Parent Dashboard

The dashboard allows you to administrate your account and view progress made by your child (or children). It is the control centre for your ReadingDoctor® Online account! 

To log in to the Parent Dashboard, use a Google Chrome browser on a PC, Mac or Chromebook and to navigate to https://dashboard.readingdoctor.com. Enter your email address and password which was emailed to you when you signed up for the Home Version of the program, then press 'Login':

You will be presented with your Parent Dashboard:

The following is a summary of the most important parts of the Parent Dashboard:

Changing the difficulty of the activities for your child 

ReadingDoctor® Online sets a starting position in the systematic synthetic phonics sequence depending on the information you provided about your child when you signed up. If you feel that the level set for your child is too easy or too difficult, you can manually adjust the difficulty level. 

Before adjusting the difficulty for your child, it is useful to firstly understand what is taught in the sequence!

The ReadingDoctor® Synthetic Phonics Sequence

The sequence is divided into three parts depending on the difficulty of the content taught. The three parts of the sequence and the skills taught within them may be summarised as follows:

 

Part I - Basic Code

• recognition of single letter graphemes (e.g. 'a, t, z'), 

• reading and spelling short words with simple spellings (e.g. 'pot, slip, list') 

• recognition of most common 'sight words' with unusual spellings (e.g. 'you, said, of')

Part II - Intermediate Code includes all skills taught in Part I as well as

• reading words with 'bossy e' (e.g. 'cape, rope, pine')

• recognition of more common longer letter patterns (containing 2 or more letters, e.g. 'sh, ir, ck')

• reading words containing more common longer letter patterns (e.g. shop, bird, lock')

• recognition of the next most common 'sight words' with unusual spellings (e.g. 'want, your, other')

Part III - Advanced Code includes all skills taught in Part I and Part II as well as

• reading less common longer letter patterns (containing 2 or more letters, e.g. 'kn, eigh, ore')

• reading words containing less common longer letter patterns (e.g. 'knife, eighteen, shore')

• recognition of the next most common 'sight words' with unusual spellings (e.g. 'woman, great, group') 

How to change the difficulty of activities by changing your child's position in the ReadingDoctor® Phonics Sequence

If you want to change the difficulty level for your child, please follow the steps in this interactive demo:

The 'Account' page

Click on the Account button at the top of the Parent Dashboard to manage your ReadingDoctor® Online account:

How do I see my child's progress in ReadingDoctor® Online?

You can see your child's progress in their phonics sequence including their progress in individual activities by following these steps:

• Log in to your Parent Dashboard at https://dashboard.readingdoctor.com using the Username and Password that were emailed to you.

• Next to your child's name, click the 'Progress' button:

• Select your child from the dropdown list (you will see multiple kids if you are using the program with more than one child) to view your child's progress in their systematic synthetic phonics sequence:

You will see a list of skill types (e.g. Grapheme Knowledge), sub-skills (e.g. Single Letter Graphemes) and individual activities that teach specific targets (such as 's, a, t, p, i, n, e'). You will also see activities grouped by levels, with Level 1 being the easiest. 

Reports have colour-coded activity results to help you determine your child's progress in each skill type 'at-a-glance'. The results are expressed as a % correct value with the following colour coding:

🟢 Green activities are those the student has successfully completed (passed at 80% or higher accuracy). You may also see green activities marked with an arrow (→). The arrow means that the student skipped this activity because they were manually assigned to a higher position in the sequence by their teacher.

🟠 Orange activities have been partially completed (50-80% accuracy) and will be repeated until the student achieves 80% or higher accuracy.

🔴 Red activities have not been completed (the student scored 50% or less). The program will reduce the difficulty level by one the next time this set of activities is presented. 

⚪ Activities that are not coloured have not yet been attempted.

How do I view more detailed information about my child's progress in individual activities?

To view detailed progress data in activities, you can always click the View Details button to see information about individual activities and even individual responses that your child has made in the program:

Clicking that button will bring up a detailed report containing data about individual responses your child has made in activities: 

Are there other report types available?

Yes. To view, print or export all types of progress reports, click on the 'Reporting' button at the top of the dashboard and select the type of report you would like: 

✅All Activity Reports allow you to see detailed data regarding your child's progress in all activity types:

How do I subscribe to ReadingDoctor® Online after my trial has finished?

If you have completed a free two-week trial and yould like to purchase a subscription for your child, please follow the instructions HERE.