Introduction

1. Engage with essential TEKS

1. Understand how TEKS are assessed on STAAR

1. Apply key skills and concepts through rigorous practice

Instructional Flow

1. Diagnostic Tests: Preliminary assessments to diagnose student needs
2. Instruction and STAAR practice: Lessons for teaching and practice
3. Post tests and spaced review: Post-instruction assessments to measure and monitor progress

Support and Professional Learning Resources

Bookmark the Knowledge Base for quick access whenever you need support.

Training & Professional Learning

Getting Started

Logging In

1. For schools and districts set up through a single sign-on (SSO), please access Sirius Online using that method (Clever, ClassLink, Edlink, or your district learning management system (LMS).
2. For self-registered schools and districts, log in at the Sirius Online Sign-In page using your username and password.

Creating Classes – For Self-Registered Teachers Only

1. In the Classes tab of the dashboard, click the orange +Add/Join Class button in the upper right of the screen.

2. In the pop-up window that appears, choose +Add New Class and click Continue.

3.  Fill out the required fields:
1. Class Name: When naming your classes, include grade levels and period names for easier identification across reports, e.g., "5th Grade RLA – Period 1."
2. Start Date: Enter the first date you’d like students to begin assignments.
3. End Date: Enter the last date for students to complete assignments. Be sure to set your class end date at least two weeks after the last day of class to ensure the class is not archived before you are finished with the school year.

4. Click Save. The new class will immediately appear in the Classes tab on your dashboard.

The Dashboard

    

1. Classes: The Classes tab is your home base. It provides access to each of your classes via class cards, from which you can access courses, make assignments, manage your roster, and more. 
   
2. Content: The Content tab provides a preview of all Sirius Online courses, lessons, and assessments available to you.

The Content tab shows merely a preview of available content. To assign a course to a class, you must access the content through a class card.

1. Assignments: In the Assignments tab, you can view, assign, edit, or delete assignments. Here you can also monitor student performance and engagement progress.
   
2. Reports: The Reports tab provides access to the two main ways that Sirius reports class-level and individual-student performance data—by assignment and by standards (TEKS).
   
3. Support: Need help? Click the Support tab to link to Sirius Online Support, where you can search the Sirius Knowledge Base, submit a support ticket, or chat with a support agent.
   
4. Blue Notifications Icon: Messages from the Sirius team and system-related notifications can be found in the upper-right corner in the circle icon with a number inside. The number represents system notifications and messages that are currently active.

If you have not yet received any notifications, a circle will not appear. When you do begin to receive notifications and see the number in the circle change, be sure to review your messages, since we often include special notices about application updates as well as notices of exports with access to them.

1. Profile Icon: Manage your dashboard here to update your account settings, switch roles, manage archived classes, provide feedback, etc.

If your district purchased either the STAAR Summative Assessment Bank (SSAB) or the STAAR Formative Assessment Bank (SFAB), your dashboard will display a Test Builder tab in addition to the sections described above.

Managing Your Dashboard

Profile Settings

1. Customize your profile image: Click on the Edit button beneath the profile icon. In the Upload Image tab of the pop-up window that appears, click Choose File. You can now browse your device and select a photo or other image file to upload (in the form of a PNG or JPG file). Select the image and click Save. Your profile image will now appear on your profile.

Your profile image can be seen by administrators and students.

2. Choose an avatar instead: If you logged on using a single sign-on (SSO), you will also see a list of avatars available to use as your profile image. Simply select an image in the Avatars tab and click Save.
3. Change name/password: If you self-registered for Sirius Online, you can update your name and login credentials here as well.

Access Archived Classes

1. Click the profile icon and choose Archived Classes from the drop-down menu that appears.
2. Find your class from the list of archived classes and click Reactivate.
3. Set a new End Date, extending it as far as needed to keep the class active. We recommend the end date be at least two weeks past the last day of school.
4. Click Reactivate. The class should now be available in the Classes tab and to students.

1. Reactivating an archived class is not available for teachers who are district-rostered through Clever, ClassLink, Edlink, or an LMS.   
   

