If you want to send a direct link to an advisor for an advisor activity you can use the following format (replacing the xxxx with the activity id of the appropriate activity). https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu/portfolio/App/Advisor/Activity/Default.aspx?id=xxxx or a real activity: https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu/portfolio/App/Advisor/Activity/Default.aspx?id=1348
Milestone Form Completion
Video Log in to VSTAR at https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu. The log in link is in the upper right hand corner. You will log in with your VUnetID and ePassword. Select Portfolio in the bar at the top of the screen. This will take you to your Portfolio home page. Click on “My […]
Logging into Spark Learn
1. Type https://spark.app.vumc.org into your browser address bar. 2. Click on the “Login To Spark” button in the upper right hand corner. 3. After logging in, click on the Apps menu in the bar at the top. 4. Select Spark Learn from the menu that appears.
Setting Up a Course to Use “Today’s Sessions” (or, the Periods Function)
Today Sessions, or Today’s Sessions, in the black bar at the top, does not actually come from the calendar. Instead, a course coordinator or course director has to set up the course so that each session will appear here. To begin, navigate to your course. Setting Up the Course In […]
Navigating VSTAR Home
Log in to https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu. Click the “Log In” button in the upper right hand corner. Enter your VUnetID and ePassword. From here, you can get to any VSTAR application.
Navigating Portfolio’s Admin Section
The administrative tools in VSTAR Portfolio are accessible by clicking on your name in the upper-right hand corner of the screen. This will bring up a menu with the most common administrative features. For administrative users managing courses, these are: Setting up Groups Viewing and defining Courses Setting up and […]
Turn on Email Notifications
To receive VSTAR Learn system notifications, such as forum email alerts and grading and assignment notifications, you must make sure that you are set to receive emails within Learn. If you are not on the home page of Learn, click on the VSTAR Learn icon in the upper left hand corner […]
Manual Grading for Essay Exams
1. Log in to VSTAR at http://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu, then click on “Learn.” 2. Locate the course you need to grade within VSTAR Learn. You will see courses you are enrolled in under the right-hand side of the page. 3. Once in your course, you will see some content on the right […]
Creating Categories in the Gradebook
When you grade quizzes and assignments, VSTAR Learn assumes a teacher wants everything to count the same amount toward the student’s final grade in the class. As a teacher, you may choose to have assignments count more than quizzes, or you may choose to drop a quiz that all students […]
Grading an Assignment – No Rubric
Navigate to the Assignment After the deadline for an assignment, it is time to grade that assignment in VSTAR. To grade an assignment, click on “Assignments” in the Activities panel on the right hand side of the VSTAR Learn screen. Click on the particular assignment you wish to grade. Assignment Summary […]