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Paratext Metrics
Training Videos

Check out these training videos about using the Paratext Metrics Portal.

Login and Choose Role | Paratext Metrics 1

Login and Choose Role | Paratext Metrics 1

Learn how to log in to the Paratext Metrics Portal and select the role that matches your responsibilities. This video walks through the permissions and roles available: Paratext User: View individual project metrics that you can see during a Send/Receive. Organization Admin: View organization-wide projects (if you are an Administrator for an organization in the Paratext Registry). Root Administrator: Reserved for special-use cases.

View Projects Metrics | Paratext Metrics 2

View Projects Metrics | Paratext Metrics 2

This short tutorial shows how to view basic metrics data for for a specific project. The Drafting Progress chart shows verse progress over time, so you can view your project’s progress at a glance.

Single Project Book Progress | Paratext Metrics 3

Single Project Book Progress | Paratext Metrics 3

The Book Progress view in the Paratext Metrics Portal shows each book’s journey through Drafting, Back Translation, Reviewing, and Post-Review stages with an interactive bar-chart timeline. This video: Compares time-based and character-edit views Shows how hover tooltips reveal detailed edit counts (down to footnotes and cross-references) Hints at upcoming enhancements that will make these insights even richer.

Project Progress by Stage | Paratext Metrics 4

Project Progress by Stage | Paratext Metrics 4

The Project Progress by Stage dashboard on the Paratext Metrics Portal tracks the number of books that reach Drafted, Back-translation, Review, and Complete milestones over time. This video walks through Filters for each stage Toggles to extrapolate counts to chapters/verses The “clip idle time” option Average-line overlays that compare your project to others of similar scope or team size. It also clarifies why the time-based and edit-based graphs may be different, so you can understand the data you are seeing.

Marker Usage | Paratext Metrics 5

Marker Usage | Paratext Metrics 5

See when paragraph markers and character markers (like footnotes and cross-references) enter the text with the Marker Usage graph on the Paratext Metrics Portal. This tutorial shows how to: Flip through books Overlay drafting and review stages Use the timeline to spot patterns or double-check the progress for each book. Use these insights to refine section boundaries and uncover marker trends you might have missed.