Welcome! Aimsweb User Group
Spring 2014
Have these websites open – each on a tab:
• www.aimsweb.com
• Also your aimsweb account (log in plus the
aimsweb homepage)
• http://e1baimsweb2.weebly.com (make sure
weebly isn’t blocked in your district)
• https://training.aimsweb2.pearson.com
Demo of version 2 software
• Backchannel:
https://todaysmeet.com/aimswebusers
What is aimsweb?
Web based
data
management
and reports
Embedded,
printable
assessment
protocols
Brief, continuous
assessment system
used to track student
performance over
time
Two Components of aimsweb
Benchmarking & Progress Monitoring
When used together, provide a complete picture of
student growth
Benchmark
Screening
+
Progress
Monitoring
The Complete Picture
Benchmark Screening & Progress Monitoring
When used together, provide a complete picture of
student growth
Fall Benchmark
Screening
Sept 1- Oct 15*
Fall
Universal
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Winter
Benchmark
Screening
Jan 1-Feb 1*
Progress
Monitoring
* Dates are customizable but must be set before data entry
Spring
Benchmark
Screening May
1-June 1*
Migrating your account to
the new aimsweb
Common Question
Q: When will the new aimsweb be ready?
A: The plan is for a controlled release with a small number
of customers starting in February, after the winter
benchmark period.
Q: How do we decide when to move?
A: Several considerations:
- User and Account data preparation
- New features and functions - training
- Timing that is best for your school(s): Before/after
benchmark period; Summer 2014; Summer 2015
How to Get Started
User Training
• Follow Migration checklist – on Weebly site
• Attend/watch Overview webinars, live and recorded
– Next live webinars are April 7 & 24, 3 pm Central time
• Request Customer Training accounts (www.aimsweb.com –
Contact form)
• View Training Tutorials
• Review supporting Documentation (FAQ; Key Differences;
Roadmap) (not all of these are ready at present)
OST
The Operational Support Team is staffed
Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Central Standard Time excluding Pearson
holidays. In addition to assisting you with
preparing your data for migration, OST will also
assist with the import of your student and class
rosters. They can be contacted at 866‐313‐
6194, Option 1, then Option 3 or
aimswebdata@pearson.com.
Important Information
• Account migration is Not Automatic!
• Pearson will work with you to schedule the migration and
support you through the process
• Account data migration approach is to clean and prepare the
data in the current (1.0) aimsweb account, then migrate it to
the new aimsweb
• All schools within the account will be migrated over
Important Information
• The current year and previous year of data will move over as
part of the migration process
• You will have access to your 1.0 aimsweb account to run
reports and view historical data beyond two years
• If you want to move more than two years of data we will
handle on a custom request basis
• Tech specs being released soon
– Flash????
– Ipad/tablet apps in Fall to assess and view results/data
Helpful Resources
www.aimsweb.com/get-started
Folder in Customer Forum
Aimsweb 2.0
Stay up to date:
•
•
aimsweb.com
facebook.com/aimsweb
Manage Tab
Schooll
What are tasks you have
been doing in Aimsweb 1.0?
https://training.aimsweb2.pearson.
com
Training Site (or use button on
Weebly)
Customer ID: 1280 or 1328
Username: Manager
Password: Password1
Help!
• Continues to be contextual
• Search for “migration”
Imports - Status
Exports in Ver 2.0
• Available the next day (done on off hours)
• Files cannot be modified
• Clicking job name runs that job again with
same settings
• “completed” files are available for 30 days
Manage Area
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Graduate
• Can use the button to manually graduate but
import will override
• Only account managers can do this
• If graduation has been done in a school year,
button will say “Print Graduation Report”
District “Users” – lost students
• Special holding area in your account
Can delete or transfer
School “Users” – lost students
• Special holding area for those not in a class
• Can transfer them to a class
• Delete if they have no data
Classes
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•
•
•
Created in your import
Teachers can have multiple classes
Students can be in multiple classes
Class needs a unique identifier (no.)
Custom Groups
• No check for duplicate names
• Good for “reading” or “math” or “AIS” classes
• Previous year’s class for a teacher
Users
• Upload teachers & managers in an import
(reading teachers, school psychologists, ais)
• Then assign a role – that makes them a user
• Users get a username and password & can log
in
• Help – “delete user” for rules
User Roles
NEW
Manage area only, few rights
View only, no editing
Deleting Users
• School managers – only can be deleted if no
progress monitoring caseloads
• Can no longer log in to Aimsweb (unless they
have another role); can deactivate
• Only can be done by District Manager or
Account Manager
• Help – “delete user” for rules
Account – 5 functions
Interventions-for Monitoring
• Managers can create
– Aimsweb defaults can be
added/edited/deactivated by Account Managers
only
– Other managers can create for district or school
– Can’t edit or delete if it has been used
Tasks - New
• Can edit the defaults or add new
• Have to deactivate, then delete
• Can only delete if not being used
Examples of Tasks you might create
• Can attach a video, sound recording or notes
to a task
Calendar - New
2-3 weeks is ideal for each gr level but this is
school wide; use Aimsweb windows
2 sub areas – Measures & Account
Preferences
MEASURES –
you can
deactivate or
activate
assessments;
deactivate ones
you do not use
(check means
active)
Passwords – no control
• Must be changed every 60 days
• Will be locked out after 5 incorrect attempts
• Can’t reuse password within same calendar
year