed on the Dashboard. The following outlines the function of each tab shown below.

Dashboard High level snapshot of student performance. Provides overall average score for ALL activities
completed year to date, the last 30 days, week, etc. Shows % of students with average scores in different ranges
by assignment or assessment.

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Other Sections in the Teacher Account

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My Students Teacher will be able to create classes, view student roster, and view subject areas available to
student.
Courses & Assignments Teachers may access/assign/remove courses (modules) certified by the district, access
courses/gradebook feature, build/assign/remove supplemental assignments, edit the content of
assignments/learning paths, and monitor student progress. Full(all year) courses (i.e. credit recovery) or individual
assignments may be posted and shared across the school or district.
Assessments The Test Builder feature may be used to create pretests/learning paths as well as postests for
interim or common assessments, assessing instruction, intervention, acceleration, and or online courses.
Assessments are based on select state or Common Core standards or specific skill areas.
Reports Tools to set-up, schedule, send, and edit the settings for Compass Learning reports. Key reports used
vary by implementation.
Content Curriculum Index: allows for exploration of the Compass Learning solution curriculum without requiring
selection for building an assignment. This is ideal for browsing what is available or possible before building a
supplemental assignment or to support whole/small group instruction. Resources: Provides teachers with subject
area scope and sequence, access to the Math Toolkit, and other support resources.
Message Center Allows teachers to create and send messages to students internally in the program, respond to
student messages, etc. (Teacher
Student)
Community Enables teachers to create a discussion board where students can respond to a posted thread.
(Teacher
Class)

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Create a class, add students

MY STUDENTS:
Creating a Class (Where applicable)
1. Select My Students option on navigation bar.
2. Select Students & Classes in sub-navigation bar.
3. Select New
Class.
4. Class pop up box appears
Type in a class name
(use school naming convention)*Required Field.
5. If this class is specific to a grade level and subject
area, you may label as such.
6. Attach a secondary teacher to this class, if
applicable.
7. Click Save. (Your new class will save under My
Classes.)

Adding an existing student to your class

An existing student is one who is already in the
student database, but not in your class.
1. Click My School on left panel
Students
2. Search by grade level by selecting Narrow by
Attributes on the lower left hand side of screen. Select
the grade(s) and click Narrow.
3. Check the box(es) next to student(s) you want to add to your class (Can choose multiple students on multiple
pages).
4. Option 1: Select Actions
Add to Class OR
5. Option 2: DRAG selected students and DROP into the correct class in My Classes. (Once you place the cursor
over student names, you see a little hand and you will see the number of students selected as confirmation.
(Example: 3 Students Selected)

*If you do not find the student you are looking for in the Student database, follow the procedures set up for
your school or contact your System Administrator.

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Monitoring Student Progress

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Student Portfolio
The Student Portfolio allows the student to monitor their progress on work that has been
completed, is in progress, or needs to be done. Click the Portfolio icon to access the student portfolio.
Teachers should conference with students weekly over their progress in the learning paths they are
working on using the Student Portfolio. It is best to have the student logged into their account and
viewing the Student Portfolio while conducting the conference.

The recent work tab lists work the student has accessed, not necessarily completed for the day, week or
month. For work that has been completed, a numeric score is displayed if the activity is a scored
activity, quiz, or test. Some activities only receive NA for a score, even if they are completed. Often
these non-scored activities are direct instruction or a reading passage that is later followed by a
separate scored quiz.
Where ever you see a
score in blue ex. 80%, you
can click on the score to
view the students
individual answers on the
quiz or test. Can be
printed.
The status column
indicates activity
completion or if
incomplete.
Most current work
submitted is listed first.

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The assignment tab allows students to view all assignments they are responsible for
as well as know which teacher assigned it. They are able to monitor progress and
completion of the assignment.

