Resources

Feb 7, 2025

Using Data to Drive Student Placement

Feb 7, 2025

Student Account: How to Log In to Otus

Feb 7, 2025

Math Keypads in Advanced Assessments

What's New

Jan 29, 2025

What’s New in Otus – January 2025

Jan 28, 2025

Common Assessments: Create a Historical Report to Analyze Scores (Admin only)

Common Assessments

Jan 27, 2025

Common Assessments: Using Assessment Analytics to Analyze Scores

Jan 22, 2025

Otus Plans: How to Connect 3rd Party Data | Otus Live PD

Jan 21, 2025

Create Cohorts in Historical Analytics

Plans

Jan 15, 2025

Otus Plans: Cloning Sections

Jan 14, 2025

New Feature Alert! – Assessment Status in Assessment Analytics

Jan 13, 2025

Student Account – Complete an Assigned Lesson

Plans

Jan 7, 2025

Using Otus Plans to Meet Student Needs | Otus Live PD

Plans

Jan 7, 2025

Monitor Student Plans over Time | Otus Live PD

Plans

Dec 23, 2024

Otus Plans: When to Use a Drop Down Vs When to Use a Scale

Lessons

Dec 18, 2024

Add an Otus Assessment to a Lesson | Otus Live PD

Advanced Assessments

Dec 17, 2024

Using Tables with Advanced Assessments | Otus Live

Dec 16, 2024

Mass Grading in a Rubric Assessment

Dec 11, 2024

Add Items to the Student Profile

Dec 10, 2024

Navigate the Otus Standards View of the Gradebook

Dec 9, 2024

Analyze 3rd Party Data in Otus

Dec 4, 2024

Grant Student and Family Permissions for Plans Visibility | Otus Live PD

Dec 3, 2024

Creating a Plan Scale | Otus Live PD

Dec 2, 2024

Creating a Plan Template | Otus Live PD

Nov 27, 2024

Exclude Assessments from the Final Grade Calculation | Otus Live PD

Nov 26, 2024

Family Guide: View Student's 3rd Party Data | Otus Live PD

Nov 26, 2024

Family Account: What Does the Notification Feed Tell Me?

Nov 20, 2024

Navigate Assessment Gradebook View

Nov 19, 2024

Grade a Rubric Assessment

Nov 18, 2024

Better Together: Collaborative Planning and Building Common Assessments in Otus with Alison Hardin and Brandi Miller from Bulloch County

Nov 18, 2024

Create an Otus Assessment Using the Mastery Item Bank

Nov 13, 2024

Share an Idea with Otus!

Nov 12, 2024

Navigation Between Student Plans

Nov 11, 2024

Removing and Retracting Students from a Plan

Nov 5, 2024

Tracking Student Goals with Otus Plans

Nov 5, 2024

How to Create Interactive Chart Items in Advanced Assessment

Nov 4, 2024

Create a Survey Question with Advanced Assessments

Oct 29, 2024

Using Google Drive Resources in Lessons

Oct 28, 2024

Analyze Rubric Assessment Data

Oct 22, 2024

Otus Live Unboxed: Integrating Lessons and Rubric Assessments with Sara Fuller of Superior High School

