Learning goal tracking for project-based learning
Project-based learning without a textbook method, with a grip on every learning goal
Maius links your projects to core objectives and the examination programme, lets pupils submit evidence and shows progress and promotion per learning goal. For pupils, teachers and school leaders.
Project-based learning works. Keeping an overview is the hard part.
Without a textbook method, nothing fixes which learning goals are covered when. That brings freedom, but also questions.
Which core objectives do our projects actually cover?
Overlap between projects stays invisible and gaps in the curriculum surface too late. With the new core objectives, a school needs to be able to show exactly that.
What do we base promotion on?
An average grade per subject says little when pupils work in projects. You want to know per learning goal what a pupil has mastered and what not yet.
Giving feedback takes too much time.
Evidence sits in folders, emails and loose documents. Writing feedback per pupil on dozens of learning goals is not sustainable for teachers.
From learning goal to promotion, in one system
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Record the learning goals
Core objectives, examination programme or your own goals, organised in domains and learning goal maps with steps per level.
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Link projects to learning goals
For each project you see which learning goals it covers, including the phases of design thinking. Overlap and gaps become visible straight away.
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Pupils submit evidence, teachers give feedback
The pupil submits work for a learning goal or for the whole project. The teacher assesses per pupil or for an entire group at once.
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Track progress and promotion per learning goal
Pupils see for themselves what percentage they have mastered. Mentors and school leaders get reports per pupil, group or learning goal.
Example with fictitious data
One system, three users
School leaders
- See which core objectives and exam content your projects cover.
- Base promotion on learning goals, towards the vmbo, havo or vwo track.
- Reports for accountability and team meetings.
Teachers and mentors
- The Guide: choose a pupil or group and go straight to the right learning goals.
- Assess an entire group in one go and see at once who has new feedback.
- An AI pre-analysis; you assess and have the final say.
Pupils
- A dashboard with their own progress per domain and per project.
- A personal learning plan: working at their own pace and level.
- Evidence, reflection and teacher feedback in one place.
What is inside?
Maius grows with the everyday practice of schools. These are the main components.
Learning goals mapped
Core objectives, examination programme or your own goals, in domains and learning goal maps with steps per level.
Projects
Projects with subprojects, learning resources and planning. A step-by-step wizard helps link learning goals and pupils.
Design thinking
Each project can have its own design thinking learning goals, from Empathize to Test.
Personal learning plan
A learning plan per pupil with the goals they are working on now, at their own pace and level.
Pupil dashboard
Progress per domain and per project, with teacher feedback and their own evidence in one place.
Evidence and feedback
Pupils submit files, links and a reflection. Teachers assess per learning goal, with messages and attachments, seeing the full history.
Bulk assessment
Assess an entire group or several learning goals at once and see straight away who has new feedback.
Guide
Choose a group or pupil, a project, learning plan or domain and go straight to the right screen.
Reports
Overviews per pupil, group, learning goal and learning plan, to view or print.
Sign-in and import
Sign in with SURFconext, Microsoft or Google. Import pupils and groups from Excel.
AI does the pre-analysis, the teacher assesses
In tailored education, every pupil works on their own combination of learning goals, projects and evidence. There is no answer key. The hard work is not marking, but sorting out which evidence belongs to which learning goal and what it shows. Maius lets Claude do that groundwork.
The teacher assesses.
Claude does a pre-analysis; the teacher decides on the judgement. Nothing reaches the pupil without that step. Claude never gives a grade.
Builds on earlier work.
What a pupil showed in earlier projects counts. Expectations grow with the number of projects.
Does not guess.
Whatever Claude cannot see or verify is listed separately. What the teacher saw in class weighs more than a document.
Shows where the teacher judges differently.
Claude's text is kept alongside the released version, so a team can discuss where it sees things differently.
Pseudonym only.
The pupil's name is not shared.
Your own choice.
AI is only switched on when a teacher or team chooses to. It is only used when the teacher starts a pre-analysis.
Computer science in projects, even when teachers are scarce
The Dutch computer science examination programme has a core and twelve elective domains. That calls for a tailored approach, while many schools struggle to find computer science teachers.
- Learning goals for the core and elective domains
- Design thinking projects, ready to link
- Pupils choose their own route through the elective domains
Become a computer science teacher
A practical course for qualified teachers: subject knowledge, didactics and project-based learning. With assignments, tools and lessons you can use in class right away.
Getting started with Maius
Start small
Begin with one department or one year group, for example and expand when it works.
Quick to set up
Sign in with SURFconext, Microsoft or Google. Import pupils and groups from Excel. Create projects with a step-by-step wizard.
Guidance for the team
We help set up learning goals and projects that fit your school's vision and coach teachers in working with Maius.
Privacy and security
Maius runs on servers in the Netherlands, with an ISO 27001 certified hosting provider. We only process data needed for education and do not share data with commercial parties.
Schools and universities of applied sciences among Maius clients, past and present
Curious how this would work at your school?
In a demo we show Maius with projects and learning goals that suit your school.