- How to Get Started with MYP Reports
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Creating Report Templates
- Configuring Rubrics & Options
- Configuring Local Grade
- Configuring Criteria
- Proofing & Review
- Generating Reports
- Frequently asked Questions
- Hiding Reports via Student Profile
- Set an Alias to Show a Custom Term Name on Reports
- Excluding Classes and Students from Reports
- Updating Individual Reports
- Enabling ATL Assessment
- Enabling SA Assessment
- Adding Term Goals & Reflections
- Creating Multi-programme Templates
- Displaying Student Photos on the Cover Sheet
How to Get Started with MYP Reports
▶️ Feature Video Overview
See this overview video, along with step by step guidance below:
Introduction to MYP Report Cards
Highly customisable, fully integrated with teacher gradebooks, and tailored for IB MYP assessment, ManageBac report cards are generated in PDF and are instantly available for students and parents to view.
How Teachers Enter Grades & Comments into Gradebooks
Via Class Page > Gradebook > Term Grades
Under the Gradebook tab of a class, teachers can submit Term Grades. Here the teacher can set achievement levels, final IB grade, and term comments.
You can enable assessment of Approaches to Learning, Learner Profiles, or customized Rubrics e.g. Efforts Rubric by navigating to School Settings > IB Middle Years > Assessment > Assessment Models then you can configure your Rubrics to suit your school's reporting needs.
Under Insights > Reporting > Proofing & Review, you can view programmes and subjects to see which teachers have submitted their term grades. As an admin user, you can directly edit these grades here.
Customise Report Templates
Via Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years
Once grades have been reviewed, the next step is to build your Report Card Template to configure the look & feel of your report cards.
Navigate to Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years. By default, a set of report templates will be built-in to your ManageBac account for each programme. You can customize these report templates and create new ones by clicking the Template name or selecting Add Multi Curricula Template button on the right.
The Report Templates are highly customisable and can include as many Sections (visible across the bottom above) as needed. Use the Settings gear icon to configure or change order of the Sections as well as add or remove sections from the template. The Template background can also be selected or changed in the template Settings page.
Each section can have Components added via the left menu and those can be customised or dragged to any order you require. The central Preview screen will update with every change made in the left menu to give real-time preview of what the report card will look like.
All changes to Components need to be saved at the bottom right before navigating to a different Section.
Preview Student Data in Template Builder
You can view accurate student data on the Report Template Builder by selecting the template Preview icon.
From there you can select a student from the drop down and select an academic term. You can select academic terms for each programme selected in the template and then Save Changes.
The student's data will replace the default data in the Report Template builder. You can select Reset Student Selection to return to the default data.
Preview and Generate Reports
When you are satisfied with your report template(s), navigate back to Generate Reports.
- Programme: Ensure the IB Diploma programme is selected for IB DP report cards
- Term: Select a term with the correct grade data.
- Years: Choose to generate reports for all year levels at once, or specify which years will have reports generated. (This setup allows you, for instance, to generate reports for Grade 11 using one report template, and then generate for Grade 12 using another template.)
- Template: Ensure that your selected template includes your desired information and excludes other information. You can easily adjust your template by clicking the title of the Template shown below the selector menu, and you can have an unlimited number of templates
- Next, give your report a Title (e.g. First Semester Report).
- Report Generation Type: This will determine whether students and parents are seeing a PDF version stored on the student profile or an online version that can separately be downloaded. This also allows you to generate only PDF or only Web versions of reports, or both. All options with "PDF" reports will show the "Generate Draft" buttons at the bottom of the page.
- Additional Programmes: Enable and select the additional programme(s) as well as the relevant academic terms if more than one academic programme's information are to be included.
- Indicate the Preparation Date and whether you would like parents and students to receive email notifications. You can also send schedule a future release of Report Card by ticking Schedule Future release and selecting a release date.
Reports History
Reports History is where all generated report card sets (including Drafts) from a selected academic programme will appear. The reports will remain here indefinitely, unless deleted. From Reports History, you can view individual web reports, download PDF versions of individual reports, and download a Term Grades Zip file containing a spreadsheet of the term grades data from the reports.
