Goal

After reading this article you'll:
  • understand what Observers are
  • be able to add your observers to your Teams
  • be able to use the Facilitator Dashboard with Player to be used with AAR

Summary

Observers are a specific role that allows people in addition to the Facilitator to have access to the facilitator Dashboard and use features like the Assessment Toolkit and the AAR.


 Name
Observers
 Benefit
Qualitative real-time observations during an exercise and additional support to facilitator
 Features
  • Access to the Facilitator Dashboard to see the Event List and real time player activity
  • Access to the Assessment Toolkit to evaluate participants
  • Access to the AAR feature from the Facilitator Dashboard and Player grid

Adding Observers to your exercise


Like everyone else who accesses an exercise, the Observers need a login so they have to be added to the Teams table. 

When creating your Teams, add the observer by navigating to Players > Teams > + Add observer

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As an Observer, you have access to the Facilitator Dashboard, where it's possible to follow in real time your players' decisions and replies. See Timeline and Decisions for more information.






 


Assessment & After Action Review

In addition to the real time data, Observers also have access to these features:
- Assessment Toolkit
- After Action Review

a. Assessment Toolkit

This feature allows Observers to capture qualitative assessments by scoring exhibited behaviours and checking expected actions.


 1. Assess each participant individually.

2. Save changes to add them to the Assessment

 
1. Check and compare results in the Capabilities Matrix.

2. Export the data in a CSV file


b. After Action Review

The AAR is a Special Permission that can be given to any participant; they do not need to be an Observer. For Observers who need this permission, you will need to use the Moderator Grid so that you have the Observer logged into the right side of the grid and an additional player logged in on the left side. This means the Observer needs TWO logins - one as an Observer and one as a Player with AAR permission.

 1. Drag and drop the special permission "Evaluation (AAR)" to your player

2. Save changes

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1. As the player with the AAR permission click on the content you want to comment on

2. After the session, export the data in a Word document

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