Evaluation and validation " dashboard " tool – V1 Dissemination Level Public Status Final

Overview & Synopsis

The main aim of this deliverable is to describe the aims, logic and implementation process that have been followed in order to provide a first version of the “Dashboard” tool. The tool, in its final version, will allow the monitoring of the status of the evaluation and validation from both country and European perspectives. In Section 2, we are looking into the tool requirements, as they are described in the Description of Work (DoW) followed by the analysis and the process that led to the internal decision to address a first set of needs starting from November 2014, building on a more complete version which will be fully available by October 2015. Section 3, looks into the Google document and Dashboard software solutions that have been initially considered for Go-Lab. Usability and budgetary reasons have led to the development of the Dashboard tool from scratch. The tool’s core functionalities are also explained. In Section 4 the full implementation timeline is clearly presented. The period between March 2014 and November 2014, includes the conceptualization and consultation phase with other Go-Lab partners which led to the launch of Dashboard tool v1 in November 2014. The following period, between December 2014 and October 2015 will be used for testing, refinement of the tool and the development of the automated reports whose content will be defined in collaboration with the other WPs and WP7 in particular. Section 5 describes Surveymonkey1 and the Dashboard tool v1 that NCs will have at their disposal as from November 2014. At that point, all questionnaires will be available online and in all Go-Lab languages via Surveymonkey, while NCs will be in a position to consult lively updated online reports showing the progress of their teachers in filling in the WP8 instruments. The role of NCs in the whole process and the main points that they need to take into account in order to ensure the successful use of this solution and to maximize the amount and quality of the collected data, is also clearly explained.