Configuring & Enabling Extended Essay (EE) Worksheets

1. The student's Proposal
2. An option to set or edit the Subject, Topic and Research Question
3. A list of all EE-related deadlines (To add a new deadline, navigate back to the EE roster and click Add New Deadline. Once the deadline is created, you will have the option of adding additional To-dos for students.)
4. An opportunity to evaluate the student's progress and flag students of concern or excellence
5. Review or submit Documents relevant to the EE for the student.
6. A Notes & Interview section where you can communicate directly with students and log notes

Creating Extended Essay Worksheets

Via Settings > IB Diploma > Project-based Learning, administrators can click on Pre-built Templates to add the Extended Essay worksheets that will come pre-populated. Multiple versions of the worksheet can be added.

The Pre-built Templates will come pre-populated with all the requirements to support the Extended Essay. However, schools can customise them further by clicking on them. 

Via the Overview, Framework, Assessment, Forms and Terminology tabs of the template, you can adjust the labels within each worksheet, as well as add additional sections or assessment options.

Note: we recommend not deleting any item already present on the pre-built template to ensure your worksheet supports all requirements for the IB Diploma.  

August 2025: An updated EE First Assessment 2027 template has been added for all schools. Use this in Class of 2027 and beyond year groups to organise the Extended Essay following the update EE Guide. 

Overview

The Overview tab allows you to change key information or archive the EE template.

If you select the Enable Project by Default, the template will be enabled automatically on any new IB Diploma Year Group created.

Framework

The Framework tab contains much of the configuration that will allow you to create a project fit for your needs. The options include:

1. Proposal - This allows you to create a set of requirements that students will need to complete before approving their proposal. Requirements can take one of four forms: text field, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdown menu.
2. Planning and Progress Form - Allows students to record their Reflections and teachers to submit their Comments which can be used later to generate the Extended essay - Reflections on planning and progress forms (EE RPPF)

3. Deadlines & To Dos - Enabling To Dos allows you to create deadlines linked to the project and specific To Do items for each Deadline. The Deadlines along with the to dos are displayed on the student's project worksheet.

   Extended Essay Documents - Enables students and their Advisors to upload documents and store them on their EE Worksheets.

   Notes & Interviews - Enabling this option allows students and teachers to send messages to each other on the student worksheet and it allows teachers to record interview notes, which are only visible to admins and teachers.

Changes to components of the EE Project will be applied in separately provided EE project templates. The First Assessment 2027 Extended Essay template is available for configuration from end of August 2025. 

 

Assessment

Extended Essay Assessment criteria are pre-built in our template. However, both Project Assessment Rubrics and Term Grades Rubrics are customizable to allow schools to add additional assessment options.

Submitting Extended Essay Term Grades

Via Year Group > Extended Essay click on Submit Term Evaluations from the right navigational menu to submit EE term grades and comments if the Term Grades Rubric was enabled and configured in the Assessment page of the EE Project-based Learning template. 

 

Forms

Under the Forms tab, you can enable the option to generate EE RPPF. You can also associate the Template fields found in the Framework tab under the Planning and Progress Form section with sections of the EE RPPF form requested by IBO. 

For more information, please see our guide here on Planning & Progress Forms (PPF) for Extended Essay (EE) and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) 

Terminology

The Terminology fields shown above allow you to create a Worksheet that will be familiar to your teachers and students based on local requirements or cultural terminology. The hint, located below each field, provides an explanation of what each term is referring to.

Use the Student Progress section to customise or add more overall progress indicators for your EE Advisors to evaluate their students. 

 

EE can be enabled within existing Year Groups via Year Group > Edit Year Group Settings, tick Extended Essay > Save Changes. 

Disabling the EE project will hide the tab from the Year Group but it will not delete the student data. To view the student data simply re-enable the project.

In order to choose which Extended Essay subjects are offered, select the overall DP subjects offered at your school. Navigate to Settings > IB Diploma > Subjects and tick all subjects that apply. For more details about this step, review our tutorial on Configuring Programme Academic Settings (Subjects, Levels, Standards & Unit Templates).

After you have selected the DP Subjects offered at your school, navigate to the Extended Essay Subjects tab under Settings > IB Diploma > Subjects. From here you can enable the relevant Extended Essay Subjects and click Save Changes.