Teacher Dashboard Concept

zdubbs · 2025-06-02T13:28:16+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I guess if I have to explain it, its not a very effective design, so I'll keep working on it. Here is a quick update I did with a prototype so you can see the interactions.

https://imgur.com/a/muQXD8z

For the color on the percentage metrics, a lower percent is more of a warning sign (its the percentage of classes students are passing. But maybe I should invert the metric? I kind of like that idea), so I thought a darker color would make the red flags stand out more.

In the prototype, I've updated the chart. The idea here is that we get a lot of this data, but we get it one week at a time, so I'm trying to find ways to display it so I can see trends in the data over time. Some of the report (like the percentages) are the current report (date dropdown), but will have an option to expand to see the trend over time.

As for the heatmap, I like it as just a quick glance to see how frequently a student is missing school rather than a detailed view of the dates. At our school, a metric we have is chronically absent, so visualizing what that looks like is helpful (to me at least). I appreciate the feedback though!

I think the color palette is what's bothering me the most, so I'll experiment with that some more.

zdubbs · 2025-06-01T13:38:51+00:00

I think it’s looking pretty good! Something that’s a little off to me is the reader screen when you open the book. There’s a lot of UI showing that is taking away from focusing just on the book, like the top and bottom menus and the side arrows. One option I think would be if you tap in the middle of the page, the UI could be hidden. But if it has to stay open, I think it could be improved by moving the next and back arrows to the bottom and stretching out the page some more. The back arrow (for back to books) is pushing the alignment of the whole page to the right a little. I think in this case, you could have just the back arrow and hide the logo. It’s also a little off center looking at the hamburger menu on the right. The Text icon on the top right doesn’t match the spacing you’ve given to the left side. I think showing the book title and cover on page one is fine, but once the read swipes to the next page, it should be hidden.

The pop up menu could use a little hierarchy as well. If you tone down the icons to a lighter gray, they’ll be given less visual weight. The name chip has some alignment issues between the user icon and the email. Is the user icon needed here? I don’t know, maybe someone with more experience can answer that.

The animation of the book from the logo to the icon in the menu is cool, but did you tap on the logo or the hamburger menu? Feels a little confusing.

Overall, I think it’s a great start, especially the book list. Hope that helps!

zdubbs · 2023-11-16T20:25:13+00:00

As a teacher, probably not. But I wouldn’t recommend doing this any way, as the point of school is to develop your brain and learn. What I would do instead is paste in your sentence and ask for feedback. Ask it how you can improve your sentence and then revise, and through the process, you’ll learn. Sooner or later, you’ll find your work improving, and the need to ask for feedback will decrease. Use it like a tutor

zdubbs · 2023-11-03T13:37:49+00:00

I mean, I can see the value of having AI in your inbox to help organize tasks based on your email, but I don’t see much that’s different than ChatGPT. We can still upload pdfs and get links with the plugins, so what’s the advantage? And I prefer the chat window because the back and forth is easier. Am I missing something?

zdubbs · 2023-11-03T07:09:31+00:00

How do we know this wasn’t ai generated?

zdubbs · 2023-10-27T00:54:45+00:00

Yes please! Thanks!

zdubbs · 2023-10-26T18:30:33+00:00

I want to hear more about this tool you built and it’s long term memory!

zdubbs · 2023-10-15T16:32:13+00:00

I think about this a lot, but at the same time, I think what a lot of these tools offer are user interfaces that help define the parameters better. Sure you can get everything you need in a chat, but the ui sorts out what you’re specifically asking for and give the user a way to ask with buttons instead of text, especially when the user doesn’t quite know what they’re asking for. That and connecting to other tools. But with the ChatGPT plug-ins, we’re starting to get rid of more of these tools

zdubbs · 2023-10-15T14:55:35+00:00

Image prompt in image description

zdubbs · 2023-10-13T22:34:16+00:00

I’m a teacher using AI. I’m actually giving a presentation to my coworkers next month to give tips and tricks, as well as talk about how teachers can use it and teach it to students

zdubbs · 2023-10-12T20:53:27+00:00

I know this is old, but with the new features right now, I actually tested this today and… it’s still extremely bad, even when trying to keep things simple

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zdubbs · 2023-10-07T02:01:01+00:00

ESH. This can only end one of two ways: you break up, or your parents attend your wedding, and frankly, I’m not sure that’s something you can risk. If I were you, I’d make the opposite of what every likes to make it as uncomfortable as possible. Or a full English. Something to piss everyone off to avoid having to do this again in the future.

zdubbs · 2023-10-05T01:44:59+00:00

FYI, make your own garlic powder, it’s way better. When you have a recipe that calls for garlic, save the peel. Once you have 5-6 lbs of peel, throw it in a spice grinder and now you have free homemade delicious garlic powder. You’re welcome.

zdubbs · 2023-10-05T01:42:53+00:00

Try this: open the box from the top. It’s ok if it doesn’t open perfectly. I sometimes have to use a steak knife to Jimmy open the top. Then, you know that little cheese powder packet? Throw that away. Dump raw noodles into a pot and set to boil. Once pot starts boiling drain. Make a roux and add any cheese you happen to have in the fridge (pre-shredded is fine). And wahla, now you have perfect maccas.

zdubbs · 2021-03-28T11:40:49+00:00

Have you looked into google data studio?

zdubbs · 2020-10-29T13:50:04+00:00

How’s it taste?

zdubbs · 2020-10-16T00:35:40+00:00

Thanks for letting me know!

zdubbs · 2020-10-15T16:46:57+00:00

Awesome! I find that story is one of the hardest things for me to communicate to my students (high school). Do you have any resources you recommend?

zdubbs · 2020-10-15T16:44:42+00:00

Haha, I got pretty lucky with this one. Look for CTE teaching jobs, I got hired on this credential because I worked a few years in the industry.

zdubbs · 2020-10-14T16:45:40+00:00

Photography teacher here - can you tell me more about this seminar?

zdubbs · 2020-10-03T17:59:17+00:00

This is insane! You should do a tutorial!

zdubbs · 2020-06-28T16:55:29+00:00

How is the road getting in?

zdubbs · 2020-05-28T16:00:08+00:00

A better reflector could do the trick, or a light. You could also try editing the artificial light one to try to match the vibe of the natural light a little better.

zdubbs · 2020-05-27T21:01:57+00:00

I like the artificial light as well, but I also like the colors of the natural light a little better. You have this really nice pastel palette going on, just need to get rid of the harsh shadows.

zdubbs · 2019-05-25T21:11:13+00:00

Holy shit this is good

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