Flags & Risk Levels

Flags & Risk Levels help Observers keep an eye on specific students.

There are two types of flags in ObservEd:

Observer Flags may be manually added to any student an Observer wishes to track.
Grade Flags will appear due to students not meeting certain grading criteria.

These Flags will appear alongside the student's information on the Dashboard, and Dashboard data can be filtered based on the types of flags that have been assigned.

Students can also be assigned a Risk Level if they meet criteria placed by an ObservEd Admin. There are three risk levels:

High Risk
Medium Risk
Low Risk

Observer Flag

Observers can manually add Observer Flags to any student in ObservEd via the Actions menu on the Dashboard, or from the Student Card in the Student Details.

Once a flag has been added by any Observer, all Observers will see it. Similarly, if an Observer removes the Observer Flag, it will be removed from the student for all other Observer users.

Grade Flag

Grade Flags are automatically applied to students who meet (or, more likely, fail to meet) a specific grading criteria.

The criteria for the Grade Flag is set at the Admin level in ObservEd, and may be based on either the Canvas Letter Grade or a Grade Percentage. The Letter Grades will be determined based on whichever Grading Scheme has been selected for the ObservEd course.

Once a student has been flagged due to this grading criteria, any of their Observers will be eligible to receive email notifications about their performance. Notification preferences for each Observer are managed in the User Settings.

Risk Levels

If a student's academic performance falls within a certain threshold placed by an ObservEd Admin, they will be assigned a risk level based on specific criteria.

From the ObservEd dashboard, Observers can:

See each student’s Risk Level at a glance.
Filter students by Risk Level to quickly identify students who may need attention.
View more details about a student’s risk level to better understand what contributed to the assessment.

Observers can select the show risk level details button next to their assigned risk level on the Dashboard.

A tray will appear on the left side of the Dashboard with a detailed breakdown of what academic criteria the student is struggling with.

While students can have multiple risk levels assigned to them, only the highest risk level will appear on the Dashboard.

Criteria weighed when determining a risk level include:

Course Grades
Missing Assignments
Late Assignments
Page Views
Last Activity

In the Criteria Breakdown tray, Observers will be able to see which criteria is triggering the risk indicator and why.