North Lanarkshire SCHOLAR Coordinators http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/

Dot Tedman– SCHOLAR AREA COORDINATORd02tedman@hotmail.com

BACKGROUND

• The Scholar Program has been created, presented, hosted and developed by Heriot Watt University

• Launched in 2000• Funding – Scottish Government, Education Scotland

and Member LEA Subscriptions• Members All Scottish LEA’s - All 376 Scottish Secondary School

What is SCHOLAR?

An online system to support senior phase pupils in a range of subjects.

Providing pupils with:• Study guides• Activities of various types• Practice Assessments• Live online Sessions

• Reports for Staff and Pupils

Today’s session

• Information and Updates• Courses/subjects available in Scholar• Activities• Live sessions• Reporting

Information and Updates

• Link from Glow• Puffin Browser for iOS and Android• AH (CfE) development• Succeed with Scholar –training

support materials for teachers and pupils

• Staff have full access to all subjects in group

• Overview account

SUBJECTSBiology

Chemistry

Computing

Human Biology

Information Systems

Maths

Physics

Accounting

Art & Design (Textiles)

Business Management

Economics

Psychology

ESOL (English for speakers of other languages

French

Gaelic

German

Mandarin

Spanish

Features

Interactivities

REPORTING SYSTEM• The Scholar Reporting System mimics the SQA

course structure

• The system has the ability to break down pupil results to question level, time taken, number of attempts and scores.

• Class assessment evidence can be downloaded and printed to be shared with colleagues and parents.

• The system also allows for the monitoring of pupil progress.