How do students create or access their learning plan, and other forms?

Students have the ability to create and/or contribute to their learning plan or other forms such as WEAs, OYAP forms, etc.

The process for creating a form or plan is the same for students and teachers. The main difference being, students only see their own information whereas teachers have access to their entire class.

#1: Click on the Forms tab in Hour Republic to create a new form

#2: Select a form(s)
Select one or more forms that you wish to create by clicking the checkbox beside the form (e.g. check off Learning Plan, WEA and OYAP)

#3: Click the Create Forms button in the top right corner

NOTE: If your teacher has already created a learning plan or form for you, then please skip this step (Step #4)

#4: Begin filling out or editing the form

NOTE: 
If you don't have a semester or teacher selected at the top of your form, then you can set it by clicking the Edit button next to appropriate field. 

 

#5: Some forms will have the option to Add Course Details and/or Add Employer Details.

Click the Add button to view and select from a list of all the Ministry of Education courses. Click the Add button again to add multiple courses.

#6: Add the Employer information

There are 2 ways to add an employer. You can either search for an existing employer or add a new employer. Before adding a new employer, please ensure that you have searched for your employer first, in order to avoid duplicates.

Add an Existing Employer
The search bar is smart. If you type in a few letters, it will find a match. Once you have selected an employer, select the Contact and Student Position (i.e. Cashier).
Adding a New Employer
If you are unable to find an employer via a search, click the Add Employer button to create a new employer. You can follow this FAQ to add a new employer.

#7: Fill out the remainder of the form.

#8: Once the form is complete, you can either
– Save, Finish or Export PDF
– Print
– Sign electronically
– Email a request(s) for e-signatures
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All new forms that you or your teacher create for you will appear under Recent Forms (right-side of screen). Click on the plan or form you just created to Edit, Copy, Export or Delete.

e-Signature of Volunteer Hours

Students can obtain e-signatures for volunteer hours. Simply present your smart phone (or any device that has a touch screen), and your supervisor or parent can sign with their finger on the spot.

1. Add Hours button, volunteer hours (or, Edit for existing hours)

2. Complete volunteer hour and activity fields, and Save.

3. Select the Verify by Signature button near the bottom of a Draft or Pending log (select Edit link to view).
*Remember to check the box indicating that the hours are eligible and meet the school board’s community hour requirements

Verify by Signature button

4. Present the signature pad screen to your volunteer supervisor or parent.
They can sign off using their finger or a mouse (if it’s a touchscreen computer). Then, click Confirm.

Parent signature field

5. Volunteer hours will show as Verified Verified signature button

or Pending if you are still waiting for a signature Pending signature button

6. An email confirmation message will be shared with the person who verified the hours (volunteer supervisor or parent), indicating that they verified the hours on that day, with an image of their signature. They can edit the verification status if necessary.

NOTE: Students are still able to use the e-mail verification option if preferred [FAQ].

How do I override the total hours of a student’s Weekly Log?

If you have been in a situation where your student incorrectly inputted their shift hours and you had to manually fix each and every one of the shifts, then this feature is perfect for you. Our Total Hour Override feature allows teachers to quickly change a student’s total hours for a weekly log without having to worry about monotonously fixing each incorrect shift. To override a student’s hours, please complete the following steps:
1. Go to your Placement Dashboard and click on the desired student

2. Click on the edit link next to the incorrect Weekly Log

3. Scroll down to the Total Hours and click on the pencil icon

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4. Type in the correct total hours

5. Click save

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Teachers are drowning in paperwork. Paper-based and spreadsheet tracking of graduation requirements dominates in schools. It’s time confusing and highly inefficient.

Our InstantAutofill™ document generator takes student data and auto-fills work placement documents, such as Ministry government documents, and is also used to build personalized student learning plans. Teachers no longer have to manually fill out documents and they can generate, print and receive e-signatures for these documents for hundreds of students at a time.

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-Work Education Agreements (WEA)
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-Apprenticeship forms (OYAP)
-Apprenticeship placement cards
-Monitoring assessment forms
-College of Trades forms
-*Custom forms

 

Our PlacementTracker™ and VolunteerHourTracker™ manage school work placements and student progress toward graduation requirements. Students obtain electronic signature verification from placement supervisors and no longer have to drive across town or hop on a bus to get a signature. Teachers track student progress in real time.

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What is Represented by the Approved Check Mark on the Student’s Hour Section?

When a student’s hours are Verified by an employer, a teacher has the ability to ‘Approve’ the hours. This feature is available for both the Placement and Volunteer dashboards.

The purpose of this to serve as an indicator to the student that they are on the right track. The check mark also allows teachers to keep track of which logs they have reviewed to date.

If Verified hours are not approved, they have a light green ‘x’ under the Approved column while Non-Verified hours appear as blank.

Tips for Searching Employers

Before adding a new employer, please ensure that you have searched the employer database first.

The search bar is smart. If you type in a few letters, it will find a match. It is better to type in a few letters than the entire name of an employer just in case it is spelled differently.

If you type in “Tim”, then anything with “Tim” will come up. If you type in “Hor”, then all of the Tim Hortons stores will come up. But if you type in “Horton’s” into the search bar, our system will not recognize the apostrophe if the employer is not spelled that way.

For instance, we want to avoid this: “Community Living X County” spelled 3 different ways:

Community Living X County
Community Living- X
X County Association for Community Living

Other tips to consider:

Sometimes a company will have “and” in their name, or use “&” instead:
Tool & Mould, versus Tool and Mould

Sometimes a word is spelled incorrectly:
“Day care” versus “Daycare”

Sometimes there is an apostrophe, and sometimes not:
Gilligan’s Restaurant vs Gilligans Restaurant

Please keep this in mind when searching for employers and before adding a new one. We want to avoid adding duplicates to the system.

How do I view current and previous student weekly logs?

To locate specific student logs/placement hours, please complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the Student Section
  2. Click on the name of the desired student
  3. Once you’re on the student profile, there will be a Semester option under Add Hours
  4. Click on the drop-down menu and select the appropriate option                                 semester
  5. Lastly, please click on unnamed to filter the logs/hours

Now only logs/hours from that term will appear on the student’s profile.

NOTE: We never delete logs/hours just in case they need to be accessed again.

How do I delete or cancel pending hours that have already been submitted for verification?

Pending hours can be cancelled and returned to a Draft state where they can be edited if necessary. Hours can also be deleted when they are in a Draft State.

Cancelling Pending Hours

Pending hours can be cancelled by completing the following steps:

  1. Click on the Volunteer tab at the top of the page to show your hours and their related status
  2. Locate the Pending hours you wish to cancel
  3. Next, click on the editlink
  4. Once you’re on the Update Volunteer Hours page, scroll down until you reach thecancel button
  5. Click on this button to change your Pending hours into Draft hours

Deleting Draft Hours

Draft hours can be deleted by completing the following steps:

  1. Click on the Volunteer tab at the top of the page to show your hours and their related status
  2. Locate the Draft hours you wish to delete
  3. Click on the editlink
  4. Once you’re on the Update Volunteer Hours page, scroll down until you see thedeletebutton
  5. Click on this button to delete your Draft hours