What a teacher sees while students work and after they submit: the live sessions table, alerts, the analysis, and the full transcript.What a teacher sees while pupils work and after they submit: the live sessions table, alerts, the analysis, and the full transcript.
Live sessions
The sessions table updates in real time as students start and submit.The sessions table updates in real time as pupils start and submit.
Every activity page has a Sessions table with a Live badge. A row appears the moment a student starts, and it updates when they submit, when Sparky finishes its analysis, and when a grade lands, without refreshing the page.Every activity page has a Sessions table with a Live badge. A row appears the moment a pupil starts, and it updates when they submit, when Sparky finishes its analysis, and when a grade lands, without refreshing the page.
What each row shows
Student, session name, when it started, when it was submitted, and how long it took.Pupil, session name, when it started, when it was submitted, and how long it took.
Grades in the same table
Graded activities add the overall grade and a column for each rubric category, with a switch to show scores as percentages.
Search and filter
Find a student by name, or switch to your own sessions or archived ones.Find a pupil by name, or switch to your own sessions or archived ones.
Submit for the class
Select sessions and submit them together when time is up.
Sparky lets you know during the activity when a student is stuck or asks for help.Sparky lets you know during the activity when a pupil is stuck or asks for help.
While students work, Sparky watches for the moments a teacher would want to know about and adds them to a Needs attention panel on the activity page. The student is not told. You see who it is, why, and when, and one click opens the session at that message.While pupils work, Sparky watches for the moments a teacher would want to know about and adds them to a Needs attention panel on the activity page. The pupil is not told. You see who it is, why, and when, and one click opens the session at that message.
What triggers an alert
Three or more wrong answers, signs of distress such as giving up, disengagement, or a student asking for the teacher.Three or more wrong answers, signs of distress such as giving up, disengagement, or a pupil asking for the teacher.
Straight to the moment
Each alert opens the conversation at the message that raised it.
Mark as resolved
Clear an alert once you have checked in, and reopen it if you need to.
For the activity's teachers
Only the activity's owners see alerts, in the panel and under the message in the transcript.
Strengths, areas of improvement, and a follow-up for each student, above the full transcript.Strengths, areas of improvement, and a follow-up for each pupil, above the full transcript.
When a student submits, Sparky writes up the session: strengths, areas of improvement, and a follow-up. It sits above the transcript, and each point links to the messages it is based on. The student gets the same write-up and an email when it is ready.When a pupil submits, Sparky writes up the session: strengths, areas of improvement, and a follow-up. It sits above the transcript, and each point links to the messages it is based on. The pupil gets the same write-up and an email when it is ready.
Ready in minutes
Analysis starts on submission and takes up to two minutes.
Linked to the evidence
Click a point in the analysis to jump to the part of the conversation it came from.
The whole class too
Once three or more sessions are in, an Activity analysis sums up the class.
Grades alongside
Rubric grades and your own written feedback appear in the same place.
Open any student's session and read the whole conversation with Sparky.Open any pupil's session and read the whole conversation with Sparky.
Click any row in the Sessions table and the whole conversation opens, every student message and every reply from Sparky, in order. The teacher's view is read-only, so the record is the student's own work.Click any row in the Sessions table and the whole conversation opens, every pupil message and every reply from Sparky, in order. The teacher's view is read-only, so the record is the pupil's own work.
Paste history
On any student message, see the text that was pasted in while writing it, or confirm that nothing was.On any pupil message, see the text that was pasted in while writing it, or confirm that nothing was.
Archived, not lost
Students can archive a session, and you can still find it with the archived filter.Pupils can archive a session, and you can still find it with the archived filter.
Cite or share
Generate a citation for the session or share it with a link.
Reopen a session
Unsubmit a session so a student can continue.Unsubmit a session so a pupil can continue.
Have Sparky play a student at any level on your rubric, or try the activity yourself, before you assign it.Have Sparky play a pupil at any level on your rubric, or try the activity yourself, before you assign it.
The Session Preview pane sits beside the Activity Builder. Have Sparky play the student at a chosen performance level from your rubric, or start a session and try the activity yourself, before anyone in class sees it.The Session Preview pane sits beside the Activity Builder. Have Sparky play the pupil at a chosen performance level from your rubric, or start a session and try the activity yourself, before anyone in class sees it.
Simulate a studentSimulate a pupil
Pick a level from your rubric, such as Excellent or Proficient, and watch a session play out at that level.
See the analysis it produces
A simulated session submits itself, so you see the session analysis and rubric grades a real student would get.A simulated session submits itself, so you see the session analysis and rubric grades a real pupil would get.
Try it by hand
Start a session manually and answer as a student would.Start a session manually and answer as a pupil would.
Reset and rerun
Change a guideline, reset the preview, and run it again.
Print any session, export the sessions table to CSV, and export Sparky's documents to Word or Google Docs.
What happens in Flint does not have to stay in Flint. Print a session for a parent meeting, download a class's results as a spreadsheet, or send a document Sparky wrote to Word or Google Drive.
Print a session
Any session or chat prints in full, with the analysis expanded.
Download as CSV
Each student's grade, category scores and feedback, strengths, improvements, and your written feedback, in one file.Each pupil's grade, category scores and feedback, strengths, improvements, and your written feedback, in one file.
Documents
Print, download as a Word file, or export to Google Drive as a Google Doc.
Slides
Export a deck to Google Slides or download it as a PowerPoint file.
School admins can open any session or chat in their school, including personal chats with Sparky.
School admins can open anything in their school. The role carries down to every class, activity, and session, which includes private sessions and students' personal chats with Sparky.School admins can open anything in their school. The role carries down to every class, activity, and session, which includes private sessions and pupils' personal chats with Sparky.
Search the school
One search covers classes, users, activities, folders, sessions, and chats, archived ones included.
A profile for every user
Open anyone's profile to see their classes, activities, sessions, and chats.
Alerts and analysis
Admins see the same alerts and session analysis the teacher does.
