If you've upgraded your brightwheel subscription to include Experience Curriculum, you are in the right spot!
With brightwheel and Experience Curriculum, you can log learning Observations using notes, photos, and videos, linked to specific skills or standards. To streamline this process and save you time, Experience Curriculum automatically populates the appropriate skills for that activity.
To assign progress levels (e.g., "introduced" or "mastered") and track student growth over time, add Experience Assessments as a Premium subscription add-on.
Observations can be saved as drafts and completed later if needed. You can log them directly from the Lesson Plan or through the general Add Activity flow on both web and app.
Log Observations via a Lesson Plan
When using Experience Curriculum, we recommend logging observations through the lesson plan because it will automatically populate the appropriate Experience Curriculum skills for that activity and streamline the experience!
ℹ️ Observations can be logged and managed from the web and mobile app. Learn how to perform these steps on the web or review below to perform on the mobile app.
Log in on the app
Select a room > Learning (bottom right)
Click the desired Learning activity in the Lesson plan
Tap Log observation to add linked skills, notes, and photos (optional)
Click the cogwheel in the top-right corner to confirm the EEL Skill Continuum framework is selected
💡 The Experience Curriculum skills associated with that activity should automatically populate in the Milestones section
Click Add Observation or Save to drafts when finished
Log Observations via the Activity Flow
ℹ️ Observations can be logged and managed from the web and mobile app. Learn how to perform these steps on the web or review below to perform on the mobile app.
Log in on the app
Select a room > Add Activity > Observation
Click the cogwheel in the top-right corner to confirm the EEL Skill Continuum framework is selected
Add linked skills, notes, and photos (optional)
Click Add Observation or Save to drafts when finished
Manage Observation Drafts
Created Observations can be saved as a draft, edited, and posted at a later time! This allows staff to save their progress in case they are pulled away and need to return to the observation when available. Drafts can always be deleted.
Log in on the app
Select a room > Add Activity
Tap Drafts in the upper right corner
Select the draft
To delete, tap the 🗑️ icon in the upper right corner
To edit, make changes > Update draft
To post it, tap Add Observation
Share Observations with Parents
Similar to logging activities, administrators and staff can log observations as Staff Only or allow them to be visible to parents. To allow parents to view the observations, the Staff Only checkbox should be unselected. When the Staff Only checkbox is selected, the observations will be visible only to administrators and staff and will not be visible to parents. Administrators can bulk approve staff-only posts through the Room Feed on the web.
Our platform also offers several Learning Reports that can be printed to share with parents as well!