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

Abstract

The main aim of this deliverable is to describe the aims, logic and implementation process thathave been followed in order to provide a first version of the “Dashboard” tool. The tool, in its finalversion, will allow the monitoring of the status of the evaluation and validation from both countryand European perspectives.In Section 2, we are looking into the tool requirements, as they are described in the Descriptionof Work (DoW) followed by the analysis and the process that led to the internal decision to addressa first set of needs starting from November 2014, building on a more complete version which willbe fully available by October 2015.Section 3, looks into the Google document and Dashboard software solutions that have beeninitially considered for Go-Lab. Usability and budgetary reasons have led to the development ofthe 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 2014and November 2014, includes the conceptualization and consultation phase with other Go-Labpartners 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 andthe development of the automated reports whose content will be defined in collaboration with theother WPs and WP7 in particular.Section 5 describes Surveymonkey1 and the Dashboard tool v1 that NCs will have at their disposalas from November 2014. At that point, all questionnaires will be available online and in all Go-Lablanguages via Surveymonkey, while NCs will be in a position to consult lively updated onlinereports showing the progress of their teachers in filling in the WP8 instruments. The role of NCsin the whole process and the main points that they need to take into account in order to ensurethe successful use of this solution and to maximize the amount and quality of the collected data,is also clearly explained