Assigning Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Teachers

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Assign a TOK teacher from a student's TOK Exhibition or TOK Essay worksheet with Edit Prompt, for the whole year group from Members > EX Teachers and TOK Teachers, or by CSV with Bulk Assign Students. Students can also choose their own teacher.

For DP coordinators and TOK teachers linking students to the teacher who supervises their TOK Exhibition and TOK Essay.

Screenshot: TOK Exhibition worksheet for a student in a DP year group, with the Year Groups menu open
Where to find it: Year Groups > your DP year group > TOK Exhibition or TOK Essay
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Assign a teacher to one student TOK Exhibition or TOK Essay > student > Edit Prompt
Assign teachers across the year group Members > EX Teachers / TOK Teachers
Assign teachers by CSV Members > Students > Bulk Assign Students
Let students choose their teacher Student worksheet > Edit Prompt

The TOK Exhibition and TOK Essay each have their own teacher. Assign both if the same teacher supervises a student for the whole course.

Assign a teacher to one student

  1. Open the year group and select TOK Exhibition, then select the student's name to open their worksheet.

    Screenshot: TOK Exhibition roster in a DP year group, students grouped by teacher
  2. In the Prompt section, select Edit Prompt. The current teacher, if any, shows in the Teacher field.

    Screenshot: Prompt section of the TOK worksheet with Edit Prompt
  3. Choose the teacher from the dropdown list and select Save Changes.

    Screenshot: Edit Prompt form with the Teacher list
  4. Repeat on the TOK Essay tab for the same student.

Assign teachers across the year group

  1. Open the year group, select Members, then EX Teachers (TOK Exhibition).

    Screenshot: Members, EX Teachers tab with a teacher list for each student, the copy-down arrow and the X to remove
  2. Choose a teacher from the dropdown list next to each student. To give every student the same teacher, choose them next to the first student and select the down arrow to copy the choice down the list.

  3. Select the X to remove a teacher, then select Save Changes.

  4. Repeat on the TOK Teachers tab for the TOK Essay.

Assign teachers by CSV

  1. Go to Members > Students in the year group and select Bulk Assign Students. You can also get there from Year Groups > Browse All Year Groups.

  2. Download the CSV template, fill it in and save it as a CSV file.

  3. Upload the file and select Bulk Assign.

    Screenshot: Bulk Assign Students page with the example spreadsheet

If the import does not work, send us the CSV file through Submit a request and our data team will look into it.

Let students choose their teacher

If a student has no TOK teacher yet, they can choose one while filling in their prompt. They go to Year Groups > their year group > TOK Exhibition (or TOK Essay), select Edit Prompt (or edit the prescribed title), fill in the fields, choose their teacher from the list and select Save Changes.

Screenshot: Edit Prompt form with the Teacher list
Edit Prompt form with the Teacher list.

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