Standard data visualizations include the following:
- Data Walls and Dashboards
- Student Profile
- Reports
Viewing Data Walls
ion Data Walls are flexible, interactive, spreadsheets of individual student information that can be sorted, grouped, and filtered. See Data Walls to learn more.
To view a data wall, click the data icon.
The most efficient way to navigate to data walls is to use our quick menu icons or our simplified home page tab:
1. Click the "blue" data icon - seen on every page within ion OR
2. If using the simplified home page, click the data wall tab OR
3. Use the left hand drop down menu to click Data>Data Walls>Data Walls
Navigating Data Walls
ion's data folders are organized by "scope" - Me, School, District are the most common scopes.
Most data walls will be found in the district folder. Some will be in the school folder - see below to understand ion's folder scope definition.
Data folders are GREEN. Data Walls are BLUE.
1. SCOPE
Me - Walls defined in the "Me" scope are only available to be seen by the user who created the wall
School - Walls defined in the "School" scope are available to any user who is assigned to the Currently Active School
District - Walls defined in the "District" scope are available to any user in the school district
Shared with Me - Contains data walls shared with you
ion Walls - ion uses this folder to create data walls that will then move into other folders
Data Walls are organized first by Scope (Me, School, District), then by folder.
2. Click the blue folder to see the data wall
3. To go back to other folders, navigate the breadcrumbs at the top
Security - why are some data walls empty?
Information displayed on a data wall is a function of user permissions and school access.
Examples:
- A user must be in the elementary school to access elementary school information.
- User permissions may limit access to students on a roster vs all students in a school, or even limit access to certain information. To learn more about permissions, see Managing Permissions.
Viewing Dashboards
Dashboards in ion are visual representations of the data for a whole school and / or district. The dashboard tool within ion is a customizable, flexible means of presenting data. See Dashboards to learn more.
To view a dashboard, click the dashboard icon.
The most efficient way to navigate to dashboards is to use our quick menu icons or our simplified home page tab:
1. Click the "green" dashboard icon - seen on every page within ion OR
2. If using the simplified home page, click the dashboard tab OR
3. Use the left hand drop down menu to click Data>Dashboards
Navigating Dashboards
ion's dashboards folders are organized by "scope" - Me, School, District are the most common scopes.
Most dashboards will be found in the district folder. Some will be in the school folder - see below to understand ion's folder scope definition.
Data folders are GREEN. Data Walls are BLUE.
1. SCOPE
Me - Dashboards defined in the "Me" scope are only available to be seen by the user who created the wall
School - Dashboards defined in the "School" scope are available to any user who is assigned to the Currently Active School
District - Dashboards defined in the "District" scope are available to any user in the school district
Dashboards are organized first by Scope (Me, School, District), then by folder.
2. Click the blue folder to see the data wall
3. To go back to other folders, navigate the breadcrumbs at the top
Viewing the Student Profile
A student profile contains all the data for a student in one place. Clicking the various tabs will provide more information. See Student Profile to learn more.
Viewing Reports
District that connect attendance, behavior and assessments to ion will see information auto populate on the Attendance, Behavior, Matrix and Executive Summary Reports. See Reports to learn more.
Security - Anyone accesses reports will only see what permission settings allow them to see.
