ManageBac+ Glossary & Custom Terminology Options

Key ManageBac+ Terminology

International Baccalaureate 

We have tried to standardise the use of terminology based on the subject guides produced by the IBO.

These are some of the key terms we use throughout the system:

• Experience Supervisor: this person is in charge of supervising a particular CAS experience. He/she may be a faculty member, or maybe external to the school. Examples of experience supervisors are sports team coaches, outward bound leaders, service organisation staff, etc.
• Approval & Completion of Experiences: CAS Experiences are approved by the CAS Advisor or CAS Coordinator after a review of the experience's appropriateness. This is sometimes referred to as "Pre-approval", but for purposes of clarity, we chose to use Approved. An Experience is marked Complete after the student has finished the experience submitted evidence documenting their progress (e.g. journals, photos, etc.), and after the supervisor, review has been successfully completed.
• CAS Advisor: this person works with the CAS Coordinator to oversee a specific cohort of students. Often a CAS Advisor is a homeroom teacher, who is responsible for monitoring his/her students, approving experiences and meeting with students individually to check on their progress. Within the system, CAS Advisors can be assigned to their specific students under the Members tab.
• Extended Essay Supervisor: this person works with the EE Coordinator to advise students on their Extended Essay. They typically teach in the subject area that they are advising. Students select their EE supervisors on their EE worksheets, but they can also be assigned directly under the Members tab.

Acronyms

In the interest of a condensed user interface, certain acronyms may be used throughout the system. There are some of the common acronyms used:

Customising terminology for your school

Administrators can change many terms and labels so ManageBac+ matches the language your school uses. These are the main places to do it.

General school options

In Settings > School Settings > Name, Address & Logo you can set:

• Your School Name
• The Language of Instruction and any Additional Languages (English, English (United Kingdom), Spanish, French, German or Chinese (Simplified))
• The Grammar Checker Language: English US, English GB or Do Not Check Grammar

National programmes

In Settings > School Settings > Key Academic Functions you can set custom short and full names for the National Curriculum High School, Middle School and Primary School programmes.

To change the label of the IB Primary Years Programme, submit a request.

Titles and labels

In Settings > School Settings > Terminology you can change:

• The Program Tab Name (for example Year Groups, Cohorts or Grade Level) and the Homeroom Tab Name (for example Homeroom, Advisory or Registry)
• The Behaviour & Discipline Name
• The Homeroom Advisor, Additional Homeroom Advisor and Counselor titles
• The Attendance Lesson Period label (for example Lesson, Period or Class)
• The Local Grade Label (for example Percentage, Grade, Score or Mark)
• The words used for Discussion and Discussions (for example Message and Messages)
• Labels for Grades & Levels and Service Learning
• Advisor, Coordinator and Head titles and names for each programme (DP, MYP and PYP), and the names used on reports

Grade levels

In Settings > School Settings > Grades & Levels choose the Grade & Year Format (for example Grade 11 & 12 or Year 12 & 13) and set grade or year level names for each programme.

Academic terms

In Settings > Academic Terms, choose the programme and select Edit next to an academic year to name its terms or semesters.

Behaviour and discipline

In Settings > Behaviour & Discipline > Behaviour Types Settings set the default behaviour types and next steps.

Unit planner options

In Settings > Programme Settings > Curriculum for each programme:

• On Unit Planner Template, rename, hide or repurpose sections of the unit planner.

• On ATL skills and IB Learner Profile, adjust the default Approaches to Learning and Learner Profile options.

Assessment options

In Settings > Programme Settings > Assessment for each programme, rename and set up assessment Types, Categories, Assessment Models, Criteria and Final Grades.

Portfolio options

In Settings > Programme Settings > Portfolio > Terminology rename the portfolio sections: Resources, Goals, Reflections, Connections and Timeline.

QuickStart guides

In Settings > Programme Settings > Guides rename, hide and add your own guidance to each step of the programme's QuickStart guides and handbooks. The example below shows the MYP SA guide.

Project worksheets

In the programme's Service Learning settings, open Terminology to rename parts of the Service Learning worksheet, including:

• Worksheet, Activity Supervisor, Activity, Categories and Project
• Reflections & Evidence, Questions, Aims & Goals Statement, Awards and Learning Outcomes
• Notes & Interviews, Documents, Activity Tags, Student Progress and the QuickStart guide

For more information, see Configuring & Enabling Community Engagement Worksheets.

In the programme's Project-based Learning settings, open a project (for example the Extended Essay) and select Terminology to rename:

• Worksheet, Journal, Assessment, Reflections and Proposal
• Deadlines & To Dos, Project Documents, Notes and Advisor
• QuickStart Guide, Handbook and Presentation

For more information, see Configuring & Enabling Project-based Learning (PBL) Frameworks.