To continuously improve our product, your experience using it, and our passionate support of all things CTE, we've released an entirely new interface for Eduthings and have released the product nationally.
In this article, we'll discuss the core changes you'll need to know to be successful navigating within the new interface.
Whether you're a teacher using Eduthings to track CTE inventory or student certifications, a counselor using it for four-year planning, or a CTE administrator needing to pull reports, we know it may take some time to overcome your muscle memory navigating, but overall we believe you'll find the changes intuitive and that your tools are easier to find.
Note: Menus shown in the screen captures below are from the District Administrator role, primarily used by CTE administrators. The menus shown may have more options than Teacher and Counselor roles, however, the navigation through the system is consistent for everyone.
Main Navigation
We've introduced a blue bar at the top of your screen with all your primary navigation options. From Analytics to Advisory Boards, most of the links are still there.
The key item that has moved is your District Setup link. This is now located above the main navigation menu, along with Imports/Exports.
Additionally, the Downloads link has moved to a drop-down menu, under Imports/Exports.
And finally, to consolidate additional options, the My Profile link is now listed in a drop-down under your name at the top-right, along with your User Manual.
Secondary Navigation
Similarly, the secondary menu has moved, but most of the links remain the same. You used to see this at the top of the page, with all options you can configure for a student, certification, report, etc. below it.
Now, once you click into an option from the blue navigation bar at the top of the screen, you'll see the secondary options on the left-hand side.
Relocations & Consolidation
In a small number of instances, we've reviewed the original page layout and decided to break out pieces and create new locations for a task or report.
For example, under the Teacher Reports there used to be two menu items for Work-Based Learning Hours. One showed approved hours and the other showed hours that need to be approved.
Now, these options have been consolidated under one menu item.
And each area you may need to view has been separated to two tabs, so you can toggle to each individually depending on what you want to review or task you have to accomplish.
Another example would be under Analytics > Certifications, where the page layout included lots of information and important reports such as the Spending Report were difficult to find.
Then viewing the Spending Report, you would see the report information under all of the navigation options, still a little difficult to review.
In the updated interface, we provide tabs across the top to easily find the report you need, however you need the information broken down.
The isolated view of this report presents all the information in a way you can more quickly gain insights from your data.
To conclude, the changes in the interface were carefully designed to make things easier to find and view, so you can get the insights you need more quickly. These will take some time to get the hang of (muscle memory can be tough to overcome!) but we believe these improvements will go a long way in supporting your self-sufficiency using the platform and in turn, your overall CTE program.
As you begin using the new interface, please click on the Support button at the bottom-right of your Eduthings account to share your feedback with our team!
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