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How can I track my child’s progress in DP/CP core components as a family member?

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As a family member, you can actively view your child's DP projects and internal and external assessments through Toddle, becoming an important part of their learning journey. You can easily track their overall progress, submission deadlines, supervisor feedback, and more.

Read this article to learn more.

Navigating to DP/CP core modules

You can access any of the DP/CP core modules directly from the curriculum homepage, as shown below.

💡 These cards will appear on your homepage only if your school administrator has enabled these modules on Toddle. Their visibility will also depend on whether your child is enrolled in the DP or CP core components.

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Let’s explore each of the modules in detail.

Extended essay

Upon clicking on the ‘Extended essay’ card, you will land on your child’s EE dashboard page. It displays a summary of their EE, including their research question and the name of their supervisor. You can see the status and overall progress of the essay, as marked by the supervisor, giving you an idea of how things are progressing. It also shows the number of reflections your child has completed, which helps track their ongoing thoughts and insights.

Below, there's a list of deadlines with clear indications of whether they have been met or are upcoming, keeping you informed about important milestones in the essay's development.

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The 'Guidance' tab at the top of the page is where you will find all the learning materials related to the extended essay shared by your child’s coordinator and the resources offered by Toddle.

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Clicking on the ‘Extended Essay’ card on the progress dashboard will take you to its detailed view. You can use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of the extended essay. Let’s explore this further.

Proposal

This section provides essential details such as the chosen subject, response language, topic, title, and research question your child has chosen for their extended essay.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific essay sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the essay.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s EE - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the project status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Plan of action

Under ‘Plan of Action’, you can view the project timeline your child has set for themselves, with intermediate milestones and deadlines.

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Reflection notes

The ‘Researcher’s Reflection Space’ (RRS) is where your child can record reflections throughout their research process. These could be notes, photos, videos, links, and more. Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Essay

This is where your child will submit the first and the final draft of their essay, which will then be submitted to the IB. You can view and download your child’s essay using the 3-dot menu next to the file.

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RPPF

The 'RPPF' section is specifically designed for your child to document their three mandatory reflection sessions that they need to have with their supervisor as per the IB requirements. These reflections are added to the RPPF form, which the supervisor can download from Toddle for submission to the IB.

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Assessment

Here, you can find the scores that your child has received, given by the supervisor based on their observation of your child’s progress. You can find the criteria-based evaluation as well as the predicted score for your child’s extended essay. Please note that this section is visible only if enabled by the school admin.

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Theory of Knowledge - Essay

Upon clicking on the ‘Theory of knowledge - Essay’ card, you will arrive at your child’s TOK essay dashboard page. It displays a summary of their TOK essay, including their chosen essay title and supervisor’s name, along with the overall progress and status, as assessed by the supervisor, and the number of completed TK/PPF interactions.

Below, there's a list of deadlines with clear indications of whether they have been met or are upcoming, keeping you informed about important milestones in the essay's development.

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By clicking on ‘Guidance’, you will find resources that will help you gain more information about the Theory of Knowledge - Essay and its importance in the DP curriculum.

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Clicking on the TOK card on the progress dashboard will take you to its detailed view. Use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of the Theory of Knowledge Essay. Let’s explore this further.

Proposal

The ‘Proposal’ section allows you to view which title your child has picked from the list provided by the IB, along with any remarks. The proposal status, as marked by your child’s supervisor, will be indicated in the top bar of your screen.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific essay sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the essay.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s TOK essay - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the project status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Reflection

The ‘Reflection space’ can be used by your child to record reflections throughout their writing process. These could be notes, photos, videos, links, and more. Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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TOK essay

Under the ‘TOK essay’ section, your child can submit draft essays and a final essay along with the corresponding word count for their supervisor’s review. You can view and download your child’s essay using the 3-dot menu next to the file.

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TK/PFF

The ‘TK/PPF’ section is where your child can document the 3 compulsory interactions that they are supposed to have with their supervisor as per IB requirements. When the entire form has been completed, your child’s supervisor can download it from Toddle for submission to the IB.

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Assessment

Here, you can find the scores given by the supervisor based on their observation of your child’s progress. You can find details of each evaluation and also the predicted score for your child’s TOK essay. Please note that this section is visible only if enabled by the school admin.