Creating Report Templates
Via Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years
Overview
When Adding a Template, you will be able to customise the following in the new template modal window:
- The Template Settings: This allows schools to set template configurations and sections that are the basic building blocks of web report templates.
- Set the background image that best fits your template.
- Provide a unique name for the template. The name can not be used for any other template already.
- Add Additional Programmes if more than one academic programme are to be included.
- Select whether the Reports of this template are meant to be Final or Interim reports
- Add as many sections as needed to build the template structure.
- Select which PDF Settings apply to PDF copies made with this particular report template and then click
- Add Template to create the new report template.
Cover Sheet
Details and Signature components
Each Section can include Components by clicking the Add Components button when a Section is selected. Typically, Report Cards in PDF always included a Cover Sheet with certain school specific information. These components have been created for the new report templates and can be found when adding Report Details or Student Details or Signatures to a section. However, where previously these types of content were limited and set to specific parts of the report Template, they are now customisable and can be added to any section at any place within the template.
Certain Components, like Student Details or Report Details, also come pre-built with different versions in their layout to allow for even greater customisation of the report card template. Remember to click Save Changes or Save and Next at the bottom right every time a change is made to components or customisation of those within a section.
Letter
Text Box components
What used to be listed as a separate portion of the report template under "Cover Letter" is now available in any report template section utilising a Text Box component. The text box components all include a full rich text editor functionality so that files, photos, video links or tables can be added to them.
Text Box components are no longer limited to the Cover Letter portion. They can be added with pertinent information in any Section of the report template.
Summary
Academics and Assessment components
All relevant Term Grades information from classes can be included in Assessment components added to any Section.
Depending on the initial template settings and Additional Programmes added, it would be possible to show the Assessment of classes in multiple academic programmes in the same Assessment Component.
For ease of viewing the report in a web version, it might be more convenient though to create additional sections, one for each programme and add the Assessment Component to each section, e.g. IB Middle Years Section and assessments, Middle School Section and assessments, etc.
Always save any changes made to the customisation left menu via the Save Changes or Save and Next button at the bottom right side of the page before navigating to the next Section.
Class Reports
The Class Reports option would add one page for each class the student is taking. This was used to allow schools to include more details per each class. Since there are no longer set Sections necessary, the same Class information can now be included in every Assessment component. It is for example possible to customise what information for each class is visible as well whether Rubrics are to be shown as subject specific or general first. You can choose to show the MYP achievement level descriptors, in addition to subject-specific rubrics. Furthermore, all Assessment components include the ability to show Tasks assessed within the Term.
You can also show the student's Interdisciplinary Criteria Assessments by ticking the Interdisciplinary Assessment checkbox.
To recreate a style of report Section that shows each class as a separate table, select the Separate tables for each Class box in the Assessment component.
Additional Assessment component customisation options include the inclusion of Class Attendance, Class Teacher comments or display of subject group logos or teacher avatar photos.
Grade Descriptors
Assessment Explanation and Grade Descriptors components
Select the Grade Descriptors tab to customize your Grade Descriptors and Assessment Explanation has been turned into two separate section components for Assessment Explanation and Grade Descriptors that can be added to any section of the template separately and as needed.
The Grade Descriptors component now also includes the option to show more than one table per row, so that for example rubrics descriptors can appear side by side instead of on top of each other, reducing the need to scroll up or down in a section.
Attendance
Assessment and Homeroom Information components
If your school subscribes to the ManageBac Attendance Module, attendance data can also be added to report templates via the Assessment, Homeroom information, or Student Details components.
You can then choose which data you wish to include. Attendance can be shown for Classes or Homeroom. Data will show based on the Academic Term dates or for the whole school year if Yearly Attendance is enabled. Homeroom attendance can be displayed via either the Homeroom information or Student Details components, and Classes attendance can be displayed via the Assessment component.
Report Resources:
Signature, Image, Badges components
Schools are able to select and configure certain types of reports resources in a Report Resources library to add to Report Templates via the Signature, Image or Badges components.
