Use the goals canvas: from wishlist to working on to done

The goals canvas makes the direction of learning visible. Use its columns to distinguish possibilities, current work and work you have finished.

Open the learner’s Goals

Go to Students → select the learner → Goals. Keep possible goals in Wishlist, current work in Working on, and finished work in Done. Use the goal’s controls to add the relevant work and record your assessment. A Secure assessment and finishing a goal are separate decisions; check the goal’s state after reviewing it.

Build a useful wishlist

Add musical ideas the learner cares about: a piece, a technique or an aural skill. “Play the opening of a film melody” is easier to discuss than “get better”.

Keep the wishlist as a place for possibilities. It should not feel like a queue of overdue obligations.

Choose current work

Move a manageable goal into Working on using the available goal controls. Give it an observable outcome, such as “play the opening phrase with a steady pulse”.

Connect relevant assignments or repertoire work where the workflow allows. The goal gives direction; the assignment gives the next action.

Review progress

Ask the learner to perform or explain the agreed outcome. Use teacher readiness assessments and any bar-level detail to record what you have actually reviewed. Student activity and self-reflection add context but do not replace that judgement.

Finish deliberately

Move completed work to Done through the appropriate completion action. Explain why it is complete: “You can now join the first two bars without stopping.” A completed goal can still be revisited musically later.

At each review, choose whether to continue, narrow the task or agree a new direction.

Use musical goal cards.