Customising Unit Planner Templates

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Go to Settings, choose your programme, then Curriculum > Unit Planner Template to switch sections on or off and create new templates.

Choose which sections appear in unit planners for each programme, change the hints and titles teachers see, decide what students and parents see, and add extra templates.

Screenshot: Unit Planner Templates Overview in IB Middle Years curriculum settings, with Add Template and Reset to Unit Template Defaults
Where to find it: Settings > your programme > Curriculum > Unit Planner Template

Customise a template

  1. Open the templateGo to Settings, choose the programme, then Curriculum > Unit Planner Template.
  2. Turn sections on or offTick or untick components on the page, or switch whole sections on or off in the right-hand panel.
  3. Edit hints and titlesChange the headings and hints unit authors see as guidance.
  4. Choose what is publicSet what appears At-a-Glance, which controls what students and parents can see.

Your changes show in every unit planner that uses the template. To go back to the programme default, click Reset to Unit Template Defaults.

Add another template

Click Add Template to create another unit planner template. When a programme has more than one template, admins see the list of templates first instead of the Components tab. Teachers choose a template in each unit's Summary section.

ATL skills, Learner Profile and dispositions

These appear as checkboxes in unit planners. Set them up in Settings, choose the programme, then Curriculum and the tab at the top:

Programme Tabs
IB programmes ATL skills, IB Learner Profile
Non-IB programmes Transdisciplinary skills, Dispositions
Screenshot: ATL skills Overview tab in IB Middle Years curriculum settings
ATL skills Overview tab in IB Middle Years curriculum settings.
Screenshot: IB Learner Profile Overview tab with icon, name and delete for each attribute
IB Learner Profile Overview tab with icon, name and delete for each attribute.

You can add items, edit their title or icon, and delete items that are not selected in any unit.

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