Managing Personal Project (PP) & Community Project (CP) Worksheets

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Open the year group and select the Personal Project or Community Project tab, then select a student to open their worksheet. From there you approve or complete the project, add deadlines with at least one to-do, upload documents, leave notes and review the Meetings with Supervisor record.

For MYP supervisors and coordinators. The Community Project tab only shows if it is turned on for the year group: see Configuring and enabling PP and CP worksheets.

Screenshot: Year Groups menu expanded with an MYP year group open on the Personal Project tab
Where to find it: Year Groups > your MYP year group > Personal Project
I want to Go to
Approve or complete a project Worksheet > Project Status
Set a deadline Project tab or Calendar > Add Deadline
See everyone's progress Project tab > Deadlines view
Upload documents or leave a note Worksheet > Project Documents and Notes
Review supervisor meetings Meetings with Supervisor tab

Open a student's worksheet

  1. Open the IB year group and select Personal Project or Community Project.

  2. Select a student to open their worksheet, process journal and assessment.

Approve or complete a project

  1. Check the Workspace: the student's proposal, supervisor and progress against deadlines and to-dos.

  2. Under Status in the right-hand panel, tick Approved, Completed or both.

    Screenshot: Status with Approved and Completed in the worksheet Details panel

The status changes the student's project icon and shows them as On Track, Excellent or Concern.

Once a worksheet is Completed, the student cannot change it. Untick Completed if they need to make more edits.

Set deadlines and to-dos

  1. On the Personal Project, Community Project or Calendar tab, select Add Deadline on the right.

  2. Enter the name, date and time.

  3. Link the deadline to Personal Project or Community Project. You cannot link it later.

  4. Choose options: Coursework Submissions so students submit through ManageBac+, Turnitin Feedback Studio to check submissions, and attached files.

  5. Select Add Deadline.

    Screenshot: Add Deadline form with Link To Personal Project
  6. Add at least one to-do and assign it to students, advisors or everyone. Without a to-do the deadline does not show on student worksheets.

    Screenshot: Deadline Details with To-Dos and Add To-Do

Only the people a to-do is assigned to can tick it off.

Deadlines then show on each student's worksheet, alongside their own to-dos.

Screenshot: Deadlines & To-Dos on a student project worksheet
Deadlines & To-Dos on a student project worksheet.

See everyone's progress

The project tab lists students by supervisor with their status (Needs Approval, Approved or Complete). Switch to the Deadlines view to see progress against each deadline.

Screenshot: Personal Project Deadlines view showing progress against each deadline
Personal Project Deadlines view showing progress against each deadline.

Upload documents and leave notes

  1. In the student's worksheet, select Add Document under Project Documents. With the Google Drive integration you can also select Add From GDrive.

  2. At the bottom of the worksheet, write in Notes and select Post Note. Tick Record as Interview Note to save it as an interview note.

    Screenshot: Project Documents with Add Document and Add From GDrive, and Notes with Record as Interview Note and Post Note

Notes are emailed to the student and appear in their ManageBac+ notifications, and they can reply. Use the ⋮ menu to edit a note or the bin icon to delete it.

Interview notes are hidden from students by default. An administrator can change this in Settings > Security & Permissions > Browse Interview Notes.

Meetings with Supervisor

This tab replaces the Academic Honesty Form. Students record their meeting notes here as part of the Academic Integrity form.

  • Student meeting notes lock five minutes after they are recorded.
  • Export the form with Export Academic Honesty Form at the top right.
  • Add your overall Supervisor comment at the bottom.
Screenshot: Meetings with Supervisor tab with meeting notes and Export Academic Honesty Form
Meetings with Supervisor tab with meeting notes and Export Academic Honesty Form.

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