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  • - [Kim] Hi, I'm Kim from Khan Academy,

  • and I'm here with Meaghan, who leads U.S. Teacher Education.

  • Hi, Meaghan.

  • - [Meaghan] Hi, Kim.

  • In this video, we are going to walk you through

  • the Khan Academy learner or student experience.

  • - [Kim] So, Meaghan, who is considered a learner

  • on Khan Academy?

  • - [Meaghan] At Khan Academy, we believe that everyone

  • is a learner, and from the teacher perspective,

  • all of your students are learners and you can be as well.

  • - [Kim] That's great.

  • So where should teachers start

  • if they want to better understand the student experience

  • on Khan Academy?

  • - [Meaghan] To begin, you wanna log into

  • your Khan Academy account.

  • Then select the navigation button indicated by your name

  • on the top right of the screen.

  • Once you see the drop-down menu, select Learner Home.

  • You can now see the Learner homepage on your screen.

  • You can think of this as the student's homepage,

  • as this is what students see immediately

  • when they log into Khan Academy.

  • Also, a quick tip: if the student clicks on

  • the Khan Academy logo, no matter what page they are on,

  • assuming they are logged in, they will always be

  • taken back to this homepage.

  • On the left-hand side, any classes the student is in

  • and where the teacher has given them some sort

  • of assignment or goal is listed.

  • As you can see, the course mastery goals and assignments

  • recommended by the teacher are accessible

  • with a single click.

  • Within the Assignments tab, learners can easily see

  • upcoming assignments and work directly

  • on the assignments from there.

  • Within the Course Mastery tab, learners can see

  • the mastery goals you have given them

  • and their progress towards it.

  • By going down to the Progress tab,

  • students can see their activity log.

  • This exact same report is also available to you as a teacher

  • when you click into a student on your roster.

  • We surface the report to both facilitate accountability

  • and to stimulate student-teacher conferencing on progress.

  • By scrolling down and clicking on Teachers,

  • students can see all of their current teachers

  • and also join a new class by entering a class code.

  • One more thing: on this page, students will also find

  • a summary of their recent activity,

  • energy point, and badges earned.

  • - [Kim] That seems like a really useful place for students

  • to check current mastery progress, assignments,

  • and overall learning.

  • Can you walk us through what students experience when

  • they select their mastery goals?

  • - [Meaghan] Of course, Kim.

  • When students click on their mastery goal,

  • they are taken to the course page,

  • where they can work through the course at their own pace.

  • What you see here on the course page are the different units

  • that make up the course, as well as the student's progress

  • towards mastering each unit.

  • Below each unit name are the lessons within each unit.

  • By clicking into a lesson or unit,

  • I am taken to the unit page.

  • From here, students have the option to either

  • dive straight into practice, which they can find

  • on the right-hand side, or first check out

  • the learning material, which are the articles and videos

  • on the left-hand side.

  • There are a couple types of practice activities

  • in Khan Academy's mastery system.

  • Exercises, which are opportunities for students to learn

  • single skills in isolation, or assessments,

  • where students get mixed skill review.

  • The different types of assessments address

  • different quantities of content.

  • Quizzes are mixed review of skills in a lesson,

  • unit tests are mixed review of skills within an entire unit,

  • and course challenges are a mixed review of skills

  • from the entire course.

  • - [Kim] And how does Khan Academy assess

  • students' proficiency in the skills they're learning?

  • - [Meaghan] As students work through the content,

  • Khan Academy assesses their skill level,

  • giving them a designation of attempted, familiar,

  • proficient, or mastered.

  • These levels are surfaced in the teacher progress reports,

  • but students can also quickly understand their level

  • by looking at the tower visual next to each skill.

  • One brick for familiar, two for proficient,

  • and the crown is unlocked at mastered.

  • When students work on skills in isolation,

  • the maximum level they can get to is proficient.

  • They would need to answer all the questions

  • in isolated skill practice correctly to get to that level.

  • The only way to get to mastered is by proving

  • students can ace questions related to that skill

  • in a mixed skill context, so they need to complete

  • the assessments for that final level-up.

  • If students have tried the skill and get

  • 70 to 99% correct, we call them familiar.

  • If they earn less than 70%, they are attempted.

  • - [Kim] I saw a banner for mastery challenges

  • on the course page.

  • What are mastery challenges?

  • - [Meaghan] Great question, Kim.

  • Mastery challenges are a way for students

  • to review and practice previously learned skills

  • in a course.

  • They first get unlocked after the student

  • has gotten to familiar on at least three skills

  • and continue to get unlocked every 12 hours afterwards.

  • They also provide another way beyond unit tests

  • and course challenges for students to level up or down

  • in already familiar skills.

  • Mastery challenges highlight opportunities for students

  • to engage in personalized, spaced repetition of the skills

  • students have already started practicing.

  • Research shows that spiraling skills over time

  • and across lessons is a key component

  • to minimizing student learning loss

  • and improving knowledge retention.

  • - [Kim] You mentioned that students can

  • see assignments from teachers.

  • How do students know which assignments to complete?

  • - [Meaghan] From the Learner homepage,

  • students can select assignments from

  • the left-hand panel under each class.

  • Students will see active or current assignments

  • in the order of what is due soon at the top of each list.

  • Each assignment will show the title of the assignment,

  • the class name, the due date,

  • and the status of the assignment.

  • If the assignment is a video or article,

  • it will show as completed or not completed.

  • If the assignment contains questions,

  • it will show the student's best score.

  • By clicking on the assignment name or the status,

  • which will show as a Start button for new assignments,

  • the student will be taken directly to the assignment.

  • If students want to revisit past assignments,

  • they can click the tab for Past Assignments

  • on the top of the page.

  • - [Kim] This is so helpful, Meaghan, thanks so much.

  • We hope this video provides a better understanding

  • of the student experience on Khan Academy.

- [Kim] Hi, I'm Kim from Khan Academy,

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