Monitoring a LAMS lesson

This guide provides the necessary information to monitor and troubleshoot a live LAMS lesson. View this guide in a full-screen window to see the scrollable, interactive table of contents. There are 17 chapters in this guide.

Deepak Barnabas
27 steps

Warning! **Do not** practise these steps in advance on a real lesson, you will be publishing the questions to the students if you do so.

Accessing the lesson

Navigate to <https://imperial.lamsinternational.com/lams/index.do>

Click on the monitor 'heart' icon for the respective lesson

If the correct lesson is not visible on your dashboard, you may need to click on the menu button on the top left, and search for the correct course. The lessons associated with that course will now appear on your LAMS dashboard

You should now see the **Dashboard**. You may need to navigate to the Dashboard using the buttons on the left pane.

Monitor class progress

You will be able to monitor the progress of your class using the flowchart in the dashboard. For example, in the screenshot below, most students are in the section titled 'tAPP - Part B', while a few students have already moved on to the last section in the sequence.

Opening iRAT gates

You will need to do [[Step 5 to Step 8]] in quick succession. Step 5 opens the gate, and steps 6-8 set a timer for the iRAT section.

If the exam takes place across 2 rooms (for example, RCS 211 and RCS 312), the exam leads across both rooms will generally seek to synchronise iRAT start by deciding on a mutually agreeable time to open the gate

When the exam lead for the session announces "You may now begin your iRAT" to the students, click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **iRAT gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel.

Setting iRAT timers

Click the **iRAT button** on the left pane. This will be within the **TBL button group**

In the iRAT view, scroll to the very bottom and click on the **Activity** button. This will open up further options. Note that the Activity button may already have been clicked.

It is important that you set the timer under the **Activity** timer and not the other timer (Individual Students).

Keep clicking the **+5 minutes** button under **Activity**, until the timer adjusts to 30 minutes. Then click **Start**. It is vital that you do this in the **Activity timer**, and not with any of the other timers visible.

You will see a timer counting down from 30 minutes in the top right of your screen

Viewing iRAT analytics

For detailed analytics information, go to the following URL:<https://docs.lamsfoundation.org/tbl/tbl-for-teachers/analytics> Some basic analytics are described below

Click the **iRAT** button on the **left pane**

The **progress indicator** displays the total number of students who have completed all questions in the iRAT section at that point

The **progress chart** displays a live indicator of the number of answered questions. For example, in this screenshot taken midway through a lesson (at the 15 minute mark), all students had completed at least 10 questions

The **iRAT summary table** displays the percentage of students who clicked each option for each question. The correct option for each question is highlighted in green in the respective column. The question can be viewed by clicking on the **question number** in the **question column**.

Opening tRAT gates

Return to the **Dashboard**

When the exam lead announces time for the students to select their group leader, click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **Leader selection gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel

There is generally a 2-minute period given to allow the students to select the leader.

You will need to do [[Step 13 to Step 18]] in quick succession. Step 13 opens the gate, steps 14-15 set a timer for the tRAT section, and steps 17-18 prevent latecomers from joining the iRAT beyond this point.

When the exam lead announces "You may now begin your tRAT", click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **tRAT gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel

Setting tRAT timers

Click the **tRAT** button on the **left pane**

In the tRAT view, scroll down to timing limits and adjust timer to 30 minutes under **Duration for all learners**, and click **Start**

You should see a count-down timer on the top right of your screen

Return to the Dashboard and click on **Opened** next to the iRAT gate

In the window that opens, click on **Close gate**

You will not need to close the tRAT gate when the timer runs out

Viewing tRAT analytics

For detailed analytics information, go to the following URL:<https://docs.lamsfoundation.org/tbl/tbl-for-teachers/analytics> Some basic analytics are described below

Click the **tRAT** button on the **left pane**. The **tRAT summary** will show you the order in which each team clicked on the options for each question. - Green indicates the correct option, and - Red indicates the wrong option. You can view the corresponding tRAT question by clicking on the corresponding **question link** in the top-most row.

**Scroll** to the bottom of the table, \ \ You will be able to see additional statistics on: 1. the total number of teams that answered each question correctly on their first attempt, and 2. the percentage of such teams amongst the total number of teams.

Allocating VSAQs

You will need to start allocating VSAQs while the students are doing the iRATs.

Select the iRAT button on the lefthand pane, and then click on the allocate VSA button. It is important you access this screen by clicking on iRAT on the left-hand navigation pane instead of double-clicking the iRAT card (as you may not see the allocate button otherwise).

Drag and drop the real-time submissions from the answer queue into the correct or incorrect drop-zones. If you've accidentally miscategorised, click the miscategorised answer once to send it back to the answer queue. Re-categorise correctly from the answer queue.

Once the iRAT is complete, and the students have begun the tRAT, you will need to access the allocate VSAQs for the tRAT section. If you stay in the allocate VSAQs page of the iRAT, you won't see the incoming queue of answers students are typing whilst in tRAT.

Note that when allocating VSAQs in tRAT, it is unlikely that you will see much action in the queue, as most groups are likely to type an answer that they wrote in the iRAT (and therefore has been auto-sorted by LAMS in the backend for tRAT)

Tallying uploaded files

When using tAPPs that require students to upload files, you may want to quickly view which groups have uploaded their submissions. You can do this using the **Analytics** tab.

To do this, double-click on the relevant tAPP card from the lesson sequence, and in the window that appears, click the **Analytics** tab. Note that the list only shows groups that have submitted. Groups that have not submitted won't appear on the list. You can use this information to tally tAPP submissions.