1. If you would like to archive a class, set the End Date to a date in the past.
   

Switching Roles

1. Click the profile icon and choose Switch Role from the drop-down menu.
2. Click Enter beneath the name of the role you'd like to log in to the system as, Teacher or District Admin.

The Switch Roles feature is only available to users with both teacher and administrator Sirius Online roles.

Feedback

1. Click the profile icon and choose Feedback from the drop-down menu.
2. Fill out the feedback form and click Submit.

Policies & Agreements

1. Copyright Notice
2. Terms of Use
   
3. Privacy Policy
   

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Managing Classes

Class Cards

  

1. Content: Add a Sirius Online course or courses to the class indicated by the class card or access existing courses and content previously added to the class.
   
2. Assignments: Manage current and past assignments. You can edit, delete, or view student scorecards.
   
3. Roster: Your current list of students in your class. This section also contains co-teacher and student access codes.

Student access codes are needed only in self-registration districts.

1. Class Settings: General settings for the class, including co-teacher access codes, class name, start and end dates, and class image.
   
2. Accommodations: Set or adjust student accommodations for Sirius coursework.

Accommodation settings apply exclusively to students listed on the class card, with all accommodations enabled by default.

1. Groups: Create and manage instructional groups within each class.

The co-teacher view is nearly identical to the teacher view, with the exception that co-teachers cannot access Accommodations or Class Settings.

Adding Courses to Classes

Adding a Course to Multiple Classes

1. Click the Content tab at the top of your dashboard.
2. Locate the course that you would like to add to your classes. If you do not see the course card among those shown, you can search for the course title in the drop-down menu in the upper-left corner of the screen or by keyword in the search box to the right of the menu.

3. On the course card, click the ellipsis (...) to reveal the menu. Click Add to Class.

4. Click the checkbox next to each of the classes you’d like to add the course to. Then click the orange Add button.

Adding a Course to a Single Class

1. On the class card in the Classes tab of your dashboard, click the blue Content button below the class’s name.

2. Click the orange +Add Content button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Select the course (or courses) you’d like to add to the class by clicking the checkbox to the left of the course. Then click the orange Save button in the upper right of the screen.

4. The selected course will be added to your class, and its name will appear on the class content page.

You must add courses to your classes! Regardless of the method by which you were rostered—whether automatically through an IT system such as Clever, ClassLink, or EdLink or manually via self-registration—you are responsible for adding courses to your classes.

Sirius Online Tutorials

1. The Sirius Tools Tutorial for students, a review of all the key tools and accommodations students will use on the online STAAR test. It’s an essential resource to explore with students before diving into course content.
   
2. A collection of eLearning modules designed for teachers and educators to familiarize themselves with Sirius Online’s features and functionality.
   

Bilingual Courses

1. Grades 3–5 RLA
   
2. Grades 3–5 Math
   

Adding Images to Class Cards

1. On the class card, click the ellipsis (...) in the upper-right corner of the ghosted or existing image at the left of the card.

2. In the Upload Image tab of the pop-up window that appears, select Choose File.  Choose an image file from your device. Click Save. 

The image file must be less than 5 MB in size.

3. If necessary, crop the image to an appropriate size: Click the Crop Image tab in the Edit Card Image window and crop the image by moving the corners of the crop box so the box shows the portion of the image you’d like to display. Click Crop and Save.

Changing Class Names

1. On the class card, click Class Settings. This will bring up the class settings screen.

2. In the Class Information section of the class settings screen, type the new name of the class in the Class Name field. Then click Save.

All customizations you make to the class card (images and names) will be visible to students and co-teachers when viewing the class card.

Adding Co-Teachers to a Class

1. Click Class Settings on your class card.
2. In the Access Code section of the class settings screen, near the bottom, locate the Co-Teacher Access Code. Select and copy the code.
3. Share the code with the teacher(s) you wish to co-teach your class.

4. Have your co-teacher(s) navigate to the Sirius Online Sign-In page and click Register. They will then need to enter the co-teacher access code in the text field.