Best Practice:
When conferencing with students, teachers can conference with the student over their progress on
activities in the folder as well as their scores. When a decision point requires the student to repeat an
activity, the second score the student obtains will be displayed.
The student score report provides the most comprehensive data as to what the student has completed
in the program. It includes the grade level, chapter, and lesson title that the activity came from. This
can be helpful in identifying specific skill areas where students need additional support or improvement.
The Status bar does not indicate completion. It is simply a bar graph of the score the student
achieved.
The time it took the student to complete an individual activity is denoted in the duration column.

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Trends to look for are a number of low scores and high individual activity times or
low scores and low individual activity times. This may indicate that the student is
struggling significantly with the level of activities in their learning path and adjustments may need to be
made by the teachers.

Class Progress
From the teacher login, you can view the Scantron learning paths assigned to an individual student, as
well as their progress and scores on completed activities through the class progress feature.
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Click Courses & Assignments

Click Class Progress
Click the class name for the students you would like to view.
Click the name of the student.
The Scantron learning paths assigned to the student will be loaded in the center.
Click the Details link to view the students scores on completed work.

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Student Progress Report

The Student Progress Report enables teachers to monitor weekly the activties that students have
completed. The report can be set up to be sent directly to a teachers email account weekly, monthy, or on a
specific date.
The report shows only the activities completed during the selected time period for each student, including the
date, time, score, and completion time.

Assignment Building
Building assignments involves three steps:
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Selecting curriculum and activities.

Refining the assignment.
Finalizing the assignment.

Selecting Curriculum and Activities

To select curriculum for an assignment:
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Launch Assignment Builder by selecting Courses & Assignments > Assignment Builder.
Search for curriculum by choosing one of the curriculum categories at the top of the page.

The Curriculum section displays all Compass Learning

curricula for all subjects. After clicking this option, you
can select curriculum by subject (and within subject, by
grade level) or by keyword.
Note: Moving into the center box, if you click on the (blue, hyperlinked)
Activity Name you can preview the activity decide if you want to use it.
If there is an S or L to the right of the Assignment Name, click on it to
determine if you want to use this resource in addition to the computer
activity.

In this example, the teacher is building an assignment

for sixth grade Language Arts. The teacher has chosen
four tasks from those that are displayed for this subject
at this level. Now the teacher clicks Add Selected
Tasks to add these tasks to the assignment.

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If you are ready to complete your assignment after adding these activities, click Complete
Assignment. The window that opens prompts you to provide a name and description for
the assignment, as well as subject and grade level. You can also specify other details,
including:

Availability. Defines who can access the assignment. To share the assignment across the school, select My
School. To share the assignment across the district, select My District. Otherwise, select the default My
Assignments folder. Note that you must be granted permission to save assignments to the My School and My
District folders.
Assignment Order.
o Sequential presents tasks to students in the defined order, returning to the students launch pad after each
task.
o Self-Select lets students perform task in any order they choose.
o Auto-Launch presents activities to students in the defined order, without returning to the students launch
pad after each task.
Apply assignment order to all folders. Enforces the Assignment Order for all of an assignments folders.
Suppress Duplicate Activities. Ensures that a student does not have to complete the same activity multiple
times within an assignment.
Show Resources. On the students launch pad, displays a link to any student resources (or worksheets)
associated with an activity. Activities that include student resources are denoted in the curriculum by a page
icon with the letter S.
Draft Mode. Specifies that the assignment is for review only. To administer the assignment, turn off Draft
mode.
Show Writer. Makes the Writer tool available from within the assignment.
Show Tool Kit. Makes the toolkit available from within the assignment.

Other options in creating an assignment are available via buttons at the bottom of the Assignment
builder page.

NOTE: Ensure that all folders include at least one activity. Assignments containing empty folders are not saved.

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Within Assignment Builder, click the Assignment tab (next to the Curriculum tab) to refine
the assignment. In this example, the teacher has added Language Arts curriculum items to
her assignment. The curriculum items are displayed in the center panel.

