Sometimes when trying to setup an appointment through VSTAR Portfolio Calendar, the “Confirm Meeting” button is either missing or doesn’t work. This seems to happen when there are more than a dozen or so meeting slots and you scroll down to see more times. Occasionally when scrolling with the inner […]
How to View Late Responses to Activities
How to view late responses to activities Superusers and Admins that are owners/creators of an activity can do this; Course Coordinators, for example, who are admins and created an activity for a Course Director. First, select Activities from your drop down menu: Then choose the activity and click on […]
How to Annotate an Assessment in VSTAR Portfolio
To annotate an assessment, first click on the “Annotations” tab on the right hand side of browser while you have an assessment open. Next, Highlight the text that you wish to annotate, then click the “Edit button”. . . when you click the edit button it will pop-open a small […]
Room Control Instructions (connecting to projectors)
Room Control Instructions When the projector is turned on, the “PROJ ON” button indicator will blink while the projector warms up. You cannot change the displayed device until the projector has warmed up and the indicator stops blinking. The default displayed device is the internal PC. When the projector is […]
Using Discussion within a Discussion Enabled VSTAR Portfolio Activity
Using Discussion within a discussion enabled VSTAR Portfolio Activity Sometimes as an advisor, or coach, you may want to provide directed comments on particular feedback, or self-assessments that are in a student’s feedback. Usually this would be done within an activity where you are an advisor. It is important […]
Fix spinning beachball in NBME SecureBrowser on Mac OS X Yosemite or later
In System Preferences goto: Trackpad, then Point & Click, uncheck “Lookup & data detectors” and also “Force click and haptic feedback”. Then force quit the LookupViewService processes via Activity Monitor.
How to upload Activity Files within a VSTAR Portfolio Activity
How to upload Activity Files within a VSTAR Portfolio Activity First logon to VSTAR Portfolio and open the activity where a file upload is required. We will use an FHD CCX File Upload activity in this example. Once inside the activity click the “Show Tabs” link if necessary: If […]
Completing, Submitting, and Unlocking Portfolio Assessments or Forms
When first working with VSTAR Portfolio Assessments (sometimes called forms) you should always use the green “Complete and Submit” button when finished: You will be prompted to verify that you want to complete the form by pressing OK: When the form is complete you will see a […]
Viewing Student Artifacts (for Portfolio Coaches)
Portfolio Coaches can view a students artifacts by first selecting the student from their trainees list: Once the student is selected, click the “Artifacts” tab. There you will see a list of the student’s current artifacts. Click on the blue underlined link to see the file:
Portfolio Coach Milestone Cycle Assessment walk-through
Logon to VSTAR https://vstar.mc.vanderbilt.edu/ Click on Portfolio (if you’re using a tablet, you may need to select Portfolio from the “Apps” drop-down): Scheduling a Meeting You should have already set up some time slots for students in your VSTAR Portfolio Calendar and associated them with the “Schedule a Meeting” activity […]