Open the Report Resources page via the right navigation panel of the Templates page.
Any Badges, Signatures or Images uploaded in these pages can then be included on any report templates as components.
Configuring Rubrics & Options
Create a New Rubric
Via Settings > IB Middle Years Programme > Assessment > Assessment Models, you can create custom rubrics and options, which are completed by teachers together with final term grades.
To begin, click Add Rubric to create a new rubric.
First, define your rubric title, and add a brief description. Then select the rubric type.
There are three types of rubrics and options:
- Criteria: This is a set of criteria that teachers will select from a dropdown menu (e.g. Effort grades may be set on a 1-5 scale, with 5 representing excellent effort and 1 the worst).
- Custom Field: This is a customizable field allowing teachers to enter any type of text with a defined suffix (e.g. attendance in % terms).
- Formula: This allows you to include the SUM or AVG (average) of the other rubrics you have created. Note that this only applies to Criteria rubrics that are numerical.
After selecting the type, select if the rubric will be available for all subjects for a specific subject only, add the Values and Descriptors, then click Create Rubric.
Edit an Existing Rubric
By clicking on the Edit (pencil) icon next an existing rubric title, you can edit the Value and Descriptor. After updating your rubric details, click Save Changes.
Grading Students with Rubrics via Term Grades
Once you have added your rubrics, they will be visible via Gradebook > Term Grades, and teachers will be able to select from a dropdown menu or enter their marks.
Enabling Rubrics on Report Cards
Enabling rubrics & options on your report card templates needs to be done either via Assessment components or the Grade Descriptor components.
Configuring Local Grade
Edit the Final Grade Scale
Each grade level can have its own unique grade scale to convert the Final Grade to an equivalent Local grade. This is customisable by an admin via Settings > IB Middle Years Programme > Assessment > Final Grades. Again, this scale is applied to all final grades calculations in the MYP class.
Enabling Local Grades on Report Cards
Enabling local grades on your report card templates needs to be done either via Assessment components or the Grade Descriptor components.
Configuring Criteria
Edit the MYP Criteria
Each grade level and subject have the default MYP formative and summative criteria built into the system and updated centrally by ManageBac by default. This is customisable by an admin via Settings > IB Middle Years Programme > Assessment > Criteria. Again, the Formative criteria descriptors are used for formative tasks, and the Summative criteria descriptors are used for summative tasks and reports.
Please note that once the descriptors have been customized by schools, then any updates pushed centrally from the system would not be applied to your school's account as to not overwrite the customized descriptors. However you can click Reset to subject group defaults on the top-right to reset the criteria to the most up-to-date version in the system (this will also overwrite any customizations you had saved previously for the subject group).
Proofing & Review
Proofing & Review is a feature available for any school with the reports module, and allows administrators to view and edit grades and comments from each class before generating reports.
Via Insights > Reporting > Proofing & Review > IB Middle Years
Navigate to Proofing & Review > Select IB Middle Years. From here you can view and edit grades from all classes by Subject or by Student.
Search By Student to read and edit Term Grades and comments from each of the classes that the student is in.
Prior to proofing, we recommend locking term gradebooks.
Admins can lock and unlock gradebooks by programme & academic term, this ensures grades are not changed after a certain date before reports are generated.
Logged in as an admin, navigate to Settings > Academic Terms.
- Select your programme
- Tick Restrict teachers from making any changes to term grades
- Save Changes
Please note that administrators can still access and edit term gradebooks while they are locked, to ensure a seamless proofing process.
Administrators may also access the Lock Term Gradebooks page via Insights > Reporting > Proofing & Review, on the right navigation panel.
Reflections
Click the Reflections page to read and edit the reflections of the Student, Homeroom Advisor, Coordinator, Head of School or Counselor. These reflections can then be enabled on the report card via the Reflections component in Report Template.
Generating Reports
Via Insights > Reporting > Generate Reports
To generate your reports, please first confirm the following data:
- Select the applicable Programme.
- Term: Select a term with the correct grade data.
