User stories generated from a workshop on Learning Analytics for FE 14 April 2016

1. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a course leader
I want to be able to identify
students who are at risk of failing to
complete their course
so that I can provide timely
interventions to help students who
might dropout
Useful
Nice to have

2. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a course leader
I want to be able to identify
students who are not on target to
achieve their predicted/required
grade
so that I can intervene to address
any problems
Useful
Nice to have

3. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a Curriculum Director
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners not achieving to
the agreed date
so that I can intervene to address
any problems
Useful
Nice to have

4. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a English and Maths tutor
I want to be able to see students
BKSB scores, GCSE Prior attainment
so I can plan learning and ensure
students are progressing towards
achieving a grade C+ this year
Useful
Nice to have

5. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a Curriculum Director
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners who have not
meeting assessment deadlines and
have not had 1:1 pastoral care
session
so that I can intervene to address
any problems
Useful
Nice to have

6. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a Teaching and Learning
Manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of courses where
attendance is below the college set
target
so that I can devise appropriate CPD
training/ initiatives to address any
attendance problems.
Useful
Nice to have

7. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a faculty manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners who are at risk
of not achieving their enrolled
courses
so I can provide timely interventions
to help students who might
dropout.
Useful
Nice to have

8. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a anyone
I want to see all my data in one
place
so that I don’t have to confused by
lots of different systems
Useful
Nice to have

9. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a course leader
I want to be able to easily see my
students’ in year progress and
patterns of attendance and
behaviour
so that I can make early
interventions if required.
Useful
Nice to have

10. Staff Learning
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a tutor
I want to see my tutees grades,
attendance, issues
so that I can see how they are doing
any success or leaving issues.
Useful
Nice to have

11. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a student
I want to see my attainment and
engagement activity and compare
with my cohort
so that I can verify that I am on
track
Useful
Nice to have

12. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a learner
I want to know what my current
progress is and what I need to do to
achieve
so that I can achieve my
aspirational grades and more
Useful
Nice to have

13. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a learner
I want to understand ,my progress
against agreed goals and course
progression
so that I can identify support
needed and ensure I set and meets
aspirational goals
Useful
Nice to have

14. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a student
I want to have a place where I can
see my grades, resources, contacts
tutors, etc.
so that I can see how I am doing and
can see how to improve and contact
staff easily
Useful
Nice to have

15. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a learner
I want to have a visual guide to my
performance
so that I can clearly see what my
current outcome is and what I need
to do to improve
Useful
Nice to have

16. Learner
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a learner
I want to know where I am at any
given time and have constructive
(feedback) information on how to
do the best
so that I can achieve the best I can
Useful
Nice to have

17. Parent
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a parent
I want to see how my son/daughter
is doing in college
so that I can be assured they are
progressing, attending and
achieving
Useful
Nice to have

18. Employer
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As an employer (with a work
experience student)
I want to track attendance/effort
so that I can feed into PDP
Useful
Nice to have

19. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a curriculum manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners who has
punctuality issues (filtered by
gender, learning difficulty) of not
achieving their enrolled courses
so I can intervene to address any
problems.
Useful
Nice to have

20. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a manager
I want to be able to identify
students with poor engagement in
their L&T
so I can strategies to improve
engagement
Useful
Nice to have

21. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a manager
I want to be able to identify
students at risk of withdrawing from
a course
so I can provide timely interventions
Useful
Nice to have

22. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a manager
I want to identify courses ands
students at risk of not achieving
so I can provide interventions and
support required
Useful
Nice to have

23. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a director of student services
I want to see issues, disciplinaries
etc. that are flagged up to me as
alerts
so I can direct my team to intervene
and prevent further issues arsing
Useful
Nice to have

24. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a digital learning specialist
I want to understand students’
behaviour on digital systems
so I can respond to unusual
behaviour and predict outcomes
under changing circumstances
Useful
Nice to have

25. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a progression adviser
I want to identify trends
so I can show how positive
interventions for at risk students
work to reduce the possibility of
NEET
Useful
Nice to have

26. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a data analyst
I want to develop an integrated
system which captures data from
(pre-)GCSE through to post success
so I can pre-empt learner support
needs or at risk students (in terms of
drop out or attendance)
Useful
Nice to have

27. Intervention Management
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a manager
I want to be able to identify any
student who needs support to
succeed and maximise their
potential
so I can ensure every individual
achieves their full potential
Useful
Nice to have

