Go to Settings, select your academic programme, then select Project-based Learning and Add Template. Set up the framework, terminology, assessment and guides, then select Save Changes. To switch a project on for an existing year group, use Edit Year Group Settings.
For admins and coordinators who set up non-IB projects, such as a language portfolio.
This article covers general project-based learning frameworks. For IB projects, see EE Worksheets, TOK Worksheets or Personal & Community Project Worksheets.
| I want to | Go to |
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| Create or edit a project template | Create a project template |
| Choose proposal, journal, reflection and other options | Set up the framework |
| Rename terms for my school | Terminology |
| Add rubrics and submit term grades | Assessment |
| Add guides or a handbook | Guides |
| Switch a project on for a year group | Enable a project |
Create a project template
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Go to Settings and select your academic programme. From the dropdown, select Project-based Learning. You see a list of active templates.
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To create a template, select Add Template in the right-hand panel, or add a ready-made one from Pre-built Templates. To change an existing one, select it from the list.
On the New Project Template page, fill in the project details (see the table below).
Select Save Changes.
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Title | The name of the project. All users (teachers, parents and students) see it across ManageBac+. |
| Abbreviation | Used to avoid repetition, and where there is not enough space to show the title. |
| Logo | Select a logo from the dropdown. It shows on the student profile and the Year Group calendar. |
| Subject | The subject whose class will show the project worksheets. Showing worksheets in a class is planned for an upcoming release; for now you can preselect a subject. |
| Description | Optional. Shows in the right-hand menu of the project page for teachers and students. |
| Enable Project by Default | Switches this project on for any new Year Group created. |
Set up the framework
The Framework tab holds most of the project's set-up. Use the toggle switches to turn options on or off, and add fields to each option as needed.
| Option | What it does |
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| Proposal | Requirements students complete to have their project approved. Each requirement can be a text field, checkboxes, radio buttons or a dropdown menu. |
| Journal and Learning Outcomes | Learning outcomes used to label journal entries, as in CAS and Community Engagement. Admins set the default outcomes here, and they can be changed in each year group. |
| Reflections | Prompts that encourage teachers and students to reflect on the project's progress. |
| To-Dos | Deadlines linked to the project, with specific to-dos for each deadline. Both show on the student's project worksheet. |
| Documents | Turns on the document uploader on the student worksheet. |
| Notes | Lets students and teachers message each other on the student worksheet, and lets teachers record interview notes that only admins and teachers can see. |
Select Save Changes to keep your changes.
Terminology
Use the terminology fields to name parts of the project in words your teachers and students know, based on local requirements or culture. The hint under each field explains what the term refers to.
Assessment
Project assessment rubrics
Create the rubrics used to assess students' performance. The order of the rubrics in settings is kept on the project's Assessment tab in the Year Group. Mark bands apply one descriptor to a range of points. After teachers assess mark band rubrics, the total points achieved show in the last row.
Term grades rubrics
Add term rubrics in Settings > Project-based Learning > Assessment. There are 3 rubric types: mark bands, criteria and custom. The values you add appear in a dropdown, where teachers select the student's achieved value. Descriptors show in the right-hand menu next to each value to guide teachers.
Submit term grades
In the Year Group, select the project.
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Select Submit Term Evaluation in the right-hand menu to open the term gradebook for the project.
Guides
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Go to Settings, select the programme, then Guides, and select the project tab.
Tick the boxes for the guide sections you want to enable.
Edit the section guides in the Quickstart Guide text box, or add your school's project-based learning Handbook with Choose File.
Select Save Changes.
Enable a project
When you create a new Year Group, any project with Enable Project by Default selected is switched on automatically. You can enable more than one project per year group.
Enable a project in an existing year group
Enable newly added project templates in existing Year Groups from Edit Year Group Settings.
Disabling a project hides the project tab in the Year Group but does not delete student data. To see the data again, re-enable the project in the Year Group settings.