Tk20
CAMPUS TOOLS
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
WHAT IS IT?
Tk20 is an electronic program that
offers one, central, easy location to
manage all courses. Instructors can
communicate with their students,
post assignments, give quizzes,
complete assessments, manage
grades, post syllabi and other
documents.
WHAT DOES Tk20 DO?
It tracks Course, Program, and Unit-level
Assessments.
It provides templates for Standardsbased, Reflective, Electronic Portfolios.
It tracks and manages Field Experience
and Clinical Practice.
WHAT DOES Tk20 DO?
It allows the Teacher Education Program
to do Data Aggregation to determine how
well the program is functioning.
It allows for better Student Advisement.
It gives Centralized Access to Student
Records, Assessments, Transcripts, and
Program Requirements.
CREATING REPORTS
It generates individual and
aggregated reports on the meeting
of conceptual framework outcomes,
various standards, and the tracking
of the progress of candidates,
charting their progress through their
transition points.
CREATING REPORTS
It generates reports on the
distribution of candidates at
different cooperating schools,
qualifications of the cooperating
teachers, the diversity composition
of the students and the students’
hours, subjects, etc.
CREATING REPORTS
• It generates reports on gender and
race distribution and other
demographics.
• It generates reports on Praxis and
other scores to show student
qualifications.
SURVEYS
• Tk20 allows us to develop surveys to
send via email to cooperating
teachers, students, faculty, and
alumni.
• It allows us to see survey results and
develop reports easily.
ADVISEMENT
Tk20 gives academic advisors and
their advisees full and complete
information about candidates’
academic progress and their program
requirements right on their computer
screen. Advisement is immediate,
informed and painless.
ADVISEMENT
Each program is configured to have
its own set of transition points. Each
transition point can have a checklist
associated with it, documenting the
steps each candidate must complete
for progressing beyond the transition
point.
ADVISEMENT
It includes test scores,
certifications, transcripts, and other
information related to all courses
taken.
WHAT CAN STUDENTS
DO WITH Tk20?
Candidates can create standardsbased lesson plans, unit plans, essays,
reflection papers, rubrics, website
URLs, work samples or any other
artifacts required in their teacher
education program.
FIELD/CLINICAL
EXPERIENCES
Candidates can record ongoing
journals about their field
experiences and get online feedback
from cooperating teachers and
university supervisors on their
performance. Completed field
experience artifacts can be attached
to course and program portfolios.
TRACKING PROGRESS
Students can track their progress
within the program both through the
advising component and through the
Gradebook.
MESSAGING
Students can send and receive
messages and attach artifacts for
feedback and/or grading.
SYLLABUS
Students can find their course
syllabus online.
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments will be posted
electronically and feedback will also
be given electronically.
ASSESSMENT
Your instructor may decide to give
some assessments online.
PORTFOLIOS
• Candidates can create and submit
standards-based reflective portfolios that
are assessed by one or multiple faculty
members, individually or collaboratively.
• Candidates can export their portfolios to a
CD-ROM for their personal records or for
use in job interviews.
STUDENT DOCUMENT
ROOM
Students can save all their work from
each course electronically. They can
later select which work they wish to
include in their portfolio.