28. Learner Journey
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a curriculum manager
I want to be able to track learners
progress in terms of the
enrolment/admissions process to
gauge an interest in numbers
so I can make decision around
utilisation of people and resources.
Useful
Nice to have

29. Destinations
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a learner
I want to see what people with my
qualifications have done/progressed
to
so I can make informed choices
Useful
Nice to have

30. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a course manager
I want to see an overview of
progress on the whole programme
of study
so I can ensure teachers and
learners are engaging with all
elements of the programme
Useful
Nice to have

31. Destinations
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As an employability leader
I want to see a view of learners e-
profiles to illustrate their journey
from entry to destination
so I can tap into this profile at a later
date to be able to measure success
Useful
Nice to have

32. Destinations
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a manager
I want to be able to identify the
impact of a student’s learning on
their progression and destinations
course vs job career
so I can improve careers advice and
guidance e.g. students who study X
went on to beY
Useful
Nice to have

33. ImproveTeaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a head of school
I want to see patterns across
multiple class groups
so that I can see the impact of
teachers and quality of teaching
practice
Useful
Nice to have

34. ImproveTeaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a senior manager
I want to identify how students are
progressing across the organisation
so that I can deploy and develop
support mechanisms to eliminate
early drop outs
Useful
Nice to have

35. ImproveTeaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a teaching manager
I want to see at a glance how much
assessment has occurred on my
courses
so that I can ensure assessment is
taking place on schedule
Useful
Nice to have

36. ImproveTeaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a course leader
I want to see student engagement
and results on a variety of digital
and physical systems
so that I can provide more
opportunities for high impact
systems
Useful
Nice to have

37. ImproveTeaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a staff development manager
I want to know whether Maths
GCSE success rates improved over
the past three years
so that I can evaluate the
effectiveness of a new programme
that the college has invested in to
develop staff stills in delivering
maths at Level 2
Useful
Nice to have

38. Improve teaching
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a department manager
I want to be able to monitor
students across a range of courses.
and be able to see who is showing
signs of becoming “off track”
so I can then monitor interventions
from my teaching staff.
Useful
Nice to have

39. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a safeguarding officer
I want to be able to create a
bespoke list of students
so I can monitor their progress
closely.
Ideally I would like email updates when
their progress drops so I can intervene.
Being able to export a report to share
with stakeholders on an individual
Useful
Nice to have

40. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a curriculum manager
I want to be able to identify all at
risk learners, the targets they had
been set/reviewed and the progress
they were making
so I can intervene to address any
problems
Useful
Nice to have

41. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a faculty manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners who are at risk
(filtered by gender, ethnic group,
learning difficulty ) of not achieving
their enrolled courses
so I can provide timely interventions
to help students who might
dropout.
Useful
Nice to have

42. Manger
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a Head of Digital Learning
I want to compare the end of year
success grades with theVLE
activities/loss of students
so that I can measure impact of
online learning in achievement
Useful
Nice to have

43. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a Teaching and Learning
Manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of courses where
punctuality is an issue
so that I can devise an appropriate
CPD training to address any
punctuality issues.
Useful
Nice to have

44. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a vice principal
I want to know the progress of
every apprentice in the college on
each aspect of their framework
so that I can evaluate the
effectiveness of the provision
Useful
Nice to have

45. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a vice principal evaluating
different vocational areas
I want to know whether students on
motor vehicle courses are achieving
comparable results with other
vocational students
so that I can make a judgement
about the quality of provision
Useful
Nice to have

46. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a faculty manager
I want to be able to identify the
number of learners who are at risk
(filtered by gender, ethnic group,
learning difficulty ) of not achieving
their enrolled courses
so I can provide timely interventions
to help students who might
dropout.
Useful
Nice to have

47. Manager
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As a digital learning specialist
I want to national benchmarking
so I can that we can more accurately
predict outcomes for small
demographics i.e. ENCP and
Safeguarding
Useful
Nice to have

48. National Benchmarking
Important
FE and Skills Analytics Questions
As an MIS Developer
I want to be able to draw together
data sources with internal college
targets alongside national data
so that I can compare our students’
progress against national
benchmarks
Useful
Nice to have

49. Important
Library Analytics Questions
Useful
Nice to have
As a
I want to
so that

50. Important
Library Analytics Questions
Useful
Nice to have
As a
I want to
so that