00:01: Welcome to elevate, standards, alignment, standards plus Edition onboarding.

00:05: In this video, we will provide an overview of getting started with the standards

00:09: plus Edition.

00:12: Where do I start with Elevate Standards Alignment, Standards Plus Edition?

00:18: The best place to get started is the API Documentation located in

00:22: the Developer Documentation Portal, where you will find AB Connect

00:26: interactive documentation. AB Connect refers to the

00:30: API. The documentation provides your development team

00:33: a wealth of information about the data available via the API and

00:38: how they can retrieve that data. But as a Product Manager, you

00:42: will also want to review the metadata that is available via the API and

00:46: determine what information is appropriate for your use case.

00:49: You can review the data using the example section in the documentation.

00:55: Select Elevate Standards Alignment under Partner Facing Services.

01:00: Expand the services menu, then the reference menu, and click Standards.

01:06: Scroll down to fetching a standard and view the details.

01:12: Here are some areas that can help to focus your review.

01:15: You’ll want to understand the hierarchy of the data.

01:18: Each standard has an Authority such as Texas, a Publication

01:22: such as Essential Knowledge and Skills, and a Document which is a subject and

01:26: adoption year. Additional insight into the data can be found in the API

01:31: documentation.

01:35: Let's explore the details. You'll want to consider the type

01:39: of numbering format you want to use. Raw

01:48: will be the number included in the state document and enhanced provides a little more

01:52: structure to the numbering, for example, by prepending parent numbers

01:56: to the standard number. The other types of numbering options are detailed

02:01: in the documentation.

02:06: The Utilization data included on a standard might include examples,

02:10: placeholders, clarifications, alignable, supporting, and

02:14: others. Reviewing this area will help you to direct your programming

02:18: team to those elements that are important to you.

02:23: Some other areas to focus review are the years associated with a document

02:28: including, adoption year, implementation, and assessment years.

02:37: Standard Type describes the organizational levels within a document and includes

02:41: information like Curriculum Area, Context, Theme, Objective,

02:45: Example, etc.

02:50: Additional metadata can include standards in a list and Controlled Strand

02:54: Vocabulary. The Events endpoint details the changes that have been made to

02:58: a standard or document, as well as any new standards that are now available.

03:02: If you plan to store standards data, this can be an important area

03:07: for deciding what type of events will require an update of your data.

03:14: In Elevate Standards Alignment, Standards Plus Edition,

03:17: we provide multiple relationship types

03:19: that can be used to expand your current alignment to other authorities or other documents

03:24: within the same authority. We’ll define those here to help you decide

03:28: which combination of relationships works best for you.

03:33: An Origin standard is typically a national document like the Common Core

03:37: State Standards.

03:40: A derivative standard is when a state has adopted a standard identical

03:44: or similar to the origin, the API provides you data

03:48: to know if the standard has been modified or is identical to its origin,

03:52: the origin and derivative relationships are related relationships.

03:59: Peer derivatives are related through a common origin standard an

04:03: example of this relationship includes two states that have adopted the Common Core

04:07: State Standards.

04:10: Replaces replaced by relationships are created when a state provides

04:14: guidance on how to migrate alignments from one document to another or

04:18: when they make an update within a document.

04:22: Crosswalks are curated by a set of rules and help users better understand similarities

04:26: among standards making alignment updates more seamless subject, matter experts

04:30: identify the skills, encompassed, by the standards, and at a high level two.

04:34: Standards are crosswalk when they have one or more skills in common.

04:37: This relationship considers the authors intent as well as the context of the standard Can

04:42: your product make use of these relationships if so you will want to understand how each of them

04:46: works?

04:50: Now that you understand the data elements, you can work with your development team

04:54: on your API integration. If they do not already have a link

04:58: to the documentation and your API keys, please share that with them your

05:03: development team will help you decide if they want to use API calls to limit

05:07: the standards documents in your product or if you should manage standards using

05:11: our user interface.

05:14: If you determine it is best to manage standards data using our user interface,

05:18: then you can do so by logging on to the academic Benchmark system there

05:22: you will see several options on your home screen.

05:27: You can select manage standards license from the homepage or understands

05:31: on the top menu.

05:35: Once you've reached managed standards, you'll see a series of tabs across the top the

05:39: obsolete tab contains a list of standards that the state is no longer using you

05:43: can remove them from your license or keep them based on your needs.

05:48: To configure standards go to the configure tab drill down into

05:52: the selected standard set and then check or uncheck the boxes for the standards.

05:56: You can also select individual sections of a document.

06:05: You'll find those standards that you have configured on the disabled table.

06:11: How am I notified that a state has updated their standards?

06:16: Check out the community where you can see which standards were released in the prior month.

06:28: In the community, you will also be able to see standards reference by Authority

06:32: where you will find information about upcoming standards adoptions.

06:39: You can see what standards have been released at any time by clicking on the what's

06:43: new link from your homepage or visiting our community documentation.

06:49: Thank you for viewing Elevate Standards Alignment, Standards Plus Edition Onboarding.

06:54: If you haven’t already reached out to our Partner Success teams, please schedule

06:58: a call with us to walk through any questions you still have and to help us understand

07:02: how you intend to use Elevate Standards Alignment, Standards Plus Edition.