# Sightline

> Behavioral observation and data collection for school psychologists and BCBAs.

- [Getting Started](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/getting-started.md): Install Sightline and run your first behavioral observation in under a minute.
- [Students & Caseload](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/students.md): Manage students, organize into groups, and navigate your caseload from the Student Hub.
- [Licensing & Feature Tiers](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/licensing.md): Free, Starter, and Pro editions. Activate a license and manage your tier.
- [Observation Methods](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/observation-methods.md): All eight systematic observation methods in Sightline: whole and partial interval, momentary time sampling, frequency, duration, latency, ABC, and anecdotal.
- [Setting Up an Observation](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/observation-setup.md): Configure method, behaviors, timing, phase labels, and optional features before starting a session.
- [Recording a Session](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/recording.md): Set up behaviors, configure phases, and record observations using buttons or keyboard shortcuts.
- [Activity Context](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/activity-context.md): Track instructional activity type during recordings and analyze behavior by activity in results.
- [Manual Entry](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/manual-entry.md): Transcribe paper notes or back-date observations into Sightline after the fact.
- [ABC Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/abc-recording.md): Document each behavioral event as a three-part sequence (antecedent, behavior, consequence) to build hypotheses about why behavior happens.
- [Frequency Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/frequency-recording.md): Count discrete behavioral events and calculate rate per minute.
- [Duration Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/duration-recording.md): Measure the total time behaviors occur and analyze episode length using start/stop toggles.
- [Interval Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/interval-recording.md): Score behaviors at fixed intervals using whole interval, partial interval, or momentary time sampling methods.
- [Latency Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/latency-recording.md): Measure the time between a prompt and the student's response to assess response speed and compliance.
- [Anecdotal Recording](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/anecdotal-recording.md): Free-form, timestamped note-taking during an observation: a chronological account of what happens, with context quantitative methods miss.
- [Writing Up Observation Results](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/writing-up-observation-results.md): Turn one session's data into report-ready sentences scoped to what a single observation can support.
- [Viewing Results](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/results.md): Session summaries, charts, trend lines, phase markers, and AI-powered analysis.
- [Session Comparison](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/comparison.md): Compare sessions side-by-side with trend charts, setting breakdowns, and an ABC pathway ledger.
- [FBA Workspace](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/fba-workspace.md): Write functional behavior assessments with an evidence rail, narrative editor, figures, and citations.
- [AI Setup](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/ai-setup.md): Set up the on-device AI for narrative drafting and cross-session summaries.
- [Write-Up Workspace](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/writeup-workspace.md): Build observation reports from session data with click-to-cite evidence rail, AI drafting, and PDF export.
- [Exporting Data](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/exporting.md): Export sessions as PDF reports and CSV data.
- [Library](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/library.md): Manage behavior definitions, templates, ABC tag sets, hashtags, and quick phrases.
- [Inter-Observer Agreement](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/ioa.md): Set up IOA sessions and generate reliability reports for your observation data.
- [Hashtags and Quick Phrases](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/hashtags-and-quick-phrases.md): Hashtags are timestamped event markers. Quick phrases are inline autocomplete for recurring text in recording fields.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Complete keyboard shortcut reference for recording, scoring, and workspace navigation.
- [Settings](https://docs.sightlinebehavior.com/settings.md): Theme, AI configuration, backup/restore, telemetry, and license management.