Atlas Curriculum Insights report examines the unit plans in Atlas and transforms them into a structured report that supports curriculum planning, review, and continuous improvement.

What You Can Do with This Feature

• Analyze curriculum across multiple courses and grade levels in minutes.
• Generate a comprehensive report showing vertical alignment and concept progression.
• Automatically identify gaps, overlaps, and emerging trends in standards coverage.
• Receive consistent, structured insights regardless of who runs the analysis.
• Access actionable recommendations to support faster, more informed decision-making.

What This Feature Does Not Do

• Analyze your entire Atlas system in a single report. You will select a specific set of courses and unit planning categories to analyze. For best results, focus on a specific subject area or grade span.
• Provide a checklist of missing standards (that is best done in the Standards Analysis report).  Instead, the report focuses on overall curriculum quality and alignment, highlights areas of strong alignment and areas that may need attention.
• Replace professional judgment. The AI-generated insights are intended to support curriculum discussions and planning.
• Compare curriculum data across multiple school years. The analysis currently includes only the active school year.
• Evaluate teacher performance. This feature is designed exclusively for curriculum alignment and review.

The Setup Wizard

The setup process is divided into five clear stages, visible at the top of your workspace:

1. Analysis Type: Select between Overview or Deep analysis (as described below).
2. Courses: Search and select the specific courses you wish to include in the audit.
3. Units and Categories: Choose which specific parts of the curriculum map the AI should read.
4. Context: Provide specific prompts or "lenses" for the AI (e.g., "Review this through the lens of state standards" or "Look for STEM integration").
5. Analysis: Review your selections and generate the final report.

Step 1: Choose Your Analysis Type

When you start a new analysis, your first step is to define the depth of the data the AI will process. Selecting the right scope ensures more actionable recommendations.

Option A: Overview

Use this for a "big picture" look at your department or grade level.

• Capacity: Analyze up to 15 courses.

• Data Scope: You can select up to 5 curriculum categories (e.g., Essential Questions, Content, Skills).

• Best For: Identifying broad patterns, vertical gaps, or high-level redundancies across a large group of courses.

Option B: Deep Analysis

Use this for a granular investigation of specific curriculum ties. In this review, you can share more unit categories for closer look at how the full units progress.

• Capacity: Analyze up to 5 courses.

• Data Scope: Includes all unit data and your choice of specific unit categories.

• Best For: Detailed alignment audits, checking how specific skills transition between grades, or mapping complex interdisciplinary units.

Step 2: Selecting and Ordering Courses

In this stage, you will identify the specific courses you want the AI to analyze. Whether you are looking for vertical alignment (e.g., Math Grade 6 through 8) or horizontal alignment (e.g., all 10th-grade subjects), precise selection is key to a high quality report.

1. Filter the Course List

Use the Filter panel in the center to narrow down your school’s curriculum database:

• Type a course title or the name of a specific curriculum developer.

• Use the dropdown menus to filter by Grade, Subject, School, or Map Type.

• By default, the system selects Courses with Units to ensure there is data for the AI to analyze.

2. Selecting Your Courses

Click the checkbox next to a course name in the middle column to add it to your analysis. 

• Capacity Limits: * For an Overview, you can select up to 15 courses.

  • For a Deep Analysis, you are limited to 5 courses.

  • Note that if you have courses with many units or very dense units, you may need to limit your selections further.

• Live Counter: Monitor your progress using the Selected Courses (X/15) counter in the right-hand panel.

3. Organizing the Analysis Order

The order in which courses appear in the right-hand panel is the order the AI will use to generate its insights. This is particularly important for Vertical Alignment reports.

• Drag and Drop: Use the six-dot handle (⋮⋮) to the left of any selected course to drag it into a new position (e.g., placing "Math 6" above "Math 7").

• Remove Courses: Click the "X" icon on any course card in the right-hand panel to remove it from your selection.

4. Finalizing Your Selection

Once your list is curated and ordered correctly:

• Click [Next: Units and Categories] at the top or bottom of the page to proceed to Step 3.

• If you need to change your analysis depth (Overview vs. Deep), click [Prev] to return to Step 1.

Pro-Tip

For the most relevant feedback, choose a "logical sequence." For example, if you are auditing Middle School Mathematics, select the courses in chronological order (Math 6 → Math 7 → Algebra Basics) to help the AI identify how skills build upon one another.

Step 3: Selecting Units and Categories

After choosing your courses, Step 3 allows you to "filter out the noise." By selecting only the most relevant units and mapping categories, you help the AI provide more focused, actionable insights.

1. Selecting Specific Units

In the left column, you will see the list of courses you selected in the previous step.

• Bulk Selection: By default, all units within a course are selected (e.g., 6/6 selected). Use the checkbox next to the course name to include or exclude the entire course from this specific analysis.

• Granular Selection: Click the arrow (>) next to a course name to expand it and see individual unit titles. This is helpful if you only want to analyze specific segments, such as "Semester 1" or a specific "Capstone Project."

2. Choosing Mapping Categories

The right column displays the mapping categories (fields) present in your selected courses. Remember: You can select up to five categories for the Overview Report and all available categories for the Deep Analysis Report.

• Common Categories: The system prioritizes categories that are present in all courses (e.g., Curriculum Standards, Essential Questions). Selecting these ensures a consistent comparison across your entire data set.

• Category Types: Pay attention to the labels next to each category:

  • Standards and Filtered Standards: Focuses on alignment with state or national benchmarks.

  • Free Text: Analyzes descriptive content like Learning Activities or Essential Questions.

