The system will not request the expedition team members names, it will only Team members – record the team name. Any reference to who are in the team must be stored off the system and/or as uploaded evidence (for example within a Green form). Alternatively the participant can write their fellow team members names within their plan. eDofE Mapping tool This function allows the participant to create an electronic route – submission. This will be covered in a separate guide. Approving participants’ work (ALERT system) When a participant requests approval for their sectional programme plans, evidence, expedition training and plans, the system will alert a Leader (set up when the group was created). If you do not get any alerts it is because you are not the Leader or the ‘primary’ it’s because participants have requested approval from another Leader. If you have assistants within your group who help check, you need to ask them to look at specific accounts, as they will not be alerted if the participant has not selected them participant’s to receive the alert. The Leader has two ways to access, check and approve work: a. ALERT system b. Participant Overview screen. Other Leaders within the group who cannot utilise the ALERT system will need to access the to approve plans, evidence or section. participant’s ‘Overview’ screen a. ALERT system You receive an alert from your participant. Select the ALERT function on – the right of your home account. It will open to this screen and show all un-resolved alerts. You can now decide how to check and approve the work either individually or participant’s Check individually by selecting the red triangle within the column. This opens a new screen – for you to approve, query, delete or unapproved their programme planner or their evidence. Once you have pressed the alert then scroll down the page to access the work. means you have issues with the details and it will message the participant to edit the ‘Query’ evidence and resubmit for you to check. means you decided that it is not suitable for use for their DofE. Look at for further ‘Delete’ information. allows you to remove the approved status for plan or evidence and this permits ‘Unapprove’ the participant to edit the work.
Team members – The system will not request the expedition team members names, it will only record the team name. Any reference to who are in the team must be stored off the system and/or as uploaded evidence (for example within a Green form). Alternatively the participant can write their fellow team members names within their plan. eDofE Mapping tool – This function allows the participant to create an electronic route submission. This will be covered in a separate guide. Approving participants’ work (ALERT system) When a participant requests approval for their sectional programme plans, evidence, expedition training and plans, the system will alert a Leader (set up when the group was created). If you do not get any alerts it is because you are not the ‘primary’ Leader or it’s because the participants have requested approval from another Leader. If you have assistants within your group who help check, you need to ask them to look at specific participant’s accounts, as they will not be alerted if the participant has not selected them to receive the alert. The Leader has two ways to access, check and approve work: a. ALERT system b. Participant Overview screen. Other Leaders within the group who cannot utilise the ALERT system will need to access the participant’s ‘Overview’ screen to approve plans, evidence or section. a. ALERT system – You receive an alert from your participant. Select the ALERT function on the right of your home account. It will open to this screen and show all un-resolved alerts. You can now decide how to check and approve the participant’s work either individually or Check individually – by selecting the red triangle within the column. This opens a new screen for you to approve, query, delete or unapproved their programme planner or their evidence. Once you have pressed the alert then scroll down the page to access the work. ‘Query’ means you have issues with the details and it will message the participant to edit the evidence and resubmit for you to check. ‘Delete’ means you decided that it is not suitable for use for their DofE. Look at for further information. ‘Unapprove’ allows you to remove the approved status for plan or evidence and this permits the participant to edit the work.
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