How Microsoft Reading Progress Works

 Phase 1: The teacher sets and assigns the reading aloud task

1.1    On the Class Team dashboard, the teacher clicks on 'Assignment', and types in the Title of the Assignment. 

1.2   The teacher clicks on 'Attachment', which will open a drop-down menu. The teacher selects 'Reading Progress'

1.3   The next screen will ask the teacher whether he will upload a WORD reading passage, or choose one from ReadWorks. The teacher acts accordingly. 

1.4    The teacher sets the assignment deadline, and assigns the task. 

Phase 2: The student will try the assignment. The student will: 

2.1   Open the Class Team, and open the respective assignment. 

2.2    Click 'Start'. The passage will appear, and he will start to record his reading. 

2.3   When finished, he will be shown 5 words from his reading that the system invites him to repeat. (This segment is called the Reading Coach.)

2.4    The student then submits the assignment. 

Phase 3: The teacher checks the submitted assignment. He will: 

3.1    open each assignment on his dashboard and sees the student's performance in terms of an overall score (e.g., 94%), mispronunciations, omissions, etc. He will also see the reading passage marked with mispronunciations, insertions, etc. 

3.2    write in the feedback box if he wants to.

3.3     'return' the seen assignment to the student, with or without his own grade. 

Phase 4: The student checks the returned assignment. He will: 

4.1    go to his dashboard and open the (returned) assignment;

4.2     sees his performance results (as in 3.1) as well as his previous video recording, and the teacher's feedback and grade if given.