- Years: Choose to generate reports for all year levels at once, or specify which years will have reports generated. (This setup allows you, for instance, to generate reports for Grade 9 using one report template, and then generate for Grade 10 using another template.) If you would like to include non-IB grades, tick the checkbox and specify the term.
- Template: Ensure that your selected template includes your desired information and excludes other information. You can easily adjust your template by clicking the Template title to edit. You can have an unlimited number of templates.
- Next, give your report a Title (e.g. First Semester Report).
- Select the Report Generation Type you want to produce. Web only reports, PDF only reports or both.
- Choose your Sort Order, and indicate what information you want to show in the Report Card file name.
- Indicate the Preparation Date. Select a future release date and time if you want to generate the report cards ahead of time and have a scheduled release at a different time. Enabling the Notify parents & students option will also delay the notification emails to be sent until that point in time.
After you have made your selections, preview the reports prior to generating final drafts. Click Preview Individual Report to preview how a student's report will look, or click Generate Draft to generate a draft report of all students in the selected grade level/s.
When you click Generate Draft the draft report will appear by programme on the Reports History page. It will not be visible to students or parents. You can also Generate Draft with Zip to review the draft reports of individual students instead of one long draft report card document for all students.
Once confident that reports are ready, click Generate Reports. A full reports file (PDF version) will also be generated and stored as a master copy in the Reports History. These generated report cards provide data for student transcripts.
Frequently asked Questions
Hiding Reports from Students & Parents
Hiding Reports via Student Profile
In the Additional Options section, tick Hide Reports and click Save Changes.
Admins and teachers will still able to view the reports when they are hidden. Only admins can hide or unhide the reports, while teachers will be able to see that the reports have been hidden.
Students and parents will not be able to access the reports tab. Note that reports e-mail notifications will also not be sent to students & parents if their reports have been hidden.
Unhiding Reports
To unhide reports, untick Hide Reports, click Save Changes.
Students and parents will now be able to access and download any reports as per usual.
Export List of students with Hide Reports enabled
Via Settings > School Directory > Roster
Admins are able to export a student list that shows which students have had their reports hidden.
Select Export Student & Parent information download a record of user information in your School Directory.
The Student & Parent information spreadsheet shows if the "Hide Report Cards" option is enabled per student.
Set an Alias to Show a Custom Term Name on Reports
Via Settings > Academic Terms > "Edit" Academic Year
You are able to set a customised term name to appear only on the report cards assessment page by selecting the "Set Alias for Report Cards" checkbox and adding your preferred "Report Alias". Make sure to Save Changes at the bottom.
Excluding Classes and Students from Reports
Excluding Students & Classes via Insights > Reporting > Generate Reports > Manage Report Exclusions
Exclude Classes
To exclude classes, select the programme and grade level of the class(es) that are going to be excluded from report generation. From here, tick the checkbox in the "Exclude" column for the classes that you wish to exclude and Save Changes at the bottom of the page. The classes displayed show several pieces of data related to each class to make it easier to identify the correct class(es) to be excluded.
You can also click on Show Only Excluded Classes to see only the classes that have already been marked as Excluded, and you can uncheck the class(es) that you wish to include back in the report generation.
Exclude Students
To exclude students, select the programme and grade level of the student(s) that are going to be excluded from report generation. From here, tick the checkbox in the "Exclude" column for the student(s) that you wish to exclude and Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
You can also click on Show Only Excluded Students to see only the student(s) that have already been marked as Excluded, and you can uncheck the student(s) that you wish to include back in the report generation.
Exclude a Student from a Class
To exclude a student from a class, select the programme, grade level and student. From here, you can see the list of active classes of which the student is a member. You can then tick the checkbox in the "Exclude" column for the class(es) that you wish to exclude for the student and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
You can also click on Show Exclusions to see the class(es) that have already been marked as Excluded, and you can uncheck the class(es) that you wish to include back in the report generation.
Updating Individual Reports
It is possible to update an individual student's report card. After making changes to a student's grades, navigate to Insights > Reporting > Generate Reports > Update Individual Reports.
