Instructor Tools and Resources

This guide introduces you to using the tools and resources available to instructors, including:

How do I enroll my students in a course? Refer to our Course Enrollment Support Guide for detailed instructions for enrolling your students in course seats.
Teacher Tools Dashboard

The Dashboard is the hub of CareerSafe’s Teacher Tools and provides:

  • a simple to read at-a-glance display of student course data, including grade distribution and student course status (In Progress, In Remediation, or Complete)
  • analysis of comparative data like best/worst performing modules, Pretest vs. Posttest averages, and how your students compare to state and national averages
  • easy navigation to other classroom management resources like seat management, license management, lesson plans, and the gradebook

To View your Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the CareerSafe Campus and sign in.
  2. Once you have signed in, click the Teacher Tools link on the left-hand side of the page or the Teacher Tools button at the top of your Home page.
  3. Click the Dashboard tab near the top of the page.
Teacher Tools Dashboard (screenshot)
CareerSafe Gradebook

The CareerSafe Gradebook is a complimentary tool accessible from within the CareerSafe Campus that allows teachers and administrators to group students, track grades, view transcripts, print Course Completion Certificates, and more.

The Gradebook can be accessed in three ways:

  1. Clicking the View Gradebook button on your CareerSafe Home page.
  2. Clicking the Gradebook link in the left-hand navigation page on your CareerSafe Home page.
  3. Clicking the View Gradebook button on the Dashboard tab within Teacher Tools.

Once you access the Gradebook, you will see a screen that looks like this.

Teacher Tools Gradebook (screenshot)

Clicking a student’s name will give you access to more gradebook options for that student. A pop-up box will display showing the selected student’s information, as well as buttons for viewing the student's course transcript and resetting a student’s password.

Gradebook Student Details (screenshot)

Student Groups

Within the Gradebook, students are automatically organized by course. Instructors have the option to further sort students into groups by clicking Manage Gradebook from the options at the top right of the Gradebook screen.

Manage Gradebook Groups (screenshot)

From the Manage Gradebook screen, use the following steps to create and assign students to groups:

  1. Click Create Group.
  2. Enter a name for your group and click the Create button.
  3. Click Manage Students to the right of your new group.
  4. Click Add Students to Group above the Students in Group table.
  5. Choose which students you would like to add to the new group by clicking the checkboxes to the right of each student’s name. When you are done selecting students, click Move Selected Students.
  6. When you return to your Dashboard, you will see your new group as a selectable option for Gradebook administrative tasks.

How do I remove old groups from my Gradebook? Use the Hide link to remove a group from your Gradebook view. Don't worry, you can alway unhide the group later and the student records are not lost.

Assessment Locking Feature

As required by OSHA, students are only allowed three attempts at passing the Final Assessment for OSHA 10-Hour courses with a 70% or higher. If they fail all three attempts, they will have to restart the course from the beginning. The Assessment Locking feature allows instructors to prevent students from using their last Final Assessment attempt without approval.

Enable the Assessment Locking Feature

  1. Navigate to the CareerSafe Campus and sign in.
  2. Once you have signed in, click the Teacher Tools link on the left-hand side of the page or the Teacher Tools button at the top of your Home page.
  3. Click the Seat Management tab near the top of the page.
  4. The Enable assessment locking checkbox is located beneath the My Seats
Seat Management (screenshot)

Once you have enabled Assessment Locking, students who try to begin their third OSHA 10-Hour Final Assessment attempt will receive a notification informing them that the assessment is locked, and they must contact their teacher before attempting the assessment again.

Note: The Assessment Locking feature does not function with third-party courses (e.g., OSHA 30-Hour Construction, HAZWOPER, and First Aid).

Student Remediation

Although rare, some students use all three of their allowed attempts at the OSHA course Final Assessment without obtaining a passing score (70% or higher). Upon their final failed attempt, the student will receive a remediation warning informing them that a teacher or administrator may allow them to restart their OSHA course from the beginning.

Note: Resetting a student will clear that student's progress and they must retake the entire course once reset.


Reset a Student’s Course

  1. Navigate to the CareerSafe Campus and sign in.
  2. If you have a student in remediation, their name will appear in the Students in Remediation section of your Home page.
Home page with Remediation Section (screenshot)
  1. Locate the correct student from the list and click Reset to the right of their name and the title of the course for which they are in remediation.
  2. Confirm the reset by clicking Reset Progress in the pop-up box.
  3. When the student signs back in to their CareerSafe Campus account, their course will be reset. Once they have completed the course work and any additional course completion requirements, they will have three additional attempts at the Final Assessment.
STOP Feature

When enabled by a teacher, the STOP (Student Time on Page) feature requires students to proceed linearly through our courses. This prevents students from moving forward until they have completed each page by either interacting with the activity or waiting for the audio to play in its entirety.

Enable the STOP Feature

  1. Navigate to the CareerSafe Campus and sign in.
  2. Once you have signed in, click the Teacher Tools link on the left-hand side of the page or the Teacher Toolsbutton at the top of the page.
  3. Click the Seat Management tab near the top of the page.
  4. The Enforce student time on page checkbox is located beneath the My Seats table.
Seat Management (screenshot)
Presentations, Lesson Plans, and Study Guides

Each CareerSafe course is accompanied by complementary presentations and lesson plans, providing instructors with pre-made, but customizable materials to use as they guide students through course content.


Presentations

Our presentation bundles provide detailed information reflecting content in each course topic, as well as avenues for content reinforcement, assignment creation, and student accommodations. PowerPoints are editable, customizable, and designed to be dyslexia-friendly and fully accessible so they can also be used as student handouts.

Sample Lesson Plan PowerPoint (screenshot)

Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans are designed to be customizable, one-stop documents for capturing instructional strategies for each of our courses. Each lesson plan contains:

  • lesson summaries, including topic descriptions, topic time estimates, and topic learning objectives
  • suggestions for common accommodations using existing CareerSafe tools
  • lesson procedures, including module time estimates, module objectives, and number of knowledge checks per module
  • quick reference for Topic and Final Assessments
  • customizable space for announcements or homework reminders
Example of a Printed Lesson Plan (screenshot)

Study Guides

CareerSafe’s study guides are accessible by both students and instructors and are available both as an interactive online feature found in the course and as a downloadable resource. Students can use study guides to review for their Final Assessment or check understanding of key course content. They can also be used by instructors as a resource for practice questions or essential topic information to be used for in-class instruction.

Example of Study Guide (screenshot)

Access and Download Presentations, Lesson Plans, and Study Guides

  1. Navigate to the CareerSafe Campus and sign in.
  2. Once you have signed in, click the Teacher Tools link on the left-hand side of the page or the Teacher Tools button at the top of your Home page.
  3. Click the PowerPoint and Lesson Plans tab near the top of the page.
  4. Select the appropriate course from the dropdown menu. A list of downloadable topic materials will appear.
Listing of PowerPoint and Lesson Plans resources (screenshot)
  1. Click on the appropriate item to begin downloading a .zip file containing the resources you need.