ManageBac+ Glossary & Custom Terminology Options

International Baccalaureate 

We have tried to standardize 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:

Customizing Terminology for your School

Certain terms and labels can be customized across your school account to adapt ManageBac+ to your school needs. Below are some of the highlights

General School Options

via Settings > School Settings > Name, Address & Logo, you can customize:

• Your school name
• Grammar Checker, either English US, English UK or Off
• Default Language, either English, Spanish, French or Chinese (simplified)

National Programmes

via Settings > School Settings > Academics, you can customize:

• Custom labels for National Curriculum programme High, Middle and Primary school

- Please reach out to support@ManageBac.com to customize the label of the IB Primary Years Programme

Advisor Titles

via Settings > School Settings > Terminology, you can customize:

• Year group tab label (ie IB Manager, Year Groups, Cohorts, Grade Level)
• Homeroom tab label (ie Homeroom, Advisory, Registry)
• Homeroom advisor title
• Attendance Lesson Period label (ie Lesson, Period, Class, Roster)
• DP Advisor title
• DP Coordinator title
• DP Head title
• MYP Advisor title
• MYP Coordinator title
• MYP Head title
• PYP Advisor title
• C1 Coordinator title
• Local Grade label (ie Percentage, Grade, Score, Mark)
• Discussion & Discussions (ie Messages, Threads, Conversations)

Grade Levels

via Settings > School Settings > Grades & Levels

• Default to Grade levels or Year levels
• Individually set grade/year level names per programme

Academic Year Terms

via Settings > Academic Terms > Select Programme > Edit

• Set names for Academic terms or semesters

Behaviour & Discipline Options

via Settings > Behaviour & Discipline

• Set default types and next steps

Unit Options

via Settings > Select programme > Curriculum

• Re-label, hide or repurpose any tab in the unit template

• Adjust default Approaches to Learning and Learner Profile options

Assessment Options

via Settings > Select programme > Assessment

• Re-label and add appreciations and colours for assessment Types, Categories, Criteria, Rubrics, Options and Local grades

Portfolio Options

via Settings > Select programme > Portfolio > Terminology

• Re-label any section of the portfolio including Resources, Goals, Reflections, Connections & Timeline

Academic QuickStart Guides

via Settings > Select programme > Guides

• Re-label, hide and provide custom guidance for each step in the QuickStart guide.

An example of SA is given in the screenshot below:

Project Worksheets

via Settings > Select programme > Service-Learning or Project-based Learning

• Re-label, hide and provide custom guidance for Service-Learning worksheets, including:
  • Service-Learning
  • Appreciation
  • Supervisor
  • Service
  • Project
  • Hours
  • Reflections & Evidence
  • Questions
  • Aims & Goals
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Awards
  • Notes & Interviews
  • Documents
  • Tags
  • Progress

For more information, please go through Configuring & Enabling Service Learning (SL) Worksheets.

• Re-label, hide and provide custom guidance for Project-based Learning worksheets, including:
  • Project-based Learning
  • Appreciation
  • Worksheet
  • Portfolio
  • Assessment
  • Reflections
  • Proposal
  • To-Dos
  • Documents
  • Notes & Interviews
  • Advisor
  • QuickStart Guide
  • Handbooks
  • Presentation

For more information, please go through Configuring & Enabling Project-based Learning (PBL) Frameworks