DMAC Student Login Guide: Accessing Educational Resources in Texas

DMAC (Data Management for Assessment and Curriculum) is a software solution designed "FOR Texas educators BY Texas educators." It offers a range of tools for online testing, data analysis, appraisals, digital documentation, and curriculum management. This guide focuses on how students can access and utilize DMAC.

Accessing the DMAC Student Login Portal

To log in to your DMAC student account, follow these steps:

Go to the DMAC website: www.dmac-solutions.net.
Click on the "Student" button.
Enter your "Student ID" into the provided textbox.

DMAC Features and Tools for Students

DMAC offers several features and tools that can help students succeed in their studies. These include:

Online Testing

DMAC facilitates online testing, allowing students to take assessments digitally. During a test, students can utilize various tools and accessibility features to enhance their testing experience.

Accessibility Features

The following accessibility features can be assigned from the Online tab of a test key, giving all students access to them during the test:

Guidelines: Highlights one line of text at a time, with lock or unlock placement options.
Highlighter: Allows students to highlight sections of text.
Dictionary: Provides access to a dictionary (teachers can see anything a student searches from their scored test document).
Calculators: Offers different calculator models (basic, scientific, and graphing) for Texas Instruments or Desmos calculators, with an option to enable Desmos testing mode when needed.

Testing Tools

The following testing tools are available on all online tests:

Flag Items: Allows students to flag items for review; flagged items appear on the Review screen.
Eliminate Answer Choices: Enables students to highlight answer choices in grey to indicate they are possibly incorrect.
Notepad: Provides a space for students to type notes for each question.

TEKScore eLearning

As students navigate through a test and enter their answers, the Related and Number buttons along the bottom highlight answered questions in blue. Flagged questions marked for review have a small red flag icon next to the number. Students can click the green Review/End button when all answers have been entered. Flagged items also appear on the review page. Students can click 'no response' or the answer to navigate directly to a selected number for editing. A warning message appears if the student has not entered an answer for an item. A warning message appears if the student has not entered an answer for an item.

DMAC User Roles: Understanding Access Levels

DMAC employs different user roles to manage access to confidential data. These roles ensure data security and appropriate levels of access for different users. While students primarily interact with the testing and assessment features, it's helpful to understand the different roles within the DMAC system:

District Administrator: Has the highest level of access, including the ability to manage user accounts, edit records, and generate reports.
District Manager: Possesses similar access to a District Administrator, except for the ability to create or manage accounts.
District User: Has read-only access to class roster data and can generate reports.
Campus Administrator: Manages campus accounts and can modify class roster data for their campus.
Campus Manager: Has similar access to a Campus Administrator, excluding the ability to create or manage accounts.
Campus User: Has read-only access to class roster data for their campus and can generate reports.
Teacher: Teacher accounts and passwords are automatically generated with the Class Roster data file pulled from a school’s Student Management System (i.e.,Skyward or Ascender). Teachers only see the students who are tied to them via that class roster file. If a teacher needs access to additional students, those who manage your DMAC account can either set them up with a different type of login (Admin/Mgr/User) or create a locked class in Utilities.

DMAC Support and Training Resources

DMAC offers various training and support resources to help users effectively utilize the platform. These resources include virtual training classes, in-depth training sessions, and online documentation.

DMAC Virtual Academy: Offers in-depth training on individual applications for both teachers and administrators covering testing, reporting, student management, planning, and more.
Local Assessments: Discover how TEKScore helps you analyze results, identify trends, pinpoint gaps, and guide focused instructional decisions that drive growth and strengthen student performance.
LPAC Series: Learn how to efficiently manage and analyze LPAC data using DMAC. Sessions cover the beginning, middle, and end of year processes. All sessions are recorded for future access.
Local Data & Accountability: Join sessions designed to enhance local data and focus on how DMAC's accountability framework can drive continuous improvement throughout the academic year. Sessions are recorded for future access.
MTSS in DMAC: Explore how to utilize DMAC for managing MTSS data, focusing on using data and documentation to know what works for your students. This session will be recorded.
Early Childhood in DMAC: Discover how to utilize DMAC for managing and analyzing early childhood data, covering building assessments, tracking student progress, generating reports, and more. Recorded for future access.
New Teacher Series: Learn how to use DMAC as a teacher to streamline beginning of year processes, create assessments, analyze local data and improve student outcomes. These sessions will be recorded.
Principal Perspectives: Discover how principals can leverage DMAC to access state and local campus data, monitor student performance, and efficiently appraise teachers to enhance school leadership and outcomes. These sessions will be recorded.
Technology Enhanced Assessments: Learn how to administer online tests using technology enhanced items. These content specific sessions cover creating interactive assessments, managing tests, and analyzing results to enhance student performance. These sessions will be recorded.
Testing 101: Explore how to use DMAC for online testing, including managing state and local assessments, analyzing test data, and generating reports to inform instructional decisions and improve student performance.

DMAC: A Collaborative Effort

During DMAC’s development, two independent groups-the developer’s team and education content specialists-work on the project in their own ways. This collaborative approach ensures that DMAC meets the needs of Texas educators and students.

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