Adding Mathematical Exploration Final Submission Deadline
When first opening the IA page of a Mathematics class, teachers will see the configuration page to create the final Exploration Task submission deadline.
Set the appropriate Task title and the due date and time for this Task.
Levels (based on levels of students assigned to the class and marked via the Members page in the class) and Assessment Options are pre-selected and cannot be changed. Assessment Type should not be changed, but can be changed if needed.
Scroll past the enabled Criteria rubrics to select when students can submit to this task as well as enable a possible Turnitin integration or set other additional options for the task.
Click Create Task to configure the Mathematical Exploration Submission task for the class.
Collecting Final Submissions for Mathematical Exploration
Once the Final Submission Task has been configured, the IA page of the class will show the Final Submission task and all students linked to the Class for the Task with Criteria enabled.
Teachers can then either view and annotate the student submission for each student, or generate a Teacher Comments and Criteria PDF per student next to the student's name.
Teachers can also export all Teacher Comments and Criteria PDF in bulk for the Task from the right sidebar by clicking Export Teacher Files.
By default the Task Results for all IA tasks are hidden from student view.
Students can submit to the configured Final Submission task from the IA page in the Class or by selecting the Task from their Calendar or Tasks & Deadlines pages.
Grading Mathematical Exploration
Teachers have two ways to assess the student submission for the Exploration Tasks. They can either enter Criteria marks and Comments in the Gradebook section of the Task via the IA page. Or they can open the Annotate and Grade view of the submission and then grade the submission that way.
Organising Mathematical Exploration Submissions for eCoursework
Since the Final Submission configured via the IA page is technically a Task in the class, teachers are able to interact with this via the Tasks & Units > All Tasks page as well and treat submissions made to the Task like any other Task submissions. This allows teachers direct access to the student submissions, downloading those in bulk as zip folder, locking submissions or extending the due dates for individual students or in bulk.
It is also possible to access the Turnitin Similarity reports (if integrated with Turnitin) or annotate and view the submission for each student from here.
All student submissions to IA Tasks in Classes are automatically categorised as IB eCoursework submission files in the Student Portfolio Timeline.
The eCoursework (Staff only) folder is available for all IB DP Students and populates subjects and coursework components based on the Subject selections made in the IBIS Plan Worksheet (see our IBIS Exam Registration Quickstart Guide for more information on the Plan Worksheet)
Files that have been submitted in the Task can then be categorised as the Upload Requirements for each subject require.
Creating additional IA Tasks besides the Final Submission Task
In addition to the Final Submission Task, teachers can also create any regular Task in their Classes and use the IB Assessment criteria as one of the selected assessment models. If the Task is expected to count toward the Term average in the class, then the teacher would need to include Points as an assessment model as well.
Creating additional IA tasks with fewer or not all Criteria assessed can help students prepare for the final IA submission toward the end of the course.