Tk20Tk20 CAMPUS TOOLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

WHAT IS IT? Tk20 is an electronic program that offers one, central, easy location to manage all courses. Instructors can communicate with their students, post assignments, give quizzes, complete assessments, manage grades, post syllabi and other documents.

WHAT DOES Tk20 DO? It tracks Course, Program, and Unit-level Assessments. It provides templates for Standards- based, Reflective, Electronic Portfolios. It tracks and manages Field Experience and Clinical Practice.

WHAT DOES Tk20 DO? It allows the Teacher Education Program to do Data Aggregation to determine how well the program is functioning. It allows for better Student Advisement. It gives Centralized Access to Student Records, Assessments, Transcripts, and Program Requirements.

CREATING REPORTS It generates individual and aggregated reports on the meeting of conceptual framework outcomes, various standards, and the tracking of the progress of candidates, charting their progress through their transition points.

CREATING REPORTS It generates reports on the distribution of candidates at different cooperating schools, qualifications of the cooperating teachers, the diversity composition of the students and the students’ hours, subjects, etc.

CREATING REPORTS It generates reports on gender and race distribution and other demographics. It generates reports on Praxis and other scores to show student qualifications.

SURVEYS Tk20 allows us to develop surveys to send via to cooperating teachers, students, faculty, and alumni. It allows us to see survey results and develop reports easily.

ADVISEMENT Tk20 gives academic advisors and their advisees full and complete information about candidates’ academic progress and their program requirements right on their computer screen. Advisement is immediate, informed and painless.

ADVISEMENT Each program is configured to have its own set of transition points. Each transition point can have a checklist associated with it, documenting the steps each candidate must complete for progressing beyond the transition point.

ADVISEMENT It includes test scores, certifications, transcripts, and other information related to all courses taken.

WHAT CAN STUDENTS DO WITH Tk20? Candidates can create standards- based lesson plans, unit plans, essays, reflection papers, rubrics, website URLs, work samples or any other artifacts required in their teacher education program.

FIELD/CLINICAL EXPERIENCES Candidates can record ongoing journals about their field experiences and get online feedback from cooperating teachers and university supervisors on their performance. Completed field experience artifacts can be attached to course and program portfolios.

TRACKING PROGRESS Students can track their progress within the program both through the advising component and through the Gradebook.

MESSAGING Students can send and receive messages and attach artifacts for feedback and/or grading.

SYLLABUS Students can find their course syllabus online.

ASSIGNMENTS Assignments will be posted electronically and feedback will also be given electronically.

ASSESSMENT Your instructor may decide to give some assessments online.

PORTFOLIOS Candidates can create and submit standards-based reflective portfolios that are assessed by one or multiple faculty members, individually or collaboratively. Candidates can export their portfolios to a CD-ROM for their personal records or for use in job interviews.

STUDENT DOCUMENT ROOM Students can save all their work from each course electronically. They can later select which work they wish to include in their portfolio.