From the Update Reports page, select the following:
- Academic Programme the report card to be updated was generated in
- Academic Term the report card to be updated was generated in
- The student the Report Card was generated for
- The specific Report Card to be updated
- View or Download the selected Report to confirm this is the one you intend to update
- Select the Report Card Template and Report Title to use for the update
- Select Preparation Date and File Name items for the updated report card.
- Preview the updated report card.
- Click Update Individual Report to generate the updated report card and replace it on the student profile automatically.
Enabling ATL Assessment on Reports
To enable ATL assessment, please navigate to Settings > IB Middle Years > Assessment > Assessment Models
Tick the Approaches to Learning check box to enable ATL rubrics. Then, click the ATL tab to customize the assessment criteria by clicking the edit (pencil) icon next to the Evaluation title. The built-in default assessment levels are: EE (Exceeding Expectations), ME (Meeting Expectations), AE (Approaching Expectations), and BE (Below Expectations).
The ATLs can then appear in the MYP Class > Gradebook > Term Grades page for the teachers to assess students against ATLs. Teachers need to select which ATLs they will assess via Manage ATL Skills link on the right navigation panel.
Once you select the ATLs to evaluate, click Save Changes.
To display the ATL assessments on report cards, navigate to the MYP Template you wish to edit > Components > Add Component > Academic > Assessment.
You can add the Assessment Component and then select ATL Evaluation.
Adding Service as Action
Via Settings > IB Middle Years > Assessment > Assessment Models
You can edit values and descriptors for any Rubric via Settings > IB Middle Years > Assessment > Assessment Models. Enable the assessment rubrics for SA by ticking the box for Service as Action.
Click the SA tab to open the rubric. Click the pencil icon net to SA Progress to edit the default rubric. Click Save Changes when edits have been made.
Assessing SA
To display the marks and comments on report cards, navigate to Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years > Select Template
Add Service as Action and Project-based Learning components to any IB Middle Years report template and customise these to include SA related information.
Adding Term Goals & Reflections
via Settings > IB Middle Years
You can enable Term Goals and Reflections Questions for response in Student Profiles via Settings > IB Middle Years > Reflections. The Reflection Question responses can be added to Reports, however, the Term Goals will be view only in Student Profiles.
via Student Profiles
via Reports Template
Add the student reflections via the Reporting > Templates > Edit Selected Template > Components > General > Reflections. This will show the Student Responses to Reflection Questions on the Report. It's not possible to include the term goal.
Creating Multi-Programme Report Templates
For example, a student assigned to an IB Middle Years year group may have a non-IB Middle School class added to their report when IB Middle Years reports are generated.
They would not also have a report card created when the Middle School programme reports are generated, as they are not part of the Middle School year group.
Previously it was necessary to create main and sub-templates for Multi-Programme Reports. Now this is all resolved via the Additional Programmes in the report template settings and the Assessment components. It is no longer necessary to create separate report templates and configurations. Rather, the different academic programmes and data can be included in reports based on the configuration of the template itself.
Displaying Student Photos on the Cover Sheet
To show student photos on your report cards, you must first bulk upload student profile photos on the system. Click on Settings > Import Manager > Students > Import Student Photos to begin. Upload a zip file of your student photos, with each photo name matching a student ID.
Photos should be in PNG, JPEG, or JIF format. For best results, we recommend portrait photos with the dimensions 300px by 300px. Please ensure that each photo is less than 1 Mb.
Once the photos have been uploaded, you can then navigate to the Reports Template > Component > Student Details.
Once the component is added, you can tick the box for Student Photo. Your student reports will generate with the student photo.
How can you guide teachers and the reporting process?
Proofing & Review
Proofing & Review is a feature available for any school with the reports module, and allows administrators to view and edit grades and comments from each class before generating reports.
Via Insights > Reporting > Proofing & Review
Navigate to Proofing & Review > Select Programme. From here you can view and edit grades from all classes by Subject or by Student.
Reflections
Click the Reflections tab to read and edit the reflections of the Student, Homeroom Advisor, Coordinator, Head of School or Counselor. These reflections can then be enabled on the report card via the Report Template (see below).