Exporting grades

Click the relevant section (iRAT, tRAT or tAPP) in the **left pane** and click **Export**.

You can also click the Gradebook button on the left pane, and

Disabling a lesson

You will need to disable a lesson after it has finished to prevent students from accessing it after the scheduled time. To disable a lesson, first click on the **Settings** button in **left pane**

In the options that appear, from the **Select status** drop-down menu, choose **Disable**, and click **Disable now**

⚑ Help: Changing leader

Tip! If a group requests for the group leader to be changed, click on **Teams** in the **left panel** of the **Dashboard**, scroll down to the relevant group and click **Change leader**. Select their preferred new group leader.

⚑ Help: Student status

To find the status of a particular student, click on **Learners** from the **left panel** in the **Dashboard**. Scroll to the relevant student. You will be able to see the status of that student. You can double click any card (for example, iRAT) to see the submissions made by the student for that section.

⚑ Help: Viewing questions

To view published questions, click on the relevant section on the **left pane**, and then click on **Questions**.

⚑ Help: Log-in issues

Ask students to try the following steps. **Check your device is connected to the internet/Wi-Fi. How do you know it’s connected?** - Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and look out for a blue tick beside the preferred network. The Wi-Fi symbol should also appear in the top right corner beside the clock. - We recommend Imperial-WPA in the first instance, and then Eduroam in case of issues. - Refresh the page. **If that doesn’t help:** - Close the browser down completely (all tabs and windows). Reopen the browser and go to LAMS again. LAMS will take you straight back to where you left off. - We recommend shutting down any other browsers and apps to ensure a smooth running of LAMS. - Make sure that you are only logged in to LAMS on one device and browser, i.e. you do not have multiple instances of LAMS running. **If that doesn’t help:** Try using an incognito/private window in your browser or a different browser. We recommend using Chrome. Please make sure the browser is up to date. **If issues persist, escalate to DEO using the following channels** - For CSI summative TBLs, use TBL WhatsApp group. - For POM, BRS or BMB TBLs, raise a [support ticket](https://medlearn.imperial.ac.uk//support/).

⚑ Help: WiFi issues

Request affected students to re-connect to (toggle on and off) the wireless so that they connect to the nearest / most optimal wireless access point. If issue persists, escalate to DEO using the following channels - For CSI summative TBLs, use TBL WhatsApp group. - For POM, BRS or BMB TBLs, raise a [support ticket](https://medlearn.imperial.ac.uk//support/).

Monitoring a LAMS lesson

Deepak Barnabas
27 steps

Warning! **Do not** practise these steps in advance on a real lesson, you will be publishing the questions to the students if you do so.

Accessing the lesson

Navigate to <https://imperial.lamsinternational.com/lams/index.do>

Click on the monitor 'heart' icon for the respective lesson

You should now see the **Dashboard**. You may need to navigate to the Dashboard using the buttons on the left pane.

Monitor class progress

Opening iRAT gates

You will need to do [[Step 5 to Step 8]] in quick succession. Step 5 opens the gate, and steps 6-8 set a timer for the iRAT section.

When the exam lead for the session announces "You may now begin your iRAT" to the students, click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **iRAT gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel.

Setting iRAT timers

Click the **iRAT button** on the left pane. This will be within the **TBL button group**

In the iRAT view, scroll to the very bottom and click on the **Activity** button. This will open up further options. Note that the Activity button may already have been clicked.

It is important that you set the timer under the **Activity** timer and not the other timer (Individual Students).

You will see a timer counting down from 30 minutes in the top right of your screen

Viewing iRAT analytics

For detailed analytics information, go to the following URL:<https://docs.lamsfoundation.org/tbl/tbl-for-teachers/analytics> Some basic analytics are described below

Click the **iRAT** button on the **left pane**

The **progress indicator** displays the total number of students who have completed all questions in the iRAT section at that point

Opening tRAT gates

Return to the **Dashboard**

When the exam lead announces time for the students to select their group leader, click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **Leader selection gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel

There is generally a 2-minute period given to allow the students to select the leader.

When the exam lead announces "You may now begin your tRAT", click on the **Open now** button to the right of the **tRAT gate** in the **Required Tasks** panel

Setting tRAT timers

Click the **tRAT** button on the **left pane**

In the tRAT view, scroll down to timing limits and adjust timer to 30 minutes under **Duration for all learners**, and click **Start**

You should see a count-down timer on the top right of your screen

Return to the Dashboard and click on **Opened** next to the iRAT gate

In the window that opens, click on **Close gate**

You will not need to close the tRAT gate when the timer runs out

Viewing tRAT analytics

For detailed analytics information, go to the following URL:<https://docs.lamsfoundation.org/tbl/tbl-for-teachers/analytics> Some basic analytics are described below

Allocating VSAQs

You will need to start allocating VSAQs while the students are doing the iRATs.

Tallying uploaded files

When using tAPPs that require students to upload files, you may want to quickly view which groups have uploaded their submissions. You can do this using the **Analytics** tab.

Exporting grades

Click the relevant section (iRAT, tRAT or tAPP) in the **left pane** and click **Export**.

You can also click the Gradebook button on the left pane, and

Disabling a lesson

You will need to disable a lesson after it has finished to prevent students from accessing it after the scheduled time. To disable a lesson, first click on the **Settings** button in **left pane**

In the options that appear, from the **Select status** drop-down menu, choose **Disable**, and click **Disable now**

⚑ Help: Changing leader

⚑ Help: Student status

⚑ Help: Viewing questions

To view published questions, click on the relevant section on the **left pane**, and then click on **Questions**.

⚑ Help: Log-in issues

⚑ Help: WiFi issues