1. At rostered districts, co-teachers who self-register must use the self-registration method for each class they plan to participate in as co-teachers. That said, it is highly recommended that all co-teachers be rostered via Clever, ClassLink, or Edlink in districts that use a single sign-on (SSO) into rostered classes.
   
2. At self-registration districts or schools, self-registered co-teachers can join a second or subsequent class by clicking Join a Class.
   

If a co-teacher receives a message that their email address is already in use, have them add a +1 before the @ symbol (e.g., firstlast+1@example.com).

Setting Student Accommodations

1. Designated Supports: available to students for all tests   
2. UDL Supports: available only in practice assignments

1. On the class card, click Accommodations.

2. Use the toggles to turn individual accommodations on or off for each student.

Accommodations are all turned on by default.

To turn off accommodations for all students in the class, use the Select All Students toggle in the top row.

Creating Groups within a Class

1. On the class card, click Groups.

2. In the Groups screen, click the orange +Add Group button in the upper-right corner.

3. In the pop-up window that appears, enter a name for your group in the Group Name field. (You also have the option of adding a description or other notes about the group in the Group Description field.) In the Select Students column, click the checkbox next to the name of each student in the group. Finally, click the orange Add Group button.

1. Groups can only be created within a class and cannot have students from other classes added to them.
   
2. You can make as many groups as you want, and students can be members of multiple groups.
   
3. Students will not be able to see the group name or description and will be able to see only activities assigned to them. Additionally, if you have co-teachers making assignments, students in a group will not be able to tell which teacher made the assignment.
   

Modifying Groups

1. Select Groups on the class card.
2. In the Groups screen, find the name of the group you’d like to make changes to, either by locating it on the screen or searching for the group name in the Filter by field.
3. Click the Pencil icon to the right of the group name. Then click the Edit Group button that pops up.

4. In the pop-up window that appears, make your desired changes. Then click Save. 

Sirius Online Courses

Navigating Courses

1. Click Content on your class card.

2. Click Open on a course. You will see the full contents of the course, organized in various folders, such as assessments and modules.

Navigating with Breadcrumbs

Using Quick Navigation

1. Access the full curriculum outline, organized by unit, topic, or resource type
   
2. Jump directly to any section of the course for fast review or reference
   
3. Scan content efficiently to locate specific lessons, materials, or instructional supports

The Introduction Folder

1. Go to the course by clicking Content on the class card and then clicking Open next to the desired course. Open the Introduction folder that appears at the top of the screen. You will find the resources described below.

1. Course Contents: Shows an overview of the course, highlighting its modules and corresponding assignments. 
   
2. Teacher’s Guide: A reference tool that explains how course resources can be used effectively for instruction.
   
3. Welcome Letter: An interactive lesson for you to assign to students, introducing them to the Sirius Online platform and guiding them through assignment navigation.
   
4. Getting Familiar with STAAR Item Types: A critical set of lessons designed to walk students through the various STAAR item types. The lessons can be assigned individually or used in Presentation Mode for whole-class review.
   

1. OER Planning Guide: Outlines a planning framework aligned with Bluebonnet Learning curriculum support course delivery.
   
2. ELPS Teacher Resource: Provides scaffolded activities for differentiating instruction across all four proficiency levels, supporting diverse language learners.
   

 Course Overview

Practice Mode vs Test Mode

Practice Mo​de

1. Immediate system-generated feedback
   
2. Hints and sample answers
   
3. Multiple opportunities to practice until the correct answer is achieved
   

Test Mode

Certain practice activities can be assigned in Test Mode. As the instructor, you decide whether each activity should be completed in Test Mode or Practice Mode at the time you create the assignment.

Searching Course Content

Searching by Tags

Searching by Alignments

Be sure to click the Reset Filters button before beginning a new search to ensure that previous filters are not still applied.

Previewing Content

Teacher-Only Toolbar Tools

1. Reveal: Allows you to hide specific parts of an item during presentation. For example, you can show just the question portion of an assessment item and conceal the answers, then reveal the answers when you’re ready. 
   
