Learn about Dashboard Tiles

🔐 Account type(s) with default permissions to manage this: All account types

💻 Tier(s) this is available for: Foundation, Essential, Pro (data tiles); Essential, Pro (Strategies tiles)

✚ Add-on(s) this is available for: Professional Learning (module lists in Strategies tiles)

An Ellevation dashboard is a saved arrangement of tiles that lets you see several relevant data points and instructional recommendations in one place. By arranging data tiles or Strategies tiles on your dashboard, you can surface the student information most relevant to your work at a glance. This article explains the types of tiles available and how they behave. For step-by-step instructions on building any tile, see Create a Dashboard Tile.

Jump to a section:

• Big Number / Headline Tiles
• Chart Tiles
  • Donut Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Line Chart
• Table Tiles
• Tiles Linked to a View
• Strategies Tiles
• Use Tiles to Take Batch Actions

Big Number / Headline Tiles

Big Number tiles display the count of students who meet a set of Filter criteria as a single number, a quick way to see how many students fall into a particular group at any given time. When you build this display type in the Configure Tile window on a dashboard, it is labeled Big Number; when you create the same type of tile from the Student List, it is called a Headline tile. Both produce the same single-number tile.

📝 Big Number (aka Headline) tiles displaying a total student count based on filter criteria.

Chart Tiles

Chart tiles group students visually by one or more characteristics, which is useful for spotting patterns across your EL population. There are three chart types: Donut Chart, Bar Chart, and Line Chart. You choose the type, and its display options, as you build the tile. See Create a Dashboard Tile for the steps.

📝 A donut chart tile grouping students by a selected characteristic.

Donut Chart

A Donut Chart shows how students are distributed across the values of a single characteristic, such as Home Language. Reach for it when you want to see the parts of a whole at a glance, for example, the language breakdown of your EL population.

ℹ️ Note

A donut chart is a type of pie chart, shown with an open center. Both display how a whole group is divided into parts.

Bar Chart

A Bar Chart compares student counts across the values of a characteristic, and can optionally break each bar down by a second characteristic. Reach for it when you want to compare groups side by side, such as EL counts by school or by designation.

📝 A vertical Bar Chart tile displaying ELs by designation and by school.

Line Chart

A Line Chart shows change over time, so it is available only for date-related data, such as the year students entered US schools. Reach for it when you want to see a trend across months or years.

📝 A Line Chart tile showing trends over time.

Table Tiles

Table tiles display rows of selected student information Fields for all students who meet your Filter criteria, similar to a Student List view surfaced directly on your dashboard. When you build this display type in the Configure Tile window, it is labeled Data Table. Reach for it when you want to see student-level detail on the dashboard rather than a summary count or chart.

📝 A Table tile displaying student data fields for a filtered group.

Tiles Linked to a View

Any data tile, whether it displays as a Big Number, a chart, or a table, can be linked to a Student List View, and this works the same whether you create the tile from the Student List or from the Add Tile option on a dashboard.

A linked tile displays a Link icon in the bottom-left corner and always shares the same Name, Description, Filters, Fields, or Charts as its corresponding View.

📝 A linked tile, with the Link icon in the bottom-left corner.

Because linked tiles and their corresponding Views stay in sync:

• Any changes you make to a linked tile will update its corresponding View and any other tiles linked to that View.
• Any changes you make to a View will update all tiles that are linked to it.

ℹ️ Note

You cannot edit a tile you do not own.

Strategies Tiles

💻 Tier(s) this is available for: Essential, Pro

✚ Add-on(s) this is available for: Professional Learning (module lists)

Strategies tiles contain a pre-built list of modules or activities with guidance to help educators put those resources into practice. Unlike data tiles, Strategies tiles are updated manually, by selecting module or activity lists and adding a tile title and optional description.

📝 A Strategies tile displaying a module or activity list with guidance for educators.

Use Tiles to Take Batch Actions

You can analyze student information in data tiles to inform instructional decisions, and take batch actions on the students represented in a tile, such as starting monitoring workflows, generating reports or family letters, or assigning accommodations.

To take action from a tile:

1. Click the tile name in the top-left corner of the tile.
2. You are brought to the Student List with the Filters, Fields, and/or Chart configurations from the tile already applied.
3. From the Student List, take action on those students:
   • To open an individual student's Demographics tab, hover over the student's name and click the Student button to the right of the name.
   • To jump to a specific tab on the student's profile, hover over the student's name, click the arrow to the right of the Student button, and select the tab you want to open.
   • To make changes, initiate processes, or generate reports, select students and use the batch action options at the top of the Student List. For more detail, see Take Batch Actions in the Student List (Edit, Groups, Reports).