Generating reports

ClariLens turns an hour of report writing into less than a minute. You stay in control: choose what the report covers, how it reads and what it must or mustn’t say, then review and edit the result.

Observation Report page — Settings on the left, the generated report on the right.

Open the report page

Choose Report on the observation form, or Report next to an observation in Observations History. To go back to the notes, choose Observation Notes.

Choose the rubrics

Under Observation Framework you see your school’s framework and the rubrics the report will cover. Choose Select to change them, and Reset to default to go back to the standard selection.

Danielson rubrics selection — Tick the rubrics the report should cover.

The framework is set for your whole school when it joins ClariLens. See Observation frameworks.

Customize the report

Choose Customize under Report Options to set how the report opens and ends, its tone and point of view, and how evidence is presented.

Every option is explained in Report options.

Add custom instructions

Write custom instructions in the box under Custom Instructions. They can add guidance or override anything in the standard options. For example:

“Focus on student engagement and questioning techniques.”
“Important: don’t include any student names in the report. Use ‘student’ instead.”

Choose the AI model

The arrow next to Generate Report chooses one of three models:

Essentials: Fastest. Good for informal observations and quick, ad hoc reports.
Core: The recommended choice. Very good reports in a little more time. It’s the best tested and maintained model.
Extended: Spends more time analyzing your notes and produces even more thorough reports, at the cost of a longer wait.

ClariLens remembers the last model you used and selects it next time.

Generate

Choose Generate Report. The report appears as it’s written.

ClariLens also looks at the teacher’s previous observation when it writes the report. This helps it follow up on earlier feedback and makes the recommendations, goals and ratings more consistent.

Review, edit and export

Edit: Change the report directly in a rich text editor. If something isn’t right, fix it here.
Copy: Copies the formatted report to the clipboard, ready to paste into an email or document.
Export: Downloads the report as a PDF or Word document.
Focus: Shows the performance indicators: recommendations, suggested goals and ratings.

Generating again

You can generate a report again at any time, for example after editing the notes or changing options. Edits you made to the previous version aren’t carried over, so make your manual edits last.