Tags (also knowns as labels, related to hashtags) are the modern approach to organizing saved objects. These objects can be anything from a general software perspective, including files or images.
In Assess.ai, the objects we are concerned with organizing include: items, sections, assets, tests, examinees, sessions and users. To do this, we use tags.
A tag, of course, is a way of labeling an object. A photo of you and friends in Chicago during 2019 might be tagged as Chicago, 2019, and Friends (though automated image recognition software might tag it with things like Cars, Stoplights, People, and Streets). It's important to note that these are orthogonal - unrelated to each other, and not in a strict hierarchy.
An examinee in Assess.ai might be tagged as Hispanic (Ethnicity), Reduced Lunch (Lunch Status), English Language Learner (Language Status), and attending Jackson High School, for example. Again, these are orthogonal, as a student's Ethnicity does not tell you which High School they attend.
Tags have a number of advantages over the traditional folder-based system. For one thing, it provides more and better data to use in searching or reporting. For example, if you wanted to create a report that analyzed the average test score in each High School, broken down by the Ethnicity of each student, this is quite easy to do. It also makes it easier to search and find, such as filtering a list of all examinees by Ethnicity.
If the concept of tags vs. folders is new to you, here is an article about the discussion and another available here.
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