To make a descriptive assessment, simply do the following:

 

  1. In the pencil icon, select the option “Assessment”
  2. Choose the child to assess
  3. Click on  “Next”
  4. Select the cucurriculum (Aistear or Siolta, depending on which one you use the most on your observations)
  5. Choose the time period you wish to assess
  6. Click on “Next”



  1. Choose the option "Descriptive assessment"




  1. Type the title of the assessment (eg. 1st period assessment)
  2. Review the collected evidences
  3. Click on “Add appreciation” to make a descriptive assessment for each area
  4. After finishing your appreciations, uncheck the curriculum tags so that they don’t show up in the assessment.

         a) Leave only checked the one that corresponds to the appreciation




  1. Write your general appreciation
  2. Include the categories you wish, e.g. assessments, Individual Plans,..
  3. Choose if you want to share with the parent or not in the option “Parents can see”

          a) You can also make it visible for parents later, by editing the document

  1. Click on “Save”