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Theory of Knowledge - Exhibition

Upon clicking on the ‘Theory of knowledge - Exhibition’ card, you will arrive at your child’s TOK dashboard page. It displays a summary of their TOK exhibition, including their chosen IA prompt, supervisor’s name, status, and overall progress of the exhibition, as indicated by the supervisor.

Below, there’s a list of deadlines with clear indications of whether they have been met or are upcoming, keeping you informed about important milestones in the exhibition’s development.

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By clicking on ‘Guidance’, you will find resources that will help you gain more information about the Theory of Knowledge - Exhibition and its importance in the DP curriculum.

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Clicking on the TOK Exhibition card on the progress dashboard will take you to its detailed view. Use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of the Theory of Knowledge Exhibition. Let’s explore these.

Proposal

The ‘Proposal’ section on Toddle is where your child can select an IA prompt from the list provided by IB and the appropriate TOK theme. You can also view the TOK objects that your child has chosen for their exhibition, along with any additional remarks.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific exhibition sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the exhibition

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s TOK exhibition - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the project status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Reflection Space

The ‘Reflection space’ is where your child can record their learning and reflections throughout their research process. These could be notes, photos, videos, links, and more. Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Exhibition Commentary

This is where your child will submit their first and final drafts of the exhibition commentary. You can view and download your child’s exhibition using the 3-dot menu next to the file.

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Assessment

Here, you can find the scores given by the supervisor based on their observation of your child’s progress. You can find details of each evaluation as well as the predicted score for your child’s TOK exhibition. Please note that this section is visible only if enabled by the school admin.

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Collaborative sciences project

Upon clicking on the ‘Collaborative sciences project’, you will arrive at your child’s CSP dashboard page. It displays a summary of their CSP, including the project title, project collaborators, assigned supervisors, group name, status, and overall progress.

Below, there’s a list of deadlines with clear indications whether they have been met or are upcoming, keeping you informed about important milestones in the project’s development.

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The ‘Guidance’ tab at the top contains an introduction to the group 4 project. You can refer to it anytime to understand the Collaborative sciences project goals and objectives as envisaged by IB.

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Clicking on the CSP card on the progress dashboard will take you to its detailed view. Use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of the Collaborative sciences project.

Planning

The ‘Planning’ section is where you will find the project title, problem statement, additional details, list of activities, and any supporting documents for the project that your child’s group has added as part of the proposal.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific project sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the project.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s project - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the project status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Action: Investigation

The ‘Action: Investigation’ is where your child’s group members can record their learning and reflections throughout their investigation process. These could be notes, photos, videos, links, and more. Note that all posts made by students of a group will appear here.

Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Action: Presentation

This is the section where your child’s group members will individually or collectively upload their final work/presentation for CSP. You can view and download their project files by clicking on the 3-dot menu.

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Reflection

Your child can use this space to write an individual reflective statement of about 100 words outlining their involvement in the CSP. This statement is included in their CSP reflection sheet, which is submitted to the IB.

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Creativity, Activity, Service

Upon clicking on the ‘Creativity, Activity, Service’ card, you will arrive at your child’s CAS dashboard page. It displays a comprehensive overview of their CAS portfolio and overall progress.

At the top right, you will find the status and overall progress of their CAS journey, as marked by their CAS adviser. Below, you will find individual sections for ‘Interests and goals,’ ‘Evidences and reflections,’ ‘Feedback,’ and ‘Interviews.’ Refer to this section to learn more about them.

Further down, you can view all their CAS experiences and projects, including key details such as assigned supervisors, CAS strands, tagged learning outcomes, supporting evidence, reflections, and duration. At the bottom, visual insights in the form of graphs provide a clear summary of their CAS progress. Note that the insights on total hours and hourly progress will show up only if the school administrator has enabled the settings for logging CAS hours.

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The ‘Guidance’ tab provides essential CAS resources shared by the coordinator and those provided by Toddle. You can view or download each resource directly, providing the tools needed to effectively guide your child’s CAS journey.

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Viewing a CAS experience/project

Clicking on an individual CAS experience/project on the CAS portfolio dashboard will take you to its detailed view. Use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of CAS.