Oct 21, 2024

Add Student Scores from External Sources to the Otus Points Gradebook

Oct 21, 2024

How to Navigate Standards Gradebook View in Otus

Oct 16, 2024

Tips and Tricks for Using Otus Chat Support

Oct 15, 2024

Assign a Lesson to Students

Oct 14, 2024

Showing Work on a Math Advanced Assessment

Oct 2, 2024

Standards Based Auto-Scoring Options in Advanced Assessment

Sep 24, 2024

Create a Hot Spot Question in an Advanced Assessment

Sep 23, 2024

Link an Otus Assessment to a Lesson

Sep 23, 2024

Monitoring Student Progress in Lessons

Sep 18, 2024

Sharing Assessment Folders with Teachers from an Admin Account

Sep 17, 2024

Preview Lessons and Assessments from a Student Perspective

Sep 17, 2024

Leave a Comment on Student Assessments

Sep 10, 2024

Add a Co-Teacher to Your Class

Sep 9, 2024

Otus Plans: Editing a Published Plan

Sep 4, 2024

Student Account - Send Private Message to a Teacher Using Blog

Sep 3, 2024

Editing Class Names for Better Teacher Workflow

Aug 28, 2024

What's New in Otus?! - August 2024 - Back to School

Aug 27, 2024

Using Nearpod in Otus Lessons

Aug 21, 2024

Build a Query Report

Aug 19, 2024

Attach Items to the Student Portfolio

Aug 15, 2024

Otus Plans: New Features for the 2024 School Year

Aug 14, 2024

How to Attach a Screenshot to a Rubric Assessment

Aug 13, 2024

Otus Family Account - Locate and Navigate Student Portfolio

Aug 12, 2024

Using Class Board for Back to School Communication with Joanne Tate of Bulloch County Schools

Aug 7, 2024

Assign a Grade Level to a Class

Aug 6, 2024

Create Academic Sessions and Grading Periods in the Control Center

Aug 5, 2024

Create and Add Students to a Class

Jun 26, 2024

View Students' Standards Mastery

Jun 19, 2024

Notification Feed and To-Do List on the Teachers Homepage

Jun 11, 2024

Filter by Assessments in Standards Analytics

Jun 11, 2024

Using Otus Plans to Meet Students Needs

Jun 10, 2024

Keyboard Shortcuts in Standards Based Plus Assessments

Jun 5, 2024

Review Otus Settings - Back to School Prep for Admin

Jun 4, 2024

Otus & Partner Assessments - Amplify Science

Jun 3, 2024

Analyze Student Assessment Data

May 30, 2024

What's New in Otus?! - May 2024

May 29, 2024

Preview and Assign Assessments from Shared Folders

May 28, 2024

Create & Schedule a Blog Post

May 22, 2024

View and Update a Student's Plan - Teacher Account

May 21, 2024

Getting Started with Otus Plans

May 20, 2024

Mastering Main Admin Exports: Finding Student Averages & Identifying District Super Users

May 15, 2024

Student's View of 3rd Party Data - Student Account

May 15, 2024

Assessment Engagement: Exploring Student Annotations in Advanced Assessments

May 14, 2024

How to Send a Copy of an Otus Assessment to Other Otus Educators

May 8, 2024

Utilizing PowerSchool Gradebook Passback

May 8, 2024

How Students Access Shared Resources on the Bookshelf - Student Account

May 6, 2024

End-of-Year Essentials: Preparing Report Cards for Administrators

May 1, 2024

New Feature Alert! - Plus Assessment in the Standards Gradebook View

Apr 30, 2024

What's New in Otus - April 2024?!

Apr 29, 2024

Set Grading Scales in the Control Center - Main Admin Account

Apr 24, 2024

Decaying Average and Using Term Conversion to Grade Students

Apr 23, 2024

View an Individual Student's Gradebook

Apr 23, 2024

Updates to the Math Question in Advanced Assessments

Apr 18, 2024

Intergrating Whole Child Data into MTSS | Otus & Mindprint

Apr 17, 2024

Family Account: Edit Profile Information

Apr 16, 2024

Student Account: How to Complete a Lesson

Apr 15, 2024

How to Create and Communicate with a Class Board in Otus

Apr 10, 2024

Rubric Assessments - Best Practices for Linking Multiple Standards at Once

Apr 9, 2024

Analyze the Results of a Simple Assessment

Apr 8, 2024

View an Individual Student's 3rd Party Data

Apr 3, 2024

Using Google Resources in Advanced Assessments

On Demand PD

Apr 2, 2024

Organize the Bookshelf and Share with Students

Apr 1, 2024

New Feature Alert! - 3rd Party Analytics Update

Mar 27, 2024

What's New in Otus - March 2024

Mar 27, 2024

Student Guide: Take an Assessment on a Chromebook with Respondus Lockdown Browser

