Find your student by clicking on the “Trainees” tab on the left-hand side of the page. Access the dashboard for a student by clicking on the “Dashboard” tab on a student’s page. The student dashboard is divided into three areas – Milestones, Courses, and Comments. This article focuses […]
Logging into VSTAR Portfolio
1. Type https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu into your browser address bar. 2. Click on the “Log In” button in the upper left hand corner. 3. Click on the “Portfolio” button in the bar at the top.
The Student Dashboard
From the VSTAR Portfolio main page, students can click on the “Dashboard” tab to view their dashboard. A Portfolio Coach or Promotions Committee member can view the dashboard for any of their students. The Dashboard has four tabs: Milestones, Learner Competencies, Courses, and Notes/Comments. Milestones is the first tab, and is […]
Activities for Assessing Multiple Students (Multiple Responses)
Advisors often have to assess multiple students at a time. In VSTAR, we handle this with an Activity that allows for multiple responses. Adding a New Assessment 1. Begin by logging in to VSTAR at https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu, and click “Portfolio.” 2. Select “My Activities” if it’s not already selected using the […]
Emailing All Students in a Class with the News Forum in Learn
Faculty and course support may need to make announcements or remind students of details related to class events or assignments. VSTAR Learn provides a convenient place to do this. Each course comes with a News Forum, and all students enrolled in that course are automatically subscribed. Students are set […]
Dropping Quiz Questions – After a Quiz
Students have taken a quiz or test and for one reason or another, you’ve decided that maybe that question shouldn’t count toward the final grade. You have two options for handling that question. You can give all students full credit for the question, OR, you can remove the credit […]
Viewing Feedback About a Student
VSTAR Log In This module will walk you through viewing feedback about a student. The process will be the same for either Portfolio Coaches or Promotions Committee Members. You will begin by logging in to VSTAR. Then select Portfolio from the blue navigation bar at the top of the page. […]
Spark Learn Course Layout and Course Navigation
Video Tutorial Course Layout Changes The Spark Learn course layout is changing to a standard layout for all UME courses. This will be a rolling change with FMK and Immersions courses displaying the change first, and FCC courses following as the year progresses. Spark course layout is an iterative process and […]
How to Give Students Feedback on Their Notes in StarPanel
The following slideshow explains how to give feedback on student’s notes in StarPanel.
How to Sign Up for a Mentor in VSTAR PEN
The embedded slideshow below explains how to signup for a mentor in VSTAR PEN.