Common Tasks and FAQ

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Common tasks
  • Find your most and least active schools or teachers
  • See which teachers use a specific resource type
  • Check how teachers use accommodations
  • See tech-enhanced (state-test-style) question usage
  • Check alignment to academic standards
  • Ask a question with Ask Wayground AI
  • Compare this year to last year
  • Narrow the data with filters
  • Export data
• FAQ

Step-by-step help for common admin tasks, plus quick answers.

New to the feature? Start with Get Started with Usage Analytics.

Common tasks

Find your most and least active schools or teachers

1. Open the Reports tab.

2. Select Schools or Teachers.

3. Select the Sessions column header to sort; select it again to flip between highest-first and lowest-first.

4. (Optional) Scroll right to compare other metrics, or use Export to pull the list.

See which teachers use a specific resource type

1. On the Overview, go to the Resource utilisation section (the section link reads Resource types).

2. Select the resource type you want (for example, Lessons).

3. In the Teachers panel, sort by the session column to rank teachers, then page through the list.

For the full, exportable list, open Reports → Teachers and check the per-resource session columns.

Check how teachers use accommodations

• For the big picture: on the Overview, read the Accommodations section (sessions, teachers, students accommodated, and use by category)

• For which teachers: select Teachers using Accommodations to open the teacher breakdown

• For which accommodations: select View all, or open Reports → Accommodations; sort Students benefited high to low for your most-used supports, or low to high to find underused ones

See tech-enhanced (state-test-style) question usage

• For the summary: on the Overview, read the Tech-enhanced questions section, including Tech-enhanced questions utilisation by type

• For the full breakdown: open Reports → Tech-enhanced Qs; the Category column flags the Interactive & higher order types, which are the tech-enhanced (TEI) questions

Check alignment to academic standards

1. Open Reports → Standard alignment.

2. Sort by Usage frequency to see which standards get the most coverage.

3. Use Search to find a specific standard code.

4. Check the Schools column to see which schools use each standard; select + N more for the full list.

Ask a question with Ask Wayground AI

1. Open Ask Wayground AI from the dashboard (the chat panel on the right).

2. Select a suggested prompt, or type a question like “Top teachers by usage last month.”

3. Read the answer (a table, a number, or a chart), then ask a follow-up to refine it.

For the full, sortable, exportable detail, use the matching Reports table. See Ask Wayground AI.

Compare this year to last year

1. On the Overview, go to the Trends section.

2. Make sure Show previous year (top right of the section) is on, then read the solid Selected date range line against the dashed Previous year line.

3. Select a figure (Sessions, Active teachers, or Active students) to plot that metric, and check its percentage change.

4. (Optional) Change the grouping (Daily, Weekly, or Monthly) to zoom in or out.

Narrow the data with filters

1. Use the filter bar at the top right: time period, All schools, All subjects, All grades.

2. In a filter panel, search and select what you want (or Select all), then choose Done.

Everything below (cards, charts, and tables) updates to match. Filters apply to both the Overview and Reports: set them once and switch views.

Export data

1. Set your filters and sort order so the view shows exactly what you want.

2. Select Export (top right).

3. Choose Export as .PDF to download a PDF document, or Export as .Excel to send the spreadsheet to your email.

Exporting from a Reports table captures the exact sorted, filtered dataset you set up.

FAQ

What’s the difference between the Overview and Reports?

The Overview is an at-a-glance summary (cards and charts) with optional breakdowns. Reports are detailed, sortable, exportable tables with a row for every school, teacher, accommodation, question type, or standard. Start in the Overview for the headline; go to Reports for specifics. See Get Started with Usage Analytics.

What does “active” mean, and how is it different from “logged-in” or “rostered”?

Rostered is everyone added to your organization. Logged-in means a teacher signs in. Active means the school, teacher, or student actually uses Wayground within your selected filters. See the glossary → People.

Why don’t the numbers in the Overview match the Reports exactly?

The Overview shows summaries for your current filters; Reports show the detailed records behind them. Apply the same filters (time period, schools, subjects, and grades) in both views before you compare.

What are “tech-enhanced questions”?

Higher-order, interactive question types common on state tests (for example, Match, Drop-Down, Hotspot, and Reorder). Some report columns abbreviate them TEI. See the glossary.

Can I ask questions in plain language?

Yes. Ask Wayground AI is a chat assistant that answers questions about your usage with tables, numbers, or charts. It covers teacher usage, feature use, accommodation analytics, standards coverage, and participation counts. See Ask Wayground AI.

What is the “30+ questions per week” recommendation?

Wayground’s recommended weekly usage. The in-product line reads: “Wayground recommends students to answer 30+ questions / week in each subject, backed by ESSA III study.” The Implementation guidance section shows how your students and teachers compare to that benchmark, and the Implementation level card shows your average questions per student per week.

What does “Students benefited from accommodations” count?

The number of unique students with at least one accommodation feature enabled.

Can I export the data, and how do I get it?

Yes. Use Export (top right). Export as .PDF downloads a PDF document; Export as .Excel sends the spreadsheet to your email. Export from a Reports table after you sort and filter.

Can I look at just one school, subject, or grade?

Yes. Use the filters at the top right; they apply across the Overview and Reports. See Narrow the data with filters.

I’m an administrator but don’t see Usage Analytics. What should I do?

Confirm you’re in Admin Controls, then select Usage Analytics. If it isn’t available, use Contact success partner (bottom left of Admin Controls) to check your access.