Mar 26, 2024

Using Respondus Lockdown Browser Guide for Chromebook App

Mar 20, 2024

Changing the Layout in Advanced Assessments

Mar 19, 2024

Adjust the Grading Period of an Assigned Assessment

Mar 18, 2024

Preview and Assign a Shared Assessment

Mar 13, 2024

Best Ways to Use Otus for Communication

Mar 13, 2024

Unsubmit a Student's Otus Assessment

Mar 11, 2024

Sending Copies of Assessments as an Administrator

Mar 6, 2024

How to Leave Comments on Rubric and Simple Assessments

Mar 6, 2024

How to Create a Plan Template - Admin

Feb 26, 2024

How to Create Groups as a Teacher in Otus

Feb 21, 2024

Group Students Using Standard Gradebook Data

Feb 21, 2024

How Students Access Shared Resources on the Bookshelf

Feb 20, 2024

How to Build a Query Report

Feb 20, 2024

How to Edit Assigned Lessons

Feb 15, 2024

Unlocking Personalized Learning and Growth: Exploring the Otus Plans with Michelle and Hillary

Feb 13, 2024

New Feature Alert! Enhanced View of 3rd Party Analytics

Feb 12, 2024

How to Leave Comments in the Assessments Gradebook

Feb 7, 2024

Provide Feedback and Grade an Advanced Assessment

Feb 7, 2024

Leave Audio & Video Feedback in Otus Rubric Assessments

Jan 31, 2024

What's New in Otus - January 2024

Jan 30, 2024

How to View 3rd Party Data from a Family Account

Jan 29, 2024

Create a Rubric to Grade Multiple Standards at Once

Jan 24, 2024

Create a Cloze Math Question in Advanced Assessments

Jan 23, 2024

Changing Mastery Settings in the Otus Gradebook

Jan 22, 2024

Getting Started in Advanced Assessments

Jan 16, 2024

Assessment Availability Windows in Otus

Jan 15, 2024

Use Google Make a Copy Feature with Otus Rubric Assessments

Jan 15, 2024

Create a Rubric Assessment and Add Attachments

Jan 10, 2024

Provide Feedback and Grade a Simple Assessment

On Demand PD

Jan 9, 2024

New Feature Alert! Assessment Gradebook - Display Overall Standards Performance

Jan 8, 2024

Data Driven Decisions using Otus Query and Historical Analytics

Dec 12, 2023

Penalty Points in Advanced Assessments

Dec 11, 2023

Submit an Assessment on a Student's Behalf | Otus Live PD

Dec 6, 2023

Track Contacts in the Family Communication Log

Dec 5, 2023

Group Students using the Result of an Otus Query

Dec 5, 2023

New Feature Alert! - Edit Assigned Advanced Assessments

Nov 29, 2023

What's New in Otus - November

Nov 28, 2023

Creative Blog Posts for the Classroom Using Canva

Nov 27, 2023

View and Update a Student's Plan - Teacher | Otus Live PD

Nov 21, 2023

Text to Speech in Advanced Assessments | Otus Live PD

Nov 20, 2023

How to Leave Report Card Comments

Nov 15, 2023

Add Attachments to a Class Board Post

Nov 14, 2023

New Feature Alert! Admin Dashboard

Nov 13, 2023

Make a Copy of Google Docs/Slides in a Rubric Assessment

Nov 8, 2023

How Students Upload a File to a Rubric Assessment

Nov 7, 2023

Exploring EquivLiteral, EquivValue, and EquivSymbolic: Mathematical Options in Advanced Assessments with Bryan Lord, Math Coach of Career Academy HS

Nov 6, 2023

Navigating Otus as a Family User

Nov 1, 2023

Using the Respondus Lockdown Browser | Otus Live PD

Oct 31, 2023

What's New in Otus - October!