2. Answers: Displays the answers for each question.

Presenting Content in Presentation Mode

Assignments

Creating Assignments

1. Select Assign on the chosen activity.

2. In the assignment builder pop-up window that appears, fill out the fields as described below.

  

1. Assign To: Select which class or classes you wish to assign the activity in. If you select an individual class, you then have the option of assigning the activity to the entire class, to one or more individual students, or to any group of students you have created within the class.

All of your classes that contain the course will appear in the Assign To drop-down menu. To assign the activity to all or multiple classes at once, select All Classes beneath the drop-down menu.   

1. Date Range: Select the start date and time of the assignment as well as the due date and time. This range controls when a student is able to access the assigned content.
   
2. Mode Option: If the assignment can be administered in either Practice Mode or Test Mode, a drop-down menu will appear in which you can choose which mode to administer the assignment in.

Practice activities in all courses are set with both Practice Mode and Test Mode enabled. Mixed Review preps in the Math courses are also set to allow either mode.

1. Reports & Scores: 
   
1. District reporting: Choose whether to include student scores in district-level Course Reports and Standards Reports. To exclude scores from district aggregation, toggle the Release to reports field off.
   
2. Student access: Once the activity has been submitted for scoring, you may opt to release the scores to students. You can also enable the option for students to review their submitted work.
   
2. Student Instructions: Enter customized instructions to the class(es), group(s), or individual students you are assigning the activity to. Once everything is set, click Assign. You will receive the following success message:

If you’d like to assign this same activity or resources to other students or classes, click Yes. This will create duplicate assignments. If this is the only assignment you are making, click No.

Managing Assignments

1. From a class card: by clicking the blue Assignments link
2. From the dashboard: by selecting the Assignments tab at the top of the screen

1. When accessed via a class card, the Assignments tab defaults to showing only the assignments for that specific class. Although you can adjust the settings to view assignments across all classes, this broader view is not the default when entering through a class card.
   
2. When accessed via the Assignments tab, the screen displays the last filtered view—not necessarily all assignments across all classes, as you might expect.
   
3. Regardless of how you access the Assessments tab, clicking the Reset Filters button will clear the filter settings and show all your current assignments across classes in the date range shown.
   

 Filtering and Searching Assignments

1. Filters: Use the criteria shown in the left panel of the Assignments tab to filter assignments by start date or due date; the class(es), group, or individuals the activity was assigned to; the status of the assignment (pending/active); or which teacher made the assignment. Filters can be reset by clicking the Reset Filters button.
   
2. Search: Type keywords in the search box in the upper-right corner of the screen to locate an assignment by the name of the activity.
   
3. Assignment List: For easier viewing, select the Assignment List tab at the top left of the screen to see your assignments ordered by list view.
   
4. Assignment Status: Use the tabs to the right of the Assignment List tab to sort your assignments into categories based on their status:

1. Assigned: Shows assignments that have been created but no students have started working on yet.
   
2. In Progress: Shows assignments that at least one student has begun work on.
   
3. Closed: Shows assignments for which the due date has passed and at least one student has not submitted, or there may be a question that needs to be manually scored by the teacher.
   
4. Scored: Assignments shown here have been completely scored and are ready for review.

Combine filters for more precise results.

Edit Assignments

1. Locate the assignment you’d like to edit. Click the Score button to the right.
2. Hover over the Assignment number. A pop-up window will appear. Click on either Edit for Student or Edit for Class.

3. In the pop-up window that appears, you can change the status of the assignment, its start date or due date, the student instructions, and score-reporting preferences.

4. When you have completed your edits, click Save.

Another way to bring up the assignment editor is to select the checkbox to the left of the assignment in the summary page of the scorecard and then click Edit in the top right corner.

Delete Assignments

1. Click Score on the assignment you’d like to edit.
2. Hover over the Assignment number and select Edit for Student or Edit for Class.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the pop-up window that appears and select Delete Assignment.

4. Click Save to delete the assignment.

Assignment Scorecards

1. Summary
2. Details
3. Engagement
4. Standards

Summary Tab

1. Assignment: Displays how many times the activity has been assigned. For example, a value of 2 means the student received the activity twice.
   