Title and basics

This section displays the basic information, including the title, cover image, start/end dates, and total duration of the CAS experience.

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Below, you can view the CAS strands your child aims to address through this experience/project. In addition, they will categorize the experience/project by selecting the appropriate approaches for each CAS strand. As they progress or complete the experience, you can also view their logged time, specifying the hours allocated to each strand.

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Your child has an option to include CAS stages in the experience/project. Enabling this will create an additional section where they can elaborate on how the CAS stages will be applied to their experience/project.

Furthermore, you can view uploaded documents, such as a risk assessment form, if any. Finally, you can view the added supervisors and collaborators in the experience/project.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific project sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the project.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s project - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’. This project's status is updated by their supervisor.

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Description and learning outcomes

This section displays your child’s motivation for pursuing the experience, a detailed narrative of what it will entail, and one or more of the seven IB-defined learning outcomes that will be covered

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CAS stages

If CAS stages are enabled in the ‘Title and Basics’ section, a dedicated section will appear in the left panel, where your child will provide further details on how these stages are applied to the experience/project.

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Evidences and reflections

You can view all submitted evidence and reflections in this section. Your child can submit evidence in various formats, including notes, voice recordings, files, photos, videos, links, and more. For each entry, you can view tagged outcomes below the corresponding evidence and reflections.

Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Final supervisor comment

Upon completion of the experience/project, the supervisor will provide a comment summarizing your child’s involvement, engagement, and growth throughout the experience. This serves as a reflection on their progress and helps validate their participation in CAS.

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Tracking overall progress of CAS

Back on the CAS portfolio dashboard, you can access and review the following cards:

  • Interests and goals

  • Evidences and reflections

  • Feedback

  • Interviews

💡 You will be able to view the ‘Interviews’ card only if it is enabled by the school administrator.

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Interests and goals

In this section, you can view your child’s overall goals and aims for the CAS programme. Use the chat option to view conversations between your child and their adviser. The information inputted here can be reviewed by their adviser, who may provide feedback through comments.

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Evidences and reflections

In this section, you can track your child’s progress towards achieving the seven learning outcomes (LO) set by the IB. Under each LO, you will find an aggregation of all the evidence from CAS experiences/projects associated with that specific outcome.

Once your child has presented sufficient evidence for an LO, and the adviser marks it as achieved, a green tick will appear next to it, as shown below.

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Feedback

In this section, you can view feedback from your child’s CAS adviser on their overall CAS engagement. You can also click on the individual feedback and view any one-on-one chat between your child and their adviser.

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Interviews

As per the IB guidelines, your child must undertake 3 formal CAS interviews during the course of the two years of DP. If enabled by their school administrator, you will be able to view the CAS interview comments logged by their adviser for the three formal interviews.

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Reflective project

Upon clicking on the ‘Reflective project’, you will arrive at your child’s RP dashboard page. It displays a summary of their RP, including their research question, assigned supervisor, the number of completed reflections, and overall progress.

Below, there’s a list of deadlines with clear indications whether they have been met or are upcoming, keeping you informed about important milestones in the project’s development.

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Proposal

The ‘Proposal’ section is where you will find the issue being addressed in your child’s essay, the ethical dilemma, key communities involved, the research question, and other important details.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific project sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the project.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s project - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the project status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Plan of action

Under ‘Plan of Action’, you can view the project timeline your child has set for themselves, with intermediate milestones and deadlines.

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Reflection notes (RSS)

The ‘Reflection space’ is where your child can record their learning and reflections throughout their writing process. These could be notes, photos, videos, links, and more. Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Essay

This is where your child will submit the first and final draft of their essay, which will then be submitted to the IB. You can view and download your child’s essay using the 3-dot menu next to the file.

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RPPF

The 'RPPF' section is specifically designed for your child to document their three mandatory reflection sessions that they need to have with their supervisor as per the IB requirements. These reflections are added to the RPPF form, which the supervisor can download from Toddle for submission to the IB.

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Assessment

Here, you can find the scores that your child has received, given by the supervisor based on their observation of your child’s progress. You can find the criteria-based evaluation as well as the predicted score for your child’s reflection project. Please note that this section is visible only if enabled by the school admin.

