In this tutorial we’re going to cover how to control which assessment frameworks are enabled on your Tapestry account. Tapestry comes with a number of frameworks, grouped by the region they belong to — enabling one makes it available to staff whenever they add assessments to an observation, and you can separately choose whether relatives can see it.
Please note, you’ll need to be logged into the browser version of Tapestry as a manager to change these settings.
Opening the Assessment Framework settings
To start, click Configuration at the bottom of the menu on the left of your screen, then select Assessments from the panel that opens.
This will take you to the Assessment Framework Settings page. The built-in frameworks are grouped by region, and under each framework’s name you can see at a glance whether it is currently enabled and whether it is visible to relatives.
Do bear in mind, if you’re looking for the EYFS you won’t find it on this page — it’s managed from the Flag settings page instead, and there’s a note at the top of the United Kingdom section that will take you there.
Enabling a framework
Find the framework you’d like to switch on and click the Configure button next to its name. In this example we’re going to enable the Leuven scales, which you’ll find in the International group.
A configure window will open for that framework, with a short description of what it covers. To switch the framework on, tick the Enable checkbox.
As soon as you tick the enable box, a second checkbox will appear — Display to relatives. Tick this too if you’d like relatives to be able to see assessments made in this framework on their child’s observations; leave it unticked to keep the framework staff-only.
When you’re happy with your choices, click Submit. Back on the settings page, the framework will now show as Enabled.
Do bear in mind, a framework that is not enabled won’t appear anywhere on your account — staff won’t see it when adding assessments to observations, and it won’t show up in your tracking screens. Disabling a framework doesn’t delete any assessments already made with it; they’ll reappear if you enable it again.
Using an enabled framework
Once a framework is enabled, staff will see it in the Frameworks list whenever they click + Add Assessments on an observation.
Some frameworks have their own dedicated tutorials covering how to use them in more depth — for example the Montessori framework and the SEND framework.
If none of the built-in frameworks fit what your setting needs, you can also build your own: the Bespoke Frameworks section at the top of the Assessment Framework Settings page lets you create one from scratch or import one from a CSV file. And if you’re looking for something lighter-weight than a full framework, Flags might be what you need — our Enabling flags tutorial covers those.
And that’s it! You now know how to enable an assessment framework on your account, choose whether relatives can see it, and where staff will find it once it’s switched on.