2. Submitted: Shows the date the student submitted the assignment. You can reassign or “unsubmit” student work by hovering over the submitted date. You can also “force submit” students' work if they have not submitted or forgot to submit.
   
3. Student Work: Shows the score for the student on the assignment. To view details of the student’s work on the assignment, click the score percentile in the column.
   
4. Score Reporting: Use the on/off switches in the scoring area to individually control which scores on different assignments need to be shared with the student or sent to Reports.
   
5. Feedback: Leave feedback for the student by clicking the speech bubble icon on the far right.

Details Tab

1. Usage: Shows the time a student spent working on an assignment.
   
2. Grade: Shows the calculated score for the assignment (as long as there are no manually graded items in the assignment).

1. Accessing assignments: Click the score or the Eye icon in a student’s row to open their assignment. You can also click any cell to jump directly to that specific question.
2. Previewing questions: Hovering over a cell in the Item Report table reveals a pop-up preview of the question, allowing for quick reference before deeper review. You may choose to exclude the item from the student’s final score.
3. Navigating student work: Teachers can review responses either item-by-item for a single student or student-by-student across an item, with options to evaluate, leave comments, and interact via the comment fields.

 Use the Show/Hide toggle to display or hide items that are not scored.

Engagement Tab

1. Time on Task Ratio: Indicates the balance of time the student spent answering items correctly versus incorrectly.

Helping students learn to slow down and proceed through test items methodically is perhaps the single most effective measure of engagement that you can use in your feedback to students as they use Sirius Online.

1. Feedback Usage: Shows the number of times the student used the feedback feature. It displays the data as a ratio. The first number is the total number of times the student used feedback; the second number is the total number of times feedback was available in the activity.

This metric is only available with Practice Mode activities that are set for practice only. Helping students use item-level feedback and additional contextual information not only builds their skills, it helps them proceed methodically toward correct responses.

1. Resources Usage: Shows the number of uses of tools or resources (such as Calculator, Dictionary, References, etc.) used. Although these special resources may not be useful for students on all items, you’ll want to understand which students are using their program’s resources at hand and whether engaging with these resources helps improve their ability to provide correct responses.
   
2. Annotations Usage: Shows the number of uses of annotation tools such as Strikethrough, Highlight, Sticky Notes, or Mark for Review. You may be requiring students to use specific strategies or metacognitive markers as they dissect passages, questions, and responses. With the Annotations Usage column, you’ll be able to see the students’ annotations usage quickly before examining their work in more granular ways.
   
3. Language Tool Usage: Shows the number of uses of the Translate and Speak tools. With such data, you can gain greater insight into how English language learners and students become better readers using text-to-speech and translation as they acquire greater language skills.

Standards Tab

Exporting Assignment Reports: Overview & CSV Breakdown

1. Summary CSV: Ideal for quick comparisons or progress tracking, the Summary CSV provides high-level metrics for each student, including:
   
1. General performance indicators across the activity
   
2. Student-level data for fast review
   
2. Item Analysis CSV: Delivers granular insights into how students interacted with each item, such as:
   
1. Item-level performance scores
   
2. Time spent per item, recorded in seconds (divide by 60 for minutes)
   
3. TEKS/alignment tags for each item to support standards-based analysis
   
4. Final usage time, calculated across the activity
   
3. Standards CSV: Offers a comprehensive view of each student’s performance, including:
   
1. Scoring details for the overall assignment
   
2. Time spent on the full activity and on each individual item
   

How to Manually Score Items

1. Open the Assignments tab.
2. Click on the Closed tab to view assignments that students have completed but still require manual scoring. Locate the assignment with the item to be manually scored and click Score.

3. Click Score under the Student Work header. The assignment will appear, and you will be able to manually score all of the student’s answers.

4. Toggle on the Show only manually scored items button. This will open the item that needs to be manually scored.

5. The Score panel will appear on the right. Use the double arrows to minimize the panel for a better view of the student’s work. Evaluate the response and either click Give Full Credit or enter a score manually.

