Classic ALEKS - Pie Report

This article walks teachers through accessing and viewing Pie report in the classic ALEKS view.

For a full page view of the demo, click here.

For a Spanish version of the demo, click here.

The ALEKS Pie Report shows the average rate of learning for a class.  With this report, you can view which topics students have mastered or learned, are ready to learn, and the number of remaining topics a student has left.

Article Contents

Access Pie Report

Class Pie Report

Student Pie Report

Access Pie Report

1. SSO or sign in at my.mheducation.com.

2. Launch ALEKS.

3. Select the class from the Class drop-down.

4. Hover over Reports.

5. Click ALEKS Pie from the menu.

You can also click the View Full Report link on the ALEKS Pie Progress tile on the Dashboard.

Class Pie Report

A. The default view of the Pie Report, and the one used most often is, Current Progress, as it's designed to give real-time information about what students are ready to learn.

There is also the Pie Progress views for the Most Recent Knowledge Check, which shows the progress the students have made since they have taken their latest knowledge check.

A third option is the Initial Knowledge Check, which shows pie data for the students after completing their Initial Knowledge Check when they first started the program.

B. The ALEKS Pie Progress section at the top right of the report shows information about your class as a whole. 

C. The topics with the highest percentage of students ready to learn are listed next, under Top Ready to Learn Topics.

D. Click on a slice of the pie to narrow the report view down to that specific section.

E. Click Downloads to download the Class Progress, Pie View, Pie & Slice View, or Topic Summary by Slice.

F. Click on a strand to expand the section for more detail about each topic provided for that strand.

G. Click on the name of the topic to view an example problem.  It allows you to generate as many new demonstration problems as you need.

H. The four columns on the right provide information about the class:

• Progress - Students who have already learned or mastered the topic.
• Remaining - Those who have not learned the topic yet.
• Ready to Learn - Students who have not learned the topic yet, but who have the prerequisite skills to be successful in learning the topic.
• Attempted, Not Yet Learned - Students who have worked on the topic but have not learned it yet.

I. Click on the percentage in a column to view the the names of the students for that category.

J. In the Ready to Learn column, click the Show/Hide to expand/collapse the list of additional topics the listed students are set to learn.

K. Click on a link listed to open an example problem they would see.

L. Click Message Students to send a message to any of the students that are listed for that selection.

Student Pie Report

1. Select the Class the student is associated with from the drop-down.

2. Select the Student.

3. Hover over Reports.

4. Click on ALEKS Pie from the menu.

You can also click the View Full Report link on the student's ALEKS Pie Progress tile on the Dashboard.

A. Click the arrow to select a specific Knowledge Check to view the report.

B. The report shows the Last Login, the date the student Enrolled in the class, the Hours per Week they spent in the program, and the Total Time spent in the program.

C. The All Topics tile shows Mastered, Learned, and Remaining topics, which are also listed in the table below.

D. The additional tiles are a breakdown per slice in the Pie.

E. Ready to Learn topics are available to the student in Learning Mode because the student has the necessary prerequisite knowledge to learn these topics.

F. Learned means the student has demonstrated an understanding of these topics in Learning Mode but hasn't yet mastered them in an assessment. An upcoming assessment will determine whether each topic becomes Mastered or if the student needs to learn them again.

G. Mastered means the student has demonstrated consistent mastery of these topics in the Learning Mode and/or Knowledge Checks.

Click on a link in an extended blade to open an example problem.

H. Click the Hide All Topics or View All Topics to expand/collapse all blades at once.

I. Click Download to download the current report view.