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Service learning

Upon clicking on the ‘Service learning’ card, you will arrive at your child’s SL dashboard page. It displays a comprehensive overview of their SL portfolio and overall progress.

At the top right, you will find the status and overall progress of their SL journey as marked by their SL adviser. Below, you will find individual sections for ‘Interests and goals,’ ‘Evidences and reflections,’ ‘Feedback,’ and ‘Interviews.’ Refer to this section to learn more about them.

Further down, you can view all their SL experiences and projects, including key details such as assigned supervisors, service type, tagged learning outcomes, supporting evidence and reflections, and duration. At the bottom, visual insights in the form of graphs provide a clear summary of their SL progress. Note that the insights on total hours and hourly progress will show up only if the school administrator has enabled the settings for logging SL hours.

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Viewing a SL experience/project

Clicking on an individual SL experience/project on the SL portfolio dashboard will take you to its detailed view. Use the left-hand panel to navigate between different sections, each representing a particular aspect of SL.

Title and basics

This section displays the basic information, including the title, cover image, start/end dates, and total duration of the SL experience.

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Below, you can view the service types your child aims to address through this experience/project. In addition, they will categorize the experience/project by selecting the appropriate approaches to service. Your child has an option to include SL stages in the experience/project. Enabling this will create an additional section where they can elaborate on how the SL stages will be applied to their experience/project. Furthermore, you can view uploaded documents for the supervisor’s reference.

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By clicking the chat icon next to specific experience/project sections, you can view any exchanged feedback or updates between your child and their supervisor in the right-side panel. All comments are organized in a thread format, making it easy to track conversations related to the project.

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Additionally, you can view the status of your child’s experience/project - such as ‘Draft’, ‘Approved’, or ‘Completed’ - at any time from the page header on the top right. Once marked as completed, no further edits can be made by your child unless the supervisor changes the status back to ‘Draft’ or ‘Approved’.

You can also view the project’s overall progress in the same header. Both the status and overall progress are updated by their supervisor.

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Description and learning outcomes

This section displays information about your child’s purpose for pursuing the experience/project, a description of what it entails, and the learning outcome(s) that will be covered.

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SL stages

If SL stages are enabled in the ‘Title and Basics’ section, a dedicated section will appear in the left panel, where your child will provide further details on how these stages are applied to the experience/project.

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Evidence and reflection

You can view all submitted evidence and reflections in this section. Your child can submit evidence in various formats, including notes, voice recordings, files, photos, videos, links, and more. For each entry, you can view tagged outcomes below the corresponding evidence and reflections.

Your child’s supervisor can view these reflections and comment on each one.

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Final supervisor comment

Upon completion of the experience/project, the supervisor will provide a comment summarizing your child’s involvement, engagement, and growth throughout the experience. This serves as a reflection on their progress and helps validate their participation in SL.

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Tracking overall progress of SL

Back on the SL portfolio dashboard, you can access and review the following cards:

  • Interests and goals

  • Evidences and reflections

  • Feedback

  • Interviews

💡 You will be able to view the ‘Interviews’ card only if it is enabled by the school administrator.

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Interests and goals

In this section, you can add your child’s overall goals and aims for SL. This section allows them to articulate their personal interests, aspirations, and intentions for their SL journey. The information inputted here can be reviewed by their adviser, who may provide feedback through comments.

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Evidences and reflections

In this section, you can track your child’s progress towards achieving the five learning outcomes (LO) set by the IB. Under each LO, you will find an aggregation of all the evidence from SL experiences/projects associated with that specific outcome.

Once your child has presented sufficient evidence for an LO, and the adviser marks it as achieved, a green tick will appear next to it, as shown below.

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Feedback

In this section, you can view feedback from your child’s SL adviser on their overall SL engagement. You can also click on the individual feedback and view any one-on-one chat between your child and their adviser.

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Interviews

As per the IB guidelines, your child must undertake 3 formal SL interviews during the course of the two years of DP. If enabled by their school administrator, you will be able to view the SL interview comments logged by their adviser for the three formal interviews.

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By accessing these modules, you can stay informed about your child’s progress in the DP/CP core components and support them as needed.

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