  • Assessments: Evaluates the assessments and evaluation methods used.

  • Checklist: Evaluates specific pedagogical tools used. 

3. Finalizing Your Selection

Once your selections are finalized:

• Click [Next: Context] to move to Step 4, where you can give the AI specific instructions.

• Click [Prev] if you realized you missed a course or need to switch from a Deep to an Overview analysis.

Pro-Tip

Focus on a targeted set of key categories (like Standards, Content, and Skills) to yield more actionable results.

Step 4: Adding Context to Your Analysis

This step is where you tell the AI how to look at your data. By choosing a review type and providing additional details, you ensure the final report is tailored to your specific goals.

1. Select Your Review Type

You must select one of the following two options to guide the AI’s logic:

• Subject/Departmental Review (Vertical Analysis):

  • When to use: Use this when you are looking at a single subject area across multiple grades (e.g., Math 6, Math 7, and Algebra).

  • AI Focus: It will look for how complexity increases over time and identify if any prerequisite skills are missing between grade levels.

• Interdisciplinary Review (Horizontal Analysis):

  • When to use: Use this when comparing different subjects within the same grade level (e.g., 9th Grade English and 9th Grade History).

  • AI Focus: It will look for "natural overlaps", opportunities where teachers can collaborate on shared themes, skills, or projects.

2. Provide Additional Information (Optional)

While the AI uses optimized prompts built by our experts and based on your selection above, you can refine the results further in the text box.

• Specific Questions: Ask things like, "Is our focus on 'Sustainability' reflected across all these units?"

• Constraint Checking: Add notes like, "Focus specifically on the alignment between our Standards and our Summative Assessments."

• Terminology: Tell the AI to look for specific keywords or internal initiatives unique to your school.

3. Review Your Selection Summary

On the right-hand side, you can see a "Summary" of your progress so far:

• Analysis Capacity: Shows how much "room" your current selection takes up (e.g., 5.8% used).

  • Important note: If your analysis capacity is over 100%, you will need to remove information from the analysis by deselecting a course, units, or unit categories.

• Course & Unit Count: Confirms the total number of courses and units being sent for processing.

• Quick Toggle: You can click the arrow (>) next to any course in the summary to double-check which units or categories are included before you start.

4. Final Step: Generating the Report

Once you are satisfied with the context:

1. Click the [Start Analysis] button.

2. The system will begin processing. You can stay on the page or navigate away; the report will appear in your All sidebar once completed.

Pro-Tip

If you realize you forgot a specific unit or course, click [Prev] to go back. Your context settings will be saved as you move between steps.

Step 5: Reviewing and Managing the Analysis

Once the AI finishes processing, it generates a comprehensive report. This page is designed to help you synthesize the findings and share them with your leadership or department teams.

1. Navigating the Report Structure

While the layout remains consistent, the specific sections will change depending on whether you ran an Overview or a Deep Analysis.

Regardless of the report type, every analysis includes:

• The Executive Summary: A high-level narrative of your curriculum’s health, identifying major strengths and critical "red flags" (such as missing data or structural gaps).

• Priority Action Steps: Found at the end of the report, these provide the top three immediate tasks for your team to improve curricular alignment.

• Export Tools: Use the Print / PDF button to download a shareable version of the findings.

Targeted Recommendations

At the bottom of every report, the AI provides course-specific feedback. These sections flag:

• Data Health Issues: Identifies "empty" units that need more content before they can be accurately analyzed.

• Grade-Level Appropriateness: Alerts you if the standards in a unit are dramatically beyond the developmental expectations for that grade level.

2. Document Actions

At the top of the report area, you have tools to move the data out of your workspace:

• Print / PDF: Click this to generate a clean, printer friendly version of the report. This is ideal for physical meetings or attaching to accreditation documentation.

• Full Screen (Expand icon): Use this to hide the sidebars and wizard steps, giving you a focused view of the data.

• Sidebar Collapse (Arrow icon): Use this to only hide the left sidebar, giving you a focused view of the data.

3. Refining the Results

The curriculum is dynamic. If the report highlights a gap that you have since fixed in your maps, or if you want to try a different "Context" lens:

• Generate Report Again: Click this button at the top-right to re-run the AI logic. This will pull the most current data from your Atlas maps.

• Modify Parameters: Use the [Prev] button to step back through the wizard to change your selected courses, units, or context prompts.

Curriculum Insights Sidebar

The left panel serves as your personal library for all AI-generated curriculum reports. It allows you to quickly toggle between your own work, shared insights from colleagues, and your most important audits flagged as favorites.

1. View Toggles

At the top of the panel, you can filter the list of reports using three main categories:

• All: Displays every report you have created or have permission to view.

• Shared with me: Shows reports generated by other educators or administrators that have been explicitly shared with you for collaborative review.

• Favorites: A curated list of reports you have "starred" for quick access (see how to favorite below).

2. Organizing Your Reports

Each report in the list includes the title and a timestamp (e.g., May 12, 2026, 10:46 PM) so you can ensure you are viewing the most recent curriculum data.

Clicking the three-dot (kebab) menu next to a report title allows you to perform actions such as renaming, adding to favorites, sharing the analysis with Atlas users, or deleting.

3. Starting Fresh

Click the New analysis button at the top of the sidebar to clear the current workspace and return to Step 1 (Analysis Type) of the setup wizard.

Reports are automatically saved to the "All" tab as soon as the analysis is generated. If a report is missing, check your "Shared with me" tab to see if it was initiated by a different department head or coordinator.