The parent progress dashboard on Brilliant helps families understand how often a learner is practicing, what they are studying, and how their work is progressing. Parents with a linked learner account can use it to follow up on goals and provide relationship-based accountability without monitoring every problem or teaching the material themselves.
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Who can use the parent progress dashboard?
The parent progress dashboard is available on the Single Child plan and the six-seat Family Plan. A parent can use it after linking a learner account to their parent account. The dashboard summarizes activity from that linked learner; it is separate from the classroom dashboard available through Brilliant for Educators.
On an individual Premium subscription, there is no parent dashboard. Every Brilliant account has its own progress dashboard, though, so a parent can sign in to the learner's account and review their progress at brilliant.org/you.
How do I link a learner to my account?
To supervise one child, use a Single Child plan; a six-seat Family Plan is not required. For several family members, use a Family Plan. See plans for families for the options.
To link an existing learner account:
- Open Family Management and add or select the learner's account.
- Select Make this a child account.
This doesn't create a new account or move any progress — the learner keeps their existing account, topic history, progress, and login. It creates a supervision link between your account and theirs, so you can see them in your dashboard; they won't see pricing or checkout prompts while supervised.
What happens next depends on the learner's age:
- Under 18: Supervision becomes active right away (parental-consent requirements for children under 13 still apply).
- 18 or older: The request stays pending until that person accepts it themselves.
Once the link is active, you'll see that learner in your family progress dashboard at brilliant.org/you.
What does the parent progress dashboard include?
| Dashboard area | What parents can see | What it can help answer |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | Days active and aggregate data over time periods | Is the learner maintaining the routine we agreed on? |
| Practice | Problems solved and assessment accuracy from skill and level checks | How much practice is happening, and how is it going? |
| Courses and lessons | Active topics, recent concepts, and topic progress | What is the learner studying now? |
| Skills | Recently learned skills | Which ideas have received recent attention? |
| Koji | How often Koji was used and the type of help sought (as categories and counts, not conversation content) | Is the learner seeking help, and in what way? |
Together, these measures answer three practical questions: How often is my child learning? What are they working on? How is the practice going?
How can parents use the information?
- Set a realistic routine. Agree on a weekly goal for practice or active days.
- Follow up on progress. Review whether the learner is maintaining the routine and moving through relevant material.
- Start a useful conversation. Ask what felt difficult, what finally clicked, or where more help is needed.
- Recognize persistence. Celebrate consistent practice and productive help-seeking, not only correct answers.
The progress dashboard gives parents visibility without requiring them to teach every concept themselves. It can also create accountability between tutoring appointments or support a family using Brilliant several times per week.
How should parents interpret the metrics?
Use the dashboard to notice patterns, not to judge a learner from one number or one session.
- Activity shows consistency, not mastery. Time spent and days active reveal whether practice is happening, but not whether every idea is secure.
- Assessment accuracy needs context. This measures accuracy on skill and level checks, not all practice problems. Lower accuracy can appear when a learner begins appropriately challenging material. Look at the topic, persistence, and later progress as well as the percentage.
- Topic progress shows movement through a path. Pair it with the learner’s ability to explain an idea, solve a new variation, and remember it later.
- Koji use can reflect productive help-seeking. The dashboard shows the type and count of help a learner sought, not the content of what was discussed; it should not automatically be treated as a sign that the learner is failing.
- Trends matter more than isolated days. Review several weeks when deciding whether a routine or topic placement is working.
What does the dashboard not replace?
Brilliant’s dashboard is a learning-support tool, not a formal grade, standardized assessment, diagnosis, or evaluation of a learning difference. Families should use school records and qualified professionals when those forms of assessment are needed.
