Dashboard user guide
Examples
The following worked examples illustrate how to navigate a provider’s data in the interactive dashboard to find relevant information.
These examples are based on the sector level data (provider selected is ‘* All registered English higher education providers’). The same methods will apply to find data for individual providers.
- We will use the overview to look at commonly used characteristics.
- At the top of the dashboard select the ‘Progression’ stage of the student lifecycle.
- In the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box (on the left) select ‘* All registered English higher education providers’.
- Select the full-time, first degree cell in the table in the left-hand banner.
- To see indicators for the time series charts, make sure you have selected the indicators view and time series. You can check this in the toggles on the left-hand side.
- To view the confidence intervals associated with each split please use the dropdown menus above each chart.
- To see gaps, make sure you are on the gaps view.
- For gaps charts that show a single gap, confidence intervals will automatically be displayed. For charts that show multiple gaps (such as the ethnicity chart) you can view the confidence intervals associated with each split by using the dropdown menu above the chart.
- We will use the overview.
- At the top of the dashboard select the ‘Continuation’ stage of the student lifecycle.
- In the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box (on the left) select ‘* All registered English higher education providers’.
- Select the part-time, all undergraduates cell in the table in the left-hand banner.
- To see gaps, make sure you are on the gaps view.
- The disability chart is at the bottom left.
- Users can then switch to the detailed view by clicking ‘See more data’ for data on the different types of disability.
- To find the continuation gaps for different types of disability we will use the detailed view. To switch to the detailed view from the overview, click the yellow ‘See more data’ button in the top left of the dashboard.
- At the top of the dashboard select the ‘Continuation’ stage of the student lifecycle.
- In the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box (on the left) select ‘* All registered English higher education providers’.
- Select the part-time, all undergraduates cell from the table in the left-hand banner.
- To see gaps, select the ‘Gaps’ button as the chart type.
- In the ‘Select a split indicator type’ dropdown box, select ‘Disability type’.
- In the ‘Select a comparison’ dropdown, select different comparisons to see the gaps between different disability types.
- The table underneath the chart shows the value of the gaps. In addition to this, the table shows the change in gap between the latest two years of available data.
- We will use the detailed view to display charts relating to intersections of student characteristics.
- At the top of the detailed dashboard select the ‘Attainment’ stage of the student lifecycle.
- In the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box (on the left), select ‘* All registered English higher education providers’.
- Select the full-time, first degree cell from the table in the left-hand banner.
- In the ‘Select a split indicator type’ dropdown select ‘Intersection of deprivation quintile (IMD 2019) and sex’.
- To see gaps, select the ‘Gaps’ button as the chart type.
- Use the ‘Select a comparison’ dropdown box to explore the data. By selecting different comparison users can see the gaps between different sexes and deprivation quintiles.
- The table beneath the chart shows values of the gaps.
- Selecting ‘Ratios’ instead of ‘Gaps’ as the chart type will show the ratios between the comparison groups so users can use this instead of percentage point gaps to measure differences between two student populations.
- Aggregate data can be found on both the overview and the detailed view. In this example we will use the detailed view.
- At the top of the detailed dashboard select the ‘Progression’ stage of the student lifecycle.
- In the ‘Select a provider’ dropdown box (on the left) select ‘* All registered English higher education providers’.
- Select the full-time, other undergraduate cell from the table in the left-hand banner.
- In the ‘Select a split indicator type’ dropdown select ‘Overall.’
- To see indicators, select the ‘Indicators’ button as the chart type.
- In the ‘Select an split indicator’ dropdown select ‘Overall.’ If you can’t see this dropdown, select the yellow ‘Select a single split indicator’ button on the left.
- Aggregate charts for the latest 2 and 4 years can also be found on the overview by switching to the aggregates view using the toggle in the left-hand banner.
Published 07 May 2020
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