 

6. Use the Previous Student and Next Student buttons to score the same item across all students.
7. Enter any feedback in the Teacher Comments field.
8. Once scoring is complete, click Save.
9. To exit, click the X in the upper-right corner.

You can also identify manually scored items in the Details tab of the scorecard. Items requiring manual scoring will display a Score button in the Grade column, and a blue pencil icon will display under the question.

Reporting in Sirius Online

1. Automatic report generation requires that you click at least one of the View Report buttons in either the Course Reports or Standards Reports windows.
   
2. Reports refresh twice weekly and are available for:
   
1. Teachers on Thursday and Saturday mornings
   
2. School administrators on Friday and Saturday mornings
   
3. District administrators on Saturday and Monday mornings
   
3. Assignment scorecard reports are available in real time for teachers, including performance scores, item analysis, engagement, and standards raw data.

Course Report

1. To open a Course Report, click the Reports tab in the top of the dashboard screen. In the Course Report window that pops up, click on View Report next to the class you’d like a report for. This will take you to the Class Summary section of the Course Report.

2. Course Reports use a table-of-contents view. In the Class Summary, click the caret next to the course name, and the folders in the course will appear as rows. Continue to click the carets next to folders until you see the folders’ individual assignments, each presented in its own row. For each assignment, you can view the Class Average as well as other data.

To show only assignments that have been scored, toggle the Content without scores button from Show to Hide.

3. The main features of the Class Summary section of a Course Report are described below.

 

1. Content: Displays a list of all folders and activities within a course and the assignments currently associated with them in a table-of-contents view.
   
2. Assignments: Click View in the Assignments column to see the summary performance on the assignment for all students. From this sub-report, you can manage the assignment activity with students. 
   
3. Class Average: Displays the average score of all class submissions for the assignment in that row.  
   
4. Performance Key: The “stoplight-colored” key in the upper-right corner of the screen indicates class performance on an assignment in colored bands based on three score ranges:
   
1. Advanced (green): Greater than 75%
   
2. Competent (yellow): From 50% to 75%
   
3. Beginner (red): Less than 50%

In the performance key, the gray Not Enough Data color indicates assignments that have either not been created or graded.

4. To access individual student performance data, click the Details link in the header of the right column. This will bring up the Class Detail section of the report, where you can view student performance data by Performance, Usage, and Engagement.

1. Performance: Shows student performance by assignment. Use this section of the report to see how your class is doing overall and to dive into individual scores.
   
2. Usage: Shows how much time students have spent on the platform and whether they’ve completed their work.
   
3. Engagement report: Shows important behavior data such as feedback usage, annotation strategies, and tool engagement.
   
4. Filter by student group: If student groups have been created by the teacher, they can be located by using the Student Group filter.

Course Report: Performance

1. Open a Course Report for the class as instructed in the main Course Report section. In the Class Summary table, click Details.
2. For each course in the class, the resulting screen displays a Class Average and an aggregate score for each student in the class, displayed beneath the student’s initials.
3. Click the first-row caret to display additional information about class and student performance. Assignments are displayed in rows corresponding to the course structure. To go deeper, click the various carets to expand the scored activities.
4. Click on a student’s initials to see the student’s individual scores on the activities.
5. In the Assignments column, a View link will appear. Clicking it returns you to the Class Summary, where you can review the summary for that activity.

Course Report: Usage

1. Open a Course Report for the class as instructed in the main Course Report section. In the Class Summary table, click Details. Then click the Usage (minutes) tab in the Class Detail page.
2. For each course in the class, the resulting screen displays a Class Average showing the average time the class spent working on the assignments in the class along with the aggregate usage time for each student, displayed beneath the student’s initials.
3. Click the first-row caret to display additional information about class and student usage. Assignments are displayed in rows according to the course structure. To go deeper, click the various carets to expand the scored activities.
4. Click on a student’s initials to see data about the student’s individual usage on the activities.
5. In the Assignments column, a View link will appear. Clicking it will take you to the Class Summary, where you can review all student performance for that activity.