The top of the center panel, above the list of curriculum items, displays refinement options for your
assignment. You can use these to:
Remove curriculum. Select items you want to remove from the assignment and click Remove.
Create a New Folder. If you wish to create a new folder (perhaps to create a sub-category for your
curriculum, or to separate out tasks that will be classified as extra credit), click New Folder. A new
untitled folder will appear at the bottom of your list of folders. Click the label untitled folder that
appears next to the folder icon. In the window that opens, in the Folder field, enter a name for your
new folder.
Move an Activity to a Folder. Select the desired activity in the grid in the left navigation panel. To
locate the activity, you may need to open one or more folders displayed in the tree. After you have
selected the activity, click Move To Folder. From the Move to Folder dialog box, click the desired
destination folder and then click Move.
Specify the Order of Activities in a Folder. Select a folder in the tree in the left navigation panel. The
activities in that folder appear in the center panel. You can overwrite the numbers next to each
activity, which determine the sequence in which they appear. After you have re-ordered the
activities, click Update.Your activities will be re-listed according to how you ordered them.

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Add Decision Points to an Activity. A decision point defines a custom set of

activities for a student who does not meet the mastery level for a scored activity.
Check the box next to the activity where you want to add the decision point and
click Add Decision Point. A Decision Point Options window opens. Here, specify the
master score for the task, how you want the system to behave if the student does or does
not meet the mastery score, and whether to allow the student to continue working, to restart the
folder, or to send out a Progress Alert, informing you that the student needs assistance.
When you have finished, click Save Decision Point. To cancel your changes, click Cancel.

Finalizing Assignments
Clicking Complete Assignment opens the Complete Assignment window. Depending on the type of assignment you
are building, you may see different options in this window.

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The Complete Assignment window includes the settings mentioned earlier (on page 8 of
this document) as well as the following decision:
Assign to Students Now? Specify whether you want to assign the work to students now, or
save the assignment and assign it later.
After you have made your specifications, click Next.

The next page prompts you to select a class or specific students (whose records you can show by expanding
the + icon next to each class name) to whom you wish to assign the assignment. Make your selections and
click Finish. To revise your assignment specifications, clickGo Back. To cancel your work, click Cancel.

Un-assigning/Removing Assignments from students

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Click Courses & Assignments

Click Assignment Status
Select the Student option at the top of the page.
Click Search
On the left, use the filter to get student list (select class, grade level, or enter name)
Click the name of the student
Click View Status
Check the folder/folder(s) you wish to remove
Click Unassign

Building Assignments using State Standards or Common Core

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Select Courses and Assignments Click Assignment Builder on the sub-Navigation Bar.
Select Odyssey Curriculum (default)
Select the desired subject and level.
Select to search by Standards on upper right or Common Core button
Click standard to view content and descriptions.
Click standard code to reveal the activities.
Click individual activity titles to preview the online activity (activity #s appear on this level).
To assign activities, click in the box to the left of the title (multiple activities may be selected.)
Click on the Add Selected Tasks button.
Enter a unique assignment name for easy reference.
Choose assignment order Sequential, Self-Select (default), or Auto-Launch.
Click Complete Assignment.
Select Availability, Subject, Level
Select a Solution (Odyssey)
Choose to assign now or later Next
Confirm assignment Close

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Help
Directions are provided in a Q&A format.
1. Login to the teacher site
2. In the upper right corner, click Help
3. Enter the question you would like to ask
4. Search the responses

Resources
Several support resources are available including a parent letter, student/parent quick start guide and
much more.
1. Login to the teacher site
2. Click Content
3. Click Resources
4. Click Support
5. On the right side, click parent letter, parent/student quick start guide, etc.

CompassLearning Customer Support:

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Phone: 800-678-1412
Email: support@compasslearning.com
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Online Chat Also Available

Rob Thatcher| Instructional Specialist

rthatcher@compasslearning.com | M: 615.870.7259
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