Oct 30, 2023

Grading a Rubric Assessment

Oct 24, 2023

Create and Assign a Simple Assessment

Oct 23, 2023

Analyze NWEA Data in Otus

Oct 18, 2023

The Notification Feed and To-Do List from the Student Account

Oct 18, 2023

Adding Assessments to the Student Profile

Oct 16, 2023

Assessment Analytics: View Performance in One Place featuring Lindsay McKinney of Elevate K12

Oct 10, 2023

Unlocking Student Potential: The Three-Layer Learning Approach in Otus Lessons featuring Amy DiMaggio, HS Biology Teacher with Elevate K12

Oct 9, 2023

Using Otus Rubrics without Student Submission | Otus Live PD

Oct 5, 2023

Elevate Special! Create Matching Questions in Advanced Assessments, featuring Candace Bui-Walston of Elevate K12

Oct 4, 2023

Create a Historical Report to Analyze Scores on Common Assessments

Sep 28, 2023

Best Practices with Common Benchmark Assessment Management with Jess S. and Hillary

Sep 26, 2023

Assign Kahn Academy Resources to Students using NWEA MAP Data

Sep 25, 2023

NEW FEATURE ALERT: Automated Data into Plans

On Demand PD

Sep 20, 2023

Meet the New Student and Family Gradebook

Sep 19, 2023

Create Matching Questions in Advanced Assessments

Sep 13, 2023

Maximizing Collaboration: Creating and Sharing Otus Assessments Among Teachers with Cheryl McGee of Roseville City Elementary School

Sep 12, 2023

Share an Idea with Otus!

Sep 11, 2023

NEW FEATURE ALERT: Using AI to Generate Questions in Simple Assessments

Sep 6, 2023

Question Activities for Lessons - How to Create and View the Answer

Sep 5, 2023

Add Assessments to the Student Portfolio

On Demand PD

Aug 28, 2023

Create Activities and Assign a Lesson

Aug 23, 2023

Standards Analytics: View Students' Standards Mastery

Aug 21, 2023

Viewing a Report Card From a Family or Student Account

Aug 16, 2023

Mass Grading in a Rubric Assessment

Aug 15, 2023

Create Multiple Choice Questions in Advanced Assessments

Aug 14, 2023

How to Create a Family Account and Connect to a Student

Aug 9, 2023

How to Create a Report Card (Admin Only)

Aug 8, 2023

Create Drag and Drop Questions in Advanced Assessments

Aug 7, 2023

Delete or Clear Assessment Grades

Aug 2, 2023

How to Organize your Bookshelf

Aug 1, 2023

Locate and Analyze 3rd Party Assessment Data

Jul 26, 2023

Monitoring Student Progress with Otus Plans! - Summer Series | Week 5

Jul 12, 2023

Monitoring Student Progress with Otus Plans! - Summer Series | Week 4

Jun 29, 2023

Monitoring Student Progress with Otus Plans! - Summer Series | Week 3

Jun 29, 2023

Monitoring Student Progress with Otus Plans! - Summer Series | Week 2

Jun 22, 2023

Monitoring Student Progress with Otus Plans! - Summer Series 2023 | Week 1

May 31, 2023

What’s New In Otus? May 2023

May 30, 2023

Using Filters in 3rd Party Analytics

May 24, 2023

Exploring an Alternative to Plus Assessments- Rubric Assessments, featuring Kathryn Culliton of St. Andrews Episcopal School

May 23, 2023

Override an Overall Standards Grade

May 23, 2023

Creating Interactive Advanced Assessments Using PDFs in Otus featuring Angy Northern of Elevate K12

May 22, 2023

Adjust Settings on Assigned Assessments

May 17, 2023

Clone a Shared Assessment to Make Modifications

May 16, 2023

Otus Knowledge Base: Ins and Outs

May 10, 2023

Weighting Grades

May 9, 2023

How to Create a Class Board in Otus

May 8, 2023

Otus Plans View for Families and Students