Service Learning (SL) is a core component of the Career-related Programme (CP) that allows you to make a meaningful contribution to the community.

As a student, Toddle helps you to effectively manage your Service Learning (SL) portfolio, aligning with the requirements of the IB. You can efficiently document your SL experiences and projects, ensuring they are properly tagged to relevant learning outcomes. Additionally, you can collect and organize reflections and evidences to showcase your growth and achievements throughout your SL journey. Toddle also facilitates seamless communication with your supervisors and advisors, allowing you to receive valuable feedback and guidance to further enhance your SL portfolio.

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To begin documenting your Service Learning (SL) activities on Toddle, navigate to your homepage and locate the 'Service Learning' card under the 'Core' section.

💡 Please note that the SL card will appear on your homepage only if the coordinator has invited you to the SL module on Toddle.

Clicking on the 'Service Learning' card will redirect you to the SL landing page, where you can access an overview of your SL portfolio. Here, you will find a list of the experiences or projects added to your SL portfolio, the learning outcomes they have been tagged to, the duration of each project or experience, and your overall progress. If you wish to create a new SL experience or project, simply click on the 'Create new' button located at the top of the table.

If there are any new SL experiences or projects added or edits made to existing ones by your adviser/supervisor, a badge will be displayed next to it for easy identification on the dashboard.

Moreover, on the SL landing page, you will come across separate cards for 'Interests and goals', 'Evidences and reflections', 'Feedback', and 'Interview'. These cards serve distinct purposes in the SL documentation process and will be discussed in detail later in this article.

The ‘Guidance’ tab on the top stores all SL learning material shared by your school coordinator and those provided by Toddle.

If you want to add a new experience/project to your portfolio, simply click on the ‘Create new’ button on the dashboard. This will allow you to create a new entry, where you can provide details about the experience/project, including title, start and end dates of the project/experience, type of SL action, approaches to service and SL stages. Additionally, you can attach external or internal supervisor(s) to review and approve your SL experience.

To add a supervisor from within your school, select the ‘Internal’ option in the ‘Supervisor’ section. This will open a drop-down menu where you can choose the relevant teacher(s) from your school.

If the supervisor for your Service Learning (SL) experience or project is external to your school, you can easily indicate this by selecting the 'External' option and providing the required information.

Lastly, if you have any collaborators for your SL experience or project, you can easily add them by selecting the desired students from the available drop-down list. Once you have added all the necessary collaborators, simply click on the 'Create' button to save your experience or project.

When you click on an SL experience or project from your dashboard, you will be able to review and modify the existing details or add new information as needed. Here, you have the flexibility to work on various aspects of your project or experience using the following options located on the left panel:

To access and/or modify the details you provided during the initial creation of the SL experience, you can navigate to the 'Title and basics’ page.

If the experience or project qualifies as an SL project, you can indicate this by selecting the checkbox next to the title.

Moreover, you can choose to include the SL stages within the experience or project. This will add an extra section in the left pane for that experience/project, allowing you to provide further details on how the SL stages will be implemented in this particular experience/project.

Furthermore, if you have any supporting documents such as a risk assessment form or other relevant materials, you can upload them using the designated 'Add a file' button

The 'Description and learning outcomes' section is where you provide a brief description of the experience/project and its objectives, as well as specify one or more learning outcomes it will cover.

If the 'SL stages' were selected in the title and basics section, you will notice a section on the left panel that allows you to provide further details on how these stages will be implemented in this experience/project.

In the 'Evidences and reflections' tab, you can easily add evidences and reflections pertaining to your experience or project. This includes the ability to upload evidences from your local device, Google Drive, or OneDrive, accompanied by descriptive reflections for each piece of evidence.

Furthermore, by tagging specific learning outcomes to a piece of evidence or reflection, you can showcase the successful completion of those outcomes in your Service Learning (SL) portfolio.

Your supervisor can review and comment on each reflection or evidence that you add, and you will receive a notification about their feedback under the bell icon on your homepage.

Once your experience or project is marked as 'Completed' by your supervisor, you will see a green banner appear on the top. Post this, you will not be able to make any further changes to it. However, you can still view your supervisor's comments in a read-only format.

As you progress through the different SL experiences and projects, you can check the status of your SL experience/project in the top-right corner of the page header. It can be 'Draft', 'Approved', or 'Completed', as marked by your supervisor/adviser. Notifications about status changes will appear under the bell icon on your homepage.

In the SL portfolio landing page, you can add your overall goals and aims for SL under the ‘Interests and goals’ section.

This section allows you to articulate your personal interests, aspirations and intentions for your SL journey. Your adviser can provide feedback on your goals and you can have a one-on-one discussion using the chat icon.

In the 'Evidences and reflections' section of your SL portfolio, you can monitor your progress towards the 5 learning outcomes (LO) of the SL program.

Each LO displays a compilation of evidence from your associated SL experiences/projects. Once you have presented enough evidence for an LO and your adviser marks it as achieved, a green tick will be displayed next to the LO. Additionally, you will receive a notification confirming the accomplishment.

In this section, you can view feedback from your SL adviser or coordinator regarding your overall engagement in the Service Learning (SL) program.

Here, the numbered badges here, indicate new feedback added by the adviser or coordinator. To facilitate communication with your adviser or coordinator, a comment option is available next to each feedback. This allows you to engage in direct interaction and address any queries or concerns you may have.

According to IB guidelines, a minimum of three interviews between students and their Service Learning (SL) coordinator/adviser is required throughout the SL program. These interviews should take place at least twice in the first year of the CP and once in the second year.

In the 'Interviews' section of your SL portfolio, if enabled by your school administrator, you will be able to see the SL interview comments logged by your adviser/coordinator for the 3 formal interviews.

Depending on the settings, you can use the ‘Add’ button to upload interview recordings or document the important points discussed during the interview. Once the interviews are completed, they will be locked automatically after 15 minutes of your submission if the respective setting is enabled by your admin.

While working on your SL project/experience, you have the option to request a review from your supervisor whenever you need feedback or guidance. To do this, click on the 'Request review' button at the top right corner. In the pop-up window, enter your request and click 'Raise a request' to submit it.

Once you raise a review request, a notification is promptly sent to your supervisor. They will be able to access your review request from their portal. You and your supervisor can use the chat icon within the review log pane to engage in a conversation regarding the request. Any comment sent by your supervisor will trigger a notification at your end and will add a badge on the review log pane. Additionally, you can edit or delete your comments using the three-dot menu if needed.

Once your supervisor addresses the review request, it can be marked as resolved by either party using the tick mark option. This triggers a notification, and the request will be moved to the 'Resolved' tab. To revisit a previously reviewed request, mark it as 'Unresolved' from the 'Resolved' tab, shifting it back to the 'Pending' tab.

Once you have completed all the necessary SL requirements, including 5 learning outcomes, and 3 formal interviews, your adviser can mark the status of your SL portfolio as complete. You will receive a notification about the same.

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