iTRACK has been designed to be extremely flexible. As a result, there are many different preferences you may wish to include/exclude. Here you will find a detailed explanation for all of them, allowing you to customise your account to suit your requirements.
Firstly, head to the School Settings page and click on the Foundation tab.
Please note: Once you have finished setting up your preferences, you MUST press SAVE CHANGES at the bottom of the page.
EYFS Libraries
Here you can choose which EYFS curriculum you wish to use. Original will select the original curriculum with all the age bands, Early Adopters will select the Early Adopters framework, and both will give you the option in iTRACK to flick between both curriculums. Throughout the EYFS section, you will have a 'Library' dropdown appear where you can select either curriculum.
Profile Builder Library
(This will only appear when you have enabled both libraries in the previous preference option.)
If you are using iTRACK's built in Profile Builder for your Learning Journey's, you can select here whether you want to use the Original EYFS curriculum or the Early Adopters framework when recording observations.
Early Adopters Label Names
(This will only appear when you have either Early Adopters or both libraries enabled.)
Here you have the ability to rename your Early Adopters bands to suit your requirements. Simply type your chosen name and structure into the textboxes. If you do not wish to use any of the bands, just enter a '-' or 'N/A', and you must ensure you use the bottom 'Expected' band to mark as your Early Learning Goal and work backwards. See below:
This is how your Early Adopters bands will appear throughout iTRACK.
Sub-Score Label Names
The iTRACK default language is 'some/most/all', however if you want to rename your sub-scores, you can do that here using the textboxes. See the example below:
These will then appear in your iTRACK account, regardless of which EYFS library you are using.
Free Text Result
You can add a 'free form' column to your 'Enter Pupil Results' page. It can contain text or numerical values (although has a limited character number). This is great if you wish to give an additional grade/score for additional areas, like behaviour or effort for example. Full Title is the full name, Short Title is what will appear in the column heading itself on iTRACK (usually an abbreviation).
Pupil Results
Here, you can set by default whether you would prefer to use your First Assessment (Baseline) for comparisons when viewing your Autumn (AP1) data, or if you would prefer to compare from Nursery Summer (EoY). This often depends on how your school baselines your pupils.
Nursery Years
It is possible to enable up to 4 nursery years. By default, only a single year of Nursery is enabled but you can select whichever number you require from the dropdown.
Year Labels
You can rename your EYFS cohorts to reflect your school. Simply type your chosen names in the textboxes for whichever EYFS years you have enabled.
Number of Assessment Points
This allows you to select how many times a year you would like to make an assessment - whether it be termly (3), half termly(6), or anywhere in between(4-5). Remember you will have your Baseline/First Assessment IN ADDITION to the number you select here.
Display First Assessment
If you wish to have a First Assessment (Baseline), you can simply tick which of your EYFS year groups you would like to have it for. By default, all your enabled year groups will have one.
Reception Baseline
The 'Reception Baseline' is named differently to your 'First Assessment'. This refers to numeric baselines which may involve Standardised/Scaled Scores. Click use Reception Baseline if you wish to enable this functionality, or you can opt for the default position do not use Reception Baseline.
GLD
Regardless of which curriculum you are using, iTRACK breaks the 'Expected' band down into the 3 customisable sub-scores. This is important when it comes to calculating your GLD (which can be seen on the 'Cohort Attainment' page).
Here you should select which sub-score of 'expected' is your threshold for the GLD calculation, which can vary depending on how you use your sub-scores in school.
Profile Builder Objectives
If you are using iTRACK's Profile Builder, this is an important option.
Link objectives will allow you to tick your 'full assign' statements off as met whilst you are uploading evidence to your Learning Journey's.
Do not link objectives will keep your uploading of evidence entirely separate from from your 'full assign' ticking of objectives.
Save Changes
You must click Save Changes at the bottom of the page to apply any changes to your preferences.