How To Set Up Waypoints

Overview

Waypoints is an assessment suite that helps you understand areas of strength and growth for
students in grades PreK-12 in relation to future-ready skills. Waypoints effectively track student growth in each of our Core Skill areas (Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose). Our algorithm analyzes data in real-time and recommends relevant activities to support your students’ greatest areas of need.

This article walks System Administrators through the steps to configure Waypoints assessments in Wayfinder. Before you watch the walkthrough video below, please make sure you have adequate permissions to do so: Role Permissions for Waypoints Assessments. 

The Waypoints suite encompasses the following features: 

Some Waypoints types require additional set up. Click on the links in the list above to see more specific set up instructions, or click here for our full library of resources on Waypoints.

 

Initial Setup Instructions

  1. Click on your profile icon in the bottom-left corner of your screen.
  2. Click on your role and confirm that System Admin is selected or available.
  3. Click the Waypoints tab in the left-hand navigation bar
  4. Click on the "Get Started" button
  5. Click through the insight categories and select the Waypoints types you'd like to set up (Waypoints that your district has used in the past will be pre-selected). 
    • Core Skill Growth: Summative Assessments, Formative Assessments, DESSA Assessments, Student Success Framework Insights (Portrait of a Graduate add-on; for more information, please contact your Account Manager)
    • Tiered Interventions: Core Skills Screeners, Customer Formative Assessments 
    • Learning Outcomes: Exit Tickets
    • School Climate: School Climate Surveys 
    • College + Career Pathways: College + Career Insights (Roadtrip nation add-on; for more information, please contact your Account Manager)
  6. Click the "Submit" button
  7. Review your enabled Waypoints under "Your Waypoints" 
    • Note: Some Waypoints types require additional set up. If additional setup is required, you will see an alert icon to the right of the Waypoints name. Click on the Waypoints type to see its setup button. 

 

Editing Your Waypoints Setup

If you need to make adjustments to your Waypoints configuration after initial setup, follow these steps: 

  1. Navigate to the Waypoints page
  2. On the left, click on "Manage Waypoints" 
  3. Select or deselect your Waypoints.

Please note that you will not be able to deselect Waypoints that have existing data. Instead, you can deactivate them by following these steps: 

  1. Navigate to the Waypoints page
  2. Click on the Waypoints type you'd like to deactivate 
  3. Click on the settings cog icon at the top right of the page 
  4. Select "Deactivate"

 

Additional Resources

Now that you have set up Waypoints watch the following videos on how to administer (if applicable) and view Waypoints results:

To access Waypoints implementation guides and resources:

  1. Log in to Wayfinder
  2. Click on "Waypoints" on the left navigation
  3. Click on the "Getting Started" button at the top right of the page