Educator Perspective
Journal Access
Journals is a place where educators can view all the journal entries for a single student in one place, as well as export those journal entries to a PDF. It can be a way to track how a student’s thinking has changed over the course of a school year. Journals can be found from the Students tab within a classroom.
To access a student’s journal:
Click Classrooms from the left-hand bar, then on the desired classroom.
Click the Students tab.
In the rightmost column of a student’s row (the Actions column), select the book icon.
The student’s name will appear under Journals.
Journal Entries and Feedback
Under Journals, journal entry titles are listed in order of most recent to oldest. To view the contents of a journal entry and its feedback:
Under the Actions column, click the eye symbol on the right.
An overlay will populate with the following:
Prompt from the lesson.
Journal response to the prompt.
Submission date.
Panel with more submission information.
The panel will include the following submission information:
Journal title.
Lesson title tied to the journal.
Feedback can be found under Instructor’s Comments.
Navigation buttons to view each journal entry.
To exit the overlay and return to your list of journal entries, click the X button on the top right.
Student Perspective
Journal Access
All journal entries can be viewed under Journals. It is a great way to track how one’s thought process has changed over the course of a school year. Journals can also be accessed from one’s profile.
To access Journals:
On the bottom left, click your name to pull up the profile menu.
Select either View Profile or Account Settings to access your profile.
The following three (3) tabs will populate:
Overview
Journals
Settings
Click Journals.
Journals will provide access to:
View your instructor’s feedback.
Use several sorting features to stay organized.
Journal Entries and Feedback
Under Journals, journal entry titles are listed in order of most recent to oldest. To view the contents of a journal entry and the instructor’s feedback:
Under the Actions column, click the eye symbol on the right.
An overlay will populate with the following:
Prompt from the lesson.
Journal response to the prompt.
Submission date.
Panel with more submission information.
The panel will include the following:
Sorting options by classrooms.
Pressing Shift + C will enable the ability to sort by classrooms.
Journal title.
Lesson title tied to the journal.
Feedback from the instructor under Instructor’s Comments.
Navigation buttons to view each journal entry.
To exit the overlay and return to your list of journal entries, click the X button on the top right.
Exporting Journal Entries
Students and Educators can export journal entries as a PDF. This action can be done for a single journal entry or multiple entries in bulk.
To export journal entries from the Journals page:
On the Actions column, click on the download icon next to a specific journal to export only that journal.
To download multiple entries in bulk, click on the checkboxes to the left of the journals you would like to select, or click the checkbox at the top of that column to select all of that student’s entries for exporting.
Click the download icon in any of the selected rows to initiate the export of the selected journal entries.
When downloading multiple entries in bulk, the files will be downloaded as a .zip file.
The Export Images toggle to the right of the Find Journals search bar is toggled on by default. While on, any images in the journal prompts are included in the export. When toggled off, those images are not included.