The dashboard says the task is complete. The notebook says the answer was copied. Another learner has fewer completed activities but can explain the concept clearly. A completion count is useful administration; it is not the whole learning story.
Gyanis Flow Pulse brings curriculum, activity, outcomes and available assessment evidence into one workspace. Use those signals to decide what to investigate and practise next, not to reduce a learner to a single number.
Ask what each signal actually measures
Time spent tells you that a session occurred. Accuracy tells you something about the questions attempted. A written explanation can reveal reasoning that an option choice does not. None of these signals is complete on its own.
When a result changes, check the context: topic, difficulty, number of questions and level of assistance. An easier task can produce a higher score without proving that a previously weak skill is secure.
A practical Pulse review
- Open the relevant curriculum or topic view.
- Look at the available activity and submitted assessment evidence together.
- Identify a specific question for the learner or teacher.
- Choose a follow-up activity that checks that question.
- Compare the next attempt with the same learning goal.
For an illustrative example, a learner may practise percentages frequently but continue to lose marks on reverse-percentage problems. The useful action is targeted explanation and a fresh attempt, not simply assigning more minutes of general mathematics.
Move from evidence to the right tool
Use Flow Drills for focused multiple-choice practice, Chat for an explanation, and Express for a written or spoken response. Gameplan can place the follow-up work within available study time. Pulse helps bring the resulting evidence back into view.
This is a suggested teacher-guided sequence. Do not assume every dashboard observation automatically changes every future task. Review the options available in your institution and account.
Keep the teacher and learner in the conversation
Pulse has a separate teacher workspace for permitted classes and students. Access follows institutional relationships and role permissions. A public product link does not expose a student's record.
Before discussing results with families, explain what the indicators mean and their limits. Ask the learner what happened during the task. A technology problem, unfamiliar language or misunderstanding of the instructions may require a different response from a conceptual gap.
Quick answers for school leaders
Does Pulse prove mastery automatically?
No. Its published guidance explicitly distinguishes activity from mastery. Use results, feedback and independent demonstration together.
Should wellbeing decisions be based on low activity?
Low activity alone is not a mental health assessment. Speak with the learner and follow the school's support process.
What should a progress meeting end with?
One clear next action, an owner and a review point. Another chart is not a substitute for that decision.
Try a topic review in Pulse: choose one pattern, inspect the work behind it and decide the next practice task.
Sources
Pulse feature guide; EEF: checking understanding. Examples are illustrative.