Course Report: Engagement

1. Open a Course Report for the class as instructed in the main Course Report section. In the Class Summary table, click Details.Then click the Engagement tab in the Class Detail page.
2. For each course in the class, the resulting screen displays the Class Average and an aggregate engagement score for each student, displayed beneath the student’s initials.
3. Click the first-row caret to display additional information about class and student engagement. Assignments are displayed in rows according to the course structure. To go deeper, click the carets to expand the scored activities.
4. Click on a student’s initials to see data about the student’s individual engagement on the activities.

Student engagement is color-coded: green for high engagement (using more than four tools) and red for low engagement.

5. In the Assignments column, a View link will appear. Clicking it will return you to the Engagement section of the Class Detail page of the Course Report, where you can review all student engagement for that activity.

Standards Report

1. Click the Reports tab in the top of the dashboard screen. In the Standards Report window that pops up, click on View Report next to the class you’d like a report for. This will take you to the Class Summary section of the Standards Report.

2. In the left column of the Class Summary, click the caret next to the course name to display all the standards assessed in the course, each in its own row and marked R (Readiness) or S (Supporting). Hover over a standard to reveal the full text of the standard as well as how it is weighted on the STAAR test.

Standards marked Not Enough Data indicate missing or incomplete submissions, preventing calculation of a reliable score for that standard.

3. To quickly find a particular standard or set of standards, use the Standards, Filter by, and More Filers fields.

4. To access individual student performance reports, click the Details link in the header of the right column. This will bring up the Class Detail section of the report, where you can view data on individual student Performance and Usage.

Standards Report: Performance

1. Open a Standards Report for the class as instructed in the main Standards Report section. In the Class Summary table, click Details.
2. For each student in the class, the resulting screen displays an aggregate score for all assignments aligned to each standard assessed in the course.

3. Click View in the Details column to go to the Student Details page, where you can see  more-granular data on student performance for a particular standard. You can view scores at both Assignment Level and Item Level.

4. From the Student Details page, you can make assignments directly to students based on their performance. In the top row of the report table, click on the desired assignment. In the pop-up window that appears, click Assign on the right of the activity card.

5. Complete the fields in the Assign pop-up window as detailed in the Creating Assignments section.

Standards Report: Usage

1. Open a Standards Report for the class as instructed in the main Standards Report section. In the Class Summary table, click Details.
2. The resulting screen shows how long, in total minutes, each student has spent working on each standard in the course. The performance key in the upper right of the screen assesses student engagement on each standard based on how long they spent completing assignments, classifying engagement time in four categories:

1. Less Time/Meets or Masters
   
2. More Time/Meets or Masters
   
3. Less Time/ Does Not Meet
   
4. More Time/ Does Not Meet
   

Less Time or More Time on task is based on a comparison with the class average.

Hiding Rows and Columns in a Report

Student Experience

Student Dashboard and Navigation

Assignments and Reports

Student Assignments Tab

Student Reports Tab

Supporting Student Work on Assignments

1. Begin by clicking the orange Start button on the assigned activity.

2. When the activity loads, click the Next button at the bottom center of the activity title screen.

3. Carefully review the activity’s instructions as well as any pre-activity questions, proceeding from one pre-activity screen to the next by clicking the Next button.
4. Reply to each activity question by selecting the correct answer (or otherwise interacting on-screen) using Sirius tools and then clicking Next.
5. Inform students that they can use the Go To button at the bottom center of the screen to open the slide-tray navigator. From there they can navigate among the activity’s items and/or view items they have not completed or have marked for review. (Using the Mark for Review tool, students can flag items they would like to return to later in their session.)

Students doing assigned auto-scored STAAR practice work—done in Practice Mode—will have the opportunity to receive feedback based on their first attempted response. Options may include Try Again, Show Hint, View Sample Answer, or Show Correct Answer. Feedback options vary across courses and item types, and students may be required to submit answers before more feedback is given.

Final Words

Sirius Online is your partner for STAAR success!

1. Explore the platform to discover curriculum-aligned resources and interactive practice tools.
   
2. Leverage student data to personalize instruction, identify learning gaps, and track progress.
   
3. Engage in Training and Professional Learning Service to expand your expertise and stay ahead of evolving standards.