Generating Service Learning (SL) Progress Exports & Reports

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Tracking SL Progress and Generating Reports

Track student Service Learning (SL) progress, export programme data, and generate customised reports for students, parents, and advisors in ManageBac+.

The SL roster provides coordinators with tools to monitor student progress, export programme data, and generate reports for individual students or entire year groups.

Reports can be customised, generated individually or in bulk, stored within ManageBac+, and shared with students and parents throughout the SL journey.

SL roster overview
The SL roster provides tools for monitoring progress and generating reports.

Overview

Within Year Group > SL, coordinators can access tools to export student data and generate SL progress reports.

  • Export to Excel – download student progress, project, and experience data.
  • Generate Reports – create customised SL progress reports for students.
SL tools menu
Available SL management tools.

Step by Step Navigation

Export an SL Summary to Excel

  1. Navigate to Year Group > SL.
  2. Select Export to Excel from the right-hand panel.
  3. Download the generated spreadsheet for analysis or import into another system.
Export SL summary to Excel
Export SL summary data to Excel.
Excel export output
Example Excel export containing SL summary information.

Generate SL Reports in Bulk

SL Progress Reports can be customised, generated, stored within ManageBac+, and shared with students and parents. Reports can be generated at any stage of a student's SL journey.

SL Progress Reports
SL report generation and configuration options.

Via the SL Roster > Generate Reports

  1. Navigate to Year Group > SL.
  2. Select Generate Reports.
  3. Customise the report template and reporting options.
  4. Select Save Changes to retain the template or Generate Report to create PDF reports.
Generate reports from SL roster
Generate reports for all students within a year group.

Generate an Individual Student Report

  1. Open the student's SL Worksheet.
  2. Select Generate Reports.
  3. Review the student details.
  4. Configure the report options.
  5. Generate the PDF report.
Generate individual SL report
Generate reports directly from a student's SL worksheet.

The same report configuration options are available whether reports are generated individually or in bulk.

Access Generated Reports

  1. Open the student's SL Worksheet.
  2. Navigate to the SL Documents section.
  3. Open or download previously generated PDF reports.
SL documents section
Access generated reports from the student's SL Documents area.

Key Concepts

Excel Export Contents

The exported spreadsheet includes three worksheets:

  • Summary – student information, advisors, learning outcomes, reflections, evidence, and interviews.
  • Extended Projects – project information and associated service experiences.
  • Experiences by Student – detailed experience records, supervisors, dates, and completion status.

Report Template Configuration

SL reports can be customised using a wide range of template settings, including:

  • Term name, report name, coordinator name, and title.
  • SL advisor information.
  • Parent email notifications.
  • File naming conventions.
  • Report signatures.
  • Programme and experience descriptions.
  • Reflections, learning outcomes, meeting logs, and supervisor reviews.
  • Custom progress descriptors.
Report date period settings
Define the reporting period used when generating reports.
Progress descriptors configuration
Configure custom progress descriptors for SL reports.

Warnings & Important Notes

  • Only experiences, interview notes, and supervisor review comments within the selected reporting period are included in reports.
  • Archived experiences are excluded from reports.
  • Bulk report generation may take up to 30 minutes to complete.
  • An email notification is sent once report generation has finished.
  • Deleting a report set removes both the bulk report package and associated student PDF reports.
Existing reports tab
Manage existing report sets and generated PDFs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can students and parents view SL reports?

Yes. Generated reports are available within the student's SL worksheet and can also be accessed through the student's portfolio files.

Student and parent access to reports
Reports can be accessed by students and parents through the student's SL records.
Portfolio Files SL folder
SL reports are also available within the student's portfolio files.

In Summary

  • Use the SL roster to monitor student progress and export programme data.
  • Generate customised SL reports for individual students or entire year groups.
  • Reports can be stored, shared, and accessed by students and parents within ManageBac+.

These tools help coordinators efficiently track engagement and communicate progress throughout the student's SL journey in ManageBac+.

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