FOCUS

FOCUS

OBSERVATION PROTOCOL

An app for systematic classroom observations. Timing, coding and results on your phone – for one observer or several at once.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play Share data
The observation screen in FOCUS with buttons for on/off task, disruptive behaviour and interaction.

Everything the observation needs, on your phone

An observation consists of 80 intervals of 15 seconds. The app keeps time, signals each new interval and puts the results together as soon as the observation is finished.

Timing and coding

Vibration or sound at every interval, with an early reminder. Large buttons for on/off task, disruptive behaviour and interaction – in landscape too.

Results right away

A summary and charts as soon as the observation is finished. Follow-up measurements are compared with the baseline automatically.

Co-observation

Two to four observers connect their phones over Bluetooth and start together. The app calculates agreement and Krippendorff's alpha.

Shared spreadsheet

Several observers – in a municipality, at a school or in a project – can collect their observations in a shared Google spreadsheet. How it works.

Training on video

Code recorded observations and compare with a reference coding, or with your own earlier coding (test–retest).

Export and codebook

Summaries or per-interval data as CSV files, with a codebook explaining every column.

The FOCUS start screen.
New observation or co-observation
Coding during the observation.
Coding during the observation
Summary with charts.
Summary and charts

Your data stays with you

Observations are stored on your phone. They only leave it when you export them, run a co-observation or connect to a spreadsheet. The teacher's name never leaves the app. Read more in the privacy policy.

In Swedish, English and Norwegian

The app follows the phone's language. Export files always use